"If you were given ten times extra magic power, but the price was that you would always be chased by an undead snail, would you be willing? Raise your hands if you are willing."
This strange question almost instantly turned the entire classroom into a sea of joy. An elf student in the front row couldn't help but laugh. He raised his hand and said, "Professor, who should you ask if you don't want to!"
Standing on the teaching platform was an elegant elf professor with shawl black hair, sapphire blue eyes, fair skin, thin lips, thin face, tall figure, wearing a dark gray windbreaker, and wearing white gloves on his hands.
Facing the student's answer, he smiled slightly: "What if the magic power is eight times higher and the pursuer becomes a red wolf? Well, it seems that everyone is not very afraid of the most widespread hunter in the natural forest.
"
"Then what if the magic power is changed to five times, and the pursuer is replaced by a juvenile ichthyosaur?"
At this time, everyone was a little hesitant - the juvenile Ichthyosaurus can be said to be a silver killer. There is a joke that 'the magician has no experience the first time and disarms when facing the sea of knowledge; the magician has experience the second time,
But in the face of the fast, fierce and passionate Fish-killing Dragon, you still have to disarm.'
Of course, because this joke is suspected of discriminating against men and women, it is basically impossible to hear it in reality, and this kind of connotative joke can only be seen behind the curtain.
However, everyone basically raised their hands. The elf professor nodded and said, "What if the magic power is tripled and the pursuer is replaced by a standard blood mad hunter?"
Now less than half of the people raised their hands. The blood mad hunters are divided into hunter apprentices, formal hunters, and hunter captains, which correspond to the first wing, the second wing, and the third wing respectively. The standard blood mad hunters are almost all second wing level combat magicians, and
If a two-wing magician wants to become a blood mad hunter, he needs to undergo strict assessment and training. It is almost impossible for an ordinary production type two-wing magician to be an opponent of a blood mad hunter.
"What if instead, it only doubles the magic power, but will always be hunted by virtual creatures at the level of Titan Executioners?"
Everyone put down their hands, and an unhappy student couldn't help but said: "Professor, if I want, can you give it to me?"
"Of course I'm not that generous." Professor Elf smiled: "But the virtual realm can."
"The reward is an extra doubling of mana, but the price is to be hunted down forever by immortal and powerful virtual creatures. This "gift" is very common for virtual realms. As long as you are willing to pray for virtual realms, virtual realms are
It will really fulfill your wish.”
"Everyone has signed a study loan contract, right? Both parties to the contract prayed to Xujing to act as a notary and let Xujing supervise the execution of the contract. Whoever violates the contract will be sanctioned by Xujing... This is actually the most common "gift"
"!"
Some students raised their hands and asked: "But almost everyone can sign a contract for anything. Is the virtual world so easy to talk to?"
Professor Elf smiled and said: "Of course it's easy to talk, because it's you who need to abide by the contract, and it's you who pay the price for breaking the contract. In this process, you don't get any extra benefits, but you have to keep paying. The virtual world is not interested in this kind of 'harming people'.
Self-interest's gifts have always been generous - of course, this is because the insurance industry has developed for many years, and it is said that signing contracts a long time ago was very troublesome."
"But if you dare to ask for "gifts" that benefit you from the virtual world, the virtual world will show a face more ferocious than a bank, and fangs more greedy than a loan shark. For any magician who tries to take shortcuts,
The virtual realm will give you the most severe test."
"But 'rewards' and 'tests' are not immutable mechanisms. If the magician knows the correct way to use the power of the virtual realm, he can greatly increase the amount of rewards and greatly reduce the difficulty of the test."
"Pray for gifts and adjust gifts. This is the power of the ritual faction."
The elf professor looked around the classroom: "Increasing the magic power of the reward from one to ten times, and reducing the pursuer from a titan executioner to a snail. This is not a fool's lie, but a real miracle."
"Of course, praying for a gift does not mean that you can shout a few words in the virtual realm and get an immediate response from the virtual realm. Even the operator of the Hunting Crime Department may not be able to provide this kind of service quality. In fact, the ritual of praying for a gift is very complicated and requires not only
Various magic spirits are used as materials, and the magicians must be tested on multiple magic factions, so it is a faction that requires many prerequisites..."
Adela, who was sitting in the back row, held her face in her hands and stared closely at the elf on the altar.
"Professor Xilin is really handsome..."
"Ah?" Freya looked at Adela in surprise: "I thought you would sigh like, 'Is there any reward that can increase gambling luck? The best test is just to lose fertility.'"
"How is it possible? I will listen carefully every time Professor Xilin teaches!" Adela said angrily: "Of course I wouldn't mind if you have that kind of gift!"
