Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 158 Factional Battle

"No need," Margaret said, sounding extremely disgusted.

He stayed by Ronan's side to warn him not to reveal any scandalous details in front of the higher-ups.

Now that his goal had been achieved, he put his cloak back on and vanished in an instant.

It seems that Margaret's invisibility comes from the cloak she is wearing, which looks quite valuable.

Ronan shook his head helplessly.

It's normal for a rich girl to look down on such a small amount of money.

Without thinking further, he immediately focused his attention on the group of people.

This group was divided into three waves, totaling six people.

Among them, the aloof man wielding a large sword was alone; his storage bag was full of books and potions related to body cultivation.

Ronan took a look and found that most of these potions were used to repair the body and strengthen the physical body.

So that's how this guy got his muscular physique.

His weapon was still a large cleaver, which was a disgrace to any magician.

If you like big, muscular guys so much, why don't you become a warrior?

Moreover, it's estimated that he spent all his money on body tempering. Ronan searched the entire storage bag but only found two magic stones.

Ronan couldn't help but curse, "You poor bastard!"

The other group consisted of two people: an old man and a little girl.

The little girl had been pretending to have an injured foot, and the old man was carrying her on his back.

Looking back now, it turns out the old man wasn't a person, but a tantalizing puppet; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was the little girl's mount.

Ronan immediately understood. "I knew it! Which academy would accept such an old apprentice? Turns out, it's a physiognomy puppet."

Although the alchemical golem looks old, its internal structure is extremely intricate and possesses a variety of attack methods.

This little girl had clearly invested all her savings in this alchemical golem. Ronan rummaged through her storage bag and found that there were only three magic stones inside.

Besides that, there were some emergency medicines and a book titled "Elementary Alchemy: Puppet Techniques".

Ronan simply stuffed the book into his storage bag, intending to read it later when he had time.

The last group, the largest in number, consisted of three people.

The three were all roughly the same age.

In the storage bag, apart from a few zero-ring magic books, there were no more than five magic stones in total.

After thoroughly looting the place, Ronan was practically cursing.

No wonder Margaret left with a look of disgust.

It seems she had the foresight—only the poor would resort to robbery.

Although each person didn't have many magic stones, they still had about 10 in total. For Ronan, this was quite a sum of money.

This is much faster than making money by completing tasks.

Ronan was wondering if he should repeat today's actions if he were ever short of money again.

They deliberately flaunted their wealth to attract several groups of people, and then carried out a reverse robbery.

I feel this approach has great potential; I can try it next time.

Currently, Ronan is considered to have some wealth.

The assets mainly consist of fragments of the spirit of the Death Curse, a large pile of rotten, indistinguishable flesh and blood, eleven or twelve magic stones, and a relatively abundant cash flow.

As long as he doesn't touch any anti-curse items, he should be able to finish the free courses before choosing the paid ones.

Now that he has been promoted to an elemental mage, are he still allowed to take these courses?

He was planning to increase his points by completing tasks, obtain a second Seed of Class, and become a necromancer, so he couldn't afford to miss these courses.

The tasks in the task hall generally award 1 or 2 points, with no higher than 5 points.

To exchange for a Seed of Class, you need 1000 points, which requires completing at least 200 tasks.

This is how the Valley of the Dead exploits its new labor force —

By continuously completing tasks, fighting, and growing, newcomers accumulate enough points to reach the limit of the apprentice stage, allowing them to advance to a higher rank.

However, this is only in an ideal situation; high-point tasks often come with higher risks. Not everyone can accumulate enough points to advance in rank.

It's like a long-distance race. Some people may start faster, while others may start later, but overall, only those who persevere to the end will win.

Although Ronan has already been promoted to a higher class, he still needs to start earning points from scratch to obtain another class seed.

a few days later.

Regarding his situation, the solution discussed by the higher-ups has been finalized.

"Miss Margaret, it's nice to see you again."

Ronan greeted his neighbor with a smile, then looked at the person knocking on his door next door. "What's up?"

"I'll read out the higher-ups' decision regarding your handling of the situation." Margaret coughed twice and cleared her throat.

"The academy has decided to send you to participate in the faction representative battle. Based on your performance, the academy will reward you with a class seed and a source magic before you advance to the second tier, and will refute all unfounded accusations against you."

"At the same time, you will gain some of the privileges of your class, the Magic Network will open up sections for other necromancy academies for you, and you will be able to unlock the right to purchase class-specific items, etc."

It seems he won't need to painstakingly accumulate points to obtain a second Class Seed.

However, Ronan would not be grateful to the academy's higher-ups for this.

He himself wanted to obtain another Seed of Class to enable dual classes because his divine status and willpower granted his soul the possibility of infinite growth.

But for ordinary people, having two jobs is a dead end.

Throughout history, no genius or prodigy who chose the dual-class path has ever surpassed the second tier.

Clearly, the academy's higher-ups, fearing he might be a spy, were willing to abandon a newly promoted professional to nip him in the bud and completely eliminate any possibility of him becoming a spy.

Good, good, good, you high-ranking member of the Necromancer Valley.

I will accept your kindness in full.

Ronan secretly resolved that once he had more power, he would then investigate which high-ranking officials made the decision.

"Miss Margaret, could you tell me about faction representative battles?" Ronan thought Margaret should be very familiar with this topic.

"The Factional Battle, also known as the Academy Ranking Battle, is a series of challenges in which different academies send out mages of different levels to participate in different factions."

"Based on the number of winners and their points, the final decision will be made on which academy will represent that faction."

"You are participating in the faction battle between necromancy academies. There are four participating academies: besides our Necromancer Valley, the other three are Shadow Tower, Eternal Night Kingdom, and the currently ranked No Dark Abyss."

"Miss Margaret, are you going to fight the other academies?" Ronan asked.

Margaret couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "What else? Send you there for an academic exchange?"

"Did the academy provide any resources?" Ronan rubbed his hands together with a broad smile. "After all, I'm fighting for the academy's honor; I can't rely on myself for everything, can I?"

"The academy usually provides some ring-level magic, but in your case, you generally won't need it—there are very few elemental ring-level spells that are publicly sold in the academy."

"You'll have to search for it on the magic website yourself. If you find it, the academy will reimburse you."

It's better to be able to get reimbursed than to have nothing at all.

After reading the announcement, Margaret returned to the villa next door.

Ronan also turned and logged onto the Magic Network.

He wanted to see what changes had occurred in the professional-level magic network, and what the sections of other necromancy schools looked like.