Only a small portion of Mages were dispatched to Piltover University for employment by Noxus, under the guise of talent cultivation, as part of a talent cultivation agreement reached between Piltover and Noxus, where Piltover provided political donations annually, and Noxus sent Mages who were weaker or recently graduated.
The classroom was already gradually filling with people. Durin roughly scanned the room; there were about sixty to seventy Mage Apprentices.
As soon as he settled down, he saw a tall woman enter the classroom. She had a high black ponytail, wore a black suit jacket over a white shirt, which appeared baggy due to an ill fit. The clearly tailored suit revealed a slender, wasp-like waist, and she wore black trousers that were straight and slim.
Her sharp, thin-heeled high heels clicked on the marble floor, making a rhythmic sound.
This black and white ensemble gave the woman a formidable aura, like a queen arriving.
She walked to the podium and wrote down her name.
She announced her identity to everyone.
"I am Instructor Ashley, for the Magic Rune class."
The woman who called herself Ashley spoke in a low voice, yet it was surprisingly magnetic and pleasant to listen to.
"First, before class, I want to remind everyone that the Magic Rune course requires sufficient hands-on practice to successfully complete the course and pass the final exam. This process is very costly. I suggest you consider accumulating academic credits in advance. Because within the academy, academic credits allow the school to sell equipment to you at a discounted price, usually at a 20% to 30% discount. This is the first choice for students with insufficient funds."
Durin, sitting below, understood and recorded this information in his notebook, making it convenient for his future plans.
The class began.
"In this world, circuits directly formed by magic are called runes. For Mage Apprentices like yourselves, the primary task is to master and be able to use a magic circuit constructed from standard spell runes. After becoming familiar with all basic runes, then you can touch upon high-level elemental composite runes and low-level elemental spells. Therefore, please cherish this book, 'Introduction to Rune Construction,' in front of you. The basic runes mentioned in it are the result of the efforts of generations of great Archmages, who summarized, categorized, and decomposed them. Finally, they formed the currently common and widely circulated basic runes."
Durin wrote quickly, and when he couldn't keep up, he simply used his previous life's script to make simple notes.
"Teacher, how can we learn our first spell and advance to become a Mage?!"
Immediately, a Mage Apprentice raised their hand and asked.
"I'll repeat: only after mastering all basic runes! Each of you is highly attuned to a certain element of nature. To master spells from it, you must comprehend the elemental composite rune it represents. The so-called elemental composite rune is a composite rune primarily based on an element. Only by learning this composite rune can you combine it with other basic runes to form spells of different elemental attributes, and these combinations are ever-changing and countless. It all depends on your personal comprehension!"
Durin's hand trembled, pulling one character into a long tail. He silently started a new line and continued writing.
Those words just now were actually telling everyone that as long as they mastered all the basic runes, and then mastered the matching elemental composite runes, they would have the ability to learn spells.
There would be hope of advancing to become a Mage!
Instructor Ashley of the Magic Rune class spoke endlessly from the podium, and the Mage Apprentices below listened with great interest, constantly recording key information.
Durin was no exception, and at the same time, he realized that he needed to purchase his own fountain pen, ink bottle, and blank notebook.
It would likely be another significant expense!
Next, Ashley explained some of the easiest basic runes to get started with, but when asked to continue, she refused, stating that she would only continue if she was paid.
With so many people present, no one was willing to pay out of their own pocket for others to listen.
So, Instructor Ashley continued, "Next, I will distribute materials, two sets per person. After that, you will need to purchase your own materials for practice. They will be distributed by name. So, everyone, please cherish these two opportunities to try drawing your first rune in your life."
She was quite good at saving costs. As expected of a university with a profit-making nature, Durin thought to himself.
"Next, those whose names I call, please come up to sign and collect."
Instructor Ashley continued.
After signing his name on the registration form, Durin received his raw materials from the instructor: two small bottles of potion and a small rectangular rune base plate from a square wooden basket, as well as a temporary rune pen.
The two potions were blue and purple, respectively. The purple was used for drawing runes, and the blue for drawing magic circuits.
"Alright, the consumables have been distributed. Has anyone not received theirs? Please raise your hand if you haven't."
After a few seconds, no one raised their hand.
"Good, it seems everyone has successfully received theirs. So, apprentices, please load the potion into your rune pens and start practicing! Be sure to use them carefully and don't waste them."
Everyone picked up the temporarily distributed rune pens and loaded the purple magic potion as ink.
Following the key points explained in the textbook, they concentrated, steadied their arms, and began to sketch and outline the basic runes according to the 'Introduction to Rune Construction' book.
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