The Lord of Ashes

Two days later, Zorro took Thain to see the third-level black magician Martin.

The reason why it takes a few days is because Zorro doesn't know quite where Martin is. He needs to contact the other party first and make sure that the other party has time to meet him.

It may be that Zorro holds a lot of weight in Martin's mind, or it may be that Thain, a new first-level black magician, has aroused Martin's interest.

After receiving Zorro's crystal ball message, Martin quickly agreed to Zorro's request for a meeting and directly asked Zorro to go to Dalanna Island north of Modolon Island to find him.

Dalanna Island is also one of the four islands controlled by Martin in the Black Territory, and the material resources here are more abundant, and the density of the underlying population is far higher than that of Modolon Island.

In the middle of Dalanna Island, in an antique and chronological castle, Thane met this famous third-level black magician.

Thain actually met Martin once before, when he went to the Yellow Sand World.

The Martin who appeared in front of Thain lost the sense of mystery and power he had in the past, and had more of a sense of practicality and easy-going.

Martin feels very natural to Thain. He is a third-level black magician with little airs.

Wearing a white mage robe, he looked bright and bald under the illumination of the elemental lights in the castle.

While Thane was silently sizing up Martin, Martin was also sizing up this newly emerged black magician.

Yes, Thane's current identity is a black magician who has just returned to the black realm of the Western Islands.

So far, only his senior brothers and senior sisters know about the fact that Thain joined the Holy Tower of Blue Origin and was completely cleared.

In the Black Territory, it is not a wise move to expose one's identity as a magician of the Holy Tower.

Those black magicians may not necessarily have any grudge against the Holy Tower of Origin of Blue, but just their identity as magicians of the Holy Tower of Sain has almost completely separated the two sides.

It would be best for Thane to hide his origins from all but those closest to him.

As a disciple of Moses, Thain was able to integrate into the black magician organization led by Martin, the third-level black magician on the periphery of the black domain, in the shortest possible time.

Because Thane's identity can withstand scrutiny, not to mention Zorro's personal proof, including those who were at the Black Magic Academy in Mansobra City.

Only thirty years have passed, and I believe some black magicians still have an impression of Thain.

"I remember you, Moses' little disciple."

"Outside the space crack in the yellow sand world, Moses handed over an extra coordinate generator, right?" Martin, the bald magician, suddenly opened his mouth and laughed after looking at Thain for a long time.

Thain did not expect that the third-level black magician in front of him would still remember him as a "little person".

The surprise on his expression flashed across his face, and Thain made a respectful mage salute and said, "Yes, Mr. Dean."

Thain's answer made Martin's face look more relaxed.

He waved his hand gently and said, "There is no need to call me dean anymore. In fact, our Black Magic Academy in Mensobra City has been destroyed long ago."

"However, I have to say that the original Black Magic Academy accumulated some talents for us and brought many like-minded black magicians together."

"It would be great if the Black Magic Academy had not been destroyed, and everything would be as before." Martin suddenly sighed.

Martin's sigh resonated with both Thane and Zorro.

Zorro remembered the process of discussing alchemy experiments with his mentor Mosheduo, and Thain thought of Lina.

In fact, the title "Dean" is the title given to Martin by the group of black magicians who fled back to the Black Realm from the Dark Realm.

There are very few people who are called this title now, but everyone who can be called can be counted as a direct descendant of Martin.

Martin himself was not too fond of this title, but he knew that his fallen mentor's favorite title back then was "Dean".

The reason why the Black Magic Academy was established in the city of Mensobra was not only because exploring the yellow sand world required the power of those apprentices, but also because it was to satisfy some of the wishes of the old demigod-level black magician.

It turns out that it might actually be Martin's mentor who has experience as a headmaster of a magic academy.

The Black Magic Academy in Mensobra City was not established for a long time, but it really cultivated some geniuses.

A large number of black magic apprentices, including Thane and Zorro, have been promoted to the first level in the past thirty years.

In terms of the rate of breakthroughs from magic apprentices to formal magicians, it is actually no worse than the average Holy Tower Academy.

This is already a very exaggerated data!

Not to mention, among these magic apprentices, there is an outlier.

"Actually, even if Zorro doesn't bring you here, I still want to get to know you." Martin suddenly said with a smile. Thain originally thought that the other party would mention his killing of the first-level black magician Babaluka a few days ago.

But unexpectedly, Martin didn't care about the life or death of the first-level black magician Babaluka. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "I heard that you have a good relationship with Lina. Is she your girlfriend?"

Martin's words caught Thain off guard.

After being stunned for a moment, Thain nodded and replied: "Yes."

Martin then clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's great. You two have been promoted to official magicians. You are really a role model for our Black Magic Academy in Mensobra City!"

Martin's expression made Thain somewhat confused as to what the other party meant.

Seemingly noticing the doubts in the eyes of Thane and Zorro, Martin then patiently explained: "You two probably don't know yet, but Lina has already joined the Black Tower of Cangskeleton in the Black Realm, and was there more than 20 years ago in Cangshu." Won first place in the Black Skeleton Tower Death Trial."

"I received some news that several black magician deans at Canggu Black Tower Academy were full of praise for Lina's performance in the death trial."

"Maybe, she has already entered the sight of the master of the Canggu Black Tower." Martin sighed.

Winning first place in the Death Trial held by the Black Tower in the Black Domain is no less valuable than Thain's winning the first place in the standings in the Regional Academy War.

If we say that the regional Holy Tower Academy war jointly organized by several Holy Towers is still a controllable apprenticeship trial.

At least every participating apprentice will receive a life-saving tool to escape from the trial space in time.

So the death trial in the Black Domain is really a struggle for life.

The weak do not deserve to live.

Just the name "Death Trial" is enough to make people smell the danger and blood-filled smell.

It is not easy in itself for Lina to stand out from the tens of thousands of black magic apprentices in the Canggu Black Tower, and to be valued by the dean of the Black Magic Academy and even the tower owner.

So much so that even a third-level black magician like Martin needs to look at Lina with admiration.

What Martin values ​​​​is not Lina's strength, but her potential and the connections represented by the black magicians behind her who are optimistic about her.

The Cangke Black Tower, at least in the middle and outer areas of the southern part of the Black Territory, is not an ordinary black tower.

The strength of the black tower that Martin's deceased mentor Meijana stayed in during his lifetime was slightly inferior to that of the Cangku Black Tower.