Chapter 20: The First Lesson
Opening the course schedule, Li Qing looked at the dense courses on it, there were more than a dozen key courses with the red line underlined alone, plus a large number of important extraordinary professional courses, which meant that he had to introduce these dozen or so basic courses within these two months.
After two months, he left the Mentor's castle and went to the Fragment of an unknown plane, at which point he needed to study on his own.
It is not until these foundational courses are integrated that the next stage of learning can begin.
In order to take care of the Warlord apprentices, the academy has divided these courses into N sections, and only after mastering the previous content can you learn the next content.
"Philosophy of Magic, Theory of Magic, History of Human Civilization, History of the Eternal Sacred Tree, World System, Heterotopic Creatures, Heterotopic Plants, Race History, ....."
These disciplines may seem to have little to do with magic, but they are actually some prerequisites that are very necessary for the discipline of magic.
Becoming a mage doesn't mean just meditating, meditation is the core, but becoming a good mage also requires a lot of knowledge.
There is a saying that the strength of a mage is equal to the gold coin, and the richer the mage, the stronger the power.
There is another sentence that says well, a mage who can rub fireballs is not necessarily a good mage, but a mage who can only rub fireballs must not be a good mage, and the same three-ring fireball technique has different power in the hands of different mages.
The difference is not only in wealth, but also in the knowledge possessed by the mage.
A mage with a great deal of knowledge can add a large number of supermagic skills to the fireball technique, stacking the power of a three-ring fireball spell to the five-ring level.
And the mage who can only rub the fireball casts a three-ring fireball spell.
That's the gap.
So...
"Start class!"
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Qing applied for several courses the next day through the castle's internal network, and signed up for seven days in one go.
The large classroom was in a certain section of the second ring of the castle, and when Li Qing came over, he saw many heroes or professionals holding books to different classrooms.
These heroes or professionals were all dressed in gray robes, and when they saw Li Qing wearing the black robe that represented the apprentice of the War Lord, their faces showed envy.
This is the real fandom.
Everyone is human, but after just one awakening ceremony, I am just an ordinary professional, and he is a high-ranking war lord, and there is a huge difference in both future and strength, so it can be said that there is no comparison.
There were hundreds of seats in the huge classroom, which was almost full when Li Qing arrived, but in front of the center of the classroom, there were two rows of 17 seats with backrests, but most of them were empty.
Li Qing entered the classroom, walked to the center under the envious gaze of everyone, and sat down casually.
These 17 seats are reserved for the Warlord's apprentices, regardless of whether they come to class or not, these 17 seats are empty, and other apprentices are not allowed to sit in them.
That's the privilege of their 17 Warlord apprentices.
Other professionals need to pay high tuition fees to come over, and not only do they not need tuition, but they also have a subsidy from their mentor every quarter, and this is the gap.
Assistant Abram is a fourth-order traditional mage who is responsible for teaching all mage apprentices initiation courses, including the philosophy of magic, the principles of the world, the history of human civilization, the history of the Eternal Sacred Tree, and more.
By the time the assistant teacher came, the seventeen War Lord apprentices had already reached thirteen, and no one dared to sit down in the empty seats.
Those who didn't come were basically preparing to take the melee route, so naturally they didn't need to come to learn these magic-related courses.
Abram flipped through the textbooks, raised his head and swept over the several War Lord apprentices in front of him, his eyes skimmed over Li Qingshi, paused slightly, knocked on the desk, and said in a deep voice:
"Now for the lesson, the first lesson of the day is the philosophy of magic and the principles of the world."
"The philosophy of magic, the way you think about magic, the world, and everything in the world, is the cornerstone of everything, and it determines what you ultimately achieve in the world of magic."
"Don't underestimate it, the right way of thinking can bring what you see closer to the reality of the world, so that you can make the right choices when it comes to important choices, which will cover your entire life course in the future."
"The power of the elements is the foundation that makes up everything, even the Eternal Divine Tree that carries human civilization is built on the four basic elements."
"The rules constitute the framework of our world, and it is divided into two kinds, one is the underlying rules, and the other is the derivative law, the huge Chaotic Void Sea is a huge underlying framework, and the plane located on the Chaotic Void Sea, including the Eternal Divine Tree where human civilization is located, is composed of the underlying rules and derivative laws."
