Chapter Twenty-Six: The Apprentices

Al couldn't tell if his finger had turned into the long black strip, or if the strip had assimilated his finger, but any sensation he felt from the strip could be transmitted clearly, as if Al's index finger had really grown.

Remembering the fact that he had just used a knife to cut a black stone only to grind it down, Al picked up the knife with his left hand and cut it where his black index finger had been interrupted.

It didn't hurt at all, but it was slightly itchy.

So Al stepped up his efforts.

Although Al looks slender and cute, he is actually quite powerful, and it is no exaggeration to say that his current strength is definitely not inferior to that of a full-fledged knight, or even surpasses it.

Although no sparks were emitted, the blade of the knife could be clearly seen beginning to curl.

Al still didn't feel any pain, just a little more pronounced itching.

Finally, under Al's strange power, the entire blade of the knife was twisted and completely scrapped, but there was not even the slightest mark left on Al's black index finger.

The strength and hardness of this black stone is simply incredible.

Since it can be lengthened, can it be curved?

Al soon came up with a new and appealing idea.

He tried to imagine that his index finger was beginning to change completely.

It's not so smooth.

After all, the movements that the human fingers can do are subject to the bones and joints, and the movements that the fingers can really do are actually only a few.

It took several attempts for Al to bend the tip of his index finger a little bit.

Then after a successful start, after dozens of attempts, Al finally made an extended version of his index finger make a mollusk-like motion, wrapping his index finger around the handle of a cup several times before lifting it up.

I have to say that although he succeeded in making this move, it still feels quite strange to El now, after all, after ten years of use, his fingers can suddenly become like the tentacles of mollusks.

Indescribably strange.

Al quickly put the cup down, and although he did it after repeated attempts, he was still not used to it.

In order to become proficient in using these 'fingers' that can become longer and shorter, thicker and thinner, and bend freely, Al will need a period of training.

Although he had only used one index finger just now, Al felt that with a little effort, the other fingers could already do the same thing, and Al also had a strange feeling that he could even add this strange 'finger' as long as he wanted.

In other words, if after enough training and practice, El can instantly conjure up countless of these pitch-black cords, and can't help but counterattack all the surrounding besieging enemies at the same time, and can also change into the form of ropes, similar to the octopus squid, a mollusk that captures prey, and instantly binds the hands and feet of one or more enemies, making the opponent completely incapacitated, in addition, because this pitch-black hand itself has a very high strength, and can sensitively transmit all the senses to Al, just like the extension of his own limbs, so it can also be used as an exploration of some dangerous places, such as lava rivers filled with magma and flames, or some unfathomable dark cavern full of unknown dangers.

Of course, this is something that can only be done after he puts on this 'black glove'.

When Al had the idea of not wanting to wear the black glove anymore, the black glove began to retreat and shrink on its own, but instead of turning into the original black stone, it changed into a black ring that was placed on the index finger of Al's right hand.

The freshman entrance test took place on the sixth day of Eyre's arrival in Valari.

Early in the morning, all the new apprentices recruited this year arrived at the previously announced location, which was a grassy square, and there was a fountain carved by a mermaid in front of it, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

However, the freshmen were not interested in seeing the scenery anymore, and they chatted together in groups of three or five about what they had seen and heard about the Academy of Magic and the entrance test that was about to begin.

These small groups formed spontaneously by the new students were often the new apprentices that the same admissions teachers had said they had recruited, and during the long journey to the Academy of Magic, these peers naturally became familiar with each other and became friends.

Al, on the other hand, had recruited only one apprentice from his admissions teachers, and he didn't know anyone else in the academy except Larry Guchdorf, so he was left alone and looked extremely lonely.

From time to time, new students cast curious glances at Al.

But perhaps it was the mysterious appearance of Al wearing the hood and not saying a word, or maybe it was for some other reason, but no one came forward to talk to Al anyway.

Al wasn't uncomfortable, and he looked around curiously.

There were basically children of the same age, most of them looked to be between thirteen or fourteen years old, and a few apprentices looked like they were fifteen or sixteen years old, but there were no bigger ones, and Al was quite young in it.

These apprentices have been divided into small circles because of the relationship between the admissions teachers, but there are also exchanges between different circles.

"Look at your braided hairstyle, are you an aboriginal of Qui Island?"

"Yes, you've been to Kui Island?"

"Haha, I lived there for two years with my father, who was a businessman, and it was a beautiful and very interesting island, and seeing your hairstyle I couldn't help but think of the many interesting people I met there. ”

"Do you know the entrance test in Ceylon before? I know a senior who told me that the entrance test in Ceylon thinks that your class in the future is very important!"

"No, how did I hear that there would be a chance to divide classes in the future?"

"What will be the opportunity to divide classes in the future? Hmph, the future placement will be an individual transfer, and the overall change will not be much, so you must pay attention to this entrance test, because this is an important event related to your life, your future, and your destiny. ”

"Is it so strict?"

"Of course, you'll find out later. ”

Although they are all peers, and they are all future classmates and alumni, when they stand together like this, some people stand out like shells at low tide on the beach and white cranes standing in a flock of chickens.

The most eye-catching is a girl, she is the typical blonde beauty, although the face is not fully grown at the moment, and the face still has the childishness of an adolescent girl, but the delicate eyebrows and slim figure make people have no doubt that she will grow into a very outstanding beauty in the future.

The girl has a beautiful figure, wearing a knee-high little black dress and a small red vest, with over-the-knee black socks and shiny round toe boots.

Such a girl with both beauty and family background naturally attracted countless attention, and many boys secretly admired her openly and secretly.

But perhaps it was because the girl was so good that there was no one around her, as if there was an invisible force field separating the girl from the people around her.

Of course, it's not just the girls who are great.

There was also a tall young man, dressed in a robe of fine workmanship, with a short staff pinned to his waist with a large round emerald at the top.

The young man's face was expressionless, but the posture of holding his head slightly high, intentionally or unintentionally, still revealed the obvious sense of pride, and he looked at people with a taste of looking down.

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