The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 112: First Coming (11)

Among the Golden Thorn apprentices who came to study at Silver Ring College this time, only Samuel had been here before, and the rest of the apprentices were here for the first time.

At this moment, even Morrison, the oldest one, looked at the Silver Ring Academy in front of him with some shock in his eyes.

Compared to here, the prosperous Cuilin City is simply a remote and poor place!
In comparison, Lin En, who traveled from the information age of his previous life, is the calmest among them.

"Excuse me, are you an apprentice of the Horsens School?"

A Silver Ring apprentice suddenly came over.

"Yes, sir?" Morrison asked.

"I'm Wright. Senior Clement, who is in charge of receiving you, was delayed by something. He asked me to tell you to wait for a while." The Silver Ring Apprentice replied with a smile, and added,

"Senior Clement and I have also been tasked with receiving new apprentices, but my group of new apprentices are trainees, and they haven't arrived yet... It should take a few more minutes."

"I see. Thank you for letting me know," Morrison replied.

The wizard apprentices who come to Silver Ring College to study are divided into two categories, formal students and advanced students.

The so-called formal international students are wizard apprentices like the Golden Thorn apprentice who enjoy the same treatment as the Silver Ring apprentice. They are real international students.

The so-called trainees are apprentices who, like the former Horsens School, pay a considerable price in exchange for the opportunity to study abroad.

These apprentices are different from Lin En and others. Their treatment is generally worse than that of formal Silver Ring apprentices, and they have much less authority.

"Senior Clement will probably be here in a few minutes. Please sit by the window and wait," Wright reminded again.

Morrison nodded, and walked to the window with the Golden Thorn apprentice behind him and sat down to wait.

It is just past noon and because of the weather, it is basically dark outside. Blue and purple lightning flashes through the clouds like winding dragons and snakes.

Wow!
Accompanied by a dull thunder, heavy rain poured down, and the Silver Ring College below was covered with a layer of mist by the rain, making it look even more blurred.

"I don't know how long this rain will last." An apprentice muttered.

"Two hours and 2 minutes, it will stop on time at 49pm," Wright said with a smile.

The apprentice showed a look of surprise on his face, and was shocked at why Wright's prediction was so accurate.

Lin En looked at the huge silver ring above his head that was hidden in the clouds, and he understood.

This rain seems to be man-made.

Wright's next words also confirmed his thoughts:

"This rain is the first rainfall scheduled by Silver Ring College this month. There will be several more in the future... After you get the college badge, you can use it to check the specific rainfall time."

"Is this heavy rain man-made?" Many apprentices whispered to each other, all very surprised.

"There are many more interesting places in Yinhuan College." Wright smiled, then raised his eyebrows and said,

"The trainees from the Root School that I am responsible for receiving have arrived."

"The Root School?" Lin En was slightly startled. Leah and Caroline beside him were also stunned for a moment, and looked forward along the line of sight of Wright.

A new group of passengers were walking out of the silver-gray passage in front of them, led by the members of the Root School whom Lin En and others had met.

The first-level wizard Moore walked in front, and the injured Henant was supported by two wizard apprentices and followed closely behind.

When Lynn saw him, the wizard also saw them.

Anger subconsciously appeared on Henant's face. He still believed that it was Lin En and his people who had plotted against him.

But soon, he seemed to realize something and became suspicious... Are these apprentices in front of him also trainees?
"Excuse me, are you a Moorish wizard from the Root School?"

Wright came to the members of the Root School and asked Moore.

"Yes." Moore nodded. He also noticed the Golden Thorn apprentice behind him and asked,
"Who are those apprentices?"

"They are international students who have just arrived at the academy. What's the matter, Mr. Moore?"

"nothing."

Moore's expression remained calm, with only a slight frown on his face, but Henant behind him was obviously stunned. After a while, he lowered his head and stopped looking at the Golden Thorn apprentices.

"If that's all right, please follow me. I need to lead you through the formalities before 3 o'clock, otherwise you'll have to wait until tomorrow."

The Root apprentices followed Wright and left in shame, leaving only the Golden Thorn apprentices to continue waiting.

However, a full half hour had passed, and Clement, the first-class apprentice who was supposed to receive them, still hadn't arrived.

After more than ten minutes, a new apprentice named Gria finally found them.