"The more perfect the rules and laws, the stronger and larger the level of power carried by the plane, and the higher the level of the plane."
"Like the fragment of this plane that we are descending on now, its basic rule framework has been shattered, and only some remnants of derivative laws remain, which has caused this plane to be unable to develop and expand, and the upper limit of the power that the plane can carry is also limited, and it cannot withstand the powerful energy above the sixth order."
"And the Eternal Divine Tree of human civilization itself is a supreme lord plane with all the underlying rules, which can contain almost unlimited power, like the four supreme monarchs have a terrifying power that is not inferior to the supreme god of the previous era, which is a power that even a giant plane cannot carry in the chaotic void sea."
"The underlying rules of the foundation cannot be changed, and you probably can't grasp it, or even touch it."
"The only thing you're likely to have access to is the derivative rules."
"When your career level reaches the eighth and ninth ranks, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with the derivative rules, and once you master the rules that belong to you, you can be promoted to the tenth order legendary powerhouse."
Speaking of which, Assistant Teacher Abram suddenly looked at the Central Magic Apprentices and said with a smile:
"In fact, the War Lord's Divine Domain itself is a plane, containing the basic derivative rules related to the plane, as long as you can successfully promote to the official War Lord, you can touch these rules."
"In other words, as long as you can become an official War Lord, the biggest obstacle to advancing to the rank of Legend will disappear, and the official War Lord will definitely become a Legend."
After saying this, all the apprentices set their sights on the Central War Lord apprentices.
In the face of everyone's envious and jealous eyes, some were calm, some were proud, and some couldn't help but smile.
"Bang!"
A loud bang startled everyone, and seeing Assistant Abram knocking on the table, obviously tapping lightly but like a hammer, he looked at the dozen or so War Lord apprentices and said loudly:
"Don't be complacent, don't be complacent, do you think that if you are promoted to an official war lord, you will definitely be promoted to a legend?"
"Hmph, this must be premised on your own strength and knowledge to meet the standard, the Divine Domain only provides you with an opportunity to touch the derivative law in an all-round way, if your own strength and knowledge accumulation are not up to the standard, even if you touch the derivative law every day, you will not be able to promote the legend."
"So put away your little thoughts, don't be too ambitious, listen to the lectures honestly, and insist on meditating every day to accumulate mana."
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With a warning, the complacency of several Warlord apprentices was shattered, and everyone sat honestly and listened to the lecture.
The class lasted almost an hour before it ended.
As soon as the teacher left, there was a commotion in the classroom, and many people gathered around the center to talk to these War Lord apprentices, and even Li Qing surrounded several of them.
Most of them want to get to know each other, some want to be their little brothers, and some ask if they need heroes or professionals in their god domain to work for them.
Li Qing lacks one or two heroes and a few professionals, but this kind of thing must be decided after understanding the situation first.
So he neither agreed nor refused, but just exchanged friends first.
Any Warlord will need to recruit a number of heroes and pros.
Professionals can say that this is equivalent to an enhanced version of the class, because the professional can learn a variety of professional skills, and with high-quality equipment, it is equivalent to an elite class of the same level.
The biggest difference between them and the class is that there is theoretically no upper limit on the level of the professional.
There is an upper limit for the troops, for example, Li Qing's Imperial Infantry in the Divine Domain is now promoted to a maximum of four ranks.
And the professional theoretically has no upper limit, theoretically can be promoted all the way, sixth, seventh, eighth, until promoted to legend.
Of course, this is just a theory, and in fact the probability of a professional being promoted to a legend is very low.
Heroes, on the other hand, are enhanced versions of professionals, and there is also no promotion ceiling.
But there are two things where heroes are stronger than professionals.
One is that heroes can lead troops, and one is that heroes have powerful hero skills.
After ordinary creatures are converted into troops by promotion runes, their bodies are digitized, and they must be commanded by heroes to maintain cohesion, and all actions must be commanded by heroes.
It is normal for an army without a general to command, just like an army without a general in ancient times, fighting separately, once there is an injury or casualty, human instinct will escape without the restraint of the general.
Once deserters begin to appear, without the command of a general, other soldiers will be affected by the cascade effect and will also flee, resulting in the rout of the entire army.
Heroes are generals.
The second advantage of heroes is that they have powerful hero skills.
