Chapter 450: Opening Ceremony
As soon as it appeared, it stirred up the storm, recklessly harvested the source of spell casting, and even formed a magic funnel effect, subduing the four dark wizards with his backhand, and before everyone had time to react, a new dark castle quickly rose in the coastal area. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The honorific title of the owner of the castle, the wizarding academy founded by his own hands, quickly spread. Aberdeen has become the most popular name in the Low Countries. Many people are ready to see the joke, but there are many more who have witnessed the majestic castle and have spawned attempts to send their children to school.
After all, the Aberdeen Wizarding Academy does not have a qualification test, except for the descendants of nobles and the children of slaves, any commoner class can go and sign up.
The only obstacle was a thin contract with terms less than the most demanding craft guilds. The first is that after the unfortunate death of a wizard apprentice while in school, the academy is not responsible, and only a symbolic compensation, that is, a gold coin. Finally, after completing the apprenticeship, he was promoted to the rank of official wizard and must serve the Abbot of Aberdeen for the rest of his life.
Who would send their children to the academy and lose their freedom and autonomy in life, and become the private property of the academy in disguise?"
Outside the Dark Castle, in the crowd of black oppression, there are several deliberately troublesome characters, behind which are pawns pushed out by the forces of the various forces on the sidelines, used to test the cannon fodder of the wizard Aberdeen.
Lu Bin will definitely not be polite, and gestured to the forehead of the giant snake entrenched on the balcony of the main building, the descendant of the hydra Hydra, opened the dim magic eye, stimulated the ray of petrified gaze, and instantly hit these little pawns,
The cacophony of noise, the suffocating silence of a few of the leading troublemakers turned into cold stone statues, like a terrible plague of death, quickly spread through the more than a thousand people who signed up outside the castle.
Such terrible witchcraft, just the pet of the wizard Aberdeen, can give a glimpse of the strength of the owner of this giant serpent, some people are paralyzed on the ground in fright, and many more are more and more eager to sign up for school.
If there is no special reason for the common class, there is no room for rise at all, and they want to change their fate unless there is a great social upheaval, but unfortunately there are too few such opportunities.
Now there is an opportunity to become a wizard in front of him, even if the contract is one of the prerequisites for admission, which is equivalent to a deed of sale, there are a large number of commoners who are willing to sell their children and daughters, hoping that their children will live to the end of their studies, be promoted to official wizards, and help their families from time to time, and they will be satisfied.
Of course, just to be on the safe side, a clever applicant "sold" all his school-age children to the Wizarding Academy. After the news spread, not only did it not cause jokes, but in the blink of an eye it became a means for everyone to emulate.
You can earn a few bucks by working in a factory, and you can't even afford to buy bread to feed yourself, so it's better to send it to a palatial castle and follow the wizard to eat and drink, or at least die and be full.
This is what most civilians think, very simple and realistic ideas, but they are forced out by the extremely harsh environment. Previously, they had no choice but to bow their heads and accept their fate. Now, there is an opportunity in front of us, and no one will back down, but everyone will rush to be the first.
Snap the Raven and Cameron, the puppeteer, are at the castle's drawbridge, tasked with hosting wizard apprentices who had been sold by their parents. They shaved off all the hair on the apprentices with a little curse, ordered them to take off all their clothes, wash them with warm disinfectant water, wipe them off the dirt and dirt, and put on new gray robes.
It didn't take long for a group of malnourished wizard apprentices to appear in front of their parents with a new look, and with their family's expectations, they walked through the suspension bridge into the cloud-shrouded castle.
Raven Snipp counted the number of apprentices and couldn't help but shake his head: "There are only three hundred apprentices, which is surprisingly small. Outside the castle there were more than 1,000 applicants, and only 20 percent of them brought their own children. Looking at it this way, there are many people who choose to wait and see!"
Cameron, the puppeteer, had the same mind as Snip, but deliberately said the opposite: "It seems to me that the situation is very optimistic! In just two days, so many civilians in the Low Cities responded, and some of them even came late at night to see the castle and strengthen their confidence." Do you know? As far as I can see, at least seven of the three hundred apprentices who entered the wizarding academy were young sons of nobles who had no inheritance rights, and the families behind them had a keen sense of smell and the timing was just right, and they didn't care about the apprenticeship contract equivalent to a slave's deed. ”
Raven Snipe smacked his mouth and couldn't help but ask, "His Royal Highness Aberdeen's attitude? Doesn't he dislike the children of nobles to become apprentices? Even you can see it, I don't believe His Highness is completely unaware of this." ”
Cameron, the puppeteer, smiled disapprehantly: "As long as you are a commoner's child, you can bypass the restrictions." There are too many smart people in the world, don't think of the aristocracy too simply. Who knows if there are illegitimate children and illegitimate daughters in it, and members of the side branches who don't hurt when they die. In order to test the owner of the dark castle, it is not impossible to sacrifice his own blood and bones. What do you say?"
