Half an hour later.
Inside the quest hall of the Elgrim Academy.
Freya took a small piece of magic stone handed over in the window and put it away in her grey robe.
''The magic stones in my hand now plus the one attached by Rand already have thirty-two pieces, there are still seven or eight pieces left before I can even purchase the course of the Enchantment Department together with the spell models, however, wanting to be promoted to a third class apprentice however is not something that can be directly promoted by completely mastering the two spell models, it also has to include a large amount of accumulation of basic knowledge combined with the enhancement of the mental physique, and these things are also not something that can be These things can't be achieved in one go, but during this period of time we still need to get all the medicines needed to increase the perception of energy particles for the promotion of a third class apprentice.''
Freya stood in the mission hall and scanned the mission boards in the distance.
There were a lot of quests on it, a mishmash of everything, and the most numerous of them were quests about hunting.
The Elgrim region belonged to a place where wars often occurred, and there were all kinds of conflicts everywhere, some were personal, some were between organisations, and some were even between races.
The hunting quests inside this quest hall were not limited to Elgrim's quests, other forces that had relations with Elgrim would usually pay a certain fee and put up their quests for the apprentices in the academy or the official sorcerer's door to choose from.
However, Freya only looked at it before withdrawing her eyes.
Although many of these hunting quests paid well, there were too few for her.
Even though she was on the verge of reaching the realm of a Grand Knight and had mastered the 'Wind of Lightness' as an aid, it was ultimately not enough here.
The dangerous level of the task is often linked to the strength of the receiver, and many of the tasks here belong to the third-class apprentices can only accept, which is the second-class apprentice Freya not to say that can not be picked up, that is, there is no restriction on the number of level of the task, but also accompanied by the existence of a more dangerous than other tasks.
Before she received the hunting mission also because of good luck happened to be the danger level is the lowest second-class apprentice can also pick up the task, and in the conceit of having the ability to complete before she picked up.
And now on the display of the quest cards. Either they were high-risk quests with unlimited number of people and levels, or they were just some low-cost picking herbs or cleaning up the experimental gardens, which were low-paying not to mention the fact that they were also super time-consuming. It was also super time consuming.
''Or else go down to the library now? Although she had already finished reading about the Energy Stance Conversion knowledge that was the basis of the defence spells, it would be good to consolidate it, but it's still a bit of a waste of time...''
Just as she was hesitating, she suddenly remembered the employment message in her summoning ring on her way here.
The general employment tasks were all miscellaneous tasks, although the pay was a bit higher than that on the task card, but it was not much higher. However, there were also special high-paying employment tasks. However, most of them required apprentices with solid basic knowledge, and were recruited by the official wizards who issued the quests personally.
"I wonder if the one who hired me would be such a quest? Never mind, let's go and see what luck we can try."
She paused. Then walked towards a room on the left side of the hall, which was a special room for processing hire quests, and from which the message in the summoning ring had been transmitted earlier.
The door to the room was left open, and one could vaguely see several figures walking around inside.
Freya just walked into the room, the faint smell of blood on her body immediately attracted the attention of several apprentices inside the room, most of these apprentices are second class or first class apprentices, themselves are peaceful people who take some security tasks to do. Although the smell of blood on Freya's body was very, very faint, it was quite sensitive to these people.
However, they also only looked at Freya slightly before quickly turning their heads to look once again at the quest board at the very back of this room labelled with the recruitment information for full-fledged wizards, no longer paying any attention to her.
Freya also did not care about this, and directly walked to the very front of the task board, and the several apprentices in front of her also consciously made an empty space. For a better view.
The recruitment information on the task board was also graded. Soon enough Freya found her name in the middle.
Laboratory cleaning task: go to the Botany Department's experimental garden to clean up the work between two and four in the afternoon every day, level requirement: first class apprentice. Botany Department tutor Anna. P.S. Positive Energy Department apprentices with experience in cleaning work are preferred, two magic stones a month.
Because of that Mentor Anna's request at the end, Freya, who was in the Positive Energy Department, had the priority to be hired, that was why the summoning ring initiated a message to her.
