Looking at the carcass of the tapir, Lin turned it into a brick as he had done in the past. However, although the brick wasn't small, there wasn't much that could be used. Most of the tapir's authority would still overflow and return to nothingness outside the dream.
It wasn't that the overflow couldn't be intercepted. However, doing so was equivalent to accepting everything about the tapir, whether good or bad, into the Magic Tower. Doing so might increase the efficiency of the completion of the Magic Tower by a lot. However, it was seeping sand into the most vital part of his body.
Marco Lin wasn't the kind of person who would seek death for the sake of speed. So, the choice was already very obvious. However, he looked back at the second floor of the Magic Tower in the dream. If a young tapir could use the part, it would only be a little bigger than the palm of his hand. Then, how many nightmare creatures were left behind by the semi-circular wall on the second floor?
The three of them were speechless. Lin simply left the dream and continued his previous distress.
In the middle of spring, the first faculty meeting of the month was held in the dean's office on the third floor. The faculty meeting was usually held once a week. If there was no special reason, it would be every Tuesday night, which was a rare free time after the apprentices finished their dinner.
Basically, this time was for the group of children to do things such as bathing, washing, and cleaning. Due to the limited facilities, they had to take turns. Those who didn't have a turn could do some personal things, such as writing letters to home, but most people used it to review and prepare lessons.
The faculty members used this time to gather and explain to each other the situations or difficulties they encountered during this time, whether there was a solution, or what kind of help they needed. In addition to a few mages and archmages, the dormitory head, Madam Durie, and the warrior instructor, John Goodman, were also present at this meeting.
However, the first faculty meeting of every month had a special meaning, which was the day of payday. At the same time, Lin would also announce the financial income and expenditure of the previous month.
At first, some of the mages who had just joined would nibble at the account book with great interest, but this kind of thing wouldn't last for two months. Only the archmage, Juan Javier, was more interested in the double-entry accounting format, but not the content.
Marco Lin had an open attitude towards the account books, and it was the same for the treasury that was linked to the academy's funds. Regarding the sponsors and internal members of the academy, if they wanted to check the accounts and check the funds, a certain someone's attitude was welcoming. However, Lin would only take out the account book or open the vault for everyone to inspect under the two prerequisites of a "prior agreement" and "public knowledge". He didn't care about any secret audit.
Of course, there was still a difference between magicians and non-magicians. However, Great Mages were the same as other Mages. They didn't get much money. "It's because the academy's teaching doesn't require a Great Magician. If you insist on coming to join in the fun, then please bear with it."
This time, other than the original Magicians who received a fixed salary, the four Magicians from the Union Kingdom also received their own salaries. Seeing this, they all looked quite surprised. The old Magician in the lead, Rocktosh, asked warily, "Sir Tripwood, is there a mistake in giving us this salary?"
There was a similar saying in the Mystic Land: "One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions." As Magicians sent by the government, if they accepted money without a valid reason, their loyalty would be questioned when they returned to their own countries. Most people who were willing to become court Magicians naturally had their own values and goals. They were not on the same page as Lin.
Although Lin didn't fully understand their concerns, he could roughly guess the situation. Therefore, he explained, "I know you're here to learn about the education system under the orders of the King of Reunion, His Majesty Gruber I. I've collected a lot of tuition fees from the King and agreed to teach you well. "
"That's right. We know all of this. "
"But you did put in a lot of effort last month to teach those apprentices according to the curriculum plan. Our salary here is on a backend basis, which means the money you're receiving now belongs to last month's salary. This is also why you could only look at other people's salaries at last month's faculty meeting. As long as you've put in a lot of effort, you're entitled to this money. It has nothing to do with my deal with His Majesty. "
This was a reasonable reason. Therefore, the four Magicians reservedly declined and accepted the Kiel that was the result of their hard work. However, Juan Javier had a different opinion. He said, "Old Guy, let's discuss this. My apprentice has also helped the school a lot. Shouldn't you give her a salary? Or you can give her a little less in the name of my assistant. "
If someone else had brought up this issue, Lin might have discussed it with them. After all, back on Earth, there were all kinds of assistant fees, teaching assistants, postgraduate students, and so on. It wasn't a difficult title. However, Lin rejected a certain Great Magician who didn't have any moral integrity.
Someone who established the school education system in the Mystic Land didn't want the phrase "Secretary beep if something happens, secretary beep if nothing happens" to appear in the school. Even if it was a muted version.
After spending more than a year with this Great Magician, Lin could be considered to be familiar with his face. The few of them who were close in age would, of course, joke about all kinds of meat and vegetables. Nothing was taboo. Regardless of strength, in Lin's opinion, this guy was just a playboy, and a tall, rich, handsome, and single noble.
