Flying is always faster than legs, and it only took them one breath to reach the third floor. The mystery greatly shortened the recovery process. Uriel felt that he had entered the door with his front foot and was kicked out with his back foot. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Sauron, the ring, floating alone in front of his nose.
"You made Ruizhe's Mr. Gessen wait for you for three minutes!" The Dragon of Time should take away a person like you who is wasting your life.』
Most of what came out of Sauron's mouth needed to be listened to in a different way. For example, think of it as a noisy cicada. There are no such pests high in the sky, so as soon as the ring started clicking and writing, he had the illusion that he was back in Yotsuba Castle. Honestly, it's not a bad feeling. "Where's Bai?" He actually guessed that the messenger had probably left.
"Fly away" circled his fingers, letting him change his ring to the other hand, and then he took its place. "Even though he is on vacation, in fact, he is busier than ever now."
What are you busy with? Uriel suddenly stopped talking. He realized that he couldn't always trouble Joey. What reason did Chloe's Sky Realm Commander have to help an apprentice get familiar with a strange environment? There are plenty of people in the tower, and maybe I'll meet friends like York.
"There are two classes in the afternoon," he said. "I remember the tower provides lunch."
"Go to the second floor" Sauron instructed.
The scene on the second floor was completely different from every floor he had been to. He walked down the escalator for a long time, and suddenly his eyes widened. This place was like the lobby of an old castle or the front desk of the Public Security Bureau. He didn't know of any other similar scenes that he could use as a reference.
In terms of area, Uriel estimated that it was as big as two Frostleaf Castle auditoriums, and the height of the ceiling was proportional to the length of the steps he walked. He realized that there was no concept of rooms on the entire second floor, not to mention the walls that separated the spaces, not even the load-bearing pillars. There was no straight aisle in the hall. There were carts piled with food and tables and chairs scattered in blocks. The zigzag gaps were passages for people to pass through. He had no doubt that it would take a lot of trouble to get to the end.
There were many people in the restaurant, and no one was worried that the ceiling above their heads would fall down. So Uriel thought someone had enchanted it too, a small anti-gravity mysterious field. He didn't feel it but was sure it existed. "I thought lunch was still an alchemy potion." He looked at the car closest to him. A fat woman was selling apple pies behind the narrow platform, and the aroma was very tempting.
"Stop dreaming, two bottles of that stuff are worth one Abi gold coin," Sauron told him, "Lunch is not free either. Everything here comes from the commercial street outside the tower, and the room and board fees are included in the tuition fee.』
"You mean, I have to continue to find a place to work to support my daily expenses?" The apprentice knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Hell, I haven’t eaten it yet!
"That's not necessary. If Bai Zhishi's apprentices don't even have this privilege, the Affairs Department will definitely find trouble with the Logistics Department. Instead, you will get a monthly subsidy, and you can use your ring to record the accounts... The time span here is very large, and the wise Mr. Gessen reminds you, don’t spend it all before next month.』
This guy treats me like an idiot. "I think I can be self-sufficient." The mysterious man is not unable to survive in Blumnot.
"You think it's easier to make money with mysterious creatures"
"It's obvious."
"Then you know how the mysterious creature spends money"
The tone of Sauron's Ring was very strange, and it always gave Uriel a bad feeling. "I could have something else in the morning." He took it to mean an alchemical potion that was equivalent to breakfast.
"Your mentor will let you eat as much as you want and vomit as much as you want." Sauron punctured his fantasy. "He will save his strength and not cripple you, but so far, apart from actual combat, he doesn't know how to teach you how to fight."
This is undoubtedly true. The apprentice felt uncomfortable recalling his experiences throughout the morning. He had the same feeling when dealing with Lemmons. The difference in strength made the battle a long ordeal that tested the endurance of pain. Often he would be allowed to strike first, and the enemy would assume an arrogant attitude of letting him choose whether to attack from afar or to fight at close range. As a result, if he extended the distance, he would be forced to have nowhere to go by the flying sword light. Sometimes, if he turned around in the melee range, he would not even be able to find his opponent's position before being knocked down. This taught Uriel to miss the time when his enemies were corpse eaters and ghosts. Although the consequences of defeat would be worse, at least he had not lost yet.
What's more, the first lesson is learning to stab the sword.
Uriel has never been very fond of this kind of light, sharp and slender weapon. This may be because he is used to cutting swords. But in the final analysis, he had only touched the sword for less than a month, and the power of habit was not that strong. But this did not prevent him from subconsciously wielding the round-barred rapier to chop or slice horizontally, as if he expected it to grow a biting blade on its own. This caused Joey to also subconsciously wrap his hand around the rapier and give him a hard kick. He could see that the messenger was also startled by him.
