Chapter 29
Ball in the Pit
He wore a large gray wizard's robe, a pale mask covered with purple and black spiral patterns, and his golden curly hair fell loosely, subtly obscuring the eternal earring on his right ear.
For ten days, Green went in and out of the third floor of the Black Tower, absorbing alchemical knowledge like a sponge.
Because of the knowledge and experience accumulated from the large number of magic stones, Grimm became increasingly mysterious. His eyes, hidden beneath the pale mask, occasionally revealed a glimmer of wisdom and contemplation. He was so wise and mysterious that even his former friends would not recognize him at first glance.
They came in a hurry, and they left in a hurry.
Green seemed to live in the solitary world of a loner, enduring or perhaps enjoying solitude, and immersing himself in endless knowledge.
Ten days later.
Green filled a book with alchemical knowledge and, in his hut, constantly tried to conduct alchemical experiments using basic materials.
A sigh.
"Indeed, alchemy is not a subject that can be mastered overnight. Without twenty years of accumulation, ordinary people cannot even forge the simplest magical artifacts."
Grimm rubbed his forehead wearily. His attempt to create the simplest magical artifact had ended in failure, wasting dozens of magic stones.
However, Green was not discouraged.
Although alchemy is a difficult subject to learn, even wizards without the aptitude for it can reach a considerable level through extensive smelting experiments and knowledge accumulation.
half a month later.
Green came to the third floor of Black Tower again, but this time he entered a potion and witchcraft room to learn about potions.
In this way, at the cost of consuming a huge amount of magic stones, Green gained the right to be taught knowledge by a wizard on the third floor of the Black Tower. Even some ambiguous and unclear points would be explained by the wizard based on his rich knowledge.
Thus, Green's wizarding knowledge began to grow at an astonishing rate.
Meanwhile, the wizarding apprentices of the same cohort were still striving to acquire magic stones to learn new magic spells. Occasionally, they would have a small chance to buy a magical artifact. They would only spend magic stones to study in the classroom for the subjects they were focused on.
Time passed, and gradually, there was less than a week left until the trial exam.
In the final moments, as the rumors about the cruelty of the trials among the new recruits grew increasingly bizarre, everyone even felt as if they were facing a life-or-death test. Naturally, a feeling of being overwhelmed and unable to breathe began to permeate the new recruits.
Some newcomers who had not yet learned the three spells began to indulge in final pleasures in despair, and gave up on themselves.
The gathering place of the Bloodsail Alliance.
As the Bloodsail Alliance grew in power, even the wizarding apprentice organizations inherited from schools had to begin to take this emerging organization seriously.
Driven by this momentum, the Bloodsail Alliance finally had its own independent gathering place at the Blacksorta Wizarding Academy.
Unlike those older organizations that use trials and exams as a way to select and train new talent, the Crimson Alliance, apart from a dozen or so sporadic wizard apprentices from the previous year in the last three years, mostly has to face trials and exams.
Although the brutal selection and elimination process on the ocean liner had left the remaining participants with considerable potential, it was precisely because of this that the Bloodsail Alliance, having experienced such cruelty, took this trial even more seriously.
If the Bloodsail Alliance can successfully help most of its members pass the trials, then it will have truly established itself at Blacksorta Wizarding Academy and become one of the five major organizations for wizarding apprentices.
And now...
The Bloodsail Alliance is not really an organization; it's just a powerful group gathering because it lacks its own foundation.
Among the many wizarding apprentices, there is a so-called list of the best wizarding apprentices. This list is based on the battle records of some wizarding apprentices who have entered and left the Wasteland and occasionally leaked out of the Thorn Forest.
Of course, this list only records the outstanding individuals among this year's newcomers; previous wizard apprentices and experts are not included.
The Bloodsail Alliance is famous because six of the top ten experts on this list are the thirteen elders of the Bloodsail Alliance at that time.
