Chapter 99: Office of Andomas

The spell of Arcane Intellect is not difficult. With Jess's sensitivity to spells, he remembered it after hearing it only once.

"Missis, Uperli, Shininger." After Marin finished reciting, Jess could even hear the connection between this spell and contemporary common language. This sentence probably means asking arcane magic to grant eyes that can see deeper things.

But the real difficulty of this spell lies in casting it on oneself.

This is the first time Jess has learned a magic that is released on himself. His previous magics were either directly aiming at people and releasing a stream of shadow energy to destroy others' sanity and intimidate them, or gathering a miniature energy ball between his fingers. Self-casting is his first attempt.

In this process, he also understood Marin's intention. First learn a relatively simple spell for self-casting. Later, summoning other more complex arcane forms and enchanting them on oneself will be safer and more proficient.

After Marin gave a demonstration, Jess began to try to self-cast by learning his gestures.

Unsurprisingly, he suffered a painful failure on the first try. He gathered an indescribable arcane energy that condensed into some disorderly symbols in the air and then dissipated, almost burning his hair.

"Connect the ley lines to oneself, infuse the arcane energy in one's blood into oneself, and shape those arcane energies according to the spell. This is much more subtle than making it cause destruction." Marin said: "So, this is a completely different experience from simply condensing arcane light, Mr. Sethor. Don't be in a hurry. You can practice this at home by yourself. I need to go to the university library in a while. Now I need to eat something. I haven't taken a bite of the bread I bought yet."

Although he agreed verbally, Jess was still a little frustrated.

Obviously, learning and mastering the Light spell doesn't mean he has any talent in other arcane magics. Judging from Marin's expression, he didn't perform better than Marin's other students.

After bidding farewell to Marin, Jess climbed to the top of the Wizard's Sanctuary and went to select courses from Master Andomas as Marin said.

Although he had heard many people mention Andomas, the leader of the Wizard's Sanctuary and the High Mage Chancellor, he had never seen this person with his own eyes.

Walking to the top of the Wizard's Sanctuary, turning left from the way to the library, passing through the busy office area, and then passing through a circular, ascending red carpet corridor filled with portraits of the great mages of the Wizard's Sanctuary throughout the ages.

Here, Jess saw the portrait of Nielas Aran, that is, the poor father who was accidentally killed by Medivh in a coma that Marin just mentioned.

This is a quite handsome man with a scholarly mustache on his mouth. His long hair is tied into several braids and draped over his chest. His resolute and thin face looks straight ahead. He doesn't seem like a stubborn and conservative mage, but more like a prince of a certain country.

In the portrait, he is probably less than forty years old. If he were younger, he might be even more handsome.

It's no wonder that the Guardian Aegwynn, who has lived for 800 years, finally chose this man as her "late years" companion and was willing to give birth to a descendant for him.

At the end of the corridor is a dark red door that is so old that it seems to be about the same age as Aegwynn.

The door is ajar. Jess pushes the door open and enters. Behind it is a rather large polygonal office. There are many people working here and some people are whispering about something. Above them, on each wall there is a huge window. This is the spire of the Wizard's Sanctuary.

Jess has never been here in the game, so he is somewhat attracted by this novel hall. At this moment, a middle-aged man asked: "What can I do for you, apprentice?"

"I am a student of Master Marin. I am here to see Master Andomas." Jess said.

"I am Andomas. If I'm not mistaken, you are Jess Sethor, right?"

Jess looked at the speaker. This is a very strong man. Even wearing a thick purple robe and a golden shawl, one can see his sturdy build.

Even his face shows signs of exercise, and obvious muscles can be seen on his neck.

What doesn't match his fighter-like physique is that his expression is calm and composed, and his eyes looking at people are somewhat indifferent, like an outsider watching here. So much so that Jess had a momentary illusion that it seemed that the words just now were not spoken to him by him. He is younger than Marin, but his status is obviously much higher than Marin's. And when he is not studying magic, he obviously still has time to exercise his physical strength. This may be the magical talent that the Wizard's Sanctuary has always emphasized.

I don't know how many people like Andomas there are in Dalaran.

"I am indeed Jess Sethor." Jess bowed slightly and said: "Master Marin asked me to come here to select courses."

"You came very quickly." Andomas said: "But if you select courses now, you may not be able to officially start the courses until after Winter Veil. Did Master Marin tell you about this?"

"Yes." Jess replied.

"Come to my desk."

Andomas led Jess to a corner and rummaged through the desk.

Jess looked at the books on the bookcases behind him and could even feel the arcane energy overflowing from them. These books are undoubtedly all related to magic, not the messy encyclopedias, natural history books and novels in Marin's study. The difference is like the library of the Wizard's Sanctuary and the library of the university.

