The world is brewing in a calm storm, just like the turbulent ocean currents under the gentle sea, but whether it is the gods in the sky waiting for the coming moment, or the many great men on earth busy for the future of the world, the ordinary life of ordinary people still has to go on, enjoying the rare true peace of the Mycrof continent for thousands of years, and marveling at the rapid changes around them.

Starfall 837, February 1, Moldavia, 6 a.m.

Priest opened his eyes, and it took him less than a second to get up from the warm bed, he dressed neatly, made the bed, and then went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash up.

This is a two-story single-family cottage, although the area is not large, but all kinds of organs, whether it is a balcony or a backyard, after washing, Priest began to exercise every morning in his own backyard, and after doing five sets of all-round exercises, the time also came to about seven o'clock, Prester returned to the house, after a simple shower cleaning, the young man with scars seriously put on an apron, put on a kitchen hat, and began to prepare a new day's breakfast for himself and his sister.

"Britney, get up and eat, don't stay in bed."

"Oh, good brother."

A soft voice came from the bedroom on the second floor, and then Priest could hear the sound of the room, and soon after, the little girl with long gray hair walked out of the room in a daze and entered the bathroom.

The 'Universal Academy' established in the new town of Moldavia, nominally an independent institution directly under the Lord's Office, with a dual grant from the Moldavian Government and the Imperial Government, was established for the sole purpose of providing basic universal education to all young children in the territory up to the age of fourteen, a policy that had been successfully implemented under the pressure of the Empire for nearly three years, and if continued, it might be possible to eliminate illiteracy by 80 per cent within twenty years and produce a large number of qualified adult laborers with basic knowledge.

Priest's sister Britney naturally meets the admission standards of the Popularization Academy, so every morning, the man will send his sister to the academy on time before the academy's half-past eight opening time, and today is naturally no exception, after breakfast, Priest escorted his sister to the school and sent the other party to a gentle elf tutor.

"Please."

"It's a matter of duty."

Coincidentally, the rune factory where Priest works is near the academy, so he can always arrive at his place of work at nine o'clock, before the factory starts work early, but from today onwards, Priest does not need to go to the rune spirit factory.

Because at this time, he has become a member of Wintercastle's 'Champion Academy'.

"Cadet 'Priest Omni', the Championship Academy Entrance Ceremony will start on February 1, 837, at 10:20 a.m., and it's 8:37 a.m., please plan your own schedule."

With a slight mental fluctuation, Priest, who had just left the Popularization Academy not long ago, suddenly shook his whole body, and a burst of emotionless mechanical synthesized sound appeared in his mind, in this regard, Priest nodded and looked at his right wrist: "So, it's still early...... But it's better to go there sooner. ”

On Priest's right wrist armor, there is a strange blue-blue gem, the center of which shimmers with a blurry light, attracting people's attention, which is the information terminal that was sent to him not long ago and represents the proof of the Wintercastle students.

In order not to attract attention, Priest used a thick layer of cowhide to cover the gem firmly, which did not affect the function of the information terminal, and the sound just now was a reminder function set by Priest himself, lest he forget some important things.

"Speaking of which, this information terminal really has a lot of functions."

Walking on the way to the Champions Academy, Priest couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Regular reminders, recordings, magic cameras, memos, it can even detect the temperature of the oil pan when I fry eggs, and give a detailed fire element concentration change curve......"

For Priest, who had almost never touched magical items before, the magic of the information terminal was unimaginable to him, and the gem that directly connected to his mind had several practical functions, and the former caravan guard felt that if he had such a thing when he was traveling in the wilderness, then many of the otherwise difficult situations would have become much easier - just being able to accurately determine the time was already a great feature, not to mention detecting the direction of the wind and predicting the weather, it was complete cheating.

Of course, Priest didn't know that a certain legendary powerhouse who was proficient in runes was using his strongest magic weapon as the prototype to construct the prototype of the information terminal, although due to the problems of materials, craftsmanship and popularity, various functions were castrated and simplified, but what was left was by no means something that ordinary magic items could do.

The yellow leaves of the roadside trees are falling, and in a month or two, the new spring will come, the leaves that have supported the winter will fall, and new shoots will soon appear, walking on both sides of such avenues, and staggering with many hurried pedestrians, Priest finally arrives at the gate of the Champion Academy in the southern part of New Moldavia.

