10.The actual combat exercise begins

Normal academy life was still pretty uneventful for William.

After all, it wasn't a military academy or a knight institute, the kind of places that trained 'avengers', and with a schedule of 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a long lunch and nap in between, Polaris Academy was pretty laid back all day long.

Of course, there were ways to make it even more laid back, such as:

"I'll be giving you the basic wizard theory class next, do you have all the textbooks with you?" A young male teacher said expressionlessly.

"Teacher, we're warriors, is there something we have to learn about magicians?" A student replied doubtfully.

"That's right! Magician's stuff gives me a headache just looking at it." A student also responded with a textbook.

Indeed, compared to the warriors who tended to train, the wizards who tended to study more were all boring to them.

After all, you couldn't have Hulk taking over Dr. Banner's science experiments, well, not that RanRan all wanted to be 'Dr. Hulk'.

"Since you're all warriors, you should know that you'll one day be fighting wizards. As a result, at the end of the day you don't even know the magic of your opponents, are you praying that they will use their staffs to tap against you?" The teacher said seriously.

"..."

The bottom seemed to be dumbfounded as if their souls were drained, apparently having no reason to retort.

Of course, the look on their faces was bound to be reluctant.

"Then all open the catalog of the textbook, and I'll take you through what you'll be studying this semester." The teacher prepared to continue the lecture.

"You haven't introduced yourself yet, teacher?" William raised his hand in greeting.

"Okay." The teacher winced slightly, "My name is Jay Christie, you can just call me Mr. Jay."

"Then, Mr. Jay, I happen to have studied these because I used to expect to become a wizard, and this is the grade I got when I went to the written test as a priority, can I apply for self-study for this course in the future?" William said as he took out his previous written test results.

"What? Show it to me?" Mr. Jay was surprised and somewhat a little less convinced.

"OK," William stepped forward.

Mr. Jay took a closer look and suddenly noticed a detail.

The written test record from 3243?

Jay's heart was slightly shocked, the kid was only five years old then, right?

"Any questions?" William asked.

Wouldn't have noticed the name Grandpa changed for me with magic, would you? William was a little nervous.

"Yes, from now on you're on your own for this class, but if you don't pass the final exam you can have to use your vacation time off to make up for it." Jay didn't press the issue too much and returned the written test record to William.

Meanwhile to the rest of the students he asked:

"Do you have any other students like William who have taken the Beginner Magician written exam on their own? Give me the written test record if you have it, and you can also study on your own in this class from now on, of course the consequences of failing the final exam are the same."

"Is this also possible? Then is it okay if I barely passed then?" A student asked.

There were naturally people who had once aspired to be a magician and prioritized learning these types of skills, but they were relatively few.

"Can you guarantee that you can still remember it? At least a medium grade will do." Teacher Jay seriously refused, speculation was rejected in the academy!

"What! Well ...," the student exclaimed groggily, helplessly lowering his raised hand.

"Then, Mr. Jay, I'll leave first." William bowed politely and slightly.

"Well, go ahead." Teacher Jay.

The rest of the students could only be extremely envious, watching this classmate of theirs, enjoying the right to study, leave.

"Hmph! Lucky guy, next semester is Intermediate and Advanced Magician Basic Theory, let's see how you can still take it!"

There were envious ones, naturally there were also jealous ones, but they were just whispering to themselves alone, which could be interpreted as the self-compassion of the weak.

William would surely hear it without losing his polite contemptuous smile.

Intermediate? Advanced? He himself was already a Magician, would he have failed those written tests?

There was a sense of irony in comparing his family's background with Tony Stark's.

But ...

Zhuo Sandy looked at William who left, his cute big eyes had some doubts.

WEILIAN He, isn't an aristocrat, is he? Magician's stuff is not something that ordinary people can learn before they enter the academy, is it the child of a merchant's family or something?

...

Leaving the classroom, he returned to the dormitory.

From his magic ring, William took out a thick textbook that was about knight transformation.

Although he didn't continue at the Knight Institute, he still had a copy of the main textbook books in there that he could bring.

"Although the magic in this world is marvelous and fascinating, what attracts me the most is really mecha. Afterwards, when the railroad transportation starts to make money back, I'll definitely go buy the best materials and build a mecha just for me."

"It's one thing if it's not cost-effective, but it's really handsome!"

"And in terms of single-unit ability, a fully-formed Knight Mecha must be very powerful, otherwise it wouldn't have changed the previous war."

"What should be learned still needs to be learned ..."

"Alas, the goal of conquering the world still requires a lot of effort."

William sighed and flung himself into the sea of knowledge again.

It couldn't be helped, he might not be interested in learning anything else, but this was a mecha, a mecha!

What man, could refuse to look up to a Gundam's mecha!

No way!

Absolutely not!

How could any man, who could even watch a passing excavator work for half a day, refuse this romantic mecha!

...

Just like that.

Using various similar reasons, William turned all the classes involving magic into self-study, which was a bit high-profile but also left a lot of time for himself.

At the same time, this high profile would only be temporary.

Because ...

Really when a classmate was often absent from some classes and didn't usually talk to people, most people would forget about him.

There was no way around it, William basically only went to communicate and get acquainted with people he found valuable, the rest of the people really didn't care at all.

So it didn't take long for him to be a small transparent existence in the class.

Time passed quickly.

Two months of the small half of the semester had already disappeared in his learning for knowledge and skills.

...

"Today, it's your first trip out for practical exercises for five days."

"The academy will also arrange for teachers and knights to follow along, as well as senior seniors to accompany them on their escort duties."

"Now, check again to see if you have all the survival supplies in your magic rings and backpacks? Depart on time in half an hour!"

The teacher leading the group made the final announcement from the stage.

Theory and academy exercises were definitely not enough to satisfy the growth needs of a normal warrior or magician, and practical combat drills were naturally one of the necessary courses.

And the practical combat drills of Polar Star Academy would basically be chosen from the surrounding areas.

For example, the place they were going to this time was the "Sage Forest" to the east of the academy.

The outer area has a lot of beginner to advanced magical beasts, for the enrollment conditions are at least intermediate warriors of the freshmen, basically still be able to cope with it on their own.

Of course, because it was after all a real battle, the probability of death was still there. So the academy usually treats it carefully, not only arranging for teachers and knights to follow, but even giving protection missions to senior students, so that they can also join the ranks of the guards.

However ...

William's gaze was completely attracted by those five six-meter tall mechs!

My goodness!

Retired modified versions of the previous generation's Frostblade Riders!

Worthy of being Polar Star Academy, they were able to get the military retired version of the riders as academy guards!

This version was taller, the huge sword it could wield was heavier, and its armor protection and magic attacks were even more powerful.

Unfortunately, it lacks in speed and is slightly more expensive to build.

But it's taller!

It's really cool!