my age of magic

Chapter 264 64. Explosion in the Laboratory
Since the night of the dance party, my name has been engraved on the top of the new force list by meddling people, and my outstanding record says that I completely defeated a third-year fire magic apprentice. Even in the Warrior Academy, there were not many cases of freshmen counterattacking the upper divisions at the beginning of their enrollment.No matter where I go, people will look at me with envious eyes, and tell the friends around me what happened that night. It has been a long time since I saw Abigail in the college. I heard that he was caught by his family. The southern city recuperated and gave the college a large amount of compensation to repair the vast playground of the completely destroyed Warrior Academy.

In fact, the next morning after that night, I was invited by the teacher of Zhanzheng College to drink tea at the discipline office of the college. What made me feel at ease was that the teacher in charge of sending the message told me clearly that asking me to go in the past was not for me. Any punishment, in fact, the college doesn't care much about the students' duels, as long as it doesn't kill people, as long as it's a fair fight, the college will take a laissez-faire attitude.But I didn't expect that I would have to pay half of the responsibility for repairing the playground of the Warrior Academy. I was a little puzzled. Abigail had released the magic scroll at random, so why did I need it? I make compensation.

Since I have the memories of my previous life, I deeply realized that the consequences of fighting with the teachers in the academy would be very serious, so I just gritted my teeth and acquiesced. It seemed that the teachers in the discipline office had prepared a lot of words. Use it on me when I refute him.But I didn't expect that I would readily assume my part of the responsibility. I was so full of words that I couldn't say a word, which made him have the urge to vomit blood.

After the teacher calmed down for a long time, he organized his words and said: "...Since you agree to take half of the responsibility..."

He gave me two options. The first one is to hand over fifty gold coins directly to the college, and the college will find construction workers to repair the playground.

After listening to the first option, I almost spit out blood. Half of the repair cost of the [-]-meter-square playground needs [-] gold coins. What is the difference between this and money grabbing? If you take out your savings, you may not be able to make up fifty yellow and orange gold coins.Besides, there is really no reason to spend so much money to repair the entire playground. Even the best mason in El City only needs sixty silver coins a month, so why would he need fifty gold!
Since the teacher said that this is the first option, then naturally there is the second option, and then I will continue to listen.

The teacher at the teaching office continued: It doesn’t matter if you can’t repay the money, the money will be paid by the college first, and I will do chores in the college during this period to repay the loss of the college bit by bit.Seeing that I fell silent, the teacher quickly said that the college will only be in the four years I am studying, and will do a little work for the college in my spare time. As long as there are courses scheduled, there is no need to do chores , and only one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon is required every day, and the scope of labor is only to clean up the sanitation of the laboratory.If after four years, I still haven't repaid the money, then the college will write off the account with me.I thought about it, and there was no loss to me in doing so, so I agreed.I thought to myself, isn't this just another version of work-study program!It's just that I'm repaying the college's infrastructure repairs.

I secretly swear that the next time I fight with someone, even if I am killed, I won't be on the playground of the Warrior Academy.

When I walked out of the teaching office, there was a feeling that I had gotten into a cover.Because I saw the magic scholar Yerkes standing at the door of the teaching office, he looked at me like a fly staring at a piece of rotten meat.

Seeing me coming out of the teaching office, the teacher nodded to him triumphantly, and I found that his eyes could not conceal the joy, and Yerkes said to me solemnly: "Hey, boy, you have been accepted by the Magic Academy." The Ministry of Magic's inscription research team is requisitioned, and you will work with me in the inscription research team from now on!"

The Yerkes scholar's hair was still so messy, it seemed that after the explosion last night, he just washed it briefly, but it was still messy on the top of his head like a bird's nest.He fumbled and took out a sign from his arms and handed it to me, and while walking back, he said to me obscenely: "This is the key to my laboratory, all you have to do is to clean and tidy up the whole room every morning before class In the laboratory, when there is no class in the afternoon, I have to go to the laboratory to do some chores."

He seemed to be very busy, and he didn't want to stay in the teaching office for a minute, and the conversations between us were all carried out on the way to the college.He said that he would show me the gate of the inscription laboratory, and there was still enough time to see it, so I decided to go to his laboratory to take a look before the morning class.

