The midsummer sun is like a diligent shepherd, following a fixed trajectory and walking on the blue sky pasture.

Around the golden shepherds, flocks of soft and pure white clouds of sheep, sometimes converged, sometimes scattered.

Higher School, Office of the Rector.

"Why does the Higher Academy also have a rector's office, and the Junior College also has one?" Russell raised his doubts.

"It's not a strange thing, is it?" In his office, Duncan put away the sapphires handed by Russell, Subway, and Clara.

"Let me see, you've hunted a lot of hunters' sapphires in reverse." Duncan counted the number of sapphires and took out the corresponding House gold coins from the safe.

Originally, the work of exchanging the sapphire back for the academy's gold coins should have been done by the teacher in charge of the forest hunting competition.

However, Duncan, Russell, Subway, Clara, and other 4 contestants actually hunted hunters in reverse, and their behavior caused an uproar among the teachers.

Some teachers even suggested that this was not in line with the design intent of the rules of the Forest Hunting Tournament, and that 4 people should not be exchanged for extra house gold.

Later, it was the principal who came forward and used the principal's identity to make a final decision, recognized the performance of Duncan and the other 4 people, and personally organized the gold coin exchange work of the 4 people!

"Mr. Headmaster, you've hunted a lot yourself." Subway looked at Duncan's eyes, a little speechless.

The fact that four of the contestants who successfully enrolled in this year's Higher Institute of Higher Education had reversed hunting hunters had spread throughout the Higher Institute.

Russell counted the bags of college gold coins that Duncan handed over, and one golden college gold coin after another shone in the sun.

This forest hunting competition was very fruitful, and he suddenly received 90 academy gold coins!

Combined with the original reserves, as well as a few house gold coins that he had scammed from the glasses boys, Russell's house gold coin reserves now reached more than 300 pieces.

Even if you don't count the dimensional ring on your toe, the cash in your hands alone has already exceeded the assets of the vast majority of students in colleges and universities!

Of course, Russell was also saddled with a loan of 200 college gold coins, and he was about to pay 150 college gold coins for his third-year tuition and textbook fees. In this way, Russell's net worth is still negative.

Russell counted out 150 college gold coins and handed them to Mr. Principal, making his college gold coin inventory more than 150 at once.

"So you're done with the enrollment process, right? After that, you can absorb the knowledge scroll of the third grade. ”

Subway and Clara also placed two large bags of gold in the house on the headmaster's desk.

According to Russell's knowledge, in order to make up for the tuition and textbook fees of the third year, Clara took on a lot of college tasks, and was usually responsible for psychological counseling for some elementary school students, but even so, she was finally saddled with a student loan to make up the expenses.

"Okay, there are a total of three third-grade knowledge scrolls, namely the 'Strange Things' scroll of the Creation and Summoning Department, the 'Memetics' scroll of the Mind and Illusion Department, and the 'Black Magic' scroll of the Necromancy and Life Department, which are now for you." Duncan put the money in the safe.

Originally, it was a special professor who was responsible for guiding the newly promoted third-year students to familiarize themselves with the work of the Higher Education Institute.

But the kind-hearted Duncan was willing to take these three students who had participated in last year's library operation and rescued him.

Duncan opened another cabinet with the seal of the blood-red circle engraved on it, took out three scrolls from it, and handed them to each of the three people:

"Please note that the level of secrecy of the third-grade knowledge scroll is not at all comparable to that of the first- and second-grade knowledge.

"According to the rules, you can only be here, in front of a core school member, that is, me, to absorb them all, and you are absolutely not allowed to take them out of here! It is also not allowed to take pictures.

"If any of you feel that your current state is not very stable, or you think that your spiritual level is not at home, and it is not completely stable at the half-step third-grade level, you can return the scroll to me first, and then absorb it later."

Subway was a little curious: "Why is that?" ”

"Of course, it's because there are always some ill-intentioned guys who are watching the production method of the knowledge scroll, especially the production method of the knowledge scroll in the upper grades. The secret method of making knowledge scrolls has always been one of the biggest secrets of the academy, and it is also the basis for the academy to exist under all kinds of pressure. ”

Duncan said, raising his little fist:

"If a third-grade or even fourth-grade level knowledge scroll is left out, people with ulterior motives may copy the craftsmanship of its production."

Russell suddenly recalled a detail mentioned in a conversation with Professor Black Amber in his first grade.

Professor Black Amber had feared that someone from the World Occult Council would come and steal the method of making the scroll of knowledge.

Russell, who was aware of it, nodded, and Subway and Clara were okay with it.

The two of them sat down on the long couch and began to read the scroll of knowledge at hand.

Russell spread the inky black scroll on his thighs, his gaze wandering through the blood-red words on the night-like scroll, and at the same time mobilizing the spiritual energy in the spirit body.

