"Bansel? Why did you bring your grandson here?" Lothar asked as he passed by his neighbor. "Hey, haven't you already started teaching your grandson carpentry?"
"Your grandson can become an apprentice, but my grandson can't?" Bancel rolled his eyes at Lothar and lowered his voice and said, "Don't you know? That stupid son of Barerus's family has been accepted as a preparatory apprentice. How could my grandson be worse than that stupid boy?"
"That's hard to say. How can you know what the Saint values?" said Losa.
"That's what I said, but how can I be satisfied without trying?" Bancel moved closer and whispered, "But... I heard them say that this foreign saint is trying to trick people into becoming his slaves. Do you think it's true?"
Losa frowned and said, "Bullshit! They? Who are they?"
"They are who they are. They are all spreading the news," Bancel said.
"Why don't you just listen to what they say? Why are you here?" Losa asked back.
"I'm thinking, she's a saint, she has slaves everywhere she needs them. All she needs to do is tell the outside world, and the kings and nobles who want to win her over will eagerly send them over. Why would she have to come to our place?" Bancel said.
"You still have some brains." Lothar took out his dagger and waved it in front of Bancel, "See this? The stupid son of the Barelus family is not worth this knife."
"Hehe, that's true. So, so many of us are here today. Everyone has thought about it." Bansel said happily, "There are even more people waiting and watching. You also know that every time the Secret Sword Tower recruits people, not one out of ten people, among the remaining nine, at least six or seven are thinking about this."
Losa laughed and said, "You guys just keep making plans. My Parado has to go to class."
When Losa and Parado arrived at the door, the door of the Mad Sword Tower opened, and Gawain, Gallo, and Bella all came out. Gawain and Gallo took away those who came to line up for the test just like yesterday.
Bella took a list and called out the names of those who were admitted yesterday one by one, then led them into the tower.
Lothar watched his grandson walk into the Tower of Mad Sword and stood at the door for a long time before leaving and going home.
Losa had no intention of working all day and was scolded by his wife several times. Finally, when it was time for Parado to go home at night, he simply sat at the door and looked at the road leading to the Sword Tower.
It was not until it was almost dark that he saw his grandson slowly walking towards the house, even with a cane in his hand.
"Parrado, what's going on?" Losa ran up and asked. His wife, son and daughter-in-law heard his voice and ran out together.
"I'm fine. I had physical training today, but it was a bit intense on the first day. In order to do better than others, I secretly practiced some extra moves and even injured myself. But Master Bella cast a healing spell on me, and I feel much better now."
"Your attitude is correct. I'm glad you're okay. I bought another chicken today to give you some nutrition."
"I've eaten in the tower. Saint Mo Yu said that the food at our house can't meet the demand, so he asked us to have one more meal in the Mad Sword Tower." Parado said.
Losa said, "That's great. Saint Mo Yu really treats you as his own. But if you're still hungry, you can eat more."
"Of course. During the break, they told us a lot of stories about the outside world. They were really, really interesting. Especially the Chinese Tower, which had so many amazing things. After listening to them, many of my companions wanted to go there to take a look."
"Oh? What did Saint Mo Yu say?"
"She didn't say anything, just said that as long as we learn the skills well, the choice is in our hands."
"Um… "
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In the next few days, Parado would come back every day and tell about what he learned in the Mad Sword Tower.
"There are more and more apprentices. On the first day, there were only three people in our group, but today there are thirteen. Bansal's grandson is also in my group."
"We also have cultural classes in the afternoon. Saint Mo Yu will teach us how to write. She teaches us magic words, which no one knows, but she said that mages must learn this."
"Today, Saint Gawain told us history. Did you know that the power of the God of Nature was so terrifying? The Seven Saints did not retreat back then. They fought against the God of Nature for the sake of all mankind."
"It turns out that I really have some talent. When I talk about the method of generating madness, I seem to have a little bit of that feeling in my body. Saint Mo Yu checked me and said that it was not an illusion. As long as I practice day by day, I should be able to feel the real madness in two weeks at most."
"In today's physical training class, I beat Rom, the strongest player in the group. I get injured from training every day, and Master Bella treats us, so my strength is growing very fast."
"Today I learned that many of the drugs we use in our training are made by China Tower. There is really nothing they can't make. Using these drugs to help us train can speed up our growth by three to five times, and it has no effect on the body."
"Today we contacted the people of the China Tower through the communication array. They have something called a school there, which is also a place for young people to learn. The young people we talked to today were really amazing! They knew everything, and their realm was terrifyingly high. Many of us really wanted to go and take a look."
"I felt the madness! I'm the second person in the class to have done this! When I was mad today, I broke a rock with one punch."
"In history class, we learned that the God of Nature wanted to take the magic power for himself. No wonder the seniors in the Seven Towers had to fight against it."
"Today, the grandson of the Bansel family also possessed madness, but he is far inferior to me. He is the 30th one."
"It turns out that the God of Nature is about to wake up. We need to gather all seven towers to subdue the God of Nature. Saint Gao Wen said that they will take the Sword Tower away, but will leave all the inheritance here. It turns out that Saint Mo Yu is doing these things here so that even if they die in battle, the inheritance of the Sword Tower can be left behind."
"Today Saint Mo Yu said that they have secured an opportunity. Those who are willing to go with them will be taken to the Tower of China, where we can study in the school. If family members are willing to go with them, they will also be settled there and have their own land or jobs. Everyone said they are willing, so of course I am willing too!"
"What? You're leaving?" Losa raised his head and stared at Parado. (To be continued)