Chapter 1118

Trajan’s Personal Story – Free Extra Chapter: Becoming an Apprentice to the Red Dragon (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Yunze Wetlands, Golden Crown Mountain, twenty years ago.

After undergoing three rounds of interviews—one online interview and two offline tests—a group of exhausted second-circle wizards were descending from the mountainside of Golden Crown Mountain.

This was a special recruitment for plant hunters. These thirty second-circle wizards had already passed numerous tests to enter the talent pool for the exclusive training channel for plant hunters. After three more rounds of interviews, only these thirty remained.

And in this final round of interviews, the Red Dragon Witch, the Green Dragon Witch, the Blue Dragon Witch, and other staff members conducted the interviews.

Trajan slowly descended the steps of the mountain path, gazing at the distant Golden Crown Mountain, its peaks large and three smaller. Even at dusk, the sun’s corona still shone like a divine light upon the summit, magnificent and unparalleled. Such a 5A-level scenic spot would normally be captivating, but for the three thousand second-ring wizards currently searching for work, it held no appeal. At this moment, even the most beautiful scenery seemed ordinary to them.

A young wizard of similar age to Trajan, Argos, approached him and asked, “Mr. Trajan, I didn’t expect to meet you here. I must thank you for your help when I was exploring the World Ruins in the Siming Waters Wizarding Land. Without you, I wouldn’t know how to find my way out of that labyrinth.”

Trajan waved his hand, saying, “It’s nothing.”

“Mr. Argos,”

Argos’s eyes lit up. He hadn’t expected Trajan to remember the name of the wizard who had helped him years ago. He felt respected and was very pleased.

“I don’t know, Mr. Trajan, how did your interview go? I couldn’t answer several questions during the interview. I feel like I have no hope. There’s only one spot this time. Thirty of us are competing for one spot.

” “No, considering the three rounds of interviews and the qualification process before those three rounds, the difficulty—I feel like it’s selecting

one spot from hundreds of people.”

Wizard Trajan nodded and said, “I also couldn’t answer a few questions. But I don’t think it matters. They are high-ring wizards, so it’s normal that we can’t answer their questions.”

“I think as long as we perform to our full potential and let those high-ring wizards know, that’s enough.”

Wizard Trajan also sighed, “I heard that because the Plant Hunter training spot is special, there’s a special training fund of thirty million magic stones. So the difficulty of our interview competition this time is no less than the normal way of participating in a competition to win the championship and join Golden Crown Mountain. Of course, the rewards are also greater.”

At this moment, the third second-ring wizard, his small eyes gleaming, had heard Trajan speak and deliberately stopped in place, waiting for the two.

“High difficulty? You’re wrong. I heard this is just a formality. One of Lord Blue Dragon Throne’s sun-ring wizard students has taken on students outside, and that student wants to return to Mount Golden Crown, so this special position was arranged through connections.” “

We’re all just there for show,”

Wizard Argos exclaimed, startled. “Just there to keep you company? Is this position specially created? I even turned down a teaching position offer and prepared for this interview for six months, reading many of the judges’ articles.”

The second-circle wizard said angrily, “We second-circle wizards aren’t easy to bully. So many of us wasted half a year accompanying that prince.”

Wizard Trajan frowned and looked at him, “How did you know?”

The second-circle wizard pointed directly ahead, “Look over there, that wizard is showing off. You can hear it if you enhance your hearing with magic.”

Argos and Wizard Trajan quickly used magic, after all, this matter was related to their work. The next moment, the two heard a wizard telling other second-circle wizards that he was a wizard from the Blue Dragon lineage. Perhaps he had received some inside information, so he thought he had already obtained the position of Plant Hunter and the 30 million magic stone training fund, and therefore he became complacent.

Wizard Trajan’s face turned ashen. “It’s actually true.”

“I prepared for this interview for a year.”

Argos also looked ugly. “Let’s wait and see. Perhaps things aren’t so bad. Trajan, where are you going?”

