sbdcsierra Chapter 374 Warlock's Advice
Chapter 374 Warlock's Advice
As he spoke, Chao Bufan took out a square box about a foot long from his pocket.
The old man glanced casually at the box in Chao Bufan's hand and said, "I am Warlock."
Chao Bufan quickly handed the box to Warlock with both hands, saying, "My apologies, Mr. Warlock, this is from Mr. Harlem."
Warlock took the box, opened it, and was immediately startled, exclaiming, "This is... a Rubik's Cube?"
Yes, it was indeed a perfectly square Rubik's Cube, which Chao Bufan had obtained from the Swiftwalker. Had he not absorbed Harems's "essence and spirit," he wouldn't have known he possessed such a cube. However, he remained unaware of its purpose, despite previous careful study. One thing was certain: Harems's primary reason for leaving the magic academy was to find this cube. In other words, this cube belonged to the magic academy—a very important item, one that Chao Bufan simply didn't know its use.
Anyway, even Chao Bufan didn't know the use of this Rubik's Cube. Since Harems left the magic academy to find it, he might as well take it out and see if he could use it as a stepping stone to enter the magic academy. If not, he would just have to give up! After all, magic was still very unfamiliar to Chao Bufan. Just by looking at these students, he knew that this magic academy was not simple and would not allow him to act recklessly.
After a gasp of surprise, Warlock was immediately overcome with excitement. Chao Bufan seized the opportunity and said, "Mr. Warlock, this originally belonged to a friend of mine. He gave it to me as a birthday present. Not long ago, Mr. Harlem came to visit my master and mentioned it, so I took it out."
Warlock nodded and asked, "What about Harlem?"
Chao Bufan replied, "Mr. Harlem is discussing something with my master and can't get away for the time being. Mr. Harlem said he will come back after he finishes his business."
Warlock nodded again and said, "You guys come with me! Whether or not I can make an exception and recruit a few of you is not up to me alone."
Seeing that there was hope, Chao Bufan quickly said, "Then please ask Mr. Warlock to put in a good word for us with the other seniors. We would be extremely grateful."
As Warlock walked, he chuckled and said, "Actually, we should be the ones thanking them. This Rubik's Cube is a very important thing for our academy. Since it was lost, many things in our academy have been restricted."
Chao Bufan laughed and said, "I used to play with this Rubik's Cube as a toy. But after Harlem mentioned it, I realized how important it was to your department. Now that it has been returned to its rightful owner, it is a cause for celebration!"
Warlock chuckled, "Yes! Young man, what's your name?"
Chao Bufan respectfully replied, "My name is Chao Bufan, and these are my wives."
"Huh?" Warlock was clearly surprised upon hearing this, then smiled.
Since it's a magic academy, it naturally has teaching buildings, which are actually just this tallest building. This tall building only has five floors, but each floor is at least ten meters high, with a spiral staircase leading directly to the fifth floor. There are classrooms, but no desks or tables. Magic is taught by instructors, who only verbally impart the academy's magical knowledge. This is similar to our HX sect, where masters only teach disciples some experience and introductory knowledge.
According to Warlock, in the magic academy, from top to bottom, the principal is the highest-ranking official, followed by the professors, then the teachers who impart knowledge and skills, and finally the students. The entire magic academy has only one principal, five professors, a dozen or so teachers, and only about two hundred students.
Magic has different levels and schools. There are ten elements of magic: wind, water, fire, earth, wood, ice, lightning, darkness, light, and no element. Each element is further divided into seven levels based on the strength of the magic power used.
Elementary Magic (Apprentice Mage - Elementary Mage): Level 1 Magic, Level 2 Magic;
Intermediate Magic (Intermediate Mage - Advanced Mage): Level 3 Magic, Level 4 Magic;
Advanced magic (Apprentice Magician - Junior Magician): Level 5 magic, Level 6 magic;
Ultimate Magic (Intermediate Magician - Advanced Magician): Level 7 Magic, Level 8 Magic;
Pseudo-Forbidden Spells (Magician - Archmage): Level 9 magic, Level 10 magic;
Forbidden Spell (Saint Archmage): Rank 11 magic;
Great Forbidden Spell (God of Magic): Level 12 magic.
Different levels of magic naturally have different magical power, which is undeniable. The ten magic systems are like ten majors. Of course, magic academies have more than just these systems; they are determined by the students' aptitude, resulting in single-system or multi-system programs.
Since there are single-major and multi-major programs, the academy's assessments are naturally very rigorous. If you only know one of the ten majors, you can only study in that major's class. If you know two or more, you'll be in a multi-major class. However, looking at the entire magic academy, there are only ten students in the multi-major classes. Of these, six are two-major students, three are three-major students, one is a four-major student, and there are none with five or more majors.
This shows that learning magic is extremely difficult.
The headmaster of the magic academy is a man named Smith. In terms of age, even the entire academy probably doesn't know how old he is. The only thing that is known is that Headmaster Smith is older than anyone else in the academy, and by more than just a little. In terms of appearance, Headmaster Smith is also the youngest. Despite being hundreds or thousands of years old, he still looks like he is around fifty years old.
This also illustrates that magic can have the wonderful effect of reversing aging. Warlock led the extraordinary group directly to the fifth floor of the teaching building, to the door of the principal's office.
“Mr. Chao, I’ll go in and announce your arrival first. You all can wait here for a moment. But let me remind you, Principal Smith is a very special person. Do you have anything worthwhile to give him? Perhaps he’ll be so pleased that he’ll make an exception and let you into the school,” Warlock said, turning around.
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan nodded and said, "Mr. Warlock, is it alright to pay?"
After all, this is a society where money is the main theme, and in many cases, money is omnipotent. However, Professor Warlock shook his head and said, "Anything is fine, just don't give money. We don't do that here."