Chapter 3: Dawn Academy (I)

Lorist slept in the dark, and was not awakened until noon the next day by the noise of the hall downstairs. Leaning lazily on the head of the bed and not wanting to get up, I don't know how long it took, I felt that the downstairs was not so noisy, and Lorist got up slowly.

On the stool next to the bed was a stack of new clothes, gray-and-white linen underwear, a blue and black woolen sweater, a black cowhide waistcoat, a gray lambskin tunic and black bloomers, and a pair of white woolen socks, and a pair of black cowhide boots next to the stool.

Lorist was very satisfied, Sister Louise knew her preferences, and chose a darker color when buying clothes, unlike some mercenaries, who wore them in a colorful way, which was more like a clown than a clown. However, the price of this new dress is not cheap, and it is estimated that it will cost more than a gold coin.

The clothes fit well, and the boots fit well. Inserting two daggers into the boots, attaching the crossbow to his left arm, hanging the shorter sword on the clasp at his waist, and then carrying the long sword diagonally behind him, he sorted out his money bag and waist bag, and looked at the room without missing anything, and then Lorist went out, locked the door, and went downstairs.

It was past the noon rush hour, and there were still more than twenty or thirty people sitting in the tavern hall with wine glasses, listening to the red-nosed old Mike reciting "The Death of the Gods" in a deep and mournful voice. This is an epic poem about the war between magicians and gods thousands of years ago, and the only regret is that the author takes the position of the gods, and denounces the war waged by the magicians who are also human beings against the gods as madness, and is deeply saddened by the fall of the gods. In addition to this flaw, this long poem has a beautiful language, plot twists and turns, and ups and downs, and has always been loved by the people. In addition to being sung by countless singers everywhere, the poem has also been adapted into dance music, plays and sketches, and performed in tavern theaters large and small.

Lorist sat down at an empty table, and some of the drinkers who knew him raised their glasses and said hello silently, and then continued to listen to old Mike's singing.

Sister Louise appeared at the table and lowered her voice: "I saw that you slept soundly in the morning, so I won't wake you up." It's handsome and fits perfectly, doesn't it?"

Loris nodded: "It's very comfortable to wear, so the eldest sister bothered." What else is there to eat now?"

"I got a batch of fresh cod in the morning, why don't you have one?"

"Well, let Madoff fry me a piece of cod, a bowl of pork rib soup, a plate of meat sausage scrambled egg rice, and a glass of black plum ale wine, I have to report to the academy in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, I'll go right away, I'll tell Madoff to hurry up, don't delay you to go to the academy to do business. ”

"Wait a minute," Lorist called to Sister Louise, who turned to leave, "There's no hurry to report to the academy, eldest sister, leave me a few days in that room on the second floor, and put my clothes boxes and stuff them in first, and also, give old Mike a glass of black plum ale and put it on my account." ”

After eating and drinking, he left the tavern, and waited for a while on the side of the street, when he saw a light open-top taxi carriage passing by.

Lorist hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "Go to Dawn Academy." ”

"All right, fifteen coppers, sit down. The coachman, dressed in brown uniform, shook the reins, and the Dramont striped horse, which was pulling the cart, began to run with a brisk pace.

Ten minutes later, the carriage stopped at the gate of Dawn Academy, and Lorist handed the coachman a small silver coin, took the five copper coins he was looking for as a tip, and stepped out of the carriage with the coachman's unspoken thanks.

Located in the western college district of Moldant City, Dawn College is a comprehensive college, ranking fifth among nearly twenty colleges in Moldant City and ninth among the top ten most prestigious colleges in the Continent of Gelintea.

The statue of a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, wielding a sword and slaying a huge evil dragon at her feet, sits in front of the gate of the academy. This brave little girl is Loria, the goddess of the sun, the eldest daughter of Sigvar, the god of light, the god of the sun, and Daphrin, the goddess of the silver moon. In the myths and legends of the continent of Gelinthia, the dark dragon king of the Western Sea hated the light of the sun god Sigwa when he sat down and drove the car when he visited the world every day, and set a trap to lure the five divine horses pulling the cart to embark on the path of the abyss. At this critical moment, Loria, who was still a little girl, stepped forward to fight the Dark Dragon King and successfully slay him, so that the five horses pulling the cart were back on the right path, allowing the light of the sun god to dispel the darkness in the sky, and also won herself the priesthood of the goddess of the dawn.

Dawn, when dawn breaks, light is coming. In the legends of the gods of Gelintya, the goddess of the dawn represents courage and hope.

