Thus, in his third year of university life, Ma Qiu continued studying hard while keeping his eyes wide open for every opportunity around him.
Before long, Ma Qiu received the Goddess of Luck's favor and got acquainted with a female apprentice of a Course Wizard. After currying enough favor with her, she pointed him toward a path: instead of trying to remain at the university through assessment scores, he could lower his status and try to stay on as an assistant.
What was an assistant?
Simply put, a place as vast as Atlantis University could not possibly have only students and teachers. It also needed a group of service workers. Laboratories conducting experiments needed maintenance, student records needed sorting, teachers' courses needed coordination, and so on.
An assistant's status was above that of a laborer, but below that of a teacher or an official student retained by the university. Still, if one did well, one could indeed remain at the university. And after successfully staying on, if one had the ambition, one could still work toward becoming an official retained student.
Under the female apprentice's guidance, Ma Qiu saw the light and began working actively toward it.
After several months, he obtained the position of temporary assistant—allowing him to continue his studies while taking on assistant work part-time.
This naturally made him more tired and busier. The frequency with which he invited ladies out to dinner had dropped to only three times a month.
But thinking of the future benefits, he persevered.
As he persisted, he gradually came into contact with some of Atlantis University's internal affairs. Only then did he vaguely realize that Atlantis University was not as simple as it appeared.
For instance, the Atlantis University Spell Biology Department needed corpses for dissection and research. Besides small animals,