Above the mage!

Chapter 325: Well Prepared
Half a month later, Gao De came to Haiyuan White Tower again.

But this time, he was no longer forced to enter through the side door like last time, but could walk through the main door with dignity.

Before entering the Haiyuan White Tower, Gao De unconsciously straightened his collar.

Whether in his past life or this life, he has always been a student, and "Sea Sentinel" is his first serious job in his two lives.

It's still a job within the "system" and a public salary.

Oh, that’s right. It turns out that the end of the universe is the system.

Some inappropriate and perverse thoughts popped up in Gaode's mind, and then he walked towards the door.

Before they got close, a tall woman with a heroic face, wearing a sea sentry uniform, walked out of the gate.

"Gao De, nice to meet you again. Was I right?" the other party said with a smile.

It was Melia who called out to Gao De and took the initiative to talk to him after the initial test.

Gao De immediately put on a polite smile and said, "Thank you for your good words."

"I heard that you were reporting today, so I took the initiative to take over the job of guiding you. Today, I will take you to register and introduce you to the situation of the sea sentinels and your work."

"Then I'll trouble Mage Melia." Goder thanked.

"We are all colleagues. I just came here a year earlier than you. You're welcome," Melia said with a smile. "Besides, I heard that you performed outstandingly in the re-examination and have been identified as a seed newcomer. You have been included in the fast-track promotion channel."

"In a few years, you should be able to surpass me in military rank." There was just the right amount of envy in her tone.

"Seed newcomer." Gaode has automatically equated it with "selected students" in his mind.

After the greetings, Melia quickly got to the point and introduced the situation of the Sea Sentinel to Gao De:
"We are sea sentinels, responsible for all matters in the waters."

“This water area, including the offshore area of ​​​​Doan Harbor and all inland water systems within Bailo County, falls within our jurisdiction.”

Melia walked briskly with Goder and said:

"You are not a native of our Plantagenet dynasty, so you may not be particularly familiar with the situation of the dynasty."

"In the territory of the dynasty, there is no land vein on the land except for the three mountain ranges."

"There is no ground vein at all?" This was indeed beyond Gao De's expectations.

When he came all the way from Holder Town to Dorne City, he noticed that the Plantagenet Dynasty was all flat plains, covered with fields and villages, and there was no wasteland at all, let alone the earth veins.

But Gode never imagined that this situation would occur throughout the Plantagenet Empire.

“Yes,” Melia was satisfied to see Goder so surprised. She raised her eyebrows and continued, “So, all the earth vein creatures in the dynasty come from two places.”

She held up a finger and said, "One is the Erwenlaya Mountains, the Greenfang Mountains, and the Sword Mountains. These three mountains are the source of all the land vein creatures in the dynasty."

Then, Melia raised her middle finger again, "The second is the water area."

"There are many veins in the sea, and because the sea area is vast, far larger than the land area, the number of veins in the sea is several times or even dozens of times the number of veins on land."

"This situation has resulted in the number of ground-vein creatures in the sea being dozens of times that of land. These ground-vein creatures in the sea are generally called sea beasts or water beasts. They will also follow the sea water and dive into the inland river system."

"What's even more difficult is that many sea beasts lay eggs. Adult sea beasts are larger, so it's easier to prevent them, but these beast eggs flow into the inland rivers along the water flow, which is impossible to prevent."

"You know, the dangers and destructive power of the earth vein creatures are extremely great. They are cruel by nature and like to slaughter humans."

"Our duty as sea sentinels is to patrol the waters of Byro County and ensure that there are no sea beasts causing trouble within our jurisdiction. This is mainly divided into two parts. The first is the daily patrol of the coastal area of ​​Dorne Port."

"Dorn Harbor is the economic lifeline of Dorne City. Most of Dorne's income comes from here, so we have to patrol the offshore area every day. If we find any sea beasts, we must take action to eliminate them in time to ensure that merchant ships passing by will not be attacked by sea beasts."

"Of course, even with daily patrols, some ships will inevitably slip through the net, which is understandable. However, once a merchant ship is attacked by a sea beast and sends out a distress signal, our sea sentinels must rush to the rescue in time."

"If they fail to arrive in time, or if the number of casualties exceeds a certain number, they will be investigated by the Sentinel Court to consider whether there has been any dereliction of duty."

"Once it is determined that you have committed dereliction of duty, the consequences will be very serious," Melia said, her tone becoming more serious. "Your career will be ruined at the least. In serious cases, you may even lose your head."

