Chapter 229 Magic School
12 elves, 57 humans, half a dozen half-elves...
The moon elf mage Ru Yin looked at the list of students in her hand and smiled.
The progress of recruiting students to the Wizarding Tower's different-dimensional magic school was smoother than she had imagined.
In half a month, she completed the recruitment of the first batch of students.
According to the tower owner's request and the method of testing students' magic talents, she learned that among the 100 newly recruited students aged around 10 to 15 years old, most of them only had elementary or intermediate magic talents. There are only 10 people.
Of these 10 people, 8 are elves, 2 are half-elves, and none have advanced magic talents.
The reason for this is understandable.
You know, students with advanced magic talents can always easily find their own magic mentors as long as they are willing.
However, compared to humans' magical talents, elves still have an advantage.
A talent like Ru Yin's, which is average among the elves, is at an intermediate level or higher among humans.
Of course, this does not mean that human talent is poor.
Their tower master once said to her personally: "Although the overall level of human magic talent is not as good as that of elves, human thinking and learning efficiency are beyond the reach of your elves."
Ru Yin can guess the reason for this by simply comparing the number of high-level spell casters between elves and humans in the world.
The so-called primary magic talent is based on the digital scan of the tower spirit, which shows that the student's intelligence attribute is about 12 to 13 points.
This primary talent allows them to at least have the ability to unlock the third level of magic network through systematic magic education.
As for their future, in the words of the tower owner: it depends on their own destiny.
After all, the world is so big and full of wonders, and magic talent is not the only factor that determines how far a student can go on the arcane path.
Besides, intelligence attributes are not static. As they grow, their magic talents gradually improve, which is not surprising.
Accumulate little and make great achievements.
Ru Yin thought of a suitable word that was rarely used among their elves.
Just like herself, she has been exposed to magic since she was a hundred years old. Her ordinary magic talent and diligent study attitude allowed her to come into contact with the sixth level of the magic network in only forty years.
However, in the following sixty years, due to the limitations of her talent, her strength failed to make even an inch of progress.
As a moon elf who is incompatible with her tribe, she not only possesses human diligence, but also possesses the innate peace of mind of the elves.
Under the premise that her magic talent is limited and she has not been able to find a way to break through her strength, she has always used this mentality to view her magic path correctly and do her best to explore the mysteries of magic.
Perhaps it was the pity of the Seldarine gods, or maybe his efforts were rewarded, or it might even be the inadvertent advice from their young tower master and the mysterious knowledge given to him.
Just when the elemental pool of the Wizard Tower spurted out rich magical energy, she unexpectedly obtained the authority of the seventh level of the magic network through inadvertent meditation.
Moreover, she was able to realize deeply that she was not as far away from contacting the eighth level of the magic network as she imagined.
Now that she has become a high elf mage whose strength has reached the fourth level, she has gradually begun to realize that she needs to find a model path of her own, a path of destiny defined by a certain special standard.
When she finds this unique path of destiny, the legendary realm she has longed for will become within reach.
Ru Yin never thought that one day she would suddenly break the shackles of the third level and start looking for the path of the model to prepare for the Legend of Destiny.
Every time she recalled this incident, she felt as if in a dream and felt extremely unreal.
As her strength improves, if she has the opportunity to go to Yongju Island, she can rely on her identity as a high elf mage to learn the high elf magic of the elves.
When Ru Yin was a child, she often heard her parents mention Yongju Island.
The land covered with beautiful forests is the kingdom of magic and the true, heavenly home of all elves.
That isolated island, located in the far west of the mainland, only welcomes true people. The evil dark elves and hybrid elves known as drow are not qualified to set foot on its sacred shores.
The Moon Elf Mage stopped thinking about it, retracted his thoughts about Everlasting Island, and continued to focus on the list of students.
Although the magic talent is poor, it does not mean that there is no way out.
But relatively speaking, without excellent magic talent, their early path is destined to be more difficult, which Ru Yin is fully aware of.
She began to sort out the students' information one by one, assigned them to classes, and tried her best to organize them better.
This is the initial construction stage of Wizard Tower Magic Academy, and she must find ways to successfully operate it normally and train more spellcasters for Mokou Town.
Among these 100 students, they are not aborigines from Mokou Town.
In fact, even for aborigines with outstanding magical talents, it is very difficult for them to quickly come into contact with magic.
The fundamental reason is that almost none of these indigenous children who have just changed from slaves to civilian status have the ability to read and write.
How can a child who cannot even read or write be able to master the language and mysteries of magic proficiently?
Therefore, since the temple of the Church of the God of Knowledge was erected in the religious area of Mokou Town, the first batch of children have begun to receive basic education under the sponsorship of the territory.
When they master enough knowledge, they will have the right to choose the path of magic.