The harvest brought to Russell by this forest hunting tournament is not just academy coins!

In fierce battles again and again, Russell's spirituality was also tempered.

In the exhilarating supernatural battle, every spell cast, every mobilization of spiritual energy, is an exercise of the spirit and spirituality of the spirit, and it is an alternative kind of spirituality.

In the course of his fierce battle with the vampire girl, he gained a greater understanding of the nature of necromancy and life, and felt spiritual feedback.

As he tried his best to overdraw his spiritual energy and single-handedly repelled the fourth-year Mighty Traveler, Russell had reached his limits. After recovering from the spiritual level, the spiritual level has grown a lot compared to before.

Now Russell is close to the peak of the early third grade at the spiritual level!

As Russell began to read, countless crimson letters rose from the scroll and poured into Russell's eyes, all the way into spirits and spirits.

Russell already had the experience of absorbing two scrolls of knowledge, relying on the basic knowledge mastered in the first and second years to digest these forbidden knowledge with majestic power in itself.

The boy felt that he was walking in the dark night, and it was as if he saw a dark river flowing in the night. Again and again, darkness tried to engulf him

But there is a mystical and logical connection between the knowledge that comes from spiritism and herbalism and the seemingly endless darkness, and this knowledge is transformed into substance, turning into one esoteric symbol after another around Russell, so that he is not completely swallowed up by this darkness, but with each step forward, he has a stronger control over this endless darkness.

The boy walked in this dark night, wandering in the dark river, listening to the sound of flowing water in the dark night, like a leisurely stroll.

After nearly half an hour of brainstorming, Russell, with his eyes closed, reopened his eyes.

This time, he didn't have any noticeable dizziness or dizziness.

It may be because before absorbing the knowledge scroll, his spiritual level had already reached the third-grade realm, and he could easily withstand the impact of the power contained in the knowledge scroll.

Russell looked at Subway and Clara, who were only half-step third year in their spiritual level, and it should take longer for them to slowly wake up.

He saw that Subway's decent face was already covered with beads of sweat, and the young man sitting on the sofa was trembling all over, which showed that the power of the third-grade knowledge scroll was far greater than that of the first- and second-grade. It is estimated that it will take more than half an hour to basically absorb this extraordinary knowledge and truly wake up.

At this moment, Clara on the side, dozens of closed eyes opened at the same time, each eyeball was clear and clear.

Clara woke up so quickly? Almost at the same time as me! Is it because the race is special and has talent in this area? Russell looked at Clara, who had stretched her tentacles, and had a guess.

You must know that before absorbing the scroll of knowledge, Russell's spiritual level was a great level higher than Clara!

Russell's gaze didn't linger on Clara for long.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he closed his eyes lightly and immersed himself in the spiritual world, checking the improvement of the knowledge scroll for himself.

First of all, Russell found that his spirit body was more stable than before, and the water level of the spiritual lake had risen much higher than when he had just entered the third grade.

After the strengthening of the knowledge scroll, his current spiritual realm has not only entered the middle of the third year, but also completed 2/3 of the way to the peak of the middle of the third year. If you go well in practicing the transcendent ways of the dark arts, you will be in late third year in a few months!

Of course, the more important improvement is the new extraordinary ability that the Knowledge Scroll brings to him.

Although he is not yet able to directly master these abilities and needs to continue to exercise and practice, it is only a matter of time before he becomes proficient in these abilities when he already has the corresponding knowledge in his mind.

Death Ray, Exhaustion Ray, Cursed Abilities, Summon Undead Creature ...... A series of powerful black magic flashed through Russell's mind.

Just as Russell was sorting out the knowledge in his head, he suddenly had an intuition, opened his eyes, and looked at the door of the principal's office.

I saw that the elegant wooden door was pushed open, and the black cat walked with elegant steps.

It's Professor Black Amber!

"Professor, you're here?" Russell was a little surprised to see Professor Black Amber come in.

This professor of necromancy and life has spent most of his time in elementary school.

"Yes kid, I heard that you are going to absorb the Dark Arts Scroll today and wanted to see how you are." The black cat lifted its chin.

Russell was able to understand Professor Black Amber's state of mind.

From the beginning of his enrollment, Professor Black Amber had been waiting with trepidation for the day when Russell would master the dark arts, fearing that the dark arts would corrupt Russell and make the third prophecy come true.

"After absorbing the knowledge in the scrolls, I think you should have understood the source of the power of the dark arts." The black cat looked at the boy on the sofa, and his tone became deeper and lower.

"Of course, Professor." Russell nodded lightly and said what was in his head:

"Unleashing black magic or black magic requires not only burning spiritual energy, but also the negative emotions in your heart-

"Apathy, bitterness, jealousy, anger, resentment, all the strong desire to bring pain and suffering to others!"

(End of chapter)