The world is brewing storms in peace, just like the turbulent ocean currents under the gentle sea. But whether it is the gods in the sky waiting for the coming opportunity, or the many big figures on the earth busy working for the future of the world, ordinary people live ordinary lives. They still have to continue, enjoying the true peace that has been rare in Mycroft Continent for thousands of years, and marveling at the rapid changes around them.
Starfall 837, February 1st, Moldavia, six o'clock in the morning.
Priest opened his eyes and got up from the warm bed in less than a second. He quickly put on his clothes, made the bed, and then went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash up.
This is a two-story independent villa. Although it occupies a small area, it is fully equipped with everything from the balcony to the backyard. After washing, Priest began to do his daily morning routine in his backyard. After doing five sets of all-round exercises, the time came to about seven o'clock. Prester returned to the house. After a simple shower and cleaning, the scarred young man put on his apron seriously. Put on your kitchen hat and start preparing breakfast for yourself and your sister for the new day.
"Britney, get up and eat, don't stay in bed."
"Oh, okay brother."
A soft voice came from the bedroom on the second floor, and then Priest could hear the rustling sounds in the room. Not long after, a little girl with long gray hair walked out of the room in a daze, and then Went into the bathroom.
The 'Universal Academy' established in the New Town of Moldavia is nominally an independent institution directly affiliated with the Lord's Palace. It has dual funding from the Moldavia government and the imperial government. Its sole purpose is to educate all ages in the territory. Young children under the age of fourteen are provided with basic universal education. This policy has been successfully implemented for nearly three years under the high pressure of the empire. If it continues, 80% of illiteracy may be eliminated within twenty years and a generation of young people will be cultivated. A large number of qualified adult labor force with basic knowledge.
Priest's sister Britney naturally meets the admission standards of the Universal College, so every morning, the man will send her sister to the college on time before the college's opening time of 8:30, and today is no exception. After breakfast, , Priest escorted his sister to school and sent her to the hands of a gentle elf mentor.
"please."
"It's your job."
Coincidentally, the rune factory where Priest works is near the college, so he can always arrive at his workplace at nine o'clock before the factory starts the morning shift. But starting from today, Priest will No need to go to the Rune Spirit Factory.
Because at this time, he has become a member of the "Champions Academy" of Winter Castle.
"Student 'Priest O'Mini', the Champion Academy entrance ceremony will start on time at 10:20 a.m. on February 1st, Starfall 837. It is now 8:37 a.m., please plan your own time. arrange."
Accompanied by a slight mental fluctuation, Priest, who had just left the Popular Academy, was suddenly shaken. An emotionless mechanical synthesized sound appeared in his mind. In response, Priest nodded. , looking at his right wrist: "So, it's still early... but it's better to get there early."
On Priest's right wrist armor, there is a strange blue gemstone inlaid. The center of this gemstone shines with blurry light, attracting people's attention. This gemstone was sent to him not long ago, representing An information terminal with student certificates from Winterfort.
In order not to attract attention, Priest covered the gem with a thick layer of cowhide. This did not affect the function of the information terminal, and the sound just now was a reminder function set by Priest himself, so as not to He forgot something important.
"Speaking of which, this information terminal really has many functions."
Walking on the way to Champion Academy, Priest couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It has regular reminders, recordings, magic cameras, and memos. It can even detect the temperature of the oil pan when I fry eggs and give detailed fire element concentration." Curve… "
For Priest, who had almost never come into contact with magic items before, the magic of the information terminal was unimaginable to him. The gem that directly connected with his soul had several practical functions. This former businessman The team guard felt that if he had had such a thing when he was traveling in the wild, many originally difficult situations would have become much easier - just being able to accurately determine the time is already a great function, not to mention the need for detection. Measuring the wind direction and forecasting the weather is completely cheating.
Of course, Priest would not know that a certain legendary strongman who was proficient in runes constructed the prototype of an information terminal based on his most powerful magic weapon. Although due to issues with materials, craftsmanship, and popularity, various functions were limited. It was castrated and simplified, but what was left was beyond what ordinary magic items could do.
The withered yellow leaves on the trees on the roadside are falling. In a month or two, the New Spring will arrive. The leaves that have supported the whole winter will fall, and new buds will appear. Walking on both sides of such a road, and Many hurried pedestrians passed by each other, and Priest finally arrived at the gate of Champion Academy located in the southern part of New Moldavia.
Champion Academy is a huge building complex, and the main entrance is located under a tall and solid castle. There is a team of knights in gray magic armor patrolling around the academy, driving away idlers. After showing the information terminal, Priest He was allowed to enter the castle.
