Kai and Lena's newly chosen home is in the second to last building of the apprentice dormitory complex.
The environment here is quieter and more suitable for Kai and Lena to meditate or experiment with magic. And the rooms in this dormitory building are much larger than what they used to live in before. In addition to a brand new and spacious experimental platform, the room surprisingly has a separate bathroom.
There is an imbalance in resource allocation among apprentices in the Dark Arts Academy. The vast majority of entry-level apprentices are three or four people crammed into a pitifully small dormitory. That room is even smaller than the one Kai used to live in, there is no experimental platform inside, only two bunk beds and a few hangers can be placed.
And the dormitory building that Kai and Lena chose, a six story building, was almost not fully occupied on every floor. It is common for an apprentice to occupy several rooms here.
The room chosen by Kai and Lena is on the fourth floor, which was originally occupied by four apprentices. Three of them live alone, while the other one, like Kai and the others, lives with two people.
The apprentices in the second to last apprentice dormitory building are half intermediate apprentices and half senior apprentices. Senior apprentices occupy the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, while intermediate apprentices with good skills are mostly located on the lower three floors. Kai and Lena chose their new home location after considering their strengths and needs comprehensively.
On the second day they moved into this building, a mid-level apprentice who used to be on the same floor as them voluntarily moved to the third floor. The other three apprentices didn't make much noise, but after a few days, Kai discovered something that shocked him.
I saw today that those two apprentices who live together are actually men! "Kai, who was preparing dinner, whispered to Lena sitting at the table flipping through her magic book.
What's so unusual about this? In the past ten years at the Dark Arts Academy, haven't you seen similar situations before? "Lena flipped through the magic book with her usual expression, not surprised at all.
Kai, holding a black shark scale fish in his hand, lightly slashed and awkwardly smiled, "I thought only those boring low-level apprentices liked to do this kind of thing, but I didn't expect high-level apprentices to
Very few junior apprentices in the academy have survived to the age of 30, as many senior apprentices are aware. Some apprentices with poor talent, who are almost thirty years old and have not yet reached the intermediate apprentice level, know that they have no future and give up on themselves, relying on their own strength to do bad things.
The poor atmosphere of the Dark Arts Academy is indeed caused by the indulgence or even proactive promotion of formal black wizards. But it must also be said that these low-level apprentices with poor character have made the situation worse.
However, those intermediate and above level apprentices, although also very cold-blooded and ruthless in personality, have hope to explore the truth of magic and the mysteries of elements. They spend most of their energy on magic research and academy tasks, and have little time to bully weak apprentices.
Kai's words made Lena close the magic book in her hand. She walked up to Kai and helped him prepare dinner to the best of her ability, while casually saying, "There are also special things among the senior apprentices, and the two guys living next door are not easy either. That intermediate apprentice Mali has already won the college award twice in a row and is a hot topic for promotion to senior apprentice. As for the other senior apprentice Stanson, although he may seem a bit silly, he has actually mastered several rare bloodline magic. If it weren't for his poor brain, he would have a place among the top senior apprentices
Since Kai was injured during his last college mission and returned, Lena has undergone significant changes. At least before this, Lena had never prepared a dinner like this for Kai. It's not that she doesn't want to, it's that she doesn't.
Lena is clumsy, with many fish scales sticking to her arms. I really don't know how such a woman who can't even do housework can master so much advanced magical knowledge.
A sumptuous and warm dinner was prepared by the two of them working together. Sitting at the spacious dining table, the conversation between Kai and Lena had little trace of ordinary people's daily lives, but was filled with the atmosphere of wizards getting along. For example, after briefly discussing a few neighbors, Kai and Lena talked about the problems they had encountered recently in experiments and magic learning while eating fish.
Kai shared his recent insights and gains in the field of alchemy. Although Lena did not specialize in alchemy, as a senior apprentice, she and Kai still have common topics in this area.
After Kai finished talking about her situation, Lena, who used to rarely speak, also mentioned the magic book she had recently read.
The magic book Lena recently read is called 'Annotated by Anka', which is one of the books given to him by Master Kai. This is a magic notebook written by a formal magician named Anka, which also records the spell model and related knowledge of an intermediate magic called "Control of Things".
Kai originally thought that the biggest use of 'Annotated Anka' was the intermediate magic inside, which is probably why his mentor, Moses, gave him this magic notebook.
But what Kai didn't expect was that when Lena read this magic book, she not only learned the control techniques recorded in it, but also read out other things.
From the information revealed in this magic book, it can be seen that the official mage Master Anka's true profession is a wizard. The book also introduces that wizards in the wizarding world are actually divided into many professions, including summoners, necromancers, elemental masters, bloodline masters, and so on. In each magic profession, there are many branches. For example, we can now call it the Fire Elemental Master among Elemental Masters, "Lena said.
Lena's introduction made Kai suddenly realize and curious. He has already mastered the intermediate magic of Fire Wall and Fire Hand for quite some time now, it's time to get involved in object control. While learning the art of controlling objects, he will also study the magic book "Annotated by Anka" carefully, as reminded and advised by Lina.
This sumptuous and warm dinner ended with the sound of conversation between two magic apprentices. This is an ordinary day, and it is also an ordinary day for Kai in his life at the Dark Arts Academy.
The commercial street in Dongcheng District is lively.
When Kai came to Fat Boss's shop again, he had already sold out all the goods that Kai had given him before. It's been almost a month since Kai finished his task and returned.
