There are sixteen known regions on the continent of Kovare, but there are only twelve and a half regular countries, and there are only five kingdoms with humans as the main body, and Adele is only one of the five human kingdoms, and the other half, although it has not yet been formally established, already has a perfect ruling class and political system.

As one of the main kingdoms that accommodate human players, the "population pressure" that Andele has to endure in the context of national entertainment is very huge, so more than 22,000 [trainee mages] and more than 6 million [spellcaster apprentices] sound exaggerated, but compared to the 20 or 30 million players accommodated in the Fairhaven area, they still belong to a minority group.

Don't forget, the Duchy of Ander is known for its scholarship and education, Fairhaven is the capital of Ander, and Wienern College is one of the two most well-known colleges in Austria.

Moreover, the more than six million spellcasters are not just mages, and the vast majority of these players will become warlocks, wizards, bards, and even other small classes with certain spell-casting ability in the future.

With such a large player base, there are only more than 22,000 players, and before leaving the Trial Island, they successfully took up the position of [trainee mage], which shows how small the proportion of the mage profession is, and the remaining more than 6 million li, aside from more than 2 million warlocks, more than 2 million wizards, more than 1 million bards, and hundreds of thousands of small class spellcasters, among the remaining hundreds of thousands of people, how many people can finally become mages, it's really hard to say.

Because most of them are likely to become non-masters with spell-casting abilities, the so-called "arcane craftsmen." "For example, appraisers, alchemists, secret potions, or scholars, scribes, and other clerical branches of spellcasters.

Fortunately, there are not only two academies in the Principality of Ander, and there is not only one country in the Principality of Ander on the Kovare continent, although other countries are not famous for education, it does not mean that they do not have spellcaster professions, almost all regions have their own unique spellcaster institutions, but relatively speaking, the scale is not as large as Ander.

It's just that in the eyes of the older generation of NPC spellcasters like His Excellency Dean Zemmour, any "sideways" cannot be regarded as "mages". "Only pure mages like them are true mages.

However, this is a matter of opinion, whether their concept is self-pride, or deliberately elevating the identity of the mage, so that the mage can obtain a higher social status, it has nothing to do with the player Wutong.

Countless examples and facts in history tell people that before there is enough strength to affect history, the matter of the gods fighting is less involved! The Vinane Academy, a purely academic institution, is not the most authoritative arcane department in the Duchy of Andele, and above it, there are two giants, the Arcane Council and the Royal Arcane Society.

In the early stage, players will be very miserable if they rashly get involved in the power struggle between NPCs.

"This is the apprentice dormitory area of the academy, although the environment is a little worse, but the advantage is that the cost is cheap, if you plan to enjoy a better environment, the academy also has a more advanced villa area, but the cost is much more expensive. If you want, you can even rent a well-equipped mage tower, ranging from low-grade to high-end, and the one-star mage tower only costs 50,000 gold coins per month."

After sending them to the apprentice dormitory area of the Wiener Academy, Old Mike said with a smile: "Relatively speaking, the apprentice is very self-reliant, the academy does not have any constraints on the apprentice, it doesn't matter if you live in the academy dormitory or not, the important thing is that remember to pay the tuition fee!" ”

Wutong Khan, the heart said: Sure enough!

From his eight teachers before, he had already experienced the habit of mages dying for money, and when he came to Venan, the cradle of cultivating mages, he finally knew how the mages cultivated the habit of dying for money.

"The apprentice's tuition fee per quarter is 3,000 standard gold coins, which can be owed on credit, and the academy will arrange work-study assignments for you to repay, as long as you repay it before you graduate from the academy, of course! If you don't pay it back, you won't be able to finish it. ”

Wutong broke out in a cold sweat, and a bad feeling rose, did he think that this so-called "work-study" was a bit like "apprenticeship" or "child labor"? ,

"It should be noted that although the college does not require apprentices to take classes, all coursework completely depends on apprentice electives, but if you do not meet the requirements of credit scores, you will not be able to graduate from the college, and if you cannot graduate, you need to pay 3,000 gold coins per quarter until you graduate."

The subtext is that if you can't finish your studies in your lifetime, you have to pay tuition for a lifetime, and you will be a "child laborer" who has been exploited by the college for a lifetime, right?

"In addition, the apprentice can take any of the college's public courses, which is included in the 3,000 gold coins, and at the same time, the apprentice can apply to any tutor in the academy for guidance, which requires an additional tutoring fee, generally speaking, the tutoring fee is negotiated between the apprentice and the tutor themselves."

It's also popular to open "small stove" make-up classes in the game, right?

"Here's what you need to know about the House Code of Conduct, and here's your House emblem. The matters that need to be paid attention to are all in the college rules, and if you don't understand it, you can read it yourself. ”

Old Mike handed Wutong a booklet and a crystal badge that he could wear on his chest, and then smiled kindly and stretched out his hand to Wutong: "10 gold coins for the manual, 100 gold coins for the badge!" If you don't have money, you can pay it on credit! ”

Wutong sweated profusely, and hurriedly paid the money honestly, but fortunately, before he left the island, he took a large amount of tuition, travel expenses and living expenses from his uncle.