At this time, there were not many people in the Champion Academy. Most of the official members were out training and completing tasks at this time, and the new students would not come so early. Priest looked at the few new students in the castle hall and felt in his heart He had no desire to come forward and talk, so after a while, he found a place to sit down, closed his eyes, and mentally communicated with the information terminal.
"Log in to the academy forum."
Anyway, it’s okay to have nothing to do during this period of time, so why not check out what’s new in the forum.
The spirit continued to dive, and finally seemed to be connected to some huge network. Priest suddenly felt that a page of concise text appeared in front of his eyes. The background seemed to be a white paper spread on an iron plate. , with several lines of text in various fonts and colors spreading from top to bottom.
'Winterburg Academy Forum' is a comprehensive forum for Winterburg Academy and its affiliated branches. On the first day he got the information terminal, he entered the forum under the guidance of the magic armor knight and became familiar with its use. method.
At first glance, Priest immediately saw the words 'Welcome New Students and Instructions: Detailed Explanation of Winter Castle's Internal Rules and Forum User Manual' still written in big red font at the top, as well as the premium post marked in red below. The comprehensive internal competition of the college (has ended, congratulations to Miss Lisa Kronos for winning the first place)'.
The first post is an explanation post for new students like Priest to integrate into the academy group as soon as possible. It answers many questions for him, such as the specific rules and regulations of Champion Academy, what he needs to prepare, and What should be done, as well as the specific methods of using the information terminal, are all explained clearly and clearly.
The second post seemed to be about a college competition in the last semester of last year. Priest looked at the introduction and knew that it was a competition in which individuals or teams took on internal tasks within the college in order to gain points. He saw it last time. At that time, the comprehensive competition was not over yet, and a certain team called 'Team No. 1' seemed to be the favorite to win the championship. But now it seems that it is the young lady named Lisa who has won the first place.
—Don’t underestimate anyone.
Not thinking much, Priest nodded slightly and then looked down.
The academy forum is a bit like a guild bulletin board. There will be many posts on it, and all users can leave messages below. However, unlike the real guild bulletin board, the posts on the forum are more concise and will not make men sweat. The smell and all kinds of bloody oil, and the speed of leaving messages and replies is almost very fast. You don’t need to wait for a few days for a reply, and each reply is even marked with a reply time, which makes me often go to the union bulletin board. Priest was very satisfied.
Today, there are not many posts in the forum, mainly because Priest does not have enough permissions. As a student who has not yet officially enrolled, he only has the most basic visitor permissions, and can only browse the comprehensive area and what is called the 'Champion Camp' Exclusive sections for the Champion Academy, and more, such as 'mission section', 'elemental light', 'magic construction', 'city of knights', 'clean courtyard' and 'trading bazaar' and other sections and special features exclusive to other branches. He can't even go to the board.
Priest continued to look at the other posts in the general area.
'Essence: How to quickly dissect an ice shark lizard to obtain useful materials, bloody, please be careful with any pictures' - The first team jointly
'The auroras around the South Magnetic Pole are so beautiful, I want to share them with you! Attached picture - crackling
'Don't go hunting in the ice fields in the northern part of the Vast Sea these days. There's nothing there. All the shark lizards have been killed by unknown bastards' - Ice Sea Observer
'On the eighteenth day of my experience in the Great Ajax Mountains alone without supplies, today's food is tree fruit slime (updated daily, more pictures)' - Safari Bell
'Shock! The newly admitted freshmen actually won the first place in the comprehensive competition. Here's the inside story! '-anonymous
'I drew a legendary card, hahahahaha! Attached photo'—Seal Ball
Behind the post is the forum name of each poster, as well as the number of replies. It is like the first highlight post. The number of replies has reached 119, and most of the replies are "Thank you for sharing." Good guy. "It was a big help, thank you very much." Occasionally there will be some "Why are you killing so many shark lizards? The ecological balance has been destroyed!" 'comment of.
However, this highlight post does not have the largest number of replies. Safari Bell’s experience post and the crackling aurora post both have more replies than it.
Most of the experience posts in the Great Ajax Mountains are photos and records of the poster eating strange things he found alive in the volcanic forest every day. Most of the replies below are "The original poster is too strong." "This kind of thing can be eaten, I admire the original poster" "What, can slime actually be eaten?" ''It turns out that blue butterfly worms can be eaten by cutting off their heads... '.
