Chapter 261 Our
annual test of sincerity is over.
The tense atmosphere in Dark Heart Academy caused by the annual test completely disappeared in a few days.
Everything seems to have returned to the peaceful life before.
Most wizard apprentices are just ordinary participants in the annual test. Many of them are directly eliminated without even gaining any extra points, and then return to the previous pace of life.
Rest in the dormitory, go to the teaching area for classes, and greet high-level wizard apprentices on the way. In your free time, you rack your brains to think of ways to earn magic stones and obtain training resources.
Of course, there are some high-level wizard apprentices who are curious about this annual test ending so quickly. In particular, the powerful third-level wizard apprentices who were ranked higher and could receive rewards were asking for the reason.
But they are destined to be in vain and gain nothing.
In this way, time passes day by day.
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Three days after the annual test ended.
The sky is clear and the sky is cloudless.
The scorching sun in summer is like a burning fireball, scorching the earth fiercely.
The place where Dark Heart Academy is located is quiet.
There were few people in the open space outside the building. Occasionally, a few wizard apprentices passed by in a hurry and quickly took shelter in the shade.
Only high-level wizard apprentices, relying on their own strength, can cast water or ice spells to cool down their bodies without regard to consumption, without fear even if they walk under the scorching sun. But most of them are busy outside the academy, or in some corner of the academy, either studying various knowledge, or trying to accumulate resources for promotion to wizards, and almost never show up.
There is a clear lake near the center of the valley.
Like an extremely smooth mirror, it clearly reflects the blue sky above.
On the edge of this "mirror", in the corner of the "blue sky", clusters of aquatic plants - white tender reeds and green water lilies - grow densely, like a small forest in the water.
Dozens of frogs and toads cleverly hide in the shade of this "water forest" and occasionally open their mouths to make lazy sounds.
"Gu—quack!"
A large gray-brown toad, which had been soaking in the water for a long time, slowly swung its two thick hind legs and swam towards the muddy shore. It landed on the shore and found a place where there was a pool of water. Lie in the small puddle of water.
At this moment, a pair of delicate hands suddenly appeared and accurately grabbed the large toad. Without giving any chance to react, they directly threw it into a thick brown cloth bag and tied it tightly.
The owner of the delicate hands, a young female apprentice with an oval face, saw the success and showed a satisfied smile, then reached out and grabbed the second smaller toad in another puddle next to it, which had not yet noticed the danger. .
The large toad that had been caught in the bag started struggling violently and kept making "croak, croak, croak" sounds.
The sound seemed to be a warning. All the frogs and toads in the area were alarmed and jumped into the water to escape. At the same time, they attacked the female apprentice who dared to invade.
The frogs and toads that can live in the Round Mirror Lake of Dark Heart Academy are destined to be no ordinary existences. They have more or less demonic abilities. Each one of them opens their mouths and either spits out tiny wind blades or jet-black venom the size of raindrops, and shoots them. To the female apprentice.
The aggression is not high, but there are a lot of them.
The female apprentice quickly dodged, but not all of them were evaded. Several cuts were quickly made in the black robe, and several corrosive spots appeared.
The female apprentice did not dare to stay any longer, so she grabbed the cloth bag containing a large toad and fled away into the distance in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
Frogs and toads refused to let go, jumping in the water and attacking continuously, causing the nearby water surface to fluctuate violently.
This fluctuation eventually turned into ripples, disturbing the lake water, spreading across the entire lake, hitting another shore, and shattering into silvery white on the blue lake rocks on the shore.
On top of the blue lake rocks, stands a three-story wooden building.
On the side near Yuanjing Lake is the back wall, which is covered with dodder, ivy and other plants. It looks green, with only a few holes exposed in the middle, which are the windows of each floor.
At this time, in the living room on the first floor of the Bluestone Wood Building, Li He stood in front of the window, looking across the lake at the female wizard apprentice who was escaping in embarrassment, and couldn't help but shake his head.
The other party probably caught the toad to use it to make some kind of spell-casting material, but he still had the courage to dare to catch it in the round mirror lake.
