Chapter 86: The Magic Bazaar Opens!
Once the time enters September, the coolness of the morning and evening in the Ryan Continent will become more and more obvious day by day.
The canopy of trees in the Forest of Disillusionment, which was originally densely green, turned into a vast sea of gold at some point.
Of course, a large area of gold is still mixed with a few emerald greens, and a few are fiery red, and the change of seasons does not affect its beauty!
But it is undeniable that the fallen leaves on the ground are enough to drown people's ankles. Autumn... It's here.
But even if the temperature in the forest hits people in the morning and evening, it still can't stop people from coming from all directions of the continent.
They gather in the Forest of Disillusionment, home to merchants, mercenaries, adventurers, speculators, and scholars with magical dreams.
Yes, that floating city, which has been famous on the mainland for thousands of years, is about to land today! The Magic Bazaar will also officially open today.
As the host of this magic market, the "Silver Lion" has sent people to carve out a large enough clearing in the middle of the forest to facilitate the flow of people from all over the world to set up their tents here.
Whether it is a mercenary who is accustomed to camping in the wilderness, or a businessman who puts interests first, they will not choose the Sancha Town Hotel, which takes almost a day to go back and forth, but choose to camp on the spot as a time-saving method.
Every time the city lands, a small town will spawn around it temporarily. A city of trade.
Not only are there magical items in the bazaar, but there are also many merchants who see the opportunity to sell some everyday items.
For example, now, although the magic bazaar has not yet opened, and the floating city has not landed, in the gathering area of the Forest of Disillusionment, people have already begun to sell tents of various shapes.
There were also people who made bread on the spot, and even opened a gambling game here, betting on the number of people who would be admitted to the floating city this time, and also offered the corresponding odds.
"Wow~~ It's so lively here! Look, there's a barbecue seller over there! ”
Ward's voice rang out in the crowd, and the quartet had all accompanied Klose to the Wizard Apprentice Admission Exam in Floating City today.
In fact, it was an exam, but it was just for someone to put their hands on a strange magic crystal.
It is said that this crystal will visualize the magic and potential in the body of the person who touches it, and the magicians will decide whether the applicant will be admitted or not based on these strange figurative patterns.
Based on these patterns, they will also sort the apprentices into the magical sorting houses that are suitable for them.
For example, if a person is represented by a torch or brazier, then he will be assigned to the fire magic division.
And if a person conjures up a snowman or a snowflake, then they will naturally be assigned to the Ice Magic Branch.
But there are certainly some special cases here. It's like a few years ago, a famous magician in the Magic City showed a Rubik's cube in the hospital test.
This caused a little controversy among the magicians at the time, but now, the magician has become a magister! He also stayed in the academy to continue teaching other newcomers. And the subject he teaches is a new category--- magic and the occult.
Klose looked up at the behemoth floating in the sky, and his heart jumped with a sense of anticipation.
He fantasized that he was about to enter this magical magic academy! How does it feel a bit like Harry Potter? It's just that he doesn't have a lightning-shaped scar on his head.
"Oops."
Klose, who was looking up at the sky, was struck on the shoulder, and the man who hit him stumbled before muttering that he was about to leave.
"Hey! Boy, are you blind to us? ”
Falck's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the man.
"Klose, see if your purse is still on you?"
The latter touched it in his arms a little confused, and found that his money bag was indeed gone! Is this a pickpocket?
Falke sneered, and the other three rounded the pickpocket in the middle.
"Hand it over! You rudimentary tricks Lao Tzu stopped playing when he was ten years old! ”
The man obviously didn't expect that the first time he made a move today, he met the ancestor in his peers, and immediately put the money bag in both hands and kept begging for mercy.
"Get out! Next time, wipe the bright spots of your eyes. ”
Falck didn't bother him, and let the man go after getting the money bag back.
He threw the money bag to Klose and said proudly: "Hehe~ On this occasion, you must not patronize and look around, pinching your money bag is the first thing you need to pay attention to, those thieves like this kind of gathering place the most~! ”
As soon as Falk finished speaking, he heard the shouting and scolding of a man from the crowd in the distance.
"! Where is my money? Who stole my money bag?! Don't let me catch you! I'll break your neck! ”
Klose smiled bitterly, thinking to himself that it was really one thing for another.
Suddenly, the originally noisy crowd instantly fell silent. Immediately after, a warm cheer rang out!
Klose and the others all looked up at the sky, and the floating city began to fall!
Looking at the city in the sky getting closer and closer, Klose couldn't help but sigh at the wonder and power of magic! He didn't know how the city had risen to the sky, but he did know that it had something to do with magic!
"Boom."
The lower end of the huge floating city resembles an upside-down mountain, its speed is slow, but it is firm and powerful.
From the moment the bottom of the floating city touched the ground, everyone only felt that the ground under their feet began to shake violently.
The inverted mountain at the bottom of the floating city slowly embedded itself in the forest land, nailing the floating city firmly to the ground.
And when the magic capital stopped landing, the crowd erupted in thunderous cheers again!
Klose thinks it's like a carnival for magicians and enthusiasts! It's also like a fan meeting~!