In the aurora post, there were dozens of pictures of the gorgeous aurora in the North. Priest was stuck for more than ten seconds when he clicked on the post. It seemed that the amount of information was too huge and he couldn't process it at once, but he As I read on, I discovered the reason why this post had so many replies: among the many aurora pictures, there were many selfies of the poster, who was a rather cute dragon girl with dragon horns. , many people are lamenting that there are almost all races in the academy, elves, dwarves, half-elves, halflings, and now there are dragons, and they are so cute, which is really rare.
"Speaking of which, isn't the filming location deep in the ice field? There are many monsters there. How did she get there?"
At first, Prester was a little confused, but he soon realized: What other ways are there besides fighting? This is the forum of the Professional Academy. Every poster has extraordinary power and must not be underestimated.
"She's only a little older than my sister... Such a small girl is so powerful, I can't relax!"
Priest secretly made up his mind and left a message behind the post.
'The poster can actually go deep into the ice field alone. It's really powerful. I will also target you and work hard to reach this point! '—Priest O'Mini
To be honest, it took several days after Priest got the information terminal to realize that it turned out that the forum name did not need to use your real name, but you could name it whatever you like... But it's too late now, Priest· The name Omni has become his forum name. If he wants to change it, he will have to wait three months.
Soon, Priest felt a light flickering at the top of the forum.
'You have a new reminder'
He opened the message list and found that someone had already replied to the post he just posted.
'Thanks! As long as you work hard, you can definitely do it! '—Crackling
Is it possible that this person is always on the forum, replying to every comment
The time was spent browsing the forum. When he noticed that the time was almost ten o'clock, Priest closed the forum and opened his eyes to look around.
At this time, there were nearly a hundred people in the castle hall, and many people were entering one after another. However, because the hall was too spacious, the more than a hundred people did not seem crowded. Many students who knew each other were interacting with each other. Saying hello, smiling and chatting, there are also many nervous people standing aside and looking around, while his friends are cheering him up.
Priest was older among the group and there was no one he was familiar with, so he stood alone in the corner. Since he had already learned about the freshman entrance ceremony from the forum, he was not nervous. Time passed quickly and before I knew it, it was already ten twenty and the ceremony was about to begin.
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Jingle, jingle. An astonishingly penetrating ringtone came from the top of the castle. After hearing the ringtone, all the newly admitted students stood up subconsciously and spontaneously gathered in the center of the hall. Everyone followed the number in the information terminal. Standing in order according to the guidance, in less than ten seconds, the new students, numbering more than 150, had already formed a neat square formation, and the next moment, two college instructors, one male and one female, Appeared in front of everyone.
Champion Academy enrolls four classes a year, with 1 to 200 students in each class. Occasionally there will be more, but there are at least about 120 people. The quality of Priest's class is pretty good, with a total of 167 people. He passed the test with passing grades, and thanks to his natural talent and past real combat experience, Priest's scores were very good, so he stood in the front row of the team and was the first to accept the mentor. Their scrutinizing gaze.
"The dean said that as a warrior, you should talk nonsense as little as possible, so I will be straightforward - from today on, you are a member of the Champion Academy of Winterfort."
The male instructor at the head seemed to be a barbarian from the swamps of the far south, but at this time he was wearing a straight white college instructor uniform. His tone was low and clear, without any temperament of a berserker. He spoke with a serious tone. said in a tone of voice: "Remember, any knowledge and power you learn here is to be used to better transform the world, protect your loved ones and homes, and fight against evil that is the enemy of order. Want to formally To join the academy, you must take three oaths.”
"Never abuse power."
"Never bully the weak."
"Never show mercy to your enemies."
"If you achieve these three points, you will be a member of the Champion Academy. The academy will be your backing and your other home. Both I and the dean will do their best to make you become a person who can stand alone. War warrior."
Everyone knows that the dean mentioned by the college tutor is one of the two deans of Winterhold College, the lord of Moldavia and the legendary warrior Joshua Van Radcliffe. After hearing these words, everyone present became excited. Isn't the reason why they went through so much trouble to join Winterfort Academy just to study under this legendary strongman
As a result, waves of oaths were heard one after another, and Priest repeated the three oaths without hesitation, swearing that he would never betray the academy and become a member of Winterfort.
Just after the oath was taken, the two instructors began to lead the team and take these new students to visit the campus. At this time, Priest discovered that the huge castle that he was originally feeling emotional about was actually just Champion Academy. In addition to the castle, the entire campus also has a large arena that can serve 3,000 people, as well as a training base of the same size. Around the training base, there is even an area for raising Warcraft. Students can pay credits by , buy some trained monsters to become your partners or mounts.
