Elite Mages' Academy

Li Jiayi was quite good at remembering books. It was quite obvious she worked hard regularly. She was praised by the others as well, but the information in the library was obviously outdated.

After she finished, Xiao Lin continued, “To add to that, the Rosa Kingdom is currently at war. Rebels have been fighting the royal troops for about half a year now. The current reports say that the rebels have the advantage. The territories actually controlled by the royals have been shrinking, so the Rosa Kingdom is in chaos at the moment, and refugees have been flooding other areas.”

“How do you know that?”

“I’ve been to Norma, and I met refugees from the Rosa Kingdom there.”

Xiao Lin casually said that, and the logic was irrefutable. Compared to information from the library, his words were undoubtedly more reliable. After thinking for a bit, he added, “Oh, right. The Rosa Kingdom might have dark races hiding there. If we go over, it’s better to prepare for that just in case. It is said that dark magic possesses strong decaying and poisonous attributes, so it’s better to be prepared.”

The others opened their mouths, especially Han Manman, who looked like she wanted to retort, but could not find a moment to rebuke despite racking her brains. Their knowledge of the Rosa Kingdom was limited to classes and textbooks.

Cheng Ming happily said, “That’s great! It seems like your excursions to the New World last semester will be helping us a lot, Xiao Lin. Is there anything else we need to take note of?”

Everyone watched on speechlessly as Cheng Ming even took out his notebook, but thinking about it deeper, Xiao Lin gave them a good reminder. Dawn Academy had never started a dark magic class to date, so all of them did not know anything about it. It might be too late to learn everything about it, but they could at least get a basic understanding.

“We still don’t know how the tests will be evaluated; the president did not say we would be teaming up for the monthly examination.”

Xiao Lin looked at the young man who spoke from the corner of his eye; it was Class Two’s monitor, Zhang Sunxiao. He was leisurely making himself some tea, not seeming to care at all about their gathering. Xiao Lin’s impression of Zhang Sunxiao was just that the man really liked winning.

Other than being close to Chen Dao and Cheng Ming, Xiao Lin did not really have a good relationship with the other class monitors. That was also because he had gone on too many excursions, and was not actually in the academy much. Xiao Lin’s relationship with the other class monitors was basically only at the level where they knew each other’s names.

“That should not be the case,” Xiao Lin immediately denied it. “When the time comes, we will definitely be finishing the examination tasks in groups.”

“How do you know that?” Zhang Sunxiao raised his head curiously.

Xiao Lin laughed. “I know someone up top!”

The monitors looked at each other, hesitating before they nodded in agreement. Everyone knew Xiao Lin had a good relationship with the Head of the Logistics Department at that point; even the president looked at Xiao Lin differently.

In truth, Xiao Lin was just making up a bunch of crap. He was not Song Junlang after all.

However, there was no need to investigate this sort of thing at all. Even though Xiao Lin’s understanding of the Rosa Kingdom completely came from that vampire girl Ibeiya, he still knew very well that the royalty in that little kingdom was struggling with war and various disasters. How could the academy let them fight amongst themselves in such a place?

“The Rosa Kingdom is not too far away from our colonial territories. You only need to go past the Silver Province and the plains before you reach the place. There are a lot of refugees from the Rosa Kingdom in the Silver Province…”

“The Silver Province? Is that the place that produces starmetal we heard of in class?”

“You’ve been there?”

“I spent a bit of time there when I went to Planet Norma last time.”

“Speaking of that, do the orcs look exactly like what we saw in the monthly examination?”

“More or less. There are quite a few orcs in the Silver Province.”

“Aren’t we enemies?”

“The Silver Province is a neutral city, and we are not currently at war with the orcs, so be careful when the time comes. Don’t immediately try to fight any orcs you see. You’ll cause diplomatic conflicts.”

…

Xiao Lin did not mind sharing all the information he knew. If it was to be a group test, he did not want to be dragged down by the others. Originally, they did not pay that much attention to his words, but a lot of the information was actually very useful, such as the fact that the Silver Province’s borders were right next to orc territory, and would occasionally be disturbed by the orcs.

Slowly, everyone started to listen in earnest. Other than a select few, no one had any animosity toward Xiao Lin; it was just that they interacted very little, and so felt like strangers. Xiao Lin generously providing all that information had pulled their relationships closer.

There were only two days left until they left for the New World, and time felt more and more tight. After the gathering at the lounge, Xiao Lin immediately contacted Lu Renjia when he went back to his room.

Currently, all of Xiao Lin’s equipment and weapons had been provided by Lu Renjia. After a few battles, Xiao Lin trusted that senior’s craftsmanship quite a bit.

“That’s the gist of it. I know time is a bit tight, and there probably isn’t enough time to make anything new. What ready-made weapons do you have right now? Just let me know, money isn’t a problem.”

Xiao Lin did not waste time and went straight to the point, exuding the aura of a rich person. Lu Renjia might be two years Xiao Lin’s senior, but after he had seen how much Xiao Lin could spend, he did not feel any seniority toward Xiao Lin at all. Lu Renjia, who had dark circles around his eyes, probably from working throughout many nights, warmly smiled at Xiao Lin.

“So it’s Xiao Lin, ah no. It should be Monitor Xiao. I’ve heard about your monthly examination, that you will be going to the New World. Wow, the dean and student union are really bold.” Lu Renjia’s admiration in his voice disappeared quickly as he shifted to the main topic.

“To be honest, I’d already prepared everything the moment I saw who won the bet on the forums. I had been wondering when you would find me. I’ve actually already prepared your Black Iron-ranked weapons and equipment. The materials and schematics have been prepared. The moment you make a decision, I’ll start working. I guarantee everything will be done in two days!”

In order to prove his honesty, Lu Renjia immediately entered some functions into the computer, and Xiao Lin quickly received a few pictures from Lu Renjia. Opening them, Xiao Lin saw some extremely refined designs of weapons and equipment. It seemed like the man was not boasting emptily.

Xiao Lin found it amusing. “If I don’t want them, won’t all your preparations have been for nothing?”

“How could that be possible? Most of the first-years know you get your equipment from me. With that alone, why would I worry about customers?”

“You’re really straightforward.”

“Only with honesty will there be returning customers.”

“Do you like being a merchant?”

“Sure. My dream is to open a weapons store in the future, and then make it into a chain that can be found on all of Planet Norma. I want to be the richest person in the New World!”

“I wish you success…”