Five years later.
"Caw caw caw, Young Master, where are we going to recruit sorcerer-apprentices?"
Myna asked excitedly from Grimm's shoulder on a huge black flying carpet in the sky. At the same time, it rolled its eyes and suggested, "Young Master, do you want to consider accepting a disciple?"
This flying carpet was a public sorcerer's tool of the Black Iso Tower. It was used to transport qualified sorcerer-apprentices back to the Black Iso Tower area.
Knowing what Myna was planning, Grimm's disciple would naturally be Myna's disciple. Hence, it was only natural for him to "discipline" him.
"Don't even think about it. It's impossible."
Grimm said calmly.
"Oh …"
Myna replied disappointedly and did not continue the topic. It began to look down at the human cities and villages that the flying carpet glided past.
In the Sorcerer Continent, sorcerer academies would recruit sorcerer-apprentices once every ten years.
The academy adopted the principle of voluntary participation. Commoners would be tested for qualifications at the cost of one gold coin.
According to the rules passed down from ancient times in the Sorcerer World, only humans with a Mental Energy Score of 10 and above would be recognized by the sorcerer academies.
This was because the Nightmare World was a parasite of the Sorcerer World. The illusory monsters that lived in the Nightmare World in ancient times could only control creatures with a Mental Energy Score of 9.
The Nightmare World of today had been continuously weakened by the Sorcerer World generation after generation. It had even been forgotten by most of the sorcerers of the later generations. They only thought that the requirement of 10 Mental Energy Score for sorcerer-apprentices was to hide their talents and search for the Light of Wisdom.
At the same time, a Mental Energy Score of 10 represented another qualitative change, which was the talent after advancing to become a sorcerer.
Although talent was not necessary to determine a sorcerer's achievements, it was still a good foundation for a sorcerer's great achievements. Talent could help sorcerers achieve higher achievements under the same level of intelligence. This was an indisputable fact.
The simpler the basic elemental talent was, the more practical it was, and the more popular sorcerer academies were. They were the targets that sorcerer academies fought over.
And the more complicated the talent, such as Grimm's dimensional gap, although it had unlimited potential, it was of little value. This was because talent was only a good foundation in the sorcerer's path and only assisted sorcerers in their research on the basics.
The more complex the innate gift, the more advanced wizards were needed to study it.
Even Grimm's Dimensional Gap talent required him to accumulate enough magic power and memory to open up his research foundation when he was a Stigmata Sorcerer. Doing things that were supposed to be done during the sorcerer-apprentice period was really unacceptable to most sorcerers.
Many Sorcerers even chose to give up on the research of their innate talents and focus on their own Sorcerer's path.
Of course, wisdom was always the most important requirement on the path of a Sorcerer. Outstanding wisdom could make a Sorcerer ignore any so-called talent.
This time, Grimm's task was to recruit new apprentices in a human city-state with a complicated background.
The reason why this place was so complicated was that it was outside the boundary of the Black Iso Tower and the Ivory Castle's sphere of influence. It was also the boundary of the 12th District of the Holy Tower of Seven Rings, and the 19th District of the Holy Tower of Seven Rings.
"Young Master, your mentor wants you to recruit at least 10 apprentices in this area. What if you don't have enough?"
Myna suddenly asked out of curiosity.
For Grimm, the task given by Master Norris was related to his honor as a disciple. Although the punishment of the task was insignificant to Grimm and the reward was also negligible, it was related to his honor as a disciple.
Grimm said matter-of-factly, "Of course I'll rob them."
…
Twenty days later.
Grimm took out the map and compared it with the coordinates in the crystal ball. Then, he retracted his flying carpet and landed on the ground toward the small town.
Viscount Baltha's mansion was decorated with lanterns and streamers. The viscount looked at the mysterious Sorcerer from the Black Isotta Academy and led a group of nobles in Mudulu City to perform the noble etiquette.
Their ancestors were also sorcerers. Naturally, some rumors and information about sorcerers had been secretly spread.
"Okay."
After performing the sorcerer's etiquette, Grimm held the Sabbatic Goat Staff and walked step by step into the hall under everyone's gaze.
The knights in the distance were all dressed in beautiful armor. Their backs were very straight, but their eyes were constantly peeping at Grimm's back.
Is this what a sorcerer is?
Sitting on the high chair in the hall, Grimm was not very interested in the banquet prepared by the nobles. After the banquet was over, his dual-colored eyes under the Mask of Truth looked at Baltha.