Apart from these, the above-ground part is the dormitory building. According to the two instructors, their dormitory has not been arranged yet, but it will be confirmed before 6 pm. However, this dormitory building is only provided to students whose residence is not in New Moore. Outsiders in Davia City and local students with houses will not be considered, so these have nothing to do with Priest.
As for the underground part, Priest was extremely shocked the moment he saw it.
"This... this is?!"
He opened his eyes wide and murmured to himself, because what appeared in front of Priest was a large underground forest illuminated by magic lights!
"This is a special trial forest artificially cultivated by the academy... It is said that some of the tree species come from some kind of special abyss. What is it called? The creeping tree? Tsk, in addition, it also has some characteristics of the black forest. There will be many monsters living there.”
The leader of the instructor said this. He seemed to be a little dissatisfied and shook his head: "These artificially cultivated monsters are still too weak to have any good training effect, so I will give you new students some practical training." The class was of some use.”
—No, the abyss tree species and the black forest alone are scary enough, okay? You actually grow these things underground in the city? !
Although Priest was shocked by the boldness of Champion Academy at first, he then thought about it and nodded in relief - after all, no matter how evil it is, the Abyss Demon or the Black Forest, no matter how evil it is, it can't be more evil than the local lord. Look at the wizard. According to the news written in the weekly, his lord has visited the abyss several times, and even almost killed a demon king. The only trees and black forests in the abyss, he probably destroyed them in one breath.
Today's Mage Weekly has become a general publication throughout the continent. Both civilians and mages will buy it to learn about the big news in the world. Priest usually doesn't like to read it, but his friend Dar likes it very much. In order to have something to talk about, Priest also started to read it.
It took about three hours to visit the campus. During the tour, everyone also went to the underground cafeteria to try the monster food of Champion Academy - it was the first time for many people to eat monster meat, and they suddenly felt like they had discovered a new world. It is surprising that monster meat containing magical power can very well enhance the physical fitness of warriors, and can also enhance the speed of practicing fighting spirit in the future. Unlike most people who don't care much about these things, Priest will do it as soon as he has money. Occasionally, I would buy some World of Warcraft meat and cook it at home to lay a solid foundation for myself and my sister Britney.
It doesn't matter to him, his sister's future is much more important than him. This is what Priest really thinks.
After visiting the campus, it is time for free activities. Courses for new students will not start until next week, and this week is the time to familiarize the new students with the campus buildings. Priest originally planned to take a walk around the campus. , but to his surprise, the female mentor among the two mentors found him.
"Priest O'Mini?"
The capable woman who called herself Ellie and had burn scars on her face narrowed her eyes and looked at the other person. Her tone was plain with a hint of envy: "Ranked second overall in the entrance test and first in actual combat... Indeed. He has a temperament that has experienced life and death, which is completely different from those ordinary students."
"Teacher Ellie?!"
Priest stepped forward quickly. He knew clearly that the instructor in college uniform in front of him was a strong man with gold-level strength! Ellie Damia, the Boiling Blood Eagle, was a top-notch mercenary in the western mountains of the empire. She was also quite famous in the caravan guard circle. Her most famous achievement was using her unique blood-boiling fighting spirit to single-handedly wipe out an entire group of people. One hundred and twelve people, the "Ogres", a large bandit gang that has been wreaking havoc in the mountains for twenty years.
When she was still a caravan guard, Priest had heard of the other party's name, but he didn't know when she actually joined Winterfort Academy and became a mentor.
"It's nothing. It's just that your luck as a little guy is so good that I'm even a little envious."
Instructor Ali didn't say much. She just took out her information terminal and sent a secret message to Priest. After doing all this, she continued to look at Priest with a hint of envy. Rest said softly: "Listen, don't tell anyone about this... Hehe, even if you tell others, they won't believe it."
"Anyway, the dean wants to see you in two hours."
Priest, who had not yet reacted, subconsciously checked the secret message in the information terminal. The words "Application Form for External Exploration Team Members" were located under "New Information".
It wasn't until Ellie had left without looking back that the young man with scars on his face realized what he was doing.
"Wait a minute—the hospital you're talking about...is that it?!"
Halfway through the words, Priest quickly closed his mouth. He remembered Ellie's instructions, and not long after, a voice that seemed to come from a distance sounded vaguely in the man's ears.
"Maybe, who knows."
If you want to write a story, you have to dig holes, lay the groundwork, and enrich the information of a world... I hope you won't call me stupid. This chapter is quite difficult to write, and I have tried to compress it as much as possible...
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