Soul of Burning Steel

The world is brewing storms in the calm, just like the turbulent ocean currents under the gentle sea, but whether it is the gods in the sky waiting for the upcoming time, or the many big people on the earth busy for the future of the world, ordinary people's ordinary life Still have to continue, they are enjoying the true peace that has been rare in the Mycroft Continent for thousands of years, and marveling at the rapid changes around them.

　　 837, February 1, Moldavia, six o'clock in the morning.

　　 Priest opened his eyes and got up from the warm bed in less than a second. He simply put on his clothes neatly, made the bed, and then went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash.

This is a two-story single-family villa. Although it does not occupy a large area, it has all the internal organs, whether it is a balcony or a backyard. After the washing, Priest began to carry out daily mornings in his backyard. After doing five sets of all-round exercises, the time came to about seven o'clock. Prest returned to the house. After a simple shower to clean up, the scarred young man put on his apron seriously. Put on a kitchen hat and start to prepare a new day's breakfast for herself and her sister.

　　 "Britney, get up for dinner, don't sleep in bed."

　　 "Oh, good brother."

A soft voice came from the bedroom on the second floor. Afterwards, Priest could hear the sound of Xixusuo in the room. After a while, the little girl with long gray hair walked out of the room in a daze, and then Walked into the bathroom.

The "Universal Academy" established in the new city of Moldavia is nominally an independent institution directly under the lord’s mansion. It has dual funding from the Moldavian government and the imperial government. Its sole purpose is to cover all ages in the territory. Basic universal education for young children before the age of fourteen. This policy has been successfully implemented for nearly three years under the high pressure of the empire. If it continues, it may eliminate 80% of illiteracy within 20 years and cultivate one. A large number of qualified adult laborers with basic knowledge.

Prested’s sister, Britney Spears, naturally meets the admission standards of the popular college, so every morning, men will send her sister to the college on time before the start of the college at 8:30. Today is naturally no exception, after breakfast. , Priest escorted his sister to the school and sent her to the hands of a gentle elf instructor.

"please."

　　 "It's a matter of division."

Coincidentally, the rune factory where Priest works is near the college, so he can always rush to his work place at nine o’clock before the factory’s morning shift starts, but from today onwards, Priest There is no need to go to the Rune Spirit Factory.

　　 Because of him at this time, he has become a member of the "Champions Academy" of Winterberg.

"Practitioner'Priest Omini', the entrance ceremony of Champion Academy will start on February 1, 837, at 10:20 in the morning, and now it is 8:37 in the morning. Please plan your own schedule. ."

Accompanied by a slight mental fluctuation, Priest, who had just left Universal Academy not long ago, suddenly shook his whole body. There was a burst of unsentimental mechanical synthesis in his mind. In response, Priest nodded. , Looked at his right wrist: "So it's still early...but it's better to go there earlier."

On Priest’s right wrist armour is inlaid with a strange blue jewel. The center of this jewel gleams with blurred light, attracting people’s eyes. It was delivered to him not long ago, representing An information terminal certified by the trainees of Winter Fortress.

In order not to attract attention, Priest used a thick layer of cowhide to firmly cover the gemstone. This does not affect the function of the information terminal. The sound just now is the reminder function set by Priest himself, so as not to He forgot some important things.

　　 "Speaking of which, this information terminal really has a lot of functions."

On the way to Champions Academy, Priest couldn’t help feeling: “Timed reminders, recording, magic video, memos, it can even detect the temperature of the frying pan when I fry eggs, and give detailed fire element concentrations. Curve……"

For Priest, who had almost never touched magical items before, the magic of the information terminal was unimaginable. This gem directly connected with his heart also serves several practical functions. The team guard felt that if he had been

There is such a thing when traveling in the wild, so many originally difficult situations will become easier. Just being able to accurately determine the time is already a great function, let alone detecting wind direction and forecasting the weather. It's just cheating.

Of course, Priest would not know that a certain legendary strong man who is proficient in runes used his strongest magical device as a prototype to construct the prototype of the information terminal. Although due to the problems of materials, craftsmanship and popularity, various functions are Castrated and simplified, but what is left is definitely not something that ordinary magic items can do.

The withered yellow leaves on the trees on the roadside rustle down, and in a month or two, the new year will come. These leaves that have supported the winter will all fall, and new buds will appear soon. Walking on both sides of such a avenue, and Many hurried pedestrians staggered past, and Priest finally came to the gate of the Champions Academy in the southern part of New Moldavia.

