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Chapter 34: The Apprentices

Depend on...... Finally boarded, is this the punishment for breaking my promise yesterday? I thought that the more than 10,000 manuscripts that were cut down were enough"_《

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"With this kind of hillbilly-like guy, can he be compared to the ** masters?"

Either it was the advantage of age, or the body that was taller than the average child, and the gaze of the lower patrol contained some invisible momentum, which made the still immature 'mage' cringe, and he squeezed out a sneer like grinding his teeth, but for a while he couldn't think of any reason to refute it, so he could only retreat and stop talking. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

So this action drove more than a dozen people around him, silently blending in or dispersing, keeping a certain distance from the two eldest guys.

This 'victory' made Edward pull the corners of his mouth, quite a little speechless - although he was very grateful to the brother he had never known to 'speak up', but if a person who is dozens of years old can find any pleasure in defeating a group of little children, it can only mean that he has some psychological problems, not to mention that with Edward's plain thinking, he doesn't like this kind of fanfare and tongue at all, and what kind of reasoning he says.

The little ghosts of this age, especially the children of the rich second generation, usually have a sense of teamwork and attach great importance to their status. So what if you can keep them speechless? In the future, they will have to do some tricks of rejection, and maybe some trouble.

And that fat sheep doesn't only look gorgeous, since he is interested in becoming a mage, he naturally does not receive the kind of half-tone education, and with a few medium-sized magic items with him, his own strength should at least be a little brilliant, as long as he can cast a second-level spell, he has enough capital. If it is necessary to show the spells that they can use in the test for a while, he Edward will only be a dancing light technique - now he will bring out the two famous ** masters in history to fill the façade, and when the spells on the two sides are compared, wouldn't it be a big delution?

In fact, magic is far more intimate than psychic abilities, the difference is not in each spell, as long as the number of magic net rings in contact is enough, then the remaining part is the skillful control of each magic, but it is a matter of time. But the key thing is...... Hell, he Edward just doesn't have that time now, this is not a compulsory education can be discussed, the rules for mage enrollment are only fifteen years old.

"They won't refuse to accept you, as long as you can pay the money, those money fans will reach out and take it, anyway, even if you don't know anything, it's just an extra shadow-like student......"

Narrowing his gaze slightly, the new mage apprentice recalled in his mind what the half-elf mage had said in the past few days, and there were not many paragraphs about the teachings on the exam.

For mages, magic is not a utopian knowledge, just delving into theories, runes, and the form of magic nets is far from enough, and it takes practice to understand magic in depth, and practice requires the consumption of terrifying money, so even if the average mage is obsessed with research, he must also work hard to raise materials and materials for spells - mythril for conducting spells, ruby sapphires and nephrite for storing energy, and diamond powder as catalysts...... There are also countless strange and strange things, all of which are extremely rare. Some high-ring spells, even if they are just cast, can cost hundreds of gold coins in materials.

However, it takes time to obtain and find materials, it takes time to obtain and exchange large wealth, it takes time to meditate on hammers to forge spiritual power, it takes time to study magical knowledge, and it also takes time to make auxiliary props...... Time, on the other hand, is the most precious and rare treasure of mortals

Therefore, the usual solution is to attach themselves to the powerful and become their personal power in exchange for a large amount of research fees, or to make complicated magical items, and to earn a sum of gold with a large amount of time and mental power permanent attrition.

However, choosing the former means losing some of the freedom, although each nobleman will give the magician considerable rights and respect, but after all, it is no longer completely unhindered, and it is said that it sounds good is to serve it when it is needed, and if it is not good, it is just a high-level minion. The choice of the latter is too much to gain and lose, and it is necessary to study the mystery of the school of change.

Therefore, for those mages who are immersed in their studies and unwilling to pay attention to the world, the magic academy is a genius move that saves them countless troubles - it is easier to be a minion or lose their strength than to stand behind the lectern and the real platform and casually express some of their opinions about magic in exchange for gold.

So the 'smart' mages are naturally willing to give the 'lucky ones the right to squeeze idiots' a chance to drool over the great miracles that magic can do. As for how much the other party can learn from it...... That's not something they need to manage.

Anyway, if there are really one or two apprentices who can understand the mysteries, it is a good thing for high-level mages, and if you train them to join the ranks of lower-level mages, there will be a few more useful assistants, as for saying that you don't understand? We are not responsible, who made you have a problem with your intelligence

Of course, being so irresponsible is almost a fraud, but the temptation of Offa is so amazing that naturally you and I will rush to it. And His Majesty, the Emperor of the Kingdom of Tuminis, was equally pleased with this—at least in the last few decades, the kingdom had received a three-for-one tax revenue from those material merchants, and had succeeded in filling the royal finances, which were on the verge of collapse, into an admirable and rich situation.

