Most of the day later, in the afternoon.
Under the leadership of Martha, Richard and the rest of the students successfully arrived at a gathering place in the jungle hut.
This gathering place does not look very big, it is about the same size as a village. It is surrounded by two main roads, one horizontal and one vertical. Wooden buildings of different heights are located there.
Martha led everyone along the road and approached the outskirts of the gathering place. Then she stopped and shouted to a low thatched house on the roadside with a respectful attitude: "Master Lilith, I have brought the students this time. , do you want to take a look?"
"Oh?" A voice sounded, and the shaky wooden door of the thatched house opened, and an old woman in her fifties came out. Wearing a starched and whitish brown robe, he looked majestic. What was particularly eye-catching was that he only had half of his face.
Yes, half a face!
You can see that the left half of the opponent's face is no different from that of ordinary people, slightly older. The other half of the face was covered in blood and flesh, with no skin at all, only congealed blood scabs, like a monster. The eyes on this half of the face are also broken and gray. When looking at people, they don't even move. It's very scary.
"Gudong!"
Under the gaze of the old woman Lilith, most of the students couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They were very afraid. They were more afraid than facing the strange forest and the black-hearted Martha. They already regretted coming here.
Lilith was obviously aware of this thought, but was too lazy to pay attention. She quickly scanned everyone, looked at Martha without much reaction, and said slowly: "Thirty-two people, a few less than expected, originally planned There are thirty-five people, right?”
"Yes." Martha, who was trying different ways to intimidate everyone on the road, was so honest at this time that she answered frankly to Lilith, "According to the plan, we did recruit thirty-five people. But because of the rush of time, We didn’t recruit enough, and we were afraid that the gathering place wouldn’t be able to wait, so we brought them back first. If it really doesn’t work, we can continue to recruit.”
"Forget it." Lilith waved her hand, "Thirty-two people are enough. By the way, have you tested their qualifications?"
"After a simple test, they all have certain wizard talents, but whether they are good or bad has not been confirmed. After all, time is really short."
"Okay, I get it." Lilith said, "In that case, let me test it myself."
After saying this, Lilith walked to the open space on the side, waved her hand, and a ball of golden light came out in his hand. Throwing the golden light towards the ground, a light door immediately appeared, two meters high and one meter wide, with a somewhat illusory and unreal feeling.
After seeing it, many students' eyes couldn't help but light up, and most of their fear and fear disappeared, turning into yearning. After all, they all come with the mentality of learning spells. If they meet a powerful wizard, then appearance, temper, etc. are not important. Not to mention only half a face, even half a person can accept it.
Richard's expression remained normal, because he had seen through Martha and Lilith.
Martha is only a low-level first-level wizard, only stronger than a wizard apprentice. She is indeed powerful in front of uninitiated students, but in wizard-level battles, she is considered the lowest level.
Lilith, who only has half a face, is much stronger than Martha, but she is still a first-level wizard - a high-level first-level wizard. It is a bit troublesome to deal with, but she is really not that powerful.
This is a relatively reasonable phenomenon.
After all, the current gathering place is only one-tenth of the size of the jungle hut. If you can see a second-level wizard or a more powerful existence casually, then why does the jungle hut stay in the forest all the time? He has to change. He had planned it.
As Richard was thinking this, Lilith spoke up and said to everyone in a hoarse voice: "You all go through the door where I cast the spell in order. Start now, the first one!"
At the front of the team was a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old and had a ponytail. After listening to Lilith's words, she felt a little nervous, but she didn't dare to refuse. She took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to walk towards the golden light door, and then quickly passed through.
The moment the girl passed through, the light door shook violently, as if it was going to explode. It took a while to calm down.
After Lilith looked at it, her remaining eye showed some admiration and said: "Yes, it turns out to be an excellent level talent. You go and sit over there." As she spoke, she pointed to a step next to her.
"Yes." The girl said obediently, without saying anything else, she walked over and sat down.
Lilith looked at the team again and said to a fat boy in second place: "It's your turn!"
"Uh..." The little fat man responded, the fat on his body shook a few times, and he shuffled through the light door.
The light flashed slightly and quickly returned to normal.
Lilith's expression immediately turned disdainful, and she walked towards a corner and said to the little fat man: "You, go over there." "
"Sit on the ground?" The little fat man glanced at the direction Lilith was pointing and found that there was no one there, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Hmph!" Lilith snorted coldly, "With your inferior qualifications, you are not qualified to sit down, so squat down for me."
The little fat man's expression froze, and he lowered his head like an eggplant beaten by frost. He didn't dare to refute, so he walked over and squatted down obediently, then stretched out his hands to hold his head.
Lilith was too lazy to pay too much attention to the little fat man. She looked at the team again and her eyes fell on the third person in the queue - Richard.
"Go!" Lilith said only one word to Richard.
Richard didn't hesitate and walked towards the light door without any worries in his heart. After all, he has already done such things as disguising his qualifications and hiding his strength. Before coming to the jungle hut, I had specially prepared that not only a first-level wizard, but also a second-level wizard could not see through it.
Richard walked through the light door calmly, just as he expected. The light door flashed several times and returned to calmness - not as violent as the first girl, nor as dull as the second little fat guy, just somewhere between the two. between.
Lilith glanced at it, raised her eyelids, and said with a calm expression: "For ordinary talents, go and stand over there." As she spoke, Lilith pointed to another place that was different from the girls and the little fat man - her classification method. It is very clear that those with excellent qualifications should sit and rest, those with ordinary qualifications should stand normally, and those with inferior qualifications should squat.
Richard was prepared to hide himself, so naturally he would not make any abnormal movements. He walked over without any resistance and stood still.
Lilith started testing the rest again.
Fourth place, fifth place, sixth place, seventh place...
Soon, the entire team was tested, and it could be seen that there were at least five people with excellent qualifications, while there was not much difference between those with ordinary qualifications and those with inferior qualifications, twelve and fifteen respectively.
After the test was completed, Lilith looked at Martha and said, "Okay, I've got the situation under control. The number of students admitted is not as good as the last, but let's make do with it for now."
"Snapped!"
Lilith threw a short scroll to Martha and said: "Here are some wizards who need students. Now you can take these students and assign them. Remember, students with excellent qualifications have been booked. You can't Distribute them casually. As for those with ordinary qualifications and lower qualifications, it’s up to you.”
"Yes." Martha said obediently.
"That's good." Lilith responded, turned around and entered the thatched house, disappearing from everyone's sight.
As soon as Lilith entered the room, Martha immediately reverted to the appearance of the black-hearted queen, swept over all the students, ordered them to be divided into three rows according to their qualifications, and led the team towards the center of the gathering place.
Richard was located in the middle of the row in the middle of the team. He looked unprepossessing and followed silently. Only his eyes flickered from time to time, not knowing what he was thinking.
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