Time flew, and two years had passed.
Two years, which was more than 700 natural days on the Sorcerer Continent, was enough for a lot of things to happen to the new students of the Black Isotta Academy.
Grimm silently picked up a broom and carefully swept every corner of the library. This was a part-time job that Grimm had found through the Death Sail League. Every month, he would get two sorcerer's stones as payment.
Don't underestimate this part-time job. Countless people had fought for it, but in the end, Lafite had helped Grimm get it through the Death Sail League.
Four sorcerer's stones a month. Logically speaking, during the three-year protection period, a newcomer like Grimm, who was not bad in terms of aptitude and intelligence, should have been enough to become a magic apprentice. But …
"Am I wrong?"
Grimm frowned, feeling very bad.
In these two years, Grimm had only learned one spell, which was the preliminary modification of canine's nose.
Originally, Glenn had already completed this sorcery half a year after entering the academy. According to the normal way of a newcomer, he should have been constantly meditating and making the best use of his time to obtain Magic Stones to learn new sorcery. With Glenn's monthly income of four Magic Stones, it should have been very easy for him to lead the majority of newcomers.
But!
Back then, Grimm did not want to just follow the steps of the spell book and be done with it. Instead, he wanted to research the profound principles and analyze the true meaning behind it. Thus, he wasted precious time.
For example, after two years of research on canine's nose, Grimm obtained an ambiguous piece of knowledge: why was the modification of canine's nose not a bloodline spell?
But what was the use of this?
Could it be that this so-called knowledge could make Glenn strong enough to pass the trial a year later?
Give me endless knowledge, and I will use myself as a fulcrum to move the endless world.
Is knowledge really that important?
Am I wrong?
Grimm could not be blamed for becoming more and more confused. It was all because the three-year protection period was about to end. At that time, the horrifying trial of the academy would begin, and after that, there would be mandatory missions that happened once every two years.
Through the previous batch of sorcerer-apprentices, Grimm knew that the so-called trial examination was actually a life and death training for the academy to select qualified new students.
During the trial period, the death rate of those who did not master three spells to become a sorcerer-apprentice was more than 90%. Even for sorcerer-apprentices, the death rate was also around 40%.
Due to its cruelty, the trial examination was called the Bloody Millstone by the older generation of sorcerer-apprentices.
In the past, the "Canine Olfactory Remodeling and Scent Mapping" was Grimm's hope for the Sorcerer World. It was his advantage over ordinary sorcerer-apprentices, but now …
"No! Ah … "
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from the library. Grimm was startled and quickly ran towards the source of the scream.
At this time, there were already four or five people surrounding him, but they just stood there woodenly, not caring about the person who was desperately rolling on the ground.
Grimm stepped forward and his pupils shrank. "Lin Kuang!"
This female sorcerer-apprentice who was desperately rolling on the ground was called Lin Kuang. She was one of the first batch of sorcerer-apprentices among this batch of new students, and she was very famous.
Moreover, because of her beauty, there were many male sorcerer-apprentices who secretly admired her.
However, this Lin Kuang had a "shortcoming", and that was that she refused to cultivate symbiotic insects.
This was very easy to understand. After all, from the perspective of an ordinary person, it was absolutely a terrible thing to have a body full of messy insects crawling on it. Even Grimm used to be quite opposed to this matter.
The so-called symbiotic insects were the initial use of sorcerers' soul power. They distributed their own power to certain insects with special functions, and then as the insects continued to eat the blood of powerful creatures, they would evolve.
Although symbiotic insects also had a considerable ability to defend against enemies, their basic function was to increase sorcerers' resistance to curses, witchcraft, and illusions.
Grimm looked at Lin Kuang who was wailing in pain and sighed. Another sorcerer-apprentice was about to die a painful death here.
In the past two years, Grimm had seen too many people who died because of curses. This was also one of the methods of killing in the academy that was the easiest to track down by the law enforcement team.
Even Grimm had some evil thoughts in his heart, guessing how Lin Kuang died. Was it because countless carnivorous insects crawled out of her body and gnawed her into a skeleton? Or was it because her blood had dried up and solidified, and she had suffocated to death?
Or was it simply like the guy from last time, where her physiological functions were exhausted in an instant and she became a dried corpse?