'Sure enough, it's just a general cleaning job, although the reward of two magic stones a month is a bit more than other cleaning tasks, but a chores task is a chores task...' Frya shook her head slightly, and didn't have any disappointment because of some preparation in her heart.
Just when she decided to go to the academy library after all, the employment quest board that had been stagnant suddenly flashed and a new employment quest appeared on it.
The quest had just appeared causing a slight commotion among the few apprentices in the room who were watching.
Freya turned her head back and scanned the newly appeared task, and her eyes instantly shrunk.
Experiment assistant task: Hire three apprentices to act as experiment assistants, no time limit, on call. Location: Necromancy Department No. 3 Exclusive Laboratory, Employer: Instructor Leander. Required Level: Second Class Apprentice. Attachment: solid basic knowledge, those who can accurately identify experimental artefacts and ordinary experimental materials are preferred, one magic stone for every forty-eight hours of work, time can be accumulated.
"One magic stone for forty-eight hours, this isn't real, is it??" A second-class apprentice's eyes stared straight at those last few sentences, clearly moved.
"But it's a Necromancy Department's Hire Quest, what a pity." Another apprentice was clearly not swept away by the numbers at the end, but instead lamented.
The Necromancy Department was a branch of the Negative Energy Department and one of the most powerful departments in terms of spell power, with the main subjects of study being Anatomy, Negative Energy Alteration, and Biological Alteration.
For the basics of the primary anatomy of this department Freya also knew about it, and could also imagine the bloody contents of the labs of the Necromancy department.
However, compared to these outward appearances, and other departments of the family, the experimental projects of the Necromancy Department were the most prone to being contaminated with too many negative energy particles, and could be very troublesome if they were not cleaned up in a timely manner or adequately prepared for.
"What's there to be afraid of, as long as we pay more attention won't we be fine?" The previous apprentice seemed to be determined to go, and directly stretched out his summoning ring and attached his spiritual power to report his full name behind the mission.
"You're not afraid of negative energy particles affecting your physique. In the future, you might not be able to release any spells other than those of the Necromancy system even if you have the knowledge." The other one, who seemed to be his companion, kindly advised.
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"Alas, it's not like I'm backed by a big family...it's not like you don't know my family's current situation. I can only hope that I will become a full-fledged sorcerer to rescue it, even if I become a single Necromantic lineage sorcerer, it doesn't matter..."
Hearing his words, the apprentice who had spoken froze, then patted his shoulder without doing anything more to dissuade him.
On the other hand, Freya, who stood at the side silently listening to the dialogue between the two, but also looked at that task and frowned slightly.
She had also heard something about this situation in the Necromancy Department. However. Compared to other departments, as a Positive Energy Department, her resistance to the Necromancy Department's difficult Negative Energy was much better.
Moreover, she was also a bit impressed by the reward mentioned at the back.
The magic stones she lacked now were only about seven or eight, and the current situation of the hunting missions outside could not be counted on. As of now, this particular employment was the fastest way to get magic stones.
''Although the negative energy particles of the Necromancy system are difficult to deal with, it's not without a way to resist them, as far as I know, some experimental sunlight powder can partially isolate the radiation of this kind of energy, coupled with the positive energy particles of one's own body as a cushion, one can almost be able to handle this task.''
Thinking a little about the feasibility of this approach. She then extended her summoning ring as well.
After declining that previous clearing mission, while leaving her name behind that mission board as well.
However, although she had already signed up, she still needed to go through a test to see if she would be hired specifically, and all she did in the meantime was wait.
And thinking that there shouldn't be too many apprentices taken on by the Necromancy Department's Experimental Assistant task, there was a high chance that she would be hired on.
After doing this. She then directly left the quest hall without stopping here.
After leaving the quest area. Freya then went to the trading area to purchase some sunlight powder and some other necessities before returning to her room.
The light in the room was somewhat gloomy. Freya pulled the curtains back and opened the window to let in some air inside.
She hadn't returned here for two days in order to chase that carrion-eating beast, and the air was all a bit dull.