"In the academy, all the expenses of the apprentice are deducted from the information recorded in the secret seal of the academy emblem, and after paying the fee, the academy will add the equivalent amount to the badge, and if it is consumed, remember to pay it to the finance department of the academic affairs office. It is best to ensure that the cost in the badge is not less than 1000 gold coins to avoid inconvenience. ”

This emblem actually has the functions of student ID card and recharge card?

"You can pay me right now, and I'll take care of it for you. Oh yes, forgot to tell you! What I just talked about is the standard and treatment of ordinary [spellcaster apprentices], and the [trainee mage] has a special mentor in charge of teaching, so the tuition fee is twice that of ordinary apprentices, which is 6,000 gold coins! And you, as the head of the academy, will receive special instruction arranged for you by the academy, so the tuition fee is 5 times that of an ordinary apprentice, which is 15,000 gold coins."

Old Mike laughed more and more happily, and Wutong's face became darker and darker, he gritted his teeth and didn't jump up, this kind of huge tuition, how many players in Nima can afford it now? No wonder there are so few students!

"Uh, I forgot to tell you again! Fifteen thousand gold coins are a tutor's tuition, and you, as the head of the eighth department, are not right! It should be the chief disciple of the ninth department, and the fee that needs to be paid every quarter should be 135,000 gold coins! ”

Old Mike's smile looked evil, and Sycamore directly began to roll up his sleeves, he was going to beat the old man.

"Listen to me."

Of course, old Mike couldn't be nervous about the threatening actions of a [trainee mage], but he just found it interesting to be tempted: "These huge fees are not paid for nothing, [Spellcaster Apprentice] is taught by the beginner teacher, and [Trainee Mage] is taught by the intermediate mentor alone"

He winked at Wutong: "And you, the [chief disciple], are personally instructed by the high-level master, and your nine teachers will also answer your questions at any time!" Moreover, I heard that because of the particularity of you, the [Chief of the Nine Departments], and because you are the first disciple personally led by his old man in hundreds of years, I have permission for you to ask any of the Archmages of the Academy for advice at any time. ”

"The main thing is that all the facilities of the Academy, including all the elementary, intermediate, and advanced laboratories, production rooms, casting rooms, any mage towers of all factions, and the Academy's large library, will be open to you!"

Old Mike smiled and threw out the last bait: "If you apply to His Excellency Dean Zemmour, you can also get the opportunity to enter the Royal Library of Andle once a week!" ”

Seeing that Wutong was stunned, Old Mike deliberately said with a look of regret: "Of course, we can't force you to enjoy these treatments, if you want, you can also choose the treatment of [Spellcaster Apprentice] or [Trainee Mage], put your tuition and miscellaneous fees into this pocket, a total of 4,000 gold coins!" ”

"I'll pay!"

Sycamore gritted his teeth and took off [Wokkin's small vault] from his waist, and took out a small bag from old Mike, "Whoa!" Dumping gold coins, while pouring, my heart is dripping blood! This was all he could get from Uncle Butler, although Uncle Butler left him a huge sum of two million gold coins before leaving, but they were all burned on "that thing" during the two months he was delayed on the Island of Trials! ,

These on his body are still the income from his adventures in the ruins of the underground temple, and the tuition, travel and living expenses that his uncle prepared for him and Xiaoxiao, as well as some pocket money, he is very skeptical that this old man has a clairvoyant eye, because after paying all the expenses, he will not talk about gold coins in his pocket, not even silver coins left!

"Oh my God! How can you, an apprentice, have such a huge fortune? Did you rob the Dragon's Cave? ”

Wutong took out a huge amount of more than 100,000 gold coins at once, which made old Mike dumbfounded, because he didn't expect Wutong to be able to come up with such a large amount of money, in the mage world, it is normal for apprentices to owe money to teachers, and even if they owe it for dozens or hundreds of years, there are many people.

This "teacher-student debt model." "It has even become a way to make money in the mage world, the more potential and talented apprentices, the more money the teacher is willing to invest, and even wish to owe a little more, because the more potential and talent the apprentice, the greater the future achievements, which is equivalent to a disguised venture capital!

Although the vast majority of mages focus on their own spell research and don't care about the world at all, the profession of mages is born to fight with coins, no matter how much they earn, they will always be poor in their pockets.

So at the very beginning, Old Master Beria said a "famous saying" to Wutong:

"The mage is the richest person in the world, but the poorest person in the world is richer than the mage, because as a mage, he is always short of money!"

As a result, mages who are focused on their own research have to come out of their labs or mage towers every once in a while, wasting time on an adventure to find a way to make some money and take a few more students as an investment.

Otherwise, it will not be their own talent that limits the achievements of mages, but the coins in their pockets!

"Any questions?" Wutong painfully put the dry and flat little vault back on his waist, and asked with a itchy tooth.

