The first day of school was naturally bustling with people, and Durin stood somewhat bewildered in the square, amidst the teeming sea of heads, a rough voice shouted: "First-year freshmen! First-year freshmen, come this way!"
Following the sound, it was a burly man, built like a black bear, shouting loudly, his stacked muscles making his robes appear baggy, and he stood nearly two meters tall.
Durin walked forward, handed his student ID and admission notice to the volunteer, and then quietly stood at the back of a line of about ten people, waiting.
Among them, there weren't many Mage Apprentices dressed like Durin in Mage Robes, perhaps four or five.
After waiting for nearly an hour, it was finally Durin's turn.
His first glance fell upon the black bear-like strongman, who had a laminated ID badge hanging around his neck: Forging Discipline Mentor—Rokoeff.
Forging discipline?
Piltover University had this course?
Durin was a bit surprised, but he knew this was not the time to ask questions.
There were still a dozen people waiting behind him!
The black bear-like strongman, upon seeing Durin approach, extended his palm-sized hand, picked up the student ID and admission notice from the table, quickly scanned them, and then said with a polite smile: "Welcome to Piltover University, Durin. As you are a Mage Apprentice, you will be assigned to the Magic Academy."
"You need to choose a class from the many available, based on your elemental affinity, and then sign your name on the class roster to officially become a freshman of that class.
All the class rosters for each class in the Magic Academy are here, so I won't introduce them one by one."
Durin nodded, then picked up a delicate fountain pen and signed his name on the class roster representing the fire attribute.
"Fire attribute class." The black bear-like strongman named Rokoeff continued, "Next, choose a language course.
You can choose one from Shurima Applied Language, Dragon Language, Giant Language, Demacia Applied Language, Ionia Applied Language, Freljord Common Language, and Tidal Merrow Language.
This is a mandatory requirement, one of the graduation exam conditions."
"Of course, if you have ample energy and want to learn an additional new language, you will need to pay an additional learning fee, and the cost varies for different language courses."
As soon as Durin received the language selection booklet, he was momentarily stunned to see that it even included a Piltover Common Language course.
Wasn't Piltover's common language just Noxus's applied language?
Or had they secretly come up with a new language without his knowledge?
?!
"Oh, that's a course for fringe intelligent races," Rokoeff explained, "You might not expect some Yordle or Minotaur to be willing to come to Piltover University to study, but such situations do exist, especially since our principal is a Yordle."
Durin was taken aback; in his impression, didn't Piltover residents particularly reject Yordle?
Why would they openly welcome them?
But this was not something Durin needed to consider at the moment; so many language choices left him in a dilemma.
However, when he was in Zaun, serving as a Mage Assistant to a necromancer, he had heard the necromancer mention that the more profound the magic, the more it would involve Dragon Language.
Because most of the magic in Runeterra came from the exalted Dragon Gods beyond the cosmos, and the fearsome Elemental Drakes in Runeterra were all their bloodline descendants.
If Durin wanted to advance beyond being an ordinary mage and learn advanced magic, then Dragon Language was an indispensable language.
"Dragon Language, I choose this one."
Durin stated with certainty.
"It seems your ambitions are quite grand!" Rokoeff didn't seem surprised at all, merely nodding. "Dragon Language is a very difficult language; you need to be prepared for a tough challenge. Many students get stuck at this stage and are unable to graduate."
"Teacher, may I ask, what protective magic is the easiest to learn and apply?" Durin asked.
During this time, Durin had considered repeatedly that his protective measures were still too few.
Since armor couldn't be acquired quickly, he would delve deeper into magic; he believed that defensive spells must exist.
Rokoeff recalled for a moment and replied, "There are many; I'm not entirely familiar with the specifics. I only know that something like Mage Armor is the most basic and easiest to learn."
Hearing about Mage Armor, Durin made up his mind: this would be the first formal spell he learned after entering the university!
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