I'm really a necromancer

Chapter 4 Merit Value

The golden morning light shines through the crystal dome, illuminating the hall resplendently.

In the hall, the figures of mortal waiters walked through it.

Apprentices in assorted robes sat in twos and threes at tables, whispering the latest anecdote.

At this moment, Yi Hua was sitting in a position with a wide view, when a handsome brunette woman in a maid outfit walked up to Yi Hua and put down the plate in her hand.

"Master Wizard, your meal is ready, I wish you a pleasant meal."

The brown-haired woman showed a flattering smile at Yi Hua.

"Ah."

Yihua, who was still thinking about how to collect merit and solve the curse, said casually.

Seeing that Yi Hua had no intention of tipping her, the brunette had no choice but to back down slowly, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

The brown-haired woman is naturally not a wizard apprentice, but a mortal servant recruited by the academy from outside, and belongs to the private property of the academy.

Even if he was killed by an apprentice, he would at most pay some witch crystals from the academy.

Although the mortal servants are low in status, they also maintain the operation of the academy's infrastructure and are a vital part of the academy.

When the college replenishes supplies every year, it always adds a batch to fill in the gaps.

Seeing the delicacies on the dinner plate, Yi Hua, who had been hungry for a day, couldn't hold back any longer, and began to eat heartily.

The tender and juicy steak is slowly roasted over low heat, with crispy white bread, sweet and sour tomato beef soup, and mellow latte coffee.

After a meal, it cost a full crystal coin, except for being expensive, there is nothing wrong with it.

In fact, this is already the cheapest package here.

Crystal coins are ground from the leftovers of cutting witch crystals. One witch crystal is almost equivalent to a hundred crystal coins, and one crystal coin is equivalent to a hundred gold coins in the mortal kingdom.

Generally, it can only be exchanged downwards, and gold coins cannot be exchanged upwards for crystal coins or witch crystals.

With the ability of an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice, he can earn two or three hundred crystal coins a year if he accepts tasks in the academy, which is equivalent to two or three witch crystals.

Most of the low-level apprentices bought mortal servants to cook for themselves, or bought them at the market. Only apprentices with relatively rich money came to the college cafeteria.

Generosity means strength and background.

Yi Hua came to the cafeteria just to get the latest developments of the college from these apprentices.

On the surface, Yi Hua was enjoying the delicious food on the table, but in fact, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully to other people's conversations.

"Cousin, I was just promoted to a second-class apprentice yesterday. There should be no problem in the apprenticeship exam in half a year. How long will it take for you to be a second-class apprentice?"

A second-class apprentice wearing a red iron badge asked casually, and inserted the scarlet eyeballs that were constantly rolling on the dinner plate trying to escape, and put them into his mouth to chew.

Along with chewing, there was a toothache "噗嗤" sound.

"Sigh, I just inscribed all the runes needed for a second-class apprentice a few days ago. Trying hard might be able to barely advance to the second-class apprentice before the exam."

The female apprentice with short brown hair on the opposite side of the table picked up the black tea, frowned, and asked:

"Cousin, where is the real Nine Ring White Tower? Are there official wizards there?"

Hearing the question from the brunette female apprentice, the second-class apprentice touched his nose and said coquettishly with a smile:
"Of course there is. It is said that the owner of the real nine-ring white tower on the mainland is a powerful necromancer who commands tens of thousands of undead and can destroy the entire Star Tree Islands with his own power."

Although the Star Tree Islands are called archipelagos, their area is comparable to the Eurasian continent in the previous life.

Hearing this, the brunette female apprentice was taken aback, and her mouth almost opened into an O shape. After reacting to the indecent behavior, she hurriedly covered her mouth, and a new doubt arose.

"Then why does the academy require second-class apprentices to go?"

The second-class apprentice didn't seem to know much about it, scratched his head, frowned and guessed:
"Maybe it's used to screen qualifications? Apprentices who fail the exam will become slaves to the college. A small number of apprentices with decent qualifications or who survived by luck may be able to find official positions in the college in the future..."

