Chapter 9: Waiting

On the way back, there was no longer a lively scene of a large group of people before. www.biquge.info A few people walked silently on the wide, gloomy streets, with the occasional snort.

Lily is trying to persuade Lynch to give up the next test.

"That test is going to kill a lot of people every time, and it's terrible!You can give up later, or you can go home, Lynch!" Lily, who passed the test, was a little more cheerful than before, but at this time she was frowning and worried about Lynch, whispering persuasion.

"Were you just scared of the next test?" Lynch asked rhetorically.

"Huh?" Lily, who was asked rhetorically, looked like she didn't turn a corner, and was easily brought back to the rhythm by Lynch: "Yes, yes! I didn't expect me to be able to become a flame bearer, after all, my sister didn't succeed at that time." ”

"Do you know what the test looks like later?" Lynch asked again.

"I don't know. Little Lori lowered her head again in shame.

This time, Lily stopped talking, and the group returned to the hall in silence.

There were three people standing in the hall, and they all noticed the movement and looked this way.

The white-bearded old man stood beside him, and in the middle stood a very gloomy-looking middle-aged man with black hair, both of whom were wearing robes, but without hoods. A little farther away from them stood a long-haired middle-aged man dressed as a warrior, and Lynch thought of the golden lion king Xie Xun at the first sight of him.

The blonde boy who was watched by the three people with strong aura was a little flustered, and he hurriedly saluted them one by one.

"Elder Chalmer, Lord Ningyue, Lord Sith. ”

All three nodded in response.

"There are actually two seeds in these six children, which is a good proportion. Ning Yue, who was standing in the middle, spoke first, his voice hoarse and low, and his throat felt as if it had been injured.

"The children of the flame bearers come here. Charles smiled and beckoned Kenwall and Lily over.

"You're Kenwo, aren't you?" When the two children walked up to him, he smiled at Kenwo again: "Speaking of which, your grandfather still asked me to let me force you to take the possessed test if you don't become a flame bearer, haha! Your father is also lucky, the first child is a flame bearer, it's not easy!"

He grinned to himself as he touched Kenwood's head, and Kenwood looked stunned.

Then Chalmer touched Lily's head again: "I'm sorry for what happened to your sister before, I said this to your father many times. But now, I'm so proud of you, kid. ”

When everyone's attention was on the old man who was busy with rain and dew, the middle-aged man in the middle spoke.

"A few kids over there, do any of you want to stay and continue to take the test? If you do, you can stay, and if you don't, you can go back. ”

He pointed to the blonde boy and motioned for him to take the man away.

Except for Lynch's children, who were a little overwhelmed, the two boys hesitated and planned to go back with the teenager, and the other little girl was also ready to go back under the persuasion of her brother.

Lynch, of course, stood still.

In the end, Lynch was left.

There are only six people left in this hall now. Lynch, who was standing almost opposite everyone, almost endured the five nonchalant gazes, after all, everyone was a little curious about a child who dared to take the next test at such a young age, but no one spoke. Lynch felt a little overwhelmed.

Finally, after waiting for a while, groups of people began to come back one after another, and under the operation of the night watchman, the hall became lively again, until the last group of children who were unwilling to take the next test left.

Now there are three boys, one girl and four children standing next to Lynch, and seven Flame Follower Seeds.

"You are all brave children. "After arranging for the Flame Seed to leave the hall, Ning Yue and Sith left directly with them, and now it was Chalmer who spoke to them again.

"Now you follow me to the place where you are going to stay for a while, the academy will take care of your life for the next few days, and we will start testing in two days. Come with me. ”

Chalmer walked in front, and Lynch and the others followed Chalmer silently, and no one spoke.

Chalmo led them to the bottom of a building, which was on the road they had walked.

"The girls choose one to live in, and the remaining boys have two rooms, it's best to stay on the first floor, the houses are empty, and the food in it is enough, you go and pick any one!"

Watching the children go in one by one, Chalmo stroked his beard and added, "Don't run around outside!"

Staying with Lynch was a red-haired teenager with particularly pale skin.

The room was not small, with two soft beds and a clock hanging in the middle.

The two of them sat on their respective beds and were silent for a while, but the red-haired boy couldn't help but speak first.

"My name is Leif, what's your name?"

"Lynch. ”

"You look smaller than me. ”

Lynch lay on the bed, too lazy to answer, there was really nothing to say to the child.

