Chapter 13: Dean Levins

Looking at the empty school field, Lorist stopped, and there seemed to be a scene in front of him standing on the dilapidated bluestone platform and speaking to more than 200 students who were taking swordsmanship instruction classes......

"What? You want to learn advanced and subtle swordsmanship, and you don't want to practice the basic movements of swordsmanship? That three-year-old kid can practice it? Bullshit! You don't even know how to run? Do you know what swordsmanship is? What is the difference between the two? Who knows? You, yes, it's you, you tell me. ”

"Wrong! Your statement is too one-sided! I tell you, all of them will give me a neck and listen carefully, and no one will be so kind to tell you in the future! Swordsmanship is about knocking down the opponent in the fastest time, in the most appropriate, most convenient, and most labor-saving way. Swordsmanship, on the other hand, is a method of connecting several efficient swordsmanship movements for exercise. But it's too early for you to practice swordsmanship! It's like building a house before you have laid the foundation, and in the future it will be blown down when the wind blows. ”

"Why do you want to practice the eight basic movements of swordsmanship? It's very simple, no matter what kind of swordsmanship moves are inseparable from these eight styles, stabbing, slashing, teasing, gridding, picking, sweeping, wiping, and blocking. I want you to practice the basic movements of these eight styles of swordsmanship, and to practice these eight styles to become the instinctive reaction of your body. In this way, even if your opponent's sword is so fast that your eyes can't see clearly, your body's instinctive reaction can automatically perform these eight basic movements to save you from a critical moment. Only when you reach this point can you say that you have the power to protect yourself in swordsmanship. ”

"Yes, this is my personal sword training know-how, and I will tell you without reservation today. I believe you have also seen me challenge the duel of the Silver Teaching, the reason why I won is that I have practiced the eight basic movements of this swordsmanship into the instinctive reaction of the body, there is no invincible swordsmanship, only the most solid basic movements, can allow me to rely on the instinctive reaction of the body to make the most direct counterattack in the duel, so you saw that I only made a few swords to win. ”

"Swordsmanship? Now to let you practice swordsmanship is to fool you, if you don't practice the basic swordsmanship well, no matter how good the swordsmanship is, it is a showmanship, and looking beautiful is actually bluffing. You all don't talk nonsense, cheer me up, practice the basic movements of swordsmanship seriously, practice all the eight styles a thousand times, and the top 20 who practice the most seriously will get my swordsmanship guidance. ”

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The scene of the past is no longer repeated, time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed. The Icardo Badge has returned to the Academy's Hall of Honor, awaiting its next owner. Ever since Lorist received the Golden Badge of Fighting Spirit last year, he asked the academy to create this double gold badge for himself representing swordsmanship and Fighting Spirit. Return the Icardor badge to the academy, and whoever wants to get it will go and win another thirty-game winning streak.

Lorist remembered his original excuse: "The three badges are too ugly to pin on the chest, and those who don't know think I'm selling badges, so let's just merge the two gold badges." ”

Fortunately, the college was reasonable and agreed to its request.

But what is the idea of this dead old man of Dean Levins? Lorist didn't believe Shi Fatzi's statement that the academy wanted to earn registration fees on those challengers, if Dawn Academy was reduced to relying on registration fees to sustain itself, it would have been removed from the top ten colleges ranked by Gaylintya. To put it simply, I can't afford to lose that person.

In the past three years, I have dealt with Dean Levens several times, and in Lorist's heart, this dead old man is definitely a representative of the term old treacherous and slippery, and if he is not careful, he has to help him count the money if he is sold. You have to be very careful when dealing with him.

At the beginning of this year, the academy organized an expedition team to the Ruins Islands, and Lorist wanted to calm himself down in order to let go of his emotional entanglements, and secondly, he wanted to take advantage of the many middle and high-level magical beasts on the Ruins Islands to experience and see if he could break through the peak state of bright energy for half a year and enter the realm of dark energy. So he went to see Dean Levens and said that he wanted to join the expedition.

As a result, Klude first intervened and tried it privately with Lorlist. Then Dean Levens, under the pretext that Lorist's fighting spirit did not reach the silver rank and did not meet the requirements for participating in the expedition team, forced Lorist to agree to several conditions, and then arranged for Lorist to join the expedition team as a life assistant.

