A few days later, in a classroom in the college's teaching area.
"Okay, let's end today's class here."
Standing on the podium in front, looking at the sky outside, Atier calculated the time and spoke to the apprentices in front of him.
In front of him, there were several apprentices sitting at the bottom. Everyone had a serious expression on their face. After hearing what Athir said, they all stood up.
"In addition, according to the regulations of the tutoring task, your three-day free trial period has expired. If you want to continue tutoring, you must pay the tuition."
Looking at the apprentices opposite him, Athir said to them: "Of course, if you are not satisfied with my guidance, you can also choose to give up this mission and find someone else to guide you."
"You are joking."
Ahead, a handsome young man in white embroidered clothes sighed after hearing what Athir said: "If even your level cannot satisfy us, then I'm afraid no one will be able to accept this mission."
"We no longer have any doubts about your teaching level. This is the tuition fee for your mission."
The young man showed a trace of respect on his face, took out a few magic stones from his waist and handed them to Athir: "The formal force field course tutoring is a total of nine classes. There are seven of us in the class, so there are three magic stones in total."
"Well, the price is fair."
Reaching out to take the magic stone, Athir responded: "Nine classes last for nine days in total. The specific time will be set at this time every day."
"As for now, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
He calculated the time, said something to the apprentices in front of him, and left in a hurry.
Watching Athir walk away, the handsome young man leading the group couldn't help but sigh, "He's really amazing. I heard that it's been less than a year since he entered the academy, and he's already reached this point."
"It's ok that he was promoted to a first-class apprentice through meditation in just half a year, but I didn't expect that he could master advanced knowledge so well."
Speaking of this, the other apprentices present also looked impressed and seemed very touched.
As wizard apprentices at the same stage of learning, they are well aware of the difficulty of learning advanced knowledge. To master a piece of advanced knowledge, even if they have enough talent and hard work, it normally takes more than half a year of accumulation and learning.
All of them present here have the support of wizard families. Not only have they received a good wizard education since childhood and enjoyed various resources, but they have also been in the academy for quite a while. The youngest of them has been in the academy for one or two years. However, compared with Athir's learning progress, it is still far behind and they are not at the same level at all.
This is no longer a question of study and hard work, but an absolute gap in talent.
"It's a pity that with such good qualifications and talents, there is no good family support behind him."
Watching Athir's back gradually disappear, a gray-robed apprentice at the side spoke up. Although his tone was full of pity, there was also a hint of gloating: "With his talent and potential, which family would not train him as an heir with all their strength? He was born in a ruined family in a corner of the countryside, and his talent was dragged down in vain."
"No matter how talented he is, without the support of his family, he will definitely be hindered by resources after becoming a third-level apprentice. I'm afraid he won't even be able to gather what he needs to be promoted to a formal wizard."
On the path of a wizard, knowledge is important, but resources are equally indispensable. This is not obvious before becoming a third-level apprentice, but it will become more prominent after becoming a third-level apprentice.
In order to be promoted to a formal wizard, in addition to the necessary accumulation of knowledge, a large amount of resource assistance is also indispensable. Without these things, even if you have fourth-level qualifications, the chance of promotion will be greatly reduced.
"Not necessarily."
Listening to his companions' words, the handsome young man shook his head and said, "What we can see, others can also see. Apart from anything else, the talent that the other party has shown now is enough to attract the attention of many people."
"As long as he is willing to make concessions, there are many people willing to invest in him. After all, as long as the resources to assist in his promotion are in place, the chance of promotion for a genius of the fourth rank is fully 50%."
"Indeed." A blond girl who had been silent before suddenly spoke up, her eyes burning with excitement: "Did you notice those characteristics on him?"
"My elder is familiar with Lord Asira, who is in charge of registering new students. According to some information revealed by him, Athir is very likely to be a rare half-elf."
"Half-elf!!" There were exclamations from all around.
Upon hearing the news, the eyes of several female apprentices lit up at the same time.
"I see. If he is a half-elf, then his terrifying talent can be explained. After all, the possibility of a genius appearing among half-elves is much greater."
