Chapter 20: First Lesson
Opening the course schedule, Li Qing looked at the densely packed courses. There were more than a dozen key courses underlined in red, plus a large number of important extraordinary professional courses. This meant that he had to complete these dozen basic courses within these two months.
Two months later, I left the mentor's castle and headed to an unknown plane fragment, where I would need to study on my own.
Only after you have mastered these basic courses can you start the next stage of learning.
In order to take into account the war lord apprentices' need to go out for training, the academy divided these courses into N sections. Only after mastering the content of the previous section can they learn the next content.
"Magic philosophy, magic theory, human civilization history, the history of the Eternal God Tree, the world system, alien creatures, alien plants, racial history..."
These subjects may seem to have nothing to do with magic, but they are actually some very necessary prerequisite knowledge for magic.
Becoming a mage does not mean simply knowing how to meditate. Meditation is the core, but becoming an excellent mage also requires a lot of knowledge.
There is a saying that goes, a wizard's strength is equal to gold coins, the richer the wizard, the more powerful he is.
There is another saying that goes, a mage who can cast fireballs is not necessarily a good mage, but a mage who only knows how to cast fireballs is definitely not a good mage. The same three-ring fireball spell has different power in the hands of different mages.
The difference lies not only in wealth but also in the knowledge the mage possesses.
A wizard who has mastered a great deal of knowledge can add a large number of metamagic techniques to the Fireball spell, increasing the power of a three-ring Fireball spell to the five-ring level.
A mage who can only cast fireballs will cast a three-ring fireball.
That's the gap.
so……
"Classes begin!"
That afternoon, Li Qing signed up for several courses for the next day through the castle's internal network, and signed up for seven days in a row.
The large classroom was somewhere in the second ring of the castle. When Li Qing came over, he saw many heroes or professionals holding books and heading to different classrooms in the corridor.
These heroes or professionals were all wearing gray robes. When they saw Li Qing wearing the black robe that represented the apprentice of a war lord, they all showed envy on their faces.
This is truly the same person with different fates.
We are all human beings, but after just one awakening ceremony, I am just an ordinary professional, while he is a high and mighty war lord. There is a huge difference between us in terms of future and strength. It can be said that there is no comparison.
There were hundreds of seats in the huge classroom, and it was almost full when Li Qing arrived. However, there were two rows of 17 seats with backrests in the front of the classroom, most of which were empty.
Li Qing entered the classroom, walked to the center under everyone's envious gazes, and sat down in a random seat.
These 17 seats are reserved for War Lord apprentices. Regardless of whether they come to class or not, these 17 seats are empty and other apprentices are not allowed to sit there.
Such is the privilege of the 17 War Lord Apprentices.
Other professionals need to pay high tuition fees to come here, but not only do they not need tuition fees, they also receive subsidies from mentors every quarter. This is the difference.
Assistant Instructor Abram is a fourth-level traditional wizard who is responsible for teaching the introductory courses to all wizard apprentices, including magic philosophy, world principles, history of human civilization, history of the Eternal Divine Tree, etc.
By the time the assistant instructor came over, thirteen of the seventeen War Lord apprentices had already arrived, and no one dared to sit in the empty seat.
Those who didn't come were basically preparing to take the close combat route, so naturally they didn't need to learn these magic-related courses.
Abram flipped through the textbook, looked up at the War Lord apprentices in front of him, paused for a moment when his eyes passed over Li Qing, knocked on the desk, and said in a deep voice:
"Classes are starting now. Today's first lesson is the philosophy of magic and the principles ."
"Magic philosophy is the way you think about magic, the world, and everything in the world. It is the foundation of everything. It determines what kind of achievements you will ultimately make in the world of magic."
"Don't underestimate it. The right way of thinking can make what you see closer to the reality of the world, so that you can make the right choice when it comes to important choices, which will cover your entire life journey in the future."
"The power of elements is the foundation of everything. Even the Eternal Divine Tree that carries human civilization is built on the four basic elements."
"Rules constitute the framework of our world. They are divided into two types: one is the underlying rules, and the other is the derived rules. The vast Chaos Sea is composed of a huge underlying framework, and the planes located on the Chaos Sea, including the Eternal Divine Tree where human civilization is located, are composed of underlying rules and derived rules."
"The more perfect the rules and laws are, the stronger and more massive the power carried by the plane will be, and the higher the level of the plane will be."
