Chapter 24

The mage of the Holy Tower took the Ether crystal and said, "Let's go in. Don't waste my time."

The mage took the lead and the apprentices followed closely behind. Their eyes were filled with nervousness. Adam, who was the last, stepped into the teleportation circle. The runes emitted a silver light and formed a protective layer around the apprentices. Then, Adam felt his body twisting towards the center. It was an indescribably uncomfortable feeling. It was as if his whole body was forcefully stuffed into a small hole.

In the next moment, another feeling came. His body went through the same torture again, but this time, it was being pulled out of the hole.

The other apprentices began to vomit violently. Even Adam could not resist the urge.

When Adam regained his vision, he was already in another place. Mage Irene waved her hand and sprinkled a mist into everyone's body. The uncomfortable feeling was greatly alleviated.

"This is the reaction of a weak body that cannot withstand the teleportation. It is also the reason why we did not directly teleport you from the deserted island to the Mage Continent." Mage Black said, "Now that we have arrived at Moldo's Tower of Elements, you will participate in the admission ceremony with this batch of apprentices later."

"Moldo's Tower of Elements?" William repeated the name in confusion. Was it not the Mage Academy?

Mage Black calmly explained, "Yes, it is Moldo's Tower of Elements. The Mage Academy was only established by the owner of the tower at the request of the Mage Parliament. This will be explained later."

Mage Black paused for a moment and continued, "Seeing that we got along quite well along the way …"

The apprentices cursed in their hearts. Happiness built with death?

"I want to give you a piece of advice. You must be careful before making a choice. Once the contract is established, you will not have the chance to regret. Oh, one more thing. Before you have enough knowledge, try not to have conflicts with the native apprentices. "

Everyone followed the mage out of the room where the teleportation circle was and found themselves in an extremely spacious hall. There were sporadic pedestrians around, looking at them with incomprehensible gazes.

"Don't look around, the tower is the residence of the Magicians. If you accidentally anger one of the Magicians, no one can save your life."

Everyone's hearts trembled, and they hurriedly retracted their curious gazes. Through Wizard Blake's words, they realized that the academy was not a paradise. Being an apprentice was indeed not a scarce resource.

Soon, they walked out of the hall, and when they looked back, they found that they had walked out of a huge tower floating in the air. The tower was extremely tall, and from the top of the tower, there was an invisible but easily sensed energy current flowing into it. The energy flowed throughout the entire tower, making the Tower of Elements not look like a fixed building, but more like a 'rocket' waiting to be launched.

Below the Tower of Elements was a series of ordinary-looking buildings. They were distributed in a ring around the tower. Adam noticed that there were some teams of newcomers like them walking out from some of the buildings and gathering at the designated place under the guidance of the mages.

"A native acolyte?" Adam muttered to himself. Every native acolyte had an extremely arrogant look on their faces. Occasionally, when they glanced at the deserted island acolytes, they would reveal undisguised contempt, as if they were looking at a country bumpkin who had just entered the city for the first time.

The native acolytes' clothes were far more luxurious than theirs. Adam noticed that every one of them had more or less magic items in their hands, and their total amount of spiritual force was also stronger than theirs.

"Is it because they have been living in a high-magic environment, so their understanding of magic is stronger?"

The crowd finally gathered at a square. The square was paved with an unknown material, dark but crystal clear. It looked like obsidian.

There were more than a hundred people in this group of acolytes. Except for the six of them, the rest seemed to be native acolytes. The two groups were clearly separated, showing an extremely obvious sense of exclusion.

The mages no longer led them, but walked towards the high platform at the front of the square. There were already three mages standing there, all of them wearing long black robes. After the guides walked up to the high platform, the leader of the mages coughed softly, and Adam felt the pressure descend, instantly suppressing all sounds of conversation, and the square became incomparably silent.

The black-robed mage nodded in satisfaction, then said, "I am Victor, the principal of the Moldo Mage Academy. First of all, welcome to the Moldo Mage Academy. "

"In the first year, you'll receive free education, including rune knowledge, elemental knowledge, potion knowledge, alchemy knowledge, body refining knowledge, and other basic knowledge. You'll have to choose your next research direction within a year." Victor continued, "You'll receive free education in the first year, including rune knowledge, elemental knowledge, potion knowledge, alchemy knowledge, and body refining knowledge."

