There are sixteen known regions on the continent of Kovare, but there are only twelve and a half regular countries, and there are only five kingdoms with humans as the main body, and Adele is only one of the five human kingdoms, and the other half, although it has not yet been formally established, already has a perfect ruling class and political system.

As one of the main kingdoms that accommodate human players, the "population pressure" that Andele has to endure in the context of national entertainment is very huge, so more than 22,000 [trainee mages] and more than 6 million [spellcaster apprentices] sound exaggerated, but compared to the 20 or 30 million players accommodated in the Fairhaven area, they still belong to a minority group.

Don't forget, the Duchy of Ander is known for its scholarship and education, Fairhaven is the capital of Ander, and Wienern College is one of the two most well-known colleges in Austria.

Moreover, the more than six million spellcasters are not just mages, and the vast majority of these players will become warlocks, wizards, bards, and even other small classes with certain spell-casting ability in the future.

With such a large player base, there are only more than 22,000 players, and before leaving the Trial Island, they successfully took up the position of [trainee mage], which shows how small the proportion of the mage profession is, and the remaining more than 6 million li, aside from more than 2 million warlocks, more than 2 million wizards, more than 1 million bards, and hundreds of thousands of small class spellcasters, among the remaining hundreds of thousands of people, how many people can finally become mages, it's really hard to say.

Because most of them are likely to become non-masters with the ability to cast spells, that is, the so-called "arcane craftsmen", such as appraisers, alchemists, secret potions, or scholars, clerks and other clerical casters.

Fortunately, there are not only two academies in the Principality of Ander, and there is not only one country in the Principality of Ander on the Kovare continent, although other countries are not famous for education, it does not mean that they do not have spellcaster professions, almost all regions have their own unique spellcaster institutions, but relatively speaking, the scale is not as large as Ander.

It's just that in the eyes of the older generation of NPC spellcasters like His Excellency Dean Zemmour, any "sideways" cannot be regarded as "mages", and only pure mages like them are real mages.

However, this is a matter of opinion, whether their concept is self-pride, or deliberately elevating the identity of the mage, so that the mage can obtain a higher social status, it has nothing to do with the player Wutong.

Countless examples and facts in history tell people that before there is enough strength to affect history, the matter of the gods fighting is less involved! The Vinane Academy, a purely academic institution, is not the most authoritative arcane department in the Duchy of Andele, and above it, there are two giants, the Arcane Council and the Royal Arcane Society.

In the early stage, players rashly get involved in the power struggle between NPCs, and the end will be very tragic.

"This is the apprentice dormitory area of the academy, although the environment is a little worse, but the advantage is that the cost is cheap, if you plan to enjoy a better environment, the academy also has a more advanced villa area, but the cost is much more expensive. If you want, you can even rent a well-equipped mage tower, ranging from low-grade to high-end, and the one-star mage tower only costs 50,000 gold coins per month."

After sending them to the apprentice dormitory area of the Venane Academy, Old Mike said with a smile: "Relatively speaking, apprentices are very free, the academy does not have any restrictions on apprentices, it doesn't matter if you live in the academy dormitory or not, the important thing is that remember to pay the tuition fee!" ”

Wutong Khan, the heart said: Sure enough!

From his eight teachers before, he had already experienced the habit of mages dying for money, and when he came to Venan, the cradle of cultivating mages, he finally knew how the mages cultivated the habit of dying for money.

"The apprentice's tuition fee per quarter is 3,000 standard gold coins, which can be owed on credit, and the academy will arrange a 'work-study' task for you to repay, as long as you repay it before you graduate from the academy, of course! If you don't pay it back, you won't be able to finish it. ”

Wutong broke out in a cold sweat, and a bad feeling rose, did he think that this so-called "work-study" was a bit like "apprenticeship" or "child labor"?

"It should be noted that although the college does not require apprentices to take classes, all coursework completely depends on apprentice electives, but if you do not meet the requirements of credit scores, you will not be able to graduate from the college, and if you cannot graduate, you need to pay 3,000 gold coins per quarter until you graduate."

The subtext is that if you can't finish your studies in your lifetime, you have to pay tuition for a lifetime, and you will be a "child laborer" who has been exploited by the college for a lifetime, right?

"In addition, apprentices can take any public courses of the academy, the fee is included in the 3,000 gold coins, and at the same time, apprentices can apply to any tutor of the academy for guidance, which requires additional tutoring fees, generally speaking, the 'tutoring fee' is negotiated by the apprentice and the tutor themselves."

It's also popular to open "small stove" make-up classes in the game, right?

"Here's what you need to know about the House Code of Conduct, and here's your House emblem. The matters that need to be paid attention to are all in the college rules, and if you don't understand it, you can read it yourself. ”

Old Mike handed Wutong a booklet and a crystal badge that he could wear on his chest, and then smiled kindly and stretched out his hand to Wutong: "10 gold coins for the manual, 100 gold coins for the badge!" If you don't have money, you can pay it on credit! ”

Wutong sweated profusely, and hurriedly paid the money honestly, but fortunately, before he left the island, he took a large amount of tuition, travel expenses and living expenses from his uncle.

