Impact

"Impossible! How could countless sparks be stored in such a tiny thing? Don't try to fool me just because I'm from the Ba Shi Kingdom," the traveling merchant said, but his hand couldn't help but reach for the lighter in the guard's hand. Its crystal-clear appearance deeply attracted him. He swore that he had never seen anything so crystal clear in his life.

"What are you doing? If you're not going to buy, don't look." The guard quickly put the lighter in his pocket and secretly glanced at the traveling merchant's face.

He thought to himself: Hehe, they've taken the bait.

Since the school's goods flowed into the capital of the Volcano Kingdom and gradually formed various private transactions, guarding the capital has become a lucrative job.

The reason is that they can rip off some newcomers from other places.

"Too expensive, I'll take it for three thousand copper coins." The traveling merchant thought that this so-called lighter, just by its crystal-clear appearance, could probably be bought for tens of thousands of copper coins in the Ba Shi Kingdom, but he still wanted to bargain down the price.

"No, you can go into the city if you don't want to," the guard said, making way for the traveling merchant.

Since the goods from the Human School have only recently appeared, most of the Dog-Headed People in the Volcano Kingdom keep them for their own use, so the guards are not worried at all about not being able to sell them or that the traveling merchants will be able to find other sellers after entering the city.

If he can't scam this one, he can scam the next one.

"Alright then, five thousand it is." The traveling merchant pretended to be reluctant to part with the money, and then had his two followers take the money from his bag, while asking for details on how to use the lighter.

Once he got the lighter, the traveling merchant couldn't wait to take it out and examine it closely.

"This is amazing! It's a true wonder! It's filled with water, but how can water turn into fire?" The traveling merchant, filled with curiosity, kept pressing the lighter a few times and then stopping to stare at the flowing liquid inside.

The Dog-Headed People traveling merchant's original intention was indeed to purchase goods in the Volcano Kingdom. However, after entering the capital, he saw a bustling scene and learned that it was the first day of school for some school, and many people were rushing to the school outside the city.

In the conversations of the crowd, the words he heard most often were school, Credits, exams, God of Light, pot, and flashlight.

"Brother, please wait a moment. May I ask if the school you mentioned is a place where you can buy lighters?" The traveling merchant couldn't help but pull a Dog-Headed People who seemed more approachable.

"A lighter is nothing. Our God of Light has everything. As long as you get excellent grades, you can exchange them for anything."

The passerby who was stopped was clearly unhappy, but he still patiently pointed to the endless stream of people and replied, "See those people pulling all sorts of live animals? They're going to school today. Once they're enrolled, they can exchange them with the God of Light for anything they can or can't imagine. If they do well, they can even go to live in the God of Light's Kingdom. Judging from your appearance, you must have come from another country. If I were you, I would find a way to get enough tuition fees right now and go to the school of the God of Light to study, instead of wasting my life here."

The traveling merchant wasn't angry at being told he was wasting his life. Instead, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the passerby, then continued to ask, "From what you're saying, have you been to that School of God of Light?"

The Dog-Headed People disdainfully refused the copper coins offered by the traveling merchant, then revealed a proud look. "Of course, I'm from the Advanced School District. After passing the exams next year, I can go to live in the God of Light's Kingdom. Anyway, there's too much to say about the School of the God of Light. If you want to know, go outside the city and check the School Announcement!"

At this point, the Dog-Headed People passerby stretched out an arm, deliberately showing off the digital watch on his wrist to the traveling merchant. Then, he pointed to the ':' on the watch with his other finger, a mysterious look on his face that only Dog-Headed People could decipher. "I have to go now. It's already 2:28:16 PM. I need to go to school to register. It gets dark around 6 PM this time of year. If I'm late, I won't be able to come back tonight."

After the Dog-Headed People left, the traveling merchant pulled a few more passersby from the bustling street to ask about the school.

After learning the general outline, the traveling merchant was filled with shock.

He discovered that there were many things these Dog-Headed People from the Volcano Kingdom said that he didn't understand.

He couldn't understand words like air, gas, liquid, light, oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, walkie-talkie, and clock at all, and there were many more such incomprehensible words in his conversations with the passersby from the Volcano Kingdom.

For example, when the passerby mentioned "a certain point, a certain minute, a certain second," and "a certain point it gets dark," he didn't understand what it meant at first. After asking a few people, he realized that it was a way of indicating time.

This shocked him greatly, because he had never imagined that he could know the exact time simply by looking down at that thing on his wrist, which he didn't know what it was called.

At first, he thought all of this was due to language differences between the two countries, but it was clearly not the case, because he was very proficient in the language of the Volcano Kingdom, and the language of the Ba Shi Kingdom was not much different from that of the Volcano Kingdom.

"Could all of this be knowledge passed down by the God of Light?" The traveling merchant pondered to himself. Since arriving in the Volcano Kingdom, he suddenly felt somewhat out of place in the world he was familiar with.

It felt as if I had suddenly gone from being a knowledgeable person to a complete novice.

He thought to himself, "It seems that the rumors about the God of Light descending upon the Volcano Kingdom are true. Maybe I should sign up to learn from him. After all, the God of Light and the God of Flame should be brothers. My belief in the God of Light wouldn't be considered a betrayal of the great God of Flame. Yes, that's it."

Once he made up his mind, the quick-witted traveling merchant began asking passersby about the enrollment requirements.

There are quite a few Dog-Headed People come to the Volcano Kingdom to do business like traveling merchants, but then change their minds and go on to study. There are also some who are determined to do business. These people are divided into two types: one type continues to be a traveling merchant between the Volcano Kingdom and other countries, and the other type has sensed a business opportunity and opened Transaction Points at the foot of the school or between the school and the capital, joining the free trade business around the school.

Of course, there are also those who, upon hearing the news in distant lands, travel from afar specifically to pursue their studies.

Regardless of the reason, it demonstrates that the name of the God of Light is spreading to the surrounding areas of the continent in a very positive light. This is because, in the past thirty years, the Volcano Kingdom has indeed prospered under the influence of the School of the God of Light.

This influence reached another peak when the Volcano Kingdom announced the abolition of slavery.

Just wanted to rant, I really don't understand why the title "There's Meat to Eat" would be considered sensitive and subject to censorship. It's exhausting.