What's even worse, Uriel thought, is that Sauron will seize the opportunity and immediately ridicule him for his stupid actions as much as possible.
Joey would point out his mistakes at the end, but that was about it. Sometimes he would ask him to imitate his movements and tell him the essentials of using the sword, but Uriel always had trouble getting in. This was really a frustrating fact. He suspected that he could acquire knowledge far less quickly by listening than by reading.
"It's really expensive." He admitted that he couldn't make that much money. "But there's no need for the tower to pay for everything, right? I don't need to wear a robe, and I don't ask for any comfort." In fact, that house already fulfilled all his fantasies about accommodation conditions.
"In your eyes, does the mysterious person have no other expenses besides alchemy potions?"
"And repairing mysterious items?"
This answer did not satisfy Sauron. So the ring taught him to shut up and just listen. "Mysterious Items" It bolded and enlarged these words, "You have seen several kinds: armor, swords, ink bottles, bagpipes, pendants, and your piece of paper." These things are not invulnerable, so they need someone to fix them. Repairs cost money, no doubt about it. But don’t forget, these things can’t be bought casually—how did you get your parchment rolls? Could it be that you forgot? 』
That's impossible. "I swear to keep every promise." He would never forget the golden divine oaths he saw in the secret room, and they would come to him in his dreams from time to time.
"Others are not as lucky as you, and it is useless to make any promises. If you want to get a mysterious item, you have to either buy it at a high price, or trade it with your life in a mysterious place, and often lose everything. The ring led him through a row of wooden barrels, and the aroma of wine swayed under his nose. "Don't forget your purpose"
Uriel followed its instructions, picked a piece of toast with normal color and smell, and then got a small glass of wine from the owner of the barrel. But after one sip, the spicy alcohol made the result of this attempt very bad, so he had to mix it with some honey.
While at Winnie Watts, Danlfion wanted to drink tea with honey. He remembered the haughty tone and pretentious little steps of that troublesome lord lady. Damn wool socks! I tasted food that was impossible to enjoy in Yotsuba City in the outer world. Did I think that such a day would come to me at that time? Or do I want more? He couldn't understand it, everything seemed like a false dream. "My purpose?"
“You want to be a messenger. This can be called a lofty ideal. The messenger must not only have the ability to maintain order, but also have an understanding of mystery. Knowledge is always valuable, and I believe the value of knowledge is included in the monthly quota Chloe gives you. However, gold coins have an upper limit, but knowledge does not. How much advantage you can take from the tower is your business, only idiots will let themselves suffer.』
It was written so quickly that Uriel almost didn't finish reading it. He began to understand its meaning, and it was rare for Ring to have such a serious tone. "I'm not a child. I do everything based on my interests." He told it, "I will do my best to enrich myself."
"What do you need to enrich yourself?"
"Paper and pen?" He seemed to realize.
"Okay, the knowledge of the tower is completely different from the common sense you learned in the church... Why do I even have to explain this to you!" Listen: you have to use a ruler and a telescope in astronomy class, and a self-calculating pen and scratch paper in math class. They are not things you can do with your fingers; your literacy level is stuck at common vocabulary, and Reading certain mysterious records requires the use of magic runes and professional codes, and you must master at least three or more languages before graduation; the Logistics Department also requires the Affairs Department to add elective battlefield dressing and drug preparation. These two courses require you to Bring your medical kit and potion ingredients, because the tutor who teaches you will not prepare more teaching materials for you - your tuition is not entrusted to him, do you understand?
Uriel felt like an illiterate who knew nothing. "I really want to say that I understand." He couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. "These things - I don't know where to start at all. No one knows what to do with everything that is unfamiliar and subverts common sense." He found that his Your imagination is too limited, so just ask for help directly. "Wise Mr. Gerson, can you tell me?"
"Now that you say so..."
Very suddenly, the handwriting shattered and disappeared. The Ring begins again and writes:
"I don't know, Uriel, everyone has their own way. I don't know what choice you will make, but the only way to go is forward. I can only promise that Chloe will respect your wishes."
The compliments that always worked wonders didn't work this time, as if there was a new soul in the rune. The runes shone one after another and floated before his eyes. It was silent for a while before responding, the frost spreading very slowly.
The words were written on the table, and there was a chill between the lines. It was broken, confused, and even incomprehensible, but Uriel felt inexplicably familiar. He whispered, "Joy?"
"I'm also looking for direction"
The ring fell to the center of the ice flower with a clang, and the frost gradually melted.
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