"This is the end of the final registration meeting time, and those who have not yet entered the meeting place will be deemed to have waived. ”

Time passed the last moment in a little thought, and with a sudden sound, everyone noticed the mage who suddenly appeared not far from them...... Wrapped in a quaint black robe of fine workmanship, but as deep as a shadow, the long hood obscured even the chin, and a faint layer of smoke enveloped it, only the silver six-pointed star on the chest shimmered. Even though the grass was above and the sun was abundant, it seemed as if a shadow was forever shrouded around him, and it was strange and indescribable.

"Now, line up, show your identification, pay the entrance fee, and follow my instructions for the initial selection test. The mage's voice was extremely dry and cold, as dry as a chainsaw pulling at dead wood. It's ...... cold It was as if everyone present owed him a lot of money.

So the apprentices were suddenly silent, and they lined up obediently like quails, moving quickly and quietly, as if they had practiced many times...... In their opinion, the person in front of them is simply a model of a mage, so it is natural to be obedient and obedient.

But something went wrong with this orderly effect at the last moment - when Edward finally stood in front of the mage and handed the parchment in his hand, the mage did not reach out to take it, a few ripples rippled on his robe, and his eyes flashed under the hood to look at the young man in front of him...... Finally, let out a cold snort of displeasure. "You...... What are you doing here?"

Edward's brow furrowed, and for a moment he did not answer the seemingly esoteric question.

"It's a testing ground for apprentices. The gaze in the shadow of the hood lingered on Edward for a moment, and after a pause, he raised his voice and repeated his question again, with a strange surprise: "Well, what are you doing here?"

"I applied to be an apprentice at the Academy. So come here......"

Taking a breath, he tried his best to make his voice sound sincere, at this moment Edward was in no mood to pay attention to the surroundings, and those young masters couldn't wait to sneer loudly all over the corners of the world...... I just thought about the provisions on the admission conditions of the academy on that piece of paper.

He was sure that he hadn't made a mistake, but the severity of the other party's questioning did make people a little unconfident - this was the Kingdom Academy of Magic. A place that is known for never playing cards according to common sense. He remembered the troubles caused by the previous price hike, and no one could guarantee that they would not quietly and temporarily change some of the rules on admissions without notifying anyone.

"You're going to take an apprenticeship?" the mage interrupted him unceremoniously, raising his voice a little more than he could say, "What are you kidding?"

"According to the rules of the academy, it seems that as long as it is a commoner under the age of fifteen, it is ...... to hand over five thousand kingdom gold coins"

"yes, yes, what are you talking to me about those damn provisions, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid here, you know that thing doesn't make sense," the mage interrupted him rudely again, a hundred impatience hidden in his voice, "you'd better figure it out, while that damn rule system isn't perfect, but I'm ...... Well, well, you can meet any kind of guy. Well, your identification. ”

Shaking his head, the mage seemed to feel that he had said too much, so he didn't bother to waste his tongue and stretched out his hand, but then noticed that the little guy in front of him didn't seem to want to end the conversation like this.

"Well, Your Excellency Mage, you may have forgotten to wear your badge...... So, if it's convenient, can you show it and have a look?" The parchment was in my hand, but Edward didn't seem to intend to hand it over respectfully, "Or, if you may, can you introduce yourself?" he said calmly as he met the mage's gaze under his hood.

"Hmm, uh-huh......"

With a sneer, the mage's gaze, hidden in the shadow of the hood, flickered fiercely, as if amazed at the audacity of the strange apprentice in front of him. And at this time the choice to raise, this eccentric rebuke.

But after looking up and down, he seemed to acquiesce in something, reached out and grabbed a badge from his bosom, and sent it to the boy who asked the strange question, instead of teaching the nasty hillbilly a lesson, expelling him from the academy, as the dozens of little heads around him thought for a moment, and then everyone rejoiced.

"Are you satisfied......? Okay, everyone get together. ”

Tossing the last of its stuff into the void, the mage hummed a brief command. Then the nasty shaking sensation of passing through the gate reappeared, and the surrounding landscape changed like a kaleidoscope, flowing, and finally re-sketching a new scene.

In fact, the scenery didn't seem to have changed much - Edward shook his head and noticed that the soft grass was still under his feet, but the huge cube building was already close at hand...... At such a distance, the large, self-contained cube takes on a huge, giving the illusion that it will overturn at any moment, and a suffocating sense of oppression.