Argos’s eyes widened as Trajan turned and headed up the mountain. He hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed to dissuade him.

Ten minutes later, Trajan shook off Argos’s hand and stormed into the interview room. The three throne wizards and a group of assistant wizards were still there. The meeting room was filled with the three throne wizards and a group of Sun Ring, Moon Ring, and Star Ring wizards, each a powerful figure whom Trajan

couldn’t afford to offend. The Blue Dragon Throne was displeased to see Trajan return without permission. “I remember you’re Trajan, aren’t you? Why are you back?”

Trajan forced down his anger and said, “My lords, we second-ring wizards have overcome numerous obstacles to get here. We cherish this opportunity and believe that Mount Golden Crown is a very good academy, which is why we’ve put all our energy into this interview. But I never expected Mount Golden Crown to be such a filthy place.”

“Since this Plant Hunter position is destined for a second-circle wizard, why bother having so many of us second-circle wizards come here to compete, wasting our time?”

“Hundreds of second-circle wizards have been working hard for this opportunity for six months to a year. Isn’t that a huge resource? Is it because only by competing with this prince can this position pass certain procedures? Your Highness, the Blue Dragon Throne, your grand-disciple is valuable, but you shouldn’t treat hundreds of excellent second-circle wizards like this.”

The Blue Dragon Throne glanced at him and said, “Are you finished?”

Wizard Trajan’s face flushed red. “I’m finished,”

the Blue Dragon Throne said. “Oh, then you can leave.”

Wizard Trajan blinked, hesitating to speak, but now that he had calmed down a bit, he suddenly noticed that all the high-circle wizards in the room had stopped what they were doing and were staring at him in disbelief.

Wizard Trajan left, his mind a complete mess.

After he left, the Green Dragon Throne smiled and looked at the Blue Dragon Throne, saying, “How come we didn’t know this position had already been reserved by your student?”

The Blue Dragon Throne replied, “That’s not true. A whole industry chain has developed below Golden Crown Mountain. I guess someone pulled strings before the interview and got scammed. He mistakenly thought he used my connections, so he’s spreading rumors down there. Perhaps he realized he was being cheated but wants to make a big deal out of it. Vala, take that wizard’s name off the list. I don’t want this person to come for any of my projects in the future.”

“Not just my project-related interviews, but all future interviews for projects in our academy can be eliminated for this person. He’s so confused, he can’t even distinguish truth from falsehood before questioning me. If I weren’t so mild-mannered, he—”

The Green Dragon Throne seemed thoughtful. “This person is indeed mentally unstable and not calm at all.”

“Then I’ll take precautions and put his name on my academy’s blacklist.”

The Red Dragon Witch then looked at one of her second-ring students. “Give this invitation to that wizard. I want him.”

The Blue Dragon Throne and the Green Dragon Throne both looked at the witch Catherine with surprise.

The Green Dragon Throne said, “This person is so foolish, he’s unlikely to be of much use. I’m afraid he won’t even reach the Moon Ring. Red Dragon, why are you inviting him?”

The Blue Dragon Throne seemed a little angry about what had just happened. “He won’t even reach the Star Ring,”

the witch Catherine said. “This person’s intelligence is a bit low. But he also has his merits. He dares to question high-ring wizards when faced with injustice. As a throne wizard, I believe that if a student only has one merit, I can teach him accordingly, strengthening his strengths and compensating for his weaknesses. I think this person has potential. He can at least reach the Sun Ring.”

“Because he has courage, and daring to admit one’s shortcomings is also a kind of courage. I see his talent in him, although he is indeed too foolish right now. I wasn’t this irrational even in my mortal days,”

the Green Dragon Throne nodded. “It’s alright. It’s precisely because we have different viewpoints and opinions that a three-person judging panel is necessary.

What do you say, Blue Dragon?”

The Blue Dragon Throne said, “I don’t like him.”