"From the second year onwards, you will have two choices. The first is to sign a contract with the great Moldo Hyperdimensional Mage. The contract stipulates that after becoming an official mage, you will follow the Moldo Hyperdimensional Mage on three planar expeditions, or serve as a mage of the tower for three hundred years. In exchange, you can continue to enjoy free education. "

"The second choice is to study in the academy as a free acolyte. You must pay enough to obtain knowledge, and the cost will be determined by the tutor. You are free to do whatever you want. After becoming an official mage, you can choose to leave at any time. "

"Of course, this is on the premise that you can become an official mage. In the acolyte stage, you must listen to orders and fulfill your obligations."

After Principal Victor finished speaking, he immediately left. Following that, the other two black-robed mages explained some minor details, including the fees that needed to be paid in the first year, which included accommodation fees, library fees, and so on. They also stipulated the acolytes' free range of activities and areas that they needed to apply to enter.

There was a piece of good news for the acolytes on the deserted island. The magical beasts killed by the acolytes on the Moldova College, after paying the fees to the guides and the ship's maintenance, would be converted into energy stones and returned to the acolytes to cover their basic living expenses.

After that, all the mages left. Some of the more experienced acolytes took over the work and led them to their assigned dormitories.

Along the way, Adam carefully analyzed the mages' words and found that their conditions were not too harsh. There were no conditions that were unacceptable, but he did not know if there were any traps in their words. However, with the pride of the mages, they would not stoop so low as to lie to their acolytes.

The six people on the deserted island were all relieved. They had been worried about the cost. Other than William, who had a father who was an apprentice, and Ophelia, who had half a small energy mine, the others were completely broke. It was undoubtedly a good thing to be able to obtain knowledge for free by signing a contract.

Seeing their relieved expressions, the native acolytes did not hide their sneers. Their sneers were full of malice, which instantly angered Randy. After entering the academy, this poor acolyte from the deserted island had a very sensitive ego.

The native apprentice ignored Randy's angry glare and said, "A country bumpkin will always be a country bumpkin. I searched on Baidu, and this term in the West refers to a foreigner who has not seen much of the world. Do you think the academy's conditions are good? Ha, listen well, that's for official mages. Do you really think you can be a mage? Ridiculous. "

"Bastard, what did you say!" Randy was furious. He wanted to use magic to teach this native acolyte a lesson.

The native acolyte did not care about Randy's threat. He did not even bother to put up a defensive posture. Using an even more contemptuous tone, he said, "Looks like you still don't know where you are, idiot."

William hurriedly pulled Randy, who was about to lose his mind. He had already seen the dissatisfied expression of the senior acolyte leading the team. It was obviously not wise to cause trouble when they had just arrived and did not know the situation. He said to Randy, "Randy, calm down. You can't do anything now. I'll explain it to you later."

Seeing the indignant Randy, the native acolyte raised his eyebrows in disdain. He put his hand in front of his throat and made a throat-slitting gesture. Then, he looked up and left.

William said to Randy in a low voice, "If you had attacked him just now, you would have definitely died. In front of everyone, attacking without asking for a duel is a sneak attack. The others would not have let you go, and no one would have been able to save you."

Randy calmed down. Unable to vent his anger, he vented it on Adam. He deliberately said in a low voice that was just loud enough for Adam to hear, "A guy who only knows how to fight among himself. Bah."

Adam did not feel anything in his heart. He even wanted to laugh. In his opinion, it was stupid to start a fight because of ridiculous reasons like location even though they were on the same level. Randy was like that, and so was that acolyte.

The senior acolyte did not say anything. He had seen such situations many times. As long as it did not interfere with his mission, it did not matter to him if the newcomers fought to their deaths. He only needed to bring them to the dormitory area.

The acolytes' rooms were for two people. Thanks to Adam's bad social relations, no one was willing to stay with him. Even William, who had an ambiguous attitude, would not deviate from the group's will at this time. Adam did not care. It was obviously better to be able to stay alone.

The senior acolyte said coldly, "The cost will be deducted from the energy stones that are given to you." Then, he looked at Adam. "As for you, you will have to pay double."

Adam nodded.

After the senior acolyte finished speaking, he turned and left. Everyone walked to their own rooms. The rooms were not bad. The academy was not harsh on the acolytes in this aspect. Adam did not care about this. He was thinking about what Dean Victor had said.

"Dimensional War, Hyperdimensional Mage." Adam was especially concerned about these two terms. Were mages really creatures that transcended dimensions? They could actually initiate wars against other worlds. Then, Hyperdimensional was a level above official mages. Did this mean that they had transcended the constraints of dimensions?