Chapter 20: The City of Philae

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another month and a half has passed.

At this time, Aaron had set foot in the territory of the kingdom of Karamanda and headed straight for the end of his journey, the city of Phil.

"Phile City, it's finally here!"

Aaron sat in front of the carriage and looked at the horizon in the distance, a huge city appeared in sight, the high city wall, full of sixteen or seventeen meters, in the four corners of the city wall, there were four watchtowers, forming a monitoring circle.

After 136 days of traveling, Aaron finally arrived at the long-awaited Phile City!

"Stop, who are you?"

Aaron drove the carriage to the gate of the city, and two soldiers guarding the city came and stopped his carriage.

"My name is Aaron, and I have a relative who lives here, and I'm here to visit. Aaron sat at the front of the car, did not get out of the car, and answered the questions of the two soldiers directly.

"Since you're not a resident of this city, you don't have a pass. The old rule, pay a gold coin to enter the city, and then you can go in. When one of the soldiers heard this, he said to Aaron.

"Here, a gold coin. ”

Aaron didn't talk nonsense, took a gold coin from his pocket and threw it to the soldier.

The soldier took the coin, weighed it twice in his hand, and then turned to the other soldiers guarding the entrance and shouted, "Clear!"

Then Aaron raised his whip and drove into the great gates of the city to the city of Phil.

"Phile City deserves to be a royal city, it's really lively!"

As soon as he entered the city of Feller, Aaron felt that the atmosphere was lively, and there were many pedestrians who came out to move around, and there were not a few people driving carriages like him, and several of them were richly decorated and imposing, and at first glance they knew that they were nobles' carriages.

The architecture here is a bit like Gothic, with towering minarets, pointed arches, and many buildings that look extraordinarily grand, and the first impression of the city of Philip on Aaron is that it is majestic and lively.

Since it was his first time in Feller City, Aaron was not familiar with the place, so he asked a few pedestrians about the location of a nearby hotel.

Arriving at the hotel, Aaron asked for a large room and was going to stay here for the time being.

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"Would you like to double the wine, my dear sir, our wine here is notoriously good in the city of Feller. Aaron walked over to the hotel counter, where the bearded middle-aged man standing behind the counter enthusiastically promoted the drink.

"Okay, let's have a drink. Aaron smiled faintly and asked him for a glass.

"This is your wine, a total of silver coins, please use it slowly. The middle-aged man quickly poured a glass of wine and pushed it to Aaron.

Aaron happily paid a silver coin, picked up his glass, and took a big sip.

"It tastes good, it's worth a silver coin. Aaron nodded, satisfied.

"Hahaha, dear sir, thank you for the compliment. The middle-aged man listened and laughed.

"I, Aaron, my first time in Phil City, can I ask you some questions?"

Gandalf just said that someone would come here to recruit apprentices in half a year, but he didn't say when and where, and the city of Phila was so big, he had to inquire about it.

"Dear sir, my name is Max, what do you want to ask, if I knew it, I would have told you. Max replied.

"I would like to know who it is best to find out who is the most well-informed in the city of Phile. ”

Aaron didn't mention the matter of recruiting apprentices, which Max must not know, so he planned to ask the person who sold the news here, which was the most efficient, and more reliable and accurate than asking someone casually.

"You are asking the right person, I know this, if you want to inquire about the news, it is best to go to the lark Chamber of Commerce, they are in business, they usually collect a lot of intelligence, the most well-informed and reliable, where, there should be an answer that you are satisfied with." Max smiled and explained to Aaron.

"How do I get to the Lark Chamber of Commerce?" Aaron asked.

"You go to the hotel, go straight to 3rd Street, and ......," Max carefully replied to Aaron's question.

"Thank you, Mr. Max, and I won't bother. Getting the promise he wanted, Aaron turned and walked away from the counter.

"Good luck, sir!"

Aaron left the counter and did not immediately go to the lark chamber of commerce, but returned to the room.

Because, now that it's almost dark, now that it's gone, he may not be able to find anyone, maybe it's closed, anyway, he still has at least a month, and he's not in a hurry, so it's okay to go again tomorrow.

Staying in the room, Aaron ran a practice secret technique.

"Chip, showing the number of my current body. ”

"Aaron Green Strength: 3.1 / Agility: 3.0 / Constitution: 2.9 / Mental Power: Equivalent to 1.4 times the original Status: Health"

In an instant, the current body number jΓΉ was displayed in front of Aaron's eyes.

