Chapter 149 [Insect Swarm Reborn]
In Sires College, a complete academic year is calculated from the frost gold month of the current year to the frost gold moon of the following year.
Credit points obtained beyond this time limit will be counted for the next academic year.
This coincides with the college’s enrollment period.
However, there are also some "second-generation French students" who will be sent to the college before the enrollment time has arrived.
However, there is no saying that their academic year is longer than that of freshmen who pass the examination and enter the college.
Spell academies that have been passed down for thousands of years will not have such low-end loopholes.
For these "new students" who enter the college early, the college will calculate the first academic year based on the time limit when they enter the college.
For example, Gothe entered Siris College on the 2nd of the Dark Night Moon.
Then his first school year is from the 2nd of the Dark Night Moon of this year to the 2nd of the Dark Night Moon of the following year.
There will be a month left in between. In the second school year, it will be calculated according to the standard schedule, from the frost gold month to the frost gold month of the next year.
Of course, for these "second generation students", they don't look down on the rewards in the credit standings.
But "credits" have many functions in the college. Even the "second generation of law" needs to earn as many credits as possible. There is no doubt about this.
After learning about the freshmen’s credit list and the corresponding huge rewards, Gaode was instantly moved.
100 gold coins, enough for him to purchase dozens of 0-level spell formulas.
He naturally wants to strive for this reward.
In fact, in previous years, Gaode still had a good chance.
Because he broke Dean Gavin's record in the admissions task, he received a full 5-credit reward.
Including the mage level calculation, Gaode already has 10 credits before enrolling in a course. Compared with other freshmen, he is ahead of the starting line.
The problem is, this year is different.
This year's freshmen have a "pervert" who was promoted to a level 1 mage at the age of 14 - Youlan.
For a 14-year-old first-level mage, first of all, the credits for the mage level assessment are: 1 credit for the first-class mage apprentice, 2 credits for the second-class mage apprentice, 3 credits for the third-class mage apprentice, and 5 credits for the first-level mage apprentice.
There are only 11 credits here, which is already more than the 10 credits of Gaode.
In addition, if a student can be promoted to a level 1 mage before the age of twenty, he will be awarded 3 credits, and an additional 1 credit will be awarded for each year earlier.
And Youlan is 14 years old, and the bonus credits are 3+6=9 points.
That is to say, as long as he enrolls in school, he can get 20 credits.
With the addition of the 2 credits from the entrance task, the starting point is 22 credits!
· Gaode, who has always been "outstanding" in terms of performance, felt such tremendous pressure for the first time in terms of performance.
He has now taken eight elective courses. If he completes them all and passes the assessment, he can obtain a total of 13 credits, and the total credits will reach 23 credits, which is comparable to Youlan's 22 credits.
The problem is that Youlan can't take no courses for a year, so his credits will definitely increase.
Goude actually has a kind of tenacity in his bones.
In this case, normal people know that the first place is unlikely, and will target the second place.
In any case, the difference between the reward for second place and first place is only 20 gold coins.
But Gaode was inspired to fight because of this "impossibility".
There is no "guaranteing two and fighting for one", the goal he set for himself is "first".
As for the direction, one is to take as many courses as possible, and the other is to achieve certain standards set by the college and obtain additional bonus credits.
On the 20th of the frost-gold month, all the fruit drinks were finally used up.
On the 27th of Frost Gold Month, the first-level training room purchased last time has very little usage time left. Gaode can only spend 10 gold coins to purchase another 40 hours of usage time.
On this day, another thing happened.
Instructor Shore expected that it would take a month and a half for all of the 269 poisonous insect eggs to hatch. Today, the 34th day after accepting the mission, only 3 eggs were left that had not yet hatched.
As a tutor in the academy, Shore did not care about the remaining scraps with the students, and directly settled the "salary" for Gaode in advance.
"There are 269 eggs, and 266 have hatched so far."
"After you screened and disposed of the defective products, there are still 79 fire-striped ant larvae, 54 scorpion larvae, and 29 phantom centipede larvae, for a total of 167 qualified poisonous insect larvae."
"The pass rate is 60%, which is the additional reward promised to you before." After inspecting the poisonous insect larvae in the large incubator, Instructor Shore nodded with satisfaction and handed Gothe 5 Sean gold coins.
"As for the mission reward, you have to go to the Logistics Department to get it yourself. I will inform them later that you have completed the mission."
Gothe took the 5 gold coins and nodded his thanks, taking out the secret key to the breeding room from his arms and returning it to Shore.
Completed the task eleven days earlier than expected, and received an additional reward of 5 gold. Gaode felt happy when he left the breeding room.
It’s hard to say whether the senior management in the college is good or bad, but at least most of the tutors are good.