The Champion Academy is a huge complex, and the main entrance is located under a tall, sturdy castle, where a team of knights in gray magical armor patrol the perimeter of the academy to drive idlers away, and Priest is allowed to enter the castle after revealing the information terminal.

At this time, there are not many people in the Champion Academy, and most of the official members are going out to sharpen and complete tasks at this time, and the new students will not come over so early, Priest looked at the few new students in the castle hall, and there was no desire to come forward to 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 be idle during this time, so it's better to go and see what new news is in the forum.

The spirit continued to dive, and finally seemed to be connected to some huge network, Priest suddenly felt that a simple page of text appeared in front of his eyes, and the background board 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.

'Wintercastle Academy Forum', a comprehensive forum for Wintercastle Academy and its subordinate 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.

At first glance, Priest immediately saw the "Welcome to New Students and Instructions: A Detailed Explanation of the Internal Rules and Regulations of Wintercastle and the Forum User Manual", which was still in large red letters, and the boutique post "The 4th Academy Internal Comprehensive Competition (Closed, congratulations to Miss Lisa Colonos)" at the bottom of the red post.

The first post is an explanation post for a newly admitted student like Priest who can integrate into the academy group as soon as possible, which answers a lot of doubts for him, such as the specific rules and regulations of the champion academy, what he needs to prepare, what he should do, and the specific use of the information terminal, all of which are clearly explained.

And the second post,It seems to be the academy competition in the last semester of last year,Priest looked at the introduction,Knowing that this is a competition for the purpose of taking on the internal tasks of the academy in the name of an individual or a team,The last time he watched,This comprehensive competition is not over yet,A team called 'First Squad' seems to be the favorite to win the championship,But now it seems,It seems that it was the young lady named Lisa who won the first place。

- Don't underestimate anyone.

There wasn't much in his mind, Priest nodded slightly, and then continued to look down.

The college forum is a bit like a guild bulletin board, there will be many posts on it, and all users can leave a message below, but unlike the guild bulletin board in reality, the posts on the forum appear more concise, without the smell of men's sweat and all kinds of bloody oil, and the speed of messages and replies is almost very fast, and there is no need to wait for a few days to have a reply, and each reply is even marked with a reply time, which makes Priest, who used to often go to see the union bulletin board, very satisfied.

Nowadays, there are not many posts in the forum, mainly because Priest's permission is not enough, as a student who has not yet officially enrolled, he only has the most basic tourist permissions, and can only browse the comprehensive area and the exclusive section of the Champion Academy called the 'Champion Camp', and more, such as the 'Quest Section', 'Elemental Light', 'Magic Energy Construction', 'Knight's City', 'Clean Courtyard' and 'Trading Bazaar', etc., he can't go to the exclusive sections and special sections of other branches.

Priest continued to look at the other posts in the Complex.

'Essence: How to quickly unravel the shaved ice sea shark lizard to get useful materials, bloody, and multi-plan to enter carefully' - Team 1 united

'The aurora around the South Magnetic Pole is so beautiful, I want to share it with you! Pictured' – crackling

'Don't go hunting in the northern icefields of the Lost Sea lately, there's nothing there, all the sharks have been killed by some bastards' - Ice Sea Watcher

'On the eighteenth day of training alone in the Great Ajax Mountains, today's food is the Tree Fruit Slime (updated daily, multi-image)' - Bell the Hunt

'Shocked! The newly admitted freshmen won the first place in the comprehensive competition, and the inside story is actually like this! —Anonymity

'I've got a legendary card, hahahahaha! Pictured' – Seal Ball

Behind the post,It's the name of the forum of the poster,And the number of replies,It's like the first highlight post,The number of replies has reached 119,Most of which are 'Thank you for sharing' 'Good landlord' 'Great help, thank you very much', and occasionally there will be some 'Why are you killing so many shark lizards, the ecological balance has been destroyed!' 's comments.

However, this highlight post did not have the largest number of replies to it, with Bell the Hunter and the Crackling Aurora post both having more replies than it.

The experience post of the Great Ajax Mountains,Most of them are photos and records of the strange things that the poster devours in the volcanic forest every day.,Most of the replies below are 'The landlord is too strong''This kind of thing can be eaten.''Admire the landlord''What's the matter?' "It turns out that the blue butterfly worm can eat ...... by cutting off its head."

