Time flies by like a fleeting breath. In the blink of an eye, it has been nine years since Benjamin came to the Noren Academy.
Nine years, for the apprentices of the Noren Academy, is a process of transformation from youth to maturity.
For Benjamin, it is the practice of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and turning the unknown into one's own use.
In this world of "Stability", he is like a hidden dragon in the abyss, hiding deep and hiding himself. He devotes all his energy to consolidating Foundation Establishment's cultivation, sharpening Rune Artifact, refining Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror, and in-depth exploration of Magic Potion and the method of alchemy.
When the call for the Noren Workshop general examination was sent to all major Academys, his sharp edge, which had been dormant for nine years, finally had the opportunity to come out of its sheath.
Noren Academy where Benjamin is located should be called Noren Academy No. 13 to be precise.
As Noren Academy, a member of the upper-middle class in terms of strength among hundreds of the Noren Academys, this general test also dispatched the top 10% elite apprentices including Benjamin, who ranked in the last trial.
In the early morning, Academy and Central Plaza were surrounded by apprentices.
In addition to the apprenticeship qualification test that is conducted every five years, this square is so lively for the first time.
Not only the apprentices who are about to take the Noren Workshop general test, but also other apprentices who have not obtained qualifications can't help but come to see them off.
Some of the new apprentices who had just joined Noren Academy looked at the crowd in the center of the square with bright eyes. Many of their eyes were full of ambition.
Now it is basically certain that the test of Noren Workshop will probably become the norm in the future.
Similarly, in order to select apprentices who can take the test, position training within Noren Academy No. 13 will also become the norm.
Looking at these old apprentices who went to Noren Workshop to take the test on behalf of the Academy, many of the new apprentices seemed eager to try.
Somewhere in the crowd, a dazzling lightning flashed suddenly, and then converged into a slender but powerful figure - Bert Vera Augusta.
She wore a dark wizard robe that was tailored to fit her body and outline her slender figure.
There is a faint trace of thunder element fluctuations surrounding her body, just like the natural overflow of her inner power.
Nine years later, she has lost some of her former youthfulness, and has been replaced by a calm and sharp temperament. Those deep eyes seem to contain thunder that can explode at any time.
Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone around her, but she didn't seem to care.
Augusta scanned the densely packed crowd with sharp eyes. Her eyes did not stay on the famous top apprentices, but penetrated directly through the layers of people and accurately locked on Benjamin, who was still low-key and unobtrusive in the corner.
An invisible electric current surged in her body, which came from the strong desire for competition in her heart.
The defeat in the Academy trial five years ago, as well as Benjamin's terrifying and efficient action pattern during the trial, both left an indelible mark on her heart.
That pressure, like an invisible whip, kept beating her, making her never let up in these years.
She practiced hard, challenged her limits, devoted herself to research, and honed her thunder witchcraft to perfection. Now, she has successfully built Lightning Sorcery on her own with her own knowledge.
Augusta believes that with his current self, even if he faces the real Level 1 Wizard, he can still fight without losing.
Her progress is so fast that she is already proud of most of her peers.
However, every time she thought she was strong enough to surpass Benjamin, the faint uneasiness in her heart never went away.
She couldn't wait to fight Benjamin again, wanted to prove herself, and wanted to know how many secrets that mysterious guy had hidden.
Deep in her eyes was an unconcealable desire to fight.
Not far away, a tall and steady figure also appeared in the teleportation square.
That was Augusta's former rival - Horn.
He is now the leader among Wizard Apprentice, with extraordinary strength.
He even took advantage of the period when Augusta devoted himself to research in the past few years to win over people's hearts and is now the leader of the Noren Academy.
He is surrounded by several equally powerful apprentices, and has obviously established his own core team.
His eyes glanced in the direction of Benjamin, with only a slight pause. There was no fierce competitive fire like Augusta in his eyes.
For him, Benjamin is already a "former opponent", an existence that has been surpassed.
He just glanced at it lightly, then withdrew his gaze, and with the arrogance and confidence of a strong man, he turned his attention back to Augusta.
Benjamin sensed the gazes of Augusta and Horn. He looked back calmly and then withdrew his gaze.
There was no expression on his face, but he felt a little appreciation for Augusta's progress in his heart - it seemed that she had really worked hard over the years.
As for Horn... he looks a lot older.
Not long after, it was time to set off.
Several Academy instructors headed by Clark walked slowly over. They glanced at the people in the square and didn't say much. They just waved to the old apprentices who had passed the test.
"Let's go."
There was no "Declaration of Departure" and no words of encouragement.
Wizards are both smart people and calm fanatics.
As long as there are enough benefits, wizards will never be stingy with their power.
Teleportation Array shined brightly in the square, and Benjamin, along with more than five hundred other apprentices and several Academy mentors, stepped into the shining light curtain.
A familiar feeling of dizziness came over me, but this time the transmission was longer than any previous one, and the spatial fluctuations were more intense.
When the light dissipated, Benjamin landed firmly on the ground. Everything that caught his eyes made him feel shocked even though he was calm-minded.
This is the headquarters of Noren Workshop, a huge miracle transformed from an entire plane.
What you can see is no longer the familiar land and sky, but countless huge floating platforms, intricate energy pipelines, and thousand-meter-high rune spiers.
And there are micro laboratories and training spaces suspended in the distant void, shining like stars.
The entire city seems to be a future space city described in science fiction novels. Stability Mountain-like energy circulation maintains the operation of everything. Metals of various unknown materials are intertwined with energy light paths, presenting an ultimate industrial beauty and extraordinary magical atmosphere.
And what they were in was the most magnificent teleportation square among them.
The place was crowded, with elite apprentices from hundreds of the Noren Academy gathering like a tide.
In the noisy teleportation square, tens of thousands of apprentices were discussing one after another, like a pot of boiling porridge.
The air is filled with excitement, tension, competition, and irrepressible power fluctuations, like a volcano about to erupt.