Bypassing the statue of the young girl who had been privately complained about by the academy students as an evil dragon, Lorist stood in front of the gate of the Dawn Academy. It is said that it is a gate, but in fact, there is no such thing as a door frame, a door frame, and a door leaf. In fact, the boulevard in front of you and the statue of the goddess of dawn behind it are the gates to the academy.

Lorist sighed softly, and took out a two-finger-wide black iron brand from his waist bag and pinned it on his chest, the black iron brand was shaped like a broad sword, and the sword was also embellished with three silver stars. This is a vindictive badge that represents the three stars of Black Iron.

There is no way, you must wear a vindictive badge when entering and leaving the college, which is one of the regulations of the college, in addition, the professor has the identity badge of the professor, the teaching has the identity badge of the teaching, and the student has the identity badge of the student, which must also be worn.

Lorist pinned another badge to the Fighting Badge, and a long sword was plunged into the earth, with the rising sun in the middle of the wheel behind him. Unlike the Black Iron Fighting Badge, this badge is made of gold, and in the Dawn Academy, this badge represents the dual teaching status of swordsmanship and fighting spirit.

There were a few young men and girls wearing the uniforms of the students of the Dawn Academy jumping in front of them, about fourteen or fifteen, they should be new students who have just entered the academy. Lorist knew that more than a month ago was the day to recruit new students, looking at these young boys and girls, he couldn't help but recall himself ten years ago, like them, time flies so fast.

These young boys and girls didn't care when they saw Lorist for the first time, there were many students in the academy, in their thirties and forties, but when they saw the gold badge on Lorlist's chest, they were startled, and they hurriedly stood on the side of the road, bowing their heads respectfully and saluting.

Lorist smiled and nodded, and continued on his way. At Dawn Academy, it is the most basic polite requirement for students to give way when they meet and learn.

There was a chatter full of surprise from behind him: "He is Teacher Locke, the legendary black iron gold teacher of our academy!"

"The Black Iron Three-Star Fighting Spirit Badge and the Gold Teaching Badge, what they said is true, it is said that even the Silver Swordsman is not his opponent, and he is known as the Silver Invincible ......"

"I really hope that our Dou Qi Sect is him, for three consecutive years, all the students he led have awakened their Dou Qi, and the batch of students from three years ago are now all Black Iron Rank......

"I listened to the seniors and they said ......"

“......”

In the continent of Gelintya, fighting spirit and swordsmanship represent strength. The fighting spirit is divided into bronze, black iron, silver, and gold four levels, and each level is divided into one, two, three or three strength stages, and the golden third order fighting spirit is the Great Sword Master and the Sword Saint. It is rare to stay in the three-star peak of black iron for three or four years like Lorlist, except for the promotion of the golden third-order peak stage to the great sword master, it is necessary to rely on comprehension to break through, basically the three stages of bronze, black, iron and silver of the fighting spirit, when they reach the three-star peak, they will quickly break through, which is also the main reason why Lorist has become a legend and joke of the Dawn Academy.

Ten years ago, a carriage with a badge of a roaring bear's head sent a fourteen-year-old nobleman from the far north of the Krisson Empire to Dawn Academy. Madoff, the fat chef of the current Red Crow Tavern, who was still setting up a food stall with his parents at the gate of Dawn Academy, still clearly remembers that the young nobleman who got off the carriage had one hundred and twenty disobediences written on his face, and the corner of his eye swept over the Madoff family as if he were careless, disdainful, cold, and extremely arrogant.

Within a month, Madoff had heard that the haughty young nobleman had been severely injured in a confrontation at the academy and had been bedridden for three months.

It had been more than three months since he saw the young nobleman again, and Madoff noticed that the haughty young nobleman was gone, and a young man with a curious face and a sunny smile stood in front of him, holding out a hand to him: "Hey, hello, my name is Norton Lorlist, what about you?"

It was a long time before Madoff realized that Lorist had befriended him purely because he couldn't stand the clear soup and rice provided to the students by Dawn Academy, black bread, mashed potatoes, and vegetable soup, three meals a day, and the meal remained the same. forced Lorist to go to the Madoff's food stall to cook some hometown food for himself to satisfy his hunger.

Madoff couldn't forget the first time Lorist showed off his cooking skills at the food stall, and his parents watched in amazement as Lorist made unheard of and enticing dishes from the humble ingredients at his food stall, and his younger siblings drooled at them.