Seeing that Gao De looked a little stern, she returned to a relaxed tone and continued, "But you don't have to worry too much. Our Sentinel Court's investigation procedures are still very reasonable. We will consider the strength of the sea beasts, the number of casualties and other aspects to decide whether there is dereliction of duty."

"What about the other part, which is responsible for the inland river system?" Gao De asked proactively.

"Yes," Melia nodded, "but the water area of ​​the inland river system in Bailuo County is too large to conduct daily patrols, which is not reasonable."

"So the sea sentinel mages in charge of this area don't have daily tasks, and they mainly take on specific tasks."

"The so-called specific mission means that once the people below discover a water beast, they will report the news to our sea sentinels. Then someone will integrate the information and issue it in the form of an extermination mission. The sea sentinel mage in charge of this area can freely accept the mission according to his own strength and schedule."

"Won't there be some old-timers who are just eating and waiting to die?" Gao De discovered the blind spot.

Since the tasks can be taken freely, if you never take any, doesn't that mean you can just not work and still collect salary for nothing?
"Hahaha, of course there won't be such a loophole for you to exploit." Melia laughed.

"We have an assessment mechanism for our sea sentinels. Whether we patrol the sea area and kill sea beasts on a daily basis or accept missions to kill water beasts, we will receive corresponding military merits."

"Military merit is the most important thing for us Sea Sentinel Mages."

"First, it is a very important indicator for our military rank promotion, which is military merit. Only when you have enough military merit can you start the promotion process."

"Secondly, our military merits can be exchanged for many good things."

"Including extraordinary materials, spell formulas, potions, and everything else you can think of."

"Finally, at the end of each year, our superiors will conduct an assessment and evaluation of us based on the military merits we have earned that year."

"The half-qualified wizard at the end will be deemed unqualified. If he fails for three consecutive years, or five years in ten years, he will be expelled from the Sea Sentinels."

Wow, it’s a last-in-first-out elimination system. The last half, that is, the bottom 5%.

"Therefore, under the assessment mechanism, no one dares to neglect their duties and just sit there and wait for death."

"Moreover, under the premise that military merit can be exchanged for rewards, any wizard with a little ambition will be more diligent than the other in accepting missions, and they have to rely on snatching for them." Melia joked.

"I see," Gao De nodded. This mechanism was indeed quite reasonable. He thought about it and asked again, "Then what will I be responsible for in the future?"

"The sea beasts in the sea are extremely ferocious and are not something a newbie can handle, so all newbies start from the second block, without exception."

"You have to reach the third ring at least before you can switch to patrolling the sea area." Melia said.

That's great. Gaode is extremely satisfied.

He was originally worried that if the daily tasks were too busy after joining the Sea Sentinel, it would be very inconvenient for him to teleport back to the North through the Astral Realm.

But now this mechanism perfectly meets Gaode’s needs - it is equivalent to "flexible working hours".

As long as you can ensure that your military merit ranks in the top 95% every year, there will be no restrictions on how to arrange your time. This is simply a job like a god!
Melia seemed to see what Gao De was thinking. She shook her head and continued, "Don't think patrolling the sea is a hard job. There are many people vying for this job. Even if you are in the third ring, you may not be able to switch to patrolling the sea."

"Why is that?" Gao De asked humbly.

Patrolling the sea areas is obviously not free enough. According to human nature, why would anyone snatch such a job?
"It's because of military merit."

"Military merit is divided into first, second and third grades."

"Things that can be exchanged for third-class merit are usually potions and common spell formulas."

"The things that can be exchanged for second-class merit are much better, including extraordinary equipment, rare spell formulas and even some precious knowledge."

"Not to mention the first-class merit, but the specific list is not made public, so before you get the first-class merit, you won't know what good things are there."

"But I heard that it can even be exchanged for a specially customized rune construct!" After saying that, Melia looked at Godd again, waiting for his reaction.

After hesitating for a second, Gao De cooperated and made an expression of disbelief, "Ah, Rune Construct?!"

"Yes," Melia was satisfied again, and then continued, "And the first, second, and third class merits are not interchangeable. In other words, even if you have accumulated a hundred third class merits, you cannot exchange them for things on the second class merit reward list, let alone the first class merit list."

"In addition, there are also military merit requirements for military rank promotion. For example, if a sergeant-level mage wants to be promoted to a warrant officer-level mage, he must have at least one second-class merit."

