Chapter Thirteen: A View from the Past (Part 2)
Although Gu Yun and An Ling were not sent to the academy in person, the driver gave the two black cloaks and two pairs of skeleton masks to the two before taking them away. Under the cover of the cloaks and skeleton masks, the two of them were not recognized by others dozens of meters away.
In the words of the driver, the "smell" of the living is different from the necromancer, which is the main reason why the driver who doesn't even have a name can recognize the two of them once he gets close.
However, the cloak and the skeleton mask are not omnipotent. If you are too close to some god of death with strong perception, the other party will see the clues.
"Gu Yun, Gu Yun, look at the one next to you!"
After stepping into the gate of Death Academy, An Ling was in an excited state. If she hadn't been afraid that her identity would be discovered by the apprentices in the academy, she would have been unable to help but use her mobile phone to take pictures of everything she saw.
Gu Yun looked in the direction An Ling pointed, and happened to see a row of students riding a black-shaped flying beast passing by outside the teaching building. The students in the corridor stopped and showed envious eyes.
There are all kinds of spell studies, teleportation studies, and animal taming. Everything I saw along the way was exactly in line with Anling's imagination of magic schools.
This moment of the year is also the busiest day for the students.
It is not just the intern god of death that needs to be prepared for the assessment, but the entire campus is shrouded in the busy atmosphere brought by the academic exams.
After the new dean took office, not only did the knowledge required by the official Death into multiple disciplines, but also set up two important assessments every year. These two assessments will directly determine whether the students can enter the next stage of study. According to the latest regulations issued by the college, only outstanding students who have completed all their studies are eligible to participate in the official Death assessment.
After this series of reforms were introduced, the threshold for becoming a formal god of death has been greatly increased, and the apprentices of the god of death have become unprecedentedly busy.
Looking at these busy students, An Ling had to sigh that even Death could not get rid of the exam-oriented education - she had to admit that the new dean who could make this series of drastic reforms was definitely a tough character.
She is probably an important promoter of exam-oriented education in front of her. After coming to the world of the dead, she still picked up her old career.
No wonder even the most powerful warrior around Hades said that the new dean was extremely difficult.
"Jiang Qi should be in that building."
Gu Yun had already found out about Jiang Qi's class along the way. After all, as soon as she arrived at the world of the dead, she set a series of records.
Although according to the college's regulations, Jiang Qi has not yet officially obtained the title of Death God, passing the subsequent assessment is almost certain.
After the students riding the flying beast circled around the playground, Gu Yun said, "The black shadows that just flew over are called Shadow Doves, and driving Shadow Doves is also an important examination for senior students."
"How did you know?"
An Ling was shocked by Gu Yun's sudden erudition performance. In her impression, Gu Yun was not like someone who could quickly accept new things.
“There is an introduction in the brochure.”
Gu Yun lowered his head and flipped through the teaching brochure he got from the entrance of the college. The brochure also mentioned that Shadow Dove is the most common group bird of prey in the world of the dead. It flies extremely fast and is a good means of transportation.
After the people here established the kingdom, they began to try to tame other birds of prey and beasts.
However, there is no good deed in the world of the dead. If you take it lightly, even an inconspicuous flower on the side of the road can make people capsize in the gutter, and the creatures here are not divided into carnivore or herbivore. For Shadow Dove, human souls also belong to the category of food.
"If you don't learn skills well..."
Before Gu Yun finished speaking, An Ling saw one of the students being thrown off his back by Yingjiu, and fell heavily in the middle of the playground amidst a scream of exclamation.
After throwing the student down, Yingjiu not only did not escape, but instead rushed straight towards the student like a sharp arrow.
Just as Yingjiu's sharp bird beak was about to penetrate the student's chest, the silver-white sickle with a cold light pressed it to the other end. It seemed that this was not the first time the instructor had dealt with such an emergency. Before Yingjiu counterattacked, he put it in a cage.
Since Yingjiu has shown the consequences of not being good at learning with practical actions, Gu Yun felt that there was no need to repeat it. He turned to read the text in the manual, "Until taming Yingjiu, it will continue to try to kill its master."
"This is too dangerous!"
An Ling blurted out. She had learned that her soul would be injured or even died. If the instructor just slowed down, the student's chest was torn a gap by the shadow dove, the consequences would be unimaginable.
It's not worth it to bet on life for a means of transportation.
"In addition to Shadow Dove, there are 12 courses related to animal taming in the academy. The apprentices can come into contact with 5 kinds of domesticated beasts in the academy."
"I understand the truth, but why did you suddenly care about taming animals?"
