I was an apprentice in Ferren

Chapter 34 Tips
Holy Emblem: A magical holy emblem crafted from 100% mithril, imbued with a special magic that you cannot comprehend.

Calm and composed, with a solemn expression, DuPont slowly walked into the waiting room.

The dimly lit lobby seemed to absorb light. Like the changing room, it was entirely illuminated by candlelight. As soon as DuPont stepped inside, he felt a chill run through him, as if every cell in his body was resisting this luxurious and special temple.

DuPont was barely holding back his impatience, and the system reminded him of the reason for his resistance.

[Your knowledge: Arcane check failed; unable to uncover the core secrets of this building]

You have entered a special magic-free zone. If you cannot comprehend the key information here, you will be unable to cast spells.

The core area of ​​the Church of the Goddess of Magic actually contains a magic-banned zone where spells cannot be cast.
DuPont found it interesting. He glanced around and found that the facilities here were not complicated, with only a few separate private rooms and a confessional room at the very back.

As instructed, DuPont went to the innermost room, number one.

Upon opening the door, DuPont kept his gaze lowered, but with just a glance, he was certain that the person who had come to atone for his sins was an elderly man. He did not look up or speak, but simply handed forward the gold badge that Dorothy had given him.

"Oh, another newcomer?" The sound of a book closing came from inside the room. The old man took the holy emblem, his voice tinged with a hint of mockery: "He's quite sensible. Let's go."

DuPont remained silent, simply turning around and walking slowly ahead.

There is only a corridor about 10 meters long between the waiting room and the confessional, so it is impossible to get lost.

Upon reaching the finish line, DuPont looked at the tips of his shoes again and extended his arm in a gesture of invitation.

The old man didn't move. Dupont only heard the sound of him rummaging through his pockets. Then he yawned, muttered something in a very fast dialect, and placed a worn silver coin and a church emblem in Dupont's hand before walking into the already open confessional.

After he left, DuPont's lips twitched slightly.

Although the old man spoke very quickly and it wasn't in a common language, DuPont understood what he meant.

Dragon's words: Sooner or later I'll throw you bunch of charlatans who dare to ask me for money into the mines as slaves.

Looking at the silver coin in his hand, DuPont felt it was a bit too hot to handle. After examining it for a while, he realized that this thing was really unusual.

Ancient silver coins from the Nether era
Quality: Normal

Note: This seemingly ordinary silver coin actually bears witness to the rise and fall of a mage federation. Thanks to its owner's care, it has retained its original appearance even after the passage of time, though it inevitably looks a bit old.

Value: This silver coin has exceptional collectible value, worth approximately 100 gold coins or more.

hiss.
It was already feeling too hot to handle, and now DuPont was even more perplexed.

How come this guy can just throw something out and it's worth a hundred gold coins?
Judging from the casual remarks made by the other party and the description of this gold coin, this guy's lifespan is probably quite long, and his human face may all be a disguise.

Is this the world of the big shots?
However, thinking of Dorothy's words, DuPont put the silver coin away.

The point isn't that you should just take the money; the point is that you can't leak anyone's information.

So how can we ensure that it is not leaked?

Ignorance is no excuse. As long as he knows nothing, there is naturally no danger of leaking information. So he should do the same thing as the people who usually do this job. This should be the most correct way to do things.

About ten minutes later, the confessional opened again. DuPont quickly got up from the bench, only to hear another emotionless voice from inside. "Next."

DuPont didn't ask where the person had gone. He simply walked straight to Confessional Room Number Two. He looked down at his toes and saw a pair of elven boots that were the same style as his own, but the exposed ankles were shiny black.

This skin tone
Without a moment's hesitation, DuPont handed over the holy emblem. The sound of silver chains clinking echoed from inside the room. The sinner inside glanced at DuPont's face and simply said indifferently, "Let's go."

woman?

The distance of ten meters was short, and the two quickly reached the end. The second sinner handed the holy emblem and a clean white coin to DuPont and stepped into the confessional.

It was a platinum coin engraved with the emblem of the goddess of wealth, Woking.

A platinum coin is usually worth 10 gold coins, but the platinum coins produced by the Church of Wealth are far superior in both weight and purity to the normal circulating models. One of them is equivalent to two ordinary platinum coins, and the market price is 20 gold coins.

Compared to the seemingly inhuman old man from before, this thing was obviously simple and unpretentious yet quite substantial, which made DuPont understand why Dorothy had asked him if he needed money.

These 'sinners' are really generous with their tips; one of these is enough to buy 20 sheets of parchment.

With a private channel for selling scrolls, he only needs to copy about 120 scrolls to repay his 1000 gold coin loan. He still has 26 days left, and it seems like there shouldn't be any major problems. At most, he'll have to pay a few extra days of interest. He can definitely keep his shoes.

However, there is another problem: if you do this, you may not gain enough experience points and it will significantly slow down your promotion speed.

An adventurer's strength generally snowballs. With greater strength, it's easier and faster to defeat monsters and earn bounties. He can also gain experience by killing monsters. As long as he can snowball, it's definitely much better than being a slave to the academy now.

From this perspective, improving one's strength should take precedence over repaying the loan. As long as one can learn to join the workforce on their own, it only takes 1000 experience points to upgrade from a level 1 warrior to a level 2 warrior. The actual combat power of a level 2 mage + a level 2 warrior is definitely much stronger than that of a level 3 mage, and it requires less experience points. There are also more strategies to deal with enemies.

With a simple search, DuPont also learned the specific price.

Learning military weapon proficiency directly costs 100 gold coins, while a learning manual costs 10 gold coins. Shield mastery and single-type skills like light or medium armor are even cheaper, costing only half the price, as are other professional skills.

This price was quite tempting for DuPont.

While XX proficiency is the lowest level of proficiency, it is a necessary condition for a profession to be able to learn on its own. For example, a warrior needs to be proficient in light, medium and heavy armor, as well as shields, simple weapons and military weapons, and to learn two of the following skills: gymnastics, animal taming, sports, history, insight, intimidation, perception and survival.

If he chooses to directly comprehend all of them, he will need 200 + 200 + 100, totaling 500 gold coins.

The price isn't exorbitant, but it's not insignificant either. However, to become a warrior in the new system, you need to master a fighting style, which makes the price much higher.

The basic combat styles for warriors include archery, defense, dueling, greatsword combat, guardian, and dual-wielding combat. The cost to directly learn each style is 1000 gold coins, while the learning fee is one-tenth of that.

It's the same price as the specialty.

And don't complain about the price; if you want to learn another specialty/combat style of the same class, the price will double, with no room for negotiation.

Even if all of these are met, there is only one last step left to become a warrior of the new system: mastering the power of 'ki'.

Upon seeing the price of directly learning how to use gas, DuPont was once again speechless.

The familiar 1000 gold coins.

(End of this chapter)