The 100 students they recruited are mainly children from middle-class families and the second sons of the noble groups in the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The Magic Academy is not a charity. If you want to obtain admission qualifications, these children with elementary magical talents can only spend money.
After all, among the group of spellcasters, children with elementary magic talents are not a good choice for every wizard organization, and they are the ones that no one is willing to recruit.
This is the so-called ‘it is better to lack than to overflow’.
The magic school in the Wizard Tower does not have that high qualification requirements for students, which gives hope to many children who have wizard dreams but cannot find a way to learn.
It was for this reason that, with the help of the female lord of Arabe City, it took them only half a month to recruit all the first batch of students.
“Sister, this is the course schedule compiled by the Tower Master and Ms. Polaris.” A handsome elf man pushed open the door and placed a thick document on Ru Yin’s desk. "Check it carefully. If there are no problems, just follow this charter."
Ru Yin put down the student information in her hand, put the thick information in front of her, and asked Said: "Auckland, has the tower owner been released?"
Auckland is her biological brother, a young moon elf who is only in his fifties.
In the tower spirit's magic talent test, his magic talent is an advanced talent with an intelligence of 18 points.
While this made Ru Yin happy, she could not help but feel a little jealous in her heart, secretly lamenting the injustice of the Seldarine gods.
In the Oriandis family where she was born, in addition to a younger brother, she also has an older sister and older brother.
His eldest brother is the proud swordsinger of the family, his sister is a devout high priest of the Seldarine gods, and his younger brother is a moon elf mage with outstanding magical talent.
When it was her turn, there was nothing.
To her, the Seldarine gods were too stingy and gave her nothing but birth.
Her sword and bow fighting skills and magic talent are not enough to become a ranger and swordsinger, her piety does not meet the standards of a priest, and her character determines that she cannot be an adventurer.
What makes her most dejected is that it was precisely because of her ordinary talent that when the Evergreen Island expeditionary force landed on Comanso fifty years ago, she took on the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother alone. , fled to the valley to settle.
The result can be imagined. The Evermeet Island expeditionary force united with the elves of Cormanthor and suffered a complete defeat in the decisive battle with the demon elves and drow in the ruins of Myth Drannor.
Except for her and her ignorant brother, all of her family members died in the war.
It was the disaster fifty years ago that strengthened her determination to learn magic, and eventually established the Silver Scholars Association to include elf mages who had the same ideals as herself.
Just like the words left by their tower master when he established the magic academy: knowledge changes destiny, magic creates the future. "Already out of seclusion." Olanke said, "This charter of the Magic Academy was drawn up by the tower master himself and asked Ms. Polaris to hand it over to me."
Ru Yin nodded slightly and subconsciously looked up at her brother.
She saw her younger brother, who was nicknamed 'Little Sparrow' by the elf mages, wearing a loose white shirt and an alchemist's leather apron outside his trousers. The cuffs were stained with dark oil. There is also a faint smell of sulfur.
This means that he came directly from the golem assembly workshop in the Wizard Tower to deliver information to himself.
“Olanke, pay attention to your image in the future.” Ru Yin said in a dissatisfied tone, “The tower master has made it clear to me that he agrees to let you be his assistant. If you are still so casual, it will be very embarrassing. It’s easy to leave a bad impression.”
In her impression, their young tower owner didn’t seem to care about these details, but in her opinion, paying attention to dress is the most basic respect for people. .
Besides, this is their leader.
"Really?" Olanke's eyes widened in surprise and he looked at his sister, "The master of the tower really agreed to let me be his student, that's great..."
"It's an assistant. "Ru Yin quickly reached out to interrupt his words and reminded: "Did you understand the point of my words?"
No wonder he is called 'Little Sparrow', she thought: All day long. Chirping, sloppy and sloppy.
When she took her young brother to settle in Misty Town in the Valley, she had the urge to strangle him to death many times.
He is so annoying. He cries and makes noise all day long, dragging his clothes to find his mother. It’s hard to imagine how she endures it until now.
"Assistants and students are not the same."
Oakland muttered, flinched by Ru Yin's eyes, and assured her with a playful smile, "I understand, sister, I will pay attention to my image. , It will never leave a bad impression on the tower master."
"Just know it, get out of here." Ru Yin focused on the information and couldn't help but remind:
"Hurry back and prepare. The tower master will most likely want to see you later. If the tower master doesn't want to see you because of your reasons, just get back to Misty Town as soon as possible."
Seeing her brother leaving indifferently, she shook her head helplessly.
Then, she began to carefully check the information sent by Olanke.
This is the curriculum of the Magic Academy, which is temporarily divided into three grades. Only those whose annual assessment credits meet the standards are eligible for promotion.
Otherwise, they can only leave the Wizard Tower, or pay the tuition again and repeat the grade. Of course, they can also take the initiative to stay in the Wizard Tower and work, and finally get the opportunity to repeat their studies.
