Chapter 470 Mary and Daniel

There is a lot of content on the bulletin board, but not all of it is new, some old papers are covered with new stickers, and some old papers have faded due to the wind and the sun, and the content on them has become blurred. Clear, it seems quite laborious.

The popular literacy education and town announcement system implemented by Emperor Rosetta are indeed good things, but there are also many problems, because there is only one channel for releasing news, so whether it is the New Deal at the top or the chores in the town will be posted on it. Here, and no one has considered the issue of timeliness, it is often seen that the emperor's decree is followed by a notice to clean up the sludge, and the news of the purchase of new grain is put together with the content of the distribution of grain seeds a few months ago. It is difficult to distinguish them clearly.

In fact, it is indeed a skill to find useful content from these messy information, and as far as Mary knows, the promotion effect of literacy education is not so good, and most civilians do not have enough spare energy to read and write. , even if they went to read and read, they would not learn much under the careless teachers who came to class for a few coins every day, so there were not many people who could read the notices in the whole town.

The clutter of the bulletin boards, combined with the still low literacy rate of the population, has even given rise to a profession, the "reader".

If someone wants to find something useful from the mess of notices - such as a farmer who wants to know the latest purchase price of a certain crop and when it is purchased - then give a coin to the soldier, and the soldier will find the useful thing read to you.

Of course, some information is worthless after it is spread, and farmers who are more literate are likely to find useful information and tell others. On the one hand, they will deliberately wet and soil the content that may cause the most inquiries when posting notices, so that civilians who want to know commodity prices or employment information have to spend a penny to ask...

But none of this matters to Mary. As a mage, she has the ability to easily read everything on the bulletin board and distinguish it, and she doesn't care much about the timeliness of the information - everything on it is to her. All are interesting.

There is no such thing as a bulletin board in the village at the foot of the mountain.

"Are you recruiting a mage..." The young female apprentice read all the notices posted with great interest, and finally her eyes fell on the notice for recruiting a mage. She could see that it seemed to be for the sake of A research project is recruiting, but the information itself is unusual.

The announcement of the recruitment of mages has been posted in the town... It seems that Emperor Rosetta wants to select a group of talents from the mages of the whole empire, and his recruitment scope is really large. In this kind of rural town, you can see At most, the mage to the notice is a wild mage of three or two levels, right?

But then Mary thought of her own mentor... the terrifying old magician was probably an exception.

Living in seclusion in such a remote country, his strength is unfathomable... It is said that the mentor also lived in the capital at the time, and I wonder if he will be interested in the recruitment of His Majesty the Emperor.

The young female apprentice had such thoughts in her mind, then left the bulletin board and continued to wander in the lively town square.

The bard's verses sound heartwarming.

The performance of the circus clowns is impressive.

Even a few crappy craftsmen who made a few straw weaving and woodcut trinkets on the square made Mary very fascinated.

So when she finally woke up from these things, the golden-red sunset light had already sprinkled on the roof of the circle at the edge of the square.

Looking at the golden-red sunset, the townspeople and performers who were leaving the square one by one, the poor young girl finally became terrified: she completely forgot what the tutor had ordered!

Mary ran away and rushed to the shop next to the square. The only thing she is happy about now is that she has been holding the package in her arms. If she was too addicted to the entertainment in the square before, she would buy these potion raw materials specially ordered by her tutor. If it is lost too... The mentor will definitely pull out one of her tendons and feed it to those bloodthirsty monsters in the mage tower!

Finally, luck favored this girl, she bought the last spell casting materials before the shop closed, and by the time she came out of the shop, it was almost completely dark.

Looking at the last rays of the sky, Mary couldn't help tightening her old black short robe. It is not a wise choice to travel after dark, especially since there is still a period of need between the town and the mentor's mage tower. Walking on the mountain road for two hours, even though she is a mage with a formal spellcasting level, the mountain road in the dark is also dangerous.

But the wrath of the old magician is more terrifying than the slippery mountain road and the monsters dormant in the dark.

Mary secretly regretted her lax actions today, and checked the package in her arms again, and finally stepped out of the town.

The news she saw on the bulletin board was still spinning in her mind, but after stepping on the mountain trail, she put all her thoughts aside.

Summoned a flashing orb for lighting, prepared protective spells for body protection, and clenched the dagger used for body protection in her spare right hand. There are cold winds constantly blowing from the mountains on the mountain road, but Mary does not dare to be distracted to maintain an extra layer of breeze barrier: when operating in the wild, it is common sense for mages to save mana as much as possible, as long as the external environment is not bad enough to affect thinking and judgment. The degree of comfort cannot be overemphasized.

