Chapter 27

James continued, "Although the total amount of spiritual energy isn't the deciding factor in the current promotion system for mages, it's still a huge benefit. At the same rank, your soul will be able to hold a lot more mana and use a lot more spells than others. Although it won't be of much help to research, it will be of great help to battle. If you can become a War Mage, you'll be able to pass through the weak stage more easily.

"War mage?"

James waved his hand, "Yes, this is the classification of mages by the Mage Council after you become an official mage. It's still very far away from you, so you don't need to understand it now. "

Adam was confused, "Mr. James, even if my total amount of spiritual power is very high, this seems to be my business?"

James's excited expression showed some anticipation, "No, no, no, although this is your talent, it's very useful to me."

"For example?"

"Follow me."

James pulled Adam into the laboratory. Adam did not try to break free. As for resistance? The power of a high-grade apprentice was definitely not something he could handle now. Why not see what James wanted to do?

A place like a laboratory was an extremely important secret on Earth. Every researcher would strictly protect their own results, and it was no exception in the world of mages. James swiped his identity card three times along the way, and only then did he bring Adam to the deepest room.

Obviously, research knowledge could not only be based on imagination. Any conclusion needed countless rigorous evidence to support it. Adam was very curious about the environment of mages' research. He had guessed the situation of the laboratory before, such as countless sophisticated magical technology instruments, or containers filled with alien specimens, test tubes filled with strange colors, and so on.

"Looks a bit ordinary?"

Seeing James' proud expression, Adam said so.

James' laboratory was a huge pure black room. There were no large instruments in sight. The space was full of layers of optical projections, projecting all kinds of different rune models. There were many crystal balls, and each console had a thick 'picture book'.

Probably because Adam was really important to him, James changed his cold expression and said very kindly, "Ordinary? You actually said this place is ordinary? Have you seen other laboratories? "

Adam told James about his imagination, and James explained, "I do have what you said, but it's for other research areas. My main research area here is' Spirit Solidification Rune Structure Stability and Complete Rune Group Construction. '"

"In other words, the research of meditation techniques?"

James nodded. "That's right. This is also the reason why I can be a first-year Rune Knowledge instructor."

Adam swept his gaze across the room. He did not rashly use his spiritual power to record the results. This was tantamount to directly stealing the research results of the other party, and it was definitely not something that could be forgiven by James. However, he was very interested in this aspect, and it just so happened that he was preparing to work towards it at this stage.

Then, combined with his extraordinary spiritual power, the reason James found him was: "You want me to be your test subject?"

James shook his head. "Not as a test subject, but as my assistant to participate in the experiment. During the process of the experiment, I will share the results with you and give you a handsome reward."

"Assistant? What do I need to do? "

Seeing that Adam did not immediately reject, James excitedly patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's very simple. Build the rune group that I created into your body, and then I will record your feedback. I will use this to determine whether the meditation technique is valuable or not."

It sounded like a good idea. To Adam, splitting off a thread to experiment with different groups of runes would not cause any harm to his body, and he could also get paid. He could also obtain knowledge through the joint research with experienced apprentices. There seemed to be no reason for him to reject.

However, Adam would not agree so easily. After all, he had only been in the academy for a day, and there were many things that he did not understand. Making a hasty decision was not a good thing.

"I will think about it carefully and give you an answer after the next rune class." Then, Adam said to James, "Before that, Mr. James, about my question?"

James was a little depressed that Adam did not directly agree. His expression was no longer as excited and expectant as before. He said in a depressed tone, "When a mage with Soul Inclination determines their path, they can try to integrate the knowledge of the path into the rune group and build their own meditation technique. This type of meditation technique will form a mage's armor after becoming an official mage. It will have a strong personal inclination and will often have special and powerful abilities. "

So that's how it is. That is to say, as long as they reach the minimum requirements, every apprentice will have the opportunity to become an official mage. However, a small number of people with outstanding talent will immediately become stronger after the promotion and obtain something similar to innate spells.

After receiving the answer, Adam did not care about James' depression and left. Today's class was not over yet. There was still an elemental knowledge class in the afternoon. This class was located on the other side of the academy, so he had to rush there early.

