299 The Guide (2/2)

With no notice in advance, no one could bring any strangers here.

Although other apprentices also felt offended, they did not say anything right in front of Mr. Philosopher. After all, he was a real sorcerer.

Seeing Mercury's reaction, these apprentices guessed that very possibly Mercury had already become a real sorcerer, and she was just hiding her power.

Philosopher remained calm and grinned, ”Calm down, Mercury. He's not a stranger. He's been here before.”

”What? Who?” Mercury and the other apprentices were all very surprised.

”Mercury, Hanger, Morning Star, Reindeer… you all don't remember me anymore?” said Lucien in his pretended hoarse voice, and he released his great spiritual power completely to let the apprentices feel it.

This power did not come from any magic items, but from a real middle-rank mage.

In Hangers and the rest of the apprentices' eyes, the black-robed sorcerer was beyond dreadful. His power was like an endless pit of darkness, and just taking a step closer to it could take away all their strength and make them feel freezing cold. If the man really intended to use his power on them, their limp legs would not even be able to let them stand there still, not to mention casting any spells.

With no doubt, he was definitely a middle-rank mage!

His power was terrifying, and in front of his power, the power of the apprentices was just nothing.

Although Mercury also took a few steps backward, and her beautiful hands were slightly trembling, she was still able to move in front of the great power.

”… Mr. Professor?” Her voice trembled as well, ”You're Mr. Professor!”

Professor was the only middle-rank mage she once had a connection to so far.

”I'm glad you can recognize me,” said Lucien coldly. Although he laughed when he was talking, the laughter was also cold. He was aware that Mercury did not recognize him because of his appearance—the fake hoarse voice he was using was not special at all, and he made himself look even a bit taller.

The rest of the apprentices were beyond shocked.

”Mr… Mr. Professor?!” They repeated the name subconsciously. They could not believe that the sorcerer whose name was on the Cleansing List at the three hundred and sixtieth place was standing right in front of them. Professor, the name which had been bothering Night Watch for more than three years, was a legend in the circle of magic of Aalto!

They totally did not expect this.

The apprentices suddenly felt very proud and excited. Also, the hope that they might get to know where the Congress of Magic was started to grow fiercely!

Lucien was there before, so he totally understood what they were going through right now. Therefore, even though he had no other purposes, he would still find other ways to tell them how to get to the Congress.

After the apprentices bowed to Professor respectfully, Philosopher introduced, ”Mr. Professor, among the apprentices you know from before, some left Aalto as they saw no hope here, like Oak and White Glove; some died, like Owl and White Honey… Now we still have Mercury, Hanger, Morning Star, Reindeer and me, and the rest of them are new members.”

Lucien was a bit emotional as his memory was awakened. He did not expect that Smile died during his adventure, and he wondered if Lord Doro managed to escape. As for White Honey's death, no one knew better than Lucien.

After the introduction part, and after Professor sat down, Mercury asked hurriedly and eagerly, ”Mr. Professor, can you tell us where the Congress of Magic is? I'm willing to do everything that I can for the information! Please tell me if there are any conditions?”

She wanted to get the information as soon as possible. No one knew what would happen in the next second.

Under the gaze of the apprentices, Lucien replied, ”There's no condition required, as it's my duty as a sorcerer to introduce more of you to the Congress to help it grow. I'm here for you all as a guide, and I'm willing to help.”

Lucien differed himself from Felipe and those people from the Hand of Paleness.

After a short time of silence, Mercury's voice trembled as she almost cried, ”Mr. Professor, I have no idea how to express my gratitude. Thank you so much. Can you tell us where it is right now?”

Only people who were there themselves before understood the great nervousness and intensity as well as the depression these apprentices were under every day.

”If we can get there, Mr. Professor, we'll never forget your help!” Hanger was excited as well.

All the apprentices presented showed their feelings of gratitude. Then, Lucien smiled and said, ”The Congress of Magic is in the Kingdom of Holm, across the Storm Strait. It's a floating city close to the kingdom's capital, Rentato, and the city is called Allyn.”