Standing at the door of the dean's office, Lorist took a deep breath, calmed down his breath of climbing five flights of stairs in a row, and reached out to knock on the door.

"Please come in. ”

Lorist pushed the door in.

"Oh, it's little Locke, back?"

Lorist bowed his head: "Yes, Dean, I'm back." ”

Dean Levins smiled kindly: "Come, sit down, I'll make you a cup of Max to taste, this is a new product this year, and it tastes good." ”

"Oh, you're welcome, Dean, I'm not thirsty. Lorist hurriedly excused himself.

"Sit and sit, come to me and don't be inhibited, just like your own home. Dean Levins pounded the Macks in a small silver bowl, poured them into a silver pot and water, and boiled them on the stove.

"Little Locke, do you know about the duel notice from the Academy?"

"Got it, but Dean, I don't understand, is it just like Schreed said that this duel is for the challenger's entry fee?Or is there some other reason I don't know?" Lorist was a little dissatisfied, after all, he was the object of the challenge.

"Hehe, little Locke, I know you have an opinion about the arrangement of the academy. The Academy made the decision for you without your consent. If it were me, I would be upset as well. But this time it happened suddenly, so I had to wronged you first. I hope you can fight for the academy this time and slap those academy in the face. ”

Dean Levens sat down on the chair in front of Lorlist: "The situation this time is a bit complicated, let me start from the beginning, and I hope you can understand the distress of this old man." ”

"Do you know the Yellow Ribbon Academy next door to our academy?"

"You know, their butler training and swordsman guard training are excellent. Lorist replied.

"Two months ago, their old director, Sir Arisburg, had died of a heart attack. Alas, the incident suddenly did not leave a will, and several of his children fought over the family property. No one wants to inherit the Jazz business, and they are ready to sell the Yellow Ribbon Academy as a whole and divide the money. When I heard the news, I sent someone to negotiate, and finally spent 180,000 gold fords to merge the Yellow Ribbon Academy into our college. ”

Dean Levins was quite proud of this, although Yellow Ribbon College was not famous, ranking relatively low among more than twenty colleges in the College District of Moriente City, it also had a history of fifty or sixty years, and the campus area was one-third the size of Dawn College. It only cost 180,000 gold fords, and no matter how you look at it, it's a good deal. In particular, the Yellow Ribbon Academy and the Dawn Academy are adjacent to each other, and they can be merged as one as long as the middle wall is removed.

"Oh, that's a good thing, with the merger of the Yellow Ribbon Academy, then the strength of our Dawn Academy has increased again, and maybe we can go further in the ranking of the top ten colleges. Lorist hurriedly congratulated.

"Although it is a good thing, the financial pressure brought to us by the 180,000 gold fords is not small. Dean Levens lifted the silver pot from the stove, placed a silver cup in front of himself and Lorlist, and poured in the piping hot Max.

"Here's milk, here's bee candy crystals, add whatever flavor you like. I'm old, but I still like to drink plain. Dean Levens held up the cup in his hand, gently blowing the heat on the cup, and motioned for Lorist to take care of himself.

"The annual tuition income of our college is 60,000 to 70,000 gold merits, plus social donations are also 20,000 or 30,000, plus the miscellaneous income of the college's industries outside the college, the total annual income is about 110,000 or 120,000 gold coins. It seems like a lot, but our expenses are not small, the salary and welfare subsidies of the academy's teachers and employees are 50,000 to 60,000 yuan every year, and the loss and replenishment of teaching materials and equipment also cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year. ”

In addition, the financial support for poor students, the reward for outstanding students also costs about 10,000 yuan per year, as well as the experimental funds for pharmacy, and the research fund for more than a dozen professional courses also costs 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. For example, this year's expedition to the Ruins Islands cost more than 4,000 gold coins. In addition, there are some other miscellaneous expenses in the college, to put it simply, an annual income of 120,000 yuan, and if you are lucky at the end of the year, you may have thousands or 10,000 savings. ”

