25. The first lesson
Except for Adam, who was silent all night, the other mage apprentices gathered together and excitedly discussed the new life that had begun to take shape, and the transcendent profession of mage was finally in a place where they could actually touch.
After all, they were only underage children, and the temporary conflict did not leave such a heavy shadow in their hearts, and after getting together, Randy quickly put the unhappiness just now in his mind, and turned to worry about another problem - his soul talent, curse.
Obviously, curses aren't included in the normal category, and embarrassingly that doesn't mean they're powerful, but rather useless.
Quentin patted him comfortingly and said, "Master Mage once said that although soul affinity is important, it is not the main factor in whether you can become a mage, so you don't have to worry so much. Hmph, I think it's that guy to worry about. ”
Everyone knew that he was talking about Adam, and Krystel, who still maintained his innocence and kindness in his heart, said with some concern: "Is it really okay for us to isolate Adam like this? After all, we are from the same place, shouldn't we help each other? "Krystal was referring to Adam's choice to break the rune group at the end.
Randy snorted coldly and said, "We didn't want to isolate him, I think he looked down on us, looking at the way he looked, maybe he laughed at us all fools in his heart." Hmph, he'll pay for his arrogance. ”
"But ......"
"We're about to get in touch with more advanced knowledge, and we're going to get stronger and stronger, and he thinks it's a ship where he can be powerful?" The group of apprentices from the Mage Continent don't have a friendly attitude towards us, and they don't choose to unite at this time, and they are still mavericks," Quentin said mockingly, "I'm waiting for the day when he comes to us for help." ”
Ophelia felt that the conversation was a little harsh, and she remembered what Adam had said a month ago, that the weak alliance had no meaning, and for some reason this phrase kept appearing in her heart, upsetting her: "Okay, I think we should rest, being late on the first day will definitely leave a bad impression on the mage's mind." ”
Ophelia left straight away, she lived in the same room as Criestel, and when the door closed, Crystel whispered, "Miss Ophelia, we blame Adam, aren't we?"
Ophelia's footsteps paused, but after all, he didn't say anything, and Krystal didn't ask, and returned to the room alone.
Early the next morning, Adam finished the rune outline all night, contacted the spiritual power to solidify the rune and optimized it until now, he had a faint idea. Just as a magic is composed of rune groups, can the spiritual power solidification runes also be outlined in a group way, through different rune structures, can they be composed into another more complex style, can it be more efficient to strengthen the spiritual power?
Thinking of this, Adam couldn't help but look forward to the course even more, starting today, the Master's practice will be systematically guided, which is far more efficient than crossing the river by feeling the stones by himself.
Still the veteran apprentice who led the way yesterday, he unified the new batch of apprentices and handed out the basic supplies needed for life in the Moldor Academy, including gray robes, tokens representing status, detailed maps, and of course, these are all charged.
The academy was very efficient, and the contribution of the desert island apprentice on the ship had been settled overnight, and everyone was even more dissatisfied with him when they saw that Adam had significantly more power stones in his hands than everyone else and the secondary aether crystals he had obtained.
Adam first carefully read the course schedule, it seems that the first year is indeed the compulsory education stage, and the time of all the courses is staggered, so as to ensure that the apprentices will not miss another because of one course, and the first class this morning is rune knowledge.
The map marked the location of the main facilities in the academy, and Adam was attracted by a building called the Mission Hall at this moment, the senior apprentice happened to say: "Except for the first year, there are almost no free things in the academy, and even if it is free for a while, it will pay a greater price in the future." However, apprentices are encouraged to create their own value, and if you feel that resources are not enough, you can go to the mission hall to accept the quest and the reward will not disappoint. ”
Speaking of this, his expression was a little weird: "Moreover, some missions will bring you a very exciting experience. But you're lucky, because the Tower has just lost the war, and the number of apprentices is much smaller than in previous years, resulting in a huge backlog of tasks that no one can complete, and you can probably support yourself easily, if you're not really stupid. ”
"Take your identity tokens, enter the room information, and from now on your dormitory will be your private territory, and you have the right to kill the trespasser without any responsibility. The power stones you have in your hands can also be deposited into tokens, and the cafeteria provides this service for only one percent of the fee. ”
The senior apprentice left, and according to the course schedule, the newcomers must now hurry up and enjoy breakfast before starting their first lesson.
