Although he had decided to leave, for the time being, even if Chen Heng wanted to leave, he couldn't leave immediately.
Now, he is no longer alone.
In the academy, he has many businesses that require him to keep an eye on him. Now that he is about to leave, this area also needs to be cut.
As for Charlie, he also needs to explain in advance.
After all, nowadays, as Chen Heng continues to grow, he has really joined Charlie's experiment, and he can be regarded as an indispensable assistant for the other party in the experiment.
It is precisely because of this that if he wants to leave, he must let Charlie know in advance.
Otherwise, it would be bad.
It took Chen Heng some time to deal with these matters.
Charlie was fine.
Today, because of the importance he attaches to Chen Heng, Charlie doesn't have any special airs in front of Chen Heng. He is also very calm when facing Chen Heng's request, and agrees to his request very accommodatingly.
"It's not bad if you want to leave for a while."
Looking at Chen Heng, Charlie smiled: "The recent situation is indeed a bit messy, leaving now might not be a good choice."
"Speaking of which, even if you don't want to leave, you will have to leave after a while."
"Um?"
Hearing Charlie's words, Chen Heng couldn't help being taken aback, feeling a little surprised.
Looking at his appearance, Charlie didn't say much, and explained directly: "It's because of the academy."
"Recently, due to the war, a large number of apprentices have been lost, and all of them have left the academy."
"Many parts of the college are now out of operation because of the lack of apprentice support."
"So some time ago, Ariel specially held a meeting to repatriate all the remaining apprentices in the academy and temporarily close the academy."
"In other words, even if you don't take the initiative to leave now, Ed, you will have to leave after a period of time when the academy is closed."
"so."
Hearing these words, Chen Heng nodded, as if he understood what Charlie said.
Although the war has not yet spread to this area, the impact it has brought is already very obvious.
Many apprentices fled the area in fear of the coming war.
The escape of a large number of apprentices has affected the normal operation of the college.
After all, under normal circumstances, many industries of the college require a large number of apprentices to participate in order to operate normally.
But at this moment, with the apprentices escaping from the academy and preparing to return to their hometown, the daily operations of the academy have also been affected.
It may be because of this reason that Ariel and other high-level college officials decided to temporarily close the college for a while, and wait until the turmoil of the war is over before resuming the college's operations.
After all, due to the lack of a large number of third-level apprentices, the college's new round of enrollment plans will also be affected.
In other words, even if students are recruited, there are not enough apprentices to teach these students.
Instead of this, it is better to temporarily block it for a while, and wait until the war is over and everything returns to normal before resuming operations.
This may also be a means of avoiding war.
After all, at the current stage, as news from the northwest continues to spread, although it has not affected the south for a while, the future may be uncertain.
In order to avoid being implicated in the Hunter's House Academy, it might be a good idea to block the Academy in time.
Chen Heng instantly understood their thoughts, and then realized something.
With the blockade of the academy, many things that could be easily obtained in the academy in the past may be difficult to obtain in the future.
This is an inevitable trend.
After all, without the free trade platform of the Academy, which gathers a large number of wizards, many wizards may not be able to find a place to get what they want even if they have needs.
And some things that can only be obtained in the academy may not be found for a long time afterwards.
Many thoughts flashed through Chen Heng's mind, and then he looked at Charlie in front of him.
"In another month, the academy will announce the news, and the apprentices of the academy will be evacuated sooner."
Looking at Chen Heng, Charlie nodded, then smiled: "Ed, what do you need to prepare, do it as soon as possible now."
"If there is anything that cannot be solved under normal circumstances, you can come to me directly for help."
With some hints, he said so.
Chen Heng nodded and quickly understood: "I understand."
In Charlie's laboratory, Chen Heng talked with Charlie for a long time before turning around and leaving the area.
Walking out the door, Chen Heng walked to the square again without hesitation.
The small square dedicated to the exchange of apprentices before is still there, but with the evacuation of a large number of apprentices, it inevitably becomes a little quiet at the moment, and the original lively scene has almost disappeared.
But it's okay.
At this moment, the news that the academy will be closed has not yet spread, and there are still many apprentices around, which props up this place and prevents it from completely becoming a deserted place.
Among them, some apprentices were walking in this area, their footsteps were in a hurry.
Because of the frequent teaching of courses in the past two years, Chen Heng also met many acquaintances in it.
For example, the middle-aged man standing not far away, who is still setting up a stall there.
The middle-aged man was wearing a gray leather armor. He was tall and tall. He looked very mighty at first glance. He didn't look like an ordinary wizard, but a knight.
At this moment, with a bitter look on his face, he was just sitting in front of a small stall, waiting for the business to come.
