Chapter 774: Sealing the City in Concealment

Chapter 774 – Hidden Seal City
“He rejected you?”

After the flying carriage took off, Ophelia, who was wearing a blue dress, lifted the hem of her skirt and ascended to the platform from a side staircase.

Ona said with some embarrassment, “I’m sorry, Lord City Lord, I wasn’t able to fulfill your account.”

Ophelia stepped forward and pinched Ona’s white jaw, “It shouldn’t be, in terms of looks, you’re no worse than Pei’er.”

Ona blushed slightly, “Maybe, maybe Sorcerer Saul is very fond of your sister.”

“Ch!” Ophelia shook off Ona and snorted, “Talking about feelings with a sorcerer? I prefer to believe that it’s him who doesn’t even have an interest in venting his instincts towards you.”

Ophelia walked to the edge of the platform and held one hand on the fence, “But after all, he’s already a third-ranked sorcerer, so it’s normal for his interest in flesh to diminish.”

Her index finger lightly tapped on the masonry, making a “thud” sound.

“He was only second-ranked when he was with Pei’er, and Pei’er is already a senior third-ranked sorcerer ……,” Ophelia smiled, her head tilted to the side, letting the breeze blow her hair, “Perhaps he prefers psychological pleasure. ”

Ona, who was following behind, blushed, “Lord City Lord, you can’t be? How can this be?”

Ophelia didn’t even pay attention to the change in Ona’s mood behind her, the more she thought about it, the more interested she became, “There must be some sort of secret in this Saul’s body, ever since Pei’er has been with him, there has been an additional shadow within her spirit that I can’t explore either. And this shadow must be the underlying reason that allowed her to survive beyond the Stargate.”

She turned around violently, her long skirt fluttering in the air in a harsh arc.

“I’m very interested in him now! Before I get his secret, no one is allowed to let him leave Sky City, he must be stalled to death for me!”

Ona immediately knelt down, “Yes, I will do everything I can. Also, I will continue to try to gain Sorcerer Sol’s favor, please give me another chance.”

Only then did Ophelia glance at Oona, the smile on her face disappearing, “Go.”

Ona sighed in relief, “Yes.”

“Also, send a message to Kismet, saying that I have something on my side, so tell him not to come over for now, let’s talk about it in half a year.”

“Yes.”

……

Saul still didn’t know that Ophelia was already coveting his body because of what happened to Pei’er.

When he returned to the inn, the first thing he did was to call back the conscious bodies that had scattered out.

“Did you get anything today?”

Agu was gathering intelligence in the apprentice area.

“Apprentices here go to school for free until they become third level apprentices, but magic crystals and sorcery materials need to be paid for or prepared by them. When they become third level apprentices, they can work and live in the outer city. It is said that many third level apprentices work right in the airports and airships.”

“Some who have good talent or have the money to continue their education will continue to study at the Grand Lecture Hall or head to the Courtyard of Seeking Knowledge and the Courtyard of Practice, and as long as they pass the examination, they can continue their studies there. However, the two academies have high requirements for apprentices, and only those with outstanding talent will be accepted.”

Sol listened to Agu’s introduction and immediately felt that Sky City was like a university city.

“What about First Order Sorcerers?”

“Most of the First Order Sorcerers and Second Order Sorcerers are in the two Houses.” The one who spoke was Beth, who was originally a third-order sorcerer, and it was safest to head to the Courtyard of Inquisition and the Courtyard of Practice to probe for information.

“The deans of the two courtyards are both third-order witches. But over there, there are mostly high-ranked sorcerers leading low-ranked sorcerers and apprentices to do experiments. Moreover, the apprentices over there don’t have a good time.”

Beth clasped her arms to her chest, “This place is different from Baidong Academy, we are serious about teaching, they are more like treating apprentices as servants and experiments that don’t want magic crystals. I bet the death rate of apprentices and low ranked wizards here is more than what they announce to the public!”

“This place is a melting pot.” Beth sneered.

Herman looked around, raised his hand, and said, “I found something over at the air harbor.” Everyone looked at him.

“The air harbor seems to be under martial law.”

“What’s going on?”

“A few people died on the airships, rumor has it that there was a young princess from one of the other powers, and now all access to the airships has been suspended in order to track down the killer.”

Ann continued, “Actually, the airboats started restricting access even before the deaths. I saw the sorcerer’s apprentice who was on the same airboat as us in the beginning near the Grand Lecture Hall, and it seems that he hasn’t been able to leave Sky City and is trying to find a way to earn some money.”

The back of Sol’s hand rested against his chin, “The person who came over in the same airship as us hasn’t left so far either. It seems like there’s a fifty-fifty chance that this harbor closure is aimed at me.”

“Alas?” *4
Beth frowned, her face not looking too good, “Could it be that the Ophelia Witch doesn’t want you to leave? Then wouldn’t we be shooting ourselves in the foot by coming over?”

“Don’t be in a hurry first.” Saul was still calm, “As of now, she doesn’t intend to directly imprison me in the open. She’s still not wanting me to notice when she’s blockading Sky City in a roundabout way like this. If my guess is correct, she will definitely trip me up in other ways next.”

Saul said to the other few people, “In that case, we also need to make early preparations. Next, you guys don’t need to come back for the time being, and set up the auxiliary spell formations stealthily as I assigned.”

Agu was a bit worried, “But master, Ophelia might be unfavorable to you, do you still want to choose her as the second?”

“Let’s see first, it’s not clear what exactly Ophelia is going to do. But it’s right to be prepared first.”

Agu nodded then.

After several people had left, Saul sat alone in the room, his hand subconsciously beginning to stroke the white porcelain cat on the table.

“If Ophelia can’t do it, then the Pentacle must be replaced.”

In a place unseen by ordinary people, the atmosphere in Sky City began to become tense.

Saul went to the Great Lecture Hall to teach as usual.

Now, the number of third level apprentices was increasing instead of decreasing.

This was not a failure of Saul’s apprentice promotion; on the contrary, the class he was substituting for already had three apprentices who had successfully advanced to full-fledged wizards.

This probability had shocked the other lecturers and apprentices. Everyone knew that a very powerful substitute lecturer had come to the Grand Lecture Hall. Some third level apprentices who had originally given up on promotion had enrolled in classes just to seize this opportunity, hoping to also be the next apprentice to be promoted to sorcerer.

One day a month later, Paul was dragged to the class by his friend who had also not gone to the lecture hall for a long time.

He didn’t want to come to class per se, not because he didn’t want to be promoted, but he had brought his daughter Mina with him when he did his escort mission this time.

As a result, Sky City had only been in and out during this time, and he hadn’t been able to send his daughter back home.

Sky City wasn’t as nice as it looked on the surface, and Paul didn’t even feel comfortable leaving Mina alone in the rental house.

But now that his landlord, his best friend who had dragged him over for lessons, had asked his sister to stay with Mina, Paul had this time to go out alone.

His best friend, Nero, introduced himself with a raised eyebrow, “I heard that that new instructor used another apprentice as an example in class a week ago, and transformed his locator so much straight away that he’s now gone back to prepare for the promotion ceremony. Hey, if only he could use me as an example today too.”

Paul was still turning back frequently, and though he was grim all day, he cared very much for his daughter.

“I’ll just stay with you for one class, and then I’ll leave after class.”

“Really, since you have a daughter, you don’t even deserve to be a wizard anymore. A true sorcerer should be like Mentor Saul, sensible, and high-minded!”

Paul’s movement to turn back froze, “What mentor? What’s his name?”

(End of chapter)