Above the mage!

Chapter 149 [Insect Swarm]

At Seres Academy, a full school year is calculated from the Frost Gold Moon of the current year to the Frost Gold Moon of the next year.

Credits earned beyond this time limit will be counted towards the next academic year.

This also happens to overlap with the college's admission period.

However, some "second-generation law students" will be sent to the college before the enrollment period arrives.

However, there is no saying that their academic year is longer than that of freshmen who enter the college through assessment.

A magic academy that has been passed down for thousands of years will not have such low-end loopholes.

For these "freshmen" who enter the college early, the college calculates their first academic year from the time they enter the college.

For example, Gaode entered Seres College on the 2nd of the Dark Night Month.

Then his first school year is from the 2nd of the Dark Moon of this year to the 2nd of the Dark Moon of the next year.

Then there is a gap of one month in between, and the second school year begins according to the standard schedule, starting from the Frost Golden Month and ending in the Frost Golden Month of the following year.

Of course, for these "second generation of law", they don't care about the rewards from the credit list.

However, "credits" have many functions in the college. It is undoubted that even the "second generation of law" needs to try their best to earn as many credits as possible.

After learning about the freshman credit list and the corresponding huge rewards, Gaode was instantly attracted.

100 gold coins were enough for him to buy dozens of 0-level spell recipes.

Naturally, he wanted to fight for this reward.

In fact, in previous years, Gaode still had a good chance.

Because he broke Dean Gavin's record in the enrollment task, he was rewarded with a full 5 credits.

Including the mage level calculation, Gaode already has 10 credits without taking a single course right after entering school. Compared with other freshmen, he is ahead at the starting line.

The problem is, this year is different.

Among the new students this year, there is a "pervert" named Youlan who was promoted to a 14st-level mage at the age of 1.

For a 14-year-old first-level mage, the first thing he needs to do is to get credits for mage level assessment. A first-level mage apprentice gets 1 credit, a second-level mage apprentice gets 1 credits, a third-level mage apprentice gets 2 credits, and a first-level mage in the early stage gets 3 credits.

There are 11 credits in total, which is more than the 10 credits of Gaode.

In addition, if a student can be promoted to a 1st-level wizard before the age of 3, he will be awarded 1 credits, and an additional credit will be awarded for each year earlier.

Yulan is 14 years old, and the bonus credits are 3+6=9 points.

In other words, as long as he is enrolled, he can get 20 credits.

Add the 2 credits for the admissions requirement, and you’ll start with 22 credits!

Gao De, who has always been "above all" in academic performance, felt such tremendous pressure on his grades for the first time.

He has now chosen eight courses. If he completes all of them and passes the assessment, he can obtain a total of 13 credits, and the total credits will reach 23 credits, which is just more than Youlan's 22 credits.

The problem is that it is impossible for Youlan to not take any classes for a year, so the credits will definitely increase.
Gao De actually has a kind of tenacity in his bones.

In this situation, any normal person would know that it is unlikely that they will get the first place and would set their sights on the second place.

Anyway, the reward between the second place and the first place is only 20 gold coins apart.

But Gaode was inspired to fight because of this "unlikely" situation.

Instead of “maintaining second place and striving for first place”, the goal he set for himself was “first place”.

The directions are, one is to take as many courses as possible, and the other is to achieve certain standards set by the college and obtain additional bonus credits.

On the 20th of the Frost Gold Month, the Leak-Free Fruit Drink was finally consumed.

On the 27th of the Frost Gold Month, the usage time of the first-level training room purchased last time was almost up, and Gaode could only spend 10 gold coins to purchase another 40 hours of usage time.

And on this day, another thing happened.

Instructor Shaw estimated that it would take a month and a half for all 269 poisonous insect eggs to hatch. Today, which was the 3th day after accepting the mission, only eggs were left to hatch.

As a mentor at the academy, Xiao Er did not bother to argue with the students about the remaining scraps, and directly settled the "salary" with Gaode in advance.

"269 eggs, 266 of which have hatched so far."

"After you sorted out the defective ones, there were still 79 fire ant larvae, 54 scorpion larvae, and 29 centipede larvae, a total of 167 qualified poisonous insect larvae."

"The pass rate is 5%. This is the extra reward I promised you before." After checking the poisonous insect larvae in the large incubator, Instructor Shaw nodded with satisfaction and handed Gode five Sean gold coins.

"As for the mission reward, you will have to go to the logistics department to collect it yourself. I will inform them later that you have completed the mission."

God took the five gold coins, nodded in thanks, took out the key to the breeding room from his arms and returned it to Shor.

