Xia Duo received the last 370 coins, the bulk of which was the extra battle merit. However, he could not keep the money for long and would soon subsidize it to others.
Of course, for him, it was not a loss, but a huge profit. Those two magic items, including the necklace, were at least "big items" that had come into contact with the deep magic network, judging from the magic aura alone.
As for the small forest wolf statue, although it is relatively weak in terms of magical aura, if it is really related to the transformation into a wolf, it may be worth more than the necklace.
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After dividing the gold coins, it was time to part ways. We met by chance and only got along for less than a month, so there was really nothing to remember.
After handing over the Tower of Time badge to Master Horst, Shado returned to the Wizard Tower with Dean, Sammy and the others.
On the road from the military camp to the mage tower, there was a foot of snow, and it was still falling from the sky, making a crunching sound when stepping on the stone road.
Only in the central square was there no snow, and there were no snowflakes falling overhead. Xia Duo looked at this magical scene in surprise.
Just one step away is another world!
Under the statue of Grand Arcanist Xavier in the center of the square, a group of guards were setting up the scene as if they were holding a conference.
However, these had nothing to do with him. The four apprentices slowed down for a moment and took a look, then continued north, leaving the square and stepping into the wind and snow.
When Xia Duo walked through the unique door of the Tower of Time and stepped into the lobby on the first floor, the severe cold was instantly driven away, and his whole person was enveloped by a warm current.
He couldn't help but let out a cheerful cry, "It's more comfortable in the mage tower!"
At this moment, Xia Duo had an unparalleled desire to own a mage tower of his own! If nothing else, it was worth it just for the constant temperature environment throughout the four seasons!
After returning to the dormitory, Xia Duo checked his personal belongings and found that they were not missing. Then he called out the Tower Spirit, "Ta Spirit, request: list the optional courses."
"Apprentice Xia Duo, currently available courses: None."
Xia Duo asked almost subconsciously, "Why?"
But obviously, this did not comply with the tower spirit's inquiry rules, so naturally he could not get any reply. After reacting, Xia Duo immediately asked again according to the rules.
To this relatively abstract question, Ta Ling actually answered, "Apprentice Xia Duo, due to the influence of the orc tide, all courses are temporarily closed, and the opening time has not yet been determined."
"Now we're in trouble!"
Xia Duo was not satisfied with this answer, but he could not do anything to Ta Ling. Instead, he had to worry about asking the wrong question and being delayed in his response time.
There are no classes in the Mage Tower, which means that his daily opportunity to ask questions is wasted. Now he especially wants to find an official mage to ask - how to contact the deep magic network.
Apprentices can only access the shallow parts of the magic network. If they just study it by themselves, they don’t know how much time it will take!
Although Xia Duo is sure that he will be able to access the deep magic network through his own research, isn't the ready-made answer great?
Fragrant, very fragrant!
Especially when Xia Duo already has enough understanding of the principles of 0-level spells and the nature of shallow magic nets, the only thing missing is pure time.
This is just a shortcut to save time, who wouldn’t want that!
It's like a carpenter who doesn't mind buying ready-made furniture from the mall!
Time waits for no one. Compared to the conservative Nese people, he is more willing to use krypton gold or communication to reduce the time to acquire knowledge, so that he can become an official mage as soon as possible.
From this, he even thought that the greater the mage or arcane master, the more he should be like this in nature. Compared to his own knowledge acquisition, how much other people gain is secondary.
The weaker and more ignorant a person is, the more they will guard against knowledge.
This has to be said to be a kind of sadness.
Just when Xia Duo was thinking about how to become an official mage as soon as possible without taking courses, the tower spirit actually called him out——
"Apprentice Xia Duo, please go to the central square as soon as possible to participate in the award ceremony."
Huh? Award ceremony?
Xia Duo immediately thought of what he had just seen when passing by the central square, but the question came again, is he also qualified to participate in the award ceremony?
Just because a group of them killed a few orcs in the forest? Or was it because they killed the mage?
But no matter what, since Tarling informed him, it must be true. Xia Duo immediately put on a clean robe and left the dormitory. In the elevator, he met Sami.
"Were you notified too?"
"Well, the tower spirit just informed me." Sami also found it very incredible. He didn't think that their merits could be rewarded again.
Soon, the elevator reached the first floor, and at this time many apprentices were walking outside the Mage Tower.
"Look, there are so many people, we're not here to be the audience, are we?"
"I don't know. Just wait for Devine and Dean. I think they have also received the notification."
The two of them waited next to the gate. After a while, dozens of apprentices came out from here, and at this time Xia Duo finally discovered——
Some people were notified by the tower spirit, while others just went to watch the fun, with the latter making up the majority.
Xia Duo was happy, this meant that in addition to their military exploits, they would most likely receive rewards again.
Sammy also looked happy, and the two discussed the criteria for the reward and the magic performed in the square until Dean and Devane arrived.
"Have you also received the notification from the tower spirit?"
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't come over!"
Ha ha--
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Central Square.
At this time, the central square was very lively. There were already many citizens coming to the south of the Great Arcanist Statue, and more were coming from the East, South, and West Districts.
The four Shados followed the other apprentices and came to the north of the statue of the Great Arcanist. There were servants there to guide them, and the crowd in front was obviously divided into two parts.
Some of them directly bypassed the statue of the Grand Arcanist and went to the neighboring people in the south. It seemed that they belonged to the onlookers.
On the other hand, Xia Duo noticed that there were only a dozen people who were taken to the town hall in the north by servants. It seemed that Xia Duo still underestimated his mission team.
As he got closer, Xia Duo discovered that a servant was identifying people with a piece of parchment in his hand, "Master Xia Duo, Master Dean, please come here."
Another servant stretched out his hand to guide him. Xia Duo had already seen the actions of the others before, so he walked directly to the town hall.
From behind, Sammy and Devine quickly followed.
Xia Duo asked the servant who led the way, "Do you know what we used to do?"
The servant immediately turned sideways and saluted, and then replied, "Sir, you need to change into the ceremonial clothes over there, and you will also need some etiquette instructions."
"That's it!" Sha Duo turned to ask Sami, "Your home is in a town. Have you ever seen such an award ceremony?"
"No, not even once!" Sami's eyes showed a hint of excitement, "I wonder if my father will come over to watch the ceremony. If he sees me, he will definitely be surprised!"
But Dean said regretfully, "My family is at my aunt's house in the town right now. If I had known, I would have gone there first!"