"Like the plane fragment we are descending into now, its basic rule framework has been shattered, leaving only some remnants of derivative laws. This has caused this plane to be unable to develop and expand, and the upper limit of the power that the plane can bear is also limited. It cannot withstand the powerful energy above the sixth-order extraordinary."
"And the Eternal Divine Tree of human civilization is itself a supreme main plane that possesses all the underlying rules and can accommodate almost unlimited power. For example, the four supreme monarchs possess terrifying power that is no less than the supreme gods of the previous era. This is a power that even giant planes in the Chaos Void Sea cannot bear."
"The basic underlying rules cannot be changed, and you probably can't master them, or even touch them."
"The only rules you're likely to come into contact with are derivative rules."
"When your professional level reaches the eighth or ninth level, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with derivative rules. Once you master your own unique rules, you can be promoted to a tenth-level legendary powerhouse."
At this point, Assistant Instructor Abram suddenly looked at the magic apprentices in the center and said with a smile:
"In fact, the War Lord's divine domain is itself a plane, which contains the basic derivative rules related to the plane. As long as you can successfully be promoted to a formal War Lord, you can touch these rules."
"That is to say, as long as you can become a formal war lord, the biggest obstacle to becoming a legend will disappear, and a formal war lord will definitely become a legend."
After saying this, all the apprentices turned their eyes to the war lord apprentices in the center.
Faced with the envious and jealous gazes of the crowd, some were calm, some looked proud, and some couldn't help but smile.
"boom!"
A loud noise startled everyone. Assistant Instructor Abram knocked on the table. It was a light knock, but it sounded like a hammer. He looked at the dozen or so War Lord apprentices and said loudly:
"Don't be complacent or self-satisfied. Do you think that being promoted to a full-fledged war lord will definitely lead to becoming a legend?"
"Hmph, this is a prerequisite that your own strength and knowledge are up to standard. The Divine Realm only provides you with an opportunity to fully touch the derivative laws. If your own strength and knowledge accumulation are not up to standard, you will not be able to advance to Legendary even if you touch the derivative laws every day."
"So put away your little thoughts, don't aim too high, listen to the class honestly, and persist in meditation every day to accumulate magic power."
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After the warning, the complacency of several war lord apprentices was shattered, and everyone sat down and listened to the class obediently.
The class lasted almost an hour.
As soon as the teacher left, the classroom suddenly became noisy. Many people gathered in the center to talk to the war lord apprentices. Even Li Qing was surrounded by several people.
Most of them wanted to get to know them, some wanted to be their younger brothers, and some asked if their divine domain needed heroes or professionals to work for them.
Li Qing is indeed short of one or two heroes and a few professionals, but for such things he must first understand the situation before making a decision.
So he neither agreed nor refused, but just exchanged friends first.
Any warlord needs to recruit some heroes and professionals.
Professionals are easy to deal with, as they are equivalent to an enhanced version of the military because they can learn various professional skills and, when equipped with high-quality equipment, are equivalent to elite soldiers of the same level.
The biggest difference between them and other types of soldiers is that there is theoretically no level cap for professionals.
There is an upper limit to the types of soldiers. For example, Li Qing’s current promotion limit for the Imperial Infantry in the Divine Realm is level four.
In theory, there is no upper limit for professionals, and they can be promoted to level six, level seven, level eight, until they become legendary.
Of course, this is just theory. In reality, the possibility of a professional being promoted to legend is very low.
Heroes, on the other hand, are the enhanced versions of professionals and also have no upper limit on their promotion.
But there are two points where heroes are stronger than professionals.
One point is that the hero can lead troops, and the other point is that the hero has powerful hero skills.
After ordinary creatures are transformed into soldiers by promotion runes, their bodies are digitized and they must be led by a hero to maintain cohesion. All actions must be under the command of the hero.
It is a very normal situation. If there is no heroic command, it would be like an ancient army without a general. Each army fights on its own. Once injuries or casualties occur, human nature will instinctively escape without the restraint of a general.
Once deserters start to appear, without a general to command them, other soldiers will also flee due to the chain reaction, leading to the defeat of the entire army.
A hero is a general.
The second advantage of heroes is that they have powerful hero skills.