"In the academy, all the expenses of the apprentice are deducted from the information recorded in the 'secret law seal' of the academy emblem, and after paying the fee, the academy will add the equivalent amount to the badge, and if it is consumed, remember to go to the finance department of the academic affairs office to make up for it. It is best to ensure that the cost in the badge is not less than 1000 gold coins to avoid inconvenience. ”

This emblem actually has the functions of student ID card and recharge card?

"You can pay me right now, and I'll take care of it for you. Oh yes, forgot to tell you! What I just talked about is the standard and treatment of ordinary [spellcaster apprentices], and the [trainee mage] has a special mentor in charge of teaching, so the tuition fee is twice that of ordinary apprentices, which is 6,000 gold coins! And you, as the head of the academy, will receive special instruction arranged for you by the academy, so the tuition fee is 5 times that of an ordinary apprentice, which is 15,000 gold coins."

Old Mike laughed more and more happily, and Wutong's face became darker and darker, he gritted his teeth and didn't jump up, this kind of huge tuition, how many players in Nima can afford it now? No wonder there are so few students!

"Uh, I forgot to tell you again! Fifteen thousand gold coins are a tutor's tuition, and you, as the head of the eighth department, are not right! It should be the chief disciple of the ninth department, and the fee that needs to be paid every quarter should be 135,000 gold coins! ”

Old Mike's smile looked evil, and Sycamore directly began to roll up his sleeves, he was going to beat the old man.

"Listen to me."

Of course, old Mike couldn't be nervous about the threatening moves of a [trainee mage], but he found it interesting to tempt and said, "These huge fees are not paid for nothing, [Spellcaster Apprentice] is taught by the beginner teacher, and [Trainee Mage] is taught by the intermediate mentor alone"

He winked at Wutong: "And you, the [chief disciple], are personally instructed by the high-level master, and your nine teachers will also answer your questions at any time!" And I heard that because of your special surname as the [Chief of the Nine Departments], and because you are the first disciple personally brought by his old man in hundreds of years, you are authorized to ask any ** master of the academy for advice at any time. ”

"The main thing is that all the facilities of the Academy, including all the elementary, intermediate, and advanced laboratories, production rooms, casting rooms, any mage towers of all factions, and the Academy's large library, will be open to you!"

Old Mike smiled and threw out the last bait: "If you apply to His Excellency Dean Zemmour, you can also get the opportunity to enter the Royal Library of Andle once a week!" ”

Seeing that Wutong was stunned, Old Mike deliberately said with a look of regret: "Of course, we can't force you to enjoy these treatments, if you want, you can also choose the treatment of [Spellcaster Apprentice] or [Trainee Mage], put your tuition and miscellaneous fees into this pocket, a total of 4,000 gold coins!" ”

"I'll pay!"

Sycamore gritted his teeth and took off [Wokkin's small vault] from his waist, and took out a small bag from old Mike, "Whoa!" Dumping gold coins, while pouring, my heart is dripping blood! This was all he could get from Uncle Butler, although Uncle Butler left him a huge sum of two million gold coins before leaving, but they were all burned on "that thing" during the two months he was delayed on the Island of Trials!

These on his body are still the income from the adventures in the ruins of the underground temple, and the tuition, travel and living expenses that the uncle prepared for him and Xiaoxiao, as well as some pocket money, he is very skeptical that this old man has clairvoyance, because after paying all the expenses, he doesn't have any gold coins in his pocket, and there are not even a few silver coins left!

"Oh my God! How can you, an apprentice, have such a huge fortune? Did you rob the Dragon's Cave? ”

Wutong took out a huge amount of more than 100,000 gold coins at once, which made old Mike dumbfounded, because he didn't expect Wutong to be able to come up with such a large amount of money, in the mage world, it is normal for apprentices to owe money to teachers, and even if they owe it for dozens or hundreds of years, there are many people.

This kind of "teacher-student debt model" has even become a way to make money in the mage world, the more potential and talented apprentices, the more money the teacher is willing to invest, and even wish to owe a little more, because the more potential and talent of the apprentice, the greater the future achievements, which is equivalent to a disguised venture investment!

Although the vast majority of mages focus on their own spell research and don't care about the world at all, but the profession of mages is born to be a coin offender, no matter how much they earn, they will always be poor in their pockets, so at the beginning, the old mage Beria said a "famous saying" to Wutong:

"The mage is the richest person in the world, but the poorest person in the world is richer than the mage, because as a mage, he is always short of money!"

As a result, mages who are focused on their own research have to come out of their labs or mage towers every once in a while, wasting time on an adventure to find a way to make some money and take a few more students as an investment.

Otherwise, it will not be their own talent that limits the achievements of mages, but the coins in their pockets!