You must know that the toads in Yuanjing Lake, including the various demonized animals and plants present in the residence, are considered the property of the college, and students are not allowed to dispose of them casually. Once they violate the rules, they will be criticized and criticized lightly if caught by the wizard. In severe cases, use curses as punishment.
Therefore, if ordinary wizard apprentices want to obtain spellcasting materials, they must either buy them with magic stones, obtain them from outside the academy, or find ways to raise and grow them by themselves. Mira of the Vidro family previously planted them in the dormitory. Many magical plants.
In short, there are very few people who "catch" directly from Yuanjing Lake like this female apprentice.
To do this, either the ignorant are fearless, or the weak, extremely poor, and have no legal way to obtain toads, so they can only resort to this tactic.
If it's the latter, it's most likely a first-level wizard apprentice.
A first-level wizard apprentice... Although he was a first-level wizard apprentice not long ago, it feels like a long time ago now.
With a little emotion, Li He slowly turned his head, looked at the black walnut wood chair in the center of the living room, and said slowly: "Can you repeat the proposal of your Vidro family?" Following
Li He's words Looking over, he saw three other people in the living room.
All are women.
One was Mira, who had had contact with him before and signed a sponsorship contract with him, and the other was Ginny, who had provided him with the Astra Leaf Pendant in the previous annual test, and he helped him out.
At this time, both of them were standing next to the black walnut wood chairs.
There was another person sitting on the black walnut chair. She was a mature woman in her late thirties, named Taofni, a senior third-level wizard apprentice.
The other party was not wearing the black robe of Dark Heart Academy. Instead, he was wearing a fiery red robe. Two tight and powerful long legs were half exposed outside the robe, and he was wearing the same red fishnet stockings.
The other person was holding a cup of brown liquid in his hand. It was a drink called Krascha from Lane Cape. It was slightly thick and had a sweet taste. It was very popular.
The other party used a silver spoon to stir the Kras tea, took a sip, and after listening to Li He's words, he slowly put the cup down and smiled.
"Repeat it again?" He blinked and looked at Li He and said, "Mr. Li He, the future wizard Li He, don't say repeat it once. You can repeat it ten times as long as you need it." "We maintain In fact, the Dero family's thoughts are very clear." As the other party spoke, he pressed his right leg on his left leg with a smile, leaned forward slightly, looked into Li He's eyes and said, "Before, our family signed a contract with Mr. Li He After passing the funding contract, both of us are very satisfied.
But at that time, our family did not fully understand Mr. Li He, and the funding contract signed was not very suitable. And now, after experiencing the just-concluded annual test, Mr. Li He achieved first place with an absolute advantage, fully proving his strength and potential.
We, the Videro family, feel that we can sign a newer and more appropriate funding contract with Mr. Li He.
" What about specifics? " "Li He picked up another cup of Kras tea at his hand, did not drink it, just kept stirring it, and asked slowly.
"Are you specific..." Taofani leaned forward a little more, "That is our family's additional support for you. , resources increased to fifty times what they were before.
" Fifty times? " Li He paused slightly while stirring the Kras tea, "This is not a small amount. I want to know how I can repay it while obtaining these funding resources?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Li He, you just need to repay the same value. " Taofani smiled and said, "In addition, our family has considered the pressure on you to repay, so we are willing to extend the repayment time to fifty years, starting from the time you are promoted to an official wizard, without charging any additional fees." At that time, you only need to repay 2% of the resources every year. "
It's interesting. " "Li He said, "The repayment period of fifty years is loose enough, but I don't like being in debt for too long. "
What a coincidence, so do I. " Taofani's eyes slightly curved, "So I discussed it with my family and convinced them that they can let you repay in another way, that is to join our family after becoming a wizard." Don't get me wrong, joining our family does not require you to do anything for our family, as long as you join in name. For every year you nominally join our family, you can waive 10% of the repayment resources. In this case, you only need to nominally join our family for ten years to waive all resources. "
While you nominally join our family. " Taofani paused and said in a higher tone, "You can enjoy all kinds of privileges from our family for free." Of course, if you are willing to make some contributions to our family, how about our family being willing to give adequate returns and waive more repayment resources in advance? "
"It's quite exciting. "
So...you agreed?" Taofani said in surprise. "
Why don't you agree?" Li He asked back, "After all, we can get enough amazing funding at once." But there is only one thing I want to confirm. "
Please speak. "
"That means when it's time to repay, the fifty-year repayment period can also be shortened, right? " Are you allowed to repay it in advance in one go or at a reduced time? "
This..." Taofani was noncommittal and changed the subject, "I think Mr. Li He will have the least pressure if he repays according to the fifty-year deadline, and our family will never ask for additional fees, so you don't have to worry." "
What if I insist. " "
This... this..." Taofani blinked quickly, pursed her lips and said, "If Mr. Li He insists, it's not impossible, but the contract needs to be readjusted, actually..." Taofani kept saying
. He got up and still wanted Li He to sign the original contract.
