Chapter 76 – The Magic Academy’s Goal

Returning to Storm City again, it was already the following night, Jace and Grid followed the patrol unit back to the East Valley, and then hoofed it all the way back, not even stopping at the town of Shining Gold, because if they stopped any more, I’m afraid that they wouldn’t be able to make it to work the next day.

In the evening Jace let the Kid continue to copy the book and woke up the next day still up late.

He rushed all the way into the Mage’s Quarter without bathing, and just as he opened the door to Marin’s study, he saw that Marin and his daughter, Amy Marin, were already in the room.

“Uh, sorry.” Jace caught his breath and said, “Master Marin, I’m late.”

“I’ve been helping out for the past two days.” Amy turned her head and said, half-jokingly, “Speaking of which, shouldn’t you be paying me for my labor?”

“I’m terribly sorry, Amy, terribly sorry, Master Marin, I’m really in trouble.” Jace said.

Amy laughed and said, “This assistant of yours is really …… not yet paid for the first labor, and has already missed an unknown number of times.”

“Mr. Jace Sesso is afraid this assistant won’t be an assistant for long.” Marin placed the letter in his hand on the table, and it was only then that Jace realized that the letter’s unwrapped envelope was ridiculously beautiful, even the fire paint was a gold lion’s head.

“When soon? There’s no need to fire him, father.” Amy said, “After all, it’s really dangerous to make a trip to Stoneforge right now, and I was only joking earlier.”

Marin took the letter and said, “Master Andromas just gave me a letter from His Majesty from Stoneforge.”

Amy took the letter Marin handed over, glanced at it, and said incredulously, “Stone Fortress was attacked by werewolves? How come there’s no news of anything over here …… Jace Sesso is the hero of the Stone Fortress crisis? Is that why you injured your hand? The Jackal ……”

“Mr. Jace Sesso had an encounter with a jackal warlock and his hand was burned by fire magic.” Marin says, “Master Andromas told me that the messenger himself was thrilled, describing in graphic detail how our Mr. Sesso fought off a siege of jackals on a sentry tower; after all, the messenger himself nearly lost his life due to the attack on the stone fortress.”

“That’s incredible.” Amy exclaimed.

Jace looked at her and said in a joking tone, “I guess while I don’t have much magical talent, I probably have a bit of talent for fighting in groups.”

Amy hurriedly said, “Don’t get me wrong, in fact, sometimes an overly strong affinity with the arcane arts isn’t always a good thing, and handling it poorly can often lead to disaster, that’s why the Witch Sanctuary tries as much as possible to find those who are gifted while recruiting young students.”

“It doesn’t matter if you have talent or not.” Marin said, “As you continue down the page, the King wishes the Sorcerer’s Sanctuary to accept Mr. Jace Sesso as a full apprentice, it’s not much of a hassle for the Sorcerer’s Sanctuary, and Master Andromas said that if I won’t accept him as an apprentice, he’ll follow it up himself.”

Amy froze for a split second and asked, “The king himself ordered it?”

Marin said, “Technically it’s a personal request, but in reality well, the Wizard’s Temple and the King’s Mage both serve the crown, and the King can use a completely commanding tone of voice. He’s only just returned to his throne and wants to make a good impression on everyone, probably as taught to him by Lord Burvar Furtagan. I was actually hoping before that Mr. Jace Sesso would get a chance to learn magic now, it’s just that there are some rules and stuff at the academy, and it would be more helpful if he became an apprentice to help me with my research.”

“Whether to study under Master Andromas, or me, this matter is ultimately up to you to choose.” He looked at Jace and continued, “Master Andomas specializes in Arcane Shaping and focuses on Frost Magic, his direction of practice is more aggressive, while I am more skilled in the Change Department, Protection Arts, and I also have some research on Flame Magic, Mr. Jace Sesso, if you intend to really follow this path, this choice is very important, don’t think about our relationship, seriously consider it! .”

Jace had already thought ahead, the power of the Shadow could help him with the difficulties in the direction of his offense, for the arcane arts, what was needed was not some fire elemental manipulated by the arcane arts, cold arrows, or the simpler and more direct arcane missiles, all of these could be replaced by the powerful Shadow energy.

What was truly irreplaceable about arcane magic was precisely his ever-changing, extreme flexibility, so his best bet was to make Marin his teacher.

“I have decided, Master Marin.” Jace said, “I intend to continue my studies with you, not only because we have gotten to know each other, but also because I feel that change magic, and protection magic will be more helpful in the future for me to repay the king’s gift and protect the people of the kingdom.”

Amy nodded approvingly as Eden Marin stood up, brushed his robes, and said, “That will do, I will go to Master Luandomas this afternoon to speak of this matter, and you can officially become a member of the Sorcerer’s Sanctum, and after that, my apprentice, though I would like you to continue to assist me in matters concerning the Red Dragons’ relationship with the Orcs. “

Jace certainly didn’t want to give up on the quest, after all, he had 10 silver coins a month.

After Amy left, Marin suddenly asked, “I heard Amy say earlier that you had a hard time making a connection with the magic net, right? She once took a small rune and tried your mastery of arcane energy, and it turned out that you didn’t make that rune respond at all.”

That incident had almost become a psychological shadow for Jace during that time, confidently showing off in front of a trainee mage, only to be punched in the face on the spot.

But it’s been almost a month since it happened.

Jess said, “I don’t believe a 10-year-old can master it by hard work, and I’m nowhere near that at 18.”

“There are still some differences.” Marin said, “But there’s definitely not an unbridgeable gulf in between.”

“Eighteen is certainly a good age to start studying magic, and the reason why many magical institutions are reluctant to accept students at that age is because the humans have had a more peaceful period since the formation of the Tirisfal Guardian Council, a collaboration between the elves and the humans, and the Council has wanted to cull a large number of low level members.”

“So during that time, for most of the academies, magical achievements shone brighter than the number of magical students, and mediocrity wouldn’t bring any benefit to the magical institutions anymore. From that time on, most of the magical institutions switched their goal, which was to compete with the elves, so that humans could outperform Quel’thalas in terms of magical achievements, and also in order to compete for the voice of the Tirisfal Council. Do you know what is the biggest disadvantage of humans compared to elves in magic research?”

“Age.” Jess said.

Marin picked up, “Yes, age.”