Sitting on the bedside, Athir quietly pondered his current situation.
At this time, after more than three months, his meditation progressed rapidly. He could now successfully meditate on most of the thirty-six spiritual runes recorded above. It was estimated that in another two or three months, he would be able to complete all the meditation and advance to the second-class apprentice.
Compared to other apprentices, this speed was already very fast. However, at this stage, the knowledge required to learn was much more, most of which were paid courses, which not only made learning more difficult, but also consumed much more knowledge.
This is just a paid public course. If you want to learn the unique knowledge of those instructors later, and buy the witchcraft templates you need to learn after being promoted to a second-class apprentice, the magic stones required are almost terrifying.
"Forget it. I can't solve anything just by daydreaming. I'll go to other places in the academy every day to see if I can find some ways to earn magic stones."
Sitting on the bed, Athir covered his head with his hands as he felt a headache. Finally, he gave up thinking temporarily and sat on the head of the bed to continue his meditation today.
the next day.
As the sun shone on the earth, Athir came to the underground space of the academy.
This place is located on the underground floor of the college and is much larger in area than the college on the ground.
In the past six months, because there was no need, Atier was not familiar with this place and only came here once when he just entered the academy.
There were many small markets around, with grey-robed apprentices setting up stalls in various places, with all kinds of things hanging on the stalls, including some common materials as well as other things that were undoubtedly obtained.
When passing by here, Atier casually looked around. Most of the people setting up stalls here were first-class apprentices, and advanced apprentices were extremely rare.
As for the things they displayed, they were quite strange, but most of them were shabby items. There might be good things among them, but there was a great possibility of encountering counterfeits, which was a great test for the apprentices' eyesight.
"Eh…"
Suddenly, a hint of surprise appeared on Athir's face, and he saw some familiar things around him.
It was the stall of a grey-robed apprentice. Judging from the medals on his grey robe, he should be a first-class apprentice.
On this apprentice's stall, there were some dark black metals that looked very pure and sparkled with an inexplicable luster.
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Seeing Athir stop in front of his stall, the gray-robed apprentice looked at Athir and said.
"Hello." Athir nodded: "Excuse me, what are these metals used for?"
"These are black steel, which is considered a low-grade demonic material."
The apprentice in front of him explained: "This kind of black steel is usually a companion ore of magic stone ore. Because it has been accumulated with a large amount of magic stone for a long time, it has some unique properties and can be used to make some magic items."
"Of course, even if we don't use it to make magical items, these black steels are better than ordinary metals. Not only are they strong and lightweight, but they also conduct mana and life energy well."
"But this is of little use to us wizard apprentices. It is very useful for making weapons for the great knights."
At this point, the man smiled and said, "How about it? With just one magic stone, all the black steel in front of you will be yours. If you use it to make weapons, you can make a lot of them."
Listening to the other party's words, Athir subconsciously reached for his waist, where the long sword made of black steel was hanging, and then asked: "Sorry, these things don't seem to be of any use to me."
Hearing this answer, the apprentice in front of him was not surprised and sat back down: "I guess so. You don't look like you need these things."
"Why? Business is bad?"
Athir looked around and said casually.
At this time, apprentices were walking around intermittently. Although there were not many people at other stalls, it was not like here where almost no one came.
"yes."
As there seemed to be little business, the apprentice in front of him also chatted with Athir for a few words: "Although the material of black steel can be used to make magic items, it is not too precious in itself. Moreover, wizards who can refine magic items are rare. There are only a few among the official wizards in the academy, let alone these apprentices."
"I've been setting up a stall here for so long, but apart from the last time when a third-class apprentice bought some, I haven't sold anything since then."
The gray-robed apprentice in front of him was somewhat helpless: "If I wasn't selling things here just for the sake of convenience, I would have left long ago."
"By the way?" Athir was a little confused.
"Yes." Looking at Athir, the gray-robed apprentice said casually: "My mentor is Mr. Gramo, who teaches materials and anatomy. He is also one of the few people in the academy who can refine magical items. He needs a lot of excellent materials in his daily experiments."
