Since the night of the prom, my name has been engraved at the top of the list of freshmen at the top of the power list, and the illustrious record has written that he has defeated a third-year fire magic apprentice, which has not happened in the magic academy for decades, and even in the warrior academy, there are not many examples of freshmen counterattacking the senior division at the beginning of their enrollment last time.Everywhere I went, people looked at me with envy and told my friends about that night, that it had been a long time since I had seen Abigail in the Academy, that he had been taken to a southern city by his family to recuperate, and that he had been given a large sum of money to repair the vast playground of the Warrior Academy, which had been completely destroyed.In fact, the next morning after that night, I was invited to the academy's discipline office by the teacher of the war academy for tea, and what made me feel a little more at ease was that the teacher in charge of the communication clearly told me that inviting me over was not to have any punishment for me, in fact, the academy did not care much about this kind of duel among the students, as long as there was no human life, as long as it was a fair fight, the academy put on a laissez-faire attitude.But I didn't expect that I would have to pay half of the responsibility for repairing the playground of the Warrior Academy, and I didn't understand why I still needed to compensate for the magic scroll that Abigail had released casually.Since I have memories of my previous life, I deeply realize that the consequences of fighting with the teachers in the academy will be very serious, so I directly gritted my teeth and acquiesced, originally it seemed that the teacher in the discipline department had prepared a belly of words, waiting for me to use it when I refuted him.But I didn't expect that I would happily assume my part of the responsibility, and I couldn't say a word when I held it in my heart, which made him feel the urge to vomit blood.The teacher calmed down for a long time before he organized his own words and said, "Since you have agreed to take half of the responsibility," he gave me two options, the first was to pay fifty gold coins directly to the academy, and the academy would find a construction worker to repair the playground.After hearing the first option, it almost made me spurt out a mouthful of blood, half of the repair cost of the playground 100 meters square actually required fifty gold coins, what is the difference between this and robbing money, even if Ryan and Fanny take out all their savings, they may not be able to make up fifty yellow-orange gold coins.Besides, there is really no reason to spend so much money to repair the entire playground, even if it is the best mason in the city of El, he only needs sixty silver hammers a month, why should he need fifty gold!
Since the teacher said that this is the first option, then there is naturally a second option, and then I will continue to listen.The teacher from the teaching office continued: "It doesn't matter if you can't pay back the money, the money will be paid by the college first, and during this period, I have to do chores in the college to repay the loss of the college little by little."
Seeing that I was silent, the teacher hurriedly said that the college would only do a little bit for the college in the four years I was studying, and in my spare time, as long as there was a course arrangement, there was no need to do chores, and only required one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon every day, and the scope of labor was only to clean up the laboratory.If, after four years, I still haven't paid back the money, the college will write it off with me.I thought about it for a while, but it didn't hurt me to do so, so I agreed.I thought to myself, isn't this another version of work-study?
It's just that I'm repaying the college for infrastructure repairs.I secretly swore that the next time I duel with someone, I wouldn't be on the Warrior Academy playground if I was killed.As soon as I walked out of the teaching office, I felt like I had fallen into the trap.For I saw the magician Jerkis standing in the doorway of the teaching office, and he looked at me like a fly staring at a piece of stinky meat.Seeing me come out of the teaching office, the teacher nodded smugly to him, and I found that there was a joy in his eyes that could not be concealed, and Yerkes said to me seriously: "Hey, boy, you have been requisitioned by the Ming Research Group of the Magic Department of the Magic Academy, you can follow me in the Ming Research Group in the future!"
