Chapter 52: The Sands of Time
In the Mystic Retreat.
In front of the huge and mysterious manor, fashionably dressed girls led them inside.
The five of them followed the girl to the manor, looking around with unconcealed curiosity on their faces.
The buildings in the manor are scattered in strange and random shapes, none of them repeat the appearance, they are either triangular chimneys, from time to time there are strange smoke spewed out of them, or several irregular strange structures are fortified, no matter how you look at it, it does not conform to the laws of physics.
The most eye-catching is the huge fountain behind the gate, through the gate you can see the fountain dozens of meters high, the fountain is several times larger under the sun, shining with layers of vivid brilliance, colorful and amazingly beautiful.
From time to time, thumbnail-sized goblins flutter around the fountain, and four dragonfly-like wings sprinkle colorful pink light, which is even more beautiful. Occasionally, a leprechaun would plunge headlong into the bottom of the fountain, pick up an unknown gem about half a dozen of its small head, and quickly disappear into the fountain.
Simon had a sweat on his forehead, and he didn't scream as much as the rest of the people did.
What kind of fountain is this, it is basically an energy pool containing incomparably huge energy, and the gems picked up by those little goblins are clearly highly condensed energy blocks, this thing is simply similar to the thunder pool of the Hanhai Law Realm Cave.
It's just that they dare to put it at the door so openly, are they really not afraid of others beating it?
Simon looked at this energy fountain greedily, thinking that if he could pack it up and absorb it, the Mirror of Eternity and himself would be able to directly slash at level 999 just like opening it.
"Don't look at it, wait until you go in, and some of you have time to watch. With that, the girl quickly led them to the gate of the manor.
The gate is black and made of unknown metal, and looks similar to a normal gate, but many times larger.
The girl led them to the door and stopped.
The two dark gargoyles above the gate suddenly made a clattering sound, and small stones kept falling from their bodies, and then they flew in front of the door with sneering stone wings, staring at them with scarlet eyes, ready to attack, and making a sound like two stones rubbing against each other.
"Outsiders, show the secret order. ”
The girl then took out a yellowed piece of paper from the ring on her finger and threw it over.
The paper quickly burned in the air, and one by one, secret texts glowing with orange-red gold flew out of the paper and leaped directly into the gargoyle's eyes.
"The secret order is correct, and the passage is allowed. ”
The gargoyle flew back into place, once again transformed into an obsidian-like sculpture, and the closed door opened.
"Hurry up, after I go in and finish the formalities for you, I'm going to Tunis to participate in the audition for the most beautiful voice in Adoria. The girl urged the people who were observing curiously, and her tone was a little impatient.
Hearing this, several people quickly followed her in.
As soon as Fang stepped into the manor, an invisible tower came from a tall tower in the distance, quickly sweeping over their group, recording all their characteristics.
Simon had gotten up the Mirror of Eternity early to obscure his information, but now it seems to be working well, at least the scanning process went smoothly and nothing happened.
After the girl watched as Taling scanned it and made sure it was okay, she quickly clapped her hands and summoned the floater floating in the air next to her.
"Okay, Taling has recorded your information, you can move freely, this is a floating disk, you can ask it if you have any questions, I wish you all a good time. ”
After the girl finished speaking quickly, she sat down directly on the big red Madisa sports car that automatically ran in front of her, and then rushed into the gate and disappeared, leaving only an echo in the distance.
"By the way, the Special Bureau has already recharged each of you with a quota of 300,000 yuan. If you don't want to waste it, remember to spend it early. ”
The five of them suddenly stared at each other, and one of the young girls stomped her foot in dissatisfaction and cursed in a low voice in the direction where the girl left, "This Bichi, just threw us here?"
But no one responded to her, and everyone is basically not stupid to be here, and it is better to keep a low profile on someone else's territory.
Simon looked at the girl who was still venting her dissatisfaction in surprise, some people who couldn't figure it out could join this training, and the heads of the people in the Special Bureau were kicked by donkeys?
Forget it, it's none of her business anyway, she can do whatever she likes.
Simon turned his head and beckoned to the hoverboard, which had been floating in the air.
He said tentatively, "Where do we live?"
After a flash of flickering, a map suddenly appeared on the surface of the disk, with a red dot indicating their current location, followed by a dotted line guiding them in the direction they were heading, looking much like the satellite map on their phones.