At this moment, the room was still decorated as it was when she left.
Neatly folded bedding, two spare cross swords to replace them hung nearby, and on the desk were a few books on the basics borrowed from the library.
The room was simple, but it held an inexplicable sense of belonging for Freya.
It was as if it was only here that she didn't need to think about so many things.
After relaxing a little and placing her purchases on the floor, Freya stripped off the apprentice grey robes she was wearing and took a cool shower to change into something comfortable and loose fitting.
She then walked over to her desk and took out a book she hadn't yet flipped through and read it carefully.
Her current mental power could already meditate seventeen runes, and according to the hints in the meditation manual, if she could meditate up to twenty-five runes and master at least two level zero spells, she could be promoted to a third-class apprentice.
And mastering spells not only required a large amount of knowledge as a base building block model, it also required the body to meet certain requirements under the radiation of energy particles.
These several conditions are indispensable.
The essence of a sorcerer is to pursue truth, evolve and break through the level of existence of one's own life.
It is said that as long as you are promoted to an official sorcerer, your lifespan will reach a qualitative change, not only in the body but also in the soul.
The third class apprentice was the level closest to the realm of a full-fledged sorcerer.
Although the requirements mentioned in the meditation manual seemed very simple, it was not easy to meet all of them.
Moreover, recently, although Freya had been maintaining the state of daily meditation, she always felt that her spiritual power had a sense of slow stagnation, so that the progress of guiding the energy particles to radiate her body was also slowed down.
This particular anomaly, which Freya was actually aware of, was something that belonged to her own qualification limitations manifested by her sluggish perception of energy particles.
With her level three qualifications, she had only encountered this phenomenon after meditating up to seventeen runes, which was still a relatively good thing.
As far as she knew, Lillian herself was a second grade qualification, but she had stagnated when she first entered the second grade apprenticeship, and even if she used some special medicines to strengthen her perception, the effect was still not very obvious, so much so that Lillian often used the medicines to create a considerable amount of resistance.
And although Freya had only entered this state now, because of the scarcity of magic stones, she herself hadn't used drugs even once, and both her spirit and body were in the purest state.
But in order to be promoted to a third class apprentice one would have to use drugs to raise their perception, a path that had to be taken because of the limitations of their qualifications.
Although she was already desperately saving magic stones now, it was still too little compared to other apprentices with backgrounds.
It was recognised information that if one did not become a wizard by the age of eighteen, the chances of becoming a wizard afterwards would be very slim, and although Freya did not understand the significance of it either, it did not stop her from knowing that time was running out.
That was why she went out of her way to find a way to obtain magic stones, and the Necromancy Department's Experimental Assistant mission was one of them.
Three days later.
The Necromancy Department's exclusive experimental room.
There was an inexplicable pungent smell in the dimly lit laboratory corridor, somewhat like disinfectant water mixed with the smell of fish.
A middle-aged man in black robes walked in this corridor with about ten people, heading in the direction of the third private lab.
These people behind him, wearing grey apprentice robes, were both male and female, but they all had childish and very young faces.
Freya, who was walking in the middle, swept a glance at the surrounding apprentices who had come together with a stoic expression on her face.
Originally, she thought that there would not be more than six who had taken up the task, but she did not expect that there would actually be so many, perhaps she had somewhat underestimated the desire of the magic stone for these people.
Among these people, through the faint energy aura surrounding her body, she could vaguely identify the approximate lineage of them, about seven of the negative energy lineage, two of the summoning lineage, while she was the only apprentice of the positive energy lineage.
Although there were ten people here including Freya, there were only three required for the mission.
Perhaps what was originally required to be assessed would be made significantly more difficult as a result, which was something no one wanted.
''I wonder, who will be the ones who stay?'' Freya frowned slightly, speculating in her heart.
Soon, under the leadership of that black-robed middle-aged man, the crowd reached the front of the third lab, and he turned back to make arrangements.
"You guys wait here, I'll go inform tutor Leander, in a moment you guys will come in one by one to accept the test, those who fail the test will leave directly, those who pass will stay, got it?"