"The sea beasts that appear in inland waters are far less dangerous than those in the sea, so the military merits we can receive from accepting missions are basically third-class merits, with occasional second-class merits. As for first-class merits, you may not see them once in decades."

“Only in the sea, where there are the most unexpected situations, there are more opportunities to receive first-class merit.”

"Now, you know why so many people want to patrol the sea."

Gao De nodded, and at the same time he understood the specific meaning of the re-examination.

In fact, it simulates the daily work of sea sentinels.

Why do the rules allow mages to cast buff spells in advance?

The Sea Sentinel Mages patrol the rivers and seas, and when they discover sea beasts, they will choose to enter the water to kill them.

Although the water area is the home turf of sea beasts, the Sea Sentinel Mage can also provide buffs in advance before entering the water.

This is why water proficiency is included in the scoring criteria for the Sea Sentinel assessment.

It was an ordinary encounter, and the sea beasts would flee when they saw the situation was not good.

However, the duty of the sea sentinels is to kill these sea beasts to prevent them from continuing to commit crimes.

In this case, it is necessary to enter the water to pursue the enemy. How can you do this if you are not good at swimming?
"Okay, you go through the registration procedures first." Melia brought Goder to a four-story building and pushed open the door of a room on the left side of the first floor.

Godard walked in.

The overall area of ​​the room is not large, probably only about 30 to 40 square meters.

There was a staff member sitting at the table in the middle. When he saw Melia and God, he greeted them quickly.

"This is a new member, help him with the formalities." Melia said.

"clear."

Gao De walked forward and sat down on a chair, and the staff handed him several forms.

The first one is a personal information form, including name, age, etc., but the information above has been filled in, and all Gaode needs to do is sign and confirm.

After taking a quick glance and confirming that the information was correct, Gao De signed his name.

The second table is the salary table.

As soon as he saw the watch title, Gao De immediately straightened up and looked at it carefully.

"Gao De, second-class apprentice mage, monthly salary 2 Plantagenet coins"

He raised his head in surprise.

No, the monthly salary is 2 Plantagenet coins, isn’t this cheaper than the intern “college student” in the previous life?

A sea sentinel, how could you be so stingy?

"Don't think it's too little." Melia saw what Godd was thinking and patiently explained to him, "We sea sentinels are rewarded with military merits for completing our missions. The things that can be exchanged for military merits are all valuable goods."

"This is actually our real salary, and the salary of 2 golds should be called a subsidy."

"Because even if you do nothing and stay at home for a month, you will still get the money."

That's true, after Melia said that, Goder could understand.

Moreover, he glanced at the salary list and found that the rank levels of the sea sentinels were divided into six major levels, from low to high: trainee wizard, sergeant-level wizard, warrant officer-level wizard, lieutenant-level wizard, colonel-level wizard, and general-level wizard.

Apprentice mages are divided into first and second classes. As a newcomer, he is naturally the lowest level, a second-class apprentice mage.

The monthly salary of a first-class apprentice mage has been increased from 2 gold to 2 gold and 5 silver, which is equivalent to an annual salary of 30 gold.

For a higher level sergeant mage, the annual salary jumps directly to 100 gold.

Great, this is so promising.

Once you become a sergeant-level mage, you can earn 100 gold for free even if you do nothing for a year!
No wonder they say that government employment is a stable job and it’s delicious.

This smells so good!
After signing the salary form, Gaode signed many other documents, including service documents, confidentiality agreements, etc. After completing all of these, Gaode received a personal identity card.

It is engraved with his name, rank and other information, and is his identification as a sea sentry.

Then, the staff member took out two sets of sea sentry uniforms from the box under the table and handed them to Gao De along with a key.

"The key is the key to the apartment assigned to you. It's a large apartment with three bedrooms and a living room. Of course, it's just for you to live in, it doesn't belong to you. You can choose to live there or not. There are no requirements."

There are also dormitories. It is indeed a good unit. Goder took the key silently. The hotel fees in Dorne City are not cheap.

"Let's go, we still have a lot of things to do next." Melia urged.

"Anything else?" Gao De couldn't help but ask as he stood up.

"First, the spell formula and spell potion of [Touch of the Ocean]. Our daily work is to fight underwater and chase sea beasts. [Touch of the Ocean] is a spell that we must learn."

"So, the Sea Sentinel will provide each newcomer with a spell formula and spell potion of [Touch of the Ocean] for free, which is equivalent to a benefit for newcomers."

"Also, I have to go to Bi Bo Ting to get you a pet."

(End of this chapter)