Soul of Burning Steel

The world is calm and storms are brewing, just like the turbulent ocean currents under the gentle sea, but no matter whether it is the gods in the sky waiting for the approaching opportunity, or the many great people on the earth busy for the future of the world, ordinary people's ordinary lives They still have to continue, they enjoy the real peace that has been rare in the Mycroft continent for thousands of years, and marvel at the rapid changes around them.

Starfall 837, February 1st, Moldavia, six o'clock in the morning.

Priest opened his eyes and got up from the warm bed in less than a second. He put on his clothes neatly, made the bed, and then went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash.

This is a two-story single-family villa. Although it occupies a small area, it has all the internal organs, whether it is a balcony or a backyard. Exercising, and after doing five sets of all-round exercises, it was around seven o'clock. Prest returned to the house. After a simple shower, the young man with scars put on his apron seriously. Put on your kitchen hat and start preparing a new day's breakfast for yourself and your sister.

"Britney, get up and eat, don't stay in bed."

"Oh, good brother."

A soft sound came from the bedroom on the second floor, and then Priest could hear the rustling sounds in the room. Not long after, a little girl with long gray hair came out of the room in a daze, and then Went into the bathroom.

The 'Popular Academy' established in the new town of Moldavia is nominally an independent institution directly under the Lord's Mansion, and has dual funding from the Moldavian government and the imperial government. Basic universal education for young children before the age of fourteen has been successfully implemented for nearly three years under the high pressure of the empire. If it continues, it may be possible to eliminate 80% of illiteracy within twenty years and cultivate a A large number of qualified adult labor force with basic knowledge.

Priest's younger sister, Britney, naturally meets the admission criteria of the Universal Academy, so every morning, the man will send her sister to the academy on time before the academy's 8:30 start time, and today is no exception. At that time, Priest escorted his younger sister to school and sent her to a gentle elf mentor.

"please."

"A matter of duty."

Coincidentally, the rune factory where Priest works is near the college, so he can always arrive at his workplace at nine o'clock, before the morning shift of the factory starts. But from today, Priest No need to go to the Rune Spirits Factory.

Because at this time, he has become a member of the "Champion Academy" of Winter Castle.

"Student 'Priest Omni', the entrance ceremony of the Champion Academy will start on time at 10:20 am on February 1, 837 Starfall, and it is now 8:37 am, please plan your own time arrange."

Accompanied by a slight mental fluctuation, Priest, who had just left the Universal Academy, was suddenly shocked, and a mechanically synthesized sound without emotion appeared in his mind, and Priest nodded. , looking at his right wrist: "So, it's still early...but it's better to go earlier."

On Priest's right wrist armor, there is a strange cyan-blue gemstone inlaid. The center of this gemstone is shining with a blurred light, which attracts people's eyes. It was sent to him not long ago, representing An information terminal bearing the certificate of Winter Castle students.

In order not to attract attention, Priest covered the gem firmly with a thick layer of cowhide, which did not affect the function of the information terminal, and the sound just now was a reminder function set by Priest himself, so as not to He forgot something important.

"Speaking of which, this information terminal really has many functions."

On the way to Champion Academy, Priest couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Scheduled reminders, audio recordings, magic cameras, memos, it can even detect the temperature of the oil pan when I fry eggs, and give detailed fire element concentration Curve……"

For Priest, who has almost never touched magic items before, the magic of the information terminal is unimaginable to him. This gem that directly communicates with his soul has several practical functions. The team guard felt that if he had such a thing when he was traveling in the field, many originally difficult situations would be much easier-just being able to accurately determine the time is already a great function, not to mention Detecting wind direction and forecasting the weather are all cheating.

Of course, Priest would not know that a certain legendary powerhouse who is proficient in runes used his strongest magic weapon as the prototype to construct the prototype of the information terminal. It has been castrated and simplified, but what is left is by no means what ordinary magic items can do.

The withered and yellow leaves on the trees on the side of the road are falling, and in a month or two, the new spring will come. These leaves that have supported the winter will all fall, and new shoots will appear soon. Walking on both sides of such avenues, with Many hurried pedestrians passed by, and Priest finally came to the gate of the Champion Academy located in the southern city of New Moldavia.

The Champion Academy is a huge building complex, and the main entrance is located under a tall and strong castle. There is a group of knights in gray magic armor patrolling around the academy to drive away idlers. After showing the information terminal, Priest was released and entered the castle.

