Chapter 22 The Necessity of Having Specialties
Sol successfully got a job in charge of the third process in the morgue, at the cost of the maid lady losing her throat.
Thor also received a leather tunic from Kaz.
It's a bit stuffy to wear, but you don't have to be careful about splattered flesh and blood all the time, and it's easy to clean up.
Kaz asked Saul to come to the morgue to work between three and seven every day. But nothing here can be taken out, including corpses.
Saul no longer has to go to the laboratory, where he can do nothing and learn nothing.
If he turns in more materials, he will get additional rewards - Kaz believes that Sol's ability has exceeded the reward of 3 credits, so he also adds a dividend to the fixed reward to encourage Sol to work hard.
This is already a very high salary for a first-level apprentice.
Normally, a new apprentice can only be considered a formal first-level apprentice after he has mastered all the basic knowledge.
In addition to getting a few credits by passing monthly tests, the rest requires the apprentice to do the work assigned by the instructor to earn more credits.
Although the Gortha Wizard Tower is tall, the work inside it suitable for apprentices is limited.
Safe jobs usually cost 1-3 credits per month, while dangerous jobs may cost 4-7 credits.
Especially 7-credit work means that even a senior first-level apprentice may die.
Without some life-saving means, ordinary people would not dare to accept it.
Sol's job is not without danger.
According to Mr. Katz, a body passed to Saul has already gone through two rounds of screening.
In charge of the most dangerous first round is a Level 2 Apprentice who will do his best to remove danger from the corpses.
The person in charge of the second round is an experienced first-level apprentice. He has mastered the basic knowledge of wizards and knows several level 0 witchcraft. It can protect itself and can also screen most useful materials from corpses.
And Sol relied on his unexpected ability to pick up corpses and was lucky enough to get the third round of work.
Although the third round is less risky, the earnings are also less, but if you can achieve today's efficiency every time, it is not impossible to get 6 credits in a month.
This is the importance of expertise.
Instructor Kaz also doesn’t understand why Thor is so sensitive to abnormalities on dead people even though his perception of dark elements is not strong or even passing.
He could only attribute it to Sol being naturally sensitive to spirits.
Dark element perception is low but sensitive to spirits. In other words, it is easy to see ghosts.
Thor didn't understand why he could see all kinds of visions through meditation, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand, it didn't stop him from using it.
Can you talk to Keli when you have time? Do different meditation pictures bring different effects? Is there a difference in the speed of meditation as well?
As a newcomer, you still have to explore everything, and the mentors and seniors who lead the way are obviously unwilling to provide free knowledge.
Under the guidance of Instructor Kaz, Sol completed the first day's work smoothly and became familiar with the general layout of the third-floor corpse room.
Kaz, who successfully found the third worker, was more interested and even gave Sol some guidance.
He found that Thor's spiritual talent was indeed excellent, and he was fast and accurate in learning runes. It’s easy to get immersed in meditation.
Even Thor showed a good talent for language learning when he was learning Noahide.
If you have this ability, you can get ahead in any ordinary profession.
It's just that as a wizard without magic talent, it's like a weapon, but it can't kill people. It can only be reduced to a plaything for others to drive and exploit.
Unless he can have some adventure or wait for an opportunity to transform his witch body.
But in a witch body transformation that has a high mortality rate for even second-level apprentices, what chance does a first-level apprentice have to succeed?
There is little hope, almost nothing.
Katz's interest in teaching faded as quickly as he came.
Soon, he left Saul alone in the corpse room and warned him that he must leave the second floor of the East Tower before eight o'clock in the evening, and it was best not to stay in the East Tower.
Sol said goodbye to his mentor respectfully, closed the door, turned around and walked to the conveyor belt.
He struggled with his thoughts for a while.
Now that he was the only one here, it still took courage to pull the wrench and greet the corpse.
Saul kept his hand on the wrench for maybe a minute. Then he suddenly pulled it down.
The conveyor belt rumbled and spun, but no new corpses appeared after spinning for a long time.
Sol felt strange and pulled again.
Still nothing.
Just when Sol was feeling uneasy and wanted to pull it a third time.
A man's voice came from the black tassel exit.
"Stop it, there are none today."
"I got it."
"Pay attention to the light on the window. If it turns white, it means it's in stock."
"Uh, thank you, senior."
There is indeed a small candlelight on the black tassel exit. , the appearance is no different from the others around the wall.
But while all the candlesticks are now emitting bright white light, this candle is dim and weak, almost extinguished.
Instructor Kaz did not tell Thor about this, probably because he was not responsible for the specific work here, so there were some omissions in the procedures.
Without a job, Saul didn't want to stay here any longer and left in a hurry.
When he left, the big man at the end of the corridor was still sitting there, like a dead man.
But Thor noticed his nostrils twitching.
is alive.
The second day of becoming an apprentice passed smoothly. Compared with the first day, it was very comfortable.
The next day in class, Sol found Keli.
"Now I have ten magic crystals."
"Pay back the money."
Keli stretched out her left hand.
"Do you want one credit or ten magic crystals?"
Keli immediately looked over with wide eyes, "Have you got a job?"
Thor nodded.
"I also heard from my tutor yesterday that in addition to passing tests to get credits, apprentices can also hold some positions in the Wizard Tower and get credits." She held her chin, "But my tutor didn't let me find a job. , just let me study. I don’t have a single credit in my hand right now.”
You are not allowed to work because you can pass the test smoothly without working.
Sol felt a little bitter in his heart, but he quickly suppressed these slight discomforts.
"So do you want credits or magic crystals?"
"Of course credits." Keli couldn't wait to rush over, "Damn it, I haven't seen what the credits look like."
Credits are not coins in your hand, naturally. Unable to trade in person in class.
They need to go to the registration room next to the library on the ninth floor of the East Tower to transfer the credits to Keli's name.
They quickly turned their attention back to their studies.
In the second meditation class, Instructor Monica did not appear, but was replaced by a female second-level apprentice. She talked about some new knowledge and then began to meditate on the podium.
All the apprentices who came forward with magic crystals to ask questions were stared back by her with cold eyes.
So the rest of the class turned into a self-study class.
With no one to teach them, some apprentices began to huddle together for warmth and discuss with each other, and the classroom gradually became noisy.
Keli was still sitting next to Sol.
Thor looked at the walking map of humans and monsters in his book, and his heart moved as he remembered yesterday's question.
"Keli, which picture did you use to meditate?"
"The flower of the secret realm on the third page."
"Can you break away from the crystal ball and meditate independently now?" "
Of course not. The instructor said that if you can meditate independently, your mental power will basically reach the level of a second-level apprentice." Keli was a little bit Surprised, "You can already meditate independently?"
Thor shook his head, "You can only enter a state of confusion similar to half-dreaming and half-awake. You can't absorb elemental particles, but you can stabilize your mental state." "That's amazing." Ke
Lihao She gave a thumbs up generously, "If I meditate without the crystal ball, I can only see a mess of chaotic lines."
She leaned over and asked, "Which meditation picture are you using? Is the progress of meditation related to the meditation picture?"
"Page 17 is a walking picture of humans and monsters."
"..." Keli looked over in confusion, turned back to flip through her book, and then turned around again, "Are our books different? Why don't I have this page? ”
(End of chapter)