However, Edward, who had long been accustomed to tall buildings, only let his gaze linger on the surface of countless runes for a short moment, and then noticed a few unfamiliar robes not far from his body.

In fact, there were at least fifty of them, but the few around them were particularly conspicuous, and the shortest of them was still half a head taller than Edward, standing out from the crowd of young apprentices. Although also wrapped in a blue-gray robe, the exposed hands and feet can be seen fur bracers and boots that are incompatible with the customs of the kingdom, especially the calloused hands, which is completely out of the norm of mages.

"Krurod people. ”

The aristocratic boy beside him sent a reminder to Edward's attention to the healthy swarthy wrists exposed by the cuffs of the gray-blue robe. But this answer made the doubts in his heart even thicker: "Sons of the mountains, haven't they always been proud to be natural warriors, and even people will come here?"

In the language of the Kingdom of Tumenis, the word Krurod has three meanings - it is a huge mountain range extending from the spine of the world in the northern frontier of the kingdom, and it is also bounded by that mountain range, and the western fief land, which is called one of the two most barren dominions of the kingdom. And the last one is the people of that cold wasteland, vulgar hillbillies in the eyes of some who claim to be noble, uncivilized barbarians.

These self-proclaimed people of the mountains are rumored to have been one of the most courageous Viking barbarian tribes thousands of years ago, but they chose the wrong direction during their migration and ended up in the northern frontier of the kingdom.

Those who have spent their lives on horseback and in yurts have always believed in simple and crude truths, survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, for whom the best food is the heads and blood of their enemies, and the best lovers are spears, axes and swords in their hands. They didn't have many cities, only wandering tribes, nomadic and hunter-gathering.

But it is precisely these rough and brutal qualities that keep their last pride.

Even if they were defeated by the iron knights and magic of the kingdom, and even though their leaders had been subservient to the kingdom for a hundred and fifty years, these barbarians still had their own freedoms - although they were nominally part of the kingdom, the royal family had only acquired the right to tax, levy troops, and levy the right to buy and sell horses. Left to this extremely closed Dominion, stubbornly refusing to be fully naturalized. And how to deal with the relationship with these barbarians is also a headache for the rulers of the Tumini Kingdom.

Of course, Edward's surprise is not the reason for the joke - after all, there is already a mercenary who has come to this magical holy land for pilgrimage, so it is not incomprehensible that Krurod chose to send a few excellent talents to study - but magic has always been the weight of the balance of the kingdom and the military strength of the Krurod people, and now the supreme on the throne is ready to break the balance between the two sides with his own hands?

"The Krurod region has been without rain for three consecutive years, which is almost a catastrophe for the nomadic Krurod people, and in the face of the severe famine, their Khan can only take some means to get additional help from the kingdom. According to the previous agreement, the kingdom will provide them with six thousand long tons of grain and multiple times the amount of fodder to help them tide over the difficult time within three years, and in turn, our majesty will marry a princess of the Khan......"

Marriage?

The aristocratic youth's explanation made Edward raise an eyebrow...... For the barbarians who still adhere to the tribal traditions, this seems to be a good means of maintaining relations, but if I am not mistaken, the emperor of the kingdom, His Majesty, is already a man in the prime of life, and the other party, since he is a princess in that kind of nomadic tribe, is probably not too old.

However, this is not a sensational thing, when the fate of tens of millions of people is at stake, personal gains and losses can often only be abandoned...... Born in such an era in the family of the emperor, what you have is not only the happiness of fine clothes and food, but also the heavy responsibility of being tied to a huge wheel.

"Then there are some additional conditions, that is, Krurod will increase more than half of the previous pure-blooded war horses in the future tribute, and the kingdom will allow Krurod people to study in the magic academy. The young nobleman whispered, and at this time,

"What a cunning agreement...... As long as they hinder their studies a little, these poor people may be touching the third ring of the magic net for the rest of their lives, and they can only be used as some bluffing turf mages, but even straw mages are unrepeachable mages...... Or is it the difficulty of magic as an excuse to thwart the number of years they can return home?"

Edward shook his head, but he would never reveal what he was slandering in his heart. So just when strange thoughts turned in his mind,

"Next, it's your test, explain in advance, this test is dangerous, does anyone abstain?"

The black-robed mage turned his body, and his gaze hidden in the dark shadow swept over the group of more than 100 people, not only was his voice dry and ugly, but he also seemed to be too lazy to use the strength to say one more word, only the strange rhythm attracted attention...... And with this sound, a huge door, behind him, opened out of thin air, and a gray mist like water waves spread out from it, blowing a cold cyclone.

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