"Greetings, Master."
Charlotte led the twelve hired wizards in a neat bow to Leo.
"Hello everyone, I don't need to introduce myself. I'll be working hard on the teaching from now on." Leo greeted each of his future students' teachers.
Meanwhile, the Gulu Beast were arranged to take away these Wizard Apprentice who had fainted after being teleported over extremely long distances; they wouldn't wake up for at least a few hours.
Normally, only Level One Formal Wizard can perform long-distance teleportation because only their status can withstand the impact of the rules of two different worlds.
This is why the minimum requirement for expeditions is level one. If you really put some Apprentice Level expeditions on board, everyone would faint as soon as they got there. That's not an expedition, it's like delivering takeout.
But Hu Jianxing and Meng Jie, along with their friends, studied orthodox wizarding culture, and their souls were engraved with wizarding runes.
Naturally conforming to the rules of the Wizard World, being teleported to the Wizard World is equivalent to being teleported back home. Therefore, during the Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, one can barely withstand the pressure of teleportation, and after a period of unconsciousness, one can adapt to the new environment.
"Master, as you instructed, I have hired a total of twenty teachers, and the next eight will be available in five years. Four hundred thousand of your Gulu Beast from the Tower of Elements have also been relocated here, leaving only one hundred and fifty thousand in their original territory."
"Also, your floating island will need another two years to reach the academy. The Ice Palace and the Tree of Life that you specifically requested are both on the floating island, protected by ten thousand level-two Gulu Beast."
"The buildings here have been repaired and are fully usable. However, due to a shortage of manpower, most of the magic arrays are not activated. Currently, we can only rely on the Gulu Beast army to provide basic protection."
Charlotte, like the most competent butler, reported on the progress of her tasks over the past four years.
"You've worked hard. You know I'm short-handed right now. If possible, please stay a little longer." Leo forced a smile on his aged face. He had no intention of letting go of such a capable and well-connected wizard.
"To be honest, Master, our Green Cottage Merchant Group has already arranged for me to stay at the academy's shop. If you hadn't spoken first, I would have had to beg you to take me in."
Charlotte looked distressed. What was going on? He, a Level-Two Elemental Wizard and the deacon of the Green Cottage Merchant Group, had been sent down to be a shopkeeper.
This position used to be filled by apprentices; even First-Level Wizard wasn't required.
Even if it's just to win over the Great Wizard Leo, there's no need to sacrifice him. The Green Cottage Merchant Group has so many wizards, why him of all?
"Excellent! How could a wizard as outstanding as you only be a shopkeeper? I'm now appointing you as the vice dean. What do you think?" Anyone who doesn't take the offer is a fool.
Leo knew, of course, that Charlotte was the gift sent by that person, and if he had enough manpower, he would naturally be on guard.
But he has nothing now, just a bunch of apprentices. What's there to be wary of? Let him work for me for hundreds of years first!
"Thank you, Master. I will certainly do my best to manage the academy well," Charlotte said, perking up to express her gratitude.
The two exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.
"To welcome all the teachers, I've arranged a simple cocktail party," Leo said to the other teachers.
Although there are few people, we cannot neglect these teachers.
Leo was having a simple banquet with the newly recruited teachers, while Meng Jie and the others had already emerged from their rooms, rubbing their heads and staggering.
The extremely long-distance teleportation caused their souls and bodies to become incompatible, and their heads felt like they had exploded.
There is no way to treat this condition other than for it to resolve naturally.
However, the excitement of being transported to the Wizard World helped them overcome the aftereffects of the long-distance teleportation, and one by one, pale-faced, they staggered around the academy, familiarizing themselves with their surroundings.
The higher energy concentration made them wonder if they had entered the energy training room of the New Earth Academy.
That's a high-concentration energy training room that can only be entered after becoming Apprentice Level, and the usage time is strictly regulated, with the time allocated each month based on learning ranking.
Even if Meng Jie is second place, he can only get 45 hours of training time per month.
Every time he entered the high-concentration energy training room, he wished he could open his whole body and absorb the energy.
But now, the energy concentration in the ordinary environment of the Wizard World has already reached the energy concentration in their training rooms on the New Earth.
The trainees took deep, greedy breaths; things that would be fought over on Earth were now freely available for them to breathe.
No one could understand their feelings; it was like a mouse that had been starving for over a decade suddenly falling into a rice jar.
Let them eat and use whatever they want.
