A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 170 Navis's Wonderful Gadgets

"Gentlemen, I have good news for you: you're going to the battlefield!"

The students, who heard such shocking news right at the start of class, were initially caught off guard.

Then, they erupted in uproar.

"Go to the battlefield? Isn't that what soldiers do? Why should we go?"

"What?! I've only just gained magic power, and I don't even know how to use Mage's Hand yet!"

"..."

Seeing the students making a ruckus in the classroom, Jiang Shuzhou had no choice but to intervene.

"quiet!"

Then came a silencing spell, which silenced everyone else.

"It's no big deal, it's not like we're not going to give you equipment."

"One gun per person, unlimited ammunition."

"Also, there are benefits to letting you go over there. This is the reward list, and you should be able to understand the first reward."

After saying that, Jiang Shuzhou hung the list of rewards on the wall.

Soon everyone was drawn to the reward.

The wages of avarice is death.

Although these rewards are nothing to Jiang Shuzhou, they are a huge fortune for these students who are penniless.

"Of course, the most important thing is the academic credits. Those who go will gain credits, and those who don't will lose credits."

In the magic academy of the Mage Alliance, academic credits are the most important thing, bar none.

It is not only a certificate for graduation, but also a basis for evaluating the terms of the contract signed later.

Since it's free education, there's no way to make money from it, but we have to keep the people here.

Otherwise, if the talents you painstakingly cultivate turn around and go elsewhere, who can stand it?

Therefore, every student who graduates from a magic academy usually signs a contract with the school to stay and work there.

If someone performs exceptionally well and is valued by others, they can spend a large sum of magic stones to "redeem" someone else, or redeem themselves.

In this situation, the compensation will definitely be top-notch. After all, if the compensation is insufficient, you students can refuse, and you may be able to regain your freedom after working for a few years.

This would be much better than wasting twenty years in academia.

The standard for judging whether a student is excellent is the number of credits they earn upon graduation.

After all, important people don't have time to search for information bit by bit, or those with insufficient academic credits don't even qualify to have their information checked.

The higher the credits, the better the benefits.

Everyone quieted down immediately; clearly, no one wanted to lose credits.

"But don't worry, Jess and I have already come up with a solution."

"I have some amazing gadgets here, but they have a few minor side effects, as well as possible unknown side effects."

"But that's not important. What's important is that you survive and you can kill enemies to earn points. How about that?"

"By the way, it's practically free. All you have to do is sign a waiver, use 10% of the points you earn to redeem something I specify, and then hand it over to me."

"If you need anything, come to my office."

Then Jiang Shuzhou started teaching on his own, completely ignoring the students whispering below.

To be honest, if they had good enough alchemy talent, they could simply not go.

Alchemists are already highly paid, so if this school actually produces an alchemist, even if it results in negative credits, the school will have to add them back.

If you are strong, everything else is meaningless.

Unfortunately, only Katniss was considered talented enough to keep up with Jiang Shuzhou's teaching; the others couldn't.

However, it's not a big problem. If Jiang Shuzhou talks about it again next year, he will repeat these things.

If Jiang Shuzhou breaks through to become a high-level alchemist, then these students will only be able to see him through the newspaper.

Time flew by with Jiang Shuzhou's vivid and engaging explanations, and soon today's lesson was over.

"Katnis, do we really need to find Professor Navis?"

"I think Professor Jess is easier to talk to, so perhaps..."

"We can talk to Professor Navis first and then Professor Jess; it's not like we can only choose one."

Since the welcoming ceremony, Katniss has become the most respected person in the entire class.

After all, most people have witnessed her abilities, and given her exceptional talent, she has already mastered the Mage's Hand, making her the fastest learner in the entire class.

"Professor Navis, we need to speak with you."

"Come in, the door's unlocked."

Katniss led the group into Jiang Shuzhou's office.

A spacious and bright room, filled with books, a messy table covered with papers and books, and a large number of faceless puppets.

Wait a minute? A faceless puppet?

Katniss and the others' expressions changed drastically, and they stared at the puppets almost instinctively.

However, the puppets remained unmoved and continued to act on their own.

"Why are you all staring at the puppet? This isn't a trial, it won't do you any good even if you watch."

"They will still take action eventually. Besides, you are my students, and they won't attack you without reason."

After saying that, Jiang Shuzhou took the tea from the puppet and drank it.

Thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of many fishman prisoners of war, the tea plantation has finally resumed production, which is truly remarkable.

The war in the Storm Sea continues, but the mages have already found the approximate location of the Goddess of the Magic Net, and it won't be long before the exact location is discovered.

At that time, this goddess will be torn to pieces, literally, since the flesh and blood of divine beings have considerable research value.

It's a pity that Jiang Shuzhou wasn't strong enough, otherwise he would have gone over to get a share of the pie too.

"Speak, what do you want from me?"

"Professor Navis, we'd like to know what you have here that you can give us?"

Katniss asked.

"I have a lot of things here, all of them are good stuff."

"However, there are some that might not be suitable for you, so I picked out seven for you."

"The Whip of Truth, as the name suggests, will cause anyone who is whipped to tell the truth while suffering unparalleled pain. The side effect is that you will occasionally be unable to lie, otherwise the pain will fall on you."

This thing was something Jiang Shuzhou planned to smuggle to the Alliance of Saints. Since their last collaboration, Jiang Shuzhou had discovered that these nobles were truly wealthy.

So he took some time to create this thing, and packaged it to turn it into a holy whip.

"Pain Connector, a chain axe that can deal extremely high damage to enemies. Swinging the axe will automatically lock onto the enemy, causing you to suffer the same pain as the enemy."

This thing was also given to the Church of Wealth, and was considered a military supply. When it reached Lady Pain, Jiang Shuzhou couldn't even imagine how well it would sell.

"The telescopic spear, as the name suggests, is a spear that can be extended and retracted at will, reaching a maximum length of 30 meters. It is very powerful and also comes with the magical rainbow ray. The only drawback is that it is easy to become weak, after all, the transformation spell has its limits."

"The Quirky Gun, a gun with unlimited ammo. When shooting, don't aim, and never let the pistol and your body be in a straight line, because this gun can not only shoot enemies, but also shoot yourself. It will randomly fire bullets from the sides and front and back of the barrel."

"Automatic outline pistol, a safe product, it has never killed a person, not even a single life."

"Burning armor, eternally burning armor, grants the wearer unparalleled power. The downside is that it's easy to burn to death, but it's not a big problem; just drink a fire resistance potion."

"Have you decided what you want?"

"Of course, if you think you're lucky enough to take them all, I don't mind."