At this time, the lecture theater was full of people. Not only the aisles, but also many people were lying on the windows. Everyone came to listen to Professor Schilling’s class. Professor Schilling can be said to be one of the most popular professors at Cammon University.
, academic, appearance, and teaching level are all top-notch. Unfortunately, due to off-campus work such as being a member of parliament, he stopped serving as a resident professor a few years ago and only occasionally comes to the school to give one or two lectures.
In addition, the most popular thing about Professor Schilling is that his classes are free! No tuition is required and anyone can attend. Only fools would miss free lectures like this one by a two-winged magician.
If Adela hadn't helped Freya occupy a seat, she would have been leaning against the window to listen to the lecture.
"...However, there are only a few magicians who can greatly leverage the power of the virtual realm. For example, the example I gave just now of doubling the power of the virtual world and transforming it into ten times. I am afraid that even the four-winged legendary magicians have to do their best to do it. Therefore, compared with
"Adjustment", ordinary ritual magicians prefer to use "conflict" to match gifts."
"Suppose I have two gifts now. The price of the first is 'I will never taste food', and the price of the second is 'I will taste the taste of everything in sight'. What do you think will happen?
thing?"
The students looked at each other, and Adela stood up and replied: "The two prices take effect at the same time, but the magician can taste the food by looking at the food when eating, which means that the second price weakens or even suppresses the second price to a certain extent.
A price."
"Yes, this is the secret of "conflict", which is to use the fact that different costs conflict with each other to weaken the negative impact of the cost." Professor Schilling nodded appreciatively: "Of course, not all gifts can achieve such clever cooperation, and even more so.
A common combination is to combine multiple costs that affect the same place."
"Suppose I have two gifts. The first price is that I lose my vision, and the second price is that the world in my field of vision turns into a quagmire of flesh and blood. Then after praying for these two gifts, although I will still lose my vision,
But you don’t have to bear the second price, which is equivalent to taking advantage of the virtual realm.”
A student asked: "If I have ten gifts, and the prices are all related to the eyes, then do I only need to pay for the eyes to get the gain of the ten gifts?"
"Yes, that's the idea." Xilin said with a smile: "Prayer, adjustment, conflict, ritual magicians can use clever combinations to get the maximum benefit from the virtual realm at the minimum cost."
Another student was very puzzled: "If the ritual faction is so powerful, why is it gradually declining now?"
Xilin said: "There are two reasons. The first reason is what I just said. It is too difficult to get started with the ritual faction. It is almost necessary to master multiple silver factions to perform the ritual. Therefore, the minimum threshold for a ritual magician is two-winged gold.
"
"It is often difficult for magic schools with such a high threshold to be passed down. Once they encounter an unexpected era, they will be annihilated in history. Until a magician obtains the inheritance from the virtual realm and makes improvements, these treasures of the past can be restored.
Glorious again.”
"The second reason is because the ritual faction is too dangerous."
Some students laughed: "Even if the magic faction is not dangerous? The water magic faction, which is good at healing, can kill people invisible."
Xilin shook his head: "I just said that although Xujing is stingy in giving benefits, it is very lenient when it comes to things that 'harm others without benefiting oneself'. In some taboo rituals, a two-winged golden magician only needs to
By sacrificing yourself, you can pray for a destructive storm comparable to a four-winged magician's full blow!"
"We magicians can be greedy, take risks, and use unscrupulous means, but no matter what, we must live and cherish life! The ritual faction goes against this direction, and many gifts will cause physical and mental disabilities, which makes magicians
If you become extreme, violent, and despise life, you will naturally not be able to spread it."
"There is no way to learn the knowledge of ritual factions in the virtual world, but in reality, all wise magicians will prohibit the spread of ritual factions. Not only for the sake of social stability, but also because ritual factions are too easy to create crazy magicians. In addition to evil
Ritual factions are of no benefit to any stable organization outside of a chaotic one."
"I am holding this lecture to clarify to everyone the dangers of ritual factions. If you encounter the inheritance of ritual factions in the virtual realm in the future, remember not to be dazzled by greed and use this dangerous knowledge with caution."
At this time, a student wearing a mask raised his hand and said: "Is there anyone in the Four Pillar God cult who controls the ritual faction? Is it possible that the natural disasters and storms that happened in the past were evil deeds caused by the Four Pillar God cultists?"
"...The Four Pillar God cult has been completely banned by the Sin Hunting Department, and all its members, including the leader, have been arrested. This classmate, you should read more news." Xilin said coldly: "Your question
The premise is not established."
"Also, why are you wearing a mask in class? Can you take off your mask?"
