Chapter 22: The Bells
"Wait! I've told you everything you know, you can't ......."
Before Dahan finished speaking, Aaron pierced his heart with a sword!
"It seems that this guy's IQ is not very high, I just said that I thought about it, I didn't say that it will definitely kill him!" Aaron looked at the stone that the big man fell to the ground, and couldn't help but shake his head, feeling worried about his IQ, this kind of word play didn't notice it at first, it was really stupid.
After killing the Great Han, Aaron found a place, buried his body, and then disguised himself as he saw it, and returned to the city of Phil.
"It seems that during this time, I had better disguise myself, and someone else from Bayern found out. ”
Back in his hotel room, Aaron sat in his chair and thought.
According to the big man, Aaron quickly guessed that Byron thought that he had items of value such as tuition, so he was moved by the thief's heart and wanted to take it for himself.
"It seems that the problem is that I asked about the magic crystal!"
Generally speaking, most of those who are qualified to become apprentices are nobles, or have strong forces behind them, and Aaron doesn't look like a nobleman or someone behind him, otherwise he wouldn't even know the necessary items to become apprentices, that is, magic crystals.
After confirming that Aaron didn't have a backstage, Byron had a bad idea, otherwise he wouldn't have taken a huge risk to do so.
Aaron was not interested in settling accounts with Byron, because the other party had the support of the lark Chamber of Commerce behind him.
It was a critical period, and the time to recruit an apprentice was not far off, and he didn't want to make any more trouble.
And with the help of chips, Aaron can completely hide in the city, so that Byron can't find out his whereabouts.
So, more is better than less, Aaron is a sane person, knows the pros and cons, and sometimes, it's better not to do what you shouldn't do.
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A month later.
In the city of Feller, in a small hotel room, Aaron was in a strange posture, practicing secret arts.
Since what happened to Byron a month ago, Aaron has made a disguise, left the hotel where he was originally staying, and found a new one, with the help of a chip, and has been safe all the time, without any accidents, and no one is following him.
Life has been peaceful, and Aaron spends most of his time practicing the arcane arts, as well as the daily meditation method.
As a result of meditating every day for a month, Aaron has now memorized 8 symbols, and his progress is quite good, much faster than before.
On the way to Phil City, Aaron did not have the opportunity to meditate every day, and only meditated when he arrived at a relatively safe place to rest, usually only once a few days, so along the way, he only memorized 3 symbols.
"Calculating the time, it should be almost there! It's been a month now, and it's estimated that it will be two weeks at most!"
After practicing a secret technique, Aaron sat down to rest, thinking about the days of recruiting apprentices.
For the rest of the day, Aaron had to keep an eye out for the bell ringing, and as soon as the bell rang, he had to go to the central lobby immediately.
The last time I learned the news from Byron, at the beginning, Aaron didn't fully believe it, and then used what Byron said to find some people to talk to him, and then he was relieved that Byron was not lying about recruiting apprentices, and the news was true.
Time passed in a hurry, and a week passed.
"When!when!when......"
The ancient and long bell suddenly rang out and echoed throughout the city of Feller!
"Here it is! The bell !!"
It was noon, and Aaron was eating lunch, when he heard the loud bell ringing in his ears, and his eyes lit up.
Aaron didn't care about continuing to eat, so he hurriedly threw down the fork in his hand, wiped his mouth with the mouth of his sleeve, stood up, walked to the head of the bed, picked up his cross sword, and the baggage that he had already packed, and walked out of the room.
Aaron hurried out of the hotel and headed straight for the center of Feller City, where the central lobby was, and he had stepped on it before, so he was very familiar with the route.
The melodious sound of the bell still reverberates, with a certain regularity, ringing three times in a row, then paused, then continued to ring three times, and kept repeating. Some pedestrians on the road, after hearing the bell, looked up at the bell tower in the city, but they only glanced at it a few times, and then ignored the bell, and continued to walk, where to go.
Obviously, this is not the first time these people have heard this kind of bell, and they know that it has nothing to do with them, so they don't care.
"Sir, stop for a moment, I'm going to get in the car!"
After a short run, Aaron came across a carriage pulling people and immediately stepped forward to signal the driver to stop.
Seeing this, the coachman stopped the carriage, and Aaron immediately jumped into the carriage and threw a gold coin to the other party: "Don't look for it, you take me to the central lobby, hurry up!"