In an effort to uncover the reasons behind this, some curious individuals even privately inquired about the Blood Sail Alliance's terrifying elimination system on ocean liners, which only intensified the fear of the trial known as the Blood Grinding Wheel among those who knew about it.
However, the Bloodsail Alliance never cared about this so-called ranking.
Because the names of Solum, Yunli, and Bibiliona are not even in this list, it's just a boring ranking game among wizard apprentices...
With the trial exams approaching, the Bloodsail Alliance leadership arranged a music and dance party to enhance interpersonal relationships and friendships within the alliance, hoping that everyone could help each other during the trials.
Elegant and relaxing music filled the entire hall.
Raffi, Amida, Joklis, Yorkriana, Binghamson, and a strange woman sat together, watching pairs of wizard apprentices dancing gracefully in the orchestra pit.
Raffi wore a silver-white dance dress, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin on her high and firm breasts. The tight dress accentuated her graceful and tall figure and stunningly long and beautiful legs. A pair of crescent-shaped earrings were subtly concealed by her short, dark brown hair.
Lazy on the bench, Raffi's arrogance was undisguised, exuding the aura of a powerful woman.
Having already refused invitations to dance from over a dozen wizard apprentices, those rejected by Raffi merely smiled politely and dared not say anything more.
Over the past three years, due to Raffi's arrogance and willfulness, she has offended many people and has entered and exited the deserted courtyard countless times, yet she is still alive and well.
On the contrary, most of her enemies never appeared again.
Because of these impressive achievements, Raffi became one of the top ten newcomers on the Black Sota list, and was secretly known as the Queen of Sharp Tongues and the Beauty of Sharp Tongues.
Lafite, of course, never cared about this ranking.
The deeper Raffi understood the knowledge of witchcraft, the more unfathomable those three people seemed. Not to mention that they had already been mentored by second-level wizards as soon as they landed, and had not appeared in front of others for the past three years.
The gap will only widen, perhaps even more than before.
"I wonder if he'll even come. He's such a stubborn person, so concerned with saving face..."
In a barely audible voice, Lafite, holding her wine glass, suddenly uttered this inexplicable statement. Only a few people around her heard it, yet everyone understood what she meant.
A hint of melancholy crept into Lafite's expression as he stared absently at the red wine in his glass, seemingly reminiscing about his time on the ocean liner.
"Brother Green, he probably won't come, right? After all, we haven't heard from him for over half a year. Maybe he..."
Yokliana, wearing a half-mask that concealed her lost eye and the scars on her face, spoke in a low voice.
Although she only said half of it, everyone understood what she meant.
Yoris flicked his sister's head and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about? Green is our closest friend, how could he die so easily?"
Yorkriana didn't say anything more, she rubbed her head, and when Yoris saw this, he helped rub it for her with heartache.
Standing to the side was Amida, who was a full 1.85 meters tall. Her long golden hair was slicked back, and her broad, muscular chest was visible beneath her thick beard. Her long blue robe was casually tied around her body, yet it exuded a powerful and imposing aura.
For the past three years, Amyida’s infatuation with Rafi has been obvious to almost everyone.
No matter how sharp-tongued or bad-tempered Raffi was, Amiida accepted it all, just so she could stay by her side.
However, three whole years have passed, and Amiida has expressed his feelings to Rafi several times, but has not received any response. He was originally a little sad, but now his mind started to work.
"Could it be... that Raffi likes that person? But whether on the ship or at the wizarding academy, that person hasn't shown anything outstanding. At best, he's just a follower behind Raffi. Why would Raffi be so hung up on him?"
After a moment of panic, Amida tentatively asked, "What would you do if he came back?"
With trepidation, Amida stared intently at Rafi.
"My affairs are none of your business."
Lafite said coldly, tilted his head back, and downed the glass of red wine in one gulp.
Sure enough, that person is the one in her heart!
Amiida's face was somewhat gloomy.
Is it to give up and let three years of hard work go to waste?
Or should I, as a man, demand that that guy compete fairly with me?