Along the way, he met a lot of apprentices who had just come out of the rune knowledge class. They were excitedly discussing the knowledge they had just obtained and constantly comparing their mastery with others. They were also yelling and complaining because of a little progress or mistakes.

Although it was noon, no one chose to eat lunch. After all, the cost was very high. With the physique of the weakest knights, one meal a day was enough for them.

Some people noticed Adam, but no one went up to greet him. In their hearts, most of them had already decided that Adam was an idiot. Friendship and social interaction were also a kind of investment. These kinds of investments that required time to be made on Adam was undoubtedly unwise.

This did not matter to Adam. He did not have the feeling of loneliness. Being alone was actually very peaceful. He did not need to waste his precious threads on useless communication.

The closer he got to the classroom, the stronger the Ether in the surroundings. Adam even felt that his body was covered with a 'heavy' energy, which made him need to use more energy to walk. The rest of the apprentices were even worse. Their conversations had completely stopped. Everyone was trying their best to resist the pressure.

After turning a few corners, Adam came to a closed building. The light screen at the door said: New apprentices are forbidden to release their power of the will in the Element Experiment Building. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.

Since the academy had issued a warning, no one dared to disobey. After firmly restraining his power of the will, Adam walked through the first door.

What he saw was another light screen: Show your identity token.

Adam did as he was told. After scanning again, Adam felt that there was a force attached to his body, completely suppressing his power of the will in his body. The fireball rune group that was still in the standby thread disappeared, and the runes that were still being constructed but not completed were all shattered. Even the rune that Adam had optimized himself was the same. Only a few experimental pieces of armor were left.

Because of the release of a large number of threads and the spread of the will, the scanning ray once again swept through Adam's body. Then, the suppression force was even stronger than before.

The rest of the apprentices were the same, but they were not as troublesome as Adam. After only one process, they were let go.

The interior of the Element Experiment Building was much bigger than it looked from the outside. Obviously, it was the application of the Space Folding technique. There were people coming and going, and in front of every door, there were runes floating, which should be used for sealing purposes.

Adam followed the instructions and walked towards the underground classroom. The moment he stepped on the stairs, a laboratory on the other side of the building suddenly exploded. Fierce flames spewed out, and the strong impact blew the apprentices who did not have time to react. The weaker ones even rolled into a ball.

"What happened?!"

"Oh my god! This is too scary! "

Panicked voices spread out. Everyone stopped and looked towards the laboratory. There were already a few people who were blown out. Their clothes were burned into pieces, and it seemed like they were half-cooked.

Inside the laboratory building, high-grade apprentices wearing grey robes rushed towards the laboratory. After a moment, a figure flew out of the laboratory. His body was surrounded by turbulent fire elemental energy. In mid-air, he cursed, "Idiots, damn idiots! Didn't I tell you that the construction of the runes must be done meticulously? You are a bunch of idiots who are worse than pigs! Send them for treatment, and then, you will be expelled! Never come near my laboratory! Idiots! "

"So this is an elemental experiment?" Adam muttered to himself. All of this was new to him. It was valuable, and he did not want to miss any of it. It was just a pity that he could not enter the laboratory to take a look.

When he arrived at the classroom, Adam found that the instructor was actually someone he knew. After everyone was seated, he said, "I am Black, a level 7 elemental mage. I will be your elemental knowledge instructor for the first year."

This was a lecture hall. Mage Black floated at the front. He said to everyone, "I hope the scene just now did not scare you. Elemental magic is full of charm. It is the most beautiful scenery on the path of a mage. However, it is also accompanied by extreme danger. The apprentices in George's laboratory were lucky. Although they needed a long time to recover, at least their lives were not in danger. You should know that every year, many apprentices die in elemental experiments.

"Elemental knowledge is only taught once a month. In this year, you will have to understand what elemental magic is, and successfully construct three sets of low-level elemental magic runes.

"Trust me, this is very important. If you do not show your talent in other fields, like Miss Ophelia over there, you must learn at least three types of low-level magic. Otherwise, you will be expelled."