This is Yalman, the materials dealer in this area.
When Chen Heng made magic items, he purchased the magic iron metal from him.
More than two years later, the other party is still setting up a stall here, but it seems that the business has declined a lot.
No wonder.
After all, nowadays, with the news of the coming of the war, the number of apprentices around has decreased a lot, and the value of some raw materials has also dropped sharply.
As a material dealer, his life is not easy, which is also a very normal thing.
Chen Heng walked up to the opponent.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Seeing Chen Heng's figure, Yalman's eyes suddenly lit up. At this time, the bitterness on his face disappeared, and he suddenly became enthusiastic: "Dear Ed, how are you doing?"
"not bad."
Looking at Yaerman, Chen Heng smiled and said softly: "What else do you have here?"
"Same as in the past, some magic iron metal or something."
Looking at Chen Heng, Yaerman said: "But there are many things in it that have been demonized."
He followed Chen Heng and added.
Chen Heng nodded: "It's not bad."
There have been many cooperations with Yalman over the years.
As for Chen Heng's habits, Yaerman had figured it out.
Chen Heng doesn't like to demonize materials by himself, but likes to hire other apprentices to help him do this.
Over time, Yalman decided to do the job himself, and he would handle the materials well before selling them.
This time around too.
But at present, in the near future, his business situation is not very good.
Chen Heng took a rough look at his shelves.
There are not many things on Yalman's shelves, but there are basic things.
Things like magic iron metal are not uncommon here.
"What do you want?"
Looking at Chen Heng, Yaerman said, "The price is negotiable."
"Have no apprentices come to buy anything recently?"
Chen Heng looked around, then asked casually.
"Gone."
Yaleman shook his head, and didn't mean to hide anything: "Basically, all these things can't be sold."
"A lot of apprentices are gone, and some materials are simply not wanted."
"After all, not everyone has the ability to make magical items like you, Ed."
He said, with some envy in his words.
Indeed, even among all wizard groups, there are very few wizards who can make magical items.
Most wizards will also use materials such as magic iron, but the things they make are not magic items at all, they can only be regarded as defective products.
Like Chen Heng, wizards who can make magical items are still a minority in the wizarding community.
"That's it."
Chen Heng nodded, sighed, and didn't say much after that.
Because of the departure of a large number of wizards, the prices of things here in Yarman have also been reduced, and the prices have become very low.
Chen Heng picked out many things inside, and then left, ready to go to the next place.
Before leaving, Chen Heng inquired, wanting to know Yaleman's future plans.
"Continue to stay in the academy for a few days."
Yalman didn't hesitate, and said directly: "After I get rid of what I have, I'm going to leave the academy and live elsewhere."
Obviously, like other apprentices, he was also preparing to leave the academy and go to a remote place.
"Keep in touch afterwards."
Chen Heng nodded and didn't say much, but kept Yarman's contact information and the place he planned to go to later.
The communication conditions in this world are very poor, but as wizards, they naturally have a special way to keep in touch, but it will be a little troublesome.
After chatting with Yarman, Chen Heng left and went shopping.
Because he had sold magic items before, he had accumulated a large amount of magic stones.
If these magic stones were only stored on his body, they would not be of much use to Chen Heng, they could only be used as raw materials for arranging the witch array.
Now it happens to be all used up, and some materials are purchased in large quantities.
In Hunter's House Academy, there are many things that the outside world does not have.
Taking advantage of the current gap, Chen Heng is going to buy more things.
Otherwise, if he waits until he leaves the academy, it may be difficult to get it again.
With this in mind, he almost swept the place in front of him.
In addition to a large number of materials and even potions, Chen Heng also went to the academy's library and exchanged several spell templates there.
In terms of spells, Chen Heng's demand is not too great.
After all, he has Charlie, a teacher who is an official wizard, and the inheritance stone given by Yana, a foreign wizard, so he doesn't need much magic inheritance.
Just what Charlie gave, and the content contained in the inheritance stone, is enough for him to study for a long time.
So in that regard, he doesn't need much.
After walking around and spending most of the magic on his body, Chen Heng turned around and left this place.
For the next few days, he didn't do much, just stayed in his room silently.
What should be done, during this time, he has already done well.
Charlie has already finished his explanation, and the tutoring class is basically over.
As for the ships needed for departure, Charlie also contacted him, and they were the latest batch of flights.
A few days later, Chen Heng left the academy with his bags on his back.
As he was leaving, Charlie stepped out of the lab and escorted him out of the academy himself.
"I didn't expect Master Charlie to care about others so much."
Outside the gate of the Hunter's House Academy, Lange looked at Charlie who had left, and then at Chen Heng in front of him. At this moment, he couldn't help feeling a little envious.
