Chapter 4.4: Class

Before the emergence of magic muskets, knights were the absolute protagonists of wars in the Old World.

Although not all knights can achieve the third level and release their fighting spirit, all official knights are at the second level or above, with their life seeds sprouting and thin fighting spirit flowing in their bodies.

In this way, each knight has great strength and amazing endurance, and is equipped with heavy armor and rides a horse with the blood of Warcraft.

Wherever it passed, it was like a moving wild beast, able to crush all enemies.

For this reason, knights were the lowest level of nobility and the cornerstone of rule.

But when magic firearms appeared, this "invincibility" became a bubble.

Decades ago, there was a great war between the Habsburg Empire and the Bonaparte Empire, the overlord of the Old World, which verified the power of the three-stage shooting method.

Form a formation, line up in three rows, and take turns shooting. The denser the enemy's troops are, the faster they will die.

But this is just the beginning.

At that time, the magic muskets were single-shot, difficult to load, took time to fire, and were slow.

The Habsburg Empire now possesses multi-shot magic pistols, magic rifles with a range of hundreds of meters, and extremely powerful magic cannons...

It can be said that the emergence of the magic gunner profession has changed the traditional war mode for thousands of years and made the group charge of the Knights a joke.

Of course, training a qualified magic gunner is not easy!

Unlike the gunpowder firearms that Luo Yi was familiar with, which could be fired by anyone, one of the hard conditions for using magic firearms was that one must possess magic power.

Even though most of the consumption is provided by magic crystals, in order to activate the magic circle on the gun body, a little magic power of the user himself is needed.

It doesn’t have to be much, but it must be there!

If you want to possess magical powers, you must learn basic meditation and accumulate knowledge about magic.

The problem is that it is not easy to train a formal mage.

Not to mention acquired efforts, it is impossible to have innate affinity for elements and a sufficiently wise and intelligent mind if you don’t have them at birth!

Especially for the official mages of the Habsburg Empire, there is so much to learn and the requirements are much stricter than those for traditional mages.

It can be said that among so many people in the magic academy, 99% of them will not be able to follow the path of a wizard, but they are not really without a way out.

The second-year professional choice includes the "Magic Gunner" profession, which focuses on the control and use of magical machinery. After graduation, you can also join the army.

For most people, gaining military merit on the battlefield is also an excellent choice.

So many people on the training ground are doing physical training and swordsmanship training, all working towards becoming "magic gunners".

At long range, use magic firearms to attack; at close range, use swordsmanship to kill the enemy. If the body is agile enough and the speed is fast enough, it can form a good combat power.

An elite squad of magic gunners, implementing infiltration and decapitation tactics, can even scare away most legions.

Here's another funny thing. In the past, on the battlefield, knights liked to use broadswords, heavy swords, and greatswords. That's because they had high attack power and could cause great damage when wielded.

Therefore, the extraordinary training of the knights all develops in the direction of "stupid, big and rough", pursuing greater strength, thicker defense, and more courageous posture, slashing and killing all the way.

But now, when magic firearms appeared, Shadachu became a sitting duck.

Unless one cultivates to the third level or above and releases his fighting spirit, his survival rate on the battlefield is really worrying.

Instead, the agile fighters who were previously unpopular have become the mainstream.

With a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other, he moves swiftly and swiftly in a small space. The sword is fast but the pistol is even faster. In an instant, he can take someone's life!

Of course, the Magic Academy is not a military academy, so it naturally has more than just the 'Magic Gunner' direction. There is also a very popular major, Magic Machinery!

In theory, if one wants to design a mature magical mechanical product, one must be a formal wizard and have sufficient attainments in modern alchemy.

It's not that I look down on ordinary people, but if you don't understand magic inscriptions, don't know the structure of spells, and can't engrave inscriptions, you can't design one even if you want to!

However, the design can be handed over to the official magician, but apart from that, the production, equipment, debugging, improvement, maintenance, upkeep, and even the final repair of the magic machinery...

These links require a large number of professional talents.

They might not be able to reach the level of a formal wizard, but if they have no magical power at all, they won't be able to perform even the simplest tests.

These people are considered to be indispensable and extremely scarce technical talents, and are also the most indispensable part of any magic power machinery factory.

Take the most common magic energy textile factory as an example. Although the work efficiency is dozens of times that of traditional craftsmanship, the opening, closing, maintenance and upkeep of the magic energy spinning machine all require these professional talents to operate.

These people's salaries are also the highest in every factory. Ordinary employees can get thirty to forty silver Tiers per month, while technical employees like these will have to get one gold Tier or more.

If you have strong skills and can solve a variety of problems, you may even be sought after by factory owners and be considered a true middle-class elite.

