Chapter 1 The Young Man Escaping from the Tower

The young man who ran out of the Anthony Mage Tower looked only about twenty years old, wearing a plain mage robe, but the thick and exquisite magic book hanging on his waist indicated that this young man's identity and wealth were not ordinary. Hao Ren initially thought he was an elf: after all, this place was close to the Elven King City, but after a closer look, he found that the other party was human—because the other party didn't have the iconic long ears of an elf.

Of course, the more important reason was that elves shouldn't be this ugly...

When this young man ran out of the Mage Tower, the expression on his face was as if he was being chased by a flood, his face full of the appearance of being on the verge of collapse after being tortured for many days. And in this place, the only person qualified to be called "teacher" was obviously the owner of that Mage Tower, Anthony J. Alfonso.

Hao Ren was stunned when he saw this scene, and then he thought of the "quirk" in Gala卓尔's mouth, and immediately looked at the young man with strange eyes. Lili next to him was even more quick-witted and had a faster mouth than her brain. The husky girl then murmured to Wu Yue: "What did that Anthony do to this guy... Do you think I'm thinking too much?"

Wu Yue nodded while hiccuping and spitting bubbles: "Hic, you're probably thinking too much, in fact, I'm also thinking too much, but maybe the two of us aren't really thinking too much."

Hao Ren immediately rolled his eyes at the siren girl: "Isn't drinking seven or eight jins of detergent enough to decontaminate you?"

However, in fact, he was also thinking too much...

Gala卓尔 listened to the strange conversation of Hao Ren's group in a daze, just wanting to explain something. A figure wrapped in wind, thunder and lightning had already jumped from a balcony on the upper level of the Mage Tower. When the astonishing wind and thunder elemental power around this figure dissipated, Hao Ren saw that he was an old man wearing a black starry sky wizard robe, with white hair and beard, and a majestic face. The old man landed in front of the young man who had escaped from the tower, and slammed his staff on the ground—in the name of Crow 12345, the stick was estimated to weigh at least thirty jins—and then shouted in a voice like rolling thunder: "The road to pursuing power is full of difficulties and obstacles, didn't you already know that! That day, in order to pursue power, you didn't hesitate to jump off the Green Wood Cliff, are you going to give up at this time?"

The young man's tears came down: "How many times have I said that I fell down accidentally!!"

"Oh, then I remembered it wrong, the one who jumped off the cliff on his own initiative was my great-great-great apprentice..." The majestic old man stroked his beard, suddenly realizing, then his face became stern again, "Then you also said you wanted to pursue power!"

"I didn't understand the situation at the time!" The young man's tears really came down this time, "Falling off a cliff and meeting a hermit, who even took the initiative to teach me ancient magic, anyone who has read two knight novels would definitely kneel..."

Gala卓尔 suddenly interjected from the side: "After kneeling, he threw you more than two hundred textbooks and ten years' worth of exercise books, right? Another poor child who was fooled—there is no such thing as a hero cram school in the world."

The young man then noticed that there was also a group of strangers standing next to him: just now his attention was completely attracted by his terrible cheap teacher. If Gala卓尔 hadn't spoken, he wouldn't have turned his head this way.

"Ah, Gala卓尔, and Hao Ren—I've seen your holographic image," after the majestic old man saw Hao Ren and his party, a smile suddenly bloomed on his face, and he raised his heavy staff and shook it, "The others should be Hao Ren's assistants, you are a famous team."

Hao Ren greeted the old mage, and then quickly explained: "Ah ha, you can't say they are assistants, these are all friends, all friends."

The others in Hao Ren's team were still a little unclear about the situation at this time, but they greeted the old wizard one by one. Gala卓尔 waved his hand: "Alright, alright, now that people are here, don't bother with your little hobbies, look at how this unlucky child has been tormented by you... let him go."

The young man looked at the group of strangely dressed people in a daze. Although he didn't know what these people who could talk and laugh with the most powerful wizard in the world were, he still heard the meaning of amnesty from Gala卓尔's words, and immediately looked hopeful.

"Okay, okay, go, go," Anthony waved his hand impatiently at the young man, "You'll regret it in the future—just the thirty sets of exercises you've done can make you a court mage in the future, but don't even think about coming back to me for the remaining question bank!"

