Chapter 7: The First Lesson of Extreme Efficiency
A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Although this close neighbor, Kelly, is a little uncomfortable in her straightforwardness, it is a good opportunity for Thor to get information from her.
He was about to open his mouth when he saw someone walking towards him from the end of the corridor.
The man announced loudly while walking quickly.
"All new first-level apprentices, arrive at the last classroom on the tenth floor of the East Tower at nine o'clock to attend the first public class!"
"All new first-level apprentices, arrive at the last classroom on the tenth floor of the East Tower at nine o'clock to attend the first public class!"
Someone heard the sound, opened the door and asked a question, but the man did not answer. He just delivered the message and went upstairs along the slope at the end.
Some new apprentices gathered in the corridor and whispered to each other. The atmosphere was lively and everyone was full of hope.
"Kelly!"
Two more boys ran over, and one of them with bright eyes said, "Let's go to class together."
Keli just glanced at them without even answering, and turned to Thor and said, "Let's go over now."
The two people who were ignored did not show any angry expressions. Instead, they looked at Thor with a little fear.
Thor realized that these people probably also thought that they were very talented, but he couldn't explain this, so he just nodded and agreed to go with them.
It was still some time before nine o'clock, and almost all the new apprentices rushed to the East Tower as soon as they heard the news.
The wizard tower itself should be a cylinder, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, divided into two in the middle, forming the east and west towers.
Both the East Tower and the West Tower are semicircular, separated by a thick wall in the middle, with passages only on the fifth, sixth, tenth and fourteenth floors.
These passages are closed at night and people are not allowed to pass through them at will.
Thor had seen the door to the passage while sweeping the corridors, but he had never been allowed into the East Tower.
Following the crowd, he passed through the passage for the first time and came to the East Tower.
The sixth floor of the East Tower does not have the terraced rooms like the West Tower. All you can see are gray walls with symbols and patterns painted on them that Thor cannot understand at all.
Just one glance made Thor dizzy.
He turned his head away and saw that Keli beside him had her head down and had no intention of looking at the wall at all.
“This guy seems to really know a lot.”
“Plop, plop.”
The two people in front didn't divert their gaze in time like Thor did, and they fell to the ground dizzy.
People walked past them, and no one offered a hand to help them.
Thor walked past the two men and watched them struggling to stand up. His longing for his future life as a wizard apprentice suddenly diminished a lot.
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"Everyone be quiet!"
Thor and his friends sat in the last classroom on the tenth floor of the East Tower for about ten minutes. Finally, a man in his fifties walked in hurriedly from the front door of the classroom.
He walked quickly to the front desk of the classroom and put one hand on the desk.
"In the first class, I will only explain the rules of the Gorza Wizard Tower once. If anyone asks me again, I will eat him! Ugh..."
After the man said this, he bent over and vomited very appropriately.
A large pool of green slime fell to the ground, splashing everywhere, mixed with a few fingers, falling, bouncing, and falling again.
The apprentices sitting in the front row leaned back suddenly and bumped into the tables in the back row, making a loud clanging sound.
Thor, who habitually sat back, lowered his head to avoid looking at the scene that made his stomach churn.
The man on the stage was very angry. After vomiting, he straightened up and shouted again: "Quiet!"
No one dared to move, even if they had to endure the nausea.
"First, you sign up for a tutor based on your elemental affinity. My name is Gudo, and I'm a tutor for poison. I can also teach gold. If any of you have a talent in this area, choose me on the form!"
Thor looked down and saw that the table was empty.
This Gudo mentor did not produce a form like in the movie, and no one showed up to hand out the forms.
He quickly opened the book in his arms and took notes.
At the same time, there was a rustling sound beside him. It turned out that Keli took out a pen and paper from her backpack and started to take notes.
There were about twenty people in the classroom, and more than half of them prepared their own paper and pens.
Those who were not prepared wanted to borrow from the people next to them, but they did not dare to speak, and were noticed by Guduo.
On the stage, Instructor Guduo was still speaking, and his speech was very fast.
"…First-level apprentice, learn the common courses first. Including witchcraft writing, cognition of all things, meditation, runes, and finally learn low-level witchcraft!"
Sol wrote so quickly that it was hard to keep up, so he simply recorded it using the words from his previous life.
"...Don't waste your time, because you don't have time to waste! Level 1 apprentices are assessed once a month, and the first assessment will be in three months! If the assessor believes that you have no potential for growth,"
Gudo paused here, narrowed his eyes and looked around at the apprentices in the classroom, and said gloomily: "Then there is no need for you to be trained."
Thor's hand trembled, and a long tail was drawn out for each word. He silently started another line and continued writing.
"...Finally, I remind you that when you read the book in front of you, don't think about anything else. That is something that only Level 2 apprentices need to consider."
Thor didn't understand this. What did "other" mean? Witchcraft? "Okay, that's all. I'm leaving." Gudo said, turned around and left the classroom faster than he entered.
Without the scary mentor, everyone started talking and the noise in the classroom suddenly exploded.
Saul did not participate in the discussion. He stared at the notes he had just taken, as if in a daze.
"Is your left hand born like this?" Keli's voice sounded again.
Thor was in a hurry to take notes, and habitually pressed down the book with his left hand, which was naturally seen by Keli who was sitting next to him.
Thor didn't hide his hand anymore and spoke as if nothing had happened.
"No, it was like this the day before yesterday."
Keli frowned and pursed her lips, as if she was stuck in some century-old problem.
At this time, a young man walked in from the front door of the classroom again. He had a smile on his face and a stack of papers in his hand. He walked to the front desk of the classroom.
"It's ten minutes before nine. You're all here early. That's great! As apprentices, we have to make the most of every moment. It's better to be early than late. Sometimes being on time is also a form of being late."
The young man tapped the stack of papers in his hand and restrained his smile a little. "I will first give you the registration form for tutors and the rules and regulations of the wizard tower. In a while, tutor Guduo will come to give the first explanation. You must keep quiet. Tutor Guduo doesn't like noise. If you have any questions, don't ask, just read the manual. I will explain it again in a while."
There was silence in the audience.
The young man was very satisfied. This batch of apprentices were very obedient and would immediately be quiet when asked to do so.
He stepped off the stage to hand out forms and manuals, but he stepped on something sticky.
The young man lowered his head, lifted his foot and saw a severed finger stuck to the sole of his shoe twitching slightly.
He looked up at the new apprentices again, and asked with a twitching mouth: "Master Guduo, he..."
"He's already been here." A girl sitting in the second row replied in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)
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