amaotonovel Chapter 153 New Changes at the Imperial Capital Magic Academy
Chapter 153 New Changes at the Imperial Capital Magic Academy
"Teacher, it seems like the academy is welcoming someone today?"
"Doster, ah, it's nice to see you. It seems you've prepared your magic wand today, so at least you don't have to make one from scratch, hmm?"
"Yes, teacher."
The Imperial Capital Magic Academy is located on the north side of Versailles. This large complex of buildings, built on Academy Mountain, can be traced back to the Sukogas Magic Academy, founded by the ancient Archmage Sukogas in 1230 BC. After thousands of years of change, it has evolved into the Imperial Capital Magic Academy we know today.
From the outside, this massive castle-like complex, made of bricks, wooden planks, and discarded magic crystals, is the only magic academy, besides the National Transportation University Magic Academy of Amelansihira, that teaches magic as its curriculum, and it is also the second most powerful magic academy on the entire continent.
The most powerful is the Equatorial Magic Academy, located on the Magic Islands in the Southern Ocean, which maintains international neutrality.
"It seems our new ruler will be visiting our academy. By the way, the capital has been renamed, so we're going to change our name too. There won't be any more Imperial Capital Magic Academy from now on—hold your staff tight!"
"is teacher."
Beneath a black mage's hat adorned with purple patterns and dark lace trim was a young, black-haired demon girl. She had no horns; in fact, hornless demons were quite common. The only thing that distinguished them from humans was that they could not use holy light magic.
"Chanting".
Among magicians, the law of incantation has existed since ancient times. Every spell has its corresponding incantation rules. It is an ancient magical language that is not difficult to understand, but very few people can find the origin of this language.
"En la nomo de fajro-elemento, aktivu!"
Dorst envisioned magic in her mind. If chanting was like reading memory in a computer, then envisioning magic was like calculating data, and the staff was the output.
The crystal-encrusted staff lit up, and a fireball ignited in front of Dorst. Her teacher, with her hands behind her back and an expressionless face, looked at the fireball and then stretched out her hand.
"bring here."
"Eh?"
"Bring the thing from your lower back."
"Ugh!"
Dorst pulled a cylindrical object from his lower back. It was made of cut metal. In the past, if any student used this, everyone would probably give him three of them, because even in magic academies, magical artifacts were extremely rare. It was common to exchange thousands of square meters of land and the buildings on it for a magical artifact.
Now, with the rise of the North, the teachers were surprised to find that students were getting more and more magical artifacts. First, the assignments and graduation projects of students majoring in magical artifacts became more and more excellent. Then, students majoring in magic arts defeated students majoring in magic application with the help of magical artifacts. Finally, almost everyone had a magical artifact.
The teacher took the magic device from Dorst's hand. It was a general-purpose auxiliary magic circuit, and the latest model, from the "Magic Future" brand. This brand of magic devices was the best and most expensive; even by today's standards, it would cost $100.
In layman's terms, this device allows a mage to transfer a portion of their magic circuitry to a built-in universal circuit during spellcasting, reducing the mage's spellcasting error rate, alleviating physical strain, and optimizing magical effects.
The idea of the North making magical devices like chairs only started two years ago. Most people only realized this after students from the Magic Academy of Xila Jiaotong University and the Royal Capital Magic Academy began exchanging ideas three years ago.
"This isn't a practical training session, Dorst. Put your magical artifact on the table. Is this how you deal with the strongest mage of the 655th generation?"
"I'm so sorry, teacher... I forgot when I woke up this morning!"
Meanwhile, Alice was strolling through the school, an ancient college that had stood for a thousand years and was itself a work of art.
Students in school uniforms walked through the school buildings. Boys usually wore a school uniform consisting of a black shirt, black shorts or trousers as a base, and a long robe as an outer garment, with small round hats on their heads. Girls usually wore beautiful purple-black mage skirts, long boots and stockings.
On either side of Alice is the dean of the Magic Academy of Sheila University. This long-lived, bespectacled lady is named Ze Ming, courtesy name Shang Qing. She says she has no surname.
The other is David Foster, the current headmaster of the Versailles Academy of Magic. He is old and has white hair, but he does not look frail. His eyes sparkle with wisdom.
How should the Versailles Academy of Magic deal with the new government? This is the most important question the Versailles Academy of Magic faces now. Because it is located in the capital, the Versailles Academy of Magic had to provide assistance to Ekevich before.
Now, the president of the North has won the victory, and the former princess, now Miss President Alice Delalaye, stands here. David knows that if anything goes wrong today, it could lead to the destruction of this ancient school.
Although magic academies have been a force to be reckoned with for centuries, the moment muskets and cannons began to roam the battlefield, magic became less important to the outcome of battles.
It's not that important anymore.
Moreover, although the magic academy of Xila Jiaotong University in the north is still in its infancy, the last competition proved that they will soon be able to compete with them. The magicians of Jiaotong University are more adept at using magical devices in actual combat. Even their staffs are not made of magical branches and magic crystals like those in the south, but are made of metal and filled with magical circuits, calculation modules and other comprehensive enhancements.
If it weren't for the accumulated resources over a thousand years, the students of the Versailles Magic Academy would have been almost unable to withstand the onslaught.
War has changed, times have changed, and so has magic.
"It's really beautiful here, isn't it? The ancient, magical fragrance mingles with the maple leaves; it truly lives up to its reputation as a thousand-year-old academy."
"Miss President, our school has been established for many years, but now it is only the accumulation of time. We still need your help to promote it."
"Support? Not really. As long as your school actively responds to government policies, that's enough. Your school is on the Ministry of Education's list of key schools in the south. I think they'll probably revitalize your old school."
The Ministry of Education's internal policy has already been issued: the old Imperial Capital Magic Academy, now temporarily known as the Versailles Magic Academy, will soon undergo a modern university reform, and its new name will be changed to Amelanxi Magic University, becoming the first higher professional university in the south.