Following the guidance of the hovering saucer, Simon quickly walked through the hallway of the manor to a relatively normal-looking dormitory building, which looked pretty good as long as you ignored the constant flames coming from the windows on the third floor.
Best followed Simon into the dormitory, he was another male among the people who came, but he looked more shy and shy, and his dormitory was just across from Simon.
At this moment, he was saying to Simon with some restraint, "Hello, my name is Best this year, 17 years old, from the General Bureau, I am a shapeshifter, and I hope that my seniors will take care of me." ”
"Well, call me Simon, from the Montech State Bureau. Potions. Simon replied lightly, but he was quite interested in the shapeshifter, so he casually asked, "Shapeshifter?"
Without saying a word, Best put down the duffel bag in his hand and shouted directly at Simon, "Look, this is the shapeshifter." ”
As he spoke, Best quickly vanished, and after losing his human support, the clothes he was wearing quickly fell to the ground, a bulging bag bulged under the clothes, and a white-haired mouse the size of corn ran out from under the clothes.
He ran around Simon's feet, and then turned into a parrot and flew in the air, "Oh, Mr. Simon, this is my ability, I can turn into all kinds of animals. ”
Simon is very interesting to watch, this guy's ability is quite similar to the transformation technique in the thirty-six methods of Tiangang.
He subconsciously asked, "Can you only become these two animals?"
After Bester turned into an animal, he was no longer as shy and shy as he was just now, and said generously, "I can become more animals, but this corridor is too small, so I can only become smaller." ”
As he spoke, the parrot fell to the ground, and a carp the size of a basin staggered on the ground, its tail snapping on the ground. "Mr. Simon, you see, I can turn into all kinds of fish. ”
Simon looked at the carp that was about to die of dehydration, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, and he couldn't figure out what this guy was thinking.
After a farce, Simon finally returned to his assigned dormitory and could rest quietly for a while.
The dormitory is not very large, but it has everything you need, including beds, quilts, and pillows. There was a desk under the window, and there was a computer on the desk, and
I can also connect to the outside network, and I don't know how the mages of the Mystic Retreat do it, but this is obviously another space.
Simon turned on the computer and looked at it, the configuration is the latest high-end goods this year, and the Internet is very smooth. It's almost like a motel outside, if the room at the head isn't spitting fire.
In the evening, after Simon and Best went to dinner together, he came back early to rest, this place is always under the surveillance of the distant tower, it is better to stay in his room and surf the Internet.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a new day began.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Simon was still sleeping. On the clock across the bed, a fist-sized green Picke came out, tiptoeing to Simon's bedside and pinching his nose mischievously.
Seeing that its three-fingered hands were about to cover Simon's nose, Simon suddenly opened his eyes, didn't even look at it, and directly reached out and flicked, and a perfect parabola flew out of the bed to the window.
Simon sat up, stretched, and watched as the hoverdish suddenly flew in from outside the door, hovering in front of him.
On the hovering dish, after a flash of light, a projection emerged from the hovering dish. He stared at Simon and said without emotion, "Eight o'clock, assemble at Green Hut." ”
As soon as the words fell, the projection disappeared, and only the hovering disc remained suspended in the air.
Grimm Hut.
Simon, Best, and three other women arrived on time.
A man in a gray robe with a brass pocket watch on his chest was already waiting for them, looking like the person projected on the hovering saucer just now.
He took out an hourglass and put it directly on the table, and said with an expressionless face, "According to our agreement with the Strange Bureau, you can study in our secret law retreat for a month, during which you can freely choose the subject category to audit, but there are a few agreements that I must say. ”
The man paused, and his face gradually became stern, "According to the agreement, the knowledge and spells you have learned can only be used by yourself, and it is strictly forbidden to leak and teach them to others." If there is no objection, make an oath in front of the sand. Violators will absorb the rest of their time by the sands of time, and will die and decay into dust. ”
Simon felt the strange power in the hourglass, and his eyes lit up.
In his previous life, he had only heard that divine objects such as the Heavenly Light Divine Water and the Spring and Autumn Gu could reverse time and manipulate time. I didn't expect to be able to really see such treasures in this life.
It seems that this secret method retreat is really not simple! This level of treasure is actually used as a medium for oaths, and it is really rich.