"The reason I came here is to buy some materials that the apprentices accidentally got from me. As for the black Ruigang in front of me, it's just a by-product. After all, it's not good to just set up a stall without selling anything."
Having said this, he paused and looked at Athir: "If you have any precious materials, you can come to me in the future. The price will definitely satisfy you."
Athir's mind moved: "What kind of materials are you mainly looking for? Let me see if I have anything that fits the bill."
"Materials from various rare creatures, or some rare minerals, or the flesh and blood of some bloodline creatures would also be fine."
The apprentice turned around and looked at Athir: "As long as the materials are rare enough or have some unique properties, I will accept them."
Standing there, Athir thought for a while, and finally took out a gray object.
This is a unicorn horn, gray in color with a few inexplicable spots on it, making it look quaint and mysterious.
"Eh…"
When seeing the unicorn horn, the gray-robed apprentice showed a look of surprise on his face.
He took the horn and tested it in various ways in front of Athir. Finally, his expression became solemn: "The strength and toughness are far beyond the standard, and the specific microstructure does not match any creature I know. It should not be a species from the south."
"Where did you get this?"
At the end of the analysis, he couldn't help but look at Athir and asked him.
In response, Athir smiled and didn't seem to want to answer at all.
In fact, it is normal for the other party not to recognize it.
This material came from the doomsday world that Athir had visited before. It came from a powerful insect beast of the knight level. Because of its strength, he collected some of it by the way.
Because of the urgent need for magic stones, he brought some with him this time, just to try his luck and see if anyone was interested in these things.
Opposite him, looking at Athir's expression, the gray-robed apprentice shrugged: "Well, if you don't want to say it, forget it."
"According to my experience, this material should be of good value. Although some of the conventional data standards are only average, its structure is very different from other organisms and it is likely to have some special properties."
He analyzed it slowly, then looked at Athir and asked, "Do you have a lot of this material?"
"Not bad, huh?"
Standing there, Athir thought for a while and gave this answer.
In that doomsday world, in order to obtain the blessing of that mysterious power, he hunted many insect beasts and collected quite a lot of materials.
Although they come from different individuals, they come from the same doomsday world, so their value should be similar.
"That's good."
At Athir's reluctance, the gray-robed apprentice looked at the gray horn in his hand with interest, and said to Athir: "I have never seen this kind of material, so if you want to measure the specific value, you must hand it over to my mentor and let him judge it himself."
At this point, he took out two magic stones from his waist and handed them to Athir: "These are considered as advance deposits. In a few days, you can bring the materials you are going to trade. I will wait for you here."
Athir thought about it and finally nodded, agreeing to the plan.
"Yes, my name is Isis."
Suddenly, the apprentice in front of him said, "What's your name?"
"Athir." Athir spoke without changing his expression.
They continued to talk here for a while, and only left after agreeing on the specific time and place of the transaction.
After leaving, Athir looked at the two magic stones in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that the value of that batch of alien materials is not low. It should be able to be exchanged for a batch of magic stones."
Thinking about the materials placed in the accommodation, Athir thought: "But this is only a one-time income. The study of wizards is a bottomless pit. We still need to find a way to continuously obtain magic stones."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked quickly towards the distance.
As he continued to move forward, the surrounding scenery slowly moved backwards until it reached a corner and stopped.
"This is it."
Athir looked up and forward, then quickly walked in.
This is a special place in the academy where some tasks are issued.
The entire academy is too large and involves too many things. It requires a large number of people to maintain the normal operation of the entire academy. Therefore, some things that need to be done will occasionally be posted in the form of tasks for apprentices in the academy who meet the requirements to accept.
In addition, if some wizards or wizard apprentices need help from others, they will sometimes post some tasks here as private bounties.
Entering the hall, there are white stone slabs displayed inside. Although there are no words engraved on them, they carry slight spiritual fluctuations.
The tablets themselves are a unique material that can hold the wizard's spiritual messages and preserve some information on that surface.
After arriving here, Athir looked around casually.
Around, wizard apprentices wearing grey robes and with cold faces were walking around, but there were not too many of them, only about a dozen or so. Everyone was in a hurry and looked very busy.
(End of this chapter)