Special Treatment

"This..." Levan's voice weakened. "Mentor, this ten-cubic-meter spatial bracelet is worth two million Contribution Points. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to just take it for nothing?"

He thought Lohr was about to reprimand him again, and he felt rather nervous.

But if he did not share some of the benefits, he would feel too embarrassed to accept the spatial bracelet.

"Taking it for nothing is indeed inappropriate." Lohr nodded and smiled. "It's good that you realize that. Keep it up in the future."

"Huh?" Levan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and hurriedly replied, "Yes, Mentor."

"Mm, that's it. I'm going back to rest."

Lohr waved his hand, bid Levan farewell, and returned directly to the grand hall where he lived. He set up an Adaptive Rock Barrier Magic Array, then lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Three days later.

"Boom—"

The dim sky of the Dark Godland, which seemed destined to persist for eternity, suddenly split open with an enormous gash. More than a dozen towering figures peered inside from the opening.

"Half of them died, but the changes in those still alive are quite significant." A figure wrapped in sharp metallic elements chuckled.

"I think that after these apprentices emerge, at least five percent of them will break through to become First-Circle Wizards. That's more than twice the previous rate. Not bad. We can continue holding this in the future." A figure seemingly dwelling in endless darkness nodded.

"It is indeed quite cost-effective. The Divine Kingdom just can't withstand it." A stunningly beautiful figure radiating vigorous vitality said.

"Alright, each of you take your apprentices back."

Yasen, dressed in a red wizard's robe and looking like an ordinary old man, smiled. "Finish the important matters first. You can chat slowly afterward."

"Yes, Chairman Yasen."

The dozen or so towering figures bowed to Yasen, who stood before them, then each unleashed their elemental power and retrieved the apprentices belonging to their own Wizard Towers.

Before long, they had retrieved almost everyone.

Only Nelson hesitated as he looked at Lohr and Levan in the central camp of the hilly region.

Yasen had asked him for Lohr's information before. Now, after Yasen had retrieved the other fire-element apprentices, why had he left Lohr and Levan behind?

"Nelson, bring my grandson back to your Wizard Tower as well." Yasen smiled. "Lohr is his mentor now, so let him study under his mentor for a while first."

As he spoke, Yasen flicked out a white bracelet with a raised hand. Carrying faint sparks, it flew into Levan's hand in an instant.

"Yes, Chairman Yasen." Nelson nodded, waved at Lohr and Levan, and enveloped them both in dense earth elements.

"Tsk, the change is this big?" Lohr looked at the much more spacious earthen elemental wall and sighed inwardly.

When he came here, the elemental wall enclosing him had merely been a sphere with a diameter of one and a half meters. It had been incredibly cramped, to the point that he could barely stand upright.

But now, the elemental wall enclosing him had become a spherical space roughly ten meters in diameter.

Forget standing upright—he could run a few laps inside it without any problem.

He knew the reason for this change perfectly well.

"Chairman Yasen's influence is truly immense." The corners of Lohr's lips curved slightly. "I merely took on a disciple, yet now even a Fourth-Ring Wizard has to give me special treatment."

Although he had received some special treatment, Lohr did not become complacent.

At present, he was ultimately only borrowing someone else's influence. He could make use of it, but he absolutely could not become overly dependent on it!

Only when I become a Fourth Circle Space Wizard will I truly have something to rely on.

"Click—"

After an unknown amount of time had passed, the elemental wall surrounding Lohr suddenly cracked open.

A tall figure over two meters in height, surrounded by dense earth elemental energy, appeared in his field of vision.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Levan standing nearby.

"Greetings, Tower Master Nelson."

"Greetings, Councilor Nelson."

Lohr and Levan hurriedly saluted Nelson, who stood before them.

"Mm."

Nelson nodded. He glanced at the ring on Lohr's right hand and Levan's two bracelets, then smiled. "I truly never expected my Wizard Tower to produce a genius like you."

He had already asked the other apprentices about what had happened in the Divine Kingdom. He knew that Lohr had seized this ring on his own, without borrowing even the slightest bit of Levan's influence.

To intimidate several thousand apprentices alone and forcibly seize spatial equipment—Lohr could be said to be the most outstanding apprentice in this trial competition.

"You flatter me, Tower Master." Lohr replied modestly.

"There's no need to be modest." Nelson waved his hand. "Tell me what you want. You performed so brilliantly in this trial and brought me honor. If I don't reward you, those fellows will probably laugh at me for being stingy."

At those words, Lohr's eyes immediately lit up, and he promptly made his request. "Tower Master, after I become a First-Circle Wizard, I want to visit other continents. I hope you will permit it."

If it had been before, he would naturally not have needed to report to Nelson if he wanted to visit other continents. At most, he would have needed to deal with his mentor and the other Second-Circle Wizard from the Earth-Fire School.

But things were different now.

He had performed so brilliantly in the Divine Kingdom Trial that without a suitable reason, Nelson would probably not let him leave easily.

Although Levan was there to shield him, it would not be impossible for him to leave if he truly wanted to.

But it was best not to offend a Fourth-Ring Wizard if possible, even if Nelson only had nine years left to live.

"Travel to other continents?" Nelson frowned slightly. "Do you want to visit Milton Continent? Isn't that too early?"

Milton Continent was the birthplace of wizards and was extremely prosperous.

There were seven Fifth-Circle Wizards there, and nearly a hundred Fourth-Ring Wizards.

Nelson could understand why Lohr, as an apprentice with a laboratory, would want to visit Milton Continent after learning about its situation.

But no matter how eager he was, he should wait until after becoming a Third-Circle Archwizard. First Circle was far too early.

"No, Tower Master. I want to go to Betula Continent." Lohr shook his head.

Milton Continent was not safe either. There were many high-circle wizards there, including quite a few Faith Wizards.

Although they were ultimately suppressed, more than one or two Wizard Towers had disappeared, and the war had affected nearly half the continent.

And that was not the end of it. Just after the Faith Wizard rebellion had been suppressed, the place became a prime target for the Abyss lords.

The wars were unceasing and fought at an extremely high level.

With the slightest carelessness, even a Third-Circle Archwizard could be caught in the aftermath of high-level battles and die.

Betula Continent, however, was different. It only had one Fourth-Ring Faith Wizard, making it one of the better-off continents among the twelve continents.

Although there were also many Abyss lords there, the wizards had always maintained the advantage.

More importantly, the landing point of the closed-beta players in his previous life had been Betula Continent.

Whether players could descend in this life or not, he would first go there and wait.

"What are you going there for?" Nelson looked at Lohr with a face full of surprise.

If Lohr wanted to go to Milton Continent, Nelson could understand it. But going to Betula Continent truly made no sense to him.

The situation there was only slightly better than Murphy Continent's. It had a few more Fourth-Ring Wizards, but likewise only one Fifth-Circle Wizard.

In his view, going there was simply meaningless.