Chapter 115: Exam Day

This morning, Jess came to Marin's study as usual to do a simple cleaning and put a book he had borrowed before on the bookshelf.

Just as he was looking to see if he should take another book and leave, Marin walked into the room.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Mr. Sesso. But your skill in cleaning the room is getting better and better. Every time I enter the study, it feels very fresh. At least you are much more meticulous than my Amy."

"Practice makes perfect, Master." Jess packed up his things and was about to leave when Marin stopped him and said, "By the way, there's something I want to tell you."

"Do you remember the thing you told me about the gnolls secretly making poison in the alchemy room? You asked me to tell the royal mage about this. I did, and I just got the latest news yesterday."

"The king sent investigators to check and confirmed that it was indeed the gnolls making poison. Those murloc corpses were not because they were experimenting on murlocs, but because they were using murloc eyeballs as part of the poison material. The corpses were left there as reserve food. Those gnolls got the formula from somewhere and planned to create a plague throughout the kingdom. However, Stormwind has sent a team to destroy that alchemy room and destroy all the materials."

Jess nodded. In fact, he had already forgotten about this matter during this period, especially after Marin told him not to meddle so much.

But he is still a bit concerned about how this matter was resolved in the game. After all, there is no such person as him in the game. If he doesn't tell this matter to the wizard Saint-Destroyer, then the solution to this matter may be delayed by several months or even years. So in the end, was the gnoll plague released?

Anyway, he can't know. After all, he can't go back and find the forum or game group to ask if there is relevant content in the game.

"Did they figure out who was behind this?" Jess asked.

"No." Marin said, "But who else could it be except the one who attacked the gnoll leader? He is now undoubtedly the chieftain of the Riverpaw tribe. At present, we have no signs of the gnolls joining forces with any other enemies, whether it's the Blackrock orcs, the Dark Iron dwarves, or even the Gurubashi trolls. Of course, the proud Gurubashi trolls are definitely impossible to cooperate with the gnolls."

"The only sign now is that the gnolls have learned some magic from the orcs. Even so, they were not really allies during the war, and there were even several conflicts." Jess asked, "Is the king going to send an army to Westfall Keep to wipe out the Riverpaw tribe?"

Marin shook his head and said, "The king has just increased the reward again. A group of mercenaries disappeared again before. I think the reward price will increase again after some time."

Hog is still rampaging in the Elwynn Forest area more than ten years later. No wonder Sheriff Duhan in Goldshire in the game will feel that the trouble caused by Hog is almost as serious as that of Blackrock Tower.

After all, no matter how terrifying the Blackrock orcs are, they are only rampaging in the northern part of Redridge Mountains. And Hog, with a group of his subordinates, is wandering around near Stormwind every day, ambushing passing travelers and merchant caravans for so many years.

Coupled with the rebellion of the Stonecutters' Brotherhood a few years later, Moonbrook is gradually abandoned due to the rampant bandits and thieves. The entire Westfall completely declines, and it becomes extremely difficult for the security forces in Elwynn Forest to eliminate Hog without the help of协同 forces.

"You are going to take the exam this afternoon, right? Orcish language, with Master DuShang." Marin asked.

"Yes." Jess replied.

"How are you prepared? Are you confident of getting the first place?" Marin smiled as if teasing.

"Probably not." Jess touched his head and said, "After all, I have only been cramming for a month and a half."

Marin said, "Then do your best. Even if you can't get the free ship ticket to Dalaran in the end, it's good to inspire yourself to learn more things."

"Master DuShang hasn't mentioned this matter." Jess said, "He only talked about the exam and didn't mention the Orcish language exchange activity in Dalaran at the end of the year. I don't know if this matter will fall through?"

"No." Marin explained, "Because there is no need to mention it. He is only responsible for selecting students. Master Andormas has already prepared the travel expenses in advance and is just waiting for Master DuShang to find students to go to Dalaran with him. Under the current circumstances, Dalaran still hopes to train a group of Orcish language professionals as soon as possible to strengthen communication with those orcs in the shelter and prove Master Antonidas's conjecture earlier."

"If there is a possibility of cancellation, it's not impossible. For example, a few black dragons suddenly appear over Dalaran. But rather than worrying about this, it's better to take the exam well, right?"

Jess nodded.

In the afternoon, when he went to the classroom for Orcish language class, he specially wore the light tan-yellow mage short coat he got from Larson a few days ago to make himself look more in line with the ordinary image in the mage district. Maybe it can also add some impression points in the exam.

Although he specifically requested simplicity and plainness when ordering the clothes, this piece of clothing is much more exquisite than all the shirts and coats he has worn before. After all, it is something worth more than ten silver coins.

Moreover, this was made at Larson's store that specializes in making discounted mage robes for the Wizard's Sanctuary. If you buy the finished product directly outside, the price is likely to increase by a large margin.

When he came to the classroom, there were already several students sitting at the door waiting for the exam.

"The clothes are very nice, Jess." A young classmate greeted.

"Good afternoon." Jess replied, "Wish you good luck in the exam."

"You too."

Everyone looked very relaxed because Orcish language class is an elective course. Even in the university or the Wizard's Sanctuary, it will not be counted in evaluations or scores.

This is basically an interest course, and only he is nervous. Whether it's the students going in or coming out, their expressions are almost the same as in ordinary classes. This final exam-like test is not very important to them. After coming out, they don't discuss how they did and directly go to the Blue Recluse to drink.

Jess thought it was going to be bad. Not only is he probably the student who has studied for the shortest time among all the students, but now he has also become the student with the worst mentality among all the candidates.

In fact, he should have had a similar mentality to everyone. The only difference is that he learned from Marin what this exam means.

If other students knew that doing well in the exam could earn them a chance for a publicly funded trip to Dalaran, this exam would be extremely competitive. After all, that is the city of paradise that all mages... no, all students and scholars yearn for.

That is to say, there are opportunities in crises. Although this brings disadvantages, it is also his advantage.