After a while, he saw that around the towering white spires, there seemed to be many small flying black dots.
Klose took out his binoculars and looked up, and those flying around the sky turned out to be a group of humans wearing pointed hats! No! It's not just humans, either! He also saw other races, and yes, he was sure he also saw a lizardman!
Lowering the binoculars, Klose turned his head to look at Ward. This guy doesn't seem to have an interest in magic or anything, and he's struggling with a skewer of barbecue at the moment.
In the sky, the still towering magical capital suddenly underwent some changes.
At the edge of the upside-down peak, many things like stairs suddenly appeared. They begin to grow from far to near, from high to low.
"Stairs floating in the air?!" Klose was surprised.
It's the step, and it's the step of the test!
This is an important part of the exam for candidates. Even if you get hired in front of the magic crystal, if you don't make it to the floating stairs, you'll still be eliminated.
Gradually, those flying black dots in the air are getting closer and closer to the ground, and everyone can already see the true face of these magical magicians.
They are of a variety of races and shapes. But the only thing that remained constant was the pointed hat that represented the mage and the mage's robes with the crest of the Academy of Magic.
The flying props that these magicians ride are also strange. Klose originally thought that they would fly down on a broom, but he didn't expect that although there were brooms, they were only a few.
He looked at it and saw people riding magic crystals, riding on the torsos of plants, riding on unknown animals, and riding on a square table or chair.
What's even stranger is that there is also a man riding a huge egg! Klose was sure, it was an egg! An egg of an unknown animal! It was bigger than an ostrich egg, something he hadn't seen in his two lifetimes.
The magicians rode all kinds of flying props, and soon came to the top of the crowd. They screamed and screamed, as if they were looking forward to the opening of the magic market.
The person flying at the front was an old human man wearing a purple pointed hat, a purple robe, and a gray beard.
His flying prop is very strange and seems to be a.... A suitcase?
"Yo roar~~~~ everyone! How are you guys~~~~? The magic bazaar you've been looking forward to is going to open today! Rejoice, rejoice~~~~ Let's enjoy this month's rare time together~! Of course, for those young men and girls who dream of becoming magicians, this month will also be an important turning point in your lives! Are you guys~~~~ ready!? ”
The magician was like a host of barabalas, and the crowd below couldn't contain their excitement and shouted "Ready."
This gave Crozier the illusion of being on the scene of a concert.
I only heard the purple hat magician continue to shout, "Don't talk nonsense! I announce ~~~ Autumn Magic Bazaar...... It's officially started! ”
As he shouted the last four words, he suddenly opened the suitcase under his feet, and shook it vigorously by pulling the handle.
"Bang Bang~"
Klose saw that the suitcase seemed to contain a lot of things, and he threw it all over the sky and was about to fall down.
But something magical happened! The contents didn't fall into the crowd like ordinary clothes or anything else, but quickly swelled and grew bigger! One by one, they were arranged in a staggered manner at a distance of a few meters above everyone's heads.
The things that get bigger are all the colorful and weirdly shaped magic stalls!
They floated in mid-air, each booth with a different shape and color. The other magicians in the sky landed in front of their booths with a roar. Some people have even started to sell their goods.
"Come on~~~ Let's take a look~~~ Novel and interesting transformation potion! Powerful Amplification Potions! What kind of medicine can make an eighty-year-old man groom every night~! Come and take a look~~ The quantity is not much until it is sold out~! ”
Klose wiped the sweat from his forehead, it seems that the magicians are not all serious people, and they are eighty years old and groom every night? Do you think you're selling your master's Indian divine oil?
Wait a minute! Indian god oil? Isn't that your own Indian god oil?!
Klose recognized the small bottle on the magic booth, and the package even had Chinese Simplified written on it! This coercion was passed down from his own hands, but now it has become a unique commodity of the second class of magicians!
He couldn't help but laugh and shook his head helplessly.
Klose suddenly remembered the antique market stalls he had visited in his previous life. Where is there a real antique sold? It's all low-quality handicrafts wholesaled from some markets! But depending on the location, its value becomes very different! Maybe it's the same with this magic bazaar, which has a mixed bag of real and fake things, and a lot of useless things. And what is really useful also needs buyers to discern it with their own discernment.
But Klose had another question, these stalls were floating in mid-air, how was he going to let these people go up and buy them?
But his doubts were quickly dispelled, for one of the magicians took a dead branch in his hand and muttered a word, and then he pointed to the ground, followed by many thick green vines rising rapidly from the earth! They stirred and swirled upwards with each other, gradually forming a series of winding and wide corridors in the sky!
That's what a magic bazaar should look like!
When the green vines had stopped growing completely, Klose saw such a scene.
It was a huge Christmas tree made of vines! Yes, it's shaped like a Christmas tree! And those colorful magic stalls are the decorations dotted on the Christmas tree. They are arranged in a staggered arrangement from low to high, and people can follow the thick vines that can walk two carriages side by side, and pick their favorite goods along the way.
Klose couldn't help but smile excitedly! He felt like a completely unfamiliar door was opening to him, like Harry Potter walking into Hogwarts for the first time! Everything is so new and full of anticipation!