Above the mage!

Chapter 117 Training and Mining

"Very good, everyone is here, no one is late." Seeing that all six freshmen had arrived, the sturdy man finally spoke again.

"Let me introduce myself. I am your admission instructor, Shahu."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will be with you for quite some time," Shahu said with a grin, "Please call out your names first so I can recognize you."

"Luke Kaplan. Royas. Candice Goderica."

Instructor Shahu called out the names of the students one by one.

Among them, Luke and Kaplan are Jelica's nominal "brothers".

When Gao De boarded the airship, he took a glance at them from a distance and remembered their appearances, but he didn't know their names.

Now I finally know.

Gode ​​didn't know the origins of Royas and Candice.

When the name "God" was mentioned, Jelica turned her head and looked at God deeply.

Gaode felt a little guilty.

He convinced himself that everyone wears a vest when going out.

After calling the roll and recognizing everyone, Instructor Shahu continued to speak:

"You all should know that the first thing all new students have to do when they arrive at the Seris School of Magic is to complete the admission task before they can officially become students of the school."

"This is a mandatory mission. You cannot refuse, and you have no choice."

“And the admissions tasks for all new students are the same.”

"Use the tools provided by the academy, go down to the mine at the bottom of the cliff, dig up 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore and hand it over to the Alchemy Department, and you will complete the mission."

"Water gold ore is the raw material used by the alchemy department to create trial puppets."

"The magic puppets are used by the academy's magicians to test the effects of their spells. The consumption is very high, and hundreds of tons of water and gold ore are needed every year."

"It's just that mining for water gold ore is hard work, but the trial puppets are necessary consumables."

"So the college has set the mining of water-gold ore as the admission task for freshmen. This can not only hone the freshmen, but also solve the college's demand for water-gold ore."

"I know that the few of you who were able to join the academy at this point in time did not come through the normal assessment and enrollment channels. You all came through the backdoor and your identities and backgrounds are all very extraordinary."

Shahu's words were so direct that several people present felt uncomfortable. This is too direct, instructor!

"But at the Seres School of Magic, at least in this admission mission, your identity and background are useless." Instructor Shahu said this with a grin.

Seeing these "pampered" young men and women complaining about their lives is also one of his pleasures.

"The Seres School of Magic is the holy place for training that all young magicians in the Principality of Sean pursue."

"The four characters of the word 'holy place for cultivation' mean both a holy place and the word 'cultivation'."

"How can it be considered cultivation if you don't suffer?"

"The enrollment mission is both a mission and your first lesson. It teaches you this truth!"

"Many of you are used to living a pampered life at home. You have everything you want and always take everything for granted."

“Only after you’ve experienced sweat and blood for something, you’ll know that nothing in this world can be taken for granted.”

Shahu's voice became louder and louder, spit flying all over the place: "Everything you have now was earned by your ancestors with their sweat and blood. What you need to do is to preserve it and make it flourish, instead of just lying on it and sucking its blood!"

Gao De was listening with great interest, and he also felt that the reason why the Seres School of Magic had such a reputation today was more or less due to something. In Gao De's opinion, none of these words were directed at him, so he could naturally make comments from the perspective of an outsider.

Because everything he has now is the result of his own hard work!
Instructor Shahu continued.

"The mine is at the bottom of the Kuli Cliff. What you have to do is to enter the mine at the bottom of the cliff, dig out the mercury gold ore, and then transport it to the top of the cliff."

"Every evening at six o'clock, alchemists will come to weigh and recycle the mercury ore you have dug today."

"The mission is simple, but you must follow the rules."

"First of all, you can't rely on others for help. Whether it's mining or transporting ore, you have to do it yourself."

"If it is discovered that someone else has been asked to help during this process, all the ore mined that day will be invalidated."

"Secondly, you are not allowed to use any external force, spell scrolls, or alchemical creations. All you can use are your own hands, and of course, the spells you have mastered."

"Again, you are not allowed to rob others of their labor. Once discovered, not only will all the gold ore you obtained that day be invalidated, but you will also be fined 500 kilograms of gold ore as punishment."

"Finally," Shahu glanced at the two girls among the six, who were slender but slightly "thin," and smiled with gloating, "Men and women are equal. The amount of water-gold ore required to complete the task is 3000 kilograms."

“Why no preferential treatment?”

Instructor Shahu chuckled, his face full of stubble and scars looking a little distorted, "Because the enemy will not treat you preferentially just because you are a lady!"

"Also, there is no time limit for the enrollment mission. When you gather 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore, you will complete the mission and be officially enrolled."

"One more reminder: Although you freshmen have your mage level points settled in your first year, you still won't be able to collect 10 credits."

"So if you delay too long on the enrollment task, it will affect your subsequent courses."

“It’s impossible to get credits for college courses without spending a certain amount of time and effort.”

I heard about the harsh conditions, witnessed the rugged cliff road, and the "mining" journey that hadn't even started yet but gave me a headache just by hearing the name.

The five freshmen on the field, except Gao De, including Jelica, couldn't help but frown, somewhat unable to accept it.

Gaode’s acceptance is quite good.

Isn’t this the equivalent of the “military training upon entrance” in the previous life?

Although it is definitely much harder than "military training".

But the essence is to temper their tempers and train their perseverance and hard-working spirit.

The world is different, but the routines are the same.

"Instructor Shahu!" At this moment, Candice, another girl among the six freshmen besides Jelica, suddenly raised her hand.

"what's up?"

"Do we have to dig up 3000 kilograms of water-gold ore? Is there no other wiggle room?"

Candice frowned. She was the one among the six who was least able to accept this admission task.

“It’s not that there isn’t one.” Instructor Shahu said calmly.

"What is it?!" Candice was overjoyed.

Maybe it's not that she didn't realize that this wiggle room would definitely not be easy, but more that for her who has been spoiled since childhood, everything else is easier than mining.

"Did you see another tool in your backpack besides the pickaxe?" Instructor Shahu asked.

(End of this chapter)