Accompanied by the noisy conversation around him, Yi Hua casually glanced at the apprentices around him from time to time, trying to find the apprentices who needed help.

From Yihua's perspective, each apprentice was shrouded in halos of different colors.

According to the information poured in when awakening the ability, the higher the karma level of the person helping, the more critical the situation is, and the higher the merit will be.

The karma level can be detected by color, and the white "neutral good" is higher than the gray "neutral evil".

The heavier the white halo, the higher the merit, and the heavier the gray halo, the lower the merit.

At first glance, all you see is gray and white.

Yihua picked out the three apprentices with the most intense white halo, and was hesitating whether to strike up a conversation, but an accident happened——

"Ah~"

On the opposite table, the blond young apprentice who was joking with his friends suddenly let out a groan, fell to the ground with a hideous face, and kept struggling on the ground.

The neat hairstyle was messed up, and the white robe was also covered with stains.

Several apprentices who were close to each other tried to help them up, but they were knocked to the ground by the struggling hands and feet of the blond young apprentice.

After a while, the blond-haired young apprentice stopped struggling, his face flushed red, and he strangled his neck desperately with both hands.

"Yuck~"

Groups of dark, wriggling wireworms spurted out of his mouth excitedly.

"Ah! It's a curse!"

Seeing this, several companions on the side were so frightened that they fell to the ground, but they didn't care to get up, they scrambled and fled to the distance, for fear of being affected by this terrible curse.

The iron nematode crawling out of the blond youth's mouth did not stay, but scattered away, rushing excitedly towards the surrounding apprentices.

The apprentices were in a hurry for a while, resisting the attack of the wireworm with bare hands or using witchcraft.

Fortunately, the iron nematode's strength was only at the level of ordinary people. Facing apprentices with at least knight-level physique, the entire army was wiped out in a short while.

In the same place, the cursed apprentice was left with only a shriveled human skin. It seemed that all the organs of his body were filled by the iron money worms parasitic in it these days.

Several mortal servants in black robes came to clean up in a hurry, and cleaned up the withered human skin and the remnants of wireworms everywhere. After a while, it was no longer evident that a curse had erupted here before.

"I don't know who this unlucky guy has offended, and even provoked such a terrible curse."

This phenomenon basically happens every few days, and the apprentices have long been familiar with it.

There were even a few psychologically distorted apprentices in the distance. Seeing this situation, their appetites increased greatly, and they watched the black wireworms eating two bowls of rice.

Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Yi Hua couldn't help shivering.

Recalling the curse that could erupt at any time on him, a sense of crisis and urgency arose spontaneously.

An unpredictable and terrifying curse, an incomprehensible strange phenomenon...

This world is hundreds of times more dangerous than the earth.

"Hiss, I'm hurt, who can help me?"

A red-haired apprentice girl with a beautiful face and freckles on both sides of her cheeks, wearing a slim robe, endured the severe pain and shouted for help.

She was one of the three apprentices with the most intense white halo. She happened to pass by the place where the curse erupted. She couldn't dodge in time, and the wireworm almost got into her arm.

Scarlet blood spurted out from her pure white forearm, which looked extremely abrupt.

Yi Hua looked happy when he saw this, but he didn't have any other thoughts, but——

"There is a chance to gain merit!"

Most of the apprentices around cast a glance with cold eyes, seeing that the female apprentice did not ask for a reward, they ignored it.

A few of them stepped forward and hesitated for a moment, and finally dispersed.

Maybe it was out of reason, or maybe it was just cold-blooded, the qualities of the two great wizards were vividly reflected in these apprentices.

Yi Hua, who was about to fight for it, was relieved when he saw this, strode forward, and said to the red-haired female apprentice wearing an iron badge:

"I happen to have learned healing witchcraft, if you don't mind, let me heal you."

(End of this chapter)