Chapter 33 Preparations before going out for training
“Good question!”
Li Qing said:
"I believe many of you have inquired about the information of the War Lords' apprentices. You should know that my background is very ordinary, so my initial treatment is not as good as other apprentices. But you should know that my current strength is not weak. I ranked first in the last exam."
“You can’t change your birth, but you can change your upbringing.”
"I have a four-star hero under my name. You know what a four-star hero means."
"This means that in one month's official training, I will have enough capital to build a strong base, enough capital to obtain more resources, and enough capital to defeat other mentors' apprentices and gain more benefits."
Li Qing put down the book in his hand, stood up from behind the desk, and said in a deep voice:
"This is an opportunity for you. If you follow me now, you will become core members. If you miss this opportunity..."
Li Qing smiled slightly and said:
"When I rise to prominence, the standards I use to recruit people will be different ."
After saying this, Li Qing turned back to his desk . Before he sat down, he heard the sturdy man who had just spoken say:
"My name is An Erqiu, I'm a professional warrior, and I'm willing to serve His Excellency Li Qing!"
Li Qing turned around and looked at him, smiling and asked:
"You must be sure to know that you cannot go back on your word after completing the contract."
An Erqiu knelt down on one knee, clenched his right fist and pressed it against his chest, nodding seriously:
"I have decided to serve His Excellency Li Qing!"
"Can!"
Li Qing nodded:
"I accept your allegiance!"
He waved to the side of the room, and a chair automatically slid over behind An Erqiu.
"Sit down first."
"hiss!"
The six people in the room all showed shocked expressions on their faces:
"Mr. Li Qing, have you been promoted to the first level?"
Li Qing smiled and nodded:
"Just a few days ago."
In fact, ten days ago he had accumulated more than 10 mana points, and his combat level had crossed ten levels, becoming a first-level mage hero.
However, he did not determine the hero skills, but only learned some common zero-ring spells. Now he can skillfully use only the common spells such as Light, Cleansing, and Mage's Magic, and he is still learning other spells.
Since there is no battle now, he plans to save all the hero skills and hero expertise points and wait until he can learn powerful spells after a few more levels.
Zero-level and first-level spells are too weak, and it is a waste to convert them into hero skills.
Compared to his calmness, there was a look of surprise in the eyes of several people present.
You should know that the promotion of a mage is not as easy as that of a melee system. There is a basic mana requirement for each level of promotion. Only when the mana and related knowledge of the mage meet the requirements can he be promoted.
Although 10 mana points is not a lot, taking the medium-three-star mental talent as an example, one can only accumulate less than 0.1 mana through meditation a day.
It will take three months to accumulate 10 mana points.
Li Qing had only been practicing for less than a month when he accumulated enough mana. This spiritual power talent ...
Suddenly everyone's eyes lit up, and someone immediately raised his hand and said:
"Sir Li Qing, I am willing to serve you!"
The person who spoke was the professional named Dai Lirong who had hesitated before.
As a mage who already possessed a four-star mental power talent, he instantly deduced from the news of Li Qing's promotion to a first-level mage that Li Qing's talent was definitely stronger than what was publicized.
If this is the case, then in the tangle with Cao Wenyuan, the scales quickly moved towards Li Qing.
As a four-star professional with spiritual power talent, Dai Lirong's talent ranks among the top five among all professionals. He was invited to be an apprentice of several war lords very early on, including those who ranked high.
If Li Qing had not invited him, he would most likely have joined Cao Wenyuan's army.
Cao Wenyuan is taking the warrior route, and he definitely pays more attention to professionals with excellent magical talents than other war lord apprentices.
But paying attention is one thing. Although Cao Wenyuan is strong now, his potential is too low. This is where Dai Lirong hesitates.
Now we find that Li Qing actually has such excellent talent in law, which means that his potential ranks first in this class.
Number one potential, top three strength, what more could you ask for?
After two starts, two more expressed their willingness, but two still refused, one of whom was the other heroine.
"Sir Li Qing, I'm sorry, I've already promised someone else."
Li Qing nodded:
"No need to apologize, it's a personal choice."
After the two left, Li Qing looked at the four people left in the hall, one hero and three professionals. He smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with them one by one:
"Welcome to join my team!"