At this time, there are not many people in the Champion Academy. Most of the regular members go out to sharpen and complete the task at this time, and the new students will not come so early. Priest looked at the few new students in the castle hall and thought. He also didn't have the desire to approach and talk, so after a while, he found a place to sit down, closed his eyes, and mentally communicated with the information terminal.

"Log in to the academy forum."

Anyway, it's okay to be idle during this period of time, so why not go and see what's new in the forum.

The spirit continued to dive, and finally seemed to be connected to some huge network. Priest suddenly felt that a page of concise text boards appeared in front of his eyes, and the background board seemed to be a piece of white paper laid on an iron board. , with several lines of text in various fonts and colors spreading continuously from top to bottom.

'Winterhold Academy Forum' is a comprehensive forum for Winterhold Academy and its affiliated branches. On the first day he got the information terminal, he entered the forum under the guidance of the magic armor knight and became familiar with its use. method.

At first glance, Priest immediately saw the "Welcome new students and notices: Detailed explanation of the internal rules and regulations of Winter Castle and the forum user manual" still on the top of the big red font, and the red boutique post below "Fourth The 1st College Internal Comprehensive Competition (It's over, congratulations to Ms. Lisa Kronos for winning the first place)'.

The first post is an explanation post for new students like Priest to integrate into the academy group as soon as possible. It answered a lot of doubts for him, such as the specific rules and regulations of the Champion Academy, what he needs to prepare, and What should be done, as well as the specific method of using the information terminal, are all clearly explained.

And the second post seems to be the college competition in the last semester of last year. Priest read the introduction and knew that this was a competition for the purpose of accepting internal tasks of the college in the name of individuals or teams in order to obtain points. The last time he saw it At that time, the comprehensive competition hadn't ended yet, and a certain team called 'First Team' seemed to be the favorite to win the championship, but now it seems that it was the lady named Lisa who won the first place.

——You can’t underestimate anyone.

There was not much in his heart, Priest nodded slightly, and then continued to look down.

The college forum is a bit like a guild bulletin board, there will be many posts on it, and all users can leave a message below, but unlike the real guild bulletin board, the posts on the forum are more concise and not sweaty The smell and all kinds of bloody oil, and the speed of leaving messages and replies is almost very fast, you don’t need to wait for a few days before there is a reply, and each reply is even marked with a reply time, which made me often go to the union bulletin board Priest was very pleased.

Today, there are not many posts on the forum, mainly because Priest's authority is not enough. As a student who has not officially enrolled, he has only the most basic tourist authority, and can only browse the comprehensive area and the "champion camp". Champion Academy's exclusive section, and more, like the 'task section', 'elemental light', 'magic construction', 'knight city', 'clean courtyard' and 'trading bazaar' and other exclusive sections and special Plate, he can't even go.

Priest continued to look at other posts in the general area.

"Essence: How to quickly disassemble the shaved ice sea shark lizard to obtain useful materials, bloody, more pictures carefully" - the first team united

‘The aurora around the South Magnetic Pole is so beautiful, I want to share it with everyone! Attached picture' - Crackling

"Recently, everyone, don't go hunting on the ice field in the northern part of the Confused Sea. There is nothing there, and all the sharks and lizards have been killed by some bastards." - Ice Sea Observer

"On the eighteenth day of training in the Great Ajax Mountains alone without supplies, today's food is fruit slime (updated daily, more pictures)" - Hunter Bell

'Shock! The newly admitted freshman won the first place in the comprehensive competition. The inside story is like this! '--anonymous

'I have drawn a legendary card, hahahahaha! Attached' - Seal Ball

At the back of the post are the forum names of the posters and the number of replies, just like the first essence post, the number of replies has reached 119, most of which are 'thank you for sharing' ''It was a great help, thank you very much', occasionally there will be some 'Why are you killing so many sharks and lizards, the ecological balance has been destroyed! 'comment of.

However, this elite post did not have the most replies. The experience post of the safari Bell and the post of Crackling Aurora both had more replies than it.

Most of the experience posts on the Great Ajax Mountains are photos and records of the strange things that the poster found in the volcanic forest every day, and most of the replies below are 'the landlord is too strong "I can eat this kind of thing, I admire the host" "What, can slime eat it?" ’ ‘It turns out that blue butterfly worms can be eaten by cutting off their heads...’.

