"Very good," the voice responded, "Then you continue to walk forward and go to the small pavilion in front. There is a transparent box in the pavilion, which contains equal amounts of light elements and dark elements, which can be used directly
Controlled by thoughts.
"You are free to use your creativity and imagination to manipulate these elements and create your own inventions. Mr. James Ward will select a successor based on the results of you and your competitors.
"Because there is only one 'Elemental Box', you can try it first, or you can wait for your competitors to reach the finish line and then discuss the order with them."
After he finished speaking, a straight and flat road appeared in front of Allen. At the end of the road was a small white pavilion, which looked exquisite and elegant under the decoration of hollow patterns and reliefs. Under the starry sky, it seemed quite romantic.
Atmosphere.
Allen quickly walked forward along this road, and soon arrived at the small white pavilion, and saw the "Elemental Magic Box" placed in the center of the pavilion.
The box flickers on and off, and the light and shadow intersect, just like what is mentioned in the fairy tale. An unparalleled strong man picked off the stars in the sky, put them in the box, and gave them to his beloved as a gift.
"It's so beautiful." Allen commented.
He circled the box several times, observing carefully while trying to capture the spark of inspiration in his mind.
After a few minutes, several ideas popped up in Allen's mind, but in the end he rejected them.
Although these ideas are feasible and have their own highlights, it is not enough for the time being to stand out from competitors and firmly capture James Ward's attention.
"Maybe I should wait for others to see if I can find better inspiration."
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In the mage's tower.
When he saw Allen staring at the "Elemental Magic Box" and thinking hard, the smile on Merlins' face gradually disappeared.
Damn it, Alan actually became interested in alchemy!
This undoubtedly means that Allen, the student he has been interested in for a long time, is likely to be snatched away in advance by James Wald, that bad old man who spends all day in machinery and medicine!
"Damn it!" Merlins cursed angrily.
At this moment, he regretted very much why he had promised Wald to find a successor for him in this recruitment.
It was clear that he dug a hole for himself and then jumped into it forcefully.
"Can I go back on my word?" He laughed self-deprecatingly. "For example, I could use the privileges of the Tower Master to suspend Wald's test and then delay it for a few days. This way, I can rush ahead of Wald and grab it in advance.
Leave my students."
Seeing Merlins' annoyed expression, the toucan flapped its wings and showed a mocking look in its eyes, as if to say, "What a fool who brought it upon himself."
Of course, Merlins is a face-saving person after all, and in the end he did not do such a thing that tarnished his image.
After thinking for a moment, he decided resolutely: "After Wald's test is over, I will immediately rush to Cambridge University to rob people. I am a legendary mage, and Wald should give me this face. If Allen is not a fool,
You should not refuse the kindness of a legendary mage."
Thinking of this, Merlins' figure suddenly became flickering, as if he might disappear here at any time, and then step into the void.
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at the same time.
The second person to reach the 3,000th step was undoubtedly Selena Solomon.
She is extremely talented and has good understanding. Neither the steps at the back nor the "Gate of Wisdom" pose any big obstacles to her.
After she reached the finish line, she chose to participate in Walder's test without thinking.
After all, Selina has been curious since she was a child and is very interested in the principles of machinery in factories. Becoming a student of Wald, the "Father of Steam", is a dream she has always longed to realize.
Like Allen, she also came to the small white pavilion at the end of the road.
Then she stood there in surprise. She obviously didn't expect that someone would reach the finish line before her.
After all, Wizard Wilbert said to her after testing her talent: "With your unique talent, there should be no one stronger than you this year who wants to enter the Mage Tower."
, there won’t be any problem at all.”
But now, a living counterexample stood in front of her.
It was a thin, handsome young man with black hair, blue eyes, and an elegant temperament. He was staring attentively at the "Elemental Box" in the pavilion.
Selena has never met this man.
But she understood that a person with a stronger magical talent than herself must be worth making friends with. After all, that person is likely to be a future ninth-level magician, or even a future legendary powerhouse.
So, instead of showing off as the Duke's daughter, she walked up to the man in a friendly manner and introduced herself to the man:
"Hello, congratulations on getting the first place in this assessment. Let me introduce myself, my name is Selina Solomon. How about we make friends? We will all be students of the Mage Tower in the future, and we are in the process of exploring the truth.
We need to help each other more."
Allen finally looked up.
In front of him, a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes was smiling friendly towards him and extending her hand to express her kindness.
"It turns out that she is Duke Solomon's daughter who has been living in a harem for a long time. No wonder she doesn't have much social experience," he commented secretly in his mind. "Listening to her words is almost like memorizing lines. She must have been reciting them word for word under the pressure of the etiquette teacher.
Memorize it."
However, he did not reject Selena's kindness.
He showed a polite smile, took hold of Selina's extended hand, and replied: "My name is Ellen York. Nice to meet you, Miss Selina. It's great to have a friend as talented and like-minded as you."
It’s the luckiest thing in my life.”
Hearing this, Selina felt happy.
In the past, when she participated in various social activities, people who met her would only praise her as "beautiful" in different ways. This made her feel like a vase, worthless except for her appearance.
Now, someone finally ignored her appearance and paid attention directly to her inner self.
This made Selena very happy and looked forward to her future life in the Mage Tower.
By then, I should have more like-minded partners!
However, at this moment, the third person also arrived at the small white pavilion.
Compared to Allen and Selena's calmness, the man looked out of breath and extremely embarrassed.
As soon as he came in, he yelled: "Shit! Why is there another test! I'm so exhausted!"
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ps: I'm very sorry, I was wrong. Yesterday I was too tired and fell asleep on the table in the middle of typing. When I woke up this morning, I found that I couldn't stand what I wrote last night, so I deleted everything and rewrote it.
Finished catching up qaqqaq
Then I weakly ask for a recommendation vote (face covering)... After all, I am testing the waters and promoting...