The God of Invoker System

Chapter 8

The three witches stared at each other. No one dared to interrupt their conversation. After all, they were witches while they were just villagers. So the villagers were silent and looked at the three witches in surprise.

Seeing that the other two witches were still silent. The white robe witch immediately said, "Then I will tell the head of the Mofa Zhiwu Academy not to send people to recruit this kid right now. But the Mofa Zhiwu Academy will not stop recruiting this child. In that case, I will leave first."

After that, the white-robed witch began to fly away. The white-robed old man looked at Vernon and said, "Kid, stop by the Helles Licht Academy later; we definitely won't let you down."

Then, the old man also flew away and left. The female witch also smiled and slightly said goodbye before leaving. The female witch was not only a teacher of the Strioa Eld Academy, but she also acted as an observer by the Magic Academy so that the testing witches did not cheat and tried to recruit students in advance before the students reached the Magic Academy's territory.

After all the witches left, the entire village remained silent. Even Vernon's parents were so shocked that they couldn't say anything. Seeing the strange situation, Vernon immediately said, "Dad, Mum, let's go home first."

"Y-yeah, you're right. Let's go home first," Vernon's father said and then started to turn around with Vernon's mother and the three people walked back to the house.

After the Vernon family left, the whole village was excited. Their village could finally have someone talented as a wizard. Even the witches from the academy tried to recruit him directly.

***

At Vernon's house.

Vernon and his family were currently having dinner. Vernon also told them everything that happened that day. Vernon's parents also agreed with Vernon, who wanted to attend the Magic Academy. Although Vernon, after coming to the Magic Academy, it would be difficult for Vernon to go home.

After all, students cannot just leave the academy and go home. They have to live in the accommodation provided by the academy and can only return home after at least a year. Vernon's parents were, therefore, quite sad, but they still supported and encouraged Vernon to go to the academy.

Three days passed quickly, and the day for Vernon to go to the Magic Academy had finally arrived. A white-robed wizard, a white-robed old man and a female wizard were already waiting in front of Vernon's village.

Vernon's parents would give Vernon money to use at the Magic Academy. But seeing that, the white-robed witch said, "There is no need to give money. Neither bronze, silver, gold, nor those big gold coins are valid at the Magic Academy. The currency there is magic crystals. So, you don't need to give Vernon money."

Hearing the white robe witch's words, Vernon's parents became worried. They could not give Vernon the money if the coin were invalid. They were worried that if Vernon had no money, then how would Vernon pay for his meals, academy fees and so on?

Seeing Vernon's parents' worries, the old man in the white robe smiled and said, "Don't worry, the academy will first lend money to students from ordinary families. After that, the students can repay when they can earn the money. Moreover, the living quarters and food in the academy are free for the students. So you don't have to worry."

Hearing that, Vernon's parents calmed down a little. Vernon quickly said goodbye to his parents and the villagers, walked towards the three witches, and bowed slightly to greet them.

"Sorry I'm late," said Vernon.

The old man in the white robe smiled. He said, "No problem, we just arrived after all."

Vernon nodded while thinking in his heart. In some of the books he often read, the witches were cruel. They treated others unkindly. Even they did not care much about the safety of their students. Therefore, almost every year, many students in the academy would die while hunting monsters or performing tasks from the academy.

According to the book, there were even some students who died because they were killed by other students for various reasons, such as revenge. The witches have their preoccupations and think that their students' lives' safety depends on their abilities.

But the witches who came to Vernon here were very friendly. Was it because they were from a good academy? Moreover, the old man in the white robe was a wizard from the Helles Licht Academy, which was more of a benevolent academy than an academy geared towards the elements of darkness. It was also possible that they were being kind because of Vernon's talent. Vernon didn't think too much about it anymore and looked around in confusion then said, "Mister wizard, how do we go to the Magic Academy?"

Vernon looked at the surrounding area, and there were no means of transport, such as horse-drawn carriages. The witches might be able to fly, but they couldn't fly too far because of their limited mana (energy), so they couldn't fly too far. Vernon Village is located very far from the Magic Academy's territory. So the witches couldn't fly there. Moreover, Vernon could not fly. Therefore, Vernon was currently at a loss for how he would go to the Magic Academy.

The old man in the white robe smiled and said, "Soon you will see it. Look above; it has already arrived."

Vernon immediately looked up. Currently, far in the sky was a small black shadow that seemed to be slowly approaching. After the object got closer, Vernon finally found out what the object in the sky was.

The white-robed old man immediately said, "It's a hot air balloon. It is powered by wind-type magic crystal power and can accommodate thousands of people to fly in the sky. There, you will see other people with the talent of a witch like you. All the talented witches in all the five kingdoms of the Osud Continent will gather in the Magic Academy area. Meanwhile, this hot air balloon is a part of the hot air balloon to pick up witch talents around the Eisenbar Kingdom area."

Vernon listened to the old man's words and nodded. This hot air balloon was similar to the one on Earth called the Zeppelin hot air balloon. The biggest difference was that in this world, Zeppelins flew using energy from wind-type magic crystals.

"Alright then, let's get started," said the female witch, and a magic circle appeared under Vernon and the three witches' feet.

"Teleportation," said the female witch.

Then Vernon's parents and the villagers looked on in surprise. Vernon and the three witches disappeared instantly. The villagers could only say, "As expected of witches."

A bright light dazzled Vernon's eyes so much that he had to close his eyes. As the light faded, Vernon opened his eyes slowly and saw that the area around him had changed. Vernon and the three witches were now in an empty room covered by an iron wall.

The white-robed old man casually told Vernon, "We've arrived inside the hot air balloon."