When I walked to the laboratory building, I realized that the inscription laboratory was on the top floor of the laboratory building, and it was very easy to find.

There are access cards above the third floor of the laboratory building. Only those who have a special pass can enter and exit freely here. The metal plate Yerkes gave me is probably such a temporary pass. I didn’t expect that above the third floor of the laboratory building, even There is a hole in the sky, in the entire circular corridor, there are specimens of monsters placed every ten steps or so. Of course, these monsters are not too big, like a two-storey earth storm bear, it is absolutely impossible to fit in the corridor .And these magical beasts are not too rare, just like the three mutated wind wolves or thunderbird feathers I saw in Kurz's house, there are no here.Some are just very common monsters, such as the specimens of the magic antelope on the Pai Plateau, the wind wolf specimens, the salamander specimens, etc. I saw the temperament of these monsters clearly written on the sign under the specimens with features, living areas and more.

Yerkes walked in front and saw me stop and look at each specimen, and said impatiently: "What's so interesting about these dead beasts? I want to see these first-level monsters." , You have to go to New Willow Valley, you can settle down here and help me do things steadily, next year I will help you apply for a place to go to New Willow Valley for experience!"

This is the first time I heard the name of Xinliu Valley. I thought it was that valley, at most it was in the deep mountains full of monsters, so I didn't take it to heart, so I agreed with a humming haha.

On the third floor of the laboratory building, the inscription laboratory is just one of them. In addition, there are magic potion laboratory, magic jewelry laboratory, advanced leather workshop, advanced tailoring studio, etc. The door of almost every room is It was tightly closed, and I obediently followed Yerkes all the way to the end of the corridor, where the inscription laboratory is at the corner of the corridor.

The first time I walked into the inscription laboratory, I thought I was walking into a garbage dump, and it was really desolate.Those magic parchments were thrown all over the floor. Some medicine test tubes and bottles were lying on the floor in disorder, but none of them could be found intact. The test bench was covered with magic inks of various colors. The ink dyed the test bench in colorful colors, and a row of bookshelves by the wall was full of thick magic books, some of which were covered with dust and even covered with cobwebs, and the edges of the parchment of some of the magic books were torn Curly, as if it had been ripped apart.In the other half of the laboratory room, all kinds of magical equipment are piled up like a hill, and all kinds of machines and metal plates that have been dismantled are like a waste station.

I walked into the messy room, accidentally stepped on a piece of magic parchment, and picked it up casually.This piece of parchment, which was accidentally damaged after drawing half of the magic pattern circle, lay quietly on the pitted floor. With just one glance, one could tell that the inscription failed, and half of the magic parchment on which the inscription was drawn was burnt. Yes, there is still half a blank piece of magic parchment that was discarded on the ground with slightly burnt edges. There are so many chores like this that there is almost no place to stay.

Yerkes obviously had no intention of being ashamed, and walked straight into the laboratory, his long pointed leather shoes stepped on the broken glass of the test tube, making a harsh sound of creaking, he was the only intact one in this room. Sit down on the chair, push away the sundries on the test bench, pour yourself a cup of green unknown liquid, and ask me: "Do you want to have a cup? This is the expired Ningshen grass juice, which has refreshing effect The effect of clearing the brain, long-term use will also increase mental strength, but there is a slight side effect, that is, it is easy to cause insomnia!"

I quickly waved my hand, indicating that I didn't need it.

"Will I work here from now on?" I asked Yerkes.

"That's right, my child, it's actually over there!" Yerkes pointed to the pile of waste and garbage piled up like a hill, and then said to me triumphantly: "I usually work there, here is just It's where I drink tea and rest!"

He took a picture of the wide test bench for fear, and said to me: "This was originally an old guy's laboratory, but last year, he suddenly had a whim, saying that he wanted to travel on the Roland Continent, and then left it behind. After seeing this mess, he really likes to study magic circles and magic pattern structures, but I have no electricity for these. My research topic is the integration of machinery and magic, you see, those are all my masterpieces."