The only hero, An Erqiu, is a first-level professional warrior who has also studied a series of courses related to tactics and command. He is a fierce hero.
Professional Dai Lirong is a mage with a four-star mental talent, and is also good at administrative management and alchemy.
The professional is Shang Yingxin, a mage with three-star mental power talent, and is also good at administrative management, bloodline and mutation studies.
Professional Xia Mang, a female mage with three-star mental power talent, is also good at administrative management and urban planning design.
Almost all apprentices will study one or two part-time courses in addition to their own profession, which will make them more competitive.
Almost all mages take the administrative management course, which is a must.
After all, the war lord apprentices didn't recruit you to serve them, so you still have to do something besides studying.
Next, Li Qing spent two hundred thousand to buy four contract scrolls from his mentor, then opened the door to the divine realm and walked in first.
The four of them followed Li Qing into the divine realm, and saw Long Shou standing at the gate of the divine realm's high tower. Everyone looked at him with curiosity.
As the last class ended, it was no secret that Li Qing had a high-star hero on hand, but there were many rumors and they didn't know how many stars it was.
The three-meter-tall Long Shou stood there, and the powerful pressure made them amazed.
Standing in the hall, Li Qing looked back at the four people and said in a deep voice:
"According to the regulations, you need to swear by the Eternal Divine Tree that you will always be loyal to me. This is the contract. Take the contract and swear to me."
An Erqiu laughed and walked forward:
"I'll go first!"
He took a contract scroll from Li Qing's hand, unfolded it and took a look, then knelt on one knee in front of Li Qing.
"I, An Erqiu, swear here under the witness of the Eternal Divine Tree!"
Li Qing drew out the sword from his waist with a serious face and placed it on An Erqiu's shoulder.
"As a witness to the Eternal Divine Tree, I hereby swear allegiance to the War Lord Li Qing. I will fulfill my oath of loyalty and never betray him!"
After he finished speaking, Li Qing also said in a deep voice:
"As a witness to the Eternal Divine Tree, I, War Lord Li Qing, accept An Erqiu's loyalty and will fulfill my oath of loyalty and never let him down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing subconsciously looked up in a certain direction.
There was nothing, but somewhere in the dark, he sensed the existence of the Eternal Divine Tree, which meant that the contract had come into effect and they had become the king and his subjects witnessed by the Eternal Divine Tree.
The so-called oath of allegiance is a standard vassal obligation for a hero or professional to be loyal to a war lord. It stipulates the obligations that the vassal needs to fulfill and also stipulates the obligations of the war lord to his vassal.
Unless otherwise agreed, all obligations under the contract are the same.
Of course, if you break the agreement and betray the lord, the consequences will be very serious. The punishment for betrayers in all standard contracts is the same, and they will be deprived of their destiny by the Eternal Divine Tree.
In other words, it means depriving them of their hero and professional templates and exiling them.
In other words, if you betray, you will be exiled from the Eternal Divine Tree and will never be able to return.
This is an absolutely unbearable punishment for anyone. Since the establishment of this contract, millions of heroes or professionals in the entire human race sign the contract every year, and only a few dare to disobey.
Of course, the contract is fair, as it imposes constraints on both the subordinates and the lord.
First of all, the lord must not intentionally send his subordinates to their deaths, or make them do things they are unwilling to do. If such a thing happens, the subordinates have the right to file a claim for arbitration with the Eternal Tree.
If the Eternal Tree determines that such behavior occurs, the contract will be automatically terminated and the War Lord himself will also be punished to a certain extent.
An Erqiu completed the contract, and then Dai Lirong, Shang Yingxin and Xia Mang all swore allegiance to him.
After completing the ceremony, Li Qing assigned duties to them respectively.
First, all four were promoted to knights.
Knight is a status that represents the most basic aristocratic class, and it has nothing to do with whether they are warriors or mages.
They were the first batch of talents recruited by him, so they were all promoted to knights.
We will recruit talents when our strength develops in the future. At that time, only heroes can be promoted to knights at the beginning, and professionals can only be territory consultants, with a status below knights and above citizens.
Then assign positions to them.
First, he transferred Long Shou's original position of chief of security to An Erqiu.
Long Shou was adjusted to the commander-in-chief of the Lord's Guard, commanding all formal troops.