At this time, the young man didn't think about the remaining question bank at all. Hearing the old mage speak, he ran away like a husky off its leash: it's really hard for a magic profession to run so fast in a robe. If his physique can be maintained, he is at least a magic-martial arts dual cultivator.

After Anthony waited for the other party to run far away, he sighed, stroking his beard and muttering: "Is the white-bearded old man under the cliff no longer popular?"

"If you really want to take an apprentice, can you choose a more normal way?" Gala卓尔 raised an eyebrow, "I think you're just doing it for fun, right?"

Anthony spread his hands: "I really want to have some fun, but in addition to having fun, I really want to find an apprentice. I'm quite short-handed here."

As he spoke, he stroked his beard and pondered: "What do you think if I find someone to make a magic bracelet in a few days, and then I drill into it myself, and throw the bracelet out on the street, will I meet someone destined?"

At this time, Lili, the most active thinker in Hao Ren's team, finally successfully caught up with the old mage's radio waves, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Old man! The white-bearded old man in the bracelet is not popular now either!"

Anthony was very surprised: "What's popular now?"

"Now there are generally cute girls living in rings and bracelets..." Lili counted her fingers, "And when you fall off a cliff, you don't meet old grandpas, usually it's the old grandpa's grave—digging up the grave directly to pass on the gong, and you don't have to end up with a master who needs to be supported, how cost-effective."

Anthony even thought about it seriously: "The second way is not reliable, I'm here to find an apprentice, the first one... Gala卓尔, are you free recently? You can still do it with makeup..."

Gala卓尔 sprayed a mouthful of dragon breath on the great sage's face: "So are you ever going to stop?"

Hao Ren listened in a daze the whole time, and at this time he understood what was going on: so this is the "quirk" of Inspector Anthony!

This person's hobby is to be the old grandpa under the cliff, the old grandpa in the ring, the old grandpa in the bracelet, the old grandpa who gives others gong and tasks in various situations!

In connection with what Gala卓尔 said just now, he can now know what the young man who fled in despair encountered, and it's no wonder that people would be fooled: falling off a cliff and encountering a hermit who looks like he won't live for a few days and says he wants to pass on his gong to you, and after inquiring, he is the world-renowned great sage Anthony, who wouldn't be tempted... But usually the realistic part of a story ends here, and everyone generally doesn't pay attention to the specific process of this old grandpa passing on the gong to you, so the three years of spellcasting, five years of simulation, and the sea of questions that the story protagonists have to go through after that are subconsciously ignored...

Until they really fall on your head, at that time, you will recall the horror of being dominated by exercise books.

After everyone understood, of course, they were speechless, but Izhaks, who was straightforward, still had some opinions: "How can people who retreat in the face of such difficulties become great? It's just doing some exercises, at least we demons are not afraid of this kind of challenge in order to gain power. Right, daughter?"

He looked down at Elizabeth, and the little demon's face turned pale, and she hid behind Hao Ren...

Gala卓尔 shook her head: "Actually, it's not just exercises, Anthony pays attention to practice makes perfect—anyway, that's what he requires of his apprentices."

Anthony rubbed his beard: "A few experiments, and you won't necessarily get injured, even if you get injured, you won't necessarily die, and even if you die, you can't be resurrected, with me protecting you, how can there be any real danger? They just can't stand hardship."

Hao Ren was sweating profusely as he listened: just listening to the description is enough to be dangerous!

"Let's not talk about these first," finally Anthony himself came back to his senses, he smiled and waved to Hao Ren, "Come with me, let's talk about that 'Yggdrasil', it has brought us quite a lot of trouble here, but thankfully, it finally stopped, I used the Astral Barrier to temporarily shield it to prevent it from being seen, but I have to say... that thing is really big."

"It's not 'it', but 'he'," Gala卓尔's translation plug-in is based on Dragon Language, she heard the impropriety in Anthony's wording, so she corrected, "According to Hao Ren, that is a super life form called 'Firstborn', possessing extremely high wisdom and a demigod-like soul, and cannot be treated as a demon."

"Okay, 'he'," Anthony smiled, raised his hand and pointed to his Mage Tower, "Come on, welcome to my home."

(Recommend a funny new book, "The Camp of Great Gods", although it is a seedling, but mainly aimed at the ease of this book, there are not many easy and entertaining books these days...)