Chapter 74: The Quality of a Scholar
"Passed the Mystic Department Orientation Ceremony? No need to climb to the top of the tower?"
After reading the glowing words in the air, Avis was stunned and immediately took out three metal plates for use.
But at this moment, he suddenly noticed a problem.
Wait, the ID card... seems to be placed in the ring!
He was suddenly startled and subconsciously connected the ring space. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. The restrictions in the space had been lifted here.
He quickly took out his identity card and stuck the three metal plates on it one by one.
The three nameplates turned into light and dissipated. At the same time, a prompt came from the identity card that the authority of the mysterious library had been upgraded.
Since Anvis chose mysticism as his main school of study, he originally had first-level authority in the Great Library.
After three consecutive promotions, his authority has now reached level four, which is enough for him to borrow most of the 'collections' in the outer section of the library.
A minute passed quickly, and the words in the air suddenly radiated dazzling light!
All the characters gathered together to form a white ball of light, which then instantly grew larger, engulfing Avis' figure. " Welcome to the Pamir Academy of Mysteries and Relics!"
"Congratulations, freshman! You are the first one to pass the college's orientation ceremony this year."
“Pah pah pah pah…”
Avis blinked, and when he could see his surroundings again, he found himself in a giant magic circle on the top of the tower.
Dozens of senior students in college uniforms gathered together. When they saw Avis appear, many of them began to applaud spontaneously, and were convinced by his performance in the welcome ceremony.
"Hello, I'm Anvis, a first-level warlock."
Facing the enthusiastic crowd, Avis put on the familiar smile that he had practiced countless times in etiquette class and introduced himself concisely.
Since some of the new students are from civilian families, in order to highlight the atmosphere of equality of identity in Pamir College, the college stipulates:
When introducing themselves, freshmen only need to introduce their first name, without introducing their last name.
After getting familiar with the situation, everyone's eyes were once again focused on the projection, each with their own ideas in mind.
Avis looked at the crystal ball with some curiosity.
"That is the magic crystal ball. The current status of all the new students who ascend the tower will be displayed in it."
Noticing the unusual gaze of the freshman, the blue-haired girl who had asked the question earlier smiled friendly at Avis and took the initiative to explain.
"They both entered before you, but they still haven't passed the test in the reality mirror."
At this moment, the crystal ball lit up slightly, and a new projection appeared in the air.
A boy with short light gray hair was looking around in front of the main entrance of the tower, seeming to be somewhat surprised by the scene in front of him.
Realizing that something was wrong, the boy also planned to leave the tower, and he encountered the same dilemma as Avis.
Avis watched the young man, watching him try every possible way to open the door from the beginning, until he realized that it was impossible and finally resigned himself to his fate and went deeper into the tower.
All this felt somewhat novel to him. Although he had experienced the welcoming ceremony of the School of Change in his previous life, the two were completely different in nature.
During the annual welcome ceremony of the Transformation Branch, seniors will use Transformation spells to create a huge spell maze and set up many non-lethal magic traps in it.
The mazes and traps are different every year. If freshmen successfully walk out of the maze or solve several changing puzzles in the maze, they can get different rewards.
Except for Avis, the strength of this year's new students in the Department of Mysticism is relatively average.
After nearly another magic hour, the second freshman passed the test and appeared in the magic circle.
Then came the third and fourth freshmen.
When all the freshmen arrived, the magic circle in the center glowed again, and a girl exuding a scholarly air appeared in the circle.
She was wearing a black robe with silver edges, had silver hair and black eyes, and had a slim and well-proportioned figure.
A pair of delicate silver-wire round-frame glasses rested on her small nose, and in her arms she held a thick ancient book that exuded a mysterious aura.
"Val, Pecora, Avis, Rona——"
The girl opened the thick book in her hands and looked at a certain page. Then, she looked up at the four people and read out the names of the four freshmen in a ethereal voice as if she had just woken up.
"Let me introduce myself. I am your mentor, Nancy Campbell, a seventh-level mystic."
Hearing the girl's words, the four of them saluted quickly.
"I've seen the process of you climbing the tower. It's pretty good, especially Avis. I've been paying attention to your actions since you cracked the Dream Rune and arrived at the main entrance of the library."
Nan looked at Anvis, lowered his head, and looked at the thick book in his hand again.
"From resisting the fear field to pushing open the door, quickly identifying the essence of the nightmare and expelling it, keenly sensing possible hidden books and finding them, and finally leaving the mirror space, it took less than one magic hour in total. Very good."
As Nancy finished speaking, the other three freshmen looked at Anvis curiously, and the latter smiled and nodded to the three of them.
"In addition, Rona's performance was also very good. Although she failed to pass the test of the rare items display room, she decisively gave up pushing the door open and chose another path. This is also very rare."
Rona is the girl among the four with short light green hair, green eyes, a petite and cute figure, and an aura of first-level power. She also seems to have some kind of bloodline.
Receiving Nancy's praise, Rona's cheeks flushed slightly. She pinched the dark blue hem of her uniform with her delicate little hands and smiled shyly.
“You must remember that curiosity is the most valuable quality of an occultist.
But without calm judgment, profound knowledge, and sufficient strength to support it, curiosity will only lead to destruction more often than not.”
Nancy nodded to her, then turned to the crowd and spoke seriously.
The next moment, she lowered her head slightly to glance at the ancient book in her hand and turned to the next page.
"According to the rules of the Pamir Ruins and Mystery Academy's welcome ceremony, Avis' passing evaluation is perfect, Rona's evaluation is excellent, and Waka and Pekara's evaluation is average."
"Then, the next step is to distribute the rewards."
As she spoke, Nancy closed the ancient book in her hand, waved her slender white hand lightly, and more than a dozen items instantly appeared in the air in front of everyone.
"These are the magical items produced in the ruins."
Still with a voice as if she had just woken up, the young female mentor explained to the four people.
"They have been placed in the display room as a welcome ceremony reward. Each of you can choose one at will."
"The order of selection is determined by the score, and those with higher scores have priority. If the scores are the same, the order is determined by the time it takes to complete the game."
"First place, Anvis."
Under the envious gazes of the other three, Anvis slowly walked forward and carefully examined every object in the air.
An old elven-style magic hat, an ancient stone tablet engraved with strange runes, an ordinary-looking decorative sword, a silver pendant with a strange pentagram shape, a weird stone statuette...
In magical vision, each of them has magic, but the intensity is very weak.
Thanks to 怕要凉, ramsey666, and 愫陌汐潮 for the rewards.
Thanks to Soft Snail, Yijian Xiaotian, and Huai Liu for their monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)
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