He would probably continue to play like this until the one who could restrain his nature appeared, and then one day die of gonorrhea or syphilis. STDs also existed in the Mystic Land, and unfortunately, this was a disease that couldn't be cured by divine spells. The gods could only replenish the patient's vitality and pray that one day the patient could produce antibodies to resist the disease.
In short, Lin felt sorry for Anmarie, Juan Javier's apprentice. To be this guy's apprentice was really eight lifetimes of bad luck.
Not to mention whether it was out of love or with the idea of "parents seeing their children's red packets" to help his apprentice get a salary, it wasn't the first time Juan had made such a request. Of course, it wasn't the first time Lin had shot someone, and he believed it wouldn't be the last.
They also reviewed the gains and losses of the previous week and discussed the arrangements for the next week. One thing was also placed in front of everyone, and that was that an apprentice had applied for the combat course. Because it was a matter that had been brought up long ago, what everyone needed to discuss was what mission to accept and how to arrange the accompanying protectors. Of course, the main point of discussion was whether the apprentice who applied was capable enough to participate in combat.
Because there was no precedent for the academy to arrange for the apprentices to participate in the missions, and it wasn't clear how to arrange the relevant matters, so for the time being, Lin himself was in charge. From the west tower that managed the apprentices, the north tower that managed the Mages, and the missions provided by the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary's Guild on the forum, he chose some missions that weren't very difficult and didn't require a long journey.
The targets were all goblins.
Facing such opponents, the Mages didn't hide their disdain at all. Eli Huber, who was grumbling, even asked, "Why are they all picking missions related to goblins?"
"Isn't it good to fight goblins?" Lin retorted, "It's the planting season now. If we allow the goblins to cause trouble and delay the farming season, it's very likely that the whole family will starve to death or freeze to death. Besides, if you think it's troublesome, it's nothing more than these little green-skinned fellows being crafty and crafty. It's very difficult to crush them with strength. "
Everyone chuckled a few times, their meaning couldn't be more obvious. However, Marco Lin didn't give up on persuading everyone, saying, "In my opinion, goblins are crafty and know how to use weapons, especially traps. They'll be good targets for training. Most importantly, they're far inferior to Mages and even Mage Apprentices. So as long as we're careful, safety shouldn't be a problem. "
If one looked at things from a different perspective, one would sometimes have different thoughts.
For example, if the apprentices were to fight goblins, the instinctive reaction of most Mages would be that it was very troublesome and the reward wasn't much, so they didn't want to do it. However, if one were to look at it from the perspective of the apprentices, they would find the goblins to be a very challenging target, and their strength was completely inferior.
For the apprentices, if they could deal with the goblins smoothly, as long as they didn't find opponents or magical beasts that were too much stronger than them, it shouldn't be a big problem. The premise was that they could really take charge of things on their own.
It wasn't like a certain someone had never been brought out to do things. Basically, as long as someone was familiar with the way, the others would be happy and relaxed, and would follow the leader's actions without thinking. Under such circumstances, other than killing, there wouldn't be any other experience.
If this group of apprentices became official Mages in the future and left the academy to be independent, they would think that it would be easy to deal with these uncivilized green-skinned little bastards, just like when they were in the academy, and let their guard down. In the end, they would lose their inexperienced lives, and that would be the academy's sin.
In order to prevent such a situation from happening, this group of Mages, together with John Goodman, started to evaluate various possibilities for the apprentices participating in the actual combat, and came up with solutions to deal with all kinds of emergencies.
The last topic of discussion was about the application for the actual combat course. The original intention was to let the Second Circle apprentices spend more time in areas other than the Third Circle apprentices.
But now it seemed that some apprentices who had only passed the First Circle exam, or even failed the First Circle exam, also wanted to participate in the actual combat course. This was especially true for the older apprentices, like Lenny and the others.
In the end, everyone discussed and came up with an undecided rule, which was that for the time being, only those who were First Circle apprentices and above were allowed to participate, and this person had to be approved by all the instructors. Not everyone who wanted to go out to fight would have the opportunity to do so. On the one hand, apart from those who participated in the actual combat, whether or not their strength was enough to fight, all these needed to be evaluated by the instructors.
On the other hand, the most worrisome thing was that they didn't want the application for the actual combat course to be a way for the apprentices to temporarily escape the academy. This could only be done by the instructors who were observant and dissuaded them in advance, as well as a vigorous publicity campaign, hoping that they would be self-aware and not use this little escape method.
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