Chapter 5 Magic Eagle Forest

The surrounding trees are getting taller and taller, and they are at least hundreds of years old.

Occasionally, a few beast howls came from the depths of the forest, but disappeared quickly. Lei Luo, who was traveling alone, was not afraid of the unfamiliar environment and took out the redbud badge in his hand to play with it.

Metal badge, redbud comes to life.

The strange thing is that after I bought this metal badge, it didn't feel cold at all, and I didn't know what material it was made of.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of the Principality of Grant, also known as the Royal Institute of Science of Grant, is generally a place where only a very small number of nobles in the Principality of Grant go to study.

What people often call magicians is the profession formed by these nobles after graduating from the academy.

However, magician is just a title for common people. Completely out of awe of the unknown power, nobles prefer to call themselves scholars, just like the great mage who was burned to death in front of the Cathedral of Light in Aurora hundreds of years ago. , claiming to be a scholar who studies the universe and celestial bodies.

According to the description of "The Esotericism of Evolution" published by Antonio, scholars complete the enlightenment stage in various major colleges. After the graduation examination, their results will be used to determine whether they can obtain the degree certificate of natural scholars. Above that, there are the Esoteric Scholars, Extraordinary Scholars, and Royal Academy of Sciences. academician.

Generally speaking, obtaining the Royal Academician degree from various countries is the lifelong pursuit of all scholars and is the forefront of human exploration of natural knowledge.

As for pioneers, there have only been three births in human history. The birth of each pioneer will open up a new field of knowledge research for mankind, serve as a reference for the rules of thousands of academic branches, and provide guidance for countless future generations of scholars. Bring wisdom and enlightenment.

In the eyes of scholars, the status of these three pioneers is almost equivalent to that of "gods". They belong to legendary existences and are held in the highest respect. Their scholarship has even transcended the country and is admired by scholars from other colleges.

However, the conditions for becoming a scholar are extremely demanding.

In this era, the vast majority of civilians do not even have the opportunity to read or even write their names. They can only sign contracts by pressing their fingerprints. For ordinary people, the most important thing is to follow the priest and pray to the God of Light. I never thought about learning such a noble thing.

As for students who want to become students of the natural science academies of major principalities, except for a few who try to enter the academies through contribution badges like Lei Luo, the vast majority of students must pass professional basic assessments before enrolling.

In this way, only those nobles with family knowledge inheritance will learn knowledge.

As for the wealthy businessman?

Businessmen are more willing to go to the church and donate gold coins to the church in exchange for a noble title, which can be used to establish social relations and earn more gold coins for themselves. It is rare to hear that anyone will go to the Academy of Natural Sciences to study.

After all, according to traditional etiquette, even the succession to the throne of the major principalities needs to be recognized by the Pope at the Cathedral of Light in Aurora. As a result, the status of those so-called royal academicians in the eyes of ordinary people is naturally far inferior to that of the major principalities. The bishops of the church came with great sanctity.

For this reason, in the hearts of ordinary people, magicians are equivalent to nobles who learn traditional knowledge. They are elegant, wealthy, knowledgeable, powerful, and mysterious.

With all kinds of thoughts on his mind, Lei Luo put away the redbud badge, took out the star core necklace and observed it carefully.

After experiencing this winter, Lei Luo has become familiar with the functions of this star core necklace. At this moment, there is no one around, so Lei Luo starts to play with it.

"Beep beep beep! Found: Conifer subfamily species."

Lei Luo tried to distinguish the soil under his feet again.

"Beep beep beep! No valuable substance found."

After playing with it for a while, Lei Luo didn't get the information his father said before he died, and after analyzing the beast with the blood of Warcraft, he got tired of playing with it and put the necklace away again.

It was getting dark.

Dusk in the forest comes earlier than outside, and the temperature drops quickly. For inexperienced people, the forest at night is very dangerous. The shadows of the tree crowns are dim in the distance, as if the entire forest has come alive, and the spooky devil's minions are in the darkness. , to devour the lonely traveler.

Tightening his animal skin coat, Lei Luo stopped and took out a simple tent from the wooden box behind him. While chewing the dried meat, he found branches and hay.

"What's this!"

Suddenly, a black strange insect crawled out of the dead leaves, startling Lei Luo.

This black strange insect was the size of a palm, with some light green fluorescent tentacles shining on the edge of the black carapace, as if to warn Lei Luo. Taking advantage of Lei Luo's brief moment of surprise, the strange insect disappeared into the dense forest at an extremely fast speed.

After coming back to his senses, Lei Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

Over the years, I have often heard my father talk about some strange things in the Magic Eagle Forest. I have never heard of weird bugs that are sometimes even more dangerous than those monsters. Although I don’t know what kind of monster this bug is, it doesn’t seem to be vicious. After Lei Luo opened the dead leaves, Escaped.

It's a pity that the strange insect escaped too fast and didn't have time to use the star core necklace to identify it.

Without any time to waste, Lei Luo continued to be busy.

After collecting enough firewood and fallen leaves, he took out the flint and lit the flame. The temperature increased significantly. Lei Luo breathed a sigh of relief. He took out the repellent and sprinkled some around the tent. He looked up and looked around. The sky was dark. , only the last shadow of the setting sun shining on the tree crown can be seen.

Da da da da…

At this moment, the noisy sound of horse hooves came from the distance, and for a moment Lei even thought it was his imagination.

Lei Luo often heard his father say that some man-eating trees deep in the Magic Eagle Forest can even imitate the sounds of babies, attract human visits, and take the opportunity to prey on humans. Just thinking about it is terrifying.

"There's someone ahead!"

Lei Luo nervously raised the torch. After hearing the voice of a rough and arrogant man, he relaxed. Even if he was a robber, he really had nothing to rob.

Under Lei Luo's gaze, four knights wearing metal armor escorted a carriage slowly approaching.

The knights were tall and stopped beside Lei Luo.

The leading knight had a pair of sharp eyes exposed under his metal helmet. He looked at Lei Luo condescendingly. After looking around to make sure there was no danger of an ambush, he turned towards the carriage path behind him: "Master Aoun, it's getting dark, let's rest nearby."

A tender white hand opened the carriage curtain, and it was a young nobleman of the same age as Lei Luo, who looked at Lei Luo with a hint of curiosity.

"Where are you from? Where are you going alone?"

Curiously looking away from these well-equipped knights, Lei Luo looked at the noble young master who was similar to himself, and saluted slightly: "I come from the town of Agate Lake, my name is Lei Luo, and I plan to go to St. Gran Castle. When it gets dark, take a break here."

From the opened curtains, Lei Luo could see the soft spar lights and exquisite decorations in the carriage, and felt envious in his heart.

"You also want to go to St. Granburg? You call me Orn. ​​I come from the town of Walso in the south of the principality. I am a scholar who studies the laws of nature. You are going to the Natural Academy of St. Granburg to register for freshmen. Hehe, we are just in time Drop by and I can give you a ride tomorrow.”

This noble young master seemed to be easy to deal with. He did not discriminate against Lei Luo because of his civilian status. He turned to the knight guard in front and said, "Then let's rest here tonight."

"good!"

The four knights dismounted one after another, took off their helmets, and revealed their true colors.

In addition to the three strong men, there was actually a woman in her twenties, carrying a bow and arrow on her back. After taking off the bow and arrow lightly, she and three male knights set up a tent next to the fire beside Lei Luo.