At that time, the Madoff's food stall sold boiled apples, boiled edamame, roasted potatoes and sausages, and some braised haggis and other appetizers, which was just enough to make ends meet with a few big silver coins a month. As a result, after Lorlist's arrival, Madoff's food stall quickly became a popular food destination among the students, and its teppanyaki flavor and scrambled egg rice with meat sausage swept the entire college district, and business boomed for a while.

The young Madoff worked hard to learn from Lorist the so-called traditional cuisine of Lorlist's hometown, and Lorist taught him, in his words, Madoff had a talent for being a great chef. In the young Madoff's mind, Lorlist's hometown must be the land of legendary and mysterious food, and he hopes to visit it with a pious heart in the future.

Finally, Lorist couldn't stand Madoff's entanglement and inquirement about his hometown, and he told Madoff very seriously that in fact, these dishes were not the traditional cuisine of his hometown, but a cooking book passed down from his family. It is said that this is a recipe for the secrets of those magicians who enjoyed it thousands of years ago, and their ancestors also got it by chance. It's a pity that many of the ingredients are no longer available, so I just changed it and used the existing ingredients to choose some common production methods to make the current food.

Madoff then died of a pilgrimage to the land of gastronomy.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye, and Madoff's parents, who had made a small fortune, were tired of the busy city stall life, and bought a small farm in the suburbs to take Madoff's younger siblings to farm, and Madoff was also hired as a chef at the Crow Tavern with a high salary. Lorist was only nineteen years old at the time, the Dou Qi rank of the Black Iron Two Star, because of his swordsmanship, he had just been invited by the academy to become a trainee swordsmanship teacher, and he became a teacher for the first time, and his future was bright.

Another five years have passed, Madoff is still the chef of the Red Crow Tavern, and Lorist has become a legendary golden teacher of swordsmanship and vindictiveness at the Dawn Academy. It's just that this winner of the Golden Teaching Badge, his fighting spirit has been stagnant at the peak rank of the Black Iron Three-Star Peak, and it has been nearly four years now, and he still can't break through to the silver rank, which has become a joke in the Academy District of Moriente City, a genius in swordsmanship, and the waste of fighting spirit refers to Lorlist.

Except for those colleges that are not in the stream, the teachers hired by the slightly famous colleges are basically above the silver rank, like the Dawn Academy, which ranks among the top ten in the Galinthia Continent, and some of the apprenticeship teachers in it are all silver three-star ranks. And Lorlist, who has become a double golden training of swordsmanship and fighting spirit with the black iron rank of Dou Qi, is unique, and is naturally ridiculed and hostile.

The reason for obtaining the golden training of Dou Qi is that for three consecutive years, all the students in the Dou Qi Enlightenment Class led by Lorist have awakened their Dou Qi, and this 100% success rate is unprecedented, even in the Dou Qi Enlightenment Class led by a great sword master, only twenty-five of the twenty-six noble students awakened the Dou Qi, and the remaining students were rated as thin in bloodline power and could not awaken the Dou Qi. The success rate of the awakening of the students' fighting spirit has been praised as the highest, and in the general fighting spirit enlightenment class, two-thirds of the students can awaken the fighting spirit can be described as extremely successful.

And the vindictive spirit enlightenment class that Lorist brought for the first time, the seventeen students in the class, none of them were nobles, all of them were commoners, and no one was willing to bring the result to Lorist, and within one semester, all the seventeen students awakened the vindictiveness, which shocked the entire academy. In the second year, there were a total of thirty-one people in the Douqi enlightenment class led by Lorist, and all of them awakened their vindictive spirit in one semester. So in the third year, the Douqi enlightenment class led by Lorist reached fifty-nine people, of which more than ten were noble students, and the most eye-catching were the three students who had failed to awaken their Douqi.

It's not that if you fail to awaken your fighting spirit, you can no longer awaken your fighting spirit, but the success rate is extremely low. But towards the end of a semester, these three students who had failed in the past, like the others, all successfully awakened their fighting spirit. At this time, not only Dawn Academy was a sensation, but the rest of the entire Moriente City was shocked. Lorist became a legend at once, and the results of all the new students awakening their vindictive spirit for three consecutive years and three semesters made Lorest indisputably wear the golden badge of vindictive teaching.

As for the gold badge for swordsmanship training, it was won by Lorist in a duel. In the past three years, the students of the silver rank of Dawn Academy have taught and practiced nearly 100 duels, without a single defeat, not only earning a sum of money, but also winning the title of silver invincible.

Walking along the boulevard, Lorist recalled the bits and pieces of the past ten years in the college, with gains and losses, sweetness and bitterness......