"Hey, you guys, are you really concerned about Green or just pretending? You keep talking about Green, but you only remember him now. Don't you ever pay attention to his information? Look at this."
Suddenly, Bingham spoke up and took a piece of paper out of his clothes.
"The list of wizard apprentices? Wait, Brother Grimm's on it! He's really on it!"
Yorkriana exclaimed in surprise, and Raffi and Yocris next to her also rushed over to take a look. Amida followed Raffi's gaze and sure enough, she saw Green's name on the list.
On the other side, the girl next to Bingham tossed her brown curly hair and asked with a smile, "I didn't expect you two to be so close!"
Bingham chuckled, pulled the girl into his arms, and joked, "If I remember correctly, he should be exactly twenty this year, and I'm twenty-two. I'll make him call you sister-in-law then!"
"Hmph, who said I was going to marry you..."
The girl said, pretending to be angry.
Suddenly, Raffi, who had been sitting lazily, Amida, who was hesitating on one side, and the other Bloodsail Alliance elders seemed to sense something at the same time. They looked towards the entrance of the hall and at the wizard apprentice who had suddenly appeared and was smiling naturally and proudly.
Snapped!
A Bloodsail Alliance male wizard apprentice, who had been chatting suavely with a female wizard apprentice, inadvertently saw the person at the door. His eyes widened in shock, and his wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into countless pieces, yet he remained oblivious, muttering in disbelief.
"Soram!?"
That's right, the person who suddenly appeared was none other than Soram, a figure who was like a myth to everyone in the Bloodsail Alliance!
The wizard apprentice who was taken in as a disciple by the Masked Wizard!
That undercover agent who was in the same squad as Green and the others, but almost never spoke a word!
Unless the Bloodsail Alliance members have forgotten everything that happened on the ship, no matter when they recall it, this mysterious, tall, and unattainable wizard apprentice named Soram will inevitably appear in their memories.
Sonam smiled confidently, arms crossed, looking at the joyful dancers in the orchestra pit with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because Solam was too bright and dazzling, like the protagonist who captivated everyone, that everyone failed to notice the person wearing a white mask who arrived late in the distance of the hall.
For ten days, Green went in and out of the third floor of the Black Tower, absorbing alchemical knowledge like a sponge.
Because of the knowledge and experience accumulated from the large number of magic stones, Grimm became increasingly mysterious. His eyes, hidden beneath the pale mask, occasionally revealed a glimmer of wisdom and contemplation. He was so wise and mysterious that even his former friends would not recognize him at first glance.
They came in a hurry, and they left in a hurry.
Green seemed to live in the solitary world of a loner, enduring or perhaps enjoying solitude, and immersing himself in endless knowledge.
Ten days later.
Green filled a book with alchemical knowledge and, in his hut, constantly tried to conduct alchemical experiments using basic materials.
A sigh.
"Indeed, alchemy is not a subject that can be mastered overnight. Without twenty years of accumulation, ordinary people cannot even forge the simplest magical artifacts."
Grimm rubbed his forehead wearily. His attempt to create the simplest magical artifact had ended in failure, wasting dozens of magic stones.
However, Green was not discouraged.
Although alchemy is a difficult subject to learn, even wizards without the aptitude for it can reach a considerable level through extensive smelting experiments and knowledge accumulation.
half a month later.
Green came to the third floor of Black Tower again, but this time he entered a potion and witchcraft room to learn about potions.
In this way, at the cost of consuming a huge amount of magic stones, Green gained the right to be taught knowledge by a wizard on the third floor of the Black Tower. Even some ambiguous and unclear points would be explained by the wizard based on his rich knowledge.
Thus, Green's wizarding knowledge began to grow at an astonishing rate.
Meanwhile, the wizarding apprentices of the same cohort were still striving to acquire magic stones to learn new magic spells. Occasionally, they would have a small chance to buy a magical artifact. They would only spend magic stones to study in the classroom for the subjects they were focused on.
Time passed, and gradually, there was less than a week left until the trial exam.