In addition, An Erqiu also serves part-time as the captain of the infantry battalion. The warrior hero is a combat-ready force and can go into battle whenever there is a war.
Mage Dai Lirong is the lord's assistant, assisting Li Qing in managing the work within the divine domain.
The mage Shang Yingxin is the supervisor of the Divine Realm Ranch and is responsible for managing the Divine Realm Ranch.
This is also compatible with his major. He also studied bloodline and mutation science, which itself involves some lower-level subjects related to animals. If he is interested, he can also try to mutate the livestock raised on the ranch.
For example, by studying ordinary grassland cattle, we can produce beef with a higher meat yield and better taste.
The last female mage, Xia Mang, was assigned by Li Qing the position of territory clerk, which was similar to an assistant. Her main job was to coordinate the work of the people in the territory.
That’s all for now. God’s Domain is too small and many industries have not yet developed.
With these four subordinates to share his worries, Li Qing could finally free himself from the trivial matters in the divine realm and concentrate on continuing his studies.
There is only one month left, but thanks to Li Qing's excellent talent, his learning efficiency is very fast. He has completed most of the basic courses and has now begun to learn some first-level spells.
More advanced knowledge courses require payment, most of which are electives, and you can decide whether to take these courses.
Because they will be going out to explore and gain experience in another month, they need to leave the current plane fragment and go to the large plane fragment of tens of thousands of square kilometers in the north to gain experience and compete with the apprentices of several other mentors, so the next paid elective courses will be taught online.
When they find a suitable place to expand the divine domain, they can make use of the natural connection between the divine domain and the Eternal Divine Tree, using the Eternal Divine Tree as a transit point to establish a network system with the instructor's divine domain. Then they can take classes online.
Heroes and professionals in the divine realm can also do this.
This also means that those heroes and professional apprentices who have not joined the War Lord Apprentices can then find the bases of their seventeen War Lord Apprentices and use their network to attend classes.
But this thing is not free, you need to pay what is commonly known as Internet access fee.
Although the money is not much, the apprentices are training outside and they don’t have a divine domain, so their food and drink need to be replenished by their base, so they can make some money.
Another week later, Li Qing finished all the basic courses.
On the day he finished his studies, his tutor called him to the study.
Nie Yang gestured for him to sit down, clasped his fingers together and placed them on the desk, then asked:
"You have completed all your basic courses. How will you plan your time later?"
Li Qingzao had an idea about this and said:
"I want to take advantage of the time we have now to lead the troops out of the castle and explore outside."
Nie Yang showed a hint of surprise on his face, and then nodded in appreciation:
"That's what I wanted to tell you. I didn't expect you to have this idea so early. You have a long-term vision. That's great."
"This is the mentor's good teaching!"
This was not him flattering. Li Qing always kept in mind the teachings given to him by his instructor after the first class.
So before he finished the basic course, he started thinking about what to do next.
If he continues to study advanced courses, it will only give him a further advantage in this area, but this advantage will not make much progress in his strength in the short term.
He came up with this idea when he considered that they would need to leave the castle and enter the plane fragments for training in a month.
If they really wait another month to practice together, the time advantage of him having completed the basic courses a month in advance will be gone.
It would be better to set off now and gain the upper hand.
Even if I don't achieve anything in the past half month, at least I can get used to the darkness in the wild, adapt to it, and get some resources back from outside.
Outside this plane, there are primitive trees everywhere, dangerous wild beasts everywhere, some indigenous monster tribes, etc. Whether you collect resources or kill these monsters, you can gain benefits and improve your own strength.
You should know that there will be another assessment in half a month, which is at the end of the second month of enrollment.
However, Li Qing's strength has not increased much in the past two months, and he no longer has any other Kobold cards to level up.
The other students, especially those ranked higher, have far more resources than him, and their strength must have increased.
With one increase and one decrease, it will be difficult to get first place in the assessment two months later.
If you can’t compare with others in terms of birth or resources, you can only make up for it with hard work.
Two days later, at the north gate of the mentor's castle.
The tall city gate opened, and many professionals or heroes wearing leather armor or chain mail were gathered in the square inside the city gate, some setting up stalls to trade, some chatting in , and some heroes were preparing to go out with their subordinates.