The Champions Academy is a huge building complex, and the main entrance is located under a tall and solid castle. A team of knights in gray magic armor patrols around the academy to drive away idlers, and Priest displays the information terminal. He was released and entered the castle.

There were not many people in the Champions Academy at this time. At this time, most of the official members went out to grind and complete tasks, and new students would not come so early. Priest looked at the few new students in the castle hall, and thought He didn't come up to talk, so after a while, he found a place to sit down, closed his eyes, and communicated with the information terminal mentally.

　　 "Log in to the college forum."

　　 Anyway, it’s okay to be idle during this time, so it's better to check the forum for any new news.

The spirit continued to dive, and finally it seemed to be connected to some huge network. Priest suddenly felt that a page of concise text appeared in front of his eyes, and the background board seemed to be a white paper spread on an iron plate. , There are several lines of text in various fonts and colors spreading continuously from top to bottom.

'Winter Fort Academy Forum' is a comprehensive forum for Winter Fort Academy and its affiliated branches. On the first day he got the information terminal, he entered the forum under the guidance of the magic armor knight and became familiar with its use. method.

At first glance, Priest immediately saw the "Welcome New Students and Instructions: Detailed Explanation of the Internal Rules and Regulations of Winter Fort and the Forum User Manual" still at the top of the red font, as well as the red boutique sticker below. The internal comprehensive competition of the college (closed, congratulations to Miss Lisa Cronos for winning the first place)'.

The first post is an explanation post for newly enrolled students like Priest who can integrate into the academy as soon as possible. It answers a lot of doubts for him, such as the specific rules and regulations of the Champion Academy, what needs to be prepared for him, and What should be done, as well as the specific method of using the information terminal, are all clearly explained.

And the second post seems to be the college competition in the last semester of last year. Priest looked at the introduction and knew that this was a competition for the purpose of receiving internal tasks from the college in the name of an individual or a team to earn points. Last time he watched it. At that time, this comprehensive competition was not over. A certain team called the'First Team' seemed to be the favorite to win the championship, but now it seems that the lady named Lisa won the first place.

　　 Can't underestimate anyone.

　　 There is not much in his heart that he just came out, Priest nodded slightly, and then continued to look down.

The college forum is a bit like a guild bulletin board. There will be many posts on it, and all users can leave a message below. However, unlike the actual guild bulletin board, the posts on the forum are more concise and will not be too sweaty. The smell and various **** oil stains, and the speed of leaving messages and replies is almost fast. You don’t need to wait a few days for a reply, and each reply is even marked with a reply time, which makes you often go to the union bulletin board. Priest is very satisfied.

Nowadays, there are not many posts in the forum, mainly because Priest has insufficient permissions. As a student who has not formally enrolled, he has only the most basic tourist permissions, and he can only browse the comprehensive area and called the'champion camp'. The exclusive section of the Champion Academy, and more, similar to the “mission section, the light of the element, the magic construction, the city of knights, the clean courtyard” and the “trading market” and other exclusive sections and special He couldn't even go to the plate.

　　Puri

Steward continued to look at other posts in the general area.

　　’Essence: How to quickly solve shaved ice, sea sharks and get useful materials, gore, and take care of many pictures.’ The first team united

　　‘The aurora around the South Magnetic Pole is so beautiful, I want to share it with everyone! Attached photos’ crackling

　　’Don’t go hunting in the northern ice field of the lost sea recently, there is nothing there, and all the sharks and lizards have been killed by unknown bastards’ Ice Sea Observer

　　’On the eighteenth day of experience in the Great Aes Mountains alone without supplies, today’s food is tree fruit slime (updated daily, more pictures)’ Bell the Stalker

'Shock! The new enrolled freshmen won first place in the comprehensive competition. This is the inside story! 'anonymous

　　‘I got the legend card, hahahahaha! Attached photos’ seal ball

Behind the post is the forum name of each post and the number of replies, just like the first essence post. The number of replies has reached 119, and most of the replies are "Thank you for sharing" ''A lot of help, thank you very much. Sometimes there will be some "what are you doing to kill so many sharks, and the ecological balance is destroyed!" 'comment of.

　　 But the number of replies to this essence post is not the most. The number of replies to Bell the Stalker’s experience post and the crackling post showing Aurora is more than it.

Most of the experience posts of the Great Aes Mountains are the photos and records of the strange things that the poster swallowed in the volcanic forest every day. Most of the replies below are "The poster is too strong." "You can eat this kind of stuff, and I admire the original poster." What, can slimes actually eat it? "It turns out that the blue butterfly worm can be eaten by cutting off its head...".