In the final moments, as the rumors about the cruelty of the trials among the new recruits grew increasingly bizarre, everyone even felt as if they were facing a life-or-death test. Naturally, a feeling of being overwhelmed and unable to breathe began to permeate the new recruits.
Some newcomers who had not yet learned the three spells began to indulge in final pleasures in despair, and gave up on themselves.
The gathering place of the Bloodsail Alliance.
As the Bloodsail Alliance grew in power, even the wizarding apprentice organizations inherited from schools had to begin to take this emerging organization seriously.
Driven by this momentum, the Bloodsail Alliance finally had its own independent gathering place at the Blacksorta Wizarding Academy.
Unlike those older organizations that use trials and exams as a way to select and train new talent, the Crimson Alliance, apart from a dozen or so sporadic wizard apprentices from the previous year in the last three years, mostly has to face trials and exams.
Although the brutal selection and elimination process on the ocean liner had left the remaining participants with considerable potential, it was precisely because of this that the Bloodsail Alliance, having experienced such cruelty, took this trial even more seriously.
If the Bloodsail Alliance can successfully help most of its members pass the trials, then it will have truly established itself at Blacksorta Wizarding Academy and become one of the five major organizations for wizarding apprentices.
And now...
The Bloodsail Alliance is not really an organization; it's just a powerful group gathering because it lacks its own foundation.
Among the many wizarding apprentices, there is a so-called list of the best wizarding apprentices. This list is based on the battle records of some wizarding apprentices who have entered and left the Wasteland and occasionally leaked out of the Thorn Forest.
Of course, this list only records the outstanding individuals among this year's newcomers; previous wizard apprentices and experts are not included.
The Bloodsail Alliance is famous because six of the top ten experts on this list are the thirteen elders of the Bloodsail Alliance at that time.
In an effort to uncover the reasons behind this, some curious individuals even privately inquired about the Blood Sail Alliance's terrifying elimination system on ocean liners, which only intensified the fear of the trial known as the Blood Grinding Wheel among those who knew about it.
However, the Bloodsail Alliance never cared about this so-called ranking.
Because the names of Solum, Yunli, and Bibiliona are not even in this list, it's just a boring ranking game among wizard apprentices...
With the trial exams approaching, the Bloodsail Alliance leadership arranged a music and dance party to enhance interpersonal relationships and friendships within the alliance, hoping that everyone could help each other during the trials.
Elegant and relaxing music filled the entire hall.
Raffi, Amida, Joklis, Yorkriana, Binghamson, and a strange woman sat together, watching pairs of wizard apprentices dancing gracefully in the orchestra pit.
Raffi wore a silver-white dance dress, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin on her high and firm breasts. The tight dress accentuated her graceful and tall figure and stunningly long and beautiful legs. A pair of crescent-shaped earrings were subtly concealed by her short, dark brown hair.
Lazy on the bench, Raffi's arrogance was undisguised, exuding the aura of a powerful woman.
Having already refused invitations to dance from over a dozen wizard apprentices, those rejected by Raffi merely smiled politely and dared not say anything more.
Over the past three years, due to Raffi's arrogance and willfulness, she has offended many people and has entered and exited the deserted courtyard countless times, yet she is still alive and well.
On the contrary, most of her enemies never appeared again.
Because of these impressive achievements, Raffi became one of the top ten newcomers on the Black Sota list, and was secretly known as the Queen of Sharp Tongues and the Beauty of Sharp Tongues.
Lafite, of course, never cared about this ranking.
The deeper Raffi understood the knowledge of witchcraft, the more unfathomable those three people seemed. Not to mention that they had already been mentored by second-level wizards as soon as they landed, and had not appeared in front of others for the past three years.
The gap will only widen, perhaps even more than before.
"I wonder if he'll even come. He's such a stubborn person, so concerned with saving face..."
In a barely audible voice, Lafite, holding her wine glass, suddenly uttered this inexplicable statement. Only a few people around her heard it, yet everyone understood what she meant.