Every time they advance a rank, they will gain Hero Expertise Points, which can transform a skill that the hero has already mastered into a powerful Hero Skill, or increase strategic skill points that can enhance the strength of the troops.
For example, the power of a normal wizard's fireball is 100, and the explosion range is 10 meters in diameter.
After being transformed into a heroic fireball, the power is 200 and the explosion range is 20 meters in diameter.
Then the hero will be upgraded to a higher level and gain some hero expertise, which can strengthen the hero's fireball spell. The higher the level, the greater the degree of strengthening.
For example, at the first level, the explosion range can be increased by another 10 meters, or the power can be increased to 300.
At the second stage, the range is further strengthened, and the diameter can be increased by 20 meters at a time.
When it comes to the third stage, it is still an enhanced range, which can increase the diameter by 30 meters at a time on the original basis.
By analogy, if the fireball is strengthened more than five times in one breath, the range of the fireball can reach a diameter of more than one hundred meters.
Even if the power remains unchanged with such a large range, it is still a magical skill for clearing small soldiers.
Just like the huge burning hand you saw on the road before, it is an enhanced hero spell. The normal burning hand is just a zero-ring spell and its power is not that great.
In addition to directly increasing basic attributes, hero specialties can also increase other effects of hero skills, such as adding a sea of fire special effect to Fireball, leaving a continuously burning flame on the spot after the Fireball explodes.
New hero skills can also be added.
By strengthening the hero's expertise points, you can strengthen each hero's skills to an outrageous level. Even if you specialize in a hero's skill, you can strengthen it to a level comparable to war spells.
As the saying goes, "One trick is enough to conquer the world." A hero who only specializes in fireball will be extremely strong when he reaches level five or six.
The Warlord Apprentice is a hero by default, so he can also have heroic skills, but he is only level 0 now, has not learned any skills, and has no heroic expertise points.
Coming out of the classroom, Li Qing went straight to another classroom. The second class was about plane geography, alien plane creatures and alien plane plants.
This class mainly explains some geographical knowledge of different planes, analyzes the specific geological structure inside the plane through some basic conditions of the plane, and infers whether the mineral resources inside the plane are rich.
As for alien plane creatures and alien plane plants, these two courses are combined with plane geography, and the information mastered can be used to infer the biological and plant structures within the plane.
Through these, one can infer the internal situation of the plane without entering it, and thus make a plan, or know whether this plane is worth conquering without entering it, thus saving investment and time.
These courses are essential courses for War Lords.
Then comes the third class - meditation class.
The instructor of this class is Abram again, and he will teach all apprentices the universal meditation method for mankind.
This is a meditation method that was improved by the predecessors of human civilization by combining multiple basic meditation methods. It is a must-learn meditation method for all war lord apprentices in the entire human civilization, without a doubt.
This meditation method combines the advantages of all basic meditation methods. It is easy to get started, suitable for any talent and physique, and most suitable for laying a foundation. Even those direct descendants of the God's Throne use this meditation method.
Under the guidance of the teacher, Li Qing mastered the basics of meditation in just two minutes. A universal meditation method appeared on the attribute panel, and the mana attribute appeared on his personal attribute panel.
Name: Li Qing.
Level:1.
Mana: 1.25
Basic skills: One-handed LV1, running LV1, throwing LV1, universal meditation LV1, 1/100.
Advanced skills: None.
Combat hero skills: None.
The mana value when you first activate it is 1 point, and the remaining 0.25 points are added from a complete meditation.
After getting started, it’s a long period of meditation. You need to meditate for a certain period of time every day, and the progress will vary depending on your talents.
When the accumulated mana reaches a certain level, you can be promoted.
It is worth mentioning that whether it is a hero or a professional, in order to improve their rank, in addition to reaching a certain level of professional skills, they also need to gain combat experience to improve their personal level. The combination of the two is required to advance in rank.
Normally, the best effect is to meditate for the first time in the morning and last for an hour.
The effect of the second meditation is reduced to two-thirds of the first.
The effect of the third meditation is one third of the first.
A fourth meditation thereafter will have no effect.
In addition, after each meditation, a period of time is needed to adjust one's soul and mental state, and it is impossible to enter the meditation state continuously.
After three classes, it was noon.
After having lunch in the cafeteria and taking a short rest, Li Qing started his afternoon classes again.
Politics and aristocracy.
Statecraft and Administration.
Command, tactics and strategy.
