Chapter 120: Maid Clam
h After hearing instructor Shahu introduce the maid clam, Gothe realized that he could use [Detection Magic+] to take a shortcut.
And this is not a foul.
You are allowed to use the spells you have mastered during the enrollment mission.
It's just that there are too few and almost none of the 0-level spells that are helpful for mining and clam harvesting, so everyone can only bite the bullet and endure the hardship.
But Gaode is different.
He only needs to practice diving well, and then he can complete the enrollment task extremely quickly with the special ability of [Detection Magic +].
I dare not say anything else, but at least it will be much faster than mining.
Gaode glanced back and forth at the bottom of the river.
Until he started to feel more and more tightness in his chest.
This is a sign that the breath you are holding is about to run out.
He did not dare to go too far and was ready to float.
But at the moment when he shook his legs, a rather bright magical light suddenly flashed in the corner of Gothe's eye.
"Is it the maid clam?" Gothe was not sure.
But now he is almost unable to hold on and cannot verify it directly.
Gaode was not in a hurry and continued to float up. He put his head out of the water and took two big breaths.
After regaining his breath, he had time to glance at the shore.
Suddenly, he discovered that at some point, the other five people who entered the mine had actually come out of the mine and were resting on the river beach. They were looking at Gothe who had just emerged with a strange look.
There is sarcasm, some confusion, and some disdain
The emotions in everyone's eyes are different.
"Have you collected the maid clams?" Luca, who was resting, couldn't help shouting and asked.
"Not yet." Goude told the truth.
"It's been all morning, and we've all dug out a basketful of gold ore, and you've found nothing yet, and you're even learning to dive."
"How long will it take you to complete the mission if this continues? Why don't you give up quickly?" Kaplan couldn't help but interjected.
Just now, Luca has already publicized Gothe's "great achievements".
Everyone knows that Gao De, who wants to follow the "clam-collecting stream", even learned to dive now.
This is too ridiculous!
"It's okay, maybe I'll get something on my next trip." Gothe laughed and said seriously.
After speaking, Gothe, who had regained his breath, made another fierce move and plunged into the water.
Watching Gothe disappear on the river again, Kaplan, who started to persuade Gothe to "return to evil", was stunned for a few seconds, and finally gave a comment: "Stupid!"
Jelica's eyes also fell on the river, and her brows were knitted unconsciously.
When Gaode showed up, she was more filled with doubts than the negative emotions in other people's eyes.
And there are more and more doubts.
The doubts that had arisen since seeing Gothe in the freshmen queue in the morning had reached their peak at this time.
"Work, work, he is wasting time here, I will not imitate him!" Luca, who was the first to leave the mine, stood up, clapped his hands, and put the basket back on his back.
This water gold ore is not just dug out, but also transported to the top of the cliff to complete the task.
With nearly 30 kilograms of hydrogold ore on his back, the already steep mountain road suddenly became more bumpy and tortuous.
After climbing more than a dozen steps, a layer of sweat appeared on Luka's forehead again.
This compulsory admission task, in addition to allowing the mage apprentices who want to enter the Seris Magic Academy to learn to endure hardships and hone their perseverance, has another function. In the process, it can also strengthen the physique of the new students.
The task of handing over 3,000 kilograms of water-gold ore is over. Even people with poor physical constitution will become stronger.
Luca gritted his teeth and persisted.
Even if he disagreed with this task and felt it was meaningless, after hearing that the record holder for the admission task was the former dean "Gavin Hogg", he understood that the admission task was absolutely unavoidable.
— Even the dean of the college has sweated under the coolie cliff, so what qualifications does he have to refuse?
Luca staggered forward with a backpack on his back. After taking a few steps, he would stop to rest for a while, and his expression gradually became ferocious.
Because he felt that the skin on his shoulder had been torn by the hemp rope of the backpack, and it was burning.
This person is not here to "learn gold plating", he is clearly here to be tortured!
Fortunately, this backpack is also made of special vines. Not to mention the 30 kilograms of load, even if it is doubled, it is not a problem.
"I should have known better that I wouldn't have come. I'm so exhausted, Jelika's little girl must be even worse."
Luca, who was still a little regretful at first, suddenly no longer regretted it when he thought that Jelika, a woman and younger than him, also had to carry 3,000 kilograms of hydrogold ore up the mountain without any preferential treatment.
Even the water gold ore on my back feels lighter.
After Luka picked up the water gold ore he dug and started to go up the mountain, the remaining four people also followed suit.
Everyone has their own things to do, and they no longer have time to care about Gaode who is still "wasting" time underwater.
The four of them carried their backpacks on their backs and set foot on the mountain one after another.
Candice, who was the weakest, chose to go last.
She knew that she was the thinnest, had the least strength, and walked the slowest. She was afraid of affecting the efficiency of others climbing the cliff.
Among the five, she carried the least water gold ore on her back.
Others were carrying more or less twenty or thirty kilograms of hydrogold ore, and she only carried about fifteen kilograms.
But even so, when she was halfway up the steps of the cliff path, her feet suddenly weakened, and she was about to fall backwards.
With such a rugged and steep cliff path, you can imagine what will happen if you fall backwards.
This time, Candice was so frightened that her entire face turned pale.
Fortunately, a force suddenly came from behind and supported her, preventing her from falling.
"Take a rest when you are tired, don't be pushy, just finish the task slowly, it will be miserable if you fall." Then a gentle voice came from behind her.
Candice turned her head.
She is already the last person walking.
The only one who could support her in this situation was Gao De, who had just left the water and climbed the cliff more slowly.
Although he had been diving for a whole morning, Gaode's physical strength was also very high.
But after all, there is no need to carry heavy loads up the mountain.
So he quickly caught up with the large army that set off first, got behind Candice, and extended a helping hand in time when Candice was in danger.
"Thank you." Tears were about to fall, but Candice held them back.
"We'll be there soon, come on." Gao De comforted him again.
"I know," Candice whispered, but before she finished speaking, she suddenly froze, her eyes widened unconsciously, and she looked straight at Gothe's backpack.
The stone steps to climb the cliff are steep, so Jelika, who was walking in front of Gothe, turned back at this moment, and from a high position, she could see clearly the items in Gothe's backpack.
Compared with the large and small pieces of hydrogold ore that everyone carries in their backpacks, Gaode's backpack is much empty.
But it is not completely empty.
There is and only one thing.
Mussel.
It was a clam with an unusually wide shell and an elegant streamlined shape.
About a foot long and almost as wide as long.
The surface of the clam shell is also covered with a layer of pearly luster as fine as silk, as if it were condensed by moonlight.
The sides of the shell are slightly upturned, like a maid's lightly lifted skirt, elegant yet solemn.
The most peculiar thing is that there are fine and complex lines naturally growing on the shell surface.
Under the changing light, these lines seem to vaguely see the subtle figure of the maid dancing lightly on the shell surface.
"Is this a maid clam?!" Candice asked in disbelief.
"It should be." Gothe replied.
"You, did you really collect maid clams?!" Candice exclaimed.
"Didn't I say that I might get something in my next trip." Gao De said with a smile.
"You are so lucky." Candice said with envy after she recovered.
Even though there is only one clam weighing less than 5 kilograms in Gaode's backpack, it can be equivalent to 50 kilograms of hydrogold ore.
As for her, she had worked so hard all morning, and even almost fell down the steps just now, that she could only harvest less than 15 kilograms of hydrogold ore.
Comparing people with each other is really irritating.
It's a pity that not only can she not dive, she can't even swim, she is just a landlubber.
Otherwise Candice really wants to imitate Gao De and "try her luck" in the water.
(End of this chapter)