And in the aurora post,There are 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 seems that the amount of information is too huge,I can't deal with it for a while,But when he looked at it next, he found that there were so many replies to this post:In the middle of the many aurora maps,Interspersed with a lot of selfies of the poster,That's a pretty cute,Dragonman girl with dragon horns,Many people are lamenting that there are almost any races in the academy.,Elves,Dwarves,Half-elves,Halflings, There are still dragonmen now, and it's so cute, it's really rare.

"Speaking of which, wasn't the filming location deep in the ice field? There are a lot of monsters there, how did she get there? ”

At first, Prester was a little confused, but soon he reacted: what other way is there besides fighting? This is the forum of the Career Academy, and every poster is an existence with extraordinary power, which should not be underestimated.

"That's a little older than my sister...... Such a little girl, she is so powerful, I can't relax! ”

Priest made up his mind secretly, and then left a message behind this post.

'The landlord can actually go deep into the ice field alone, it's really powerful, I will also take you as the goal and strive to get to this point!' —Priest Omni

To be honest, it took several days after Priest got the information terminal to understand that the original forum name does not need to use the real name, but can be chosen as you like...... But it's too late, and the name Priest Omni has become the name of his forum, and if he wants to change it, he won't have to wait until three months.

Soon, Priest felt a light flicker at the top of the forum.

'You have a new reminder'

He opened the list of messages and found that the post he had just made had already been replied to.

'Thank you! As long as you work hard, you can definitely do it too! —crackling

The time was spent browsing the forum, and when he noticed that it was almost ten o'clock, Priest closed the forum and opened his eyes to look around.

At this time, there were already nearly 100 people in the castle hall, and many people were entering one after another, but because the hall was too spacious, the more than 100 people did not seem crowded, and many students who knew each other were greeting each other, smiling and greeting, and there were also many nervous people who were standing aside and looking around, and his friends were cheering him on.

Priest was older in the group and didn't know anyone he knew, so he was standing alone in the corner, and he wasn't nervous because he had already learned about the freshman entrance ceremony from the forum. Time passed quickly, and before you knew it, it was already 10:20, and the ceremony was about to begin.

==

Jingle bell, ding bell. The penetrating bell came from the top of the castle, and after hearing this bell, all the newly admitted students subconsciously stood up, and spontaneously gathered in the center of the hall, all of them stood up according to the number in the information terminal, according to the guidance, in less than ten seconds, the number of more than one hundred and fifty new students had already formed a neat phalanx, and the next moment, a male and a female two college tutors appeared in front of everyone.

The Champion Academy enrolls four sessions a year, 1~200 people per session, occasionally more, but at least there are about 120 people, Priest's quality is not bad, a total of 167 people passed the test with qualified results, and thanks to the talent and divine power and the past combat experience, Priest's results are very good among them, so he stood in the front row of the team, the first to accept the eyes of the mentors.

"Lord Dean said that as a warrior, you should talk as little nonsense as possible, so I'll be straightforward - from today onwards, you will be a member of the Wintercastle Champion Academy."

The male mentor at the head looked like a barbarian from the swamps of the far south, but at this time he was wearing a crisp white academy tutor uniform, and his tone was low and clear, without the temperament of a berserker, and he said in a serious tone: "Remember, any knowledge and power you have learned here is for the better transformation of this world, the protection of your relatives and homeland, and the fight against the evil that is against order. If you want to officially join the Academy, you must make three vows. ”

"Never abuse power."

"Never bully the weak."

"Never show mercy to the enemy."

"If you do these three things, you are a member of the Champions Academy, and the Academy is your backing, your other home. Both I and the Dean will do our best to make you a fighter who can take charge of your own affairs. ”

The dean in the mouth of this academy mentor, everyone knows, it is one of the two deans of the Wintercastle Academy, the lord of Moldavia, the legendary warrior Joshua Van Radcliffe, everyone present became excited after hearing these words, the reason why they went to great lengths to join the Wintercastle Academy is not to be able to study under this legendary powerhouse?

As a result, a series of vows were heard, and Priest did not hesitate to repeat three oaths, swearing that he would never betray the academy and become a part of Wintercastle.

