Chapter 132 : Chapter 132
Chapter : 132
There were more than four hundred first-year students in total from the magic academy and the swordsman academy, and including the teachers, it was nearly five hundred people.
That was truly a vast and mighty crowd.
However, the Norman Forest was large enough that less than five hundred people entering it was like a drop of water merging into the sea.
Team A and three other teams were assigned to the same supervising teacher, and that supervising teacher was an acquaintance of Yan Yunqing's—Teacher Walkley.
"Good morning!" Teacher Walkley still had that energetic look, and he patted Yan Yunqing's shoulder, "I heard you've caused quite a stir at school recently, huh?"
Yan Yunqing was full of question marks: "What?"
I've been wronged! I didn't do anything!
Teacher Walkley laughed loudly: "I heard that Professor Theresa hasn't left her room for a month because of you. Reid has complained to me more than once."
As he spoke, Walkley mimicked Reid's expression, frowning and complaining: "My teacher seems to have gone mad.
She actually believes that something a student wrote casually is real—how is that possible? How could the great Eternal Lord have subdued Her Highness Silf through trickery!"
"This world has definitely gone mad!"
Yan Yunqing: ......
Yan Yunqing guiltily averted his gaze.
Walkley put his arm around Yan Yunqing's shoulder: "Do you have anything you want to say about Reid's accusations?"
"Ah... about that..." Yan Yunqing coughed twice, "Um..."
Seeing Yan Yunqing hemming and hawing, unable to say anything, Walkley shook his head and didn't make things difficult for him.
He said with a smile, "Forget it, let's not talk about this topic. The external training is about to begin. How are your preparations? Although you joined the academy halfway, the final grades are still calculated once a year. If your grades are too poor, it will affect your course selection next year, you know!"
Yan Yunqing blinked, "I'm well prepared."
"Do you have a goal?"
"First place, I guess."
Walkley raised an eyebrow, "Quite the big talk. I'll be waiting for your good news then."
After saying that, he leaned closer to Yan Yunqing and reminded him in a small voice: "Principal Penelope is also coming this time, remember to perform a little more outstandingly."
Yan Yunqing wasn't surprised; he had already learned this news from Quinn in advance.
Back in the team, Robin came over and diligently handed him a cup of warm water: "Little Captain, have some water!"
Ever since Yan Yunqing transferred him a few sums of points, this kid had become like this, incredibly attentive, vowing to cling tightly to the thigh of the rich man.
Yan Yunqing politely declined: "No need, I'm not thirsty at the moment."
He sized up Robin's bag, which was completely empty, with not a single extra item in his hands, "We should have brought all our things, right?"
When Robin was preparing the supplies, he had shown him the list. Because Yan Yunqing had given him a large extra sum of points, the list of supplies Robin prepared was very lavish, dazzling Yan Yunqing's eyes, and in a moment of carelessness, he transferred another few thousand points to Robin.
Robin nodded, took out a few gemstone bracelets from his pocket, picked one and stuffed it into Yan Yunqing's hand, explaining as he did:
"This is an engraved space bracelet, a new invention by the academy's Alchemy Society. It reduces the consumption of precious materials, but the space isn't large, only about three cubic meters. I pulled some strings to borrow five of them."
"Borrow?" William frowned upon hearing this, "Do we need to borrow this kind of equipment? Why not just buy it directly? You can never have too much space equipment."
Little bird Robin rolled his eyes at the clueless William, "Do you think space equipment is easy to buy? This thing isn't mass-produced by the academy's Alchemy Society yet, and it's not even for sale at the moment. The fact that I could borrow five of them is because of my strong connections. Anyone else wouldn't be able to get these five space bracelets."
Little Prince William was stunned: "Is it that hard to get?"
Little bird Robin said with a straight face: "Of course, what do you think?"
Rowena pushed Little bird Robin's head down with a slap, "Alright, stop tricking William. Be careful or William will turn on you."
William was full of question marks: "What do you mean?"
Rowena sighed: "Robin did indeed borrow these, but he paid a rental fee. Because this external training is in the Norman Forest, it's inconvenient for many people to carry their things, so the Alchemy Society created this space bracelet."
"It's true that the production rate can't keep up, but the number that has been made is not small. For the future external training of the second and third years, the Alchemy Society has not opened them for sale, only for rental use. Didn't you see that many people aren't carrying any luggage?"
William looked around, and indeed, many people weren't carrying any luggage at all, unlike them who were all holding some things in their hands.
"You lied to me!" William glared at Robin.
Little bird Robin spread his hands innocently: "You can't really say it's lying. I did use some connections to rent five space bracelets in advance to ensure that each of us has one. There are still many people who couldn't rent one and have to share with their teammates!"
William was puffed up with anger and wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Yan Yunqing, "Alright, Teacher Walkley is about to announce the precautions for the external training. You two stop fooling around for now."
With Yan Yunqing's words, Robin stopped bickering with William, quickly distributed the bracelets, and said in a low voice:
"I've already packed all the supplies into these space bracelets, one for each person. The extra is all with the Little Captain. If you're short on anything, you can go to the Little Captain for it."
"It's very simple to use. Mages use mana, and swordsmen use qi to touch the space bracelet."
Yan Yunqing tried the method Robin taught, using his mana to touch the space bracelet. A line of text immediately popped up in front of him.
[You are using 'Space Bracelet·Green'. A space equipment has been detected. Do you wish to bind it?]
Yan Yunqing was surprised. Space equipment could be bound?
Yan Yunqing directly chose 'yes'. The space bracelet in his hand didn't change at all.