"In an environment like this, I could advance to Low-Level Wizard Apprentice in two years." Shi Xiang inhaled deeply, reluctant to exhale, his entire stomach bulging out.
Looking at the towering buildings within the academy, each with a completely different architectural style, I had only ever seen them in textbooks before; this was truly the first time I had ever seen them in person.
The book says that every Official Wizard has their own wizard tower, which is the wizard's private territory containing the wizard's entire life and is the most important place for wizards.
The Gulu Beast, who originally served as teachers at the New Earth Academy, can now be seen everywhere here. They lazily lie in one place, casually observing each passing academy.
"Don't you guys think this academy is a bit deserted? It seems like apart from us and some of the Gulu Beast teachers, we haven't seen a single wizard, not even the Dean," Liu Xinqi whispered as she leaned closer.
According to the books, each wizard tower should represent a wizard of at least the official level, but there are at least several hundred wizard towers here, and not a single Official Wizard can be seen.
Although they were Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, they still possessed sensory abilities. Although the range was small and the sensory abilities were somewhat weak, they still scanned continuously like radar, but in the end, they couldn't sense anything.
These wizard towers were just like ordinary buildings, showing no energy reaction whatsoever, and were nothing like the powerful structures described in the books.
The book says that wizard towers are protected by their own magic circles and even have offensive capabilities, but there's nothing here, and some of the wizard towers are even overgrown with grass.
It was as if the master had been gone for a long time, and these wizard towers had long since fallen into disrepair.
"Don't leave this area. If you go out and something happens, no one will be responsible for you."
Just as the three of them were walking towards the center of the academy, a Gulu Beast teacher who, like them, had come from the New Earth, stopped them.
"I'm sorry, teacher. We're not familiar with the new academy and we accidentally wandered here." Meng Jie was familiar with almost every one of the Gulu Beast teachers, so he immediately apologized.
As the second-best student, he also had a very good impression on the Gulu Beast. No matter the time or the world, teachers always like students with good grades.
"Little Meng Jie, a terrible thing happened here in the past. There are some places that even I dare not go into. Many places have not been cleared yet. Don't wander around, or you won't even know how you died," Teacher Gulu Beast warned.
"Okay, teacher, what are our plans for next...?" Meng Jie leaned closer to the Gulu Beast and asked in a low voice.
They woke up in the room, and no one paid any attention to them. They had no idea what to do next.
"You will be taught by Official Wizard from now on. Be careful, as Official Wizard understanding is completely different from yours. They have kill indicators, and if you offend these teachers, they can kill you on the spot." Gulu Beast didn't want his students, whom he had worked so hard to train, to die so easily, and gave a serious warning.
"Is this even possible?" Shi Xiang was stunned. A teacher could actually kill a student? Didn't the dean care?
"Then do you think wizards are such a kind race?" Deep fear appeared in the eyes of the Gulu Beast.
"Otherwise what?" Shi Xiang looked at his Gulu Beast teacher with innocent eyes. Their Dean was so kind, teaching them witchcraft and even sending them to the Wizard World for further study. Such kindness was like a second life.
Looking at the three innocent children, Gulu Beast felt somewhat helpless. There was nothing he could do about it, because on the New Earth, the focus was on helping them quickly advance to Wizard Apprentice, and the basic information about wizards had not been introduced.
"In the library, there's a history book about wizarding civilization. You absolutely must take a look; it's required reading and will help you understand what the Wizard World is all about."
"If you don't have time to look at it right now, I can tell you a story. My world is called Jeft World, and it's much larger than your New Earth. It's a world where World Lord exists, but after the wizards discovered our world, these Gulu Beast you see now are the last remaining life forms in Jeft World."
Wizards have never been a benevolent race; you must ingrain caution in your very bones.
Looking at the listless Gulu Beast in the academy, the three children could hardly believe that this was the last remaining life form in the world.
Thank you for your guidance, teacher.
Shocked, they immediately bowed respectfully to the Gulu Beast. If they still retained their thoughts from the New Earth, things could easily go wrong.
"You are lucky. The Dean is no ordinary wizard; his status is enough to protect you. If it weren't for our ancestor back then..."
The three children were listening to their teacher, the Gulu Beast, impart his survival experience in the Wizard World when suddenly the Gulu Beast stopped. They looked over in confusion and discovered that the Gulu Beast's eyes were filled with tears. The moment they noticed, the teacher vanished.