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Riyue City, on the open ground outside the slum.
The crowd surged like a tide.
Hundreds of residents living here squeezed together, surrounding a temporarily built wooden platform, each face full of expectation and nervousness.
A huge notice hung on the platform, with rows of eye-catching red characters.
Unfortunately, most of the poor couldn't read and shouted, "Noble lord, what does it say up there!"
"Yes, lord, read it to us!"
"Could it be recruitment?"
"There's food with recruitment, but the scariest is a tax!"
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Voices of discussion and complaints rang out continuously, and the crowd suddenly fell into chaos.
"Everyone quiet! Quiet!"
An apprentice in a gray robe stood on the edge of the platform, waving his arms vigorously.
His voice seemed somewhat weak amidst the noisy crowd.
Until another apprentice beside him cast a simple sound amplification spell, the voice spread across the entire square.
"Everyone who wants to take the test, line up in order!"