The mournful screams became more and more tragic, and Grimm's sharp senses picked up a burning smell.
Lin Kuang, who had dark red skin, finally fell down powerlessly. At the same time, her body shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the bones that made up her body had completely melted and lost her support.
After a moment, Lin Kuang gradually turned into ashes from the inside out, but the clothes she wore were still intact and spread out on the ground. It seemed that Lin Kuang's body was taken away by an unknown force, and the scene was extremely strange.
"A self-immolating curse, quite a high-level curse …"
A sorcerer-apprentice in front of Glenn muttered to himself. Soon after, he acted as if nothing had happened and left. These past few years, he had seen too many newcomers killed by curses. He had long since become accustomed to such occurrences.
Generally speaking, during the first three years of a new student's life, the academy would have the most "accidental" deaths.
Grimm felt a chill run down his spine, even though he had seen such a scene many times. He did not know when he would end up like her.
Of course, there was a condition to being cursed, and that was that the sorcerer's body information had been stolen by someone else.
The so-called body information could very well be a drop of blood, a fingernail, or even a strand of hair.
Legend had it that the highest level of Curse Masters could even indirectly obtain some weak body passwords from objects that others had come into contact with.
At night, the Death Sail League gathered.
The former ruling structure of the five spellcasters was long gone. Now, the league was ruled by twelve league elders.
Of the former five spellcasters, except for the fireball spellcaster and the puppet spellcaster who "accidentally" died and did not become league elders, the other three spellcasters all became league elders. The other nine spellcasters caught up later and became league elders.
Lafite, Chris, Anna, Robinson, and Grimm were still sitting together.
Although the five of them were still friends, Glenn felt an inexplicable sense of sadness.
Chris said in a low voice, "Grimm, Lafite took us to the Bramble Forest last week. It was dangerous, but almost everyone got seven magic stones. What do you think? Do you want to come this time?"
Grimm pretended not to care and said in a low voice, "Forget it. You know I'm useless right now. Not only will I not help you, but I'll also be a burden. Even … "
Grimm glanced at Anna. "Even now, your sister is much stronger than me."
Glenn knew that Nina York had learned three sorcery spells and became a sorcerer's apprentice. Moreover, all three sorcery spells were auxiliary sorcery spells that would be of great help to Chris.
When the two of them worked together, they could even beat some of the league's elder-level apprentices!
"Grimm, don't force yourself! You'll form a vicious cycle if you continue like this. Do you want to be mediocre for the rest of your life? "
Lafite finally could not hold it in anymore. He looked into Grimm's eyes and said anxiously. His concern was self-evident.
Everyone knew that in a year, there would be a cruel test. Almost no one in the Death Sail League had any hope of getting lucky. They all wanted to improve their strength as much as possible.
"I …"
As Grimm was hesitating, a voice interrupted Grimm.
It was a bearded wizard apprentice named Amiida. He was one of the twelve elders of the Death Sail League and one of Lafite's loyal admirers. He was very talented in sorcery.
Amiida said, "Don't say anymore. When you think you're helping a friend, don't you think about his pride? You look generous, but how is that different from charity? "
Amiida turned to Grimm with a sincere smile. "It's okay. You're Lafite's friend, which means you're my friend. No matter how weak you are, neither I nor the league will abandon you."
"Yes, yes, brother Grimm. If you're in trouble, call me. I … I'll do my best to help you," Anna said timidly.
Seeing everyone's sincerity, Grimm tried to maintain a "grateful" smile. It seemed that this was the only way to show his happiness and appreciation for what they had done for him.
However, Grimm felt a stabbing pain in his heart, as if someone was stabbing the weakest part of Grimm's heart with a knife.
Yes, Zeng Jing's friends all looked at him from the perspective of a winner and helped him.
But now, Amiida, who used to look up to Grimm from some corner of the Death Sail League, understood Grimm's feelings, felt Grimm's pain, and took care of Grimm's thoughts with the generosity and generosity of a winner.
All of this deeply hurt Grimm's heart.
One of the twelve elders on the platform announced the internal information of the league in a loud voice.
"Now, our Death Sail League ranks fifth among all the apprentice organizations in the Black Isotta Academy. The top four organizations are all inherited by the older generation of apprentices. Therefore, I congratulate the league on its impressive achievements."