This is the end of the conversation between the two, and if it continues, the truth will be revealed, and it will be more than worth the loss to attract the attention of the castle owner.
Three hundred wizard apprentices walked through the gate of the castle, and in front of them was the outer courtyard that was large enough to accommodate a phalanx of 10,000 people. The children were very young, and at first they were shocked by the majestic castle, and they did not dare to breathe, but as time went on, they gradually regained their innocent and romantic temperament, and their spirituality, which had not yet been worn away by the hardships of life, walked around the outer courtyard of the castle.
Since most of the people are from the city of Dean in the coastal area, the scene of acquaintances meeting from time to time takes place, and the laughter and laughter go from small silence to quickly echo in the outer courtyard of the castle.
Standing on the head of the giant snake, Lu Bin swam down from the balcony of the main building, and quietly came to the first inner wall separating the outer courtyard from the atrium.
Seven teenagers with similar temperaments spontaneously gathered together, constantly observing the surrounding environment, and immediately found that it was the arrival of the owner of the castle, that is, the head of the wizarding academy, His Excellency Aberdeen, and immediately stood in a row respectfully, as if the soldiers were being inspected by the commander.
Lu Bin nodded lightly with satisfaction, and then took out a crystal ball, stimulating its potential ability, and a blood-red light burst out, instantly sweeping through all the apprentices in the outer courtyard of the castle, not even letting go of the remote corners.
It is impossible to test without qualifications, but after Lu Bin's group test technique, the results obtained were unexpected, but it was also reasonable.
Three hundred apprentices, all mortals with no wizard qualifications!
When Lu Bin saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "I knew it would be like this! Fortunately, I didn't have great expectations at first, so now I won't be too disappointed." ”
Snape the Raven and Cameron the puppeteer come together and begin to take the lead in maintaining order. After all, the disobedient children were a minority, and the apprentices who dared to run around were turned into guinea pigs on the spot by Snippe's witchcraft. The person who let out a piercing scream was frozen by Cameron himself, and even the expression on his face instantly froze.
A few greetings put an end to the chaos in the outer court, and the wizard apprentices were frightened by fear, and barely lined up in ten columns, although the queue was uneven and the formation was crooked, and there was a bit of an entrance ceremony.
"You are all stinking mud! None of you have the qualifications of a wizard, and no matter how hard you meditate and study, you will not become a wizard in your lifetime. ”
Lu Bin's opening remarks were so simple and straightforward, a person's voice even overshadowed the thunder, echoing in the ears of every apprentice, even the parents who couldn't linger outside the castle couldn't help but cover their ears and exhale pain, and even turned away in panic, abandoning the children who sold themselves to the wizarding academy.
"You should be glad! I don't care if you have the qualifications of a wizard, because this kind of bloodline inheritance, the intellectual superiority that crushes ordinary people, I can give it at will. ”
Lu Bin knocked everyone to the bottom of their lives with one sentence, making the apprentices hang their heads in frustration, and then used another sentence to successfully arouse their confidence.
"For you to have a wizard-qualified elixir, you need at least a hundred gold coins. Coming from a commoner family, you will never be able to accumulate such a huge amount of wealth in your lifetime. ”
One hundred gold coins is also a lot of money for seven apprentices who hide their true family origins and are either rich or expensive. Their mood also followed the children of the commoners around them, falling straight down.
Lu Bin saw that all the apprentices were staring at the mud under their feet with their heads downcast, and only then did he say his true purpose: "Therefore, the first lesson of your enrollment is to make money. Through his own efforts and sweat, he earned a huge amount of money to buy and exchange for the elixir of blessings. ”
"For now, you have to learn how to feed yourselves first. I will provide you with 300 portions of wheat, and you can do as you please. Look at your yellow and thin faces, and your hands and feet with thin skin and bones, you will never be able to work without strength. ”
Lu Bin waved his hand, and more than 300 small cloth bags full of wheat instantly fell at the feet of the apprentices, and the bold man squatted down, untied the tether outside, and found that the inside was full of yellow and full barley, and cheered happily.
The outer courtyard of the castle has cattle pens and stables, but unfortunately there are no large livestock inside. There are large horse-drawn stone mills, small handmade grinders, simple stoves, and ovens that bake fifty servings at a time. Mountains of dry firewood and wheat straw, and a deep and secluded well of sweet water, are like those that have lowered their curtains
Lu Bin didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart, and began to observe secretly: "I'll see if you can use your brains!"