"Alan, are you in a good mood?" A group of people had just finished gathering and were about to go to the main gate of the castle to register and officially start the assessment, Roland looked at Alan who had been smiling all the time and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Really? Alan smiled and patted Roland's shoulder, last night he read Anna's letter with Cialis, the content of the letter is actually very ordinary, just a brief description of Anna's recent situation in the family, although Anna can't go out at will, but her actions at home are not too restricted, at present, Anna is actually responsible for teaching magic to the children with magic qualifications in the Igo family, although the days are simple but comfortable. The letter is more about Allen's advice, including eating and dressing warmly, being careful of strangers when going out, etc., which makes Alan cry and laugh, but it is these simple contents that make Alan feel very warm, from these simple words, Alan can almost see Anna's concern and concern for them, and the letter even mentions Xilis, so that Xilisi can't help but shed a few tears, and after reading it many times, Alan reluctantly put the letter into the space ring.

The group walked to the square in front of the castle, at this moment a group of people had gathered in the square, and many people continued to come out of the castle, as usual, there were still clear boundaries between the various ethnic groups, but Tyr waved his hand to him affectionately after seeing him, attracting everyone's side glances, but Ainevia was nowhere to be seen, Aruel was in the place where the elves gathered, but his face did not seem to be very good, and he even glared at him angrily after seeing Allen.

The square is surrounded by an outer city wall, and there is a large gate at the wall, so they are technically still in the castle area. Outside the city walls, there was a thick darkness, although it was not so bad that it could not see the scenery outside, but it seemed to be smeared with a layer of unsettling darkness, as if there were countless dead spirits hiding in the shadows looking at them longingly, but they were blocked by the protective cover of the city walls.

"Allen...... Is it?" At that moment, a deep voice suddenly reached the ears of Alan, who was looking around for Ainevia.

"Mr. Bud, what's the matter?" Alan bowed politely to Bud, causing Bard to laugh.

"No need to be polite, my teacher Locke is good friends with your teacher Benjamin, so we're members of the same generation. Bud smiled and helped Alan up, a harmonious smile on his round face.

"No, you're a high-level magician, I'm only mid-level, not to mention that you're the presiding examiner of this assessment, I'm just a student who hasn't passed the assessment yet. Alan said with some embarrassment after being helped up by Bud.

"Hey, I've been trapped in the high level for many years, and I don't know if I can break through to the legend in this life, like you, I'm already close to the high level at a young age, and I don't know how much more hope to break through to the legend than us. Bud pretended not to mind and teased himself, but Bud's expression stiffened for a moment when he talked about breaking through the legend, and his eyes flashed a little jealousy when he looked at Allen, but he was well covered up by Bud, and everyone didn't notice it.

"You've won the prize, after all, we're only at the intermediate level, and there are still a lot of things we still have to learn from you seniors. Alan said to Bard sincerely.

"There aren't many talented and modest young people like you these days, but although my teacher has a friendship with Mr. Benjamin, it doesn't mean that I will be favoritistic in this exam, after all, the world still relies on strength to speak. Bard seemed pleased with Alan's humility and said to Alan with a smile.

"Yes, I'm going to try, and I'm not alone, I still have my teammates. Alan proudly said to Bard, although it was a coincidence, but Alan did think that he had found a good team, maybe not the strongest, but one he could trust.

"Very good team. Bud glanced at Allen's teammates a little perfunctorily, after all, these people were all abandoned by the family in Bud's opinion, and their strength was definitely limited and not worth paying too much attention to, but after seeing a little girl in a gorgeous black dress, Bud's face froze unnaturally, and the badge of the high-level magician made Bud couldn't help but take a few more looks, he had heard that in the magician assessment a few days ago, there was a genius little girl who was directly admitted to the high-level magician, but he didn't expect that the little girl to be in Allen's team.

"Hmph. Ge He noticed Bud's gaze, glared at Bard a little unhappily, and was pulled by Caroline's sleeve before turning her head arrogantly and ignoring Bud.

