The mage had messy brown hair, looked to be in his thirties, and had unshaven stubble on his chin, looking a little dirty.

He yawned, walked over lazily, wiped his tears, and said, "You are the little bedbugs with the worst qualifications?"

"Sir, we are magician apprentices, not bedbugs. Anglo said seriously.

The young mage smiled helplessly, snorted, and said, "Good, lovely Mr. Magician Apprentice, but I may have to tell you that you are a little different from other apprentices. ”

Hall was the first to ask, "What's the difference?"

The magician looked at Hall with deep eyes and said, "Considering your qualifications, maybe you have to learn some simpler magic first, such as illumination, object movement, etc., after learning these, even if you can't become a magician in the end, you can go to the street as a magician to make money in the future, and you won't have to worry about food and clothing." ”

"We're going to try to be magicians, so please teach us real magic!" Hale looked a little excited, as the magician clearly meant to look down on the apprentices.

The magician glanced at Hall deeply, his eyes changed from lazy to a little sharp, and asked seriously, "What's your name?"

Hall knew that he seemed to be a little out of shape, because the people next to him were looking at him with their mouths grown, so he lowered his head and whispered, "My name is Hall......"

The magician snorted and said with a cold face: "Hall, when I speak in the future, please don't interject, I have a reason for doing this, understand?"

Hall nodded knowingly and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, I ......"

Arno didn't say anything more, and continued: "After becoming a magician, I gave up my previous name, and now I am given the names Arno and Wilson by the Academy of Magic, what about you?"

After Anglo and the other seven introduced their full names one by one, Arno yawned again and said, "Okay, come with me, I'll arrange a place for you to live tonight, and it is estimated that there will be a welcome party for new students later." ”

The children were very excited when they heard this, and the welcome party at the Academy of Magic must have been very exciting!

Arno and his eight children went to a small courtyard at the back of the castle, which had no gate and dozens of wooden houses scattered around a small pond.

The water in this pond is very clear, there are many aquatic plants floating on it, and the lotus leaves have withered and yellowed, but there are small black fish swimming leisurely under the lotus leaves.

Arno stopped in front of a few old wooden houses deep in the pond and said, "The houses in the castle are full of apprentices, so I have specially arranged for you to live here, although the environment is not good, but the advantages are ...... Well, it's leisurely enough. ”

When he said this, he obviously had a bit of self-deprecation.

Arnold pointed to a larger wooden house in front of him and said, "I live there, you can choose the small room next to it, in fact, it is all about the same, let's familiarize myself with the environment first, and I will go back and change my clothes first." With that, he went to the big house.

When Arno left, the children seemed very happy, because these were generally children from poor families, and the housing conditions were very poor, and now everyone could live in a house, which was a great advantage.

After everyone else had finished choosing the room, Hale walked over to the empty room and pushed the door open.

He observed that the cottage was very old, very simple, with only a bed, a wooden table, and not even chairs.

The bed was covered with a shabby animal skin, and there was no quilt.

Behind the open window there was a reflection of the woods in the distance, for further back you would reach a wilderness area.

The cool breeze in late autumn is flowing through the window, although it is not as cold as the north, but it also makes people feel nervous.

Although the conditions were not good, Hall was also satisfied, and he fell into the bed, comfortable and comfortable.

When it was time to start learning magic, Hale couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and was not in the mood to lie there to rest, so he went to the courtyard and saw Anglo holding an axe and slashing a stake.

Seeing Hall, Anglo shouted, "Hey, Hall, let's do some work! ”

Hall felt that Anglo was not here to learn magic, but to do chores, so he sighed and said, "Oh, you split first, I want to see the environment first." ”

"Hey, Hall, you lazy fellow......" Anglo sighed and continued chopping wood.

Hale pursed his lips and walked to the edge of the pond.

At this time, all of a sudden, it seemed that a gust of wind was blowing, making people feel a chill behind them, and Hall subconsciously shrank his neck.

Then he looked back and saw that there was one more person at the exit of the yard.

It was a man wrapped in a black robe, with a hood over his head, and he couldn't see it clearly.

He stood motionless, eerie like a ghost. Hall felt an indescribable cold aura on the man's body, and it was especially powerful in the sun.

The man was tall, about a meter*, like a pillar standing at the entrance of the courtyard.

Hall felt a little frightened, looked at the strange man, shuddered in his heart, and hurried to the house.

But the man's head moved, slowly twisting in the direction of Hall's movement, and then took a step.

Hale trotted into the house, but the man seemed to be walking much faster than Hale, and came up behind Hale in about two or three steps, then grabbed Hale by the back collar and lifted him into the air.

"What are you going to do! let go of me!" Hale sweated with fright.

At this time, the strange man's neck was crooked, he giggled, and said in a hoarse voice, "Little thing, you are Arnold's new waste apprentice?"

"Let go of me, you weirdo!" Hale continued to shout, kicking and punching the man, but the man did not move, and Anglo in the distance was stunned and unable to speak.

The strange man continued to laugh and said, "Where is Arno......"

At this time, there was a loud "pop!" in the attic in the distance, the wooden window on the second floor was opened fiercely, and a strong wind whistled out, and there was a strange sound of "woo......", it seemed that there were thousands of falcons roaring in the wind, rushing towards the stranger with boundless momentum.

The strange man frowned, threw Hale into the lake, lifted his robe, and floated back.

Hall was so shocked that he was about to fall into the water and fall cold, but suddenly a hand grabbed him by the waistband of his trousers, and led him to the ground.

At this moment, the strong wind and the strange man also collided, making a cracking sound and dust.

Hall was grabbed by a big hand in his arms, and he heard the sound of water in his ears, and the momentum was very terrifying.

Soon, everything passed, and the big hand let go, and said indifferently: "Go back to the house." ”

Hall opened his eyes and was stunned to see that the ground near him was all wet, and only the ground in the circle below him was dry.

The circle is so round that it's almost printed with a compass.

Hall saw Arno looking at him with cold eyes, and then at the strange man in the distance, his clothes were torn and he looked a little embarrassed.

After just a glance, Hall took a breath of cool air, turned and ran into the room, leaving only a slit to look out.

"You go back to the house, too. Arno said to Anglo to the side, who crawled into the room and slammed the door shut.

There was silence for a moment, and the strange man began to wheez, and after a long time, he became much calmer.

Only then did Arno sneer and say, "Elder Jill, when did you start to change your taste and like to bully defenseless children?"

Naseve removed his hood, revealing a surprisingly white face under his long black hair, and forced a laugh, and said, "Arno, what's the use of your magic? It's ridiculous to be thrown into this remote place and teach some stupid nonsense, haha!"

Arnold's expression did not change, and he said lightly: "That's what you're here for? That's really hard for you, you're not welcome here, let's go." ”

Jill snorted and said, "yes, I'm just here to see you waste apprentices, and your bad luck! And I'm on the orders of Dean Gerald, you and your students don't have to attend the welcome party, he doesn't want these kids to disgrace the Academy of Elemental Magic. ”

Arno's expression suddenly turned pale as paper, his fists clenched, and he lowered his head and stood there like a log.

"Haha! Jill laughed wildly, then turned around and said, "Bye-bye, good luck to you and your waste apprentices." ”

Jill was gone, leaving Arno standing still.

Hall frowned deeply, plucked up the courage to push open the door, came to Arno's side, and said tentatively, "Sir, are you alright?"

Arno clenched his fists and did not look up, but said, "Call all the children, come to the big house, I have something to order." ”