"This mental power value, it looks a little strange to display it like this. ”

"The chip, the spiritual power of ordinary people will be used as the benchmark unit of 1, and it will be re-displayed once!"

Aaron was very unaccustomed to the display of mental power, so he asked the chip to change the display method.

"Aaron Green Strength: 3.1 / Agility: 3.0 / Constitution: 2.9 / Mental Power: 1.5 Status: Health"

"Is it 0.1 more, it seems that my original spiritual power is slightly stronger than that of ordinary people, is this related to the potential of the mage?"

Aaron had a guess in his mind.

On the way, Aaron didn't care about those plants for the time being, but used all his free time to cultivate, and his body was greatly enhanced, and he was already close to the new limit value, barely being a full-fledged swordsman. The meditation method has also progressed, and Aaron is now able to construct the first four symbols in his mind, with a small progress, although he has only mastered less than one-sixth, but his mental power has improved significantly.

Before going to bed, Aaron meditated to make the most of his time and went back to bed.

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Early the next morning, as is customary, Aaron woke up at the prompting of the chip, and after eating some breakfast, he walked out of the hotel and walked in the direction of the lark chamber of commerce.

In the early morning, there are very few pedestrians on the streets, most of the residents are still sleeping, and the streets seem deserted, which is different from when I first arrived yesterday.

"Looks like that's right here. ”

Aaron was standing in front of a large building, with an arched gate, and on the wall above the gate, there was a shield-shaped metal plaque, on which was painted a bird, which was a lark.

"Hello sir, welcome to the Lark Chamber of Commerce!"

As soon as Aaron reached the gate, he was greeted by a gatekeeper.

"Hello, I'm here to inquire about the news, it's the first time I've been here, who should I look for when I get in?" Aaron replied, and then asked the man.

"When you go in, go all the way to the right, and you can see an old man, his name is Keir, and if you want to inquire about anything, just look for him. ”

"Thank you!"

Aaron thanked him and walked straight inside the door.

Walking inside, there was a large hall, at least a few hundred square meters, Aaron walked straight to the right according to what the man had just said.

"Looks like he's Kiel!"

After walking for a while, Aaron saw an old man.

"Are you Mr. Kiel?" Aaron stepped forward and confirmed.

"That's right, I'm Kiel, what do you want to inquire about?" Kiel yawned and said slowly, with a listless look.

"I'd like to inquire about the triennial recruitment of mage apprentices. Confirming that it was Kiel, Aaron was about to inquire about the matter.

"Oh! Mage Apprentice!" Kiel, who had been listless, suddenly perked up when he heard the news that Aaron was going to inquire.

"You wait a minute, I'll go in for a while and I'll be back soon. ”

Kiel then told Aaron to wait for a moment, and then walked himself down the passage behind him, disappearing from his sight.

Aaron didn't know what Keir was doing, so he sat down in a chair at the counter and waited.

"Why is it so long!"

Aaron waited for a few minutes, but when he saw Kiel's figure, he couldn't help frowning.

After another two minutes or so, Aaron heard footsteps, looked towards the place where the sound was coming from, and saw Kir walking towards him, but he was not alone, and there was a man behind him, who looked to be in his thirties.

"This is one of the vice presidents of our Chamber of Commerce, and he knows the news you want to inquire about, so I won't bother you. Kiel walked up to Aaron, briefly introduced the man behind him, and turned to leave.

"Hello, my name is Byron, and I am one of the vice presidents here, I heard that you are going to inquire about recruiting mage apprentices, I don't know what to call it?" As soon as Kiel left, Byron stepped forward and introduced himself.

"Hello Mr. Byron, my name is Aaron. Aaron saluted and responded.

"I would like to ask if you have the potential to become a mage's apprentice?" Byron hesitated for a moment, and was the first to ask.

"Well, that's right, what I want to ask is the time and place of recruiting mage apprentices this time, as well as the relevant recruitment rules. ”

"It's a month from now, and it's unclear what happened, but as soon as the procession came to take people away, the city of Phila would ring the bell of welcome, and the venue would be in the central lobby. Anyone who has the qualifications to become a mage, under the age of sixteen, can go anywhere, just prepare enough tuition......"

Byron detailed what he knew.

"How much is the tuition?"

Hearing that he needed to prepare for the tuition, he didn't know if he had enough gold coins to bring, so Aaron asked about the approximate amount.