"Hehe, but Mr. Benjamin asked me to give you this thing. Bard smiled dryly, then handed Eren a black bead that emitted subtle but powerful magical fluctuations.

"It's ...... Magic beads?" Alan took the bead in surprise and tried to input the magic power, Alan found that his magic power could better communicate the magic of nature and better control the elements, the manipulation became more slender, and the range became more extensive, as if he had suddenly become a high-level magician.

"yes, I've been thinking about whether or not to hide this bead secretly, but luckily I got it to you at the last minute. Bud said exaggeratedly, patting his fat chest with his hand in a look of rejoicing.

"This is useful, thank you, Mr. Bud. Alan thanked him sincerely, the magic bead is a very rare thing, usually made by using the power condensation of powerful magic objects, but magicians usually only use it in quite dangerous situations, after all, their own magic is the biggest reliance, if you rely too much on the magic beads, magicians are likely to be confused by powerful illusions, but will lose their way, of course, the bigger reason is that magicians can't afford such expensive and rare things. But now this situation Alan can't think too much about it.

Alan found that other families, including people of race, formed a fairly large group, although there are still teams different, and his own wandering groups will inevitably be excluded by these large groups at that time, even if they are not specifically targeted at these small teams, the large groups themselves have far more competitiveness than small groups, especially in the distribution of resources, the people at the top must have a considerable amount of support, and it is very fatal for their small teams in the case of limited places, so now Alan wants to use all the resources that can be used, he must pass the assessment, especially after seeing Fett's mecha, it is even more determined to strengthen his determination。

"Use it well, and don't disappoint Mr. Benjamin. Bard smiled and watched with satisfaction as Alan cherished the bead, and then walked straight back to the city gate.

"......" Alan watched Bard move away, thoughtfully took out the orb and looked at it again, and even carefully probed it with his magic power.

"Brother Alan, what's wrong?" Goh asked Aren after seeing Bud leave, grimacing at Bud.

"Ge-hyuk, do you think there is something unusual about this bead?" Alan asked when he saw Go-hyuk coming over and put the bead in front of Go-hyuk.

"It's fragrant?" Ge He looked at the bead and swallowed greedily, obviously the demonic beast that was the material of this bead was probably the predator of the ancient dragon, and the ordinary creatures were not strong enough to be the food of the ancient dragon, which also proved the preciousness of the magic bead.

"Master Allen, do you think there is something wrong with the beads? Teacher Benjamin will not harm us, right?" Chillis asked with some confusion as she saw Alan quickly retracting the beads from Ge He's eyes.

「...... Didn't Mr. Benjamin ask Miss Ridge to send me a letter, why don't you just give me the beads at that time? and go around in a circle and ask Mr. Bard to hand it over to me? The less hands you should have passed such a precious thing, the better? No matter how trustworthy Mr. Bard is, can he be more trustworthy than Miss Len?" Alan thought for a moment, and told Cilis what he thought.

「...... Are you saying Mr. Bard has a problem?" Cylis listened to Allen's explanation with some confusion, and then asked Alan with some surprise, not agreeing with Allen's opinion, but so many doubts are not like Allen's usual behavior.

"No, it's also possible that Benjamin handed it over to Mr. Bard earlier, it's all just my speculation so far, and there is no basis at all, not to mention that Mr. Bard doesn't have to beat around the bush to deal with a mid-level mage like me, and he doesn't have any reason to deal with me. Alan was not surprised to see Cialis's performance, after all, he was suspicious of others for no reason, and the object of suspicion was Mr. Bard, who had always been kind to them, no wonder Cialis didn't believe it. It's just that a doubt still lingers in Allen's mind for a long time, and this doubt doesn't even originate from last night's conversation with Tyr, but something closer to intuition, which is something that can't be told to Cyris.

"Anyway, be vigilant, do what you can do, and the assessment will begin. 」