Chapter 1520
Chapter 1520: Section 1521 Ashliea Comprehensive College Chapter 1520: Section 1521 Ashliea Comprehensive College The main city area at the front of Sky Mechanical City is now open to the public and serves as a hub for Southern Domain trade.
The back of Sky Mechanical City, although not completely barring outsiders, is essentially no different from an ordinary Witcher Organization.
Here too, there are Task Halls, Mechanical Libraries, Research and Development Institutes… etc. At the same time, there is also a Comprehensive College that does not prohibit outsiders from studying, known as Ashiliye.
Angel is currently in Ashiliye Comprehensive College.
He will be teaching here soon, so he came over today mainly to do some basic registration and to check out the environment.
After having a general interaction with Ashiliye, Angel gained a deeper understanding of the Comprehensive College.
Although it's called a “Comprehensive” college, in reality, it mainly teaches Alchemy. However, as mentioned by Midora before, there are also courses like those given by the Mushroom Witch, which specialize in mushroom processing.
Of course, the likes of the Mushroom Witch are few.
It's called a “Comprehensive” College because the first principal, who was also the former head of the Research and Development Institute, Ashiliye, hoped it could become a comprehensive type of college when establishing it.
However, due to the overbearing nature of Alchemy in Sky Mechanical City, it has essentially become an Alchemy College.
After delving deeper, Angel felt that it wouldn't be a bad idea to rename it as an Alchemy College. After all, alchemy dominates here, and “comprehensive” covers too much. As a college name, it might not be strong enough to hold its ground.
Just like when mentioning the Gourmet Sorcerer, people think of Candy House. When talking about an Ocean Mage, people instinctively think of Song of the Deep Sea.
The reason Sky Mechanical City has become a coveted place for Alchemists is partly due to the Research and Development Institute, with the existence of Ashiliye College playing a part too.
A Comprehensive College might seem to encompass a lot, but that does not necessarily mean it's better.
Hence, even though it's named “Ashiliye Comprehensive College”, the Wizards' Realm of the Southern Domain essentially sees it as an Alchemy College.
Ashiliye College, although established in Sky Mechanical City, does not prohibit Alchemists from other Witcher Organizations to come and further their studies. Angel saw many Alchemists here; in fact, half of them are from other Witcher Organizations.
Alchemists not from Sky Mechanical City who come to study need to sign some special agreements. These agreements do not restrict personal freedom but include some confidentiality clauses, as well as the cost of studying here, which can be considered as tuition… However, typically, the tuition is not Magic Crystals but involves accepting some refinement tasks during the study period.
However, there is an exception for certain Alchemists. That is, Alchemists from Witcher Organizations with Research and Development Institute members do not need to sign such agreements to come here to study.
In other words, Angel becoming a member of the Research and Development Institute is actually a boon for the entire Barbarian Cave, especially for Alchemists.
As for why Ashiliye College set up such a policy, Angel did not ponder deeply, but it likely involves considerations of goodwill, wisdom, and a sense of belonging.
Thanks to Antonio's guidance, Angel quickly finished the preparations for his classes, and Ashiliye's current vice-principal, Sherry, was very pleased and excited about Angel teaching.
After all, as a new member of the Research and Development Institute, Angel had a reputation, yet he was also shrouded in mystery.
Teaching here would inevitably draw the attention of the Alchemy Circle.
Regarding the content of Angel's classes, he could let himself go, but since it's his first lecture, he still chose to go with something he was familiar with–Enchantment.
As to which specific type of Enchantment he would teach, Angel didn't say.
To avoid clashing with the Water Pattern Witch's classes, Angel chose to start teaching one week later, following the suggestion of Vice-Principal Sherry.
After registering all this, Angel left Ashiliye.
Three days passed in a flash.
During these three days, Angel spent most of his time dealing with Shapeshifting Technique matters and occasionally visited Fangling Hall.
On that day, though Nausicaa's advancement competition took a long time, she didn't actually suffer much harm, except for her mechanical arm. Initially, Nausicaa thought she might have to fight one-armed in the following elimination battles, but since Angel had returned, he naturally repaired the damage to the mechanical arm with ease.
Nausicaa was somewhat surprised by Angel's advancement, but she was much calmer compared to Serum.
Nausicaa simply remarked, “Although I knew it was only a matter of time before you'd step into the Wizards' Realm before us, I didn't expect that day to come so soon.”
Nausicaa blessed Angel for his achievement, and at the same time, set stricter demands for herself.
Or rather, because of Angel's advancement, both Nausicaa and Serum felt a sense of urgency and intensified their training.
Actually, this could also be considered a form of alternative motivation.
When Angel officially appeared in the new star competition, this sense of urgency would probably not just affect Nausicaa and the others, but all their peers, and even those who were once more powerful than Angel but were still apprentices, would likely start to give it their all.
Both Nausicaa and Serum had already secured qualifications for new stars. What remained were Shan, Xiliu, and David.
With three days left until the new star competition preliminaries would end, Shan had become very anxious these days, losing several matches and getting further away from the thirtieth floor. Not reaching the thirtieth floor meant her points had not started tallying, and even if she reached the thirtieth floor in these three days, accumulating 100 points would be difficult unless she fought more than 10 battles a day with a winning rate of at least eighty percent.
So, Shan was basically out of the running.
Xiliu, on the other hand, still had a chance, as she had already scored 68 points and was not far from 100.
Moreover, Xiliu herself said that for the upcoming matches, she would start using medicine to suppress her drowsiness.
Xiliu's matches were usually lost to her overwhelming sleepiness. Once she had no drowsiness in the arena, her chances of advancing should be quite high.
David also had a high chance of advancing, according to what Serum said, David should be able to reach 100 points within the next two days.
As long as he passed the advancement competition, he would also be able to gain the new star qualification.
Apart from caring for his friends, Angel was also very concerned about his brother Lyon's matches.
In these three days, Lyon only fought two battles. Although he gained the most experience comparatively, regretfully, he lost both battles.
Lyon set a goal for himself, to reach the second floor of the Sky Tower before the start of the new stars' elimination round.
For this, after Nausicaa's mechanical arm was repaired, she conducted devilish training with Lyon.
Lyon was tough on himself as well. Not only did he train during the day, but exhausted at night, he would still go to Originheart City to seek out Sir Sabel for further training. Although the training in the Wilderness of Dreams was unlikely to quickly improve his muscle strength, it did enhance his combat experience and understanding of techniques.
On this day, after Angel had spent the whole day researching the application of auxiliary materials required for the Transformation Technique, he planned to rest for a while and casually consider the content of his upcoming lecture.
However, before he could settle down and ponder, he heard Sanders' telepathic message.
The content of the message was simple: People from the Barbarian Cave have arrived.
Angel was startled for a moment, then putting down his handbook, he walked out of his room.
As he arrived in the hall, he was immediately stared at by several pairs of eyes–curious, admiring, as well as doubtful and exploring.
Angel glanced over.
Just as Sanders had said, they were people from the Barbarian Cave, including some whom Angel was very familiar with.
For instance, the witch who was currently leaning against the window and chatting cheerfully with Greya, who was sunbathing outside–“Rose Crown” Lianna.
Lianna was here, and naturally, David was too. He was outside the hall, poking his freckled face through the curtains and making a funny face at Angel.