In the first year course schedule, the main courses are divided into the following:
Meditation: Learn to focus your attention on the spell. (Credit: 2 points)
Concentration I: Concentration in meditation, use concentration techniques to enter deeper levels of meditation. (Credit: 4 points)
Constructing Puppet: Understand the production principles of constructs and mechanical puppets. (Credit: 4 points)
The Language of Magic: The Basics of Learning the Language of Magic. (Credit: 4 points)
Magic Identification I: Examine magic items. (Credits: 2 points)
Spell Scribe: Write spells safely and with the proper pen and ink. (Credit: 3 points)
Fasting: How to increase the effectiveness of spells without food. (Credit: 1 point)
Reverse Trick: Use a spell with a reverse effect. (Credit: 3 points)
Practical Spells: All students need to learn and teach the necessary spells. (Credit: 4 points)
Translating magic into daily life: You cannot learn magic unless you learn the language of magic. (Credit: 3 points)
Scroll with Ink: Cannot be learned unless you have learned Spell Scribe. (Credit: 1 point)
Wands, staffs, staffs, and rings: teach the types and uses of these items. (Credit: 2 points)
Using Herbs and Mushrooms: Practice the use of these natural magical items and how they can be used in spells. (Credit: 3 points)
Speaking with Magic I: This course needs to be studied together with the language of magic; it provides guidance on correcting pronunciation. (Credit: 4 points)
Sleight of hand mastery: Learn at least 3 tricks. (Credit: 5 points)
…………
After reading the first-year course, Ru Yin understood that one year of training at the Magic Academy could produce a group of spellcasters capable of casting zero-ring tricks.
And these students must have more than 40 points of credits before they can be qualified to advance to the second year of the course.
Second Year Course
Private and Body-Affecting Tricks: Tricks that cause minor irritation or cause objects to appear on one's body are taught.
Speak with Magic II: An expanded version of Speak with Magic, showing the pronunciation of numerous difficult words and phrases.
Control of Magic I: An important lesson on how to prevent spells from going wrong.
Potion: Which is which? Allow students to identify safe and harmful potions and what the consequences of mixing them will be.
Herbs and Blood in Ink: An expansion of the previous ink course, teaching how ordinary things can be used in magical ink.
Spell Components Explained: This course explains the types and uses of spell components.
Juggle Review and Quiz: A review and quiz of all the tricks learned so far.
Runes: Teaches basic runes and their uses.
Material Compositions: Demonstration of all major types of material compositions and their uses.
Advanced Magic Language: Only students who are exceptionally good in Magic Language can learn it.
Magical Protection: Demonstration of the most important magical protection spells and items.
Safety course "Don't talk to the devil": tells about the dangers of summoning and the rules of the pentagram.
Pentacles and Circles of Miracles: Teach How to Use Them and When You Shouldn't.
Third Year Course
Magical Properties of Gems: Describes the abilities of gemstones and how they are used in spells, inks, and amulets.
Trickster Trick: Demonstrates the use of a trick that enables the caster to change the appearance of an object.
Start Spell Invention: Shows you how to invent your own small spells.
Transcribe Cantrips on Scrolls: Train the scribe to spells that have material components that the apprentice has learned to use.
Recognizing Explosive Runes and Other Hazards: An important course showing how to recognize magical protection without the use of magic.
Control of Magic II: A follow-up course on the control of magic.
Herbal Medicine: A mage's druid course to learn what herbs can be used in spells and healing.
Advanced Runes: A Complete Rune Course.
Artifacts and Relics: Teaches the history and abilities of artifacts and relics (and which is which).
The final examination of the cantrip: a compulsory course for all graduates. Must know one cantrip of each type, and have a minimum number of spells in the book.
Test of Magiccraft: An important ability that allows the wizard to identify magic items with or without the use of magic.
Advanced Herbs and Inks: The final course in this field, including an exam.
Using all types of spell components: How to appropriately use somatic, material, and verbal components at all levels.
Read Magic (1st-level spell): If an apprentice wants to become a qualified wizard, he or she must learn this spell and how to copy all other 1st-level spells.
At the graduation ceremony, new wizards receive the following items:
The Book of Tricks.
Level 1 spell book.
Robes.
Pointed hat.
Permission to use the Magic Shop.
One month's supply of spell ingredients.
A bronze badge, a lifelong member of the Wizard's Tower.
…………
After briefly understanding the second- and third-year courses, Ru Yin once again set her sights on the first-year courses.
Because she must select a group of qualified wizard teachers based on the scope of the course, and then distribute the tower master's course materials to them.
"It is not as simple as imagined to build a complete magic academy." Ru Yin leaned back in her chair, rubbed her temples, and sighed secretly, but her eyes became firmer than ever before.
…………
(End of this chapter)