Dean Levins sighed: "Spending 180,000 gold fords to merge the Yellow Ribbon Academy, although the cost is huge, it is related to the development and growth of our Dawn Academy, and this opportunity should not be missed." It's just that the savings of our Dawn Academy over the years and the mortgage of several properties in Morent City only allowed us to raise 150,000 gold coins. Thinking that the merger of Yellow Ribbon College would require some renovation costs, I decided to apply to the College Association to obtain a loan of 50,000 gold fords to make our Dawn College better. ”

Speaking of this, Dean Levins began to be a little excited: "I didn't expect that I was humiliated when I applied for a loan at the academy fraternity! That old bastard Weston actually said what kind of loan, as long as our Dawn Academy quits both the gold and silver teachings, the academy will have plenty of funds, anyway, our academy can even become a gold instructor with a fighting spirit in the black iron rank, why don't you just find more black iron teaching, which is practical and cheap, and can also save money, this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone!"

"What a bastard! I got into an argument with the old bastard on the spot. Do you know what that old bastard said? He said that our academy's claim that the silver invincible Locke was not that powerful at all, and that our academy deliberately touted it for the sake of publicity and the need to recruit new students. The reason is that a few of the Silver Instructors who resigned when you crossed the challenge are now working at San Marceau, and they say that they left because the Academy forced them to deliberately lose to you, so that you can get thirty consecutive victories and get the Icardo badge in order to create a hype of the word. ”

Dean Levins was very satisfied to see that Lorlist's hands were covered with green tendons, and he clenched the silver cup tightly: "At that time, I was angry, so I made a bet with that old bastard, I bet that you can pick all the silver teachings of San Marceau College without losing a game." At this time, the deans of the deans who were watching the excitement next to him also jumped out one after another, and they all wanted to participate. Therefore, it later became a bet between our college and all the other colleges in the college district, and the bet was the loan of 50,000 gold fords, and if we won it, our college did not have to pay it back. If you lose, not only will you have to repay the loan twice in the future, but I, an old man, will have to drink and publicly confess my mistakes to them. ”

"Little Locke, forgive an old man for being willful, letting you face so many challenges without your consent, but at that time, an old man like me, really couldn't bear this breath, especially against that old bastard at San Marceau's Academy. ”

San Marceau College is ranked eighth among the top ten colleges in Guelinthia and fourth out of more than 20 colleges in Morente City, just one place ahead of Dawn College. Both the teachers and students of Dawn Academy regard surpassing the ranking of San Marceau College as their greatest goal and hope. In the same way, the faculty and students of San Marceau College are also trying to keep Dawn College from surpassing their own academy rankings. The two academies are natural rivals. And the old bastard Dean Levins was referring to Dean Weston of San Massow College.

Lorist stood up: "Thank you Dean for Michael, it tastes really good." I've got to take my leave, rest assured, I won't let you down. ”

"Don't rush to go, wait first, there's still something to do," Dean Levins tugged at a bell rope by the wall, and soon a middle-aged female clerk came over from the next office.

"Lianna, go and get the paper bag in the file room with Locke's name written on it. Dean Levins commanded.

The paper bag with Norton Lorist's name on it was quickly delivered, and Dean Levins opened the paper bag, revealing a string of copper keys: "Little Locke, as the double gold teacher of our college, I can't assign you a separate teaching residence because our college has limited conditions before. Now that the Yellow Ribbon Academy has been merged, it has land and capabilities, so a number of houses have been built at the end of Moon Lake as a residential area for the college's golden teaching. This is assigned to you, on the 35th of the month, you just go over there to find Aunt Scarlett, who is in charge. ”

Lorist took the bronze key and was about to say goodbye, but Dean Levins said, "By the way, there are two other things that I almost forgot. One is that the Douqi Enlightenment Class will officially start seven days later, and this time the number of people is a little larger, so the academy arranged them in the auditorium of the former Yellow Ribbon Academy. Another thing is that the academy has allowed the official establishment of the Sword Club, and the station of the Sword Club is arranged in the swordsman training hall of the former Yellow Ribbon Academy. You are the president elected by the students, and you will improve the rules and regulations of the swordsmanship club as soon as possible. In addition, the matter proposed by the Law Enforcement Department to let the elite members of the Sword Fighting Society serve as the reserve force of the Law Enforcement Department, you and Director Schrader should discuss how to handle it, don't forget. ”

"Okay, Dean, I know what to do. ”