Arcane Lord

"Still alive!"

The dormitory was already in a semi-collapsed state, but this corner was still safe. But before Xia Duo could rejoice, another huge explosion sounded, and the ground shook moderately.

This time, Xia Duowei was really lucky, because except for this corner, other places had collapsed, and at this time Curry finally came to his senses, "It must be the devil! It must be the devil coming to attack the academy! Eddie , thank you for saving me."

"You're welcome, we are friends!" Xia Duo said casually.

However, the "devil" mentioned by Curry still aroused his interest. After being in the academy for so long, "Eddie" did not have any image of the devil in his memory, and there was only one description of the devil.

Demons resemble humans, are handsome in appearance, have skin ranging from red copper to grass green, have pointed ears, are capable of magic, and are also good at seducing humans.

Therefore, it is best to kill those who see this characteristic directly, otherwise there is a risk of being seduced and corrupted.

Somehow, Sha Duo suddenly thought of elves. The description of demons in the academy books almost perfectly matched the appearance of elves.

However, if they were really elves, why would they attack the academy?

In "Eddie's" memory, there seems to be no demon attacking the academy. Could it be that the "protagonist" really comes to cause trouble?

Sha Duo felt that things were not that simple. Just when he was searching for information about the devil from "Eddie's" memory, outside the corner where he and Curry were hiding, the collapsed rocks were shaken by an invisible force. , and moved tremblingly.

The sound of falling debris and the friction between stones awoke Xia Duo from his thoughts. He noticed the magic aura condensed on the stones and knew that someone from the academy had taken action.

I don’t know if the incoming demon has been dealt with.

"Can the people inside still move? Say yes if they can?" A strange voice came in from outside.

"Yes! Yes!" Curry shouted impatiently.

After a while, all the stones were removed, and Xia Duo stepped out of the dormitory directly from the ruins. The outside was scorched earth, as if it had been bombed by missiles. The core was at the outer wall of the dormitory opposite, and there was a stretch of more than ten meters long. The glazed zone.

"The fate is so great, six of them survived in this area."

Hearing the sound, Xia Duo looked around. Almost all the people on the opposite side were dead, except for one whose thigh was broken. He was floating out of the ruins and was wailing like a slaughtered pig.

And here, in addition to Xia Duo and Curry, there are three students who have also survived, but they are also in disgraceful appearance. One of them may have been in a bad position just now, and his entire upper body seems to have been grilled, and it is dark. , it was still oily, and it was suspended aside at this time, motionless, and could not even make a whine.

"Are you okay with your health? If you have any problems, just say that today is an emergency, and the college will bear half of the treatment costs."

Xia Duo felt it for a moment and said, "Thank you, teacher, for caring. I'm fine. I happened to be hiding in the corner just now. May I ask, teacher, was it a demon attack just now?"

"Yes, you will graduate soon, so I won't hide it from you. This is already the 32nd demonic attack this year."

"..."

As if he felt that the students in front of him were scared, the teacher comforted him, "Don't be afraid. This is the empire that has just won a stage of victory. The demons are starting to get anxious, which is why they launch attacks so frequently. You have to learn to adapt. Their end is not far away." , the empire will achieve final victory, Arcane is supreme!”

"Arcane is supreme!" Sha Duo also shouted a slogan.

Just as he was talking, an old man with gray hair fell from the sky, his face full of anger. After landing, he asked: "How is the situation here?"

"Principal, less than half of the two dormitories have gone to the venue, and the remaining six are still alive. Treatment has been arranged, but the others -"

"Where's the soul?"

"Only ten intercepted."

The anger on the old man's face became even worse, "Send them to the Resurrection Department. I want to see them appear at the graduation ceremony. You can handle this matter in person. Don't delay."

"I understand, by the way, principal, have you caught the devil?"

"roll!"

"yes!"

There was a flash of white light and the person disappeared.

This scene made Xia Duo a little stunned. Didn't he catch the attacking demon? But there was no time to think more, the principal had already come to them and began to comfort people.

After a while, the two students who were most vulnerable to serious injuries were able to move. The one with a broken leg had grown new legs, and the skin on the upper body of the one who had been roasted had also regrown, and his whole body was much fairer. .

Except for Xia Duo and Curry, everyone else was more or less injured. After treatment, the six of them went to the venue together to participate in the final graduation ceremony.

…

venue.

Xia Duo looked at the audience with some confusion. The so-called graduation ceremony was more like a purposeful and planned mobilization meeting. At the meeting, people from the scroll factory, the trial court, and the army came to preach and attract graduates to join.

In addition to high wages and benefits, there are also subsequent growth routes, such as the scroll factory, where you can enter the academy, the trial court where you can become a chief judge, and the military, where you can naturally become a marshal.

Glory, responsibility, feelings, interests, everything ties the graduates to the empire.

Because they were attacked by demons, Xia Duo and others were regarded as the victims of the demons. They personally recounted the atrocities of the demons, connecting the ten who had just been resurrected and whose minds were still unclear, making the graduates in the audience furious.

Many people changed their plans on the spot, shouting that they wanted to join the army and go to war with the devil.

Not to mention a graduate who has never experienced anything in the world, even an outsider like Xia Duo was almost moved. The entire venue was filled with an extremely fanatical atmosphere, making the cleverly hidden psychic aura even more obscure.

After all, he is a high-level mage, and Xia Duo has always been very sensitive to such emotionally abnormal scenes. When he realized that there might be the influence of psychic spells, he immediately entered a state of concentration, and he discovered the clues.

Psychic spells are not taboo in the main plane, let alone here, but Sha Duo doesn't like them.

Finally, we reached the final stage, which was somewhat similar to the graduation ceremony on Earth. The principal put a graduation badge on each graduate and sent a graduation letter of recommendation. At the same time, senior officials from the empire were present to give blessings one by one.

"Eddie, may your journey to trial be smooth! Arcane Supreme!"

"Arcane Supreme!"

After shouting slogans and saluting, Xia Duo felt physically and mentally exhausted after the whole process, but he didn't dare to show it at all, because everyone else was very excited. Wouldn't it be abnormal if he wasn't excited!

Fortunately, the number of graduates in this class is not large. If there were thousands of students per class at a school on Earth, it would be terrifying. The Second Magic Academy of the Arcane Empire only had less than 200 students per class.

However, just thinking that these more than a hundred people are official mages is terrifying.

Because it is not that there are more than a hundred people in several years, but it is like this every year.

At the graduation ceremony, the principal introduced the number of graduates in the past, which was about the same level. Xia Duo still didn't know how many magic academies there were in the empire, but judging from the name "Second", there should be at least two.

There are at least 300 official mages every year.

And it has been nearly a thousand years since the empire was established. This——

Although it is impossible to grow at a rate of 300 per year from the beginning, considering such a long history, the number of mages in the empire must not be a small number.

What's more, Xia Duo is calculated based on two magic schools. If there are hundreds of magic schools, it would be really terrible.

If all mages have this number, what about ordinary people?

After leaving the venue, Sha Duo couldn't wait to learn about the history of the Arcane Empire. "Eddie's" memory contained very little about the history of the empire, and most of it was about the deeds of the "Great Sage".