Chapter 101: Dordogne
Because Grace-Eva had previously obtained the qualification to study at Dordogne-White Tower, as her younger brother, Richard-Eva naturally knew some information about obtaining the qualification to study at Dordogne-White Tower.
Dordogne, as a secondary Wizard Gathering Place as famous as Phoenix City, Atlantis, and Florence, is one of the most prestigious top Wizard cities in the entire Western Continent.
And the White Tower built in Dordogne is naturally a holy land of knowledge in the hearts of many Wizard Apprentices, and even Wizards.
Every year, the White Tower recruits seed apprentices from the tertiary Wizard Gathering Places under Dordogne. The recruitment method includes a comprehensive assessment of the apprentice's Wizard level, Wizard Talent, and combat strength. The most core assessment content, which also accounts for the largest proportion of the score, is: 【Wizard Invention】 and 【Law Comprehension】.
It can be said that even if a Wizard Apprentice's level, Talent, and combat strength do not meet the standards, as long as they choose either 【Wizard Invention】 or 【Law Comprehension】 and achieve a high score, then this apprentice meets the recruitment conditions of Dordogne.
However, it is such a simple and straightforward scoring condition that has blocked a group of heaven's favored children.
In desperation, those "genius apprentices" who have neither Wizard Inventions nor comprehended Law during the apprentice stage can only focus on the first three comprehensive assessment contents.
They constantly strive to improve their level, Talent, and combat strength, aiming to outperform other competitors to ensure they pass.
It is precisely because of this that A-grade Talent apprentices, who are quite rare in the Turin tertiary Wizard Gathering Place, are simply too numerous in the Dordogne-White Tower Trial.
At a glance, the lowest Talent is B-grade. And those who are outstanding, or even have double A-grade Talent, might also appear.
Even this group, who are usually confident in life, must obediently make way when facing apprentices who meet the conditions of 【Wizard Invention】 and 【Law Comprehension】. Even if they are eliminated because of this, there will be no room for negotiation, and they can only wait until the next year to take the exam. Fortunately, there are very few apprentices who meet the conditions of 【Wizard Invention】 and 【Law Comprehension】. Just for the 【Wizard Invention】 condition, the last time Dordogne recruited an apprentice who met this condition was more than ten years ago, the tertiary apprentice who first invented the "Magic Steam Train".
Unlike ordinary trains, although the principle of the "Magic Steam Train" is also driven by steam kinetic energy, the invention of the 【Steam Core】 allows the train to have the ability to travel through radioactive areas and resist pollution.
Also based on the invention principle of the 【Steam Core】, Atlantis specifically purchased the patent agency right from this apprentice, and used this to develop the 【Tidal Core】, inventing the "Magic Tidal Train" that can travel in the sea without being affected by radioactive pollution.
This 【Wizard Invention】 not only promoted the establishment of network ties between various Wizard Gathering Places, but also greatly enhanced the safety of those tertiary Wizard Gathering Places that were geographically remote and weak in strength.
It can be said that the invention of the "Magic Steam Train" is a revolutionary 【Wizard Invention】.
Moreover, this 【Wizard Invention】 also made this apprentice famous overnight and was awarded the title "Son of Steam" by Dordogne.
Currently, with the help of the immense wealth obtained from the 【Wizard Invention】 and the resource tilt from Dordogne, the "Son of Steam"—Wali-Dinger—who only possessed B-grade 【Steam】 Talent, successfully mastered the 【Steam Law】 and broke through to become a Formal Wizard.
Other than this, there have been no apprentices who entered Dordogne based on 【Wizard Invention】 in recent years.
Instead, there have been a few apprentices who entered the Dordogne-White Tower directly with a green light because they mastered Law Shards during their apprentice period and met the 【Law Comprehension】 condition.
Of course, no matter who it is, no assessment link can be missed. Even if the apprentice passes the waiver conditions for 【Wizard Invention】 and 【Law Comprehension】, they still need to complete the assessments for level, Talent, combat, etc., step by step.
The purpose is not just to follow this formality, but for Dordogne-White Tower to comprehensively evaluate the apprentice's ability index to determine subsequent resource allocation.
"Before the academy recommendation, there will definitely be another Talent test—."
When Jia Na enrolled, there were already clear records of her Talent level, so Jia Na's Talent upgrade this time will also be updated in the subsequent records.
But this upgrade is not as simple as an ordinary apprentice upgrading from C-grade to B-grade; it is a huge leap from B-grade to the rare A-grade.
"Although there aren't many cases of Talent suddenly upgrading to A-grade, it's not unheard of—anyway, the 'genius' persona has been established. As long as everyone continues to get used to this persona, it's not an unexplainable problem, it's just——"
It's just that, at that time, it will inevitably make a lot of people drop their jaws again.
Jia Na was already used to this.
"Whoosh—she exhaled a long breath again. After confirming her subsequent goals and plans, Jia Na touched her stomach, which was twitching a little from hunger, and took out a piece of dark chocolate and a chilled can of milk from the refrigerator.
"This dark chocolate still doesn't taste very bitter, so it probably isn't completely sugar-free."
After finishing her simple lunch, Jia Na looked at the clock on the wall, estimated the time, and quickly chanted a spell.
"By my will, I command you, summon—Celestial Sparrow."
As a milky white light flashed, the Celestial Sparrow that appeared in the center of the magic circle first looked at Jia Na with a look of shock. After confirming that she was indeed safe and sound, it flapped its wings and flew onto Jia Na's shoulder, appearing a little lost.
"Master—"
"Afu, I know what you're going to say. What you saw in the Spirit World was my consciousness avatar."
"Master, it really was you! Afu thought it was just my hallucination."
After receiving Jia Na's affirmative reply, the Celestial Sparrow's bird eyes widened greatly, and even the two blushes on her face seemed to become a bit redder.
"Before we talk about this topic, I want to confirm with you, if I mention this here, will that existence—that is, the one I bumped into today—be able to sense it?"
"Ah, Master, are you talking about the Saint? No, the Saint is just a Lower Angel—ah!
Bah, bah, bah! I didn't say anything!"
Feeling a little speechless, Jia Na watched the Celestial Sparrow's overly defensive appearance. Although she didn't show it on her face, a certain guess suddenly formed in her heart.
"Then why did you look like that when you appeared from the contract magic circle just now?"
"That's because Afu thought Master had been purified by the Saint and was feeling sad—"
"You mean, the—Saint—I met in the Heavenly Mountain wanted to purify me?"
"No, Master! Actually, the Saint didn't discover you at all. It's just that in the Heavenly Mountain, your consciousness suddenly disappeared, which is why I maliciously speculated about the kind and benevolent Saint—"