There are a lot of content on the bulletin board, but not all new. Some old papers are covered with newly pasted things, and some old papers fade due to the wind and sun, and the contents on them become blurred and look quite difficult.

The civilian literacy education and urban notice system implemented by Emperor Rosetta are indeed good things, but there are also many problems. Because there is only one channel for posting news, no matter the top-level new policy or the town's chores, they will be posted here, and no one has considered the issue of timeliness. It is often seen that the emperor's decree is followed by a notice of cleaning up the sludge. The news of purchasing new grain is placed together with the content of the distribution of grain a few months ago. It is very difficult to distinguish them clearly.

In fact, it is indeed a skill to find useful content from these messy information. Moreover, as far as Mary knows, the promotion effect of literacy education is actually not that good. Most civilians do not have enough spare time to read and recognize words. Even if they read and recognize words, they cannot learn much from teachers who are careless and come to take classes for a while every day for a few copper coins. Therefore, there are not many people who can read the notice in the whole town.

The content of the bulletin board is confusing, and the literacy rate of civilians is still not high enough, these two factors even gave birth to a profession, which is "reader".

If someone wants to find useful things from the messy notices, such as a farmer who wants to know the latest purchase price and acquisition time of a certain crop, he has to give the soldier a copper plate, and the soldier will find out the useful things and read it to you.

Of course, some information is not valuable after it is spread, and farmers who are more literate may find useful information and tell others. So on the one hand, the soldiers only regard this "reading income" as extra money, and on the other hand, they will deliberately wet and dirty the content that may cause the most people to inquire when posting notices, so that civilians who want to know the price of goods or hire information have to spend a copper coin to ask...

But none of these had any effect on Mary. As a mage, she had the ability to read and distinguish everything on the bulletin board easily, and she didn't care much about the timeliness of this information. All of the things on it were very interesting to her.

There is no such thing as a bulletin board in the village at the foot of the mountain.

"Recruiting a mage..." The young female apprentice read all the posted announcements with great interest, and finally her eyes fell on the notice of recruiting a mage. She could see that it seemed to be recruiting people for a research project, but this information itself was unusual.

The announcement of recruiting mages has been posted in the town... Emperor Rosetta seems to be trying to select a group of talents from the mages of the entire empire, and his recruitment scope is really large. In such a country town, the mage who can see the notice is at most a level three or two wild mage, right?

But then Mary thought of her mentor... The terrifying old magician was probably an exception. She lived in such a remote countryside, but her strength was unfathomable... It is said that the mentor also lived in the capital back then, and I wonder if he would be interested in the recruitment of His Majesty the Emperor.

The young female apprentice had such thoughts in her mind, then left the bulletin board and continued to wander in the lively town square.

The sermons' poems sound exciting.

The performance of the circus clown is impressive.

Even a few crappy craftsmen made a few straw weavings on the square, and the woodcut trinkets made Mary particularly fascinated.

So when she finally woke up from these things, the golden sunset was already shining on the roof at the edge of the square.

Looking at the golden sunset and the townspeople and performers who were leaving the square scattered, the poor young girl finally became frightened: she completely forgot what her mentor ordered!

Mary ran away and rushed to the shop next to the square. Now the only thing she was glad that she had been holding the package in her arms. If she was too addicted to the entertainment in the square before and lost the raw materials of the potions specially told her to purchase... The instructor would definitely pull out some of her tendons and feed them to the bloodthirsty monsters in the mage tower!

Finally, luckily favored the girl with little help. She bought the last spell casting material before the store closed, and by the time she came out of the store, it was almost completely dark.

Looking at the last ray of light left, Mary couldn't help but tighten her old black robe. It was not a wise choice to rush to the road after nightfall, especially between the town and the tutor's mage tower, which required two hours of mountain road. Although she was a mage with a formal casting level, the mountain road in the dark was also very dangerous.

But the old magician's rage is even more terrifying than the slippery mountain paths and the monsters dormant in the dark.

Mary secretly regretted her relaxed behavior today, checked the package in her arms again, and finally took a step towards the outside of the town.

The news she saw in the bulletin board was still in her mind, but after stepping onto the mountain road, she threw all her random thoughts aside.

Summoned the flash magic ball for lighting, prepared protective spells for body protection, and held the dagger for body protection with his idle right hand tightly. The female apprentice walked on the dark mountain road with one foot deep and one foot shallow. After nightfall, cold wind kept blowing from the mountains, but Mary did not dare to be distracted to maintain an additional layer of breeze barrier: It is common knowledge for mages to save mana as much as possible when operating in the wild. As long as the external environment is not so bad that it affects thinking and judgment, you cannot pay too much attention to comfort.

