Weird Wizarding World

  Chapter 29 Noisy

  At the foot of the mountain, the gate of Heishi City.

  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.

  More people shake their heads and refuse, expressing that they will think about it again.

   In addition to choosing to join 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 right now, with the golden triangular badge on his chest shining brightly.

   After a long while, he didn't leave quietly until the apprentices and the wizard in charge of recruiting had left and no abnormalities were found.

  …

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

  He didn't ask Colin deeply. Everyone has their own secrets, not to mention that Needham's dog is not very strong in his opinion.

  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 receive it from me every month after that."

   Colin took it.

   Subsequently, Holt ordered Colin to wait in place.

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

  …

   "Our main task is actually very simple, which is to eliminate the beasts that come out of the dark forest."

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

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

   This plain is the most important food planting area in the entire Black Rock City, and all the eyes on the left and right are reclaimed farmland.

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

   And looking forward across the rice fields, without going too far, you can see the edge of the dark forest that seems to absorb sunlight and seems to be darker than other places.

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

   "What we need to do is to be on duty here in rotation. If the patrolling knights report a beast invasion, 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 distributed at intervals and are far away from each other.

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

   "On duty is rotated by team, and the wooden houses on duty between members are connected. I usually live among you."

   "By the way, it's our turn to be on duty from tomorrow. We're on night shift. Remember to wait for me at the west gate early."

   Colin nodded again.

   "Okay, it should look pretty good here, the next thing you need to do is to find a good place to buy a house near the guard."

   Holt stopped and continued.

   "Buy a house?" Colin wondered.

  "...Yes, buy a house, you don't want to continue to live in the dormitory, do you?"

  Colin shook his head. Living in a dormitory is actually very inconvenient. Not to mention the small space, there is 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 cost at most one magic stone, and maids are cheaper. As long as you don't buy anything strange, one magic stone is enough."

   "Before letting you live in the dormitory, in addition to a one-month buffer period, it is also considering that you may not have extra magic stones to buy a house and a maid.

   Now that you've just gotten paid, it's time to tackle these things. "

   "By the way," Holt seemed to think of something again, and specially reminded: "You remember that the cook who is in charge of cooking must find a good cook.

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

  Colin nodded.

  There is a lack of supplies on the island, and the standard of living of the common people is low. Even a dark dish is considered a compliment for the usual diet.

  Most people can only stew randomly, and many people can't even recognize the seasoning.

  Afterwards, Holt told him the addresses of the real estate exchange and the slave market, and then reminded him of some precautions. He told him to remember to come here to be on duty tomorrow night, and then turned and left.

   Half an hour later.

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

  In this era, there are no pictures, and you can only see the houses one by one.

   Accompanied by the manager and his party, he continuously looked at more than a dozen houses near the guard office in the west of the city.

  Finally chose the penultimate stone house.

   This stone house is far away from the guard in the west of the city, and it takes about ten minutes to walk.

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

  The people living around are obviously not low-level people, and they are more or less related to wizards.

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

  The price of the house is just one magic stone.

  Houses in this world are not worth as much as in the previous world...Of course, a magic stone is not too small, almost equivalent to 1000 gold coins.

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

  The master bedroom was obviously specially built for wizards, and there was a door in the innermost wall, which contained a meditation room of about 30 square meters.

   But that wasn't why he chose the house.

  He paced slowly to the balcony.

   This is a huge open balcony, a full dozen square meters, with gorgeous and delicate carved railings.

  Colin leaned on the railing and looked into the distance.

   Across the gray and white houses that lined up in the city, and across the earthy yellow city wall, at the end of his sight, a touch of blue came into his eyes.

  You can see the sea, which is the real reason why he chose this house.

  The terrain in Blackstone City is uneven.

  The location of this house happens to be a highland.

  Combined with the height of its two floors, it just creates an excellent location condition for the balcony.

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

   After quietly admiring the sea view for a while, Colin turned and went 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 twenty minutes' walk from this newly bought house.

  Although it was not the first time he walked on the road of Black Rock City.

   But he still felt a little uncomfortable.

   He's not a guy who likes to stand out

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

  The last time I came to buy a sword, I was not wearing a wizard robe, so the current situation is not so exaggerated. But this time he was not only wearing the standard witch robes of the guards, but also the school's shiny silver badge.

  People on the road didn't even dare to come within two meters of him.

  ‘Looks like I need to buy a carriage. ’ Colin sighed inwardly.

  He is like a hot steel knife cutting through butter. Wherever he goes, the crowd will automatically separate.

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

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

  There were also faint and noisy voices coming from the front.

  (end of this chapter)