Scholar Yerkes pointed to a pile of rotten machines next to the waste. I thought they were the skeletons left after some machines were dismantled.After being introduced by Yerkes, it dawned on him that these were his research results, which turned out to be the prototype of the magic puppet. Looking at the unusually simple magic puppet, he looked a little sad, as if he had been aroused by something.

After a while, his eyes were freed from the memories, and then he turned to look at me and said, "Why don't you leave, don't you have class in the morning?"

"We're leaving now, then, Scholar Yerkes, I'll come back in the afternoon." I said respectfully to him.

"Oh, wait!" He suddenly stopped me who was about to leave, and then said a little strangely: "Jijia...my pronunciation is right?"

I nodded.

He walked to the dusty bookshelf, carefully looked at the magic book on it, and finally found a book in the far corner, which lifted his spirits, and after pulling out the heavy magic book, he didn't hesitate. He figuratively dusted off the book with his cuff, then walked up to me and handed it to me, saying: "You can take this book back and have a look. It's about the basic knowledge of inscribers. I think it should be of some help to you." .”

His eyes fell on the logo of the book, and his expression was a little sad.

I took the magic book, and sure enough, it said "Basic Knowledge of Inscriptions" on the cover. I flipped through two pages. The knowledge contained in this book was very comprehensive. I held it in my arms happily. I hesitated and stopped. .I wanted to say thank you to him, but when Yerkes saw me standing there, he smiled self-deprecatingly, pointed to the magic book, and said in a hoarse voice: "When I was in school, I always tried everything possible I want to be an inscriber. I have read a lot of books about inscriptions. I know more about the structural lines of the magic pattern circle than them. In order to be able to draw the magic pattern circle, I sometimes even mix the magic ink myself. You know, it's cheaper than buying them from the magic shop."

When I knew that he was going to tell me about the past, I decided to listen carefully, and I thought I would gain something.

He went on to say: "Later, I went to find a reclusive inscription master with a few like-minded friends, and finally persuaded him to accept several of our students. I always thought that with my mastery of the magic pattern circle, As well as a deep understanding of magical herbalism, I will become an excellent inscriber. Unfortunately, when I stood on the test bench for the first time, I failed."

"The teacher said that my hands are unstable, which is congenital and difficult to eliminate through exercise. I am not reconciled. I have been trying to exercise my hands to make them more stable, but I have been unsuccessful. Later, I I started to study the versatility of machinery and magic. At the beginning, I bought those magic scrolls and combined them with some machines mixed with magic metal..."

"Oh, yes! It's like the shotguns made by the dwarves, which use magic energy as the core to make the machinery work normally, like the caravans when traveling, or these puppets. The magicians turn these things into magic props, I became a magic item master, and my best friend and I came to the Magic Academy in El City. He is a very talented inscriber, he can draw more than 300 different types of magic circles, look, He drew the magic scrolls and the magweave devices on the magic metal plates."

"That's his test bed. I can use the magic scrolls and magic pattern devices on the metal plate he made to make those weird props. This magic puppet is our masterpiece. But he left a year ago Go, look for his so-called life, leave me here to slowly moldy, go to hell!"

Yerkes looked up at me and said, "You are the most gifted child with inscriptions I have ever seen, I hope you can help me make some energy-type magic scrolls."

I asked him half-understood: "Like the firing device of the shotgun? Or the water tank in the magic caravan? I saw a water tank in the magic caravan, and there was a magic scroll of 'water gathering' in it. magic!"

"Almost, so you need to work harder recently and study this magic book carefully! I still have things to do, the leg structure of this puppet is still a little imperfect..." Yerkes leaned over and lifted the puppet The outriggers of the magic puppet were removed, revealing the magic metal plate inside, which was covered with magic runes. He was muttering in his mouth and fell into the realm of himself. I am afraid that he himself does not know what he is talking about now.

Seeing that he started working, I quietly left with the magic book in my arms.

As soon as he walked out of the laboratory, he heard a loud "bang" inside, and suddenly there was a violent explosion in the magic laboratory where the Yerkes scholar was located...

(End of this chapter)