Hurrying to the task hall of the Logistics Department, Gaode queued up to settle tasks.
Shore is indeed what he said, and has confirmed with the Logistics Department that he has completed the task.
So after swiping the identity nameplate, the staff handed the task reward to Gaode:
Rare 0-level spell formula: [Insect Swarm Rebirth].
He put away the spell formula and did not rush back to build the spell model. Instead, he browsed the mission bulletin board in the mission hall.
Since the task [Cultivation of Poisonous Insects] has been completed, Gaode is ready to see if there is another task suitable for him and take another one.
Lack of money!
In the extraordinary world, one must also work and study diligently.
Since most of the academy tasks have either a mage level requirement or a knowledge requirement, you need to complete certain courses in the academy before you can accept them.
Hence, despite the fact that there are many tasks listed on the bulletin board, Gaode is still in the "starting from scratch" stage. It is not easy to accept a suitable task that can meet the requirements.
But Gaode was lucky today. He just glanced at the bulletin board a few times and noticed that the task bulletin board suddenly jumped.
The next second, a new task appeared at the front of the bulletin board - this meant that it was a task issued by the college.
【Mountain Patrol】: The magic circle of the magic pet system malfunctioned, causing a large number of red-eyed sparrows to escape and enter the mountain behind the college. Help the college to patrol and expel these red-eyed sparrows in a timely manner to avoid affecting the ecological environment of the mountain.
The task reward is calculated based on the number of red-eyed finches killed, and 1 gold will be awarded for each red-eyed finches killed. (Use the eyes of the red-eyed bird as the settlement voucher)
There is no mage level requirement to accept the task. This task is a long-term task, and there is no limit on the number of people who can accept the task and the task time limit.
Note: Except for red-eyed sparrows, no plants in the back mountains are allowed to be picked, and violators will be punished.
Red-eyed sparrow, a 0-level leyline creature, raised as a familiar for high-altitude reconnaissance. After corresponding training, it is extremely vigilant, good at hiding, and not very aggressive.
The entire Seres Mountains, including the back mountains and the water area attached to the coolie cliff, are assets of the college.
Students are not allowed to approach without permission, and are not allowed to collect resources privately.
For example, the maid clam in the waters of Coolie Cliff is equivalent to the fish raised in the fish pond by the fish pond owner.
If you go into the water to collect clams without permission, you will be misappropriating the assets of the college.
Even with permission, such as admission tasks, the clams collected must be turned in, which is equivalent to working to earn credits.
Otherwise Gao De had been making a living from this a long time ago. Why would he be worrying about money now?
Gaode was thinking as he came to the task processing counter, submitted his identity plate, and applied for the task of [Mountain Patrol].
It's free if you don't accept it. This kind of mission without any restrictions, even if you don't have to do it, you can accept it first and then talk about it. There is no mission penalty anyway.
Furthermore, the red-eyed sparrow is an earth-line creature. By completing the task, you can not only get gold coin rewards, but also obtain the source.
Here, after taking notes, the staff handed Gaode a voucher for entering the back mountain, a map of the back mountain with restricted areas, and a "portrait" of a red-eyed sparrow to prevent Gaode from admitting his mistake.
It also provides some information, including the red-eyed sparrow’s preferred habitat environment, common hiding methods, etc.
"Most of these restricted areas are potion cultivation areas, and they are also protected by barriers or magic circles. However, we should try not to get close if possible."
The staff pointed to the restricted area marked on the map of the back mountain and warned Gaode.
Gaode, who received the information, nodded to the staff to show that he understood, then turned and left.
After returning to Building 30 in the first area, Gothe quickly took out the rare spell formula he had just obtained and looked at it:
【Insect Swarm Rebirth】(Conjuration System, Level 0):
You cause mites, fleas, mosquitoes and other insects to temporarily appear on a creature that you can see within a distance (30 feet).
The target will be damaged by a certain amount of toxins depending on its physical strength, and will experience negative states such as itching and paralysis.
After reading the spell introduction of [Insect Swarm Rebirth], Gothe instantly understood why it was a rare spell formula.
As the staff at the mission hall introduced, the damage of this spell is not outstanding.
The effects of negative states such as itching and paralysis in battle are not very fatal.
Although the attack method is novel, it is nothing more than that.
But...
This spell turns out to be a "directional skill"!
It has no casting trajectory. As long as the target is within the casting distance, it will take effect on the target.
It is equivalent to having two additional effects: "100% hit rate" and "immediate effect".
The name of rare spell is well deserved.
Facts have proved:
Ordinary spells may not necessarily stretch your hips, but the reason why rare spells are rare must be outstanding.
(End of this chapter)