Weird Wizarding World

At the bottom of the mountain, there is the Black Stone City Gate.

The apprentices headed by Heywood have arrived here.

In front of the city gate, there are also some wizards standing sparsely. They are the personnel responsible for recruiting these apprentices from the major forces in the city.

Under their lobbying, some of the apprentices chose to join a certain force on the spot.

Most of them shook their heads and refused, saying that they would think about it again.

In addition to joining the forces on the island, the apprentices eliminated by the school can also become free wizards, that is, wild wizards, or wait until the caravan arrives to try their luck elsewhere.

In the shadows on the city wall, a gray-robed wizard was standing, with the golden triangle badge on his chest shining brightly.

After a while, after all the apprentices and the wizard responsible for recruiting had left, and no abnormalities were found, he left quietly.

…

On the other side, Holt and the two also arrived in Black Rock City.

He didn't ask Colin deeply. Everyone has their own secrets. What's more, Needham's dog didn't seem very strong to him.

After arriving at the guard, Holt took out ten magic stones and handed them to Colin.

"This is your first month's salary... you will get it from me every month in the future."

Colin took it.

Later, Holt told Colin to wait where he was.

He will first distribute the remaining magic stones to the other three captains. As for his other team members, they will be distributed together when they are on duty.

…

"The job we are mainly responsible for is actually very simple, which is to eliminate the ferocious beasts that escape from the dark forest."

Half an hour later, Horta took Colin outside the west side city.

Here is a long and narrow plain, which extends on both sides next to the city wall.

This plain is the most important food growing area in the entire Black Rock City, and as far as you can see to the left and right, there are cultivated farmlands.

At this time, there were many farmers working hard in the fields.

Looking forward across the rice fields, you don't need to go too far to see the edge of the dark forest that seems to absorb sunlight and seems darker than other places.

Holt pointed to a sturdy wooden house not far away and continued:

"What we need to do is to take turns on duty here. If the patrol knight reports that there is an invasion of vicious beasts, we will deal with it. If not, we can do whatever we want."

Colin nodded.

There are about a dozen wooden houses like this on the edge of the city wall. They are spaced apart and relatively far away from each other.

After all, the farmland outside the city is long and narrow, covering a large area. Only by arranging the duty in this way can the danger of ferocious beasts be dealt with in a timely manner.

"The duty is based on teams, and the wooden huts between the members on duty are connected. I usually live among you."

"By the way, it will be our turn to be on duty starting tomorrow, the night shift. Remember to come to the west gate early and wait for me."

Colin nodded again.

"Okay, you should have seen enough here. The next thing you need to do is find a good place to buy a house near the guard office."

Holt stopped and continued.

"Buy a house?" Colin was confused.

"...Yes, if you buy a house, you won't want to continue living in the dormitory."

Colin shook his head. Living in a dormitory was actually very inconvenient. Not only was the space small, but there was not much privacy.

"Then of course you need to buy a house... Not only do you need to buy a house, you'd better buy a few maids to help you with chores like cooking and cleaning."

"These are not expensive. A house can only cost one magic stone, and a maid is even cheaper. As long as you don't buy anything strange, one magic stone is enough."

"Besides allowing you to live in the dormitory for a month, we also considered that you might not have any extra magic stones to buy a house or a maid.

Now that you have just received your salary, it is time to solve these things. "

"By the way," Holt seemed to remember something again and reminded him specifically: "You remember that the cook responsible for cooking must find a good one.

Many slaves didn't know how to cook at all, and the things they made...you understand? "

Colin nodded.

The island is short of supplies and the living standards of civilians are low. Their daily diet can be considered a compliment even if they say dark cuisine.

Most people only know how to stew, and many people don't even know all the seasonings.

Afterwards, Holt told him the addresses of the real estate trading office and the slave market, and gave him some precautions. He told him to remember to come here for duty tomorrow night, and then turned and left.

Half an hour later.

Colin came to the real estate trading office in the city and was warmly received by the manager.

There are no pictures in this era, so you can only look at the houses one by one.

Accompanied by the general manager and his team, he visited more than a dozen houses near the guard station in the west of the city.

Finally, we chose the third to last stone house.

This stone house is far away from the guard station in the west of the city, about ten minutes' walk.

The stone house is a two-story building with a basement. The area is only about 100 square meters. Although it is not large, it can be regarded as a mansion in Black Rock City.

The people living around were obviously not from the lower classes, and were more or less related to the wizards.

You can still see some wizards appearing from time to time.

The house sells for exactly one magic stone.

The houses in this world are not as valuable as the previous world... Of course, one magic stone is not too small, it is almost equivalent to 1,000 gold coins.

After paying the magic stone and sending the manager away, Colin slowly walked to the master bedroom on the second floor.

The master bedroom was obviously specially built for wizards. There was a door on the innermost wall, which contained a meditation room of about thirty square meters.

But that's not why he chose this house.

He walked slowly to the balcony.

This is a huge open balcony, covering more than ten square meters, with gorgeous and exquisite carved railings.

Colin leaned on the railing and looked into the distance.

Past the rows of gray-white houses in the city and across the khaki city wall, at the end of his sight, a flash of blue caught his eye.

He could see the sea, which was the real reason why he chose this house.

The terrain in Black Rock City is not flat.

The location of this house happens to be on a high ground.

Coupled with its two-story height, it just creates an excellent location for the balcony.

Not only can you see the sea view, but because of the height, it is difficult for others to see into the balcony.

After quietly admiring the sea view for a while, Colin turned around and headed to the next place - the slave market.

There are many slave markets in Black Rock City, and Colin went to the one closest to him.

It's about a twenty-minute walk from this newly purchased house.

Although this is not the first time I have walked on the road of Black Rock City.

But he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He is not a person who likes to attract attention

But now, no matter when or where he goes, he is always the focus of attention on the road.

The last time I came to buy a sword, I wasn't wearing wizard robes, so the current situation wasn't so exaggerated. But this time he was not only wearing the standard wizard robe of the Guard, but also the shining silver badge of the school.

Passers-by didn’t even dare to come within two meters of him.

'Looks like I need to buy a carriage. ’ Colin sighed secretly in his heart.

He was like a hot steel knife cutting through butter. Wherever he went, the crowd would automatically separate.

After walking for a while, he felt something was wrong.

I don't know why there are so many people here.

There was also a faint noise coming from the front.