”The Yerkes Scholar's hair was still so messy, as if it had only been washed after the explosion last night, but it was still messy like a bird's nest on the top of his head.He fumbled around with a sign from his bosom and handed it to me, and as he walked back, he said to me obscenely: "This is the key to my laboratory, all you have to do is to clean and tidy up the entire laboratory before class every morning, and every afternoon when there are no classes, you have to go to the laboratory to do some chores." ”He seemed to be very busy, and he didn't want to stay a minute or a second in the teaching office, and the conversations between us took place on the way to the academy.He said that he wanted to show me the door of Ming's laboratory, and there was still some time to see it, so I decided to go to his laboratory before the morning class.When I walked to the laboratory building, I learned that the Ming laboratory was on the top floor of the laboratory building, and it was very easy to find.There is an access card on the third floor of the laboratory building, only those who have a special pass can enter and exit here freely, the metal plate that Yerkes gave me is probably such a temporary access card, I didn't expect that above the third floor of the laboratory building, there is a hole in the sky, the entire circular corridor, every ten steps or so is placed a specimen of the monster, of course, the volume of these monsters is not too large, like a two-story high earth storm bear in the corridor, it is absolutely impossible to put down.And these monsters are not too rare, just like the three mutant wind wolves or thunderbird feathers I saw in Kuz's house, there are no here.Some are just very common magical beasts, such as the specimen of the demon antelope, the wind wolf, the salamander, etc., on the sign under the specimen, I saw that the temperament and characteristics of these magical beasts, living areas, and so on were clearly written on the sign below the specimen.Yerkis walked in front and saw me stop in front of each specimen to look at it, and said impatiently: "What is so beautiful about these dead beasts, if you want to see these first-level beginner demonic beasts, you have to go to New Willow Valley, you settle down here and help me do things in a down-to-earth manner, and I will help you apply for a place to go to New Willow Valley for training next year!"
”This is the first time I've heard the name of New Willow Valley, and I thought it was that valley, at most, in the deep mountains full of demonic beasts, so I didn't take it to heart, and I agreed with a hum.On the third floor of the laboratory building, Ming's laboratory is just one of them, and there are also magic potion laboratories, magic jewelry research rooms, high-end leather workshops, high-end tailoring studios, etc., almost the doors of each room are tightly closed, I obediently followed Yerkes all the way to the end of the corridor, Ming's laboratory is at the corner of the corridor here.The first time I walked into the Ming laboratory, I thought I had walked into a garbage dump, which was really full of desolation.The magic parchment was thrown all over the floor, some of the test tube bottles of potions were lying on the floor, and no one could be found intact, the test bench was stained with magic ink of various colors, and the dry ink stained the test bench in all colors, and a row of bookshelves on the wall was full of thick magic books, some of which were covered with dust and even cobwebs, and some of the magic books had broken and curled edges, as if they had been turned over.In the other half of the lab, all kinds of magic equipment are piled up like a hill, and all kinds of dismantled machines and metal plates are like abandoned stations.I walked into the messy room and accidentally stepped on a piece of magical parchment, which I picked up.This piece of parchment that was accidentally damaged after half of the magic pattern circle was drawn lay quietly on the pitted floor, and it was only a glance to determine that this was when the inscription had failed, and the half of the magic parchment that had drawn the inscription was scorched, and the remaining half of the blank magic parchment was discarded to the ground with a slightly burnt edge, and there were a lot of chores like that, and there was hardly any place to stay.Yerkis obviously did not have any shame, he walked straight into the laboratory, his long pointed scalp shoes stepped on the broken glass of the test tube, making a creaking and screeching sound, he sat down in the only complete chair in this room, casually pushed away the clutter on the test bench, poured himself a glass of green unknown liquid, and asked me: "Do you want a cup, this is the juice of expired Ningshen grass, which has the effect of refreshing and clearing the brain, and long-term use will increase mental power, but there are a little side effects." , it is easy to cause insomnia!
”I hurriedly waved my hand, indicating that I didn't need it."
I'm going to work here from now on?"
I asked Yerkes."
That's right, my boy, over there, actually!"
Yerkes pointed to the mountain of rubbish and said triumphantly to me, "That's where I usually work, and it's just a place for me to drink tea and rest!"
