Netheril’s Brilliance

Gray Rain Country - named because of the inevitable gray rain in the tender growth season every year.

This is a country of professionals through and through. In this country, the power is not held by the traditional king or pope, but a high council composed of master-level ministers from six legendary organization divisions.

In name, this parliament needs to consult the opinions of the nobles before making a decision, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that in this country, the nobles are a complete decoration, and the six master-level powerhouses completely control all rights. The legendary organization behind them made the gods dare not intervene in this country, so this high council called democracy but actually a dictatorship is also called the six-member council!

There are a total of six legendary organizations that control the country of Gray Rain and have designed key branches here. They are the Mage Guilds that are everywhere on the Faerun Continent, and the Sage Council that has affairs with the gods. , the notorious Zhentarim Society, the Beheading Alliance that is rich in berserkers, the neutral spellcaster organization Thinking of Truth, and the most unpopular Thieves' Union.

These six organizations have all established branches in the not-so-expansive Huiyu country. On the one hand, they are in charge of the country's military and political power, and on the other hand, they control the collection and trade of the precious magic plant——Huize bluegrass.

A key branch of Thinking of Truth is located in the southern swamp of this country. As a key branch that is more valued, the Thinking of Truth branch of Gray Rain Country is far from those established on the fringes in all aspects. The small divisions of dispensable areas can be compared.

In this key branch, there are five master-level spellcasters sitting in it, and the head of the branch is a long-established nineteenth-level prophecy mage.

There are more than 30 official-level powerhouses and hundreds of mage apprentices under the branch.

Thinking of Truth is very committed to mage education. Almost all of their key branches regularly recruit apprentices and train mages. Every member above the official level is obliged to take out a Some time to teach apprentices, and this division is certainly no exception.

It is now the middle of the autumn harvest season. Among the countless poor, nobles, and even professional families in Gray Rain Country, the first day of the next month is a big day that cannot be ignored—because the three spellcasting organizations will all start on that day. Start a new batch of apprenticeships.

The three spellcasting organizations recruit apprentices once every fifteen years, and each time they only recruit teenagers over the age of ten and under the age of twenty as apprentices, so for ordinary people, joining the legendary organization has a lifetime chance of becoming a spellcaster Only once.

Therefore, even if there is still one month before the apprentice recruitment date, countless poor families and noble families in Gray Rain Country have already begun preparations with great enthusiasm. In this world where classes are extremely solidified and extremely cruel, the sons of poor people are almost necessarily poor. However, the sons of nobles may not necessarily continue to be nobles, so becoming a professional is almost the only chance for the poor to get rid of poverty, and it is also an inevitable choice for the nobles to ensure their family status.

In order to seize this only chance, how could everyone not be prepared?

Recruiting apprentices is also very important or troublesome for the three spellcasting organizations with a complete education system (Mage Union does not recruit apprentices), after all, this matter is quite cumbersome and highly valued.

For Thinking of Truth, this time period is even more busy. As a semi-academic mage institution, Thinking of Truth has always selected apprentices based on talent but not background, so its apprentice recruitment method is to send The official-level mages lead a group of trainee-level mages to various cities and towns to test the school-age teenagers and girls with mage talents and bring them back to the academy.

This matter takes time is only one aspect, the most important thing is - the process of recruiting apprentices must not be so peaceful.

You must know that although ordinary people with the qualifications to become spellcasters are one in a thousand, the number is still enough, but those with better talents are really rare. In this case, the three spellcaster organizations will Compete for the most gifted apprentices.

Don't think that this kind of competition is such a good thing for apprentices to choose by themselves. All neutral spellcaster organizations generally follow the first come, first served principle. The party that finds apprentices first will take away qualified apprentices directly, and Organizations of the evil camp like the Zhentarim Society usually snatch apprentices on the way, and if they can't get them, they will be destroyed. Anyway, they just don't want you to happily replenish new blood. (Don't ask the apprentices if they are willing, for the spellcaster organization, what is the apprentice's idea? Can it be eaten?).

It is precisely because of the competition of peers and the unreasonable robbers blocking the way, the action of recruiting apprentices is also vividly called New Blood War. , this job is not a job that is comfortable and looks like traveling, but a job that requires you to rush at full speed or even start a fight if you disagree with each other. The most important thing is - if you do not bring enough apprentices, you will be fined!

On this day, seeing that the 15-yearly Recruiting Apprentices task was suspended on the task panel again, there were a few hesitant figures of official-level spellcasters in the hall of Thinking of Truth.

It is precisely because these official-level powerhouses who usually live in secluded places stop here, the usually bustling mission hall is scattered and quiet, and all the mage apprentices crept past the edge of the hall slowly, without any atmosphere. Send it out, for fear of disturbing the thinking of official mages.

The reward this time is more generous than last time. You can buy a potion of Misty Fog with a full 30 exchange points!

A short full-level mage stood in the hall and pointed to the Recruit Apprentice task icon on the top and whispered to his companions next to him.

Standing next to him was an ugly female mage with half of her face scorched and skinless. The female mage who was also an official level responded unceremoniously to the short mage's words:

Don't just think about the task rewards, those red robes have become restless recently. In the last Recruiting Apprentices task, Mei Di lost her life. She is a formal mage of the twelfth level!

That's because she's too stubborn, she doesn't know how to run away when she meets two red-robed lunatics...

If you run away, you will lose money. If an apprentice is not brought back, do you know how much exchange points you will lose? You don't know the face of Thinking of Truth asking for money... I... woo...

As soon as the female mage said the second half of her sentence, the short mage jumped up and covered her mouth.

Of course she was very upset when her mouth was suddenly covered, but when she just shook off the dirty hands list on her mouth and looked fiercely at the short mage, she saw that the short mage who was usually fearless was looking at him. He looked behind him kindly.

Feeling ominous in her heart, the female mage turned her head mechanically, and then...she saw an old man in gray robe with gray hair and a piece of old cloth over his eyes standing silently behind her.

Ke... Master Ke Keweilun, you... why are you here...!