Weird Wizarding World

   Chapter 23 Down the Mountain

The reason why the   Lapp School was built on the mountain was not to highlight its status.

   It is because the magic energy is the most concentrated here, which is more beneficial to the cultivation of wizards.

   This is also the reason why many wizards in Blackrock City choose to live on the mountainside closer to the school.

   If you need to stay in the city for a long time, it will obviously affect the progress of cultivation.

   'If the talent is not good, it will be assigned to the guard team...' Colin Mingwu.

   The logic behind this distribution can be seen from the perspective of a school.

   This is obviously to put potential apprentices in the wizarding field to cultivate and improve their realm.

   Those who have no potential will be sent to the guards in the city to exercise their combat ability and deal with trivial matters.

   For the school, this is a very reasonable distribution method.

   But for Colin, it was the exact opposite, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

   "The guard team is a good job." The gray robe wizard saw Colin's thoughts and comforted him meaningfully, "You have to know... the school is the real ruler of this island."

   Colin was puzzled.

   "...When you go to the city guard, you'll know why I said that..." The gray-robed wizard patted Colin on the shoulder and didn't say more.

  The Rapp wizard has been here for sixty years, but until now, there has not been a second official wizard in the school.

   In his opinion, an apprentice as qualified as Colin is obviously not qualified for a formal wizard.

   Going to the Guard and enjoying life is definitely a better choice for them.

  The two walked for a while and came to a study.

   It is said to be a study room, but there is only one bookshelf in the room. If you look closely, it seems that there are some repeated books on it.

   The wizard in gray robes took down two books one by one from above and handed them to Colin.

   "These are the sorcery that the school rewards. If you want to learn other things, you need to use magic stones or contribution points in exchange."

   "But because you're going to the guard, you have two more sorceries to deal with the polluters than the usual apprentices."

   He found two more books of witchcraft.

  Colin took it and stacked them together, inexplicably raising the feeling of receiving textbooks when he was in school in a previous life.

   He took the books and looked at them from top to bottom, they were—

  Detect Evil, Purify Fel, Hope Defensive Field, Fireball,

   The first two witchcraft are additional free witchcraft for the guards.

   Polluter…

   He couldn't help thinking of the weird man he met in the city before.

   That should be the so-called polluter.

   In addition to wizards, there are many unexplainable phenomena in this world.

   Polluters are one of them.

   They are formed for a variety of reasons, and being exposed to knowledge that they cannot understand is one of them.

  Apprentices like Colin, the first lesson learned in the first lesson is - never over-chasing knowledge.

  In this world, knowledge has a price.

After    finished taking the book, the wizard in gray robe gave him another voucher, told the address of the guard hall, and then let him leave and report before tomorrow.

   As soon as Colin returned to the stone house, it suddenly rained heavily outside

   He quietly leaned against the window, looking at the boundless turbulent sea outside, speechless for a moment.

  The waves are stacked and surging constantly. The loud thunder overwhelms the sound of rain and the sound of the waves. You can often see white seabirds on weekdays, but at this time, you can't find a single one.

   There is a vast space between the sky and the earth, and the torrential rain seems to connect the sea and the sky, making it difficult to tell whether the rain falls from the sky or rises from the sea.

   The rain kept falling, but the dark clouds seemed to be heavier.

  The stone house has fallen into darkness.

  Colin casts a spell to light up the bright crystal.

  The soft white light spreads evenly throughout the room. He sighed, ready to pack up.

"hold head high-"

   At this moment, a dull cry suddenly sounded.

  Colin froze in place, as if his heart was clenched, and it took two seconds to recover.

  For some reason, the rain outside the window gradually stopped.

  Colin's face was pale, but he was not afraid, and instead stepped out.

  The rain outside the door has also stopped, but if you look closely, you can see that it is still pouring rain in the distance.

   Only this part of the island did not rain.

  …It’s as if an invisible umbrella is being held here.

   At this time, people from other houses came out one after another, and they all looked up at the sky.

   Colin also raised his head.

  …Indescribable shock.

   A huge whale is leisurely wandering in the air.

   Its huge dark blue body blocked the rain and formed a rain-free area.

   From time to time, there are lightning strikes at it, but it seems like a mud ox into the sea, making no waves.

   This is a thunderstorm cloud whale, which the original owner had seen a few years ago in memory.

  It has a gentle personality and never takes the initiative to attack anything,

   So the wizard collar did not open the shield... Of course, it is not necessarily useful to open it.

  Thunderstorm cloud whales usually live in the deep sea, and only when it rains will they occasionally rise into the air and chase thunder and lightning.

   This is a rare sight to see.

  Unfortunately, although the Thunderstorm Cloud Whale looked leisurely and slow.

   But in fact it flies at a speed that even the official wizard may not be able to keep up with.

   So soon, it disappeared from Colin's eyes.

  The rain started falling again.

   The rain continued until the afternoon and gradually stopped.

  The dark clouds dissipated, the sun shines again on the earth, and even a rainbow appears in the distance.

   Colin has also almost collected his things.

   There is nothing to bring, except for a change of clothes, mainly only books and bee stings.

   As for the knight's sword and armor left by the original owner, he plans to go to the market to sell it later.

  With the improvement of his strength, the benefits brought to him by the knight's cultivation base are more manifested in energy, and in terms of combat, it is still inferior to witchcraft.

   Even the bee stings around the waist are more of a decoration.

   Therefore, Colin intends that the knights only practice breathing, and no longer consume energy in combat skills.

   After going to the market to sell miscellaneous things,

   The things in the house are obviously much less, and it is estimated that it can only be filled with a large bag at most.

   Colin got up and went to the bedside table to collect the last things.

  Inadvertently, he saw a brown letter and a piece of white paper inside.

   Colin looked slightly startled and slowly picked them up.

   Rubbing the red and blue Fire Emblem on the brown envelope, he felt a little emotional.

   That cute girl with short blond hair has probably turned into a handful of loess now.

   He carefully placed the envelope and white paper in the grey backpack.

   Then he put on his backpack, looked around the stone house, and walked into the meditation room for a while.

   Finally came to the window, leaned on it as usual, and looked at the calm blue sea in the distance.

  The sea is vast and boundless, white seabirds hovering, echoing the little silver light rippling from the water.

   Colin let out a long sigh, stopped taking pictures, stood up and walked outside the house.

After    walked out the door, he looked back at Erica's stone house next door.

   took a pause, as if thinking of something, turned around and walked towards Erica's door.

   After a few minutes, he set off again and walked towards Black Rock City down the mountain.

   He left a blank piece of paper for Erica.

   didn’t say anything above,

   just briefly described what happened recently,

   About Charlie, about the mutual aid society, and about being assigned to the guard team.

   By the way, I also gave her feedback that I received a blank paper and a letter. If there is a chance to go back to Lane in the future, I will bring the letter to her parents...

   The sky is getting late, and the sky is full of red clouds.

   On the mountain road, the figure of Colin carrying a bag gradually disappeared.

   (end of this chapter)