And just after the oath was over, the two mentors began to lead the team and take these new students to visit the campus, and at this time, Priest found that the huge castle that he was originally feeling for was actually just the teaching building of the Champion Academy, in addition to the castle, the entire campus also has a large arena that can supply three thousand people, as well as a training base of the same size, around the training base, there is even an area for storing Warcraft, and students can pay credits, Buy some trained monsters to become your companions or mounts.

According to the words of the two instructors, their dormitories have not yet been arranged, but they can be determined before six o'clock in the afternoon, but this dormitory is only available to outsiders who live in New Moldavian City, and students who have a house in the local area are not considered, so these have nothing to do with Priest

And the underground part, the moment he saw it, made Priest feel extremely shocked.

"This ...... This is?! ”

His eyes widened and he muttered to himself, because what appeared in front of Priest's eyes was a large underground forest!

"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 abyssal special, what is it called? Wriggling wood? Tsk, in addition, it also has some characteristics of the Black Forest, and there will be a lot of monsters inhabiting it. ”

The leader of the instructor said, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied and shook his head: "These artificially cultivated monsters are still too weak, and they can't have any good training effects, so it's a little useful to give you new students a practical lesson." ”

- No, the Abyssal Tree and the Black Forest alone are scary enough, okay? You're growing these things in the ground of the city?!

Although Priest was shocked by the audacity of the Champion Academy at first, but then he thought about it, and nodded with relief - after all, whether it is the Abyss Demon or the Black Forest, no matter how evil it is, it can't be the local lord, the news written in the Weekly Opinion Teacher, his own lord has been to the abyss several times, and even almost killed a demon lord, just the abyss trees and the Black Forest, his old man is estimated to be wiped out in one breath.

Today's Mage Weekly has become a general publication all over the continent, both civilians and mages will buy it and learn about the big news of the whole world, Priest usually doesn't like to read it much, but his friend Dahl likes it very much, in order to have a little topic to talk about, so Priest also began to look at it.

It took about three hours to visit the campus, and everyone went to the canteen located underground to try the monster food of the Champion College - many people ate the meat of the monster beast for the first time, and they were immediately surprised as if they had discovered a new continent, and the monster meat containing magic power can strengthen the physical fitness of the warrior very well, and it can also strengthen the speed of cultivating the fighting spirit in the future, unlike most people who don't care much about these things, as soon as Priest has money, he will occasionally buy some monster meat to cook at home, Lay a good foundation for herself and her sister Britney.

He doesn't care, his sister's future is much more important than him. That's what Priest really thinks.

After visiting the campus, it was free time, and the next week there will be a class for new students, and this week is the time for new students to familiarize themselves with the campus buildings.

"Priest Omni?"

The capable woman, who called herself Ellie, with burn scars on her face, narrowed her eyes and looked at the other party, her tone tinged with a hint of envy in the blandness: "Second place in the overall ranking of the entrance test...... It is indeed the temperament that has experienced life and death, which is completely different from those ordinary students. ”

"Mentor Ellie?!"

Priest hurriedly stepped forward, he clearly knew that the tutor in front of him wearing the uniform of the academy was a strong man with gold-level strength! Elle Damia, the Eagle of Boiling Blood, was a super-first-class mercenary in the mountains of the western part of the empire, and was also quite famous in the caravan guard circle, and his most well-known record was the use of his unique boiling blood fighting spirit, single-handedly exterminating a large bandit gang 'Ogre' with a total number of 112 people and wreaking havoc in the mountains for 20 years.

When she was still a caravan escort, Priest had heard of the other party's name, but she didn't know when she actually joined Wintercastle Academy and became a mentor.

"It's nothing, it's just that your little guy's luck is so good that I envy it a little."

Tutor Elle didn't say much, she just took out her message terminal, and then sent a secret message to Priest, after doing all this, she continued to look at Priest with a slight hint of envy, and said softly: "Listen, don't tell anyone about this...... Oh, even if you say it, other people don't believe it. ”

"Anyway, in two hours, the Dean wants to see you."

And Priest, who has not reacted yet, subconsciously probed the hidden information in the information terminal, and the large line of "Application Form for Members of the External Exploration Team" is located below "New Information".

And it wasn't until Elle had already left, without looking back, that the young man with the scar on his face reacted.

"Wait—what you're talking about...... Could it be?! ”

In the middle of speaking, Priest quickly closed his mouth, he remembered Ellie's advice, and soon after, a voice that seemed to come from a distance sounded in the man's ears.

"Perhaps, who knows."