Chapter 105: Boiling Potion
Chapter 105: Boiling Potion
The next day, Ivan learned his lesson and contacted his tutor to see if he had time. In the afternoon, he came to his tutor's three-story round tower. As soon as he knocked on the door, it opened automatically.
He came into the hall and looked at a corner on the inside in confusion, wondering what Randall was bending over and looking for.
"Good day, Master."
"Ivan, you're here. Are the little ones all right?" Randall reached out and fumbled for a while before he stood up and turned to look at him, saying in surprise, "Looking at the fluctuations in your mental power, you're almost a third-class apprentice."
Ivan nodded and muttered, "The little ones are all fine. I'm a little bit bad myself."
Randall walked over and sat on the main seat, and pushed the fried white striped worms in front of him: "Don't worry, take your time."
No wonder Gina is so casual here, it turns out that the mentor himself is too casual and doesn't have the aura of a wizard at all.
Ivan complained in his heart and asked, "Teacher, I heard that a breakthrough to the third-level apprentice requires an important potion?"
Randall grabbed a handful of fried white worms from another large glass bottle and stuffed them into his mouth. While eating, he said, "Boiling potion. This is an auxiliary potion that our academy often uses to break the mental barriers of third-class apprentices. It has been verified countless times and rarely fails."
Seeing this, Ivan had no choice but to join in, and it tasted surprisingly good.
"how?"
“Crispy.”
"I told you it's delicious, but Mien looks disgusted." Randall gave him an admiring look, scolded another disciple, and then went back to the potion: "A serving of boiling potion requires 100 credits plus 200 magic stones."
"So expensive?"
After hearing his words, Ivan suddenly felt that the snacks in his hand were no longer delicious.
Randall looked helpless: "It's just that expensive. This is the school's rule. No one can change it."
"Teacher, how do I earn credits?"
"How are you doing with your knowledge of runes and enchantments? Why don't you come to ask me, your mentor?"
"It's not that I'm afraid of disturbing you. In fact, I have a lot of questions."
Facing Randall's accusation, Ivan smiled awkwardly. If he had known that his mentor was so easy-going, he would have come to ask. He was not used to Toines's pattern and could not change it for a while.
Without waiting for the instructor to say anything, he asked a dozen questions about runes and enchantments.
Randall answered questions one by one, and his profound knowledge made Ivan regret that he had not come earlier.
Finally, Randall nodded slightly: "It's okay, but not enough. The thread text needs to be completed to reach 80% before it can be connected into a rune bundle. The rune bundle is the basic condition for making low-level magic items."
Ivan felt a little ashamed. His current completion rate was only about 63% at best, which was far from meeting the requirements of the rune bundle.
Randall went on to say, "There are two common ways for the enchantment group to earn credits. One is to buy materials and make them into disposable runes or low-level enchanted items. Disposable runes will be picked and chosen by those people. This method can only earn 50 credits per year. This is also the rule of the academy."
Fifty credits per year were clearly not enough for him.
Ivan asked hurriedly: "What about the second way?"
Randall said, "Complete the enchanting tasks of the enchanting group. The location is in the internal workshop. The raw materials are provided by the academy. The task reward is credits. The number of credits depends on the number of tasks. However, the candidates for enchanting tasks are usually third-class apprentices."
"anything else?"
"Completing a special mission or making a special contribution to the college, this kind of mission will be more dangerous."
After hearing the three ways to earn credits, Ivan frowned. None of them could fully meet his requirements. When he came to his senses, he found that the instructor looked a little strange. Could there be other ways?
"Teacher, please say whatever you want to say." Randall said in a strange tone, "You are lucky. You have an opportunity right now. The workshop listed an enchanting task two days ago and specifically assigned it to you, the new apprentices. The basic requirement is to be able to refine a one-time rune."
"This—will be okay?"
Ivan was puzzled. There was such a strange request. It couldn't be a trick.
Randall stretched out his finger and tapped him on the head with a gentle spiritual force. "What are you thinking? How could the academy deliberately harm a second-class apprentice like you? Since this is the requirement of the workshop, you can refine a one-time rune and fully meet the requirements of the task. You can go there tomorrow."
Ivan nodded: "I understand, mentor."
Randall said: "There are three conditions for promotion to a third-level apprentice: reaching 6 levels of mental power, learning two zero-level spells, and boiling potions."
"All I need is the boiling potion."
"Do you need to buy any spells? The spells I researched and acquired from outside do not require your credits. I will charge you 20 magic stones for each spell."
"Of course I need to buy it. You are so generous, mentor."
Ivan had consulted before, and learned that in addition to paying the corresponding magic stones, the academy would also deduct two to three credits to purchase spells, so he did not purchase other spells.
Then, Randall used the crystal ball to transmit five spells to him: Insect Hiding, Arrow Shooting, Traction, Shaping, and Spirit Empowerment.
Without exception, all five spells are not orthodox elemental spells.
"Do you have any other questions?"
"The hunting team's matter--"
"No wizard will cause you trouble. As for the apprentices, you are quite powerful and there is no need to be afraid of them. If anything goes wrong, I will personally avenge you."
"Ok."
Since the tutor has said so, what else can Ivan do? This is his own business.
Before leaving, he asked a question out of curiosity: "Teacher, what were you looking for in the corner before?"
Randall said subconsciously: "A stupid bug that can only hide there."
As soon as he finished speaking, two stones flew out from the corner, one aimed at Randall and the other at Ivan. Randall dodged them easily, and Ivan was hit on the head by the stone before he even noticed it.
This was the second time he had been hit on the head today, and it hurt a little.
Ivan scratched his head and glanced at Randall, who looked a little embarrassed. He thought it would be better to leave early, so he tactfully said goodbye.
a new day.
Ivan followed Randall's instructions and came to the internal workshop of the enchantment group. This was the experimental area. From the outside, the enchantment workshop looked like a large storage warehouse with only a few windows.
The entrance to the workshop looked like a reception desk. He glanced at the particle light film that issued the tasks. Sure enough, there was an enchanting task designated for a new batch of apprentices to complete. The information listed in the task was simple and clear.
Ivan stepped forward and said, "Hello, I am a student of Wizard Randall from the Enchanting Group. I am the new apprentice of this batch and I am here to receive the mission."
After he said this, all the staff at the reception desk looked up at him with some inexplicable surprise in their eyes, as if they were looking at something rare.
Being stared at by the three apprentices inside, Ivan couldn't help but feel a little confused. Could it be that there was really a problem with the mission? But there was no reason for Randall to deceive him. What's more, it was clearly written on the particle light film that he just met the requirements of the mission.
(End of this chapter)