Chapter 25: The Sorting Ceremony
"What kind of tests are they going to use to assign us to different branches?" The first person to ask was a little girl with a cat man from the orc clan, and the triangular cat's ears twitched.
"God knows, maybe it's a few questions."
"It's also possible that we're going to show something."
"Maybe it's a dice throw, haha......"
Most of the noisy ones were the little hairy heads of the previous years, they were the best age to learn martial arts and magic, and they were also the most lively age, while the slightly older ones stood aside and were silent, and one of the bespectacled freshmen nodded like Karel, who was the same person Karel had asked on the dock before.
Five minutes passed quickly, "Now move forward." A soprano sounded, it was Connors, "The distribution test is about to begin." ”
"Stand in line." Professor Connorth said to the freshmen, "Follow me. ”
The younger ones come first, the older ones come last, and Karel is the last. The group re-walked through the hall and into an open door and into the Great Hall.
"Ah, newcomers, welcome, I'm the headmaster of this academy, and you can call me Brogh Hamfest, old Brog, hey, that old man or old immortal." The sudden words startled everyone, and on the originally empty long table were now sitting several old teachers with wrinkled faces. Among them, the self-proclaimed headmaster sitting in the middle is quite eye-catching.
In Karel's opinion, this old man who claimed to be the headmaster felt like the super-like Gandalf in the movie "The Lord of the Rings" that he watched before the crossing, with a long, pointed hat, crane hair, a kind face, a beard that could hang down to his chest, and a white robe.
Sensing someone staring at his feet, Blogg kicked his shoes away a little, rubbed his feet together, and then said, "Everyone, whether you are twelve or twenty years old, you must know that entering this academy means that your future life will always be accompanied by danger, you know? ”
"Adventurer is an honorable and dangerous profession, and as far as I know, no academy has a class that has reached 50% of the number of graduates, and in your case, it could be you..."Broger pointed to the cat-eared little Lori, "maybe you will die in the school's training." The strange words frightened the cat-eared little Lori's face turned pale.
"And you—" Blogar pointed to a little human boy, "and you might be killed in the after-lunch fight." The little boy's face soon oozed sweat, and his body began to shake.
"As for you," Blogar turned his finger to the edge, pointing at Karel, "there is a chance that you will die in the lair of the monsters in the training." ”
"Cut, lair? Do you mean the Dragon's Lair? Or maybe it's some ancient god..."Karel seemed a little unfazed by the strange headmaster's god's babbling words, and his mouth was casually speaking.
"Whoosh!" Almost instantly, a sharp ice pick sprang out of Blogar's fingertips and shot at Karel like lightning.
"Ding!" There was a soft sound, and everyone present saw only a flash of blue light, and the sharp ice pick was knocked out and plunged into the stone floor, almost halfway through.
"What, is this test a force test?" Karel spun the dagger in his hand in a circle, and the blade slashed through the air with a humming sound, as if to tell how sharp it was.
"No, it's not a test, just a kind warning, it seems, it's me who is overhearted." Looking at the ice picks inserted into the floor, Bloger smiled and applauded. "Young man, you are very capable, why do you want to come to us again?"
"I came in pursuit of knowledge, and I need more knowledge to strengthen my abilities."
"Interesting, there are fewer and fewer people who can think of this at this age, tell me, which branch do you want to go to?"
"I think?" Hearing this, Karel was momentarily stunned.
"Yes, you have the right to decide your own destiny." Blogg said with a majestic face. But with those big furry feet, it is really not majestic overall.
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"I'll go, the so-called courage, wisdom, faith, and perseverance, isn't it just physical output, legal output, healing and tank, so literary and artistic?" Following Professor Connors in the direction of the cafeteria, Karel complained to himself that as a stalker, he belonged to the category of assassins and thieves, so of course he chose the Sorting House of Courage.
"It's been a long time since I've seen him let students choose their own rows." Professor Connorth, who was walking quietly, suddenly spoke.
"Huh?" Karel thought that this middle-aged female teacher with a stern face would be silent until the meal began, but he didn't expect a sentence to come out coldly.
"The last time I exercised this privilege was 4 years ago, a fox girl, she was much more powerful than you, and a lightning whip directly knocked over the table, burning half of Blogar's beard." As if thinking of something funny, Connors actually covered her mouth and burst into laughter.
