Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)
chapter-235

Chapter 235: The First Day Passes

“Huh, Silver- and even Gold-ranked equipment!” Xiao Lin could not be bothered to argue with Han Manman. He immediately went over and picked up the armor covered in silver light, feeling that it did not have the typical coldness of metal, but rather a subtle warmness. Any random passerby would be able to tell that the armor contained some mysterious energy.

Han Manman stared at Xiao Lin, worried that he would run away with the equipment. She even subtly moved two steps away, obstructing the warehouse exit.

However, Han Manman’s movement was pointless. Xiao Lin was only curious about the equipment. After observing it for a moment, he tossed it to the floor with a look of pity on his face, standing up before saying, “I recommend we destroy them.”

Everyone suddenly paused, wondering if they had misheard him, or if his mind was still not fully functioning.

“Do you guys really think we would be able to use high-level gear like these?”

“What do you mean?” Cheng Ming still had his wits about him, and he believed that Xiao Lin would not joke about something like that. He said earnestly, “Even though everyone did buy some equipment for the examination, no one could really afford the best of anything. If we used these weapons, our skills would greatly increase.”

“Surely you all know that if you use gear that is higher than your own limits, you would not be able to bring out any of its effects!” Xiao Lin laughed bitterly. He obviously wanted to use them too. After waking up, he checked on his equipment; his staff and sword were fine, but his leather armor had been completely destroyed by that detestable orc. That was worth two thousand redemption points!

Han Manman said, “Of course we know about that, but that was said three months ago. We’ve improved our skills by quite a bit since then. Even if we can’t use the equipment to the fullest, surely it would still be better than the gear we have on hand.”

Xiao Lin was getting a little frustrated. Everyone understood the idea behind it, but everyone seemed to get greedy the moment they laid their eyes on the high-level gear. However, Xiao Lin understood very well that the rules were not that flexible.

When he was in the Final Lands, that high priest manufactured countless high-grade weapons. Xiao Lin was greedy at the time as well, but the perfectly fine weapons were no different from broken ones in his hands, and in the end, he could only use the defects.

That was why Xiao Lin had no interest in the gear that was on the floor. He shook his head, not wanting to bother changing their minds anymore. He said generously, “Do what you want then. You can all have first pick. Our class will just pick after all of you.”

There were several thousand Black Iron and Bronze-ranked gear anyway, and they were more or less the same, so he was not worried that they would not have any left for themselves.

Cheng Ming looked at Xiao Lin starting to leave after losing his interest. “Where are you going?”

“I’m going to look at the NPCs.” Xiao Lin waved his hand, indicating he was absolutely disinterested in the squabble over the supplies.

The NPCs he was referring to were obviously the engineers. While the students were busy fighting over the supplies, the engineers did not stay idle. There were about a hundred of them, so they split into two groups. One group was building archer towers and various other defenses while the other group was building the resurrection tower in the middle of the fortress.

Xiao Lin’s target was the group constructing the resurrection tower. The leader was a bearded, dark-skinned, middle-aged man who was hollering at his underlings for them to prepare the materials. Everyone only knew that his surname was Yu, and that he was a captain in rank. The other information about him was scarce, probably because everyone knew he was just a simulated person, and so had no interest in him.

Xiao Lin took advantage of his rest to politely greet him, “Captain Yu, I wish to ask you a few questions.”

The man looked at him before waving his hand. “Go ahead!”

“How long does a resurrection tower usually take to complete?”

“That would depend on the area.”

“Area?”

Captain Yu rolled his eyes, saying, “That’s common knowledge! Resurrection towers are split into large, medium, and small ones, but the former two are usually limited to cities. We don’t really have that many resources with us either, so we’re constructing a small resurrection tower at the moment. It will be completely in three months at the latest.”

“Three months! Can’t you get it done faster?” Xiao Lin had an uncomfortable feeling in his heart. That was way too long of a time frame.

Captain Yu stared at him. “What do you think a resurrection tower is? This baby is basically a living skill, so not a single mistake is allowed. There are very few engineers who know how to build resurrection towers, and Dawn City definitely needs some in reserve, so even the few of us being here is no easy feat.”

At that point of history, the Law of Immortality had only just recently been established by that Russian man, so every single academy was probably busy constructing the towers wherever they could.

The man was right; as the capital of Dawn Academy, Dawn City was definitely going to be the priority, but Xiao Lin still felt like something was off, yet he chose not to comment on it.

Qin Chuan told Xiao Lin that this battle had historically failed. Even though they did not know the details of what happened just yet, if the tower was really constructed, would they really fail to defend it since they had so many chances to resurrect?

The orcs were currently in the middle of their march, so even if they wanted to retake the supply depot, they would likely only dispatch a small unit. The moment the main force started retreating, they would have achieved their goal, and at the time, Dawn City would also be able to send their reinforcements.

That meant that the supply depot was probably retaken by the orcs within three months in actual history, before the resurrection tower could be completed.

“Do we only have three months?” Xiao Lin’s heart felt a little heavy.

After that, he talked to the captain about the resurrection tower, asking about the materials and how the Law of Immortality functioned through the tower.

Resurrection towers had just recently been invented, so everyone was probably extremely interested in them. Unfortunately, Captain Yu only knew how to build them; the finer details were unknown to him. According to him, unless someone was extremely familiar with astrology, time-space studies, and the soul, they would only never be able to understand even the tip of what made the towers function.

Everyone spent their first day in the fortress quite anxiously. The distribution of the resources within the warehouses were finally settled, and it was decided that everyone would get two to three pieces of gear. It was basically distributed evenly, but there were only a little over 700 of them, so the rest of the equipment was moved to the warships, since they could not fall into the hands of the orcs. The captains would either throw the weapons into the sea or bring them back to Dawn City.