On the thorny wasteland, the snow has stopped.

The howling north wind was no longer as cold as the previous month, and many of the apprentices had already returned to the Wizard's Tower early. The Wizard's Tower, which was a little deserted due to the winter vacation some time ago, has regained some of its former vitality.

Perhaps because of the change of identity, or perhaps because of touching a world that had never been touched before, in the minds of these young apprentices, the identity of the nobility and the concept of family have quietly changed, and even they themselves have not noticed this, and they have subtly distanced themselves from their past selves and their families.

It's not that they will break off the relationship, but the influence on each other is no longer as strong as before.

This change was also expected by Jiang Feng, after all, they were just pawns played by their fathers in the family, but now in less than half a year, they already have a power that even His Majesty, who was in awe of their fathers, could not ignore. When the chess piece is so heavy that the chess player can't handle it, will the chess piece still be willing to be a chess piece?

The answer is clearly no.

They may help their family when necessary out of affection and blood, but they will no longer be unconditionally obedient to their father's orders as before.

This transformation was especially evident in the apprentices of the β Academy, because on the way through the corridor of the main building of the Wizard Tower, Jiang Feng found that almost every apprentice in the β Academy had already returned to school.

In the principal's office, Makalu was sitting at a wooden table, contemplating over a stack of parchment, occasionally writing and drawing on it with a quill.

There was the sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the door, and Makalu, who had previously instructed the servants of the wizard's tower not to disturb him, frowned slightly, but the moment the wooden door was pushed open, his expression immediately changed to heartfelt respect.

Standing up, he bowed slightly.

"Your Excellency."

Jiang Feng nodded, and after motioning for him to sit down, he also found a place to sit down, and asked casually.

"What are you up to?"

"The list of the next batch of apprentices...... At your command, I sent an invitation to recruit apprentices to the nobles above the baron of the Rick Kingdom, as well as to the families of the city-states on the southern shore of the continent who are friendly with us. Almost all of the families have agreed to send eligible offspring to the Thorn Wastes, so the list is a bit overwhelming, and I have to complete the list before the beginning of this year. Makalu said.

"I've worked you." Jiang Feng nodded approvingly.

"It's my pleasure to serve you." Makalu said respectfully.

After briefly asking about the research institute, Jiang Feng talked about the purpose of his trip.

"What about the high-ranking knights?"

"I've instructed Buck to place them in the backyard of the Wizard's Tower, where a camp will be set up and the Wizard's Tower's guards will be in charge of training them in an integrated manner." "If you want to meet them, I can take you there." ”

"Now then." Jiang Feng said.

Putting down the work at hand, Makalu walked ahead and led Jiang Feng to the camp in the backyard of the Wizard Tower.

When he arrived at the camp, he saw Buck, shirtless, wielding the great sword in his hand, teaching the newcomers martial arts.

Seeing Jiang Feng walking towards this side, he immediately stopped the movement in his hand, stuck the one-person-high black iron heavy sword on the ground, and respectfully saluted Jiang Feng.

"Wizard-sama."

Sorcerer!

There was a commotion in the camp, and the people gathered around the clearing had different expressions in their eyes when they threw themselves at Jiang Feng.

There is surprise, awe, timidity, and vigilance......

Jiang Feng looked around roughly and briefly scanned their data through the brain chip, and nodded slightly.

As he judged, the high-level knights in this world have a strength attribute of more than 2.0, and a few can reach 3.0, and they are generally master-level knights at the top.

Organizing the language in his mind, Jiang Feng spoke in a steady but majestic voice.

"You are slaves I bought, and although we may be meeting for the first time, you should know that your fate is in my hands."

The atmosphere in the camp was depressing and terrifying, Jiang Feng inadvertently released the spiritual power of the two-star wizard, and soon noticed that the eyes that looked at him were almost without exception engraved with fear,

Only Buck and Makaru stood there with their faces as usual, the former as a master knight already had a certain resistance to the wizard's spiritual power radiation, and the latter was a three-star wizard himself before being cursed, and had seen strong winds and waves, but he could no longer cast spells.

Liwei is enough.

After admiring the expressions on the faces of these slaves for a moment, Jiang Feng gradually reined in the spiritual power released and continued to speak.

"Of course, I'm an easy-going person. As long as you do what I say, and carry out every command I give without reservation, I will promise you a minimum of freedom. ”

There were whispers from beside the clearing, and the slaves stood there bewildered, looking at each other.

"Now, my first order, go back and pack your bags at once, and you'll have five minutes. In five minutes, I want to see everybody standing here. ”

The slaves who had gathered around the clearing scattered in a hurry, and disappeared in an instant. They may dare to be intrusive in front of others, but in front of wizards, even if they borrow a hundred dares, they will not dare to perfunctory his orders.

"My lord, are you going to transfer them to Boulder City?" Makaru hesitated for a moment and asked.

"I'm going to take them to the Little Secret Realm, which is the Garden of Thorns."

"IMHO, it's not a place for mortals to live, and it doesn't help them in any way to hone their martial arts...... Even in the presence of official wizards, it is difficult to guarantee the thoroughness of these people. Makalu said with a serious expression.

It also cost a lot of magic stones to buy these hundred high-level knights, especially for the aboriginal wizards who lack magic resources, the magic stones in hundreds are already a huge amount of money.

As a faithful servant, he felt compelled to stand up and warn the wizard.

"Don't worry about that, I've set up a small stronghold over there, and I have no problem accommodating a hundred people." Jiang Feng said in a casual tone.

"But...... Teleport a hundred people to the secret realm. ”

"Is that enough?" Jiang Feng took out a bag of magic stones from the space ring and stuffed it into Makalu's hand.

Jiang Feng still knew a lot about his servant's character, and he knew what Makalu was worried about for him.

Looking at the magic stones in the bag with a dark green luster, Makalu swallowed and foamed involuntarily.

It had been a while since he had been in this world, and it was the first time he had seen so many magic stones piled together.

"Is it enough?" Seeing that Makalu didn't react, Jiang Feng asked again.

"Enough, that's enough......" Putting the magic stone away, Makalu nodded stiffly.

"The preparation for activating the portal is left to you, there are a lot of people passing through the portal this time, and the passage will have to be maintained for a long time."

"I'll go get ready." Makaru bowed slightly, carried the bag of magic stones, and walked in the direction of the main building of the wizard tower.