"Ed, you are really enviable to be treated like this by Mr. Charlie."
Hearing this, Chen Heng smiled, and then said, "What are your future plans?"
"No plans."
Lange shook his head, turned around and looked at the direction where Charlie left, then lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "The college is about to be closed, but there must be no one left behind."
"At that time, I will stay here and guard the gate of the academy."
He seemed to know the college's next plan, so he spoke at this moment.
"Stay here?"
Looking at Lange, Chen Heng nodded thoughtfully.
"yes."
Lange smiled and said, "Actually, it's not just me."
"Odo, Mike, the two of them will also stay this time, staying with me in the academy."
The academy is about to be closed, but there is also no shortage of people to watch over here.
Otherwise, although there are many wizard formations in the Hunter's House Academy, it is not safe after all without wizard guards.
If there are no wizards to stay behind, and only rely on the wizard array to operate on its own, there will be many problems.
This is also one of the reasons why Lange and others need to stay behind as guards.
"Good luck."
Looking at Lange, Chen Heng nodded and left.
Lange also smiled, and waved to Chen Heng.
Walking out of the gate of the college, outside, one after another carriages were waiting there, it looked like they were waiting for someone.
On the way, Chen Heng could often see some apprentices coming out, just like him, preparing to leave the academy.
"It's finally here."
The originally bustling academy became deserted in a blink of an eye, and there were not many people there except for a few apprentices.
And as time passed, after a period of time, after the academy announced its closure, the situation inside would probably get even worse.
Feeling this change, Chen Heng's face was calm, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
But it's okay.
The academy is only temporarily closed. When the future war is over and the situation in the Hemu area becomes clear, they will eventually summon these apprentices again and call them back.
The desertedness at the moment is only temporary.
For the apprentices like Chen Heng, their departure was only temporary and nothing.
Walking on the road, after a while, an apprentice who also left recognized Chen Heng.
It was an apprentice that Chen Heng had come to listen to when he was teaching in the past, and he was considered a first-level apprentice.
He recognized Chen Heng and warmly invited him to the port together.
Chen Heng agreed, and then drove to the port together in his carriage.
When they arrived at the port, the ship was already waiting there, and it would officially set sail when all the apprentices arrived.
"The time to leave is tomorrow."
When he came to the boat and put down his salute, Chen Heng inquired and got this result.
After getting a reply, he didn't ask any more questions, but walked to his room silently, put down the luggage in his hand, and just rested silently in the room while meditating.
During this period, there were also some small episodes.
On this ship, there are basically all apprentices, or their family and friends.
Due to geographical reasons, there are many apprentices from the Hunter's House on this ship, and many of them are familiar faces to Chen Heng.
Therefore, on this ship, Chen Heng met many acquaintances, including some apprentices who came to Hunter's House Academy with him.
Like Zana, for example.
Zana is also preparing to return home, and this time happens to be on the same boat.
More than two years have passed, and now, she is already a first-level apprentice, and she has mana in her body, which is not bad.
Seriously speaking, although this progress cannot be compared with Chen Heng's, compared with ordinary apprentices, it is already considered fast.
Chen Heng could feel that the mana aura on her body was not weak, and it was not comparable to ordinary first-level apprentices.
But to him, that's all.
The two of them were a little surprised when they met on the boat, and then they couldn't help reminiscing about the old days.
Just at this time, there was a sound outside.
"Victory belongs to us!"
A low growl came from outside.
Standing on the deck, Chen Heng turned around and looked around, just in time to feel the mana fluctuations coming from that direction.
A large amount of mana fluctuations came from that place, and not one or two.
There were third-level apprentices fighting in that place, and they used spells.
Feeling this scene, many people on the boat looked a little ugly.
After a long while, those waves of mana fluctuations gradually disappeared, gradually returning to calm.
Afterwards, a middle-aged apprentice wearing a black robe walked up to the ship with a livid face, and explained to many apprentices: "It's a member of the Moke Cult. I don't know why, and suddenly launched an attack."
He explained to many apprentices, and then left in a hurry, leaving only a group of apprentices thinking.
"The Moko religion seems to be a small organization"
Standing on the deck, Chen Heng fell into deep thought: "Did he show up this time?"
From the looks of it, as the war continued to develop and expand, more and more wizarding organizations began to be gradually affected and more or less joined the chaos.
As for the next result, I don't know what it will be like.
But no matter what, it has nothing to do with people like Chen Heng.
The next day, the ship sailed as scheduled.
Looking at the gradually distant port in the distance, Chen Heng turned around silently with a calm expression.
there will be another chapter
(end of this chapter)