Chapter 17
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As Mia hugged her hammerhead doll to sleep, Baiyi was just sitting on the floor discussing the story he had heard earlier with the rest of the Voidwalkers. That group of problematic people were all uncharacteristically silent when they were listening to Mia’s story. It was really rare for all of them to be quiet which was why they were now in high spirits exchanging their thoughts on this matter.
“Based on Mia’s description, I can tell that Tisdale must be a student from the Golden Rose class. That class is the equivalent to an elite class only for outstanding students. The teaching method differs as well from the normal class. The teachers will specifically design lessons based on each of the students innate aptitude as well as their specialities. For the most part, the students in this class are allowed more freedom compared to the ordinary students,” the Apprentice explained.
“There are a total of 7 classes that are similar to this class. All 7 of them are named based on flowers and plants. The students of these classes will each have an emblem on their collar showing the classes that they belong to,” he continued.
Baiyi was quickly reminded of that elegant beauty that he encountered by the lake. That girl also had an outstanding appearance, gracefulness, a head of long golden hair and a golden rose pinned on her collar.
Baiyi tamped down his suspicion, he decided not to tell the rest of the Voidwalkers as he continued listening to their discussion.
“So, does this mean that all we have to do is to find a way to get Mia into that exclusive class? Erm…… but will it matter if the grade is different?” another Walker queried.
“Grade does not matter at all in this Golden Rose class. There’s no segregation based on grade in all of these elite classes. Students that are of different grades will study together until they graduate. They will be grouped together in numbered batches when they graduate for example, the third batch or the fourth batch, ” the Apprentice answered again.
“Well, its just a small matter if we want to enroll Mia-chan in that class. I don’t think it would be hard at all. Apprentice, you know the current president of the Celestial Fortress Academy don’t you? Was he one of your students or something? Wouldn’t it be easy for us to just go find him and ask him to place Mia in that class?” the Walker, who also had the nickname the Charlatan, said.
Annoyed, Baiyi could not help but said,
The rest of the Walkers were protesting one after another as well. Despite the fact that they were of different backgrounds with different opinions or the fact that their minds were horribly twisted by Earths cultures, they still retained their sense of pride and dignity as a supernatural being. By all means, such an underhanded tactic would not gain their approval at all.
Without wasting another moment, the Charlatan immediately got banned from speaking any further as everyone else continued their discussion.
“Taking Mia’s innate aptitude into account, even if Sir Hope is by her side, the probability of her entering the Golden Rose Class directly is practically zero. The only possible way is to make sure she placed first in the upcoming academy test that is going to take place in another two months time. This is also a plausible method for her to enter the Golden Rose Class,” the Apprentice suggested.
Baiyi thought confidently.
“It’s not as easy as you think! Yes, the end-of-term written test is easy. Anyone could get full mark as long as they pay more attention during class. The main problem here lies in the practical test, also known as the actual combat test. This is the main way used to differentiate the ranking among the students. Our Celestial Fortress Academy is not a school that focuses solely on theory, instead, we place great emphasis on the combination of both theory and practicality,” The Apprentice corrected Baiyi’s thought immediately.
“Well, of course! The Mana Course students will battle among themselves and the Physics students will undergo the same thing too! It’s simple and violent but it is an effective method,” the Apprentice claimed.
Baiyi challenged.
“Erm not really, not to that extent. The Soul Armature Course and the Mana Course are actually two parallel courses. A sorcerer can be a Soul Armature Practitioner at the same time and it will not contradict each other. When that time comes, of course Mia will be the one going into the ring to battle it out herself,” the Apprentice stated.
As a result, after listening to his words, many Walkers could not help but interject, “Ahhh…… now this is a little tricky.” Even Baiyi had the same thoughts.
It was not because Mias innate capabilities is at the Intermediate Level. Since she was only a sophomore student, there would not be a huge difference between her and her opponent because there was no doubt that her opponent would be a sophomore as well. The tricky part was that Mia had no magical tools at all. And that was where the main problem lay.