Yan Yunqing shook the bracelet and in a blink of an eye, he found that his backpack had gained nine more slots. All the items only occupied one of them, displayed as [A pile of miscellaneous items].
......So it was this kind of binding?
There were actually items that could expand his backpack slots?
But what the hell was [A pile of miscellaneous items]? These were their supplies for the upcoming days, and they were just crudely classified by the system as a pile of miscellaneous items.
Yan Yunqing shook the bracelet in his hand and keenly noticed that the faint mana fluctuation on it had disappeared.
......Could it have been absorbed by his backpack?
Yan Yunqing leaned over to his roommate and poked his shoulder, "Let me see your bracelet."
Demetrius didn't understand why, but he didn't hesitate and directly handed over the bracelet.
Yan Yunqing took the bracelet. This time, there was no system prompt. Yan Yunqing tried using his mana to touch the bracelet again, but there was no reaction from his system backpack. Instead, a small space was constructed in his mind.
It seemed that his backpack could only absorb the same type of space bracelet once; more than that was useless.
Yan Yunqing regretfully returned the bracelet to Demetrius. He had originally thought that if he could absorb a few more, he would go back and rob the Alchemy Society.
At worst, he would just pay them a few more points. Anyway, points were something Yan Yunqing had in abundance.
His backpack was now in a state where it would be full if not organized for a week. If there were really items that could expand its capacity, Yan Yunqing would definitely get a few more no matter what.
It is said that all fear comes from insufficient firepower. Yan Yunqing also liked to hoard various weapons and items in his backpack, which would often fill up and require cleaning before more things could be put in.
The members of Team A were checking the items in their space, and conveniently stuffed their own luggage into the space bracelets.
Yan Yunqing didn't need to do this; he had stuffed everything into his backpack from the beginning.
After checking the items, Teacher Walkley happened to start emphasizing the rules for the upcoming external training:
"Next, we will conduct a fifteen-day outdoor practical training. The destination is the Norman Forest."
"The west side of the Norman Forest is adjacent to the Dragon Valley and the Sea of Death. Even though a border has been established in the middle, and there are seniors and teachers from the Two Great Empires and the academy stationed there long-term, because the border is too long, there are still many demonic beasts that cross the defense line and enter the Norman Forest, including some high-level demonic beasts. Once these demonic beasts leave the forest, they will threaten the nearby residents."
"The content of your outdoor practical training this time is to kill these demonic beasts. The final grade evaluation will be based on a comprehensive calculation and ranking of the number and strength of the demonic beasts your team kills."
"Now I will distribute an emergency caller. Please carry it with you at all times. If you encounter a danger that you cannot solve, contact me immediately through the caller.
The academy will dispatch a rescue team, which will reach you within ten minutes. During this period, the caller will generate an adult-sized shield that lasts for twenty minutes, which can protect your life."
Sigret Academy could be said to be the most advanced institution of learning on the entire Ailman Continent. The students who could enter it were all the top elites and geniuses of the continent.
The academy wanted to train these students' practical combat abilities, but not to the extent of directly throwing a group of children who were used to staying in a safe academy onto a battlefield, regardless of their life or death.
The fact that so many teachers were sent to accompany them already showed that the academy attached great importance to the students' safety.
Teacher Walkley gave everyone a palm-sized device. It wasn't heavy and could be directly fixed to the clothes on their chest.
"Of course, if you don't encounter danger, don't use the caller casually. Once this caller is activated, your team's score will be voided, and you'll have to come back again next year!"
Teacher Walkley said with a smile: "This is just the final insurance the academy gives you. Please use it with caution."
Yan Yunqing put the caller into his backpack. To avoid accidental activation, it would be the same to take it out from his space backpack when he encountered danger.
While Walkley was speaking, many team-leading teachers had already set off in advance. This made William a little anxious.
Although the external training time was long, and leaving a dozen minutes earlier wouldn't affect much, watching others leave one by one while he was still here listening to the supervising teacher's nonsense, the sense of urgency in his heart welled up continuously.
It was like during military training when other classes had been dismissed for meals, but their class was still left on the field under the sun.
While enduring hunger, they also had to listen to the drill instructor's nagging. Anyone would get anxious.
Yan Yunqing expressed his understanding.
Walkley talked about some more regulations for the external training. Seeing William glance around from time to time, he couldn't help but clap his hands, attracting everyone's attention:
"Alright, we should get going. Some little friends are getting impatient."
Yan Yunqing felt that he was now particularly like a teacher taking kindergarten children on a spring outing.
Come to think of it, the nature of it was quite similar.
The roots of William's ears turned red. He puffed out his cheeks and lowered his head. Fortunately, no matter how low his EQ was, he knew not to clash with the teacher at this time.
Teacher Walkley led them to the teleportation hall. This time, the teleportation destination was not Buma City, but another place.
Yan Yunqing only felt a wave of dizziness, and when the scene before his eyes became clear again, he found himself in a huge square.
Countless giant demonic beasts were squatting or standing in the square.
Sweeping his gaze around, Yan Yunqing saw many precious flying demonic beasts, such as griffins, fire-winged birds, wind eagles, winged horses, and so on.
It seemed that they would be riding these flying demonic beasts to the Norman Forest this time.
Yan Yunqing's Team A was assigned two griffins as their mode of transport, and Teacher Walkley also rode with them.
The griffin's breeder glanced at Teacher Walkley and patted the griffin next to him, which had been rubbing its head against his neck.
"Alright, old partner, it's time to work. If you keep acting cute, there won't be any good fruits for you today."