Acolytes
Under the various academy names, there were details such as specialisation areas, and famous Magi, for the acolytes to consider.
“All these are for us to choose an academy according to our elemental affinities!”
Leylin nodded his head, “My elemental affinity with the Shadow and Dark elements is the highest, Fire is secondary, and lastly the Plant element is the most negligible unless I want to stay as an acolyte my whole life!”
“And……” Leylin took down the Magus ring that had been hanging around his neck.
“A.I Chip! Scan the patterns on the ring, and compare them with images of the academies I passed by before!”
[Beep! Mission initialising, beginning to scan. Scan complete, comparing with database……] [Comparison completed. Similarity level: Abyssal Bone Forest Academy 67.3%, Mercifura Academy 54.4%, Sage Gotham’s Hut 23.1% ……]
“So these three academies have the highest probabilities?”
Leylin stroked his chin, “From the various introductions of the academies, I remember that Mercifura Academy specialises in the Fire and Plant elements, as well as the creation of magic artifacts. Sage Gotham’s Hut is not known for famous Shadow and Dark element Magi either.”
“It seems like the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy is the best choice? They’re famous for their specialisation in the Dark element, and is also a pioneer in the research of souls.”
“But this Abyssal Bone Forest Academy! Why does the name sound like a cult from the previous world?!”
“It seems like a Shadow and Dark element affinity user like me can never get close to the light!” After thinking for a while, Leylin still decided to take a look no matter what. At the very least, one cannot hinder their progress based on a name alone.
“I remember the recruiting area for the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy acolytes; it seems to be on the east side of the camp!”
Leylin walked for about 10 minutes and finally reached a tent that was constructed with numerous white bones. The words on top were arranged to form, “The Abyssal Bone Forest Academy welcomes you!” These big words were all written in red and dripping blood, which scared many of the surrounding acolytes away, and seeing this made Leylin rather speechless.
“Why would they construct such a scary looking scene? To frighten people? They could have at least done it after signing the contract; otherwise, all the acolytes will be scared away!”
Leylin shook his head and walked into the tent of white bones.
As he entered, a cold aura that reeked of blood engulfed Leylin and made his hair stand on ends.
“He he he……After waiting for long, finally, one comes!”
“Where are you? Who is speaking?” Leylin received a shock.
“Excuse me! You are stepping on my hand!” The voice travelling from beneath Leylin’s feet, which made him jump in fright.
Only then did he realise that his shoes were stepping on a withered palm. Leylin hurriedly jumped away, “Sorry, Sir!”
“No worries, but could you move your feet? They are stepping on my right leg now!”
Leylin then realised that the ground inside the tent was uneven and there were many dried bones littered about, and earlier he had unsuspectingly stepped on some.
As Leylin moved backwards, the few dried bones of hands and legs began to assemble into a skeletal figure.
Taking a closer look, there was a faint layer of skin on top of this skeleton which had covered the bones and on the skull where the eyes were, two green light flickered faintly, which was extremely terrifying.
“I’m sorry! Sir!” Leylin gulped and hurriedly apologised.
“No matter!” The white bony teeth clacked and produced a human voice: “Let me introduce myself, I am a professor of the Shadow and Dark elements. You can call me Dorotte!”
“My most respected Sir Dorotte, hello!” Leylin bowed once again.
“You coming here, does that mean you wish to enter the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy?” The bony white Dorotte conjured a black robe from nowhere and concealed its body within it, which soothed Leylin’s nerves a little.
“Before that, I wish to see the rules set by the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy!”
“Alright!” Dorotte took out a dusty sheet of sheepskin paper from behind and handed it over to Leylin.
According to the ancient agreement, after choosing our Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, you are receiving the right to partake in the basic lessons of the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, a set of elementary meditation techniques, 5 years of residence, lodging, and food free of charge. We also allow you to use magic crystals as remuneration, to exchange for knowledge from the professors……”
Dorotte spoke nonstop while Leylin read rapidly and compared with the information constantly presented by the A.I. Chip.
He discovered that what Dorotte said was the exact same as the information on the sheepskin paper. In terms of basic hospitality, it was pretty similar amongst the various academies.