Eliel was somewhat surprised, and then raised his fist firmly in reply,
"I will try my hardest, Lord Colin."
Colin nodded, and then waved at them.
"Goodbye."
He did not hesitate, and promptly turned and left.
The last blessing for Eliel... was actually adapted from a note Erica had originally written to him.
"Finally, I hope you can successfully advance and become a great Official Wizard!"
These were Erica's original words.
... Official Wizard.
Colin walked briskly, somewhat impatient in his heart.
Although Merredith City is also a Wizard City under the governance of the Wizard Alliance,
it is not the city where the Tin Saint School is located, and not his ultimate destination.
So even if everything around him looked great, knowing he was just passing through, he didn't spend much time appreciating it.
The long journey was 99 percent complete, just one more step!
Driven by this mindset, Colin didn't admire his surroundings anymore and hurriedly made his way to the Transmission Array he had learned about beforehand.
"Is the destination Neustadt City?" asked the Wizard Apprentice on duty.
"Yes," Colin nodded.
"Okay, the total cost is six hundred Magic Stones. You need to wait for a hundred people, or you can choose to make up the remaining Magic Stones for an earlier departure," explained the Wizard Apprentice with a smile.
"How many more people are needed now?" Colin looked at him, hesitating before asking.
The Wizard Apprentice scanned the waiting hall in front of him and said after a moment,
"About thirty more people are needed, would you like to leave earlier?"
"...No need."
"Okay," the Wizard Apprentice on duty smiled unchanged and nodded.
After a moment, he added,
"It won't actually take too long to wait, according to past situations, we can depart in about half an hour."
"Okay, thank you. Here are the Magic Stones," Colin nodded to him and paid the six hundred Magic Stones in advance.
Half an hour passed in an instant.
The seats in the waiting hall gradually filled up.
"Please note, the Transmission Array to Neustadt will activate in five minutes. Wizards in the waiting hall, please enter through the passageway in an orderly manner."
As the mechanical voice sounded, a section in the middle of the front wall of the waiting hall slowly rose.
A corridor about three meters wide appeared in front of them.
Colin stood up and walked forward with the crowd.
After turning a corner, a large circular Witch Array emitting a faint glow appeared before them.
Made entirely of metal, silver, gold, black... various colors of metal were orderly merged together, and although the colors were numerous, they were filled with an inexplicable sense of order.
The Transmission Array was divided into several neat areas.
Colin, with sisters Renee, slowly walked to their designated spots following the guidance.
Once everyone stood still.
"The transmission is about to begin, please ensure that Storage Rings and other items have been placed into the shielding box," the mechanical voice sounded.
Colin subconsciously raised his hand to check, confirming that the Storage Ring on his finger had been placed into the black shielding box he was holding.
This could not be taken lightly, or he had to be prepared to lose the contents of the Storage Ring forever.
After checking, a little while passed.
The mechanical countdown sounded,
"Transmission beginning, three, two, one!"
The Transmission Array burst into light!
Colin felt his vision suddenly go dark.
Then the next second, his vision cleared again.
He was looking at the same Transmission Array, seemingly still in Merredith.
But seeing the different ceiling, different walls... Colin knew he had finally arrived at his real destination—
Neustadt!