Vol 4 Chapter 27.4 (1/2)

Chapter 27 – The Birth of the Silver Dragon a.s.sa.s.sin (IV)

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“Actually, …” Sura suddenly thought of something. Although he was excited and on the verge of speaking what was on his mind, in the end, he didn’t voice it.

“Actually what?” Ye Yin Zhu inquisitively looked at him.

“Nothing, I’ll go prepare a meal.”

The Freshman Compet.i.tion of the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts had concluded perfectly, entering the new school term on schedule. The majority of students attended cla.s.s, and the teachers of each division also began the long process of selecting their candidates. Finally, after three days of screening and with President Ferguson’s final confirmation, the candidates partic.i.p.ating in the Milan Autumnal Defensive War were tentatively determined.

Each and every student capable of entering this list of names could be said to be those that the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts planned to focus on nurturing. The students were mainly native to the Milan Empire. After all, as the empire’s Imperial Inst.i.tution, the Milan Royal Family didn’t want to cultivate outstanding talents for other countries.

The list of names were rapidly verified by each division. The students partic.i.p.ating in this Autumnal Defensive War numbered a hundred, of which sixty were warriors and forty rare mages. In order to ensure the safety of their students, the majority of warriors selected were from the Heavy Sword division and Heavy Cavalry division because they had the strongest defense.

The mages were relatively diverse, with at least one student chosen from each division. Whether it was a warrior or mage, however, partic.i.p.ation was done in order to gain experience. Most of the candidates were, therefore, senior students. Only a few exceptionally talented undercla.s.smen were able to partic.i.p.ate.

There were three candidates altogether from the Divine Music Division: Ye Yin Zhu, Hai Yang, and Xiang Luan. Originally Hai Yang wasn’t included in the selection, but Hai Yang used some unknown method in order to partic.i.p.ate. She had explained to Ye Yin Zhu that she wanted to make sure she could continue to receive  his treatments. After all, this war might go on into the winter.

Apart from Ye Yin Zhu, the first-years of the Magic Department that were partic.i.p.ating in this operation included Yue Ming of the Dark Magic division, Chang Hao of the Spatial Domain division, Ma Liang of the Summon division, Carol of the Light division, Freud of the Spiritual division, and Rolande of the Wind division. All of them had displayed an outstanding performance during the Freshman Compet.i.tion as their division’s general, and as Sura had said and expected, he became one of the sixty warrior candidates.

“Teacher, you were looking for me?” Ye Yin Zhu pushed open the door to Ferguson’s office and entered.

“Yin Zhu, come sit down.” Ferguson smiled as he looked at him, his finger pointing to a chair to the side. “You will set off on your journey in a few days, but I have yet to teach you anything since I have taken you as a disciple. Recently, Dean Nina and I investigated some matters concerning Divine Music mages, specifically searching for ancient Divine Music magic cultivation records. For the time being, I don’t have a great deal of things to teach you. This journal is the compilation of my records on the characteristics of Spiritual magic manipulation over the past several years. Hold onto this and take a look; it might help you somewhat.” As he said this, he extracted a thick journal from his s.p.a.ce ring and handed it over to Ye Yin Zhu.

Ye Yin Zhu took the journal and examined it. The cover of the journal only had Ferguson’s name on it.

“Thank you, sir.”

“Divine Music mages are cla.s.sified as a specialized Spiritual mage. Although you mainly rely on the Divine Music vocation, if you can harmonize with Spiritual magic and control it, I think your zither music’s might become even stronger. This is also your path of development from now on.”

“I will study it carefully,” Ye Yin Zhu earnestly promised.