What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 209 Physical Training
Xia Ya Advanced Academy of Magic.

On the wide field, a group of young people in gray uniforms lined up in several rows, facing the tall and mighty man in front of them.

After a few orders, these young people turned sideways at the same time, forming several rows, and then began to run in small steps.The queue, which was not neat at first, suddenly became more crooked.

……

Roderick has been very troubled recently, the lord entrusted him with a "difficult" task - to train a group of recruits.

Training new recruits is not difficult.

The fortress defenders grew from 2000 at the beginning to 1, and in the last six months, they reached an unprecedented [-].

This speed of military expansion, in addition to benefiting from Xia Ya's strong food production, also proves that the lord is likely to make some moves.

As a soldier, Roderick is not afraid of fighting, and even desires fighting in his heart. Especially now that his weapons have been greatly strengthened, he will often take the initiative to attack when facing orcs.

He remembered saying something cryptically one day—Xia Ya would enter the Plain of Wind Whispers sooner or later to fight the orcs head-on.Others may not have noticed this sentence, but Roderick has always remembered it in his heart. The only worry is whether he can see that day.

Therefore, for the expansion of the army, he supports it with both hands. These days, he gets up early and works late, and often takes on the responsibility of training recruits himself, because he knows very well that these recruits, who are still young and immature at present, are likely to be the first batch of formal offensives. The humans who entered the Plain of Wind Whispers.

However, this group of "new recruits" in front of them is completely different from the past.

Some of them are students in the school—to be precise, students in the magic apprenticeship class.

The other part is magic apprentices who have graduated from school.

In Roderick's perception, these people are the favored sons of heaven, and they hold important positions in Xia Ya's various departments. They are not only knowledgeable about magic, but even if they are lucky enough to awaken, they will immediately become official magicians.

Roderick also recognized several familiar faces.

Mr. Nahum, the first assistant under Mr. Wald in the Magic Research Office, is now in charge of the extremely important "Magic Energy Block" project.It is said that the next batch of weapons of the fortress defenders will be equipped with enchantments with magic blocks. By then, the melee ability of the soldiers will also be greatly improved, and they can truly be able to face the orcs head-on;

Mr. Patrick—Miss Sophia's subordinate, the person in charge of the animal husbandry, it is thanks to his day and night efforts that the fortress defenders can now have the treatment of eating meat for every meal;
Mr. Stewart, the first designer under Lord Matthew, even surpassed Matthew himself in terms of magic and engineering. He had been assisting Daeron Knight in road repairs before, and all drawings and construction plans had to go through his hands. , this time because the construction of the road from Twilight City to Akihara City was completed, he was summoned back, and as a result, he started to participate in recruit training as soon as he came back;
Ms. Ellie - one of the first batch of 87 magic apprentices in the fortress, the younger sister of Master Matthew, the teacher of Xia Ya Higher Magic Academy, the magic pattern on the first magic arrow of the fortress was inscribed by herself;

Miss Nora, Lord Coral's subordinate, is proficient in pharmacy, and the medicine prepared by her own hands has saved countless soldiers.

……

There are many similar characters.

If these people usually walk on the road, even Roderick would greet them politely, but now they are participating in the recruit training of the fortress defenders with a group of magic apprentices.

If this is not the order of the lord, he dare not imagine it at all.

When these "recruits" slowly ran away, Roderick heard footsteps behind him.

"Miss Anne." He greeted.

"Lord Roderick, is the training going well?"

The two have the same rank, but Anne, who is the Minister of Education, doesn't like being called her lord.

"This..." Roderick, who has always been honest, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just started, and it hasn't had much effect yet."

"Let all the magic apprentices undergo knight training - the order of the lord, it is really embarrassing."

As Colin Wayne's classmate, Annie spoke casually, but Roderick didn't dare to agree directly, so he could only smile wryly: "Your Excellency must have his considerations."

Annie sighed: "I remember my lord once said that in the future, all magic apprentices, apart from their own physical defects, men must reach half the physical fitness of a novice knight, and women must pass certain physical fitness tests before they can graduate from the academy. On the contrary, craftsman apprentices do not have this requirement."

"It's a good thing if it can be done." Roderick nodded.

"Fortunately, the lord gave me a special pardon for my training." Annie chuckled, "But I'm afraid I will become the magic apprentice with the worst physical fitness in Xia Ya."

She felt complacent and regretful for a while, then tilted her head and asked, "Lord Roderick, what is the level of a junior knight?"

"It's almost two years of training for the fortress defenders." Roderick thought about it and explained.

In principle, every healthy man of the school age can become a junior knight after proper training.

But the truth is of course not that simple. Everyone's physical condition is different, and the level of effort and training methods are also very different. According to statistics, only one tenth of the soldiers in the Tulum Kingdom's army have or approach the strength of junior knights , most of which are at the officer level.

"Children in Twilight City enter the academy at the age of eight to receive enlightenment, they are divided into classes at the age of 12 to become magic apprentices, and the fastest can graduate at the age of 17. If physical training is interspersed in these nine years, maybe it is not impossible?" Annie calculated While talking.

"It seems to be true." Roderick nodded: "Sure enough, the lord has the foresight."

"Lord Roderick, what level are you?" Annie asked curiously, tilting her head.

"I don't know." Roderick said with some embarrassment: "The knight assessment needs to be carried out at the test center set up by the military department. Xia Ya has never had this condition... But I have fought against Daeron Knight before, it should be similar .”

Annie nodded.

With Roderick's character, it's almost the same, but it should be slightly better.From this point of view, the military minister of the fortress and the leader of the garrison, even without the strength of a great knight, can still be higher than ordinary high-ranking knights.

"So, all our soldiers don't know what level they are?"

"Yes."

"In this case, maybe we can propose to the lord that we set up a knight assessment point ourselves, which will be much more convenient." As the principal of the college and the Minister of Education, Miss Anne's eyes light up whenever she mentions the exam.

(End of this chapter)