Chapter 10 The Frankish Empire
Abbot Tunguska soon returned to his residence.
He looked at the three people and was very satisfied with their current learning progress. Patty Issa and Cord Newman were learning at a steady pace, and the most gratifying thing was that Locke's learning rate was slightly beyond his expectation.
Originally, Tunguska was worried that Locke would become as lazy as before without financial pressure, and he needed to give him a little hammering.
But after spending this time together, he has given up this idea.
Among the three of his apprentices, Locke is the most talented and the one who works the hardest.
Hence, Dean Tunguska now looks at Locke with a smile, and is actually very satisfied with him.
After Dean Tunguska finished instructing Patti Issa and Cord Newman, he looked at Locke and said, "You want to buy magic vine seeds from me?" The spell Hand of Vine is a magic model disassembled from the complete first-level spell [Magic Vine Curse]. "
"So you must use the matching magic vine seeds-the seeds of the Mandrake vine." Dean Tunguska took out a graphite box and opened it carefully. There were four seeds in it that looked very rough, like thumb-sized potatoes.
Dean Tunguska carefully used tweezers to take out one of the seeds, and then put the seed into a small flowerpot filled with soil. "The seeds of the Mandrake vine are specially cultivated by the official wizards of our superior college. They have been cultivated for dozens of generations. Therefore, they have stable properties, are very durable, and are difficult to die." Direct sunlight is just like taking care of ordinary plants. "
"Although Mandrake will not die easily, if the quality of Mandrake growth is particularly poor, it will also affect your spells and affect your ability to become a third-class wizard apprentice."
"You should also learn about Mandrake in books."
Locke nodded.
In addition, I have to use my own spiritual power to irrigate this seed every day.
This was a very difficult thing in the early days.
Because I am essentially just an ordinary person who knows some basic mystical knowledge. It is basically impossible to mobilize spiritual power and transform seeds.
It can be done because the seeds of mandrake are specially designed by formal wizards using plant magic. However, even so, it still takes a long time for you to learn to use your own mental power to irrigate this seed.
Dean Tunguska said: "The first seed of Mandrake will be sold to you for 5 magic stones. The second seed will no longer have price support discount, so the price of the second seed is 15 magic stones."
Locke raised his eyebrows. "Teacher Tunguska, are these seeds so expensive?" Tunguska said: "Of course."
"But this kind of magic seed is generally difficult to plant to death."
Dean Tunguska covered the graphite box and covered it with two layers of silk. "And the magic resources in Corfu are very precious. I only have four mandrake seeds in total. After giving them to you, there are only three left."
"If a fourth wizard sprout appears in the rest of my life. , chose the spell model of Hand of Vine, and I provided him with the seeds of magic vines to learn."
Dean Tunguska said: "The only time for Aurelian College to replenish its magic resources is when it changes its dean."
Locke nodded, his heart also broken, and he had the idea of asking Dean Tunguska for two more mandrake seeds.
If you have three Mandrake seeds, you can synthesize the Mandrake seeds into level 2 synthetic items to directly improve the quality of the seeds.
But now Locke has given up on this idea.
There are two reasons.
The first is that the magic resources in Corfu are too scarce, and it is impossible for my ideas to get the support of Dean Tunguska.
Otherwise, the wizard seedlings of Aurelian College in the next fifty years will not be able to choose the spell model [Hand of Vine] for learning.
Dean Tunguska must consider that in the future, there will be wizard apprentices in the academy who are like himself and have the highest compatibility with wood element particles.
The second reason is that synthesis will bring about unknown changes.
If you use it rashly, the synthesis of this most important thing to you at the moment may make you unable to complete the Vine Hand spell.
Then the gain outweighs the loss.
"When I leave Corfu, take a wizard ship, cross the endless mysterious sea, and head to the southeast corner, it will not be too late for me to find a way to buy mandrake seeds and conduct synthesis experiments. ’ Locke thought. "My goal now is to use the deep sapphire to become a third-class wizard apprentice as soon as possible and learn the first spell." 』
Dean Tunguska said to Locke: "By the way, Locke, your family has come to see you outside the college recently." I found a house to live near the college. "
"You can go see your family members recently. This is their address."
Locke was stunned for a moment. He has been focusing on studying recently, but he has forgotten that the original owner came from the Augustine family.
Locke glanced at the address and thanked the dean: "Thank you, Mr. Tunguska."
Locke stood up, put away his textbooks, carried the flower pot with mandrake seeds, then nodded to Patty Issa and Cord Newman, turned and left the room.
In the past six months, even though I focused on studying and basically ignored other things, I still heard about some things that happened in the mainland of Corfu.
After occupying the Kingdom of Anjou, the Frankish Empire suddenly launched another attack on the Kingdom of Normandy and destroyed the Norman Kingdom again within four months.
As a result, one sixth of the students in the college are in the same embarrassing situation as the Angevin people half a year ago.
The Augustine family mentioned in their letter to themselves that after they fled the Kingdom of Anjou, they took refuge with their distant relatives in the Kingdom of Normandy.
It now seems that with the destruction of the Norman Kingdom, the original owner's family was once again desperate, so this time they took the risk, evaded the pursuers, and came to Aurelian College.
But they are lucky. They are now in Aurelian College and have a special status as wizard seedlings, which allows them to obtain the asylum of Aurelian College.
In today's Corfu Island, the Frank Empire has destroyed two major kingdoms, and the total area of the remaining four kingdoms on the mainland is not as large as the territory of the Farak Empire. Aurelian College may be the only place that can protect them.
Locke was walking in the elegant corridor of the college and saw several students from the Norman Kingdom crying in the corridor about the atrocities of the Franks, while the students from the Franks ridiculed them.
Locke thought: "It seems that what the Frank Empire really wants to do is to unify Corfu." Corfu will become increasingly chaotic in the future, and a world war in Corfu will break out, and everyone will be involved. 』
"Peace will disappear."
"But it doesn't have much to do with me. 』
『Anyway, in a year and a half, I will leave here on the wizard ship. With my connections, the Augustine family should also be able to get shelter from Dean Tunguska. As long as they stay near Aurelian College, they can at least live a stable life. 』
Locke saw from the corner of his eye the figure of Mr. Alder, the history professor, appearing in the elegant college garden corridor. Professor Alder smiled and nodded to himself, said hello, and then walked briskly towards the students who were crying from the Norman Kingdom.
Obviously, he wanted to attack these poor students who had just lost their country.