"Are you really going to use the cat's retribution?" Paul looked disapprovingly at his friend Nero.

Nero inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, feeling his ribcage turn from hot to cool.

He smiled wryly, "Paul, you know me, I'm thirty-five this year. Although there are people of all ages who have been promoted to full wizards, if I can't be promoted before the age of forty, my mentor will no longer sponsor me. At that time, in order to pay off my debts, I will have to go to the practice institute to do the most dangerous energy-consuming work. ”

Level 3 apprentices often need to spend a lot of magic crystals and resources to continue to apprentice in the big lecture hall, or find a better mentor outside.

But not all of them have a strong background, and some people are willing to sponsor them to study.

In Sky City, wizard apprentices can gain access to a lot of resources and wealth if they sign a contract. But at the same time, if they can't be promoted to full wizard before the number of years specified in the contract, they must go to the Quest Academy or the Cultivation Academy to do the most dangerous energy-consuming work.

This is different from those who applied for the two houses, and many of the people who did energy-intensive work did not come back. Even if they come back, they are terrified like they have escaped death.

But without a contract, most apprentices don't have the opportunity to continue their studies at all.

Therefore, even though the contract has swallowed up the lives of a large number of apprentices, many people still come forward to sign contracts one after another every year.

It's for that little bit of the possibility of being promoted to a full-fledged wizard.

Because in Sky City, the first and second level apprentices are also not living a good life.

Less than a third-level apprentice, not qualified to work independently, they do not even have the right to renounce this way of life.

Paul looked at his friend, but he could only be silent.

If he hadn't accidentally had Mina's daughter, he would probably have signed his name in the contract issued by the Academy.

For the sake of his daughter, he could no longer take any more risks, and he lost the opportunity to go further forever.

He opened his mouth, still not saying the promise Thor had made to him the other day.

On the one hand, Saul doesn't necessarily like to see him give up the opportunity to ask for help; On the other hand, Nero has been listening to Thor's lessons, hasn't he also failed to be promoted?

Paul closed his mouth and grimaced, looking like a terrible murderer who could stab someone at any moment.

Seeing Paul like this, Nero smiled instead.

"You see, it's like this that makes others dare not approach you." He patted his friend on the shoulder, "Don't worry, someone has recently figured out how to circumvent the curse of 'cat's gratitude'. I've heard that several people who have used it have not had an accident. And we are already Level 3 apprentices, and we have a certain ability to resist. You don't have to worry too much. ”

Nero was comforting Paul, but he was also comforting himself, "When I find a way to circumvent the curse, I'll tell you." You can also try it, and maybe you will be promoted to a full-fledged wizard directly! ”

Paul was not at all moved, and shook his head, "Forget it, I can't have an accident." ”

He also has a daughter.

Now that Sky City is still under martial law, it is very difficult to get out of the city, and he has not grabbed a place so far.

If something happens to him in Sky City, Mina she's ......

He couldn't even imagine what would happen to Mina.

Seeing that the air pressure on his friend's body was lower, Nero could only shake his head, "Forget it, then I'll try it myself." ”

Conversations like Nero and Paul have taken place elsewhere in Sky City. It's just that it mostly happens among people with weak strength, and the curse doesn't even cause new deaths, so it doesn't attract the attention of the upper class at all.

But sometimes, if a weak force is accumulated enough, it can also ignite a prairie fire.

After the first attempted connection, Thor was unable to find Peel's coordinates, but he was sure that their research direction was correct.

The two sides then got together to discuss improvements, and Ophelia suggested that a second attempt be made in a month.

Thor didn't want to delay it for so long, but Ophelia said that the Heart of Machines would have to be repaired every time it was activated, and it would take about a month.

But Saul always suspected that a month might just be an excuse for Ophelia to delay him.

There just isn't a way to refute it.

After returning to the lecture hall, Nathan began to follow Thor's instructions to let the attendants, who were also forced to stay in Sky City, bring the imitation of the white porcelain cat into the market.

The squire is just an ordinary person, and everyone knows that he is certainly not the real mastermind behind the scenes, but because of this, no one knows that the person behind the scenes is actually an equally inconspicuous official wizard.

That's right, under Thor's one-on-one guidance, Nathan successfully promoted to the rank of a first-order official wizard.

During this time, in addition to completing the tasks assigned by Thor, he spent the rest of his time studying hard.

Because he didn't know when Thor would leave Sky City, and when Thor left Sky City, I am afraid that there would be no one who could guide him so accurately in his studies.

Therefore, Nathan can't even wait to take a break, he just wants to improve himself as soon as possible.

Another week later, Thor received an invitation to the Academy of Knowledge for the second time.

And this time, after thinking about it for a day, Thor finally agreed to take up a position at the Quest Academy.

At the same time, he also took this opportunity to sneak the white porcelain cat to the Quest for Knowledge.

Gradually, the legend of "the cat's retribution", which was only circulated among apprentices, also spread among low-level wizards.

For formal wizards, the cat's reciprocation will hardly affect their research, but it is still possible to bring some help once in a while.

Moreover, the curse attached to the cat's reciprocity, which may drown people, has been developed to circumvent it, and its side effects can be ignored.

These crudely crafted white porcelain cats gradually turned into a high-quality and inexpensive witchcraft prop.

Even some second-order wizards will use the cat's reward to improve the success rate of their experiments before conducting experiments with high uncertainty.

Thor still maintains the character of a first-order wizard in the Academy, and when he takes over the task from the Academy, he hands it over to Nathan, who has just been promoted, to do it, and only gives him a few words of advice when he is occasionally free.

And Nathan, who has just been promoted, has to face problems that he shouldn't face at this stage.

On this day, Thor had just handed over a report written by Nathan to the second-order wizard of his team, when he was blocked by Wizard Ona at the door of the Quest for Knowledge.

Ona looked at the gate of the Quest for Knowledge behind Thor and then at the wizard robe on Thor and said with some resentment: "Wizard Thor, if you really like the Quest Academy, the city lord can also arrange a position for you as the vice president." Why mess around with low-level wizards? ”

There was no one else around Thor who would have been surprised how Thor knew the wizard who was directly under the White Glass Castle.

Thor shrugged his shoulders and didn't bother to explain, "I'm also a confirmation of what I've learned." ”

Ona still couldn't understand that a third-order wizard was studying the subject of a first-order wizard all day, wasn't it a waste of resources?

However, the temper of high-ranking wizards is usually very strange. Before, Ona thought that Thor was a little abnormal. Now I see that he likes to disguise a low-level wizard, and suddenly he feels that the other party is worthy of being a high-level wizard, and it is possible to do anything.

(End of chapter)