Chapter 25: The Academy of Light
In the prosperous and fertile central plains of the continent of Beland lies the giant city of the Terran race, Arantis.
The orc king Tinggantudra is a golden city, and Arantis is a silver city.
The city covers an area of 1,000 square kilometers, and the walls are nearly 50 meters high, made of white marble. Tall giants and huge monsters are also small creatures under this city.
It took more than 300 years for Arantis to be laid, and in the thousands of years since, generations of Terran magicians have added layers of protective magic arrays to the city walls.
The territory of the Terrans has risen and fallen for thousands of years, but Arantis, the heart of the Terrans, has never fallen. In the entire history of the human race, there are only two unfallen cities that have never been conquered by foreigners, and the other is the Isaac royal city of Singaluru.
Arthur and the others stopped under the city for a long time, and any human race who came here in person would be in awe under this miracle city, which was the place where the human race rose to the mainland.
Countless Terran heroes have come out of here, throwing their heads and spilling their blood for the survival and glory of the Terrans. The Emperor of Light, Garland Lot, fought orcs, elves, and dragons here, leaving behind legends of heroes.
After calming down his excitement a little, Arthur and his party walked into the city.
The ancient myth of Arantis is a land of prosperity and abundance, and nearly 10 million people live in and around the city of Arantis.
The wide, tall city gate can accommodate eight horse-drawn carriages in both directions, and pedestrians and merchants entering and exiting the city gate are bustling. Although there were hundreds of freshly dressed guards in front of the city gates, they did not check the pedestrians and vehicles.
After entering the city, the streets are more prosperous, the pavilions and pavilions on both sides of the street are lined up one after another, continuous into pieces, the streets are full of pedestrians, all kinds of costumes are very different, one after another richly decorated beast chariots pass back and forth, and the cars pulling the carts are strange and strange, as if entering the exhibition hall of mainland creatures.
Arthur, Golly and others were dizzying, believing that the bustling Singaluru was the difference between a small town and a metropolis compared to Arantis.
Seeing the students walking and stopping, Professor Ogu couldn't help but urge: "Let's go to the inn first, we will stay in the city for a long time before the end of the Elite Academy Competition, and you will have time to tour the city in the future." ”
Each kingdom has its own palace and post house in the imperial capital, and the officials in the kingdom generally live in the post house when they go to the imperial capital to do business, and His Majesty King Streich lives in the palace of the kingdom, which covers an area of hundreds of acres and is the same scale as the prince of the empire.
The Arantis complex is divided into districts, with the southern city being the bustling commercial district, the northern city being the palace district, and the kings' palaces in the north. Dongcheng is a civilian residential area, while the nobles and wealthy people and inns of various countries are located in the relatively secluded Xicheng.
The post house of the Isaac Kingdom covers an area of more than 30 acres and is a huge courtyard with five entrances.
There is a special reception officer in the front hall of the post house, and Professor Oku can stay in the post house for free with the edict sent by the kingdom to participate in this elite college competition and the academy's token.
The officials of the post house had already received the news of the Blood Yao Academy's competition, so they were extremely enthusiastic about Professor Ogu and the others, and personally led everyone to the residence in the backyard.
The Blood Yao Academy's participation in this competition represents the honor of the entire kingdom, so the post house specially reserved all the west courtyard of the fourth courtyard for the professors and students of the academy to live in.
When Arthur and the others followed the post house officials into the fourth courtyard, they met several young people who came out of the courtyard.
A few young people on the opposite side walked at the front, a man and a woman. The man is dressed in a black military uniform, with sword eyebrows and a tall figure, while the woman is dressed in a white magic robe, with beautiful eyebrows and a graceful figure. Both of them are young and handsome, with good temperament, and there is still a bit of similarity between their eyebrows and eyes.
Seeing Arthur and the others coming, these young people were also slightly stunned, all of them stood still and did not move, without the slightest intention of giving way, and looked at the eyes of everyone in the Blood Yao Academy with curiosity, provocation, playfulness, but no enthusiasm.
The atmosphere between the two groups of people was a little weird, and the post house official who led the way was experienced in handling things, and immediately smiled and took the initiative to greet the leading man and woman opposite, "Prince Haisen and Miss Heidi are preparing to go out? These two are Professor Ogu and Professor Elaine of the Blood Yao Academy." ”
Seeing that there was a professor leading the team at the Blood Yao Academy, Hayson and Heidi nodded politely at Augu and Professor Elaine, gave way to the way, and the two groups of people passed by.
"The students of the Holy Light Academy have arrived, huh?" Professor Ogu said after taking a few steps before he spoke to the official who was leading the way, seemingly casually.
"They arrived three days ago, and they live in the east courtyard opposite you. ”
"I heard that there is a pair of genius twin brothers and sisters in this class of the Holy Light Academy, are they the two people just now?"
"It is Prince Haisen and Miss Heidi, it is said that it is with the two of them who can turn the tide that the Holy Light Academy can beat the popular Shillong Academy and the Royal Military Academy in this elite academy selection and stand out from the 'Seven Flowers'. "The post house has always been a place where news is distributed, and the officials who lead the way are naturally very familiar with the information in the various academies in the kingdom.
Professor Ogu laughed, "The Holy Light Academy came out to fight on behalf of the kingdom, then my majesty may have a headache this time." ”
The innkeeper who understood the meaning smiled knowingly, but he didn't dare to answer Professor Oku's words.
The conversation between Professor Ogu and the post house officials naturally fell into the ears of Arthur, Golly and others who followed behind. Except for Arthur and Huey, who never cared about the outside world, who were still confused, most of the others understood what was going on.
Those young people just now were from another academy that represented the kingdom in the competition, the Holy Light Academy, one of the "Seven Flowers". Unlike Xueyao's students, who all come from wealthy and aristocratic families, Qiduo's students are mostly from commoners and small aristocratic families.
There is a natural estrangement between the students of the "Seven Flowers" and the students of the Blood Yao Academy, because of injustice, they are mixed with jealousy and disgust for the children of wealthy nobles who are born with special resources. Even the elite academy has the privilege of direct promotion to the selection of the Blood Academy, while the other academies need to go through a tough battle to get the final place in the competition.
The students of the Blood Yao Academy are also full of contempt and disdain for the students of "Seven Flowers", the students of "Seven Flowers" and "Yihua" are born from two classes, and there will never be a real friendship between them.
Knowing this relationship, it is not difficult to understand that the young men before them refused to give way and looked at Arthur. Arthur was particularly sympathetic to this sentiment, and he had little contact with anyone else at the Bloodshine Academy, except for a few friends from Golly and the others.
As for the Holy Light Academy, it is the only academy among the "Seven Flowers" with the background of the Church of Light. When it comes to the struggle between divine power and royal power, His Majesty Strachey is naturally full of ambivalence about the achievements of the Holy Light Academy in the elite academy competition.
The west courtyard was completely encompassed by the Blood Academy, and Arthur and the others were each assigned a separate room.
On the day of check-in, Professor Ogu did not arrange any more homework for the students, but only asked everyone to go back to their rooms and have a good rest.
Without saying hello to anyone, Arthur sneaked out of the inn alone, because he had a more important private matter to Arantis!