Of course, whether it is a magic gunner or a professional magic machinery technician, they are all talents that the Habsburg Empire desires, and the more the better.

Therefore, the Habsburg Empire has started universal education. Everyone must be sent to school when they reach a certain age, and after six years of compulsory education, there will be corresponding assessments.

As long as the grades are good, you can be sent to a magic university for further study. If one or two formal wizards can emerge, it will be a big profit.

At the very least, you can become a magic gunner and make great achievements on the battlefield; or you can become a technician and fill in the big pit of the magic industry as a screw.

Either way, it is a good way out for civilians!

Luo Yi awakened his innate wisdom and knew the power of the Industrial Revolution, so he naturally wanted to join it.

Therefore, his goal from the beginning to the end was to become a formal mage.

However, the traditional learning method was too slow, and he couldn't wait any longer, so he had to think of some way.

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The reason why Luo Yi came to the academy training ground early in the morning instead of the classroom was because this morning's course was not about learning theoretical knowledge, but about physical training and basic swordsmanship.

When the bell rang, the physical education teacher had already arrived.

Matthew Bolivar, a typical Habsburg strongman, is nearly two meters tall, with full muscles and extremely broad shoulders. At first glance, he looks extremely majestic and has a strong visual impact.

It was said that he was a retired officer of the regular army, a second-order seventh-level knight, with abnormal physical fitness and exaggerated strength.

Luo Yi had seen his weapon, a large sword, the kind that could cover half of his body when held upright, and the strong wind it created when swung was enough to make it impossible for people to open their eyes.

However, in this era, his body shape was a disadvantage. While he had great strength, he inevitably sacrificed agility and reaction. Facing the concentrated fire of the magic muskets, he was a sitting duck.

Therefore, he is only a physical training teacher and does not teach swordsmanship.

The swordsmanship teacher is Mr. Williams Culler. He has a slender figure and his muscles are not full but refined, like strands of steel wire twisted together and attached to his bones.

He had an amazing sword skill, which he could swing and turn six times in one night. The most amazing performance was on the first day of class, when he threw an apple into the air.

As it fell, the sword's shadow flashed across the apple, and the apple was split into seven pieces. The sword's speed and reaction were incredibly fast.

Mr. Kaler is a second-order, eighth-level Wind Chaser Swordsman, but he is not from a legion. Instead, he is a mercenary who has traveled far and wide. He was invited to the academy as a teacher only because he knew the dean.

It is said that one of the conditions he agreed to was to ask the dean to find a wizard apprentice to teach him meditation and accumulate magic power.

Obviously, unlike the physical education teacher Mr. Matthew who is just making a living, this one has a bright future.

If he really gets started with meditation, acquires magic power, and becomes familiar with the use of magical firearms, combined with his fast swordsmanship, then his future is really promising.

Even if he could not enter the imperial civil service, wealthy merchants and even nobles were willing to offer extremely high salaries to hire such a person as the captain of the guard.

The two teachers' lessons took up the entire morning, and after the exercise, almost all the students collapsed on the ground.

The reason why I said 'almost' is that there are naturally a few who acted very relaxed, and Luo Yi is one of them.

He even ignored the teacher's arrangements and did heavy physical training according to the plan given by Shenlan.

The effect was naturally immediate. His current agility and reaction were definitely at the top of the range among his peers, and the swift swordsmanship he learned far surpassed the basic swordsmanship taught by Mr. Williams Kahler.

These two teachers could naturally see that Luo Yi had his own inheritance, so they acted indifferent. As long as he didn't make trouble, they didn't pay much attention to him.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Luo Yi didn't delay and ran to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria of the Magic Academy has special subsidies from the Empire, which are calculated on a per-person basis, and are given additional funds.

So, the food is not delicious or clean, but the quantity is sufficient and there is plenty of meat.

A group of young men in their teens, coupled with high-intensity training, would not be able to hold on without adequate nutritional supplements.

As for the afternoon, we have classes in the classroom.

First-year students can only be considered to have a basic understanding of magic, and their studies are not in-depth, but they still have to take eight courses in total, including "History of Magic", "Introduction to Meditation", "First Contact with Magic Inscriptions", and "Popularization of Basic Magic Materials".

The coursework is quite heavy, and it also serves as a screening process to see which direction each person is suitable for.

However, classroom management is not strict, as long as you pass the exam and get credits, it's fine.

So, Luo Yi skipped class without hesitation, turned around and rushed to the college library.

PS: Although there is an academy, I don’t plan to develop many plots in the academy. There will basically be no content of pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face in front of little brats.

Therefore, the academy is the most important way to obtain information, and this part will be simplified...

(End of this chapter)