Friends

Although Saine does not intend to defend his title and retain his ranking reward on the Challenge Stage.

But in the end, Saine received the academy's reward for three consecutive months.

This situation mainly occurs because the apprentice rankings within the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy have long been fixed.

There are only so many Advanced Apprentice and Quasi-Magician who consistently rank high on the leaderboard and are passionate about Challenge Stage.

You can't conjure up new people out of thin air.

If it weren't for two equally new Advanced Apprentice who broke into the top twenty of the Challenge Stage in the last two months...

Saine might be able to receive this ranking bonus for a few more months.

It is worth mentioning that Mark, the Advanced Apprentice who was defeated by Saine, returned to the top 20 of the academy's Combat Power Ranking after fully recovering from his injuries in the third month. He is currently ranked 19th.

Returning to the top 20 did not excite Mark at all.

Instead, after studying tactics against Saine for more than two months, they suddenly learned that the opponent had not come to the challenge zone since the last battle.

Mark's punches, which he had been preparing for a long time, seemed to hit cotton.

The Formal Magician Irene seems to have been paying more attention to Saine since the last apprentice battle.

Facing her grandson, who was always trying to get revenge on Saine, Irene scolded him with a long face, "All you do is think about useless things! While you're wasting your time on trivial matters, do you even know what Saine is doing?!"

"What is he doing?" Mark asked, feeling wronged.

"He frequently attends classes taught by various Formal Magician, and even visits the library as many as 27 times in a month. His average study time in the library exceeds six hours per day."

"What have you been doing all this time? I heard you've got a new girlfriend, and she's the Princess of the Malgeria Kingdom?" The Mage Irene poked Mark's head with her sharp fingernails and asked.

Faced with the Mage Irene's anger, Mark naturally dared not contradict her.

Finally, he weakly replied, "The Princess of the Malgeria Kingdom would be a great honor for our family. If this comes to fruition, I think both my father and grandmother would praise me."

Mark's answer made Irene roll her eyes.

The conflict with Advanced Apprentice Mark was just an episode in Saine's studies at the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy.

He and Ma

K is not one of them. As Saine continues to absorb knowledge of the elements, his personal foundation gradually improves.

As Saine reaches higher levels and stages, the gap between the two will only widen.

Three years later.

Azure Source Holy Tower Academy Library.

I just found my favorite Magic Books in the left-hand area on the seventh floor of the library. →

Saine held the rather old-fashioned "Atlas of Light" and prepared to go downstairs to complete the rental procedures.

The Magic Books in the Azure Source Holy Tower Library have three reading modes.

One option is to read it directly in the library and put it back after you're done.

This is the lowest-cost way to access the library; the Holy Tower will only deduct the corresponding Academy Points based on the length of time the apprentices spend in the library.

The second option is to rent the book after finding one you like, by going to the lobby on the first floor.

This option costs more than the first, but the advantage is that you can take it home and browse through it at your leisure. Of course, if you damage the book, you will have to pay the full price in the end.

The third option is to directly purchase a copy of this Magic Books from the Holy Tower.

Because it involves the buying and selling of knowledge, which is the most expensive, few apprentices would do this.

The vast majority of apprentices in the Holy Tower acquire knowledge in the library in the first way.

For example, the gray-haired apprentice in front of Saine, sitting at his desk, looking down at a Magic Books.

Apprentices like Saine who take Magic Books back to study at their own pace are also a minority in the academy.

After all, it's rare to find a wealthy and powerful apprentice like Saine at the Holy Tower Academy.

"Green, are you still studying the annihilation knowledge related to Fire Element Magic and ice elemental magic?" Saine asked the gray-haired apprentice in front of him.

Normally speaking, disturbing others while they are reading in a library is a very serious and impolite thing to do.

However, since the gray-haired apprentice in front of him had a good personality, and was the only apprentice that Saine had made that he could call a "friend" during his five years at the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy, this disturbance was nothing.

Saine didn't care, and neither did the gray-haired apprentice Green.

"Yes, Saine, I think the magical explosion produced by the fusion of Fire Element is too powerful, and the instability that comes with it is beyond the control of us magic apprentices."

"On the contrary, the fusion of Fire Element has greater extensibility, especially..."

"Perhaps I just found a new Magic Books in the library yesterday; its author, Brand, has profound insights into the field."

"I'm currently browsing through this master's works, and I wonder if our library has any other books by him..."

Advanced Apprentice Green was usually a quiet and reserved person.

But when it comes to magic, especially the field he's involved in, this guy becomes incredibly talkative.

Few people like this kind of bookworm.

In fact, up to now, the only friends this apprentice named Green has made at the Holy Tower Academy are a few other apprentices who come from the same human kingdom as him.

One reason why Saine was able to become "friends" with this guy was that, more than a year ago, when Saine was looking for a Magic Books in the library, the guy gave him a hint and helped him.

On the other hand, the personalities and routines of these two guys are just too similar.

They were both the kind of "tough guys" who could shut themselves in a library for a whole year and never attend any aristocratic balls.

Perhaps it was this mutual appreciation, or perhaps it was because they had often sat together to study for more than a year, that the two of them became friends in a very strange way.

His fellow magic apprentices from the same human kingdom were particularly incredulous that Green could have friends.

However, after learning about Saine's situation, Green's fellow countrymen were relieved.

Sure enough, people who can become friends with this guy are usually the same kind of people.

Green arrived at the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy nearly twenty years earlier than Saine.

However, they are about the same age, although it seems that Saine is a little older, about a year or two older Green.

Green is undoubtedly a genius; at just over thirty years old, he was already Advanced Apprentice.

What's even more remarkable is that, unlike Saine, Green didn't have as many resources or Magic Books left by his mentor.

This guy has grown and learned bit by bit since coming to the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy, and that's how he got to where he is now.

Without any extra resources or extraordinary encounters, he was able to surpass so many noble children within the Holy Tower Academy as an ordinary apprentice.

Green's achievements today are solely due to his diligence and hard work.