Chapter 135: Rising Mortality Rate
Chapter 135: Rising Mortality Rate
Then, Ivan came to the college library.
In the previous mission, he realized that he had many shortcomings, not only in terms of strength, but also in various aspects of knowledge.
Recently, he has been using meditation to clear the pollution in his mental power, which will take some time. He can come to the library to calm down and find a way to increase his experience points in [Biology] and [Linguistics].
Nowadays, [Biology] is only level 2, and [Linguistics] is only level 1, so there is a lot of room for improvement.
As for the others, the experience points of [Meditation] and [Curse], both at level 2, have been growing slowly, especially the latter, while there is no clue about [Plane Studies] at level 0, as the experience points remain unchanged.
[Pharmacy: lv4 (926/1000)]
Among all the subjects, [Pharmacy] should be the first to be upgraded to the next level, but that will have to wait until he clears the mental pollution.
"I wonder if Walban's words are reliable?"
Ivan was not sure if he could really have some free time, so on the way back, Walban took the initiative to exchange the arcane mark with him and also hinted that the hunting team would not trouble him again and asked him to wait for his news.
This was undoubtedly a good sign. The fundamental reason why the hunting team disliked him was Toins. It was really not worth it to take the blame for Toins.
The library is an ancient building with a vast number of books covering everything, but most of them are tribute books from nobles from all over the world. For apprentices, their greatest value is to increase their knowledge and enrich their experience.
And it's free of charge.
Walking into the library, he smelled a special scent of books.
This was not his first time in the library, and he was particularly impressed by the atmosphere, which made him unconsciously want to keep quiet for fear of disturbing the atmosphere here.
He walked straight to the bookshelf where books related to Tidal Island were placed. He saw many language books, covering all aspects, both simple and in-depth. The latter were placed in Flying Fish Harbor, and they were things that the nobles would rather hide in the attic and collect dust than take out.
Now they are placed casually on the bookshelf.
There are also books on the ancient languages of Gaoganda, Tidal, and Ferendo.
He took down a book about Tidal Language, which had a new meaning for this language. It was the language of the offshore sea people, brought to the human world by the Centaurs. Not long after the Centaurs left, the Tidal Empire covering the entire island was born.
The ancient language of Gaoganda is indeed a language that has been used by humans since ancient times. It is a language summarized by human ancestors based on the shapes of things around them.
The source of Ferendo language is the language of the Winged People.
On this half of the Yuequan Peninsula, there are many other languages that are similar to these three languages. Most of them are branches of the sea language, the Winged People language, and the ancient human language, or they are branches of the same language. There are some connections between them and they can be studied comparatively.
For example, Sangye, Tuchel, Kuidan, etc.
[Linguistics Experience +4]
[Linguistics: lv1 (81/100)]
Three hours later, when he left the library, his linguistics experience points increased by a few points.
At the entrance of the library, Ivan received a message from Walban, which brought him good news that the hunting team would not disturb him again. His expression brightened up.
"This Walban actually has such great power. It turns out that strength is status."
He knew that the reason why Walban had such a status was probably, as Cody said, that his mental strength exceeded 13 scales, and he was one of the key apprentices of the academy. His high status made him more eager to improve his strength.
Medium magic stone water should be put on the agenda earlier.
In the cafeteria, Ivan had just sat down when two figures appeared across the table.
"Ivan, haven't seen you for a few days."
"Long time no see." Conley and Ed, two fellow countrymen from the Principality of Xiangmai, sat down without hesitation.
After so many days, the two have become second-class apprentices. Conley's aura is stronger and more mature than before.
Ed had changed even more. Only half of his left ear was left, probably bitten off by some demonic beast, leaving an ugly gap.
Unlike before when he was noisy, he is now somewhat silent.
"You are a third-class apprentice?" Ed's eyes suddenly widened. When he sensed it just now, he immediately felt a strong oppressive force, exactly the same as when he faced other third-class apprentices.
Hearing his words, Conley also looked at Ivan in surprise.
It is not easy to break through to the third-class apprenticeship. It is unknown how many credits it takes to go from the second-class apprenticeship to the third-class apprenticeship, and most of the credits require taking risks to complete the tasks, which is equivalent to risking your life.
"I was a second-class apprentice when I entered school, and I made a breakthrough not long ago." Ivan nodded. "How are you doing recently?"
"congratulations."
He said it lightly, as both of them knew the hardships involved. After all, the other's background was not as good as theirs.
Compared with the second-class apprentices, the third-class apprentices have a somewhat different status, and they are more confident when speaking during tasks.
"Remember how many of us there are?" Conley continued after a pause of a few seconds.
"19 people."
"Three people died. Two died during the mission." Conley lowered his voice, "One is said to have died in the laboratory."
Ivan understood. It seemed that the man was unlucky and met a mentor with a bad temper. The wizards in the academy had different personalities. Some treated their disciples well, while others were bad to them.
There are even some who do not treat disciples as human beings, such as Toins before. He had ill intentions from the beginning and kept disciples in captivity as carriers to share the power of the curse. He never cared about the lives of his disciples from the bottom of his heart.
"Things seem to be a bit uneasy recently, with news of apprentices dying one after another," Conley added.
"Two people in our hunting team just died. The mission is unknown, but the danger should be quite great. Our team is led by the famous third-class apprentice 'Wolban', who is a potential wizard seed." Ed added.
"I know. The enchantment team also participated, and one person died." Seeing the two people looking at him, Ivan explained, "I was also on the mission at the time. The details of the mission need to be kept confidential. Anyway, an unusual accident occurred."
Hearing this, the two didn't know what to say. It was no wonder that the other party could become a third-class apprentice so quickly since he was involved in such a high-end mission. He must have survived many life-threatening situations in the process.
"Do you know 'fifth-level talent' Wayne?"
"I met you once."
"His team members have died one after another. Everyone suspects that he is being targeted by external forces. Don't team up with him to carry out missions, otherwise you will be the one in trouble. He is different. He is the focus of the academy's attention and comes from a wizard family. He has a lot of ways to save his life."
The three of them chatted for a while.
It is not difficult to find that the death rate of apprentices has continued to rise recently. I don’t know if there are any objective reasons for this. Anyway, it is not good news for them, as it means that every mission will involve great risks.
After returning to the dormitory from the restaurant, Ivan felt more eager to improve his own strength. He never wanted to encounter the difficult experience like the one in Swamp Forest City again. Once was enough for him to experience such a predicament.
(End of this chapter)