The cafeteria of the academy was huge, divided into two areas, and there was no mage in it, and it was clear that the mage would not eat with the apprentices.
The food provided in the canteen in the first district has no ordinary food, most of them are demonic beast meat with special energy, and the price of each food is clearly marked on the huge light curtain, and their effects are explained one by one.
For example: the whole bright bird, the price is ten units of energy stones, and it has a weak effect of purifying spiritual power. The whole dire fish, the price of four units of energy stones, has a slight effect on removing mental exhaustion. In addition to these foods with special functions, there are also the cheapest ordinary Warcraft meat, which has no effect and is worth 0.5 units of energy stones.
Adam walked to the window and deposited the power stones in his hand into the identity token, the number was about eight hundred units, obviously this was not enough to last long, he had to find a stable source of income, otherwise he would be in danger of starving to death.
The other Desert Island Apprentices looked embarrassed, they got fewer power stones, even if they only ate the cheapest food every day, they were a little stretched, and before they had no source of income, they could only choose to go to the second area to eat some mundane food.
This made the local apprentices on the side even more disdainful of them, as natives, even if their parents were not mages, they also worked for mages, and the rewards they received on weekdays were also power stones, which were naturally much more generous than desert island apprentices.
"Poor ghost. Someone screamed disdainfully.
The disdainful voices made their faces flush, and William and Ophelia sighed softly, no matter what, at least there was no way for the two of them to watch their companions so embarrassed for the first day.
"Alright guys, everything will be fine, now, come with me. William patted Quentin and Randy and said softly.
Adam came to the first area alone and sat down, there was a menu on each table, Adam curiously ordered a copy of the bright bird in the first row of the menu, a protrusion rose on the table, Adam swiped the identity token on it, the fee was automatically deducted, and then a mechanical golem came to serve food.
These mechanical golems are all the masterpieces of alchemists, and although they are used for service, Adam can still feel the strong aura emanating from their energy cores, and it can be said that such a puppet is definitely not something that Adam can resist now.
The taste of the food was worthy of their high price, the body of the monster was as huge as ever, the monster called the bird was more than the turkey on the earth, Adam cut a slice of meat and put it in his mouth, the intense flavor exploded between the taste buds, bringing him great pleasure.
"It's no wonder that the mages rarely ate at the banquets in the past, it turns out that the food in the mage continent is so delicious. ”
The deliciousness of the food makes Adam, who has never cared about low-level enjoyment, a little obsessed, and with the process of eating, the special energy in the food is also integrated into the body, purifying the spiritual power, as the name suggests, makes the spiritual power more condensed, but this is not very useful for Adam, it can only be said that it is better than nothing.
Whatever the reason, all the apprentices came to the first area for the first meal of the first day, and they showed their heartfelt admiration for the food they had eaten, but the apprentices on the desert island were a little worried after enjoying it.
After Adam destroyed his food, he left the cafeteria alone and followed the map to the rune knowledge class.
Because it was a low-level free course, there was no senior apprentice here, there was still half an hour before the scheduled time, and the instructor was not present, Adam randomly chose a seat and waited quietly.
After a while, the rest of the apprentices also arrived, and a second before the class time came, the instructor walked into the classroom on time, without any nonsense, and said directly: "James, my name, high-level mage apprentice." You don't need to call me a tutor, I will only talk about all the knowledge once, if you don't understand it, you can find me after class, however, there is a fee for make-up lessons. ”
Adam temporarily stopped the other threads and stared intently at James.
"Today's content is symbolic qualities and meditation. ”
Adam realized that he had wasted an opportunity to teach runic nature in his first lesson.
Sure enough, James's statement was no different from what Master Black had told him, and the other apprentices were not surprised by it, and it was clear that it was just the foundation of the basics.
"Next is the meditation method. ”
"The name Meditation Method is the ancient name of the mage plane, and now it has another name, called the Spiritual Power Solidification Rune Group, but because it is too awkward, most mages still call it that. ”
Adam keenly captured James's words, the rune group, and sure enough, the spiritual power solidification rune is not a single existence.