Gu Yun's abnormal behavior made An Ling very puzzled. The other party was a tough character who was chatting and laughing with Leviathan, so how could he look down on these birds and beasts?
"Didn't you say you were planning to find a tamed undead here before you came?"
Gu Yun did not answer the question.
The previous ceremony of An Ling summoning the three-headed dog was forced to end, resulting in a lack of a capable helper around her. This time, she came to the world of the dead was a great opportunity to choose a contracted beast.
He originally wanted to capture Leviathan and give it to An Ling as a gift, but when he thought that if the gatekeeper was missing, the dead spirits here would continue to pour into their world, Gu Yun could only give up this thought.
However, after reading the academy's brochure, he had to admit that the god of death's beast taming is much more skillful than the witches. The witches have only tamed the servants of the three-headed dogs in the past few hundred years, but the apprentices in the academy alone can come into contact with up to five different beasts.
In addition, there are countless monsters tamed by first-class Death God.
"You can start thinking. When the matter is done, I will help you catch one and take a look."
"Gu Yun..."
An Ling was a little moved. If Gu Yun didn't mention it, she would have forgotten about it. "It's really worth it. I've invited you to eat tomato-flavored potato chips so many times!"
In fact, she became interested in Yingjiu for the first time she saw her. Perhaps because of Baiyi, her favorability for bird species has increased a lot.
Although this Shadow Dove seems to be less than a three-headed dog, it is because it is fast and can still be used as a take-off mount at critical moments.
Flying mounts are definitely much rarer than land mounts.
Anling suggested, "Why... let's go over and take a look first?"
Gu Yun didn't comment.
After subduing the Shadow Dove, the instructor put it in a cage and placed it aside, and immediately sent the student who fell from a height of more than ten meters to the infirmary.
With the thrilling scene just now, the students in the lower grades stayed away from Yingjiu, fearing that the thing would suddenly bit open the cage and attack him.
After being locked in a cage, the shadow dove did not stop. Its sharp beak kept biting the cage, flapping its wings and trying to escape from it.
When Gu Yun and An Ling walked in, they found that Yingjiu's body was much larger than the eagle. As soon as the two of them passed, Yingjiu made a sharp and harsh roar like a crow. Compared with the soft and fluffy feathers of the white kite, the black feathers of Yingjiu were like rows of barbs. You could tell at a glance that it would be uncomfortable to sit on it.
"This Shadow Dove is very fierce and has injured several classmates in succession."
Shortly after the two stood still, another voice came from behind. The boy wearing an apprentice robe looked worried. The reason why he came forward to talk was that he saw Gu Yun and An Ling wearing the formal cloak of death, and subconsciously regarded the two as their seniors.
However, it is not uncommon to be injured when taming Yingjiu. The unlucky guy who was thrown off his back just now looked miserable, but in fact he would recover in one or two days.
An Ling hurriedly said, "Don't care about us, let's just take a look."
After all, she and Gu Yun are still in a state of infiltration, so it is not advisable to make too much noise. "Let's go somewhere else first."
“Okay.”
Gu Yun nodded. After seeing the shadow dove up close, he was inevitably a little disappointed.
The crow king I met in City N before was obviously much stronger than Yingjiu, and seemed to be familiar with human language and facilitate communication.
It is rare to come to the world of the dead. He thinks that to catch at least one must catch a undead who is stronger than the Crow King.
Shadow Dove is a species that even if you are roasted, it is really meaningless.
However, just as he was about to leave, a red thunder suddenly blew through the sky. The sound of the students was trembling all over. The shadow dove circling in the sky was extremely frightened. It flew into the teaching building like a headless fly and rushed between the corridors.
After the thunder dissipated, a black crack spread across the sky above the academy.
A red flash was vaguely flashing at the other end of the crack. Just as the students were exploring the sudden crack, the dark wings spread the crack open, and then a pile of scarlet eyes appeared in the students' sight.
The owner of the eyes swept through all the students on the playground with his greedy eyes. It grinned and the airflow raised immediately blew the apprentices around. It took a deep breath, and at the same time, its gaze suddenly locked on Gu Yun next to the bird cage.
In an instant, the monster's eyes were round.
However, the long-standing voice had come to his mouth.
It coughed lightly, and at the critical moment it forced to change the prepared lines.
"I've been disturbed..."
For a moment, three words resounded over the academy.
Immediately afterwards, the monster's head and the black wings quickly retracted into the crack. In just a few seconds, the strange crack disappeared without a trace, and the monster that almost covered the entire sky seemed to have never appeared.
Chapter completed!