Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 196: Gu Xiaoyue’s Magic

Xiao Lin’s mouth twitched at Chen Dao’s dream of establishing a harem of various races. He insincerely gave Chen Dao his blessing, but it seemed like Chen Dao had very big plans. Xiao Lin had felt it a pity that Gu Xiaoyue had overshadowed him, but it seemed like Chen Dao did not really care at all.

To be honest, all of them were working hard to get into Planet Norma. No matter what they said their intentions were, most of them wanted to enjoy their lives there. On Earth, most of them were probably regular people that would not amount to much, but on Planet Norma, all of them had the chance to be someone great.

Dawn Academy did not reject any of those notions, and truthfully, such thoughts were great motivators, which was what the academies were after.

When he heard that Xiao Lin’s life in the New World was quite boring, Chen Dao immediately lost all interest in continuing the topic. Xiao Lin quickly changed topics as well, trying to get some information on the meditation classes for the past month.

Chen Dao’s eyes brightened when he heard that and his interest renewed. It was obvious he loved magical classes. The reasoning was simple: he always picked magician classes, no matter what game he played.

Xiao Lin was also quite the gamer, and the two of them had a few topics of conversation on that front. Thanks to that, their relationship improved quite a bit, and the topics slowly broadened, or rather, Xiao Lin steered Chen Dao away from games and back onto the topic of magical studies.

Chen Dao’s basic meditation had reached LV6, only losing out to Gu Xiaoyue. Xiao Lin already knew that, but what surprised him was that Chen Dao had already started studying Black Iron-ranked spells. Even if LV6 was the threshold for those kinds of spells, the brat was advancing quite quickly.

It seemed like it was not just him; everyone else was also working hard.

When the other students entered the classroom, they all shot strange glances at the two of them who were chatting away. They did not know when the two of them got so friendly with each other.

When the teacher, Li Meiling, entered the class at eight o’clock sharp, the woman’s gaze fell onto Xiao Lin, even though Xiao Lin had specifically chosen a secluded corner. As a mage, her perception was uncanny.

However, all he received was a glare. Li Meiling did not say anything antagonistic, which caused Xiao Lin to breathe a sigh of relief before turning around to quietly beg Gu Xiaoyue for her notes.

The magic classes were different from any other courses for the simple fact that physical courses could be grasped through repeated practice, but meditation required personal enlightenment as well. Without understanding, any amount of training would be useless, and in terms of understanding, Gu Xiaoyue stood at the top.

Compared to Li Meiling’s class, Xiao Lin was more interested in Gu Xiaoyue’s notes. Gu Xiaoyue did not reject him, but wordlessly handed the notes over, without even averting her gaze.

That woman was still so cold!

Xiao Lin wordlessly opened the notebook and was stunned by the neat and immaculate handwriting. Gu Xiaoyue had mastered quite a lot of skills by that point. Outside of novice level spells, she had already mastered quite a few Black Iron-rank spells. To Xiao Lin, who had the information of all his classmates, that naturally was not a secret.

As with all other courses, the start was always incredibly boring. It was only until their basic meditation reached LV4 did they begin to learn spells.

Even though they were exposed to very limited spells at the beginning, the actual amount of spells was staggering. One could spend their entire lives, not stopping for a single second in researching and training, and still not be able to learn every spell that existed. In order to avoid overcomplicating things in the future, the new students would all be made to choose two branches of magic that they either liked or were more suitable for them to practice.

Li Meiling had the same requirements for all of them, but did not forget to remind them that even though they were not that many spells at their level, they should never believe they had more than enough energy and time to learn it all. Every novice-level spell was the entry point to a different branch of magic. Outside of the four basic elements, there were various mixed elements. Outside of damaging spells, there were also controlling and supportive spells.

Gu Xiaoyue’s choices shocked Xiao Lin. Not mentioning the beginner-level spells, since those were not too unique, Gu Xiaoyue had picked Elementary Speed Boost, Elementary Protection, and Ice Bullet as her Black Iron-rank spells. Ice Bullet aside, the other two spells were support-oriented.

Gu Xiaoyue wanted to specialize in support!

Xiao Lin could not believe it. His first reaction was that it was a pity: a spell’s destructive ability was directly related to one’s intelligence points. If someone with 60 points used the same spell as someone with 30, the destructive power could differ by as much as half a rank to a full rank.

Gu Xiaoyue’s abnormally high intelligence was definitely among the upper end of all the academies, let alone among the new students.

When he was in New Washington, he would occasionally talk about Gu Xiaoyue with Song Junlang. Song Junlang only had one thing to say about her: as long as Gu Xiaoyue did not give up, based on her trajectory, she would without a doubt become the top mage on Planet Norma one day.

Xiao Lin remembered it very clearly; Song Junlang compared her to all of Planet Norma! Of course, looking back into history, it was not like there were no mages that would be better than Gu Xiaoyue. According to Song Junlang, all the mages that could rival her were either dead, or going to be dead.

Someone who had the potential to stand at the top of the world actually chose to be a support mage? It really wasted her natural-born intelligence and immense potential.

Xiao Lin immediately wanted to try and change Gu Xiaoyue’s mind, but the words stopped in his throat. Would that woman really listen to advice?

Obviously, the answer was no.

Over the few months, Xiao Lin understood very well that Gu Xiaoyue was someone who held onto her opinions very strongly. Otherwise, she would not adamantly refuse to buy Lifewater to that day. Just thinking about her dwindling lifespan gave Xiao Lin untold frustration.

He slaved away in his training over the few days, obviously so he could get good results during the third monthly examinations and secure the class monitor position. However, Xiao Lin did not notice that he actually had another hidden goal for his training. He wanted to ensure he would be strong enough to fend off all manner of foes just by himself. That way, a certain person who had very limited lifespan left would not have to worry that she might die in an accident.