41: Test

As he learned of the difficulty for a Sage to cast spells, Wade was happier. With Abby's help, he would be able to learn to cast spells after some time without any failures.

[The recording of data is finished, beginning analysis!] Abby's voice sounded.

"How long will it take?" Wade asked.

[Estimated time taken: 130 Hours 32 Minutes!]

"130 Hours 32 Minutes! That is the equivalent of five to six days, this speed is incredibly fast!" Wade nodded his head in satisfaction.

He stood up, patted his body, and placed the two spellbooks away neatly.

He then walked to one side of his room. Originally, this section was reserved for other uses but Wade changed it into a mini-experiment lab for potion brewing.

Although it was rather dangerous to experiment here, with Abby's capability he could guarantee that nothing would go wrong.

"I'm going on a mission in a few months' time! I better focus on brewing a few potions as preventive measures for sudden events!" Wade lit the burner and begun his potion brewing.

The education system in the Black Academy was rather loose. From what Wade saw, it was most similar to the ancient times of one teacher to one student and if the student wanted the knowledge that his mentor couldn't provide he would then have to pay a huge sum for it.

The academy was only providing land and the most basic of services. As for everything else, like acquiring advanced information, one had to learn from a professor, the chances of which were very slim.

Moreover, there weren't any compulsory missions that one must take on. As long as a person could win the competition the school fees didn't matter as was Wade's case. Other than that as long as he did not meet a bad professor, one could normally stay here for 10 years!

Of course, when there was no motivation, one's ability would lessen as they did not seek to promote themselves. At least in Wade's case, he had not come across such a wonderful thing like receiving a few pieces of Magic Crystals each month for free.

To obtain Magic Crystals, one could only take up a mission and go outside of the academy using their life to fight for them! The world of Sages has always upheld the principles of fair trade.

In the following dozen days or so, Wade devoted his time to evaluating the spell models and making some NS11 solution for the mission he was going to take up. One afternoon, Wade came to the Spell Experimenting Area.

"The Spell Experimenting Area is a place that the academy has specially set up for apprentice and Sages to test the might of their spells.

After all, various spells have immense might and there is also the problem of radiation. If the tests are not managed properly the academy will be blown to bits by the Professors!"

The Spell Experimenting Area was located on the left-most of the academy, a remote area. Wade had gotten to know this place when Mike had told him about on their first meeting day, and today he had come for his spell testing.

The surrounding black marble rock walls were stacked neatly and seemed to be extremely sturdy.

Various runes were written on these walls, two of which Wade understood in a single glance. One was for the isolation of radiation contamination, and the other was for reinforcing the walls.

"Are you going to test your spells?" Wade walked to a counter where a big, brutish guy smiled jovially at him asking.

"Yes, I would like to. Are there any places for me to do so?" Wade answered with a straight face.

"We have three large areas designated for the apprentice, Sages and joint. You are only allowed to enter the area for apprentice and joint if you come with your mentor, within that area, space is divided into shared and single rooms. Shared rooms mean experimenting with your spells alongside another person. There might be interruptions caused by this but, it is inexpensive. As for single rooms, the fees are much more costly!" the guy explained every detail.

"What are the rates for a single room?" Wade asked.

The brutish guy's eyes shone since it was obvious that there was a promising client here, "Three hours for 1 Magic Crystal. Our single rooms even have specialised measuring devices which can calculate and report the might of your spells. Furthermore, we have various other advanced features, It's absolutely worth it!"

"Give me one!" Wade handed over a Magic Crystal to the person.

"Alright! Please hold on!" The brutish guy registered him quickly and handed back a black crystal-like item.

"This is your room card! Number 54!" Wade nodded his head and entered the Spell Experimenting Area.

On both sides, the runes on the white marbles glowed with a sparkling light. Some of the rooms obviously had occupants, but there were no sounds coming out from them and only the sound of Wade's footsteps could be heard the corridor.

"As expected! The noise isolation is really effective!" Wade nodded his head and, after locating his own room, swiped the black crystal on a black platform right outside the door!

*Ka-chang!* The door opened and a mechanical female voice sounded, "Welcome! You have three hours; please notice the allocation..."

The interior of the room was huge! The area was similar in size to a villa complex from Wade's point of view.

In the middle were a few human-shaped targets wearing leather armour, metal armour and fur. To the far right, there was a screen on the wall and below it was the instructions on how to operate it.

– A Sage can attack a target with a spell, and the screen will automatically record the power of the spell. -

"The facilities here are very advanced and seem to have an intelligence of their own. However, it's a pity that it is formed by magic, a different route from what my previous world took!" Wade exclaimed silently.