After hearing the news, the young man in white's eyes lit up. "If the news is true, then he doesn't need to worry about future resources. He just needs to spread the news. There are wizard families willing to marry him. He doesn't even need to marry into the family. As long as he leaves his bloodline, it will be fine."
Around him, listening to his words, others had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
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On the way to the academy, Athir did not realize that he had become the focus of other apprentices' conversation. Instead, he looked hurried.
"Teacher Edith's garden hasn't been taken care of for a day, so I need to find time to go there later. I also have a basic pharmacy class in the afternoon, so I have to attend that as well. Also, the time I agreed to meet with Essis is approaching, so I have to go to the underground market in the evening."
While walking on the road, Athir hurried along while planning his next itinerary.
Ever since accepting the mission from the academy, Atier felt that his time was becoming less and less sufficient, and almost every bit of his time was tightly constrained.
As an apprentice of Teacher Edith, he not only had to assist with some experiments when needed by his mentor, but also had to help with materials and take care of the garden. After accepting the task of patrolling the academy, he had to spend five or six hours a day in the field, and he also had to tutor other apprentices in class at noon.
With such a heavy workload, he also needs to balance his studies, including daily classes, research and meditation, which are all essential, leaving him with almost no time to rest.
Only Athir could handle such a tiring schedule. Anyone else would definitely not be able to handle it.
After quickly walking a long distance and taking advantage of the free time at noon, Athir first went to tutor Edith's laboratory to help with some things, and then walked to the teaching area to prepare for class.
Walking hurriedly into the classroom, Atier discovered that the number of apprentices around him seemed to be not small, even more than he had imagined.
Before I had time to think about it, a figure in a black robe slowly walked out from the gate in front.
He was thin, with deep wrinkles on his face, which made him look very old, but his expression seemed a little gloomy.
When the old man in black robe appeared, the sound of the chip suddenly rang in Athir's mind, prompting him that the radiation concentration around him had reached the official level in an instant.
"It's actually a formal wizard teaching in person."
Hearing the chip's prompt, Athir was slightly startled and couldn't help but look at the black-robed wizard in front of him.
Whether it is a wizard or a wizard apprentice, they will absorb external energy particles during meditation, thus filling themselves with various terrifying high-energy radiation. The more powerful the wizard, the stronger the radiation on his body.
During his time at the academy, through long-term records, Athir classified the radiation from wizards into different levels according to their strength, among which the formal level means the official wizard level.
"Very good, just as I expected, there are many new faces."
Under the gaze of many apprentices below, the black-robed wizard in front said in a hoarse voice: "I am Simora, you can call me Teacher Simora. I hope that next time I come to class, I can see more familiar faces."
After saying this, he walked to the lecture hall and began his formal lecture.
As the lecture officially began, Atier was alerted and began to listen attentively.
After a while, as the instructor in front continued his lecture, some apprentices around Athir began to freeze, obviously unable to keep up with the progress.
Even Athir frowned occasionally while listening to the class, obviously he also encountered some difficult points.
"Just the basic course of pharmacy involves so much knowledge. No wonder pharmacy is known as one of the most difficult subjects to master."
Listening to the teacher's lesson in front of him, Atier's face looked a little unhappy, and he thought so in his heart.
According to common sense, although learning pharmacy is difficult, it should not be too difficult if it is just the basics.
In fact, this is true. From the perspective of learning difficulty alone, although the learning difficulty of the basics of pharmacy is relatively high, it is still acceptable.
What is really difficult is the breadth of pharmaceutical knowledge involved.
The lecture lasted only over an hour, but the content of the previous lecture by the instructor had already covered knowledge from at least seven or eight disciplines, some of which was even advanced knowledge that made one's scalp tingle.
In other words, if you want to understand this class, you must first master all the subjects involved, and the energy consumed will be extremely terrifying.
This is just the basics. If you reach the later stages, the difficulty of learning will probably be much more terrifying.
Thinking of this, Athir couldn't help but sigh, and he began to understand why there were so few wizards who mastered alchemy.
(End of this chapter)