Chapter 774: Hidden City Closure
"He rejected you?"
After the flying carriage took off, Ophelia, wearing a blue dress, lifted her skirt and climbed onto the platform from the stairs on the side.
Aona said somewhat embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Lord Mayor, I failed to complete your instructions."
Ophelia stepped forward and pinched Ona's fair chin, "It shouldn't be like that. In terms of appearance, you are no worse than Pearl."
Oona blushed slightly, "Maybe, maybe Wizard Thor likes your sister very much."
"Tsk!" Ophelia pushed Ona away and sneered, "Talking about feelings with a wizard? I'd rather believe that he doesn't even have the interest to vent his instincts with you."
Ophelia walked to the edge of the platform and leaned on the wall with one hand. "But he is already a third-level wizard after all, so it is normal for him to have less interest in the flesh."
The index finger tapped lightly on the bricks, making a "dong dong" sound.
"When he was with Pearl, he was only a Level 2 wizard, and Pearl was already a senior Level 3 wizard..." Ophelia smiled, tilting her head to one side, letting the breeze blow her hair, "Maybe he prefers psychological pleasure."
Aona, who was following behind, froze. "Lord City Lord, you are not? How can this be possible?"
Ophelia didn't notice the change in Ona's mood behind her. The more she thought about it, the more interested she became. "There must be some secret in this Thor's body. Ever since Pearl has been with him, there has been a shadow in her spirit that I can't detect. And this shadow must be the fundamental reason why she can survive outside the star gate."
She turned around suddenly, and her long skirt fluttered in a sharp arc in the air.
"I am very interested in him now! Before I get his secret, no one is allowed to let him leave Sky City. He must be held back by me!"
Ona knelt down immediately. "Yes, I will try every possible means. Also, I will continue to work hard to gain the favor of Wizard Thor. Please give me another chance."
Ophelia then glanced at Ona, the smile on her face disappeared, "Go."
Oona breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."
"Also, send a message to Kismet, telling him that I have something to deal with and ask him not to come over for now. We can talk again in half a year."
"yes."
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Saul doesn't know that Ophelia has been coveting his body because of what happened to Pearl.
After he returned to the hotel, the first thing he did was to call back the scattered consciousnesses.
"What did you learn today?"
Agu is gathering intelligence in the apprentice area.
"Apprentices here can go to school for free before becoming third-level apprentices, but they need to spend money or prepare magic crystals and witchcraft materials themselves. After becoming third-level apprentices, they can work and live in the outer city. It is said that many third-level apprentices work in airports and airships."
"Some people who are talented or have money to continue their studies will continue to study in the lecture hall, or go to the Institute of Knowledge and the Institute of Practice. As long as they pass the assessment, they can continue to study there. However, the two institutes have very high requirements for apprentices, and only those with outstanding talents will be admitted."
After listening to Agu's introduction, Thor suddenly felt that Sky City was like a university town.
"What about the first-level wizard?"
"Most of the first-level and second-level wizards are in the two academies." The speaker was Beth. She was originally a third-level wizard. It was safest for her to go to the Academy of Knowledge and the Academy of Practice to gather intelligence.
"The deans of both academies are third-level wizards. But over there, most of the high-level wizards are conducting experiments with low-level wizards and apprentices. Moreover, the life of apprentices over there is not easy."
Beth crossed her arms and said, "This place is different from the Baidon Academy. We teach seriously, but they treat apprentices as servants and experimental subjects without magic crystals. I bet the death rate of apprentices and low-level wizards here must be higher than what they announce to the public!"
"It's a melting pot here," Beth sneered.
Herman looked around, raised his hand and said, "I found something over at the airport."
Everyone looked at him.
"The airport seems to be under martial law."
"What happened?"
"Several people died on the airship. It is said that a little princess from another faction died. Now, in order to track down the murderer, all airships have been suspended from entering and leaving."
An went on to say, "In fact, before the death, the airship had already begun to restrict entry and exit. I saw the wizard apprentice who was on the same airship with us near the lecture hall. It seems that he has never been able to leave Sky City and is trying to make money."
Thor rested the back of his hand on his chin. "The people who came with us on the same airship haven't left yet. It seems that there is a 50% chance that the port closure is aimed at me."
"Eh?" Beth frowned, looking unhappy. "Doesn't Ophelia want you to leave? Then aren't we walking into a trap if we come here?"
"Don't worry yet." Thor was calm. "For now, she doesn't plan to imprison me directly. She is blocking the Sky City in a roundabout way because she doesn't want me to notice. If I'm right, she will definitely use other methods to trip me up next."
Thor said to the others, "In this case, we must also make preparations early. Next, you don't need to come back for the time being. Follow my instructions and set up the auxiliary magic circle in secret."
Agu was a little worried, "But master, Ophelia may be bad for you, do you still want to choose her as the second one?"
"Let's wait and see. It's not clear what Ophelia is going to do. But it's right to be prepared first."
Only then did Agu nod.
After everyone left, Thor sat alone in the room, and subconsciously began to stroke the white porcelain cat on the table.
"If Ophelia isn't capable, then the Pentagram must be replaced by someone else."
In places invisible to ordinary people, the atmosphere in the Sky City began to become tense.
Saul went to the lecture hall to teach as usual.
Now, the number of level 3 apprentices is increasing rather than decreasing.
This is not because Thor's apprentice failed in his promotion. On the contrary, three apprentices in the class he was substituting for have successfully advanced to become official wizards.
This probability has shocked other lecturers and apprentices. Everyone knows that a very powerful substitute lecturer has come to the lecture hall. Some third-level apprentices who had originally given up on promotion have signed up for the class in order to seize this opportunity, hoping to become the next apprentice to be promoted to a wizard.
One day a month later, Paul was dragged to class by a friend who had also not been to the lecture hall for a long time.
He didn't want to come to class, not because he didn't want to be promoted, but because he brought his daughter Mina with him on this escort mission.
As a result, during this period of time, people could only enter Sky City but not leave, and he was unable to send his daughter back home.
Sky City is not as beautiful as it seems. Paul is even worried about leaving Mina alone in the rental house.
But now, his landlord, who was also his good friend who had asked him to come to class, asked his sister to accompany Mina, so Paul finally had time to go out alone.
His friend Nero introduced excitedly, "I heard that the new instructor used an apprentice as an example in class a week ago. He directly modified his locator to be very powerful. Now he has gone back to prepare for the promotion ceremony. Oh, it would be great if he could use me as an example today."
Paul kept looking back. Although he had a gloomy face all day long, he cared very much about his daughter.
"I'll just accompany you for one class and leave after class."
"Really? Ever since you had a daughter, you are no longer worthy of being a wizard. A real wizard should be like Master Thor, rational and proud!"
Paul's movement to turn back froze, "What mentor? What's his name?"
(End of this chapter)
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