"No problem sir, thank you for your generosity!"
After receiving a whole gold coin, the driver was obviously interested, and hurriedly drove to the destination as fast as possible.
"Sir, it's in the central lobby!"
The carriage ran for more than ten minutes before it stopped, and the coachman opened the door and said to Aaron.
Stepping out of the carriage, you will be greeted by a huge building, Gothic style, quaint yet splendid.
At this time, at the entrance of the lobby, there were two rows of soldiers standing neatly, one by one straightening their waists and looking stern.
Looking at this formation, Aaron did not go over, but first looked at the situation, as time went by, occasionally one or two teenagers and girls appeared, walking into the lobby along the passage surrounded by two rows of soldiers.
After paying attention for a while, Aaron finally took a step and walked behind a young man who had just arrived, towards the central lobby.
Bang!
But Aaron and the boy walked into the passageway, and the two rows of soldiers drew their crossed swords and raised them in the air, the tips of which collided with each other in what looked like some kind of welcoming ceremony.
Walking through the passage more than ten meters long, entering the lobby, in the wide hall, there was no one else except for a middle-aged man sitting in the center.
"Come to me, you two. ”
The man saw Aaron and another teenager walk in and beckoned them both over.
When they heard this, they both walked over.
"You two, give your names, and then, as I instructed, go into the little door at the back, and go all the way to the end. The man said with a facial expression.
"Hello sir, my name is Matthew!" replied the young man who had walked in front of Aaron.
As soon as the young man finished speaking, the middle-aged man recorded it with a quill pen and said lukewarmly: "It's okay, you go in first." ”
"Hello sir, my name is Aaron. ”
As soon as Matthew left, Aaron also stepped forward to report his name.
"Well, you want to wait, and when I say I can go in, you can go in again. The man nodded, and without looking at Aaron, he took note of his name and commanded.
After waiting for about 3 minutes, the man waved his hand to Aaron and said, "Now you can go in." ”
Hearing this, Aaron walked slowly to the small door behind the man.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a long corridor, only two meters wide, with rows of candles on the walls on both sides, illuminating the entire passage.
Aaron was alone in the passage at this time, and it was extremely quiet, and his footsteps could be heard echoing in it as he walked.
After walking for two minutes, he finally came to the end, and suddenly the surroundings suddenly became brighter, and Aaron found that he had come to a room, about two hundred square meters in size, in which dozens of young people were sitting.
Matthew before was among them, and these people were either a small group of several people, talking to each other, or sitting alone, looking lonely and not saying a word.
Most of these people are gorgeously dressed, and at first glance they know that they are nobles, or even members of the royal family!
"Hi, I remember you were the one in the back, my name is Matthew, what's your name?"
Seeing Aaron walk in, Matthew, who had just come in, walked over and greeted him warmly!
Aaron saluted and responded to Matthew, "Hello! My name is Aaron, and it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
Matthew is a passionate person, he talks a lot, and he doesn't have fun chatting with Aaron, asking questions, but the most mentioned is the topic of the girl here who is good-looking, and at first glance, he knows that he is an amorous.
"By the way, are we going to do any tests to see if we have the potential to become a mage?" Aaron asked Matthew.
"No, everyone who can enter here has the potential to become a mage, didn't your elders tell you?"
"Uh...... The old man didn't tell me this, he said that I would know when I came. ”
Aaron was alone, and there were still a lot of things he didn't know, so he hurriedly made an excuse and passed perfunctorily.
"Your parents are really fast, and you should be told about this. ”
"The passage we just entered is a test in itself, only people with the potential to become mages can walk into this room, otherwise they won't be able to get here, so those who can get here are about to become apprentices. Matthew explained.
"What happens to people who don't come to this room if they enter the hallway?" Aaron asked.
"Hehe, but anyone who dares to enter the central lobby today already knows that they have potential, otherwise if an ordinary person comes in casually, then the outside of the lobby will already be overcrowded, and if they don't have potential, those who come to join in the fun will be arrested and sent to prison, waiting for severe punishment. ”
Matthew replied with a smile.
No wonder there are so few people entering the lobby!"
Aaron now finally understands why those who don't know if they have potential, why don't they try their luck, because they are afraid that they will not be lucky, but they will go to prison.