"Now, our Death Sail League has two hundred and seventeen official members. Among them, two hundred and five are official apprentices, and seventeen apprentices have been recognized by the great wizard and have become his apprentices. We congratulate those who have been recognized by the great wizard and encourage the newcomers who are still at the stage of enlightenment. I hope we can all work together to make the league flourish! "
Amiida smiled and kept waving at the people who congratulated him. He was one of the seventeen apprentices who had been recognized by the great wizard.
Grimm, on the other hand, lowered his head and looked around quietly. Occasionally, people who knew Grimm would encourage him and say things like they believed that Grimm would definitely become an apprentice. Grimm felt like a knife was being twisted in his heart, but he had to keep smiling.
Grimm kept asking himself in his heart, "Was I really wrong?"
After the meeting, only Robinson and Grimm were left on the road. For a long time, Robinson was silent.
"Bah! Who does Amiida think he is? How dare he say that Lafite is your friend, so he is your friend. As if we should suck up to him. He also said that he won't give up on you, and neither will the league. Does he think he represents the league? "
Robinson roared angrily.
"When the five spellcasters founded the Death Sail League, you were there. You were one of the original members. He is at most a second-generation member. Now, as a senior member of the league, he dares to say such things to you. Bah …"
Finally, Robinson, who had been silent all this time, exploded.
"That bastard thinks that you and Lafite are just friends? He doesn't know how you saved Lafite during the sea monster attack. He also doesn't know that Lafite's relationship with us is incomparable to his hospitality in the past few months … "
Grimm stared at his friend, the one whom Grimm had complained about for being too long-winded.
But now, Grimm's eyes were wet. "Thank you, Robinson. I need some time alone."
Grimm turned around to hide his weakness.
Robinson didn't say anything. He patted Grimm's shoulder and left.
Grimm walked alone in silence, recalling everything that had happened in the past two years.
When he first came to the Black Isotta Academy, he thought that he had discovered some big secret and devoted himself to the so-called "knowledge". Now, he had fallen into such a miserable state.
Before he knew it, Grimm had arrived at the tunnel entrance of the Black Isotta Mountains. In that quiet and remote corner, a weathered and worn boulder stood there, unwavering despite the erosion of time.
Grimm raised his head and looked at the boulder that had changed his attitude toward fate. He didn't know what to feel, but he read it again in silence.
"Give me endless knowledge, and I will use myself as a fulcrum to move the endless world."
He smiled in despair. At this moment, Grimm suddenly felt that he was naive and ignorant. It was just a bold statement from an ancient wizard, but he was bewitched and even gambled with his life.
If he had been like those apprentices and tried his best to learn one spell after another, regardless of the bullsh * t knowledge and principles, he would have become an apprentice or even an elder of the league by now.
The Ancient Sorcerer who uttered such lofty words must have been a powerful being who stood at the top of the world. However, what could he be compared to?
He actually wanted to foolishly imitate the ancient sages?
As if in despair, Grimm wanted to leave silently. However, as Grimm looked at the boulder one last time, he seemed to have felt something and his body suddenly trembled.
"Give me endless knowledge, and I will use myself as a fulcrum to move the endless world … Move the endless world, but who will give me endless knowledge as a lever? Knowledge is hard to come by … "
At this moment, Grimm felt that this seemingly bold statement was filled with a deep sense of helplessness. It was as if the ancient wizard hated himself for not being able to obtain more knowledge. The path of obtaining knowledge was always filled with countless thorns, bumps, and difficulties. It even made people feel hopeless and powerless, and they wanted to give up.
A feeling of sorrow began to spread in Grimm's will, as if he was feeling the pain of the great wizard.
He stood there quietly, motionless.
After an unknown amount of time, Grimm suddenly raised his head and walked towards his house with large strides.
At this moment, Grimm seemed to have been reborn. An unwavering belief was born in Grimm's body. The path and truth that he had chosen must be persisted to the end. Otherwise, what difference would there be between him and a living dead person who drifted with the tide!
This was a path of pursuing knowledge and truth and never giving up.
Even if this path was filled with despair and death, endless loneliness, and endless difficulties, Grimm was not willing to always walk in the footsteps of others.
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