Leif continued to say to himself: "You are also forced by your family to participate in the next test, right? My grandfather was possessed, but he was killed by the monster of the black mist. There are no professionals in the family, and if there is no possession or fire inheritor within two generations, they will be driven to the outer ring area, and the four brothers in front of me have not even passed the first test, and I have not been able to become a fire successor, hey. ”

Leif sighed and lay down on the bed.

But at this time, Lynch was intrigued by Reif's words: "Will the people who live in Uptown still be kicked out?"

"Uptown?" Leif repeated Lynch's words in surprise, "You're not from the Inner Ring, why did you test with us first?"

"I was brought here. Lynch vaguely passed over and continued to ask Leif about the structure of the entire city.

"The outer ring area where you live is the outermost floor of the entire city, and it is difficult for the light of the Eternal Flame to burn so far, is it difficult for you to go out?"

"We don't go out much. ”

"Oh, that's boring. The Inner Ring is actually the area where the Eternal Flame can envelop us, and we can basically move outside with the flames of the Flame Bearers. ”

"Then our current academy is in the Inner Ring District?"

"No, the place we're in right now is in the heart of the city, and it seems like it's just the Academy and the royal family who are the descendants of the flames. ”

Descendants of the flames, is it the same as the divine power of heaven?Lynch nodded, basically understanding the structure of the entire city. The child, named Lef, looked precocious.

"Only the Night's Watch can live in the Inner Ring, right?"

"The families of the night watchmen can live in the inner ring. If there were only those with ability, the entire inner ring area would be so deserted!"

"But if the Night's Watch dies, the whole family will have to move out?"

"Well, that's right. Lef, who was still dancing to increase Lynch's knowledge just now, wilted like a frosted eggplant: "If I don't succeed, the whole family will move to the Outer Ring." What the Outer Ring District looks like. Lynch?"

Lynch looked at the ceiling and said, "You're basically going to stay in your little room for the rest of your life. ”

Leif groaned.

"Do you know how the Possessed are tested? Leif?" Lynch asked his most important question.

Leif hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, I asked my grandfather before and he didn't say, but it's true that many people die." ”

All right. Lynch sighed and continued to ask, "What is the difference between the possessed and the fire-bearer?"

"I don't know, but I haven't seen grandpa use flames. ”

Lynch thought of the warrior with black flames attached to the sword before, who was also possessed, and it seemed that these people's abilities were still diverse.

Lynch didn't ask any more questions, and the boy who was asked by Lynch was a little tired of answering, and the two of them thought about their own thoughts, and the room was silent again.

Two days passed quickly in idleness, and during those two days, Lynch seized the opportunity to ask Leif a lot of questions.

On this day, Lynch was awakened by a loud noise outside the window.

Leif stood by the window and excitedly called Lynch over when he saw him wake up.

"Lynch came and looked!

Lynch, who walked to the window, looked at the small children walking around the window, their clothes tattered and monotonous.

It is a child of the outer ring area.

"It's been just two days, so let's test it with them at this time. Lynch muttered to himself.

In other words, the children who decided to continue taking the test did not even have time to prepare, and they probably did not know that if they did not become the successors, the next test could cost their lives.

Bang bang bang. There was a knock on the door.

Lynch and Reif looked back and the door was open.

Standing in the doorway was a middle-aged black-haired woman.

"Come with me, your test begins. With that, she turned and left.

Lynch and Reif looked at each other. Lynch could clearly see the panic and fear on Reif's face.

"Let's go. Lynch spoke, leading the way.

Reif saw Lynch going out and subconsciously followed him.

"Lynch, we might die, what should we do?" Leif followed behind him with a hint of crying.

Either way, the people who were tested were just children. Lynch sighed in his heart, and he could only comfort dryly: "Don't worry, we may also become possessed." ”

"Aren't you afraid?" asked Reif.

This question seems to have been asked by Lily, I wonder what she is doing now?

"I'm a little scared, but I should be able to pass the test. Lynch replied slowly.

The woman in front of him looked back at him in surprise. I have never seen such a calm child, especially when he is still so young.

After calling out all five children in the building, the black-haired woman took Lynch and them in the opposite direction of the Imperial City.

They stopped in front of another building not far from the main building of the hall.

Lynch looked up at the bell tower-like building.

The door opened slowly.

One by one, the children went in.