"Are the children of the town ready?"
Baltha said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, Master. I only hope that there will be one or two sorcerer-apprentices in this town, because no one has been able to enter the Black Isotta Academy for decades."
Burp …
Myna burped and drank the delicious sugarcane wine. It seemed to be a little tipsy.
"Tell those little ones that they have to pay the entrance fee of one gold coin to me, Lord Myna, without the courage to sacrifice everything, to become a great sorcerer like my young master. If they want to become a great sorcerer like my young master, even if they have the talent and wisdom, they will die in vain at the Black Isotta Tower if they don't have the courage to sacrifice everything. "
Hearing Myna's words, Grimm recalled some of his past.
Back then, Old Ham only left him two gold coins, two run-down straw huts, and an old horse. He did not know how much determination it took for him to hand over that one gold coin.
Even his sixth brother, the blacksmith apprentice in Bi Seer City, might have more than ten points of Spiritual Energy.
However, he would never have the chance to find out.
Without the courage to fight, it meant that there was no chance of success.
Grimm looked at the time. This boring banquet had lasted for three-quarters of an hourglass, and there were about two hourglasses left before dusk. For a small town like this, it would be good if there were two to three hundred children.
He should be able to finish the mission before dusk.
With this thought in mind, Grimm said to Viscount Baltha, "Then make the arrangements. Start the test immediately. The Black Isotta Academy will recruit children with more than ten points of Spiritual Energy to become sorcerer-apprentices and undergo the training of Dark Sorcerers."
"Good, good, good."
After saying 'good' three times in a row, Viscount Baltha whispered something into the ears of one of the knights. After instructing the knight to leave the hall, she pulled out a little girl from behind.
The little girl was only eleven or twelve years old. She had long, wavy brown hair and wore a noble's dress. Her eyes were big and round, and she looked very cute.
"Master Grimm, this is my daughter, Amanatha. Please examine her to see if she has the talent to become a sorcerer."
Grimm sat on the high platform in the hall. Under the grayish-white spiral pattern on the Mask of Truth, his eyes were like two balls of fire that burned and pulsed continuously. It was extremely mysterious.
The little girl seemed to be a little afraid of Grimm. She followed Baltha closely and held her mother's hand tightly.
Many of the nobles around also brought their own nieces and nephews.
Grimm was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly raised his head.
"Viscount Baltha, first of all, you have to bring your daughter to line up. According to the rules of the nobles, you can put her at the front of the line and let me examine her, but you have to line up."
After pausing for a while, Grimm continued, "Then, please pay a gold coin to my partner. These are the most basic sorcerer rules!"
Baltha's expression changed slightly, but it immediately turned into an apologetic smile.
"Yes, Master Grimm. I was rude."
After a while, with Amanatha in the lead, there was a long queue outside the viscount's mansion. However, there were only about a hundred people, far less than Grimm had expected. It seemed that Grimm had overestimated the courage of the commoners to lose a gold coin.
Silently, Grimm let out a sigh.
Although the sorcerer's method of evolution was powerful, it had its own unique flaw. This unstable flaw was also an inherent flaw of the sorcerer civilization.
"Put your hand on the crystal ball."
Grimm's voice was a little indifferent. The little girl trembled as she followed Grimm's instructions. She placed her hand on the crystal ball and closed her eyes naturally. Her body trembled uncomfortably.
"Spiritual Power: 6. Unqualified."
Grimm's voice was very cold, as if he was talking about something normal. However, when the little girl opened her eyes again, it was as if she was struck by lightning. Tears flowed out of her eyes, and the rims of her eyes were red.
"Leave after the examination. Don't hinder the children behind."
Grimm's voice became even colder. This little girl was too different from the Dark Sorcerer's rules. Going to the Black Isotta Academy would only bring harm to her.
The second little boy had nine points of spiritual power, which was only one point away.
Grimm looked at the little boy calmly, hoping that he could show his wisdom.
However, the little boy only looked at him with a disappointed and pleading look. At the same time, he kept looking back at his baron father for help.
He was disappointed because he only lacked one point of spiritual power. He was pleading because he hoped that Grimm would let him go for the sake of his father.
Very disappointed, Grimm waved his hand and signaled the next child to come forward.
Two hourglasses later.
After the examination of the children in the town, the extremely disappointed Grimm and Myna continued to fly to the next city on the empty flying carpet.
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