Arcane Linguist

Chapter 245 The first lesson of entering the tower, Roland's "Index"

"Elite Apprenticeship Program? I'm so ridiculous. After going around, isn't it the same as us in the end?
That Roland really said one thing and did another, I was almost deceived by him! "

Silena Mage Tower, in the stronghold of the Autodox School.

Okesia and the others, like Dongleiner, started work for the new semester immediately.

He didn't forget to stare at Roland's movements, but after inquiring about it, he almost laughed out loud.

"This should be different." Gallo said calmly after understanding.

"Just wait and see, in the end, the trick will always be revealed.

I know that kind of person all too well. "

Oksiah said confidently.

"When they waste time, they will understand that the survival of the fittest has been made clear from the beginning of school. The apprentices trained in this way are the strongest and have the most potential."

While Oxea was talking with Gallo, the apprentices were summoned to give lectures in a large classroom in the mage tower.

"Listen, from now on, you are Benta's apprentices.

But don't think that becoming a magic apprentice is a master of human beings. On the contrary, you are now the "property" of this academy, and you can regain your rights as human beings only after successfully graduating! "

"'Property'? What do you mean?"

"Can you explain it more clearly?"

There was some commotion among the crowd.

"I came here all the way to learn magic, and you actually told me that I became a property?"

A burly orc stood up furiously and slapped the table.

These apprentices are of different races and have different appearance characteristics.

Some are brown-skinned drow with strong ears, some are dragonborn with scales and some demi-human features, and some are half-orcs with fur on their cheeks.

Naturally, temperaments are also very different.

"Noisy!"

Faced with such a scene, the third-level mage who was lecturing on the stage gently clicked, and the "freezing ray" shot out like a laser, instantly freezing the orc into an ice sculpture.

The orc froze with an incredulous expression on his face.

The other people were also taken aback, and immediately fell silent.

"Stupid, these teaching assistants are at least formal mages and above, how can ordinary apprentices compete?"

"Talking nonsense with him at a time like this, isn't it a rush to give someone a chance to stand up for nothing?"

Some apprentices' eyes flickered and they sneered secretly.

There was no abnormality on the face.

The cruel life in the Silena area has already taught them what it means to shoot the first bird.

"It seems that everyone has calmed down, so I will continue to explain."

The third-tier mage who made the move said coldly, and immediately continued to read the rules of the mage tower according to the document as if nothing had happened.

"There is no course assessment in this tower, but at the end of each month, 10 points must be paid, and those who fail to meet the requirements will be eliminated.

Apprentices are not allowed to fight in private. Those who violate prohibitions and fight openly will be eliminated.

Killing, arson, poisoning and other acts that endanger public safety are strictly prohibited, and those who violate the order will be eliminated.

If you have personal grievances, you can apply for a ring battle. The fixed bet is worth 2 points. The maximum exemption period is one week. You must fight when it expires. Those who evade will be automatically judged as losers, and those who run out of points will be eliminated on the spot.

Apprentices are ranked by their respective points, and all resources and courses are exchanged with points, and private transactions are not allowed..."

The corners of the mouths of some aristocratic students were slightly raised, obviously they had already shown their abilities and learned the inside story long before.

There are also some people who are very confident in their own strength, so there is no disturbance.

But more, after gradually understanding the content, his face turned pale, and his body couldn't help shaking.

"This... this is the Gu-style dark wizard tower system!"

"Raising gu" is a metaphor that refers to the cruel system in which apprentices are deliberately promoted to compete and eliminate each other during the apprenticeship training stage of certain mage towers. In the end, only the best one or a few apprentices can obtain the mage inheritance.

Its origin comes from a method of cultivating insects.

Many poisonous insects are put into airtight containers, killing and devouring each other until only the strongest and most adaptable individuals remain, which are the so-called "gu".

Thousands of years ago in the era of witchcraft, the forces belonging to the wizard towers had widely adopted this system, and some wizard towers were even specially set up on inaccessible overseas continents or deserted islands for convenience.

Wizards search for talents with wizard potential from the secular kingdom, and they are often still on the guide ship, and they have already started killing each other. In the end, there are often less than half of the number left, so this system is often used. Call it the black ship system.

Wizards believe that only by facing the test of life and death can a person's potential be stimulated.

Even the most gentle and cowardly person, facing the challenge of life and death crisis, may stimulate their own potential and thus undergo transformation.

Through this method, the best and most potential apprentices can be selected.

In addition, the winner has the right to search and possess all the relics of the loser, which can also promote the flow of magic resources to a certain extent.

The wizards also don't know how to allocate resources in order to provide the environment for learning and growth to the maximum extent, and simply let the cruel law of the jungle fulfill this allocation obligation.

They never imagined that in the modern era, some people would pick up this trick again.

But some smart ones quickly recalled that the Reiner World was not the Art Rhine.

After all, this is still a colony, a place where colonists can do whatever they want.

Without eliminating 50% from the beginning, this can already be called a relatively moderate reformist.

“Start now by announcing the content of tasks that can be accepted this month.

It should be noted that the total number of points generated by these tasks is designed according to the number of you * 10 points, but it cannot be evenly distributed, so it is doomed that some people will occupy more, and some will be eliminated because of insufficient points.

We call this the last-place elimination system...

In addition, in order to prevent waste, it is hereby set that 30% of the points worth of this task will be deducted from those who fail the task..."

Ah, this...

It didn't take long for the clever apprentices to realize that this was an opportunity to eliminate some of their opponents.

From this moment on, all the apprentices had to work together, intrigue, and work hard to stay in this mage tower and study magic.

"Old, teacher... can I ask a question?"

Still some people did not give up and raised their hands tremblingly.

