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 free?"

He had 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 free really wouldn't be appropriate." 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 settled, then. I'm going back to rest."

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

Three days later.

"Boom—crack!"

The dark sky of the Dark Godland, which seemed destined to endure for eternity, suddenly split open with a massive rift. More than a dozen imposing figures peered inside through the opening.

"Half of them died, but the surviving ones have changed quite a lot." A figure shrouded in sharp gold-element energy said with a smile.

"After these apprentices emerge, I think at least five percent of them will break through to the First Circle. That's more than twice the previous rate. Not bad. We can continue holding this in the future." A figure who seemed to stand within endless darkness nodded.

"It is indeed quite cost-effective. The problem is that the Divine Kingdom can't withstand it." A breathtakingly beautiful figure brimming with vigorous life force spoke.

"Alright, take your own apprentices back."

Yasen, dressed in a red wizard robe and looking like an ordinary old man, smiled. "Finish the serious business first. You can chat at leisure afterward."

"Yes, Chairman Yasen."

More than a dozen imposing figures bowed to Yasen, who stood before them. Then, each unleashed elemental power and retrieved the apprentices belonging to their own Wizard Towers.

Before long, they had retrieved nearly everyone.

Only Wizard Nelson remained, looking at Lohr and Levan in the central camp of the hilly region with some hesitation.

Yasen had previously asked him for Lohr's information. Now that Yasen had collected the other fire-element apprentices but left Lohr and Levan behind, what did that mean?

"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."

After saying that, Yasen raised his hand and flicked out a white bracelet. Trailing faint sparks, it flew into Levan's hand in an instant.

"Yes, Chairman Yasen." Nelson nodded, waved at Lohr and Levan, and enveloped both of them in dense earth-element energy.

"Wow, such a huge change?" Lohr looked at the much wider earth-element wall and sighed inwardly.

When he had come here, the elemental wall surrounding him had merely been a sphere with a diameter of 1.5 meters. It had been extremely 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.

Not only could he stand upright, he could even run a few laps if he wanted.

He knew perfectly well what had caused this change.

"Chairman Yasen really has great influence." The corners of Lohr's lips curved upward. "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 conceited.

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

Only when he became a Fourth-Ring Space Wizard would he truly have something to rely on.

"Crack."

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

A tall figure over two meters in height, surrounded by dense earth-element energy, appeared in his field of view.

From the corner of his eye, he also spotted Levan standing nearby.

"Greetings, Tower Master Nelson."

"Greetings, Councilor Nelson."

Lohr and Levan hurriedly bowed to 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 such a genius as you to emerge from my Wizard Tower."

He had already asked the other apprentices about what had happened in the Divine Kingdom. He knew Lohr had seized that ring through his own efforts and had not relied on Levan in the slightest.

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 with something, those fellows will probably mock 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 would like to visit other continents. I hope you will permit it."

Previously, if he had wanted to visit other continents, he naturally would not have needed to report it to Nelson. At most, he would have had 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 outstandingly in the Divine Kingdom Trial that, without a suitable reason, Nelson likely would not let him leave easily.

Although Levan could shield him from the front, it was not as though he could not leave if he truly wanted to.

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

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

The Milton Continent was the birthplace of wizards and was exceptionally prosperous.

There were even seven Fifth-Ring Wizards there, while Fourth-Ring Wizards numbered close to a hundred.

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

But no matter how eager he was, he should wait until after reaching the Third Circle. The First Circle was far too early.

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

The Milton Continent was not actually safe either. There were many high-ring wizards there, as well as quite a few Faith Wizards.

Although they had ultimately been suppressed, more than one or two Wizard Towers had vanished, and the war had spread across nearly half the continent.

And that was not all. Just after the Faith Wizard rebellion had been suppressed, the place became a key target of the Abyss Lords.

War continued without end, and its level was extremely high.

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

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

Although quite a few Abyss Lords had come there as well, the wizards had always maintained the advantage.

More importantly, the internal-test players from his previous life had descended upon the 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 in astonishment.

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

The situation there was only slightly better than on the Murphy Continent. It had a few more Fourth-Ring Wizards, but still only one Fifth-Ring Wizard.

In his view, going there was utterly meaningless.