In the aurora post, there were dozens of pictures of the gorgeous aurora in the Northland. When Priest clicked on the post, he was stuck for more than ten seconds. It seemed that the amount of information was too large to process in a short time, but he After reading it, I found the reason why there are so many replies to this post: Among the many pictures of aurora, there are many selfies of the poster, which is a cute dragon girl with dragon horns , Many people are feeling that there are almost all races in the academy, elves, dwarves, half-elves, halflings, and now there are dragons, and they are so cute, which is really rare.

"Speaking of which, isn't the shooting location deep in the ice field? There are so many monsters there, how did she get there?"

At first, Prest was a little puzzled, but soon he realized: what other methods are there besides fighting? This is the forum of the Professional Academy. Every poster is an existence with extraordinary power, and must not be underestimated.

"That's just a little bit older than my sister... Such a small girl is actually so powerful, I can't relax!"

Priest secretly made up his mind, and then left a message behind the post.

‘It’s really powerful that the landlord can go deep into the ice field alone. I will also aim at you and work hard to reach this point! ’ – Priest Omni

To be honest, Priest didn't realize until several days after he got the information terminal that the forum name doesn't need to use his real name, but he can choose whatever he likes...but it's too late now, Priest · The name Omni has become the name of his forum, and it will take three months to change it.

Soon, Priest felt a light flickering on the top of the forum.

'You have a new reminder'

He opened the message list and found that the post he just posted had already been replied to.

'Thanks! As long as you work hard, you can definitely do it! ’——Crackling

Could this guy be on the forum all the time, replying to every comment?

The time was spent browsing the forum, and when he noticed that the time was almost ten o'clock, Priest turned off the forum and opened his eyes to look around.

At this time, there were already nearly a hundred people in the castle hall, and many people were entering one after another, but because the hall was too spacious, the more than a hundred people did not seem crowded, and many students who knew each other were chatting with each other. Greetings, smiling and exchanging greetings, there were quite a few nervous people standing aside and looking around, while his friends were cheering him on.

Priest was older in this group, and he didn't have anyone he knew well, so he stood alone in the corner, because he had already learned about the entrance ceremony for freshmen from the forum, so he was not nervous. Time passed quickly, and before you knew it, it was already ten twenty, and the ceremony was about to begin.

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Jingle, jingle. A bell with astonishing penetrating power came from above the castle. After hearing the bell, all the newly enrolled students subconsciously stood up and spontaneously gathered in the center of the hall. Everyone followed the number in the information terminal, Stand in order according to the guidance, and in less than ten seconds, the newly admitted students with more than 150 people have already formed a neat square formation, and the next moment, two college instructors, a man and a woman Appeared in front of everyone.

Champion Academy enrolls four sessions a year, with 1 to 200 students in each session, and occasionally more, but at least there are about 120 students. The quality of Priest's class is not bad, with a total of 167 students Passed the test with a passing grade, and thanks to his natural talent and previous combat experience, Priest's grades are very good, so he stood in the front row of the team and was the first to receive a mentor their scrutinizing eyes.

"The dean said that as a soldier, you should talk as little as possible, so I will be straightforward—from today, you are a member of the Winter Castle Champion Academy."

The leading male tutor looked like a barbarian from the swamp in the far south, but at this time he was wearing a straight white academy tutor uniform, his tone was low and clear, without the slightest temperament of a berserker. The tone said: "Keep in mind that any knowledge and power you have learned here is to better transform the world, protect your relatives and homeland, and fight against the evil that is the enemy of order. Want to formally To join the Academy, you must take three oaths."

"Never abuse power."

"Never bully the weak."

"Never show mercy to the enemy."

"Achieve these three points, you will be a member of the Champion Academy, and the Academy will be your backing, your other home. Whether it is me or the dean, I will do my best to make you become independent Warrior."

Everyone knows that the dean mentioned by the college instructor is one of the two deans of Winterhold College, the lord of Moldavia, the legendary warrior Joshua Van Radcliffe, After hearing these words, everyone present became excited. The reason why they worked so hard to join the Academy of Winterhold was to study under this legendary powerhouse.

As a result, bursts of vows came one after another, and Priest repeated three vows without hesitation, swearing that he would never betray the academy and become a member of Winterhold.

And just after the oath was over, the two mentors began to lead the team and showed these new students around the campus. Only at this time did Priest realize that the huge castle he was so impressed with was actually just the Champion Academy In addition to the castle, the entire campus also has a large arena that can serve 3,000 people, as well as a training base of the same size. Around the training base, there is even an area for raising monsters. Students can pay for credits. , Buy some trained monsters to become your partners or mounts.

