The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

The old ideas were torn to pieces overnight, and the new rules became the opposite.

Amber's eyes were lifeless, and her heart was shattered.

When the two young teachers saw Amber like this, they understood her feelings deep down in their hearts.

You should know that when we first started selecting teachers for the college, there were nearly thirty people who signed up.

Like the two teachers in front of them, they are all apprentice mages from the North.

But after the final screening, only two people in the room were able to give up their original ideas and successfully accept the new magic system.

Half of the people who were eliminated did not believe what was written in the book at all, and the other half believed it, but found that they could no longer use magic.

In Li's words, if confidence is gone, everything will be over.

"Dean Amber, we still have classes. You can spend more time walking around the academy."

Amber nodded blankly, and she didn't come back to her senses until she was the only one left in the room.

Amber's current condition is very dangerous. She is a great magician, and the harm caused by the collapse of her faith is more dangerous than that of a magician's apprentice.

Amber, confused, stood up and walked towards the bookshelf.

There are many books on the bookshelf that I have seen and some that I have not seen.

Amber knew that there must be something more dangerous in here than the one just now. She subconsciously pulled out a book and saw clear large words written on it.

"Will there ever be a day when the magic power runs out?"

This should be another book about magic speculation. The title aroused Amber's curiosity, and her hands had already turned the pages on their own.

"No, I can't watch it anymore, at least not now!"

Amber used her strong willpower to suppress her curiosity that could have killed her.

She left the beautifully decorated dean's office and came to the classroom where the students were taking classes.

The classroom was arranged in the same way as a large classroom on Earth. Since there were only two teachers at the moment, all the students would be crowded together during class.

Amber looked through the bright window and noticed the teacher at the podium nodding to her.

Amber returned the greeting, then stood in front of the window and listened to the class silently.

The part about magic was very superficial. Amber even forgot how old she was when she last came into contact with such simple magical knowledge.

Amber thought that she could hear something completely new from this teacher, but she found that the specific teaching content was not particularly different from the magic courses currently popular in the kingdom.

To be honest, Amber is a little disappointed now.

"Master Dean, why are you standing here all the time?"

Amber was immersed in the course when she heard someone calling her. Turning back, she saw several Highland children wearing animal skins.

Highland children speak with a thick accent, and their limbs grow faster than their brains, giving the impression of having small heads and large bodies.

"You are also students of the academy, right? Why aren't you attending classes inside?"

"Because we don't know how to read and write the common language yet!"

In order to communicate better, Amber and the children came to the corner of the corridor away from the classroom.

The Highlander child seemed to be familiar with the feeling of being excluded, and did not show any special emotions when asked by Amber.

"You can't read or write, so why are you here, learning magic?"

As far as Amber could remember, she had never heard of any rumors of Highlanders learning magic.

In fact, no information about the Highlanders flowed within the kingdom.

"Dean Amber, your question is very interesting. If others can learn magic, why can't we?"

The Highlanders have always lived on the frozen tundra. In their social concepts, except for the great chief who must be respected, everyone else is basically equal.

The child in front of her asked a straightforward question, which stunned Amber.

Yes, it is everyone's freedom to learn whatever they want. Amber shouldn't look at her strangely just because she is a Highlander.

Amber was about to explain that she had no intention of discrimination when she saw the Highland child in front of her start talking to himself.

"Our chief said that the Highlanders have lived on the ice field for too long, so long that we almost forgot where our ancestors came from. Dean, do you know that the ice field is not a good place? Many people die in the freezing cold every year. Those beasts don't care who you are. Once they target you, you will be skinned alive."

The Highlander child in front of him had legs that were much stronger than those of his peers, and also had thick arms.

Amber knew that the danger they had experienced was far more terrible than described.

"Principal, look, this is the wound I got from being bitten by a direwolf. I protected my sister, and this is what I am most proud of!"

Perhaps few people are so patient as to communicate with these Highland children on a normal day.

After they got excited, they all took off their shirts and showed Amber their horrific scars.

Amber frowned as she watched, because most of these children had huge scars on their bodies, and many of them were fatal.

God knows how they survived.

"Principal Amber, I heard that you are very good at magic. Can you teach us? Don't worry, we will pay enough tuition. We are ready for that!"

Who says the Highlanders are not smart? They are using their own methods to keep Amber, the powerful magician, here.

Amber didn't take it too seriously. She thought these children didn't have enough knowledge about learning magic and wanted to persuade them to use their energy in the right direction.

"Do you know how much it costs to learn magic? It's not a simple number. Take me for example. I spent all my savings to become a formal mage apprentice, sold my ancestral property, and became an adventurer to earn money. Only then did I have the funds to be promoted to a great magician."

Looking back, Amber almost gave up many times.

If she gave up at that time, she would be like most ordinary wizards in the kingdom, looking for support from nobles or being hired by wealthy businessmen.

Fortunately, she has several good girlfriends. With their support, Amber was determined to become a magician and achieved what she has today.

"It turns out that being a magician is so expensive... But we still want to be one! The Great Chief said that the Highlanders can't live in the Highlands forever!"

The ancestors of the Highlanders were a group of timid people living near the north. They set foot on the harsh frozen tundra in order to escape war and disaster.

However, after hundreds of years of trials, the initial timidity and cowardice had long been wiped out by the harsh environment on the ice field.

Every Highlander still alive is stronger than a wild beast.

The Highlanders' small population size prevented them from launching large-scale wars.

Otherwise they would have rushed down from the ice field and retaken the land of their ancestors.

The Highland chief of this term was a man of foresight. When Li decided to trade with the Highlanders, the Highlanders keenly realized that this was a good opportunity to return to human society.

"However, to become an apprentice mage, you need at least 200 gold coins. If you want to continue to advance, you need more money to spend on research and books."

Amber doesn't want to trick these children into becoming magicians, only to end up with them being half-baked.

There is a saying circulating in the capital that letting poor people learn magic is tantamount to murder for money.

"You don't have to worry about us. We have cattle and sheep at home. If we sell them, it will be enough to support the tuition~"

"Cows and sheep? How many cows and sheep would be enough?"

"Well, my family has a thousand cows, and my uncle and my uncle's families together can make up 10,000 cows and sheep. These should be enough for me to become a great magician, right?"

The children's hopeful eyes made Amber sweat all over.

Amber originally thought that the children in front of her were poor, but now she realized that she was the poor one!