"Well, no problem."

Old Mike, who had been flustered for a while, tied up the small pocket with a strange face, and stuffed it into his arms, it seems that this is also a special prop, otherwise it is impossible to accommodate the 135,000 gold coins weighing 2,700 pounds.

Seeing that Old Mike seemed to be a little disappointed, Wutong suddenly felt very happy, although he spent more than 100,000 gold coins, but the "conspiracy" of Old Mike and His Excellency Dean Zemmour was not achieved, it was worth it!

"Apprentice, your sister seems to be an Obai. Hai's [pastor trainee], I suggest you take her to a nearby seminary. ”

Old Mike suddenly noticed Xiao Luo, who had been following Wutong's side, and said after suggesting it: "You can go to the dormitory, use your academy badge to open any empty room, you can live in it, I'm going to send these tuition fees to the academy's finance department, goodbye, apprentice who is richer than a dragon!" With that, he turned and hurried away, and it seemed that the wealth of the sycamore had stirred him up.

Sycamore said goodbye to old Mike and sneered, "Finally gone!." "He doesn't have to worry about Xiao Luo's affairs, the priest is not as expensive as the mage, and even the priest profession is relatively rich.

As for Xiao Luo's schooling, there is no need to worry, just like his teacher left him a note asking him to report to Venane Academy, Cui Sibo, the old pastor of Shell Village, also paved the way for Xiao Luo, and he only needed to send Xiao Luo over for a while.

Moreover, the difficulty of the game for underage players decreases with age, even Xiao Luo Lì can be regarded as the "personal disciple" of the old pastor Cui Sibo. "But the treatment is definitely not as miserable as his, otherwise, I am afraid that someone will accuse the official "Endless" of child abuse.

Led the two little lotos into a large dormitory area of the academy, this is where the players settled in Fairhaven City, the core consciousness god arranged a place for the players in disguise, although there is also a fee, but the dormitory of the academy is much cheaper than the cost of staying in a hotel for a long time.

This apprentice dormitory area is very large, a large number of tall and short houses of different shapes are crowded together, although the number of mage professions is scarce, but relatively speaking, it is also a very large number, so a dormitory area like this, in the wide small town-like Vinane Academy, I don't know how many, the one where the sycamore is located, is just one of the many dormitory areas. ,

Since it was two months later than the vast majority of players, there was no room in a good location, and after a long time, Sycamore found his nest in a small three-story building with an empty room in a very remote corner.

He took out the badge and opened the door covered with a thin layer of arcane barriers, and from the moment he opened the door that was protected by the [Sealing Technique], the information had already been entered into the secret seal of the badge, and from now on, no one but him and the people he authorized could open it to ensure the privacy of the player.

The room was small, with a simple single wooden bed against the wall, a small locker that served as a bedside table next to the bed, a small desk in front of the window on the wall, a small bookshelf fixed to the wall next to the desk, and a lone chair.

Just a simple look, after recognizing the place, Wutong closed the door, and he had to send Xiao Luo to the seminary, Xiao Luo lì unhappily dragged Wutong's robe: "Brother Wutong, can't Xiaoxiao live with you?" ”

Wutong paused for a moment: "Xiaoxiao is a student of the seminary, maybe you want to live there, and Xiaoxiao is a girl, how can you live with my brother?" ”

"Brother lies! Then Sasha is also a girl, why can Sasha live with her brother? Xiao Luo pouted.

Glancing at the elemental wind bat man who had been following him behind him curiously and looking around at the human world, Wutong sweated for a moment, he really didn't know how to explain the difference between NPCs and players with Xiao Luo.

Although I know that this is a game, in the concept of Xiao Luolì, Sarasi is also a little girl, why can Sarasi live with her brother and she can't?

When he was struggling with Xiao Luo, a player suddenly ran down from the three-story building, almost hit the Sycamore, and the Sycamore blocked in the corridor They obviously scared the player, he looked at the three of them curiously, and then looked at the door of the Sycamore, and said in surprise: "Eh? New classmates!? ”

Wutong was about to speak, and he hurriedly greeted again: "Forget it!" Don't talk so much about it, it's time to introduce each other later, hurry up! Hurry up! Otherwise, you won't be able to grab it in a while! As he spoke, he ran out and kindly pulled Wutong.

The confused Sycamore was pulled by him and ran along, while the two little rapillars followed the Sycamore's ass in a daze.

While running, Wutong found that the college dormitory area, which had not had many people when he came just now, suddenly looked like ants coming out of the nest, "Whoa!" Crash! A large number of players poured out, and all the spellcasters hurried towards the small plaza in the middle of the dormitory.

"Is it swollen? Is this swollen? Sycamore couldn't help it, and asked after the player.

"You only came to report today? Uh, my name is July Flowing Fire, call me July! ”

The player who called himself "July Flowing Fire" was burning his buttocks, and he didn't even look back, so he rushed for a while: "Grab the materials!" If you don't grab it, you won't be able to complete today's task! ”。 ）