"Clement is dead?"

“That’s right, he’s either dead or missing. The academy has found Clayman’s academy badge, and the details are still under investigation.

"Anyway, I will be the one to receive you all now," Gria said calmly.

"How could he die out of the blue?" Many apprentices were still shocked by this sudden accident and couldn't help whispering to each other.

"Maybe it was because of a mission, maybe it was an accident during an experiment, maybe it was a revenge, or maybe it was because they offended someone they shouldn't have offended... Ordinary Silver Ring apprentices die every day in the Central City. There's nothing to be surprised about."

Gria continued to answer, interrupting the apprentices' conversation and leading them to the bottom floor of the teleportation tower.

The teleportation tower is located in the core of Midtown and is a no-fly zone. They need to take a device similar to the vertical elevator in their previous life to go down.

The so-called central city refers to the towers and castles that Lin En saw near the teleportation tower.

Most ordinary Silver Ring apprentices and formal wizards live here.

Some of the shorter and more dilapidated buildings further away belong to the lower city area.

There are all kinds of wizards there.

As for the upper city, it is in the sky and is the huge silver ring fortress.

Only the elite apprentices of the Silver Ring Academy and the official wizards of the Silver Ring Academy are qualified to live there for a long time.

The area under the control of the Silver Ring Academy is extremely wide. Standing on the teleportation tower, all places within sight are included in it.

The three urban areas of upper, middle and lower are just its core.

Further out of this city, there are more wizard territories that provide resources to it, and the combined area is much larger than here.

After leaving the teleportation tower, Gria took them to apply for the school badges, and then took them to the assigned dormitory area, then completed the mission and left in a hurry.

……

Sobieski Tower, 26 floors.

Lin En closed the door and looked at the house in front of him which was worth 100 primary magic stones per month.

The treatment provided by Silver Ring Academy to ordinary apprentices is not high. The dormitories allocated to first-class apprentices are not free. From high to low, there are options of 10 intermediate magic stones, 8 intermediate magic stones, 5, 3, 2, and 1 intermediate magic stones... The price is not cheap.

Fortunately, the Horsens School also provided a monthly reimbursement quota of 1 intermediate magic stone. Since there was only a difference in magic energy concentration when there were 8 magic stones or more, and the rest were differences in comfort such as space, Lin En chose the lowest-end accommodation.

'One bedroom, one bathroom, plus a meditation room of about 5 square meters...about 30 square meters, not bad.'

In fact, such conditions are not even as good as the stone house where the original owner lived when he was an apprentice.

But when Lin En worked in his previous life, he lived in a smaller place, so he didn't care about these things.

As for food, the Midtown area of ​​Silver Ring College actually has a take-out service similar to that of the previous life. As long as you choose a restaurant certified by Silver Ring College, you don’t have to worry too much about safety issues.

Lin En didn't look at it any more. He put down his luggage, let Good Luck stay here, and left the room alone.

As the accommodation locations were different, the Golden Thorn apprentices had now dispersed.

The first-class apprentices were fine, as most of them were in one area, but the second-class apprentices were in another, more remote area.

Another reason behind this is that the education in the academy is completely different from that in the previous life, and is actually more like free-range education.

The daily routine of an ordinary Silver Ring apprentice is to accept tasks, obtain contribution points/resources, exchange for courses/digest resources, improve strength, and then accept new tasks... and so on.

Only the elite apprentices living in the Silver Ring Fortress and apprentices accepted as students by formal wizards will have clear plans and arrangements.

That is to say, during the four months that Lin En was studying abroad, apart from two mandatory tasks each month, he could arrange the rest of his time on his own, and no one would bother him even if he stayed in his room all day and wasted his time.

Of course, the prerequisite is to be able to pass the assessment every three months.

If you fail, even if you are an international student, you will be eliminated and sent back to your own school, and you will not be able to study abroad at Yinhuan College within two years.

"I need to plan my next move carefully..."

Thinking about this, Lynn came to the street where Samuel lived.

The reason why he came here was because he had made an appointment with Samuel to go to the Affairs Tower together to formally complete the Silver Ring Contribution Points transaction.

Unlike the contribution points of the Horsens School, the Silver Ring Contribution Points can be traded with each other, but there are still many restrictions, one of which is that the transaction can only be completed in the Affairs Building.

