The Lord of Ashes

Commercial Street in Dongcheng District.

When Thain came to Fat Bose's shop again, he had already sold all the goods that Thain had given him before.

At this time, almost a month has passed since Thane returned from completing his mission.

Fatty Boss could have sold all the goods long ago, but in order to earn more black gold, this guy actually managed to put three green-palate feather eggs into a small auction held recently in Mensobra City. .

I have to say that Fatty does have a strong business acumen.

In the end, Fatty handed over 577 pieces of black gold to Thain, and this was after deducting Fatty's commission.

Such a large amount of black gold was the only one that Thain had ever seen in his life.

The acquisition of this black gold will also help Thain move faster in the field of alchemy.

Senior Brother Zorro is right. In the early days of alchemy, it was purely a job that only burned money and had no immediate reward.

It's not enough to train Thain with just the claws and beak of Qingwan Feather.

He needs to purchase more experimental materials, as well as some special alchemy equipment.

Every time he wants to conduct some alchemy experiment, Thain can't shamelessly ask his senior brother to borrow it, right?

In fact, the various alchemy equipment in mentor Moshe Duo's laboratory are not only complete in number, but also extremely high-end.

But it's a pity that because it's too high-end, Thain doesn't know how to use it at all, or he is worried that it will be worn out by him.

Eat as many bowls of rice as your appetite.

Thain does not need to aim too high, he is down to earth and just accumulates from the most basic.

He is still young anyway.

More than five hundred pieces of black gold were fully filled into a medium-sized cloth bag. Next to him, Baos was still chattering about how rich the demihuman tribes were.

After participating in a small auction in Mensobra City, Boss's vision and style gradually improved.

He has no talent in cultivation, but he is really good at business.

And Baos is not without capital. He relies on Meili and Thain. As long as they can steadily provide him with magic potions and alchemy tools in the future, he dares to pat his chest and guarantee that all three of them will make a fortune.

Thain was a little amused by Boss's ambition and commitment.

Just when Thain was about to say something, the dull whistle of "Woo! Woo! Woo!" appeared and gradually echoed throughout the whole place.

Above the city of Mensobra.

Almost at the same time, Thain and Boss rushed out of the store.

At this time, there were many others in the city of Semosobra who were doing the same thing as them.

Every resident in the city couldn't help but raise their heads after hearing these special sounds and looked at the huge black shadow reflected in the fluorite light.

This is a huge ship that suddenly sailed out of nowhere.

The opponent is huge, with a length of two hundred meters and a height of fifty meters.

Except for several official black magicians, the moment the floating wheel appeared, they immediately flew over the city of Mensobra.

A dozen Owl Academy supervisors also flew into the sky, scattered in every corner of this floating giant wheel.

Next to Thain, Fatty Boss couldn't help but sigh: "Another group of new people have arrived. I don't know how many people there are this time, and how many of them can meet the minimum mental strength requirements of the academy."

Fat Boss seemed to be remembering the time when he first came to the Underdark, so he seemed a little emotional.

Thane didn't think that much. When he saw the floating wheel above the city of Mensobra, the first thing that came to Thain's mind was "Another year has passed, and I am seventeen years old."

…

Half a month later, almost all the apprentices in the Black Magic Academy knew that this year, the black magicians had kidnapped nearly a thousand children on the surface.

But among them, there were only 272 people who met the mental strength standard, which was less than one-third of the total.

The minimum standard for becoming a black magic apprentice is an initial mental strength of seven points or more.

Thain's initial mental strength back then was eleven points. This may be one of the reasons why Thain's magic practice has been relatively smooth over the years.

The level of initial mental power does play a large role in determining the speed of advancement of magic apprentices in the early stages of learning.

Thain was promoted to an intermediate apprentice at the age of sixteen and could already be called a little genius.

And those who are in their twenties or even thirties are still wasting their time in the low-level apprenticeship stage.

In addition to their low intelligence and limited understanding of magic, their low initial mental power is probably also a major shortcoming.

I just don’t know if the initial mental strength value is linked to IQ?

More than two hundred newly enrolled apprentices have given the dark magic academy a new vitality.

Looking at these little guys with expressions full of timidity, fear and slight curiosity,

More than one black magic apprentice thought of himself back then.

Experience the coldness and despair of the Black Magic Academy! Many black magic apprentices sneered inwardly.

According to the usual practice in previous years, the number of more than two hundred newly enrolled children will be reduced to less than half by the second year.

Most of the little guys were "eliminated" for various reasons because they could not adapt to the college environment.

Even among the remaining half of the apprentices, very few can eventually grow up and enter the low-level apprenticeship level.

Calculating the probability, having fifteen is pretty good.

Over the years, entry-level apprentices have been replaced one after another, but the number of intermediate and advanced apprentices accumulated has always explained a lot of problems.

Thain is not like some boring apprentices who go to the dormitories of newly admitted apprentices to "inspect the goods."

After just briefly understanding the situation of these new apprentices, Thain continued to devote himself to his study life.

…

The laboratory of many mentors.

On this day, Thain came here as usual.

What was slightly different from usual was that Mentor Moshedo was not conducting an experiment in the alchemy laboratory.

Instead, he sat in the living room on the first floor, chatting with Dils, the official black magician who came to visit.

After greeting his mentor and Master Diers respectfully, Thane walked towards the laboratory.

While passing through the living room, Thane overheard Mentor Moses and Master Diers talking about the new batch of apprentices.

"This time, there are only about two hundred apprentices with qualified spiritual power."

"I don't know if the number of qualified apprentices in the college will be able to meet the requirements of the dean in ten years." The speaker was Master Diers.

Since he has frequently visited Moses Do in recent times, and because he and Moses were both from the Western Islands, this official black magician has secretly formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Moses Do.

A month ago, from Mosobra, Diers obtained secrets that ordinary black magicians in Mensobra City had not yet touched upon.

Just this lead in intelligence information is enough to put Diers in the top ten among all official black magicians in Mensobra City.

I don’t know what kind of news she got that made her pay attention to whether the number of apprentices in the academy would be qualified in the future.