Finally, before midnight came, the dark and gloomy spire appeared in her vision.

Mary was cold and hungry, but she finally rushed back to the Mage Tower before the collar on her neck turned into a red iron ring.

The gate of the Mage Tower automatically opened, and the gatekeeper inside silently put the female apprentice into the tower. With the heavy sound of the door closing, the mountain wind and starlight outside were isolated.

The wizard tower was still gloomy and silent, like a cage, and it was breathless. However, after entering the door, Mary let out a long sigh. She tiptoed to the stairs leading to the upper floor, preparing to put the things she bought into the warehouse before the instructor discovered it, and then hid in her room. But as soon as she took two steps, she stopped stiffly.

The sinister and lonely old wizard stood on the stairs, quietly fusing into the darkness like a sculpture. The artificial nerve cords squirmed in the fabric and swept across the ground, and it was as creepy as the sound of countless venomous snakes crawling.

Mary seemed to have forgotten how to speak at once, and she stuttered: "Teacher...I..."

A bright lightning slashed on her shoulder before she finished speaking, and along with the severe pain, the old mage's gloomy words: "Why so late?"

Lightning broke through the simple robe with almost no protective effect and burned a piece of flesh and blood. However, Mary, who had long been accustomed to dealing with this punishment, suppressed the tremor of her body and voice at the first time, and lowered her head: "I delayed in the town..."

She did not use reasons such as "the mountain road is not easy to walk". She also has experience in this regard: the tutor has a profound attainment in the fields of neurology and brain wave manipulation. Those winding and squirming nerve ropes can not only be used to connect to a mysterious thinking network, but also detect lies. The last apprentice who lies in front of the tutor almost died on the laboratory bench. She didn't want to use her life to test the old wizard's mood at this moment.

The old mage Daniel stared at Mary with a sinister look. He waved his hand and the package in Mary's arms flew in front of him. After checking the contents in the package, he raised his eyelids again: "Remember, if the experiment is delayed by the master, I will use you as the experimental material!"

Mary lowered her head and looked obedient: "Yes...yes!"

The old mage had a mysterious master, she knew that, and she also knew that the mysterious and powerful master gave the old mage a series of commands, and the study of new neural connection technology and brain wave amplification technology is part of the command. It is precisely because of these tasks that the old mage has recently frequently arranged for her apprentices to go out to collect materials.

Mary dared not ask the secrets behind the research, nor did she dare ask the name of the mysterious "master". She knew very well in this regard: an existence that could make the terrible mentor so awe was definitely not something she could easily get in touch with. Maybe just asking for a little bit of information would be enough to bring her a life-threatening disaster.

Looking at the timid female apprentice, Daniel frowned, not knowing what he thought about, and then suddenly spoke: "What have you seen in town?"

Mary didn't dare to tell all the details of her wandering around, but said something that might make the tutor less angry: "...I'm watching the announcements in the town...I want to know if there is any useful news..."

Daniel snorted: "Hmph, then what useful news have you seen?"

"His Majesty the Emperor is expanding the university...recruiting volunteer soldiers..." Mary immediately said everything she saw and put the message she thought was the most important one at the end. "By the way, His Majesty is still recruiting wizards. Maybe the Royal Mage Society is expanding its personnel. Tutor you..."

Before she finished speaking, she didn't dare to continue, because she saw that the expression on the mentor's face suddenly became more gloomy than ever, and the gloomy expression was almost filled with unconcealed resentment. However, the mentor spoke after she stopped: "Continue to tell me what the emperor is recruiting the wizards for."

"Maybe...it may be a research project..." Mary stammered, "The specific content was not written, but it requires...mathematical knowledge and magic array knowledge, and special understanding of self-charge...self-charge magic array..."

The gloomy expression on the old mage's face suddenly changed.

He frowned, as if he was in deep thought. As Mary waited tremblingly, he murmured to himself: "...Is the Empire studying... the Master may be interested in this news..."

Mary looked down at her head and listened with great breath. She was not interested in the old mage's master at all. She was now hungry, sleepy and nervous, and just wanted to return to her room as soon as possible.

The old mage finally woke up from his own words and thoughts. He glanced at the apprentice who was still waiting under the steps. A trace of trance flashed in his eyes, and then he returned to the clarity.

He waved his hand: "Go back to your room."

Mary was as if she had received a general amnesty and quickly bowed deeply. When she was about to leave, she heard the voice of her mentor coming from the stairs: "...You have a plate of muffins on your table, for you."

Mary raised her head in shock, as if she suspected that she had heard something wrong.
Chapter completed!