There were only a few talents in this year's assessment, so the assessment ended quickly.
Now that the assessment was over, the wizards no longer hid themselves. Time was of the essence, so they all revealed themselves. However, they didn't stay on the spot. Instead, they all flew away. Only the gray-haired little old man Ness descended from the sky and landed in front of the genius.
The sudden appearance of this great Magus gave everyone a fright. They all stared at the sky not far away with their eyes wide open. Why did the wizard come from there? Could it be that the great Magus had been hiding at the side to observe their reactions?
Ness quickly proved their conjecture.
Ness landed in front of everyone and said, "We only concealed ourselves to observe your temperament. Your performance has already been recorded in your files. You should know very well whether it's good or bad."
They suddenly remembered Angor's words. His words just now were obviously hinting at the current situation.
"I'm your guide this time. Follow me …" Ness looked very old. He turned around and gave everyone a strange smile. "Before I leave, I'll give you a piece of advice. Wherever I go, you have to follow. If you don't listen, you'll be buried here. Parmigi Highlands are never short of bones. "
Ness' warning sounded strange, and the talents found it strange. They didn't know this place well. Were they supposed to wander around on their own?
However, when they saw Ness walking toward the abyss about a hundred meters away, they all had a bad feeling.
The abyss that stretched for an unknown number of kilometers was right in front of them. When they got closer, they couldn't see the bottom at all. There was only endless darkness.
This abyss-like pit was like a huge mouth waiting to devour people. Everyone couldn't help but shudder.
Suddenly, Ness, who was leading the group, let out a creepy laugh. "Our destination is right in front of us. Follow me. Don't fall behind."
After saying this, Ness leapt into the abyss under everyone's terrified gazes.
Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what to do.
"Cowards. You don't even have the courage to do something like this. Just die here." Hookdick stepped out first and followed Ness with a sinister laugh.
After Hookdick disappeared, Nausica blew out a smoke ring and poured away the tobacco in her pipe. She held the pipe tightly and smiled at Angor. "I'll go first."
Nausica jumped into the abyss as well.
Angor glanced at Sailum beside him. He thought the 13-year-old boy would be scared, but Sailum did not look scared at all. He only tightened his book pocket carefully.
"Let's go. That wizard told us not to fall behind. He must have his reasons." Angor patted Sailum's shoulder and jumped into the abyss.
Angor led the other talents into the abyss. No matter how scared they were, they still followed suit..
While falling, Angor felt the cold wind buffeting his face. He was surrounded by dark walls of earth and stone, and in front of him was endless darkness. He sensed the aura of death.
After falling for about two minutes, Angor suddenly saw a dazzling light coming from below.
As the light appeared, Angor clearly felt his falling speed slowing down. It was as if a gentle air current was rising from below. Very quickly, the threshold of the opposing airflow below increased, and all the talents were like feathers, slowly descending.
When he reached the source of the light, he saw that it was actually a giant mirror.
To be more precise, it was the world inside the mirror that was shining.
Ness was standing on the mirror. A crutch had appeared in his hand at some point, supporting his slightly hunched body.
All the geniuses slowly descended and stood on the surface of the mirror.
Angor curiously touched the surface of the mirror. It was cold and smooth, like ice or glass. The mirror was transparent, and he could clearly see the world behind it.
It was a world with mountains, rivers, sunlight, clouds, tall buildings, and steel ropeways.
What was going on in the world under the mirror? Was it another plane? Or was it another world like a cave? Angor wasn't the only one who was curious. All the talents looked at Ness with inquiring eyes. They all hoped Ness would tell them something.
Ness cleared his throat. "This is Brute Cavern …"
Ness tapped the mirror with his walking stick, and the ripples slowly spread out. Suddenly, the walls around them began to shine brightly, and everyone finally noticed the walls around them.
There were countless openings, countless walls, and all kinds of mysterious steel structures. There were also countless people working back and forth on the roads. Some were going through the openings, some were collecting plants on the walls, and some were looking at them curiously.
"This place is very close to Darkivil Empire. There are hundreds of towns around Brute Cavern. The people on the walls are all from those towns." Ness paused a little. "Oh, right. Darkivil Empire is also known as the Earth's Core. The people here are also humans, but most of them live underground and rarely go to the surface. This is a special feature of Darkivil Empire. You'll have plenty of time to see it in the future. "
With that, Ness pointed at the world under the mirror with his walking stick.
"Below the mirror is the headquarters of Brute Cavern. Except for a few people, you'll all live there." Ness tossed out ten round bone cards, which circled around in the air and returned to the hands of the talents.
"These are bone cards, which are used to enter the mirror world. If you lose them, you'll never be able to enter the mirror world again. They contain your information and comments. As long as you don't leave Brute Cavern, they'll stay with you for the rest of your life. Remember, once you're in Brute Cavern, take them to Tree Spirit Hierro as soon as possible. He will record your new information. "
Ness did not tell them what information he was going to record.
Then, Ness tapped the mirror three times with his cane, and a white mist-like figure crawled out of the mirror.
"Who's disturbing my sleep?" The mist turned into the shape of a woman, but her face was still covered in mist. "Don't you know I'm taking a beauty nap? I'm going to eat you if you don't give me an explanation! "
The woman in the white fog screamed hysterically. Ness coughed awkwardly to draw the woman's attention.
"Oh, it's you, kid. I heard you went to pick up the talents this year …" The misty woman turned around and "looked" at the group of talents.
"Only ten? Oh, I almost forgot. That kid Sunders was the one who recruited them. Ten is not bad." The misty woman's "head" twitched a little as if she was observing something.
"Ugh. Not only that, but they're all ugly. Apart from that blond boy who's pretty good looking, the others are all ugly."
Angor was the only one with blond hair among all the talents, so the misty woman was talking about who she was referring to.
Angor should be happy to be praised by "people", but he did not know whether to be happy or not when he was being glared at by the "ugly" people around him.
Ness saw that the misty woman was not going to shut up, so he quickly said, "Lady Mirror, they still need to do some tests. I'll take them away first. Please open the passage for them, Lady Mirror. "
Normally, people did not need to inform Lady Mirror to enter the mirror world. However, these talents who did not have their bone cards registered had to go through the same procedure. Otherwise, Ness would not summon Lady Mirror who only cared about appearances.
Lady Mirror flicked a few clouds of white mist from between her fingers. The white mist went straight into the bone card in the talent's hand.
"Alright, I'm going back to sleep. Don't disturb me if you're ugly." Lady Mirror paused a little. "Hey, blond boy, you barely qualify. It's rare to see someone so good-looking. Come and have some tea with me when you have time."
With that, Lady Mirror disappeared into a puff of smoke.
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