Hank Miston is a mage apprentice.

He is a very ordinary mage apprentice.

He is a mage apprentice who can be seen everywhere in the Magic Empire.

Like many people, he has longed for the life of a mage since he was a child. In his opinion, mages are aloof and powerful beings. Regardless of identity or status, mages are much better than ordinary people. Because of this, he also

Like most children in the Sorcerous Empire, he entered the Magic Academy with the money saved by his family and then successfully became an apprentice of an intermediate mage.

And then... Then Hank woke up from his dream.

Practitioners are very similar to celebrities to a certain extent. When you are just an audience, all you see are the stars who dominate the stage and respond to everyone's response. But when you step into this circle, you will find that there are fundamentals behind it.

It's not as beautiful as you think. Those idols who are cold and arrogant to their fans on stage will also smile and wait carefully in front of some middle-aged man with a big belly who looks very much like Lao Wang next door.

And those young handsome guys who are always madly admired by little girls on weekdays may be a pretty boy kept by an old woman who is decades older than him in private. The cheers and applause are short-lived, and more...

The endless exercises, odd jobs, and even unspoken rules and even asking grandpa to sue grandma to pretend to be a grandson, such as going to sea to save a school that is on the verge of bankruptcy... can be forgiven. After all, these are all for

It's a dream.

The same is true in the mage world.

The dream of reaching the sky in one step is naturally unrealistic. The first thing Hank faces every day is the complicated ancient characters. They need to learn these characters and then translate their meanings. Even more often, they are immersed in these boring books.

There was nothing else to do in the sea. Their instructor didn't even teach them any advanced spells, only a few zero-level tricks, which were of no use to Hank.

But so what? They are mage apprentices, and they have to serve their teacher. In the past, Hank thought those mage apprentices were quite respectable, but now he finally understood that these apprentices were just slaves of the mages!

Especially after the test confirmed that Hank did not have enough magic power, his treatment became worse and worse. Not only did his teacher instruct him to do things, but even other apprentices looked down on him and often asked him to do this.

Hank was already quite dissatisfied with doing that, but what could he do? He only knew a few zero-level tricks, and was not even a match for his colleagues. How could he have any influence on his teacher?

Woolen cloth?

After several failed resistances, Hank was desperate. He wanted to leave the mage tower and no longer work as a slave. But every time he went home, he saw his family members proudly saying that their child was already a mage.

When he was an ordinary farmer, Hank couldn't say anything... He had had enough of being shouted around and treated like a slave. But when he thought of his parents' expectations, he had to force himself.

Keep on living like this.

Until the fateful ceremony.

After that, the status of mages has undergone earth-shaking changes, but for wizard apprentices like Hank, they have not changed at all. Facing the future, Hank is also very confused. What should he do next?

He didn't know whether he should continue like this or do something else. But what could he do now? His youth and everything he had were given to those ancient books that exuded a musty smell, but other than that

In addition, he has learned nothing except a few zero-level tricks such as "Lighting". Even if he becomes an adventurer, an adventurer like him who can't even attack spells will only die!

But no one could answer Hank's question, and his fellow apprentices were also panicked. Many of them even gave up on becoming mages. Because in their opinion, becoming a mage now has no meaning at all, and they can only use mid-level spells.

What's the use of a mage?

And just when Hank was confused and didn't know what to do, a piece of news suddenly reached his ears. When he heard the news, Hank suddenly became excited.

A completely different system from the Sorcerer Empire? The winner can even change the future of the Sorcerer Empire? There is no limit on the mage level, whether you are an apprentice or a formal mage, you can participate?

Upon hearing the news, Hank couldn't help it. Perhaps, his future is there!

Hank was also worried along the way. If this was just a trap, and if the other party didn't need an apprentice like him at all, then what could he do? But after arriving at the City of Thousand Laws, he saw with his own eyes the one on top of the clouds.

After seeing the huge metal battleship, Hank's worries disappeared and were replaced by incomparable excitement. He had a feeling that he was about to start a new life!!

But... Even so, when Hank heard Zhan's strange request, he was stunned. As a mage, Hank's health was naturally not very good. But in the end, he had to bite the bullet and

He followed the crowd and rushed up the steps.

At the beginning, Hank didn't have any problems. After all, a mage apprentice like him often does odd jobs, and his physical strength must be better than that of a pure mage. Not only that, Hank also discovered that this light seemed to have something special.

The ability can invalidate all magic. He has seen more than once that mages cast spells on themselves that can increase their physical fitness, and some even drank magic potions. But after doing this, they were crying and behaved badly.

Nothing has changed. Now everyone understands that it seems useless to use magic to get through here.

Tenth floor...Twentyth floor...

Most people don't have such physical strength. Climbing to about ten floors is their limit. If they climb any higher, their physical strength cannot support them. From time to time, you can see panting mages collapsing to the ground. Fortunately, these stairs

It seems to be wrapped with a force field shield, so there is no need to worry that they will slip and fall into pieces, but even so, this is an extremely difficult challenge for these mages.

"Haah...haah..."

Hank didn't know how long he had been climbing. He was originally in the middle of the large group, but now he was at the forefront. This was not because Hank's speed had become faster, but because more and more people were falling behind. Hank also saw

Many people even chose to give up. According to Zhan En, they activated the teleportation circle on the platform and chose to leave. But some people persisted. They still insisted on climbing up, but now the speed

It has slowed down. This is the same as a marathon. Sprinting the whole distance is courting death. Only by leaving more strength can you go further.

However, stair climbing and marathon running are still different after all.

"Haah..."

Hank stopped again, raised his head and looked up. In front of him, there were still the spiral, dense steps. It seemed that he could never see the end. But when Hank lowered his head, what he saw was

It was the ground, small groups of people, and houses—this made his legs tremble uncontrollably, and he almost fell down on the stairs.

Fear of heights is not easy to cure.

But soon, Hank raised his head again. He gritted his teeth, reached out and took out a bag of water from his arms, and then took a sip - this was not a magic potion, just ordinary water. Because when he was an apprentice,

, many times Hank needs to work day and night, and naturally no one will prepare food for him, so Hank is already used to carrying these things, but he did not expect that they would be sent here.

Useful.

I don’t know how high it is...but I definitely can’t give up here!!
Chapter completed!