Chapter 75: Consecutive Breakthroughs (4.7k)

Tap, tap, tap~

The hooves clacked crisply against the hard ground as the pitch-black horse pulled the equally black carriage towards the city.

Behind it stretched the boundless sea; through the gaps between the enormous ships docked at the pier, at the distant junction between blues, a sliver of orange-red light was sinking. Beside it, light wisps of clouds still floated above the sea surface, engaging in their final silent burn.

Night was about to fall.

Clack, clack, clack~

The sound of mechanical gears colliding came from the pier as the gray-black gangplank folded back like a bird retracting its wings.

Inside the carriage, Colin sighed imperceptibly.

He didn't mind the embarrassment of having to slink out of the shop due to lack of money; after all, being broke wasn't shameful, and the shop assistants had been polite from start to finish.

But the knowledge to advance to an Official Wizard was right before his eyes, yet as remote as the horizon... It was indeed frustrating.