Therefore, even if they received the Silver Ring Badge, they still had to go to the Affairs Building to complete the transaction.

Samuel lives in a relatively high-end residential area. The streets are lined with two- or three-story buildings with courtyards. Although the courtyards are generally small and the residential areas are not large, they are still much better than the single room where Lynn lives.

Of course, the price is also ten times that of Lynn’s single room.

"Which one is it..."

Lynn focused his attention on the silver ring badge he had just received. Just as he was about to send a message to Samuel, he saw Samuel at the door of a house in front.

“You don’t have to wait outside so early. I told you I’d message you before I get here.” Lynn walked closer with a smile.

"It doesn't matter. I don't have anything to do anyway." Samuel replied.

Within the scope of Silver Ring City, the Silver Ring Badge is like a telephone in the previous life, which can freely send messages to added contacts.

Lin En was very used to this. If the buildings around him were not all high towers and castles, he would even feel like he had returned to his previous life.

"Let's go. We have to take the public shuttle. It's some distance from here to the Affairs Tower and I'm afraid we'll miss it." Samuel continued, leading the way forward.

There is a public shuttle station not far from where he lives, so transportation is extremely convenient.

In comparison, the transportation in Lin En's place is much worse. It takes twenty minutes to walk to the nearest shuttle station.

"Although we can all fly, there are many no-fly zones in Silver Ring City. It is safest to take a shuttle when going out." Samuel explained to him.

"I understand." Lynn nodded and got on the public shuttle with him.

"Just put in magic stones, or use badges to pay." Samuel continued.

Lynn nodded and took off the silver ring badge.

The oval-shaped badge with a silver ring in the middle, like an eye, was extremely conspicuous. At first, some wizards in the shuttle cast contemptuous glances at it, but at this moment, those strange looks suddenly disappeared.

Fighting is prohibited in Silver Ring City, but life-and-death duels are not prohibited, and application is extremely easy and simple.

Most of the people living in this city are wizards who possess great power, and it is common for them to fight each other over a disagreement.

However, a silver ring badge can prevent most of these situations from happening.

The shuttle was very fast, and after just over ten minutes, it brought Lin En and the others to the Silver Ring Affairs Building.

Lin En got off the shuttle, took out the badge instinctively, and touched the induction magic circle at the door.

Samuel was walking behind him and was slightly startled when he saw this scene. He caught up with Lin En and said:
"Sometimes, I even doubt that this is not your first time coming to Silver Ring College."

"Really? It's just because the instructions next to the sensory magic array are very clear."

Lin En smiled, and was a little shocked when he felt the deduction information of 6 primary magic stones from the badge.

If you take this ride more than ten times, it would be enough to cover one month’s rent!

"Not only the rent, but also the transportation is very expensive... It's really not easy to live in a big city."

Silver Ring City is a prosperous and crowded wizard city with many strict regulations on traffic. In addition to having many no-fly zones, fast driving is also not allowed.

After all, some powerful first-class apprentices could run so fast that they could smash a third-class wizard apprentice to pieces, or even half-cripple a second-class wizard apprentice.

Silver Ring City was established a long time ago, and these things have happened before. The corresponding rules are also very complicated. Even Lin En, who has experience in his previous life, still needs to adapt.

However, compared to these new rules, what Lin En wanted to figure out more was what plans he should make for the next four months.

After thinking for a while, Lin En turned to Samuel, who had just traded the silver ring contribution points, and asked directly:

"Sir Samuel, what are your plans for the next four months?"

……

……

Cuilin City, an outpost somewhere.

Wilfer stepped onto the land boat. His face, which had been gloomy during his sentence, finally relaxed a little, and he felt a little regretful:
"If I had known, I wouldn't have provoked Lin En..."

More than half a month later, he finally accepted his punishment.

He had just received his own academy badge, and had just removed the restrictions on his magic power and regained his freedom.

'Fortunately, we have stopped the loss in time. There are still two months before the Holy Mihuan Conference, so there is still time.

'I have been serving my sentence for most of the past month and have had no contact with the outside world. It has been really hard.

"When we get back to Cuilin City, the school badge will have a signal. I'll have to check if I've missed any important news recently..."

The scenery outside the window quickly receded, and Wilfer had a smile of regaining freedom on his face.

(End of this chapter)