"Okay."
"Karel, would you like some sausages?" "Whew!" It's Liara, and her pet girl. After Connorth took Karel to the cafeteria, he left straight away, after all, how to communicate with his classmates is the student's own business.
The plate in front of Karel was piled with food, roast beef, roast chicken, roast suckling pig, sausages, bacon, chicken nuggets, but also chips, roasted sweet potatoes, puddings, and all kinds of soups. Although he has eaten Chinese food for 20 years, Karel is also very welcoming to Western food, after all, this is not the UK.
"You're a freshman? Is it good that the sorting test is so fast? The conversation was accosted by a tall and powerful minotaur beside Karel, and the leather robe showed off the minotaur's druid identity.
"I'm the first, I'll come first after the test."
"Oh, aren't you going to gather and come together?" At this time, the Minotaur was full of question marks in his heart.
"I heard that you beat up the Black Fire before you came?"
"Of course, those people wanted to blackmail me and be beaten up by me." Karel took a sip of fresh orange juice and swallowed the tender steak in his mouth.
"Haha, good beating! Those bastards just owe a beating! My name is Tarn Icehoof, and it's a pleasure to meet you! ”
"My name is Karel Blade." Karel shook hands with Tarn.
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"By the way, Karel, there's something I want to tell you." When she finished eating, Liara stopped Karel and explained the rules of the academy to him.
Freshmen will follow the dean of their branch to collect living supplies, assign dormitories, and pay tuition at the same time.
The use of magic, skills, and qiē forms of fighting in the corridors of the school building is not permitted, and offenders are confined to each other.
Grade 5 or above go to your branch dean to sign up for flight skills training.
If you don't want to die a tragic death, don't go near the forest north of the school, and new students should pay special attention to this.
"The forest is really fake?" Karel turned to ask the minotaur druid beside him.
"It's true," Tarn said to Karel with a frown, "Actually, every year, many students have accidents in that forest, and there are many fierce monsters in the forest, but they can't cross the school's magic circle, and the magic circle is not binding on students. ”
Karel and the other freshmen followed Professor Connorth to get the groceries, a set of bedding, a set of toiletries, plus an alchemical robe, a training leather armor, and a pair of training daggers. and paid 6 years of tuition, a full 3,000 gold coins.
With a space backpack, it's easy to carry these things, just put them in the backpack.
"Ah~" made a big owe, Karel rubbed his sleepy eyes, he had eaten too much just now, and he was so sleepy now.
How far is it to get to the dormitory? Karel grumbled.
Then, they stopped, and instead of reaching their destination, they saw a bowl floating in the air, and inside the bowl was a foul of smelly, strange green substance.
"Pivis." Professor Connorth whispered to the freshmen, "This is a prankster kid. Then Professor Connorth raised his voice, "Pivis! Get out of here! Otherwise, I want you to look good! ”
"It's boring!" Accompanied by a hippie voice, a big-eyed, thick-mouthed imp appeared in the air, smoky from the waist down, "Ah, new friends, come and bow to your Lord Pivis!" ”。
"Get out of here!" Professor Connorth shouted again.
Sensing Connorth's anger, Pivis stuck out his tongue, threw the bowl away, and swished! Ran away with a thud. The contents of the bowl were spilled all over the place.
With a wave of his hand, the strange smell of things instantly burst into flames, and in a matter of seconds, they burned clean.
"You've got to be careful with this guy, and of course, just don't care about his shenanigans." Connorth led the group on.
"Okay, this is your key, everyone should keep it, if you lose it, you will pay a fine of 20 gold coins, this is your common room." Standing outside a door, Connors pointed to the door and said, opening the door, inside was a long passageway.
Behind the passage is a cosy round house, and although it is summer, it doesn't feel hot at all. This is the common room for new students at the Brunskol Branch.
Professor Connors took the boys and girls to the dormitory door in batches. Each communal lounge is connected to two dormitories, one for one for one male and one for the female.
They found themselves on one of the castle's towers, climbing up a spiral staircase to the highest floor, and finally found their own bed: four four-poster beds with crimson velvet curtains.
It's just too much of a luxury! Karel remembered the wooden bed in college, not only burst into tears, but also experienced the legendary school life after crossing over!
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Well, I'll just change it