"Of course, but stop talking nonsense, my time is very precious!" The assistant teacher seemed to have anticipated what questions he would ask, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"Excuse me, what does 'elimination' mean? You just mentioned the rules of multiple eliminations, but you didn't explain it. What exactly do you mean.

Did he lose his apprentice status and be kicked out of the mage tower? "It seems that you still didn't pay attention to the lecture, or your IQ is too low to understand the literal meaning." "

While the unwilling apprentice turned pale, the teaching assistant said something faintly.

"Forget it, since you are a new apprentice, and I did not make it clear just now, so I will forgive your stupidity and explain it carefully.

As I said just now, you are the property of this tower, and being eliminated means losing the potential to be cultivated, and there is no value at all.

Therefore, all those eliminated will be subject to the 'final judgment', that is, those who apply for the corresponding task will be killed and turned into new points!

But the Mage Tower is merciful. In addition to giving high rewards to the executioners, it will also give the eliminated ones the last chance to make a comeback.

That is to kill the executioner who accepted the task, and survive by depriving him of everything!

However, it should be noted that if you are dealing with a miscellaneous fish that is also on the verge of elimination and you don’t have enough points, you will still die. "

The teaching assistant made it clear that he deliberately put this matter at the end.

At the beginning, everyone was lucky, thinking that this is a modern society after all, and there will be no such thing as killing each other among classmates.

But I didn't expect that there really was a final ruling.

You must kill your classmates to survive!

……

"It seems that they are planning to eliminate at least [-]% of the apprentices in a planned way, and then select a group of cannon fodder and elite apprentices from the rest, as the answer to the delivery!"

Just as Oxea paid attention to the movements of East Lainer, Roland and others also gradually learned about the preparations there.

The relevant information was sent directly by Moreira, who has joined the Siris School.

"It's just an improved version of the black ship system. Some wizards also think that the original system of raising Gu is too cruel and has too much internal friction. They have improved the direct face-to-face fighting into a competition for points."

Roland sighed, but he thought that there is this kind of dialectical contradiction in everything.

Healthy competition, introversion, Gu cultivation, battle royale...

This is a typical process in which quantitative changes accumulate qualitative changes.

They controlled the degree of involution to the stage of dying, constantly eliminating the bottom and oppressing.

The government controls the people, and the company controls the employees, which are similar methods.

"Talking about toxicity without dose is playing hooliganism.

The point is that the consumption of such introversion is still too great, and too much thought and energy are put into intrigue with each other, and they have no intention of arcane.

In this world, except for gods, no one can transcend the rules of conservation of mass and energy.

If one is strong, the other must be weak. "

In the end, he decided to stick to his own path.

That has been decided before, and it is also something brought about by the farming nation in the bones and the later industrialized society.

That is an instinct engraved deep in the soul.

……

At this time, Diego and others were already starting their first lesson.

"Students, the first magic lesson I'm going to teach you today is the "Indexing Technique" invented and created by His Excellency Roland himself, also known as "Roland's Wisdom Enlightenment"!
This is a magic that forms a knowledge map of books and materials, which is convenient for knowledge management. It is also a meta-skill for personal learning and growth, and a way to improve learning ability.

Its specific function is to link the library with its own knowledge management system. From now on, low-level mages can rely on the index to search and form a carefully selected 'skill tree'!
Now, please open the pages of the book and read the theoretical explanation carefully..."

Everyone obediently turned the pages of the book and received the high-end knowledge from the Mage Tower.

This is something that has never happened before in general colleges and high schools.

"So that's the case, because knowledge is actually a complex network structure, and what ordinary people can directly perceive is a linear structure and a tree structure, and the level of thinking has already been divided into high and low."

After roughly understanding this, he began to try to follow the instructions and build a model of this "index technique" in his mind.

In the vast and empty darkness, there seemed to be one light spot after another, which represented the magic source of brain neurons and related operations.

Among these light spots, one after another, hair-like light bands floated out, connecting each other.

Storage unit, unique identifier, parent node, attributes, meta information...

Just like building tables and indexes in a database, the model constructed by mental power in the mind gradually takes shape.

For those who can really understand this set of things, it is actually difficult to copy step by step.

very simple.

Next, there are relational tables, cascades, inner joins, and nested queries.

In order to ensure that he can look up the knowledge points he needs anytime and anywhere when he needs to call them, Diego began to make a small modification of his brain limited by the spell to adapt to the function of this "index technique".

Uh, the difficulty has increased a little bit.

During this period, Diego also spent more than ten minutes because of detours, and some brain cells were burned to death in vain.

After finally turning back to the correct path, more than half an hour has passed.

He finally felt that he had succeeded.

"This is a three-dimensional indexing system that includes citations, backlinks, and tag systems. It is not enough to successfully establish it. You must also master the skills to use it."

So, he began to fill it with the knowledge he had already mastered, and then cast the "index technique".

"~*~~~~~=~'{0}';,~.!"

Suddenly, a grand scene like a nebula appeared in my mind, and the stars involved in my thoughts lit up.

The nebula formed by these neurons contains the refinement of relevant knowledge and grows according to relevant structures.

The structure, logic, and process of relevant knowledge points are all clearly visible and presented automatically!

"I succeeded!"

Diego beamed.

"Huh? There has already been a genius who learned it?"

The lecturer who taught the class stared in surprise.

Because Diego did not have the ability to control the fluctuation of his own magic power, he had already sensed the fluctuation at that moment.

But he didn't say much, he just kept it in his mind.

If Diego really masters this set of spells, his memory, understanding, creativity and other abilities will be greatly improved, and he will naturally stand out in his subsequent studies.

He only needs to give lectures and does not need to do other superfluous things.

(End of this chapter)