"Any questions?" Wutong painfully put the dry and flat little vault back on his waist, and asked with a itchy tooth.

"Well, no problem."

Old Mike, who had been flustered for a while, tied up the small pocket with a strange face, and stuffed it into his arms, it seems that this is also a special prop, otherwise it is impossible to accommodate the 135,000 gold coins weighing 2,700 pounds.

Seeing that Old Mike seemed to be a little disappointed, Wutong suddenly felt very happy, although he spent more than 100,000 gold coins, but the "conspiracy" of Old Mike and His Excellency Dean Zemmour was not achieved, it was worth it!

"Apprentice, your sister seems to be an Obai. Hai's [pastor trainee], I suggest you take her to a nearby seminary. ”

Old Mike suddenly noticed the little Lori who had been following Wutong, and said after suggesting it: "You can go to the dormitory, use your academy badge to open any empty room, you can live in it, I'm going to send these 'tuition' to the academy's finance department, goodbye, apprentices who are richer than dragons!" With that, he turned around and hurried away, and it seemed that the wealth of the sycamore had stimulated him.

While saying goodbye to old Mike, Wutong sneered: "Finally gone!" He doesn't have to worry about the little Lori, the priest is not as expensive as the mage, and even the priest profession is relatively rich.

As for little Lori's schooling, don't worry, just like his teacher left him a note asking him to report to Venane Academy, Cui Sibo, the old priest of Shell Village, also paved the way for little Lori, and he only needed to send Little Lori over in a while.

Moreover, the difficulty of the game for underage players decreases with age, even if Xiao Lori is also regarded as the "personal disciple" of the old pastor Cui Sibo, but the treatment will definitely not be as miserable as him, otherwise, I am afraid that someone will accuse the official "Endless" of child abuse.

Led two little Lori into a large dormitory area of the academy,This is where the players settled in Fairhaven City,The core consciousness god arranged a place for the players in disguise,Although there is also a fee,But the dormitory of the academy,The cost of staying in a hotel for a long time is much cheaper。

This apprentice dormitory area is very large, a large number of tall and short houses of different shapes are crowded together, although the number of mage professions is scarce, but relatively speaking, it is also a very large number, so a dormitory area like this, in the wide small town-like Vinane Academy, I don't know how many, the one where the sycamore is located, is just one of the many dormitory areas.

Since it was two months later than the vast majority of players, there was no room in a good location, and after a long time, Sycamore found his nest in a small three-story building with an empty room in a very remote corner.

Took out the badge and opened the door covered with a thin layer of arcane energy barrier and took a look, from the moment he opened the door protected by the [Door Sealing Technique], the information had already been entered into the secret seal of the badge, and from now on, no one except him and the people he authorized could open it to ensure the player's **.

The room was small, with a simple single wooden bed against the wall, a small locker that served as a bedside table next to the bed, a small desk in front of the window on the wall, a small bookshelf fixed to the wall next to the desk, and a lone chair.

Just a simple look, recognized the place, Wutong closed the door, he had to send little Lori to the seminary, Xiao Lori unhappily dragged Wutong's robe: "Brother Wutong, can't Xiaoxiao live with you?" ”

Wutong paused for a moment: "Xiaoxiao is a student of the seminary, maybe you want to live there, and Xiaoxiao is a girl, how can you live with my brother?" ”

"Brother lies! Then Sasha is also a girl, why can Sasha live with her brother? Little Lori pouted.

Glancing at the elemental wind bat man Saras, who had been following him behind him and looking around curiously, Wutong sweated, he really didn't know how to explain the difference between NPCs and players to Little Lori.

Although I know that this is a game, in the concept of little Lori, Sarasi is also a little girl, why can Sarasi live with her brother, but she can't?

When he was entangled with Xiao Lori, a player suddenly ran down from the three-story building, almost hit the Sycamore, and the Sycamore blocked in the corridor They obviously startled the player, he looked at the three of them curiously, and then looked at the door of the Sycamore, and said in surprise: "Eh? New classmates!? ”

Wutong was about to speak, and he hurriedly greeted again: "Forget it!" Don't talk so much about it, it's time to introduce each other later, hurry up! Hurry up! Otherwise, you won't be able to grab it in a while! As he spoke, he ran out and kindly pulled Wutong.

The confused Sycamore was pulled by him and ran along, while the two little Lori followed the Sycamore's ass in a daze.

While running, Wutong found that the college dormitory area, which had not had many people when he came just now, suddenly looked like ants coming out of the nest, "Whoa!" Crash! A large number of players poured out, and all the spellcasters hurried towards the small square in the center of the dormitory.

"Is it swollen? Is this swollen? Sycamore couldn't help it, and asked after the player.

"You only came to report today? Uh, my name is 'July Flowing Fire', call me July! ”

The player who called himself "July Flowing Fire" was burning his buttocks, and he didn't even look back, so he rushed for a while: "Grab the materials!" If you don't grab it, you won't be able to complete today's task! ”

(To be continued)