The aboveground part, apart from these, is the dormitory building. According to the words of the two instructors, their dormitory has not been arranged yet, but it can be confirmed before 6:00 p.m. Outsiders from Davia City, local students with houses are not considered, so these have nothing to do with Priest

As for the underground part, Priest was extremely shocked the moment he saw it.

"This... this is?!"

He opened his eyes wide and muttered to himself, because what Priest saw was a large underground forest illuminated by magic lights!

"This is a special trial forest artificially cultivated by the college... It is said that part of the tree species comes from a certain kind of abyss, what is it called? Creeping wood? Tsk, besides that, it also has some characteristics of the Black Forest. There will be many monsters inhabiting it."

The leading instructor said so, and he seemed to be dissatisfied and shook his head: "These artificially cultivated monsters are still too weak to achieve any good training effect, so I will give you new students a real battle." Classes are useful."

——No, just the abyss tree species and the black forest are scary enough, okay? You actually grow these things in the underground of the city? !

Although Priest was shocked at the boldness of the Champion Academy at first, but after thinking about it, he nodded in relief—after all, no matter if it is an abyss demon or a black forest, no evil can be more evil than the local lord, look According to the news written in the Mage Weekly, his lord has visited the abyss several times, and even almost killed a demon lord. The trees and black forests in the abyss are probably wiped out in one breath.

Today's Mage Weekly has become a general publication all over the continent. Both civilians and mages will buy it to learn about the big news of the whole world. Priest doesn't like to read it very much, but his friend Dahl likes it very much. In order to have a little topic to talk about, Priest also started to watch it.

It took about three hours to visit the campus. During the visit, everyone went to the cafeteria located in the ground floor to try the monster food of the Champion Academy. It was the first time for many people to eat monster meat, and they seemed to have discovered it immediately. The New World is generally amazed. The monster meat that contains magic power can strengthen the physical fitness of fighters, and it can also strengthen the speed of practicing battle qi in the future. Unlike most people who don't care much about these things, Priest once rich I will occasionally buy some Warcraft meat and cook it at home to lay a good foundation for myself and my sister Britney.

It doesn't matter to me, my sister's future is much more important than him. This is what Priest really thinks.

After visiting the campus, it is time for free activities. The courses for new students will start next week, and this week is the time for new students to familiarize themselves with the buildings of the campus. Priest originally planned to take a stroll around the campus , but to his surprise, the female mentor among the two mentors found him.

"Priest Omni?"

The capable woman with burn scars on her face who called herself Ai Li squinted her eyes and looked at the other person. Her tone was flat with a hint of envy: "The comprehensive ranking of the entrance test is the second, and the actual combat ranking is the first... It is indeed the temperament that has experienced life and death, which is completely different from those ordinary students."

"Mr. Ellie?!"

Priest hurried forward, but he clearly knew that the instructor in front of him in the uniform of the academy was a strong man with gold-level strength! Ellie Damia, the Eagle of Boiling Blood, was a super-class mercenary in the western mountainous area of ​​the empire. He was also well-known in the circle of caravan guards. Counting one hundred and twelve people, the large bandit gang 'Ogre' has been raging in the mountains for twenty years.

When she was still a caravan guard, Priest had heard of the other party's name, but she didn't know when she actually joined the Academy of Winterhold and became a mentor.

"It's nothing, it's just that your little guy's luck is so good that I'm a little envious."

Teacher Ellie didn't say much, she just took out her own information terminal, and then sent a secret message to Priest. Rist said softly: "Listen, don't tell anyone about this... Oh, even if you tell others, you won't believe it."

"Anyway, after two hours, the dean wants to see you."

Priest, who hadn't reacted for the time being, subconsciously checked the hidden information in the information terminal, and a large line of "External Exploration Team Member Application Form" was located under "New Information".

And it wasn't until Ellie had left without looking back that the young man with a scar on his face reacted.

"Wait--the courtyard you mentioned...could it be?!"

In the middle of speaking, Priest quickly closed his mouth. He remembered Ellie's advice, and not long after, a voice that seemed to come faintly from afar rang in the man's ear.

"Maybe, who knows."

If you want to write a story, you have to dig a hole, pave the way, and enrich the information of a world... I hope you won't say I'm stupid, this chapter is quite difficult to write, and it's compressed as much as possible...

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