Chapter 4 Merit Value
The golden morning sun shines through the crystal dome, illuminating the hall with splendor.
In the hall, the figures of mortal waiters walked through it.
Apprentices wearing various robes sat in groups at the table, chatting in low voices about the latest anecdotes.
At this time, Yihua was sitting in a position with a clear view. A brown-haired woman with a delicate face in a maid uniform walked up to Yihua and put down the dinner plate in her hand.
"Master Wizard, your order is ready. I wish you a pleasant meal."
The brown-haired woman gave Yi Hua a flattering smile.
"Yeah."
Yihua, who was still thinking about how to collect merit and solve the curse, said casually.
Seeing that Yihua had no intention of tipping her, the brown-haired woman had no choice but to retreat slowly, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.
Naturally, the brown-haired woman is not a wizard apprentice, but a mortal servant recruited by the academy from outside, and is the private property of the academy.
Even if he is killed by an apprentice, he can at most pay some witch crystals from the academy.
Although the mortal servants have a low status, they still maintain the operation of the college's infrastructure and are a vital part of the college.
When the college replenishes supplies every year, it will replenish a batch to fill in the gaps.
Seeing the delicious food on the plate, Yihua, who had been hungry all day, couldn't hold back anymore and started to eat happily.
Tender and juicy slow-roasted steak, paired with crispy white bread, sweet and sour tomato beef soup, and fragrant latte coffee.
The meal cost a full crystal coin, and there was nothing wrong with it except that it was expensive.
In fact, this is the cheapest package here.
Crystal coins are made from the scraps of cut witch crystals. One witch crystal is equivalent to almost a hundred crystal coins, and one crystal coin is equivalent to a hundred gold coins in the mortal world.
Generally, it can only be exchanged downwards, and gold coins cannot be exchanged upwards for crystal coins or witch crystals.
With the ability of an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice, taking on tasks in the academy can earn about two to three hundred crystal coins a year, which is equivalent to two or three witch crystals.
Most low-level apprentices buy mortal servants to cook for themselves, or buy them at the market. Only apprentices with more money come to the college cafeteria.
Abundance means strength and background.
Yi Hua came to the cafeteria with the intention of getting the latest news in the academy from these apprentices.
On the surface, Yihua was enjoying the food on the table, but in fact, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the conversations of others.
"Cousin, I was just promoted to second-class apprentice yesterday. There should be no problem in the apprenticeship exam in half a year. How long will it take for you to be second-class?"
A second-class apprentice wearing a hematite badge asked casually, and inserted a hand in his hand. The scarlet eyes that kept rolling around on the plate trying to escape were brought into the mouth to chew.
Along with chewing, there was a heart-wrenching "puff" sound.
"Well, I just finished engraving all the runes required for a second-class apprentice a few days ago. If I work hard, I might be able to be promoted to second-class before the exam." The female
apprentice with short brown hair across the table picked up the black tea and frowned. He asked:
"Cousin, where is the real Nine Rings White Tower? Are there official wizards there?"
Hearing the brown-haired female apprentice ask, the second-class apprentice touched his nose, smiled and showed off:
"Of course, there is. It is said that the tower owner of the real nine-ring white tower on the mainland is a powerful necromancer who can control tens of millions of undead and can single-handedly destroy the entire Star Tree Islands." Although the Star Tree Islands are called an archipelago
, The area is also comparable to the Eurasian continent in previous generations.
Hearing this, the brown-haired female apprentice was shocked and her mouth almost opened in an O shape. After realizing that this was indecent, she quickly covered her mouth and a new doubt arose.
"Then why does the academy require second-class apprentices to go there?"
The second-class apprentices didn't seem to know much about this. He scratched his scalp, frowned and guessed:
"Maybe it's used to screen qualifications? Apprentices who fail the exam will be Becoming slaves of the academy, a small number of apprentices with mediocre qualifications or those who are lucky enough to survive may be able to find official positions in the academy in the future..." Along with the noisy talk around him, Yihua casually glanced at the surrounding people with his eyes from time to time
. Apprentice, trying to find apprentices who need help.
From Yihua's perspective, each apprentice is shrouded in a halo of different colors.
According to the information poured in when awakening the superpower, the higher the karma level of the person being helped, and the more critical the situation, the higher the merit gained.
The karma level can be detected by color, with white "neutral good" being higher than gray "neutral evil".
The heavier the white halo, the higher the merit, the heavier the gray halo, the lower the merit.
At a glance, all I saw was gray and white.
Yi Hua picked out the three apprentices with the strongest white halo, and was hesitating whether to approach them to strike up a conversation, when something unexpected happened -
"Ah~"
The blond young apprentice who was joking with his friends at the table opposite suddenly let out a groan, and his face He fell to the ground ferociously and kept struggling on the ground.
Her originally neat hairstyle was messed up, and her white robes were stained.
Several apprentices who were close to him tried to help him up, but were knocked to the ground by the struggling hands and feet of the blond young apprentice.
After a moment, the blond young apprentice stopped struggling, his face turned red, and he strangled his neck with both hands.
"Ugh~"
Groups of dark, squirming wireworms spewed out of his mouth excitedly.
"Ah! It's a curse!"
Seeing this, several companions on the side were so frightened that they fell to the ground, but did not bother to get up. They rolled and crawled away and fled away, for fear of being affected by this terrifying curse.
The iron worms that crawled out of the blond young man's mouth did not stay, but scattered away, rushing excitedly to the surrounding apprentices.
The apprentices were in a hurry, using their bare hands or using witchcraft to resist the attack of the wireworms.
Fortunately, the Iron Wire Worm's strength was only at the level of a mortal. Facing an apprentice who had at least a knight-level physique, the entire army was wiped out in a short time.
On the spot, only a piece of withered human skin remained of the cursed apprentice. It was as if all the organs in his human body were filled by the parasitic iron money worms in these days.
Several mortal servants in black robes hurriedly came to clean up, cleaning up the withered human skin and the remains of wireworms everywhere. After a while, it was no longer possible to see that a curse had broken out before.
"I don't know who this unlucky guy has offended to be incurring such a terrifying curse."
This phenomenon basically happens every few days, and the apprentices are already used to it.
There were even a few apprentices with twisted psychology in the distance. Seeing this situation, their appetites increased greatly, and they watched the black worms eating two bowls of rice.
Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Yihua couldn't help but shudder.
Recalling the curse that could break out at any time, a sense of crisis and urgency arose spontaneously.
The terrifying curse that is impossible to guard against, the strange phenomena that are incomprehensible...
This world is far more dangerous than the earth.
"Hey, I'm injured, who can help me?"
A red-haired girl apprentice wearing a slim-fitting robe, a beautiful face and freckles on both sides of her cheeks endured the severe pain and shouted for help.
She was one of the three apprentices with the strongest white aura. She happened to pass by the place where the curse broke out. She failed to avoid it in time and the wireworm almost got into her arm.
Scarlet blood spurted out from her white forearms, which looked extremely abrupt.
Yi Hua was happy when he saw this, but it wasn't that he had other ideas, but -
"There is a chance to gain merit!"
Most of the apprentices around him glanced at it with cold eyes. When they saw that the female apprentice did not ask for compensation, they stopped. Pay attention.
The few who came forward hesitated for a moment and finally dispersed.
Perhaps out of rationality, or perhaps just cold-blooded, the characteristics of the two wizards are vividly reflected in these apprentices.
Yihua, who was originally prepared to fight for it, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, strode forward, and said to the red-haired female apprentice wearing an iron badge: "I happen to have learned healing witchcraft. If you don't mind, let me do it.
" Let me treat you."
(End of Chapter)