"Each apprentice has to choose a specialized school, a spell language, and an auxiliary course."

As Andomas spoke, he placed several booklets on the table and asked: "Have you learned about arcane schools?"

"Yes." Jess said: "Summoning, divination, illusion, enhancement, transformation, evocation, protection, necromancy."

"It seems that you have read the set of books by Master Anslem Ruinvalor." Andomas said: "For well-known reasons, the necromancy school is not within the teaching scope of our college, so you can only choose one from other schools."

He smiled and then continued: "The textbooks of every school of the Wizard's Sanctuary are here. I think since you are willing to enter here as a wish made to the king, you may know much more about the college than most new apprentices, right? I don't need to introduce it in detail. Sign your name on the roster at the end of the textbook, and you can officially become a new student of that school."

Jess nodded and then placed his hand on the textbook of the protection school.

"Protection school." Andomas said: "Unfortunately, the most accomplished protection mages are in Lordaeron and Dalaran. But it's good to lay a foundation in the Wizard's Sanctuary. Next, choose a spell language. You can choose one from Elven, Draconic, and Giant Runic. After passing the graduation exam, you can choose another one. I think for you, at most a year, so there is no need to be too entangled."

As soon as Jess got the language selection booklet, he saw that there was even a common language course on it.

"Common language?"

"Oh, that's a course for people of foreign races inside and outside the Alliance." Andomas said: "You may not think that some dwarves or gnomes are willing to come to the Wizard's Sanctuary to learn magic? But there are indeed such cases."

"Understood." Jess remembered that Marin had said that the Elven language course in Stormwind City is a mess and has basically become a simple training place for the diplomatic personnel of the royal family.

"Draconic. I choose Draconic."

"Your aspiration is high-level spells?" Andomas nodded slightly with appreciation. "Draconic is a very difficult language. Be prepared for a tough battle."

"Master, what protection spells are in Draconic?" Jess asked.

Andomas recalled for a moment and said: "There are many. Many protection spells are very ancient and fundamental. Naturally, they come from ancient Draconic. Legend has it that dragons created many protection spells to protect their precious treasures, such as the Frost Ward spell, the Mage Armor spell, and the Frost Armor spell."

Hearing Mage Armor, Jess was determined.

"Well, then comes the extra course." Andomas said: "You can choose one from the following list."

Jess pulled down a list. This curriculum includes a long list of cultural courses, history, humanities, geography, etc. Of course, it also includes schools that have appeared in the game such as inscriptions, alchemy, and herbalism. As for enchanting, it should be a branch within the enhancement school.

Inscriptions and alchemy are probably two of the important economic sources of the Wizard's Sanctuary. Especially inscriptions... magic scrolls, inscribed glyphs, and the manufacture of magic paper and ink are all included.

He has already found a teacher for alchemy, Ursula Delin. Although he doesn't know how good she is, she sounds quite intimidating. It's better to enroll in the inscription course. I don't know if there is a chance to get free ink and paper when entering the inscription course, or learn some simple methods to make ink with magic. This can save some money.

After signing under the textbook of inscription, Andomas put these textbooks away and said: "After Winter Veil, before January 18th of next year, be sure to go to Master Marin to get your course schedule. Before that, you can do some preview of protection school courses with Master Marin. Master Marin is one of the teachers here who is best at the protection school. Study hard with him for two months. Maybe by then you will be ahead of many apprentices."

After sorting out the textbooks, Andomas smiled and looked at Jess's outfit and said: "By the way, Jess Sethor, after entering the Wizard's Sanctuary, can you change your outfit?"

"I'm used to it, Master." Jess touched his head and said embarrassedly: "Does this outfit outside make the Wizard's Sanctuary lose face?"

Andomas said with a smile: "No. After all, others will never think you are from the Wizard's Sanctuary."

Jess let out a cry and asked: "Then where should I go to get a set of clothes that suits a mage?"

Andomas glanced at the people around and said: "Go outside the Wizard's Sanctuary and find Larson's Tailor Shop. The Larsons have an agreement with the Wizard's Sanctuary. They will measure and tailor clothes for our mages. Remember to get them there."

Jess is a bit short of money now, and getting a new set of clothes is not his most urgent need at present. After all, he still has a lot of things to do.

So after coming out of the Wizard's Sanctuary, he immediately hurried home to continue learning Orcish and began to use the demon language-common language translation paper translated by the imp to compare and translate the bilingual Orcish and demon language book.

There is less than a month left until November 12th. He must seize every moment.