Chapter 3 Choice
"Lord Thoros." Lucian bowed slightly and spoke respectfully toward a treetop nest.
"Quack..." With the sound of flapping wings and a slightly hoarse cry, a huge one-eyed crow flew out of the nest and then landed on a relatively low branch. Its scarlet one-eyed eye glanced He glanced at Lucian and let out a hoarse, sharp voice.
"Gah - boy, are you calling the great Lord Thoros?"
"Yes." Lucian bowed his head respectfully and handed over a roasted salamander respectfully.
This one-eyed crow is an official wizard's familiar, and to a certain extent, it represents that wizard.
"Quack - if you still want to get rid of the alien power in your body, the great Lord Thoros can't help you." The crow Thoros unceremoniously took away the roasted salamander offered by Lucian, but casually Said.
"Lord Thoros, I would like to accept two students from this year's batch of new blood." Lucian expressed his needs calmly and directly put forward his needs.
"Accepting students? Quack..." Soros seemed to find this matter very interesting, flapped his wings and laughed loudly.
"Lord Thoros, I want to recruit students with good qualifications, and I am willing to pay a certain amount of magic stones for this." Lucian bowed slightly.
"Magic stone? Wait a moment." Thoros stopped his harsh laughter, his expression was slightly serious, and he fell on the branch again. His single scarlet eye first looked at Lucian, and then closed it.
After a moment, Soros opened his eyes again. "Boy, Sir Thoros's great master said that he can help you recruit new blood with third-level qualifications as students, but... one person, twenty magic stones."
"Third-level qualification? Twenty magic stones?" Lucian took a deep breath. Although he knew that the price of asking for help from these formal wizards was not high, but twenty magic stones? This price is really outrageous.
You know, at this price, you can buy two knight-level slaves at the wizard trading point. Although this kind of knight-level slave retinue is slightly inferior to the second-level wizard apprentice in terms of combat power, it is superior in absolute loyalty and can be regarded as a very practical helper for the third-level wizard apprentice.
And use twenty magic stones to become a third-level qualified new blood mentor? This is definitely a disadvantage for most wizards.
After all, what belongs to a student is not necessarily your own. Investing twenty magic stones before teaching is not a cost-effective "deal".
What's more, third-class qualification? Among the five qualifications in the wizard apprenticeship stage, it can only be regarded as not bad, but it cannot be said to be excellent at all.
"Quack...this is the master's will, I'm just conveying it." Thoros flapped his wings. After thinking about it, it said slowly, "At most... well, for the sake of my favorite roasted salamander, the great Soros is willing to add a small 'discount' for you."
"Comes with a new blood with first-class qualifications? How about this condition? If you buy wizard apprentice slaves as experimental materials, the price will be much higher than mine."
Lucian was silent. He also understood at this time that the official wizard behind Soros most likely proposed a high price because he was the buyer.
Perhaps in his opinion, he was looking for students to conduct some experiments that might expel the alien witchcraft power from his body, or even conduct body exchange experiments. That's why when quoting, the price was so high - because he sold it at the "friendly price" for the experimental subjects.
Although I am somewhat unwilling to do so, I have no other choice now. After all, there is only one official wizard responsible for recruiting new blood this year, and it will take at least a year to recruit the next batch of new blood.
"I...I will buy one, and add the 'additional head' you mentioned, Mr. Thoros." After a long silence, Lucian spoke with some difficulty.
At the same time, he took out a small bag, and then took out twenty magic stones that gave off a faint light, and handed them to the crow Thoros respectfully.
Soros grinned, his voice hoarse, but his expression seemed to be smiling. "Exchange of equal value."
Lucian's mouth twitched.
Using a new blood with a third-level qualification, plus a new blood with the worst first-level teaching qualification, and then exchanged twenty precious magic stones, and then finally said that they exchanged it at equal value?
"A fair deal." Although his heart was filled with emotions, Lucian still forced out a smile.
After all, in the face of absolute strength, being willing to make an exchange is fair enough in the eyes of those official wizards.
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"You have two options. One is for me to designate a mentor for you at will. This method is free. The other is for you to choose the mentor yourself. I have a brief introduction and conditions for the mentor. You can choose by yourself. But if you choose this method, you need to pay an extra magic stone.”
Three days later, when the airship carrying the new blood landed at the Ashbones Academy, these new blood, who were still somewhat ignorant of the wizarding world, began the most important choice in their lives.
Soon starting from the new blood with the best fifth-level qualifications, these apprentices made their own choices one by one.
"I choose Tutor Vivian."
"Corvette..."
"Lucy..." Soon, it was the turn of a young boy who looked very smart to make a choice.
"Sir, I hope I can choose by myself." After the young man Yellen respectfully handed over a magic stone, he took the booklet with information about many mentors and quickly flipped through it.
After all, he can only watch for fifteen minutes at most. If he wants to continue watching, he needs to add more magic stones!
【Raffati Owen】
[Level 3 Wizard Apprentice]
[Specialties: Necromology, Human Anatomy, Neutralization of Negative Energy Particles]
[Three paid knowledge provided for free]
[Requirement: Apprentices must cooperate in conducting an experiment every month and may not refuse for any reason! 】
"Can't refuse for any reason?" Yellen's heart sank slightly. He had heard that most of the wizard's experiments were very bloody and cruel.
He flipped through it quickly and looked at the next instructor's information.
【Steven Rudd】
【Official Wizard】
[Specialties: Neurology, Anatomy, Variation and Transformation]
[Provide a piece of paid knowledge for free]
[Requirement: The apprentice must hand in two magic stones every month and be responsible for acting as an experimental assistant]
"Two magic stones... I only brought eight magic stones from home..." Yellen was a little moved, but after seeing the hard condition that he had to hand in two magic stones every month, he hesitated. .
【Karl Hoskin】
[Level 3 Wizard Apprentice]
[Specialties: Spirit Body Transformation, Curse Science, Negative Energy Particle Neutralization]
[Five pieces of paid knowledge are provided for free, and the types are chosen by the apprentices. They can consult and request teaching at any time! 】
[Requirement: Apprentices must cooperate in conducting an experiment and may not refuse for any reason! Just one item! 】
"I'm afraid that after the experiment, it's impossible to walk off the dissecting table alive, right?" Yellen quickly jumped over this "big thunder" after the initial heartbeat.
Finally, he found a special mentor message.
【Lucian Kevin】
[Level 3 Wizard Apprentice]
[Specialties: Pharmacy, Plant Cultivation, Energy Particle Science]
[Paid knowledge can be provided for free, and the type is chosen by the apprentices. One-on-one guidance can be provided to apprentices anytime and anywhere! 】
[Requirement: Respect teachers! 】
"There are no hard and fast terms, and the conditions seem to be very generous!" When Yellen saw the mentor's profile, her heart could not help but beat fast.
"But my qualifications are third-class qualifications. Even among the third-class qualifications, they are very close to the threshold of fourth-class qualifications. Among our new batch of new blood, except for those guys with fourth-class and fifth-class qualifications, I am the best. Maybe if you look down, you can find a better mentor with better conditions, or even an official wizard."
Yellen wrote down the name Lucian, but quickly checked the information about his future mentor.
(End of chapter)