The assistant trembled slightly and looked at Li Ming with disbelief.
He wasn't surprised that the other party would step down as city lord, but he didn't expect that the other party would be willing to recommend him to be the city lord.
Li Ming smiled and said, "You've handled things in the city very well. Our lord only values ability, so he shouldn't refuse my suggestion. Keep up the good work!"
He did have a high opinion of this assistant, who had always handled the affairs of the city well.
And there really weren't any better candidates!
The cultural academy has indeed trained a group of good managers, but none of them have graduated yet, and it's impossible to send them directly to manage a city. We can only choose the best among the worst.
However, at this moment, Li Ming's mind was more focused on this recruitment.
The enrollment process went smoothly. As dawn broke, the city center square was already packed with people, mostly adults with children, quietly waiting for the test to begin.
Judging from their expressions, they all seemed somewhat apprehensive and nervous.
In the center of the square were a dozen or so tables, behind which stood the staff responsible for testing talent.
Each child will undergo two tests: the first is a test of magical talent, and the second is a test of martial arts talent.
Those who fail the talent test or perform poorly are eliminated. Those with outstanding magical talent go to the Magic Academy, while those with even better martial arts talent go to the Knight Academy.
As the person in charge, Li Ming stood on a high place and watched this scene with a glint in his eyes, hoping that more outstanding geniuses would emerge from among these children.
"Wow, so many people!"
A slightly plump middle-aged woman dressed simply stood on the periphery of the crowd with two little girls.
A little girl couldn't help but open her mouth wide as she looked at the sea of people in front of her.
"People from both inside and outside the city must have come!"
Another little girl, who was even prettier, couldn't help but widen her eyes as well; they had never seen so many people crammed together before.
At this moment, the crowd in the square was chaotic, but soon the city guards came to maintain order.
Even so, it took a long time, and the people in the square were divided into 18 long lines.
A slightly plump middle-aged woman, accompanied by two girls, also joined the long queue, moving forward slowly alongside the crowd.
Each test takes about one to two minutes, which is not very slow.
"Vivi, Alice, which of you two will be tested first?"
The slightly plump middle-aged woman looked at the two girls whose hands she was holding.
The girl named Weiwei was slightly chubby and looked a lot like the middle-aged woman; she was her daughter.
The girl called Alice is her neighbor's daughter, but because her neighbor needs to go to work, she brought the two girls here.
The chubby little girl was quite cute; her chubby little hands kept fidgeting with the hem of her skirt, and her face clearly showed a nervous expression.
"I'll go first! Vivi, just watch what I do and do the same!"
The prettier girl noticed her best friend's nervousness and bravely stepped forward to speak.
The chubby girl glanced gratefully at Alice, her mood lifted, and she felt less tense.
The team moved forward slowly, and after about half of the tests, Li Ming's complexion was not so good. Although it hadn't turned completely black, it was a similar color.
Of the half of the people, only eight possessed magical talent, and all of them had relatively average talent.
There are more people with knightly talent, about 80 or 90 people, most of whom have average talent, with only two having superior talent.
Although he knew this was within the normal range, it still made Li Ming's face darken.
"name?"
The person in charge of the test spoke, without looking up, holding a pen to prepare for registration.
"Ah, Alice!"
"Put your hand on the crystal ball!"
The voice was calm and steady, with a hint of indifference.
In fact, he had lost count of how many people he had tested today; it must have been at least two hundred.
Alice's gaze fell on the crystal ball on the table, her heart began to race, and her palms sweated with nervousness.
Although she acts very brave in front of her best friends, she is, in the end, just a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl.
My fair, delicate hand rested on the crystal ball, feeling its cool, refreshing sensation.
In fact, a normal magician test uses a magic circle composed of magical beast cores of the eight basic attributes, and judges the magician's talent and attributes based on the light emitted.
Su Qing's side was actually the same, except that she used a crystal ball as a small disguise to make it look more high-end.
"Close your eyes and meditate, empty your mind."
The person in charge of the test continued to speak, and Alice nervously complied.
After a dozen or so breaths, a faint blue light began to emanate from the crystal ball.
"Level 1 Magic Talent, Water Element: Unqualified!"
Upon hearing the words "unqualified," Alice's little head immediately drooped.
Faced with this situation, anyone conducting the test would have high expectations, but often the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
Have I been eliminated?
The thought popped into the girl's mind, but then she heard the tester say, "Next is the battle aura talent test!"
This test was simpler; the tester released a burst of battle energy into Alice's body.
The next moment, a series of cracking sounds came from inside the girl's body.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Seven crisp sounds rang out in succession, startling the tester. After a moment of stunned silence, he came to his senses: "Level 7 Battle Qi Talent, Top Grade!"
The sound was followed by an uproar.
Those watching from the sidelines, the uneducated commoners, naturally didn't understand what the sentence meant, but the other testers around them understood it very well.
Talent, in a sense, represents a person's upper limit. This girl's level seven top-grade talent means that she has a slight chance to glimpse the throne of a titled knight. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will definitely be able to advance to Glory, and there is a good chance that she will break through to Brilliance.
Countless fiery eyes stared at her, making Alice's heart tremble. The twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was almost scared to tears.
Whoosh!
A figure appeared, directly taking Little Alice away from the scene, while leaving behind a cold voice: "Continue the test!"
When Alice came to her senses, she was already standing on a high platform outside the square, next to a bald old man with a lewd smile.
"Little sister, what's your name?"
Li Ming's eyes burned with excitement. He had been hoping for a genius to emerge, but he never expected such a genius to appear.
His talent level was only level five, while his traitorous disciple Alan was a bit higher, at level six.
It was already quite good, but compared to the little girl in front of her, it paled in comparison.
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