Each time they move up a rank, they gain Hero Specialty Points, which can transform a skill that a hero has already mastered into a powerful Hero Skill, or increase a Strategic Skill Point that increases the strength of a class.
For example, a normal mage's fireball power is 100, and the explosion range is 10 meters in diameter.
The postoperative power of the Hero Fireball is 200, and the explosion radius is 20 meters in diameter.
Then the hero is upgraded to a level to get a little hero feat, which can strengthen the hero fireball technique, and the higher the rank, the greater the strengthening.
For example, at the first tier, the explosion radius is increased by another 10 meters, or the power is increased to 300.
At the second level, the range is strengthened, and the diameter can be increased by 20 meters at a time.
Then to the third order or the strengthening range, it can increase the diameter of 30 meters on the original basis at a time.
And so on, if you strengthen it more than five times in one go, the range of the Fireball Technique can reach a diameter range of more than 100 meters.
Even if the power remains unchanged in such a large range, it is also a Qing Xiaobing magic skill.
It's like the huge Burning Hand I saw on the road before is an enhanced hero spell, and the normal Burning Hand is just a Zero Ring spell, and the power is not so great.
In addition to directly increasing the base stats, the hero feats can also increase other effects of the hero's skills, such as adding a sea of fire effect to the fireball technique, which leaves a continuous burning flame in place after the fireball spell explodes.
New hero skills can also be added.
Through the enhancement of hero specialty points, you can strengthen each hero's skill to a very outrageous level, and even if you specialize in one hero skill, you can strengthen it to the point that it is comparable to war spells.
The so-called one trick is fresh, and it is eaten all over the world, and a hero only specializes in fireball techniques, and when he is promoted to the fifth or sixth order, he is also ridiculously strong.
The Warlord Apprentice is a hero by default, so he can also have hero skills, but now it's only level 0, and he hasn't learned a skill yet, and he doesn't have any hero specialty.
Coming out of the classroom, Li Qing went straight to another classroom, and the second class was a course on plane geography, heterogeneous creatures and heterogeneous plants.
This class is mainly to explain some geographical knowledge of different planes, analyze the specific geological structure inside the plane through some basic conditions of the plane, and speculate whether the mineral resources inside the plane are rich.
As for heterotopic organisms and heterotopic plants, these two courses are combined with plane geography, and the biological structure and plant structure inside the plane can be inferred through the information mastered.
Through these, it is possible to deduce the internal situation of the plane without entering the plane, so as to make a plan, or to know whether the plane has the value of a strategy without entering the plane, omitting investment and time.
These courses are required for Warlords.
And then there's the third class, meditation.
The instructor for this class is Abram, who will teach all the apprentices universal meditation methods for humans.
This is a kind of meditation method that all War Lord apprentices of the entire human civilization must learn by combining a variety of basic meditation methods from the predecessors of human civilization, and there is no one.
This meditation method combines all the advantages of basic meditation methods, is quick to get started, suitable for any talent and constitution, and is best suited for laying the foundation, even those of the divine throne lineage also use this meditation method.
Under the guidance of the teacher, it only took Li Qing two minutes to master the introduction of meditation, a general meditation method appeared on the attribute panel, and at the same time, the attribute of mana value appeared on his personal attribute panel.
Name: Qing Li.
Level: Level 1.
Mana: 1.1
Basic skills: one-handed LV1, running LV1, throwing LV1, general meditation LV1, 1/100.
Advanced Skill: None.
Combat Hero Skills: None.
The mana is 1 point when it is first activated, and the next 0.1 point is increased during a full meditation just now.
After getting started, it's a long time to meditate, meditating for a certain amount of time every day, and the progress varies depending on the talent.
When the accumulated mana reaches a certain level, you can advance to the rank.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the professional skills that need to reach a certain level, both heroes and professionals need to gain combat experience to improve their personal level, and the combination of the two can be promoted to a certain level.
Normally, the first meditation in the morning for an hour is the most effective.
The effect of the second meditation is halved.
The effect of the third meditation is halved on the basis of the second.
A fourth meditation will have no effect.
In addition, after each meditation, you need to adjust your soul and mental state at intervals, and you cannot enter the meditation state continuously.
After three classes, it was noon.
After going to the cafeteria for lunch and taking a short rest, Li Qing started the afternoon class again.
Politics and aristocracy.
Statecraft and Administration.
Commanders and tactics, strategy.