Everyone looked over and found that the student who asked the question was actually wearing the same crow mask as the medical doctor, as if he was playing a role-playing game. Naturally, Freya also saw this scene, and she suddenly recalled that the cult leader seemed to have such a mask.
mask.
Could it be...
At this time, the classmate took off the crow mask and revealed an apologetic face: "Sorry, professor, I really like this mask, so..."
Xilin stared at this classmate, suddenly covered his eyes with his gloved right hand, and put it down after a moment: "Don't wear a mask in class, it will distract me."
As the laughter rang out, Freya keenly noticed that someone was walking outside. He was carrying a schoolbag, wearing a hood and a mask, and walked through the classroom like this. No one seemed to notice him, except Freya.
Outside Ruiya, no one laid eyes on him.
Although she couldn't see her face clearly, Freya was sure it was Ash based on his body shape and clothing.
What is he doing here?
...
...
When she returned to the apartment after class, Freya opened the door and smelled the fragrance.
"Welcome back, it's just time for dinner."
"……I'm back."
After Ash put the food away, Freya couldn't wait to ask: "Did you go to Professor Xilin's class this afternoon?"
"Yes, you saw it?"
"Why did you come to class suddenly?"
"Well, there are two reasons."
Ash picked up Xiaoxian who was picking up cat food: "The first reason is to go to the university treatment room to find someone to treat Xiaoxian."
Freya was stunned: "Xiao Xian is sick?"
"Well, he was born with rickets. I saw him sitting on the ground in the afternoon, feeling listless. I felt that he must be uncomfortable, so I took him to a medical doctor for treatment. The medical doctor said that if he wanted to save him from pain, he would need treatment basically every month.
Everyone needs to get treatment.”
Freya held the folded-eared cat in her arms distressedly: "Sorry, Xiaoxian, I didn't know...Thank you."
"Great, I was afraid you would blame me."
"Why would I blame you?"
"If Xiao Xian had not received treatment, he would not know that pain can be dispelled, nor would he know that health is so comfortable. It may be difficult to endure the pain in the future, and you will need to take it for treatment every month."
While browsing the video for dinner, Ash said, "I'm afraid you'll blame me for causing trouble to you."
"What trouble?"
"Isn't it troublesome to take Xiaoxian to see a doctor every month?"
"How could it be!" Freya shook her head: "Why would I find it troublesome? It should not have suffered such pain in the first place. It was you who saved it from the pain. I can't even thank you enough."
Ash glanced at her: "That's good...I'm actually quite surprised. You don't accept any intimate relationship, but you can devote yourself to a cat wholeheartedly and selflessly."
"This is different," Freya muttered: "People are not as cute as cats, and Xiaoxian will not leave me. It is a friend with no expiration date."
Ash smiled: "When you make friends, do you consider the shelf life of this friend?"
"What else?" Freya said confidently: "If the shelf life is only a few hours, such as masonry, then you can be polite and pretend to be a cute Veela for a few hours; if the shelf life is a week to a few months, you can make an appointment during the holidays.
When you come out to connect with each other, you can also talk about hobbies. If the shelf life is several years, you should talk about political views as soon as possible and quickly judge whether the other person is the type to have a deep relationship. If there is a fundamental conflict of ideas, you must draw a clear line immediately.
We don’t interact with each other except for work.”
"Then what conditions must be met to make you think that this person has a lifetime shelf life?"
Freya was stunned for a moment, lowered her head and pondered for a while, then hesitantly pinched the folded-eared cat's flesh ball and lifted it up: "It must be at least as cute as Xiaoxian, right?"
Xiaoxian was out of breath after being hugged by Freya. She pushed away the fierce attack of Veela with her meat balls in disgust. Freya put it back and asked: "The first reason is to take Xiaoxian to see a doctor. What about the second reason?"
What are the two reasons?”
"I passed by the school, so I just stopped by to see how you were doing your class." Ya Xiu said casually: "Hey? The first episode of "It's Only Blame I Say I Like Married Women" has already been released? Let's just watch this."
"I actually want to continue watching Chaka Tan Dian..." Freya poked Chi Yan's Lala Fat with a fork: "What's interesting in class?"
"There's nothing interesting to see." Ash rolled up the noodles with a fork: "So I took one look and left."
"It's inexplicable." Freya muttered, and while looking at the Curtain of Knowledge, she ate the Red Flame Lala Fatty Fish Roe Rice Bowl.
But her mind is neither on the food nor on the video.
For some reason, the weird emotion in her heart became stronger and stronger, and she was even...a little happy.
Speaking of which, the shelf life of this cult leader is...
She forced herself not to think about this problem.