In the aurora post, dozens of pictures of the gorgeous aurora in the north were placed. When Priest clicked on the post, he was stuck for more than ten seconds. It seemed that the amount of information was too large to be processed at a time, but he Then when I read it, I discovered the reason why there are so many replies to this post: among the many aurora pictures, there are many self-portraits of the posters interspersed, that is a rather cute dragon girl with dragon horns , Many people are feeling that there are almost any races in the academy, elves, dwarves, half-elves, halflings, and now there are dragons, and they are so cute, it is really rare.

　　 "Speaking of which, isn't the shooting location deep in the ice sheet? There are so many beasts there, how did she get there?"

　　 At first, Prest was still a little confused, but soon he reacted: What other way besides hitting it? This is the forum of the Vocational College. Every poster is an existence with extraordinary powers and must not be underestimated.

　　 "This is a bit older than my sister... Such a small girl is so powerful, I can't relax!"

　　 Priest secretly made up his mind, and then left a comment behind this post.

　　‘The original poster is so powerful that he can go deep into the icefield alone. I will also target you and try my best to reach this point! Priest Omini

To be honest, Priest realized it several days after getting the information terminal. It turns out that the name of the forum does not need to use the real name, but you can choose whatever you like...but it’s too late, Priest The name Omini has become his forum name. If you want to change it, you will have to wait three months.

　　 Soon, Priest felt a light flickering at the top of the forum.

　　‘You have a new reminder’

　　 He opened the message list and found that the post he just posted had already been replied.

　　‘Thank you! As long as you work hard, you can definitely do it! ’Crackling

　　 Time was spent browsing the forum. When he noticed that the time was almost ten o'clock, Priest closed the forum and opened his eyes to look around.

At this time, there are nearly a hundred people in the castle hall, and many people are entering one after another. However, because the hall is too spacious, the more than one hundred people are not crowded, and many students who know each other are interacting with each other. Saying hello, smiling and greeting, there are also quite a few nervous people standing aside and looking around, while his friends are cheering for him.

　　Priest’s age is too old among this group of people, and there is no one he is familiar with, so he stands alone in the corner, because he has learned about the freshman entrance ceremony from the forum, so he is not nervous. Time passed

It passed quickly, unknowingly, it was already ten twenty, and the ceremony was about to begin.

　　==

　　 Ding Dong, Ding Dong. The penetrating ringtone came from above the castle. After hearing the ringtone, all the newly enrolled students stood up subconsciously and gathered in the center of the hall spontaneously. Everyone followed the number in the information terminal. Standing in sequence according to the guidance, in just less than ten seconds, the newly enrolled students with more than one hundred and fifty people had already lined up in a neat square, and the next moment, two college tutors, one male and one female, Appeared in front of everyone.

The Champions Academy enrolls four times a year, each with 1,200 students, and occasionally more, but there are at least about 120 people. Priest’s quality is pretty good this year, with a total of 167 qualified. His results passed the test, and thanks to his talents and his past combat experience with real swords and guns, Priest’s results were very good among them, so he stood in the front row of the team and was the first to accept the scrutiny of the instructors. Gaze.

　　 "The dean once said that as a soldier, you should talk less nonsense, so I will be straightforward. Starting today, you are a member of the Winterhold Champion Academy."

The male tutor at the head seemed to be a barbarian in the swamps of the far south, but at this time he was wearing a straight white college tutor uniform. His tone was low and clear, without the slightest temperament of a berserker. He used seriousness. "Remember, any knowledge and power you learn here is to better transform the world, protect your loved ones and homeland, and fight against the evil that is the enemy of order. You want to be formal To join the college, you must make three oaths."

　　 "Never abuse power."

　　 "Never bully the weak."

　　 "Never have mercy on the enemy."

"Achieve these three points, you are a member of the Champion Academy, the Academy is your backing, your other home. Whether it is me or the Dean, I will do my best to make you a member of the Champions Academy. Fighter."

The dean of this college instructor, everyone knows, that is one of the two deans of the Winterhold College, the lord of Moldavia, the legendary warrior Joshua Avan Radcliffe, present After hearing these words, everyone became excited. The reason why they worked so hard to join Winterhold Academy was not to learn from this legendary powerhouse?

　　 So, there were waves of oaths, and Priest did not hesitate to repeat the three oaths, vowing that he would never betray the academy and become a member of Winterhold.

And just after the oath was over, the two instructors began to lead the team and took these new students to visit the campus. It was only at this time that Priest discovered that the huge castle he was originally emotional about was in fact only the Champion Academy. In addition to the castle, the entire campus also has a large arena that can supply three thousand people, as well as a training base of the same size. Around the training base, there is even an area for storing monsters. Students can pay for credits. , Buy some trained monsters to become your own partners or mounts.