Finally, before midnight came, the dark and spooky spire appeared in her field of vision.

Mary was cold and hungry, but she finally got back to the Mage's Tower before the collar around her neck turned into a red-hot hoop.

The gate of the mage tower opened automatically, and the gatekeeper inside silently put the female apprentice into the tower. With a muffled sound when the heavy gate closed, the mountain wind and starlight outside were isolated.

The mage's tower was still dark and dead, and it was like a cage, but Mary let out a long breath after entering the door. She tiptoed to the stairs leading to the upper floor, ready to buy it before the mentor found out. She put things into the warehouse, and then hid in her room, but she stopped stiffly as soon as she took two steps.

The shady, lonely old mage stood on the stairs, quietly merging into the darkness like a sculpture, the artificial nerve cord squirming in the cloth and the sound of sweeping the ground rustled, like countless venomous snakes entangled. Creepy crawling sound.

Mary seemed to have forgotten how to speak, she stammered: "Teacher...I..."

A bright bolt of lightning struck her shoulder before she could say anything, and along with the pain came the gloomy words of the old mage: "Why so late?"

Lightning pierced through the crude robe that had almost no protective effect, scorching a piece of flesh and blood, but Mary, who was used to dealing with this kind of punishment, suppressed the trembling of her body and voice for the first time, and lowered her head: "I'm in the town. delayed..."

She didn't explain it with reasons like "the mountain road is not easy to walk". She also has experience on this point: the instructor is very knowledgeable in the field of neurology and brain wave manipulation, and those winding nerve cords can not only be used to connect A mysterious network of thoughts can even detect lies. The last apprentice who lied in front of her mentor almost died on the test bench. She didn't want to use her life to test the old mage's mood at the moment.

The old mage Daniel stared at Mary with sinister eyes. He waved his hand, and the package in Mary's arms flew to him. After checking the contents of the package, he raised his eyelids again: "Remember, if you delay, For the experiment explained by the master, I will use you as the experimental material!"

Mary lowered her head and made a submissive look: "Yes... yes!"

The old mage has a mysterious master, she knows this, and she also knows that the mysterious and powerful master has issued a series of orders to the old mage, researching new neural connection technology and brain wave amplification technology is the order Part of it is precisely because of these tasks that the old mage has recently frequently arranged for his apprentices to go out to collect materials.

Mary didn't dare to ask the secrets behind those studies, let alone the name of the mysterious "master", she was very clear in this regard: a being who could make even a terrifying mentor so awed was by no means something she could easily approach, said Maybe just hearing a little bit of news would be enough to bring her death.

Looking at the cowering female apprentice, Daniel frowned, not knowing what to think, then suddenly said, "What did you see in the town?"

Mary didn't dare to tell the details of her wandering, but said something that might make the tutor less angry: "...I'm looking at the notice in the town...I want to know if there is any useful news..."

Daniel snorted: "Hmph, what useful news have you seen?"

"His Majesty the Emperor is expanding the school... He is recruiting volunteer soldiers..." Mary immediately said everything she saw, and put the most important piece of information at the end, "By the way, His Majesty is still recruiting mages. , it may be that the Royal Society of Mages is expanding its manpower, mentor you..."

She didn't dare to say it before she finished speaking, because she saw that the expression on the teacher's face suddenly became more gloomy than ever. The gloomy expression was almost full of undisguised resentment, but the teacher was in After she stopped, she said, "Continue to say - what does the emperor recruit mages for?"

"Maybe...it may be a research project..." Mary stammered, "The specific content is not written, but it requires...mathematical knowledge and knowledge of magic circles, and a special understanding of self-charging...self-charging magic circles …”

The gloomy expression on the old mage's face suddenly changed.

He frowned and seemed to fall into deep thought. While Mary waited tremblingly, he whispered to himself: "...Could the empire be studying...the master may be interested in this news..."

Mary lowered her head and listened without breathing. She was not interested in the master of the old mage at all. She was hungry, sleepy, and nervous to death. She just wanted to get back to her room as soon as possible.

The old mage finally woke up from talking to himself and thinking. He glanced at the apprentice who was still waiting under the steps, a trance flashed in his eyes, and then he regained clarity.

He waved his hand: "Go back to your room."

As if granted amnesty, Mary hurriedly bowed deeply, and just as she was about to leave, she heard the teacher's voice coming up the stairs again: "...you have a plate of muffins on your table for you."

Mary looked up in astonishment, as if she suspected that she had heard something wrong.

However, the old mage just waved his hand, his artificial nerve cord had quieted down for some time, and his tone was full of impatience: "Today is your birthday."