A hint of melancholy crept into Lafite's expression as he stared absently at the red wine in his glass, seemingly reminiscing about his time on the ocean liner.
"Brother Green, he probably won't come, right? After all, we haven't heard from him for over half a year. Maybe he..."
Yokliana, wearing a half-mask that concealed her lost eye and the scars on her face, spoke in a low voice.
Although she only said half of it, everyone understood what she meant.
Yoris flicked his sister's head and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about? Green is our closest friend, how could he die so easily?"
Yorkriana didn't say anything more, she rubbed her head, and when Yoris saw this, he helped rub it for her with heartache.
Standing to the side was Amida, who was a full 1.85 meters tall. Her long golden hair was slicked back, and her broad, muscular chest was visible beneath her thick beard. Her long blue robe was casually tied around her body, yet it exuded a powerful and imposing aura.
For the past three years, Amyida’s infatuation with Rafi has been obvious to almost everyone.
No matter how sharp-tongued or bad-tempered Raffi was, Amiida accepted it all, just so she could stay by her side.
However, three whole years have passed, and Amiida has expressed his feelings to Rafi several times, but has not received any response. He was originally a little sad, but now his mind started to work.
"Could it be... that Raffi likes that person? But whether on the ship or at the wizarding academy, that person hasn't shown anything outstanding. At best, he's just a follower behind Raffi. Why would Raffi be so hung up on him?"
After a moment of panic, Amida tentatively asked, "What would you do if he came back?"
With trepidation, Amida stared intently at Rafi.
"My affairs are none of your business."
Lafite said coldly, tilted his head back, and downed the glass of red wine in one gulp.
Sure enough, that person is the one in her heart!
Amiida's face was somewhat gloomy.
Is it to give up and let three years of hard work go to waste?
Or should I, as a man, demand that that guy compete fairly with me?
"Hey, you guys, are you really concerned about Green or just pretending? You keep talking about Green, but you only remember him now. Don't you ever pay attention to his information? Look at this."
Suddenly, Bingham spoke up and took a piece of paper out of his clothes.
"The list of wizard apprentices? Wait, Brother Grimm's on it! He's really on it!"
Yorkriana exclaimed in surprise, and Raffi and Yocris next to her also rushed over to take a look. Amida followed Raffi's gaze and sure enough, she saw Green's name on the list.
On the other side, the girl next to Bingham tossed her brown curly hair and asked with a smile, "I didn't expect you two to be so close!"
Bingham chuckled, pulled the girl into his arms, and joked, "If I remember correctly, he should be exactly twenty this year, and I'm twenty-two. I'll make him call you sister-in-law then!"
"Hmph, who said I was going to marry you..."
The girl said, pretending to be angry.
Suddenly, Raffi, who had been sitting lazily, Amida, who was hesitating on one side, and the other Bloodsail Alliance elders seemed to sense something at the same time. They looked towards the entrance of the hall and at the wizard apprentice who had suddenly appeared and was smiling naturally and proudly.
Snapped!
A Bloodsail Alliance male wizard apprentice, who had been chatting suavely with a female wizard apprentice, inadvertently saw the person at the door. His eyes widened in shock, and his wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into countless pieces, yet he remained oblivious, muttering in disbelief.
"Soram!?"
That's right, the person who suddenly appeared was none other than Soram, a figure who was like a myth to everyone in the Bloodsail Alliance!
The wizard apprentice who was taken in as a disciple by the Masked Wizard!
That undercover agent who was in the same squad as Green and the others, but almost never spoke a word!
Unless the Bloodsail Alliance members have forgotten everything that happened on the ship, no matter when they recall it, this mysterious, tall, and unattainable wizard apprentice named Soram will inevitably appear in their memories.
Sonam smiled confidently, arms crossed, looking at the joyful dancers in the orchestra pit with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because Solam was too bright and dazzling, like the protagonist who captivated everyone, that everyone failed to notice the person wearing a white mask who arrived late in the distance of the hall.