”He patted the wide test bench and said to me: "This was originally an old guy's laboratory, but last year, he suddenly said on a whim that he was going to travel around the Roland Continent, and then he left this mess.My research is on the integration of mechanics and magic, and you see, those are my masterpieces. ”The Yerkes scholar pointed to a pile of rotten machines next to the scraps, which I had thought were skeletons left over from the dismantling of some machines.After Yerkes's introduction, it turned out that these were his research results, and they turned out to be the prototype of the magic puppet, looking at the unusually simple magic puppet, he looked a little gloomy, as if he was aroused by something.After a while, his eyes broke free from his memory, and then he turned to look at me and said, "Why don't you leave, don't you have a class in the morning?"
”"This is leaving, then, Scholar Yerkes, I'll come back in the afternoon."
I said respectfully to him."
Oh, wait!"
He suddenly stopped me as I turned to leave, and then said a little rustily, "Jijia, my pronunciation is correct, right?"
”I nodded.He walked to the dusty bookshelf, looked at the magic book on it seriously, and finally turned out a copy in the corner, which made him refreshed, and after pulling out the heavy magic book, he dusted off the book with his cuffs without hesitation, and then walked up to me and handed it to me and said: "You can take this book back and take a look, it talks about the basic knowledge of the Ming Master, I think it should be of some help to you." ”His gaze fell on the book's logo, a somewhat gloomy look.I took the magic book, and sure enough, the cover was written with the basic knowledge of Ming, I flipped through two pages, the knowledge described in this book was very comprehensive, and I happily held it in my arms, I hesitated for a moment and stopped.I wanted to say thank you to him, but Yerkis smiled self-deprecatingly when he saw that I was still standing there, pointed to the magic book, and said in a hoarse voice: "When I was in school, I always wanted to be a Mingshi in every possible way, I read a lot of books about Mingxue, I know the structure and lines of the magic pattern circle, more than all of them, I even sometimes mix magic ink by myself in order to be able to draw the magic pattern circle, you know, this is cheaper than buying it from the magic shop." ”When I knew he was going to tell me about the past, I decided to listen carefully, and I felt that I would definitely gain something.He continued, "Later, I went with a few like-minded friends to find a reclusive Master Ming, and eventually convinced him to take in a few of our students, and I always thought that with my mastery of the Magic Pattern Circle and my deep understanding of magical herbology, I would become a good Master Ming.Unfortunately, the first time I stood on the test bench, I failed. ”"The teacher said that my hands were unstable, which was congenital and difficult to get rid of with exercise.I'm not reconciled, I've been trying to exercise my hands to make them a little more stable, but I've always been able to succeed.Later, I began to delve into the versatility of mechanics and magic, and at first, I bought those magic scrolls back and combined them with some machines doped with magic metal" "Oh, yes!
It's like a gun made by the dwarves, with magical energy at its core, to make the machine work properly, like a traveling caravan, or these puppets, and the magicians turn these things into magic items, and I became a magic prop master, and my best friend and I came to the magic academy in El City.He was a very gifted inscriber, and he could draw more than 300 different types of magic pattern circles, and behold, he had drawn those magic scrolls and magic pattern devices on magic metal plates. ”"That's his test bed, and I can make those weird props out of the magic scrolls and magic patterns on the metal plates he made, and this magic golem is our masterpiece.But he left a year ago, to find his so-called life, and left me here slowly moldy, to hell with it!
”Yerkis looked up at me and said, "You're the most gifted kid I've ever met, and I hope you'll help me make some energy-type magic scrolls." ”I asked him in understanding, "Like a gun's excitation device?"
Or a water tank in a magic caravan?
I've seen a water tank in a magic caravan with a magic scroll of water gathering in it, it's amazing!
”"Pretty much, so you'll need to work a little hard lately and study this magic book well!
I still have something to do, this puppet's leg structure is still a little imperfect" Yerkis leaned over and removed the magic golem's legs, revealing the magic metal plate inside, which was covered with magic charms, and he muttered in his mouth that he was in a state of self, and now he himself didn't know what he was talking about.When I saw that he had begun to work, I quietly withdrew with the magic book in my arms.As soon as he walked out of the laboratory, he heard a loud "boom" inside, and a violent explosion suddenly came from the magic laboratory where the Yerkes scholar was.