After completing the task eleven days earlier than expected and receiving an additional reward of 5 gold, Gao De felt very happy when he left the training room. It was hard to say whether the senior management of the academy was good or bad, but at least most of the tutors were good.

Rushed to the task hall of the logistics department, Gaode queued up to settle the task.

As Xiao said, he had confirmed with the logistics department that he had completed the task.

So after swiping the identity badge, the staff handed the task reward to Gaode:
Rare 0-level spell recipe: [Insect Spawn].

He put away the spell formula and did not rush back to build the spell model. Instead, he browsed the task bulletin board in the task hall.

Now that the [Poisonous Insect Breeding] mission has been completed, Gaode is ready to see if there are any other missions that suit him and take on another one.

Short of money!
In the extraordinary world, one must also work and study.

Since most academy missions have either mage level requirements or knowledge requirements, you need to complete certain courses in the academy before you can accept them.

So even though there are many tasks listed on the bulletin board, it is not easy for Gaode, who is still in the "starting from scratch" stage, to accept a suitable task that can meet the requirements.

However, Gaode was lucky today. He had just glanced at the bulletin board a few times when he noticed that something on the task bulletin board suddenly jumped.

The next second, a new task appeared at the front of the bulletin board - this represented a task issued by the academy.

[Patrol the Mountain]: The magic pet magic array malfunctioned, causing a large number of red-eyed sparrows to escape and enter the back mountain of the academy. Help the academy to patrol, expel and hunt these red-eyed sparrows in time to avoid affecting the ecological environment of the back mountain.

The mission reward is calculated based on the number of red-eyed finches killed. Each red-eyed finches killed will be rewarded with 1 gold. (The eyeballs of the red-eyed finches will be used as the settlement voucher)

There is no master level requirement to accept the task. This is a long-term task with no restrictions on the number of people who can accept the task and the task time limit.

Note: Except for the red-eyed sparrow, no plants in the back mountain may be picked. Violators will be punished.

The red-eyed sparrow is a 0-ring earth creature, raised by the magical pet system for high-altitude reconnaissance. After corresponding training, it has a strong sense of vigilance, is good at concealment, and is not very aggressive.

The entire Seres Mountains, including the back mountain and the water area under the Coolie Cliff, are all assets of the academy.

Students are not allowed to approach without permission, and are not allowed to collect resources without permission.

For example, the maiden clams in the waters of Kuli Cliff are equivalent to the fish raised in the fish pond by the fish pond owner.

If you go into the water to collect clams without permission, you are occupying the assets of the college.

Even with permission, such as for admission tasks, the clams collected still have to be handed in, which is equivalent to working to earn credits.

Otherwise, Gao De would have made a living from this a long time ago. Why would he be worried about money now?

While Gao De was thinking, he came to the task processing counter, handed in his identity badge, and applied to take the task of [Patrol the Mountain].

It would be a shame not to accept this task, which has no restrictions. Even if you don't have to do it, just accept it first. There is no penalty for the task anyway.

Moreover, the red-eyed sparrow is an underground creature. Completing the task not only rewards you with gold coins, but also allows you to obtain the origin.

Here, after making a record, the staff handed Gaode a certificate to enter the back mountain, a map of the back mountain marked with a restricted area, and a "portrait" of a red-eyed sparrow to prevent Gaode from making a mistake.

At the same time, some information is also provided, including the habitat environment preferred by the red-eyed sparrow, common hiding methods, etc.

"Most of these restricted areas are potion-growing areas, and they are also protected by barriers or magic arrays, but you should try not to get close to them if you can."

The staff pointed to the restricted area marked on the map of the back mountain and reminded Gao De.

After taking the information, Gao De nodded to the staff to show that he understood, then turned and left.

After returning to Building 30 in Area , Gao De immediately took out the rare spell formula he had just obtained and looked through it:
[Insect Spawn] (Conjuration, Level 0):

You cause a creature within range (30 feet) that you can see to temporarily infest with mites, fleas, mosquitoes, and other insects.

The target will suffer certain toxin damage depending on the target's physical strength, and will experience negative conditions such as itching and paralysis.

After reading the spell introduction of [Insect Spawn], Gaode instantly understood why it was a rare spell recipe.

As the staff in the mission hall introduced, the damage of this spell is not outstanding.

Negative conditions such as itching and paralysis are not very fatal in combat.

The attack method is novel, but that's all.

but……

This spell is actually a "directional skill"!
It has no casting trajectory, and it will take effect on the target as long as the target is within the casting distance.

It is equivalent to having two additional effects: "100% hit rate" and "immediate effect".

The title of rare spell is well deserved.

It turns out:

Common spells are not necessarily bad, but rare spells are rare because they have something outstanding.

(End of this chapter)