When the turmoil outside intensified, Arthur obediently hid in the academy and practiced hard, never stepping out of the academy again.
During the period, Arthur received a thousand gold coins entrusted by the middle-aged scribe from the old housekeeper. Arthur was a little surprised by this. However, Arthur could roughly guess what the other party meant. He simply wanted to make friends with him in advance so that he could be of service to him in the future. These are the methods commonly used by wealthy nobles to win over, and the talkative Moral often whispered in Arthur's ear.
But Arthur was still young, after all. What he didn't expect was that the middle-aged scribe Arnold was also included in the calculation.
Arthur readily accepted the gold coins delivered to his door, but it was based on a different set of ideas. The mercenary group had made Arthur accustomed to thinking like a mercenary in everything he did for three years. He took the money of gratitude as his own as a matter of course. The reward for saving Lucy. As for the other party wanting him to serve, Arthur would regard everything as a mercenary mission, and he had the right to decide whether to accept it or not based on the reward.
Arthur flatly refused the invitation to be a guest. At this time, he would not dare to go out even if he was beaten to death.
Both the cultivation of fighting spirit and the accumulation of magic are all hard work. Little by little accumulation, repeated tempering, and breakthroughs in life and death can lead to improvements in level and combat power. In this journey full of thorns and hardships, the strong man On the road, Arthur still has a long way to go!
There is no armor in the years. When Sandal drifted the first snowflake in winter, it has been half a year since Arthur entered the Blood Lao Academy.
On the way back to the room, the coolness of the snowflakes on his face made the burning heat in Arthur's body subside a little.
Arthur checked the fighting spirit in his body. He was still far from the fighting spirit required to break through to the third level warrior, but the pain caused by Dan yang God Refining was getting more and more unbearable. Without the guidance of Keynes and Randall, he had to explore on his own. Sometimes Arthur himself would doubt, wondering how long he could persist on this road?
Arthur raised his face, letting more snowflakes fall on his skin, allowing the coldness to slightly offset some of the nerve burning pain after practicing.
A thought suddenly flashed through Arthur's mind, "Maybe there is a better way to relieve this pain?"
Thinking about it, I unconsciously walked on another road, the road leading to the administrative area of the college and the Royal Library.
This was the first time Arthur went to the library in half a year. When Arthur was considering whether to find someone to ask, a fat white man walked towards him.
"Boss, why are you here? Are you looking for Professor Skeleton again?" Moral greeted Arthur from a distance.
After studying for more than half a year, every student has a professor that he likes or dislikes. Arthur's weird favorite professor is actually Professor Ogu, who is privately known as "Professor Skeleton" and is avoided by students.
Arthur's reason is also very simple. Professor Ogu knocked him down twice, and he didn't know how the other party took action. Professor Ogu is the most powerful warrior he knows. He is more powerful than Captain Keynes before he became a general. Respecting and being close to the strong is the simplest mercenary mentality.
And after the real contact, Arthur found that Professor Ogu was not as inaccessible as the outside world said (the actual situation is that even Arthur who can deal with Randall's bad temper has no one who can't be dealt with). Occasionally, Arthur would ask Professor Aogu for some questions that he could not understand during practice. He found that Professor Aogu, who was responsible for the discipline of the college, actually had rich knowledge in magic and fighting spirit. Therefore, I often see Arthur coming here to ask Professor Aogu for advice, and that's why Moral asked.
Arthur glared at Moral angrily. While Arthur was immersed in painful training all day long, Moral, a lazy guy, was wandering around in front of Arthur's eyes all day long. He seemed to be just here to hang out in the academy, which made Arthur feel extremely unhappy. Balance.
"I should be the one to ask you what you are here for, right?"
Having been with Arthur for a long time, Moral had already figured out Arthur's temper, and knew that he was not furious with him. He laughed cheekily and said: "I went to the library, looking for two powerful things. A quick-acting gold magic."
Arthur looked at Moral in surprise, "Did the sun come out from the west? Do you still have the initiative to learn magic?"
"I don't want to either. Isn't the year-end exam coming soon? If I am eliminated at the bottom, our old man will kill me." Moral complained with a sad face.
Then Arthur suddenly remembered that old Harry suddenly came to class one day to talk about the year-end assessment and elimination. Arthur thought it had nothing to do with him and didn't take it to heart.
But for some students like Moral who are not making progress all day long, the year-end assessment is a deadly sword hanging over their heads.
The kingdom stipulates that students from Guano Academy can directly receive knighthoods after graduation. But this is not a back door opened by His Majesty Stacey for the children of the great nobles and wealthy people in the kingdom. Instead, he is deliberately cultivating the backbone of the kingdom's nobles through his own ideas.
The stability of the aristocratic class is the basis for the stability of the kingdom's political power. What His Majesty Stacey wants is not the nobles who are extravagant, lewd and sensual. What His Majesty Stacey hopes to cultivate are independent and tenacious people who cherish honor and take responsibility. True nobility.
Guano Academy is a platform that adheres to the will of His Majesty Stacey and cultivates true nobles for the kingdom. The students who come out of here will be the backbone of the kingdom's aristocracy.
Therefore, many of the academy's systems were personally set by His Majesty Stacey, such as the strict admission system for third-level warriors or second-level magicians under the age of sixteen, in order to select the best talents for the kingdom.
There is also a last-place elimination system. There is a year-end assessment every year, and the last person in the assessment is directly eliminated. One person is eliminated every year. There are 23 new magicians in Arthur's class. In theory, only 18 of them will be knighted after passing the graduation exam in five years. The actual number is even lower than this. At Burundian, one person from each class will be eliminated, and 20 people will be eliminated in five years.
His Majesty Stacey emphasized both rewards and punishments. Those at the bottom of the assessment will be eliminated. Those who get the first place in the assessment will receive a scholarship, which is exactly 3,000 gold coins of the full tuition for the following year.
There is only one assessment method, which is a competition between students. This is also in line with His Majesty's consistent philosophy. No matter how well you learn, all knowledge that cannot be used in actual combat is bullshit!
Looking at Moral's sad expression, Arthur felt much more balanced now. He suppressed a smile and asked, "Then have you found it?"
Moral spread his empty hands and sighed and said: "The powerful ones are too complicated, and the easy-to-use magics are useless in battle."
Arthur wanted to go up and kick him in the face. He was lazy all day long and wanted to take shortcuts at critical moments. There was no such thing as such a good thing in the world.
But Arthur had to help him. If this guy was really eliminated, there would really be no one to do a lot of things for him. "Let's go, I happen to be in the library too, and I can help you look for it."