Li He listened politely and was not in a hurry to reply.
"...In short, our family is really sincere. "At the end, Taofani took a deep breath and said seriously.
"I agree. Li He did not refute, "But we still need to discuss the details." "
Then..." Taofni was about to say something more when someone knocked on the door on the first floor of the Bluestone Wood Building. Taofoni couldn't help but stop talking. Li He walked towards the door and listened
. Two voices sounded outside the door.
One voice sounded familiar, saying in a slightly stiff tone: "Li Hexue...is senior there?" "
The other voice was unfamiliar, but more straightforward: "Is Mr. Li He here? "
Li He quickly opened the door and saw two figures appearing outside.
One person he knew was a female apprentice from the same teacher as him - Zhu Li. During the annual test, he tried to invite him to get points together. No wonder the voice sounded It looks familiar.
No wonder the other person's tone is a bit stiff.
According to the other person's habit, he definitely wanted to call him "senior Li He", but considering the difference in strength, he changed his name to "senior Li He".
As for the other person, he looks better than Zhu Li is more than ten years older, and has the face of a mature woman in her thirties.
She is tall and has obvious curves, but her eyes are a little cold.
The other party stood in front of Zhu Li, and when he saw Li He opening the door, a hint of politeness appeared on his face. With a smile, he said quickly: "Your Excellency Li He, hello, I am..."
Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by a voice.
Taofni, who was sitting in the living room of the room, glanced at the figure of the woman outside the door. , stood up suddenly, and screamed with a bit of annoyance: "Tina? ! What are you doing here? "
Oh?" "Hearing the voice, the woman named Tina looked past Li He and looked at Taofni, her eyes narrowed slightly, "Taofni, it turns out you are here too. Since you can come, why can't I come? "
You..." Taofoni's eyes widened slightly.
Tina ignored her, looked at Li He seriously, bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency Li He, allow me to formally introduce myself. My name is Tina. Both Julie and I are members of the Poseidon wizard family, and are both third-level wizard apprentices, but I have more qualifications. Our family recently learned from Zhu Li that His Excellency Li He seems to be an extremely outstanding wizard apprentice in the academy. He has a great chance of being promoted to an official wizard in the near future, so we want to help you before that and make arrangements in advance. Good relationship. "
Oh, so..."
"Can we go in and talk?" "
Yes, please." "Li He made a gesture of invitation and let Tina and Julie into the room.
Taofani's face turned ugly. Gini and Mira beside her looked at Tina and Julie who walked in. , both a little hostile.
But Tina and Julie didn't seem to notice it at all, and sat down on the black walnut wood chairs next to Taofani generously.
"The funding method of our Poseidon family is very simple, that is, we can Provide a certain amount of resources to Mr. Li He, which can be spell-casting materials, books, or other things. Accordingly, Mr. Li He needs to repay after being promoted to a wizard. No fees will be charged for repayment within five years. If the repayment exceeds five years, a late payment fee of twenty high-level magic stones will be charged for each additional year. The upper limit is one hundred high-level magic stones. .
"Then how much resources can you provide me? "
"It depends on Mr. Li He. " It’s not how much we provide, it’s how much you need. We will work hard to provide you with whatever you need, as long as you have the confidence to repay it when the time comes. In addition, we do not need to sign any contract or mortgage during this process. We only need the creditworthiness of Mr. Li He as proof. "
"It sounds like it's not like funding, but more like a transaction, and it's a transaction full of trust.
"And this is the sincerity of our Poseidon family. " ”
(End of chapter)