Chapter Ninety-Nine: Noble Duty
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They will remember when they were children, when they first heard a legend about a professional person, and the old man who told them about it. It seems that whether it is the most prosperous city or the most remote countryside, everyone will meet such an old man with a wrinkled face when he is a child, he is either an elder in the village, or a grandmother at home, or an old man who lies on a rocking chair in the alley and basks in the sun with a fan, or an uncle in the tavern who is always wiping his wine glass with the same dirty rag.
They have different appearances, high and low statuses, and even use different accents and speak different languages, but they are exactly the same, their faces are engraved with the traces of time, their eyes are full of profound wisdom, and their hearts are filled with countless strange and dreamy stories.
So there will always be a large number of children of the same age as you in your childhood, gathered around the old man, holding their breath and staring wide, listening to the old man tell one interesting and wonderful story after another in his hoarse voice.
And every time before telling a story, the old man with a vicissitudes of life always has to ask the same question:
"What is a professional?"
Then a child would reply in a loud voice:
"Professionals are the luckiest of those who can cultivate magic, use the most mystical powers, remember the deepest knowledge, use the most complex machinery, and gain the longest life. ”
The old man would shake his head and ask again:
"What is a professional?"
"Professionals are the most powerful of those who can cleave mountains, burn lakes, travel through the gates of time, travel through endless worlds, and they can even raise their own constellations in the sky to illuminate the eyes of every living being. ”
Still not satisfied with this answer, the old man either leisurely took a sip of tea, or plucked the strings in his hand twice, or wiped the dirty wine glass in his hand, and then asked slowly:
"What is a professional?"
"Professionals are the most fearless, they can leave footprints in the wildest deserts, find islands in the most turbulent seas, and light light in the darkest abysses. ”
Never hearing the answer he wanted to hear, the old man would frown like a child, or squeeze out a slightly disappointed expression,
"None of these answers are good enough, what exactly is a professional?"
Whenever I saw the old man pursing his mouth slightly like a child, a child who knew the answer couldn't help but say it out loud:
"Professionals are the noblest of those who are the most noble. ”
Hearing this answer, the old man's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked, "Where is the nobility of the professional?"
The child would reply in a loud voice:
"They have the heaviest responsibilities, they carry the greatest missions, they guard the flame of civilization, they stand on the borders of order, they build impenetrable walls of steel with their bodies. ”
The loudest voice, the brightest eyes, along with the mission of the professional, are deeply imprinted into the hearts of every child around them, maybe they are lucky enough to be a member of the professional, or maybe they have no chance to embark on the path of the professional, but no matter what, they will remember this sentence.
"Professionals are the noblest because they have the heaviest responsibilities. ”
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Maybe not everyone knows what the "heaviest responsibility" means, but everyone knows the saying, "Professionals are the noblest because they carry the heaviest responsibility." ”
This phrase is also engraved on the door of the Valhalla Hall of the Iluvita Academy of Witchcraft.
Valhalla is located in the deepest part of the academy area, in a secluded valley, surrounded by silver trees, the hall is not grand, but the whole body is made of white stone, the lines are square, and it looks extremely solemn.
There is a quiet spring in the open space in front of the temple, and an ancient silver tree grows on the edge of the quiet spring, which is full of fallen leaves, but it does not appear to be decayed, but shows a natural taste.
It's the early morning of the weekend, the most peaceful time of the day, when half of the sky is white, but the morning sun has not yet risen.
The first-year students have been neatly lined up here. They got up early, washed quickly, changed into the new robes of the college, did not eat breakfast, and came here quietly and punctually, standing solemnly and neatly in a square line, waiting for the inauguration ceremony.
Morin looked at the sentence engraved on the door, remembering the story he had heard from the uncle who sold barbecue meat when he was in Harriet Harriet, and a flash of memory flashed in his blue eyes. Marcus and Barron and others stood beside the boy, and Thea and several "people" also stood in the square, with a serious face. Professionals include all races of order, whether elves, humans, the dead, or dragons, who take an oath proudly and solemnly upon contact with the Sea of Magic.
Shouldering that ancient and noble responsibility.
When the fiery red morning sun shone its first warm rays of sunlight in the distance, Anna Goo, dressed in a black robe, appeared punctually in front of the new students.
There were several thick stacks of book-sized crystal plates floating beside her, and the freshmen couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts after seeing those stacks of crystal plates, although no one spoke, but the friction and swinging of clothes sounded all of a sudden.
The transparent crystal plate has many names, rune title pages, career badges, transfiguration certificates, and so on.
Manufactured by the Elemental Temple, they are items that can only be obtained after the oath of a professional in a recognized college or temple, and they are the credentials of each professional, as well as the tools and weapons of each professional.
There is no other way to obtain such a crystal plate.
Although the method and process of making the Transmog Evidence is not a secret in the eyes of many people, no one will make and sell it privately, because it is tantamount to choosing to be the enemy of the Temple, and anyone who makes or uses the Transmog Evidence privately is regarded as an enemy of all the Temples and all the Order races.
Correspondingly, after taking the oath and obtaining the certificate of transmogification, it is equivalent to writing your name in the Elemental Temple and becoming a member of the official profession. In addition to enjoying certain privileges and support, there are also corresponding obligations, the most basic, to hand in a certain value of gold coins or equivalent items every year, such as magic crystal cards.
The higher the rank, the heavier the obligations, for example, the senior pharmacist needs to take on a certain amount of pharmacy preparation, and the senior scholar needs to complete research in a specific field, or spend some time lecturing to students in the college.
There may be a few people who do not want to bear such obligations and choose not to take the oath, but such a person is often spurned and ostracized by people, lacks the opportunity to communicate with others, has no support from others, and even all libraries will turn him away, even if he can make a short progress on the road of pursuing power, he will eventually be reduced to mediocrity.
Seeing that all the new students had arrived, and no one showed the slightest hesitation or flinching, Anna Gu nodded in satisfaction.
She turned and pushed open the doors of Valhalla.