Except for these, the above ground is the dormitory. According to the words of the two instructors, their dormitory has not been arranged yet, but it can be confirmed before 6 pm. However, this dormitory is only available for residences not in New Moore. Outsiders in Davia City, students who have houses in the area are not considered, so these have nothing to do with Priest

　　 As for the underground part, the moment he saw it, Priest was shocked.

　　 "This...this is?!"

　　 He opened his eyes wide and muttered to himself, because what appeared in front of Priest was a large underground forest!

"This is a special trial forest artificially cultivated by the college... It is said that part of the tree species comes from a certain abyssal special. What is it called? Creeping wood? Tsk, besides, it also has some characteristics of the Black Forest. There will be a lot of monsters inhabiting inside."

The leading instructor said so, and he seemed to shook his head a little dissatisfied: "These artificially cultivated monsters are still too weak to achieve any good training effects, so I will give you these new students a practical battle. Lessons are kind of useful."

　　 No, the abyss tree species and the black forest alone are scary enough, okay? You are actually in the city

To grow these things underground? !

Although Priest was shocked at the boldness of Champion Academy at first, but then he thought about it and nodded his head relievedly. After all, whether it is the Abyss Demon or the Black Forest, no evil can be no evil than the local lord, Viewer Weekly According to the news written above, his lord has been to the abyss several times, and he even almost killed a demon lord. The trees in the abyss and the black forest, his old man would be wiped out in one breath.

Today’s Master Weekly has become a universal publication all over the continent. Both civilians and mages will buy it and understand the big news of the whole world. Priest doesn’t usually like to read it, but his friend Dahl likes it very much. In order to talk about a little bit, Priest also started to look at it.

It took about three hours to visit the campus. Everyone went to the cafeteria located underground to try out the monster food of Champion Academy. Many people ate the meat of Warcraft for the first time, and they suddenly seemed to have discovered a new world. Surprisingly, the magical flesh of monsters can very well strengthen the physical fitness of combatants, and can also enhance the speed of vindictive cultivation in the future. Unlike most people who don’t care about these things, Priest will do it as soon as he has money. Occasionally buy some Warcraft meat to cook at home to lay a solid foundation for myself and my sister Britney.

　　 I don’t care, my sister’s future is more important than him. This is Priest's true thoughts.

After visiting the campus, it is time for free activities. The courses for new students will start next week. This week is the time for new students to familiarize themselves with the campus architecture. Priest originally planned to stroll around the campus. , But to his surprise, the female mentor of the two mentors found him.

　　 "Priest Omini?"

This capable woman with burn scars on her face, who calls herself Ally, squinted her eyes and looked at the other person. Her tone was flat with a hint of envy: "The second place in the comprehensive admission test... is indeed a life and death experience. His temperament is completely different from those of ordinary students."

　　 "Tutor Ellie?!"

　　Priest hurriedly stepped forward, but he knew clearly that the tutor in front of him in the academy uniform was a powerhouse with gold level strength! Alidamia, the eagle of boiling blood, was a super-class mercenary in the western mountains of the empire, and was also quite famous in the caravan guard circle~www.novelmtl.com~ The most well-known record is the use of unique **** fighting spirit, single The people wiped out a total of 112 people, the large bandit group'ogres' that had been raging in the mountains for 20 years.

　　 When she was a caravan escort, Priest had heard of the opponent's name, but she didn't know when she actually joined the Winterhold Academy and became a mentor.

　　 "Nothing, it's just that your little guy's luck is so good, it makes me a little envious."

Instructor Elli didn’t say much, she just took out her own information terminal, and then sent a secret message to Priest. After doing all this, she continued to look at Pu with a hint of envy. Rist said softly, "Listen, don't tell anyone about this... Oh, even if you say it, don't you believe it."

　　 "Anyway, in two hours, the dean wants to see you."

　　Priest, who hadn't reacted yet, subconsciously probed the secret information in the information terminal. The big characters of the ‘External Exploration Team Member Application Form’ were located below the ‘new information’.

　　 And it wasn't until Allie had left and went away without looking back, that the scarred young man reacted.

　　 "Wait for the courtyard you said... Is it?!"

　　 Halfway through the words, Priest closed his mouth quickly. He remembered Ellie's instructions, and soon after, a voice that seemed to be faintly coming from a distance rang in the man's ears.

　　 "Maybe, who knows."