When two sorcerers are locked in a battle, it is very unlikely for them to have a huge gap when it comes to their innate capabilities, so the main factor that would decide one’s victory or defeat lay in one’s Mana and body gear as well as magical tools such as scrolls and potions. For two Intermediate Sorcerers, the gap between the Mana could be disregarded since both of them would possess more or less the same amount of Mana anyway.
That was why magical tools would be the determining factor in victory or defeat. It would be too easy for an Intermediate Level student that was equipped in full gear to inflict damage on Mia but how about the other way around? Erm…… all she had was just a hammerhead doll…… and what else? A basket -? What use were they?
Baiyi announced directly without mincing his words.
“I left behind a treasure vault that could feed a whole country. It contained an inexhaustible supply of treasures,” the Archmage offered.
“When I sensed that I was about to be sacrificed, I decided to give away all my belongings to the Church……” the Paladin interjected suddenly.
“I have countless of weapons in my vault. There’s even the Commander’s Horn that could command the Abyss’ Devil Battalion,” the Devil responded helpfully.
“I have left behind an innumerous number of underground cellar in order to escape from humans. Although I can’t say I have much money inside but I do have a vast amount of raw ingredients of the Undead element. If you use that to exchange for money, the amount that you’d get would probably allow you to buy a small country,” the Lich claimed out of nowhere.
The rest of the Walkers offered up their fortunes one by one. It turned out that almost every one of them had left behind some sort of hidden treasures or legacy.
Unable to restrain himself, Baiyi jeered.
Instead, this group of hamsters became defensive and retorted back, “You as an Earthling should know better than us the importance of having a saving. We don’t have banks here, nor do we have credit cards! What else were we supposed to do?”
They did have a point there. But still, they were still left with one problem. Most of the vaults they had were either too old to trace back or situated in a miniature private realm where there was absolutely no way for Baiyi to enter.
In the end, it was the Walker, with nickname the Caveman, who came up with the most practical suggestion, “Well, I used to have a cave that I dug out in the mountain. In the cave, there is an abundance of preserved meat and carcasses of the animals that I have hunted.”
As expected from the person who was given the nickname Huskar the Sacred Warrior (T/N: in reference to DOTA 2)! As one of the most lethal Strength Heroes, there was no doubt that his collection would be impressive as well.
“No, not at all! There are many dragons living near that mountain so usually nobody would go near it. Whoever wants to steal my collection would have to beat my giant lizard first,” the Caveman smirked proudly.
It looked like none of their treasure would come in handy after all……
Baiyi announced to the rest.
“No doubt! With the knowledge that I have, money is just a number,” a Walker with the title the Alchemist responded. In fact, he was not at all bragging. Yeah! That’s true! With the nickname God’s Right-Hand (T/N: in reference to God’s Left Hand, Devil’s Right Hand), he’s basically a walking money printing machine.
“Please don’t use a nickname from a movie for me. I find it pretty weird to be honest. You might as well call me God’s Alchemist! I think I’m quite worthy of that title actually,” the Alchemist responded.
“Errr…… I…… I’m sorry…… I was too hasty with my words,” the Alchemist cried as he fled covering his face.
Baiyi said.
As expected, the suggestions he received were all absurd.
“Robbery!”
“Swindling!”
“Theft!”
“Blackmailing!”
“Crowdfunding!”
“Writing web novel!”
“Bank loan!”
“Get a sugar daddy!”
Oh I just love these Voidwalkers more and more! The absurd things that they could always come up with…… I guess being stuck in the dark Void must have damaged their brains a lot! AND ONE MORE THING! I wanna FNMDX the Author! Did you know how long I spent to find for the meaning of this ‘FNMDX’?? Urghhhhh!! Why can’t you at least leave a footnote, Mr. Author? *wailssss*