"My lord," the Sphinx said in a humble tone, "you may have forgotten that I have been calling you like this many years ago. Of course, if you are not satisfied with it, I can change it."
"It's up to you," Allen said lightly, "but if anyone else is around, you should still call me 'Alan'!"
"As you command, my lord!" the Sphinx responded respectfully.
In order to avoid suspicion, Allen did not stay here for too long. Soon, he walked straight through the bronze gate and entered the mage tower.
But at the same time, the doubts in his heart deepened.
If Wizard Wood's introduction is correct, then the remnant soul of the Sphinx was sealed here many years ago by the most mysterious founder of the Mage Tower, the "Faceless Prophet". Theoretically, it cannot have anything to do with the God of Darkness.
Could it be that... this Sphinx was once a follower of the God of Darkness? That's why it acted so frightened when it felt his aura?
Or... this Sphinx was once taken care of by the God of Darkness before it became a remnant soul?
Or... the Mage Tower has been inadvertently penetrated by the Dark Temple from all directions?
Allen shook his head, throwing away these uncertain guesses.
When there is a chance in the future, he will definitely come to the Sphinx again and ask all this questions.
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At this moment, Wizard Wood and Howard were already standing in the hall of the Wizard Tower waiting for him.
As soon as he saw him, Wizard Wood hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I just forgot to remind you that this Sphinx has always bullied the weak and likes to embarrass newcomers. When you go out in the future, you must remember to bring a teleportation scroll, otherwise it will
I have to climb out of the window.
"Of course, as your strength increases, the questions asked by the Sphinx will become easier and simpler. For example, Mr. Merlins, every time he enters and exits the Mage Tower, every time he passes this door, the Sphinx
No one dared to ask him to solve a linear equation of two variables."
"Why is that?" Howard asked curiously.
"The reason is very simple," Wizard Wood said with a smile. "Many years ago, the legendary mage 'Flame' Wulkan was blocked outside the door because he did not answer the Sphinx's question. He became angry on the spot and threw the Sphinx into a trap.
Sphinx gave him a good beating. From then on, the Sphinx never dared to make things difficult for the strong again."
After hearing the words of Magician Wood, Howard's face could not help but reveal a strong yearning, as if he couldn't wait to become a powerful magician, so as to be freed from the Sphinx's troubles.
As for Allen, he quietly lowered his head and remained silent.
He really couldn't imagine the expression on Wizard Wood's face if he knew he was asked a question like "What is one plus one?"
"So Mr. Wood, what should we do next?" Howard asked curiously.
"Howard, I will take you to the second floor later to test what your natal element is, so that you can make two-way choices with the mentors later." At this point, Magician Wood paused for a while, and then turned to Ai
Allen said, "As for you, Allen, today I
I was supposed to take you to Mr. Walder's laboratory, but since Mr. Walder was busy doing explosion tests today, he not only locked the door of the laboratory, but also hung a sign on the door that said, "Highly dangerous, no one can enter at your own risk."
' sign, I really don't dare to take you there.
"Otherwise? You can move around freely today! I will inform you when Mr. Walder comes out of the laboratory."
Allen nodded and said: "No problem! Since everything is fine for now, I will join in the fun and go with you to see Howard's test results first!"
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As we all know, everything in the world is composed of earth, fire, water, wind and other elements; and the essence of magic is to use magic to invoke elements in nature.
The reason why magicians can become magicians, in addition to their strong mental power, is largely because they are more sensitive to and more compatible with natural elements than ordinary people.
But at the same time, each magician has different affinity levels for different types of elements. Among them, the element with the highest affinity is called the magician's natal element.
Normally, in order to improve efficiency, a magician will choose his major field based on his natal element. For example, a magician who is affinity to the fire element will never choose to specialize in water magic.
Of course, there are also some special magic fields, such as prophecy, alchemy, etc., which do not have special requirements for natal elements. Instead, they pay more attention to the mental strength of the magician.
Because of this, Allen could skip the natal element test and directly choose Merlins and Walder as mentors.
But Howard was not so lucky.
When he followed Wizard Wood to a spacious room on the second floor of the Wizard Tower, he found that the place was already densely packed with people.
Dozens of magicians gathered here.
They all wore robes and badges, ranging from eighth-level wizards to sixth-level wizards. They were all like hunting dogs seeing bones, staring at Howard with covetous eyes, as if they were afraid that he would be robbed by others.
They had already found out that among the new students recruited by the Mage Tower this time, in addition to the "legendary" pervert Alan York, there were also two extremely rare "excellent" students.
Among them, because Duke Solomon's daughter Selina has already decided to study alchemy with Mr. Walder, Howard has become the only "ownerless thing" left.
The magicians present all understood that this was probably the only opportunity in their lives to receive an "outstanding" talented student to pass on the mantle.
After all, in previous years, the few "excellent" students were picked up by big shots like Merlins, Walder, or other ninth-level magicians before entering the Mage Tower. It was impossible to give them to them.
They share a bowl of soup.
Because of this, at this moment, their eyes were all focused on Howard, nervously waiting for Howard's test results.
With everyone watching, Howard's heart beat involuntarily, feeling like a clown about to perform on stage in a circus.
Today, the magician who presides over the test is still Merlins's student Les Ross.
But unlike others, her eyes fell on Allen first.
"Alan, why are you here too? I thought you were at Mr. Walder's place!"
"Ms. Rice, Mr. Walder is still busy doing magic experiments, so I will accompany Howard here to take a look first."
"We are all students of the same teacher, you can call me Laisi from now on!" Laisi said with a smile, "Don't add the word 'ma'am', it will sound strange."
"No problem, Les." Allen changed the title readily.
"By the way, Allen, do you also want to test your natal element?" Lais asked.
"No," Allen replied without hesitation, "Today's protagonist is Howard. I'm just here to watch the fun."
"Okay," Les nodded, then turned to look at Howard and said in a teasing tone, "Come here, talented young man... Oh, don't be nervous, relax, it won't hurt.
It’ll be fine in a moment.”
Hearing this, Howard smiled awkwardly and walked to her side.
Later, Les took out a crystal ball from a wooden box and placed it in front of Howard.
"Howard, this crystal ball has been imbued with special magic, which can amplify a person's elemental affinity. As long as you put your hand on it, your natal elements will soon gather around it... For example, if you wait
If there are sparks around the crystal ball, it means that your natal element is fire."
Howard nodded and followed Lais' request and put his hand on the crystal ball.
There was sudden silence in the room.
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