Fat Bob could have sold all the goods a long time ago, but in order to earn more black gold, this guy actually managed to get three green jawed feather eggs to a small auction recently held in the city of Mosobra. It has to be said that fat people have a really sharp mind when it comes to doing business. In the end, Fatty handed Kai a total of 577 black gold coins, which was the amount after deducting Fatty's commission. This is the first time Kai has seen such a large amount of black gold. With this money, Kai will definitely make faster progress in the field of alchemy. Senior Brother Zoro is right. In the early days of alchemy, it was a job that only burned money and didn't see any immediate returns.
Just having bird claws and beaks with green jawed feathers is far from enough for Kai to practice. He needs to buy more experimental materials and some alchemy specific tools. Can't Kai shamelessly borrow from his senior brother every time he wants to conduct alchemy experiments? In fact, in the laboratory of mentor Moses, various alchemy equipment is not only complete, but also particularly high-end. Unfortunately, it's just too advanced. Kai doesn't even know how to use it, or rather, he's afraid of damaging these equipment. As much as he has an appetite, he eats as many bowls of rice. Kai doesn't have to aim too high, just start accumulating from the basics with a down-to-earth approach. Anyway, he's still young.
More than 500 black gold coins filled a medium-sized cloth bag to the brim. Beside him, Bos kept sighing, saying how wealthy those Asian tribes were. Since participating in a small auction in the city of Mosobra, Bose's vision and vision have gradually become higher. He doesn't have much talent in cultivation, but he really has a way of doing business. Moreover, Bao Si is not without capital. With the support of Mei Li and Kai, as long as they can provide him with stable magical potions and alchemy props in the future, he confidently guarantees that all three of them will definitely make a fortune. Bos' ambition and commitment made Kai laugh at it.
Just as Kai was about to say something, a muffled whistle sounded, echoing throughout the entire city of Mosobra. Almost at the same time, Kai and Bao Si rushed out of the shop. There are still many people rushing out of the city of Mosobra like them. The residents of the city lifted their heads and looked at the huge black shadow under the glow of the fluorite when they heard this special sound. That is a huge ship that suddenly appeared from somewhere, with a huge volume, a length of 200 meters and a height of 50 meters.
In addition to a few official black wizards, they flew over the city of Mosobra as soon as the floating giant ship appeared, and more than a dozen owl academy supervisors also flew up into the sky, scattered in various corners of the giant ship. Fatty Bowes beside Kai couldn't help but exclaim, "Another batch of newcomers has arrived. I don't know how many people there are this time, and how many can meet the minimum spiritual power requirements of the academy." Fatty Bowes seemed to recall when he first arrived in the dark area, appearing a bit emotional. Kai didn't think too much. When he saw the floating giant ship over the city of Mosobra, his first thought was, "Another year has passed, and I'm already seventeen years old
Half a month later, almost all the apprentices at the Black Magic Academy knew that this year the black wizards had abducted nearly a thousand young children on the surface, but only 272 of them had reached the spiritual level, which was less than one-third of the total. The minimum standard for becoming a dark magic apprentice is an initial mental strength of 7 points or above. Kai's initial mental strength was 11 points back then, which may be one of the reasons why he has been relatively successful in magic cultivation over the years. The initial level of mental power largely determines the speed of advancement for magic apprentices in the early stages of their learning. Kai was promoted to intermediate apprentice at the age of 16, which is already considered a little genius. And for those in their twenties or even thirties who are still in the low-level apprenticeship stage, besides low intelligence and limited understanding of magic, low initial mental power is probably also a big problem. I just don't know if there is a relationship between initial mental strength and intelligence.
More than 200 newly enrolled apprentices have revitalized the long dormant Dark Arts Academy. Looking at these timid, fearful, and curious little ones with expressions full of fear, more than one dark magic apprentice remembered their past selves. Experience the coldness and despair of the Dark Arts Academy! "Many Dark Arts apprentices sneered inwardly. As usual in previous years, the number of these over 200 newly enrolled students will sharply decrease to less than half by the second year. Most of those little ones were "eliminated" for various reasons because they couldn't adapt to the college environment. Even if the remaining half of the apprentices can eventually grow up and enter the low-level apprentice level, it is pitifully rare. According to probability, having 15 is already good. Over the years, entry-level apprentices have been replaced one after another, but the number of intermediate and high-level apprentices has not changed much, which already indicates many issues. Kai is not like some boring apprentices who specifically go to the dormitories of newly enrolled apprentices to "inspect goods", get a little understanding of the situation of these new apprentices, and then continue to devote himself to his learning life.
Moses' laboratory, Kai went as usual this day. What is a bit different during peacetime is that mentor Moses did not conduct experiments in the alchemy laboratory, but instead sat in the living room on the first floor, chatting with the formal black magician Dilth who came to visit. Kai respectfully greeted his mentor and Master Dilth before walking towards the laboratory. As Kai passed by the living room, he accidentally heard Master Moses and Master Dilth discussing this group of newly enrolled apprentices. There are only about 200 apprentices with qualified spiritual abilities this time. I don't know if the number of qualified apprentices in the college will meet the requirements of the dean and his team in ten years, "said Master Dilth. Recently, Dilth has frequently visited Moses, and due to the fact that both of them come from the Western Isles, this official black magician has secretly formed a defensive alliance with Moses. A month ago, Dilth obtained a secret from Moses that ordinary black wizards in the city of Mosobra had never been involved in. With this intelligence information leading the way, it is enough to place Dilth in the top ten among all the official black wizards in the city of Mosobra. I don't know what news she received to pay unprecedented attention to the qualified number of apprentices in the academy in the future.