Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 215: Peace Offering From The Instructor

“Major.” Xiao Lin thought for a while before using that form of address.

However, the captain seemed to be an easygoing man. He nodded as he smiled, “I’m Song, so you just call me Captain Song. We’ve already crossed the most dangerous parts of the Endless Sea. The rest of the journey will be calmer, so you should have your people use this time to rest. We will begin the assault at dawn tomorrow.

He did not think it would be so soon, so Xiao Lin was surprised, but he did not reveal it. He nodded and asked, “About the assault, do you have any plans for it?”

“Let’s discuss it in detail in my quarters.”

“Then allow me to get my team in order first.”

After the captain left, Xiao Lin started to let the others know. Since the assault would begin at dawn, then time was of the essence. Everyone was extremely fatigued, and lying on the deck facing the sun and winds did not help them recover.

After that, Xiao Lin managed to get someone to prepare a meal for everyone, as well as arrange temporary accommodations. The crew members were likely NPCs, and were quite friendly at that. Since the amphibious assault was meant to break the siege on Dawn City, the crew likely knew how important their tasks were as well.

Everything was progressing quite smoothly, and after filling his stomach with everyone else, Xiao Lin got them to take the time to rest before turning to Qin Chuan. “Instructor, shall we look for the captain?”

He was not sure how strong Qin Chuan was, but as someone who had been at Dawn Academy for a year, he would definitely be stronger than new students, so Xiao Lin adjusted his tone accordingly. As the commanding officer, he did not plan on using his status to push Qin Chuan. After all, his strength was needed in the following battles. However, when he just entered the academy, Qin Chuan did not look kindly upon him, so the two of them were not that friendly with each other.

Qin Chuan wiped his mouth. The food on the ship was not that good, so he was obviously not too satisfied. After some consideration, he waited for the rest of the students to leave before saying, “The student union notified the instructors. The rewards for this examination apply to us as well. I only have 50 credits left for me to enter the second year. Since being an instructor means I get extra credits, I actually only need 30 more.”

Xiao Lin paused, before smiling in understanding as he offered his hand. “Relax, we will definitely get more than 30 credits in this examination.”

Xiao Lin had been worried that Qin Chuan would go against him, or even make things hard for him on purpose. He was troubled over how that could be handled, but now he could relax. Qin Chuan’s words were a peace offering to him, indicating that Qin Chuan was not interested in taking command. All he needed was the credits to get to the next year.

30 credits were not too hard to obtain. The first task would already get them 10 credits, and as long as they could hold on for more than a month for the second task, the 30 credits would be firmly in their grasp.

After that, the two of them finally had no reservations, and could have a proper discussion.

“I counted 15 different warships just now, but we only have 12 classes. If every class has their own ship, what are the other ships for?”

“Probably resource and emergency ships. After all, we’ll need to defend the area for quite a long time.” Qin Chuan said after some deliberation. He then lowered his voice, “Xiao Lin, I don’t know how confident you are with this examination, and I’m not too familiar with the history from this period, but I know something very clearly. In actual history, this operation failed!”

Xiao Lin widened his eyes. When the results of the battle did not appear on the examination information, he already had his doubts, but after Qin Chuan’s confirmation, his heart sank. After thinking, he said, “Don’t let the others know about this.”

“Relax, I know what to do.”

“Do you know what failed in the operation? Was it the amphibious assault? Or did they capture the depot and end up letting the orcs take it back so quickly?” Xiao Lin wanted to get some more details to aid in their plans.

Qin Chuan hesitated. “I only know a little, but this battle ended in a massive defeat back then. Almost everyone who participated ended up dying, and the survival rate was less than 1%. The academy’s higher-ups felt it a great humiliation, so they decided to downplay this battle after the war. That is why not many people know of the exact details nowadays.”

Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Xiao Lin could not help but frown at the answer. It was no longer a question of difficulty; he did not feel like these new students would be able to compete with those operatives back then both in terms of skill and in terms of intelligence. Was this examination doomed to fail?

Qin Chuan found the topic quite depressing, especially since the task had not even started. He hurriedly said, “Let’s just go discuss our next step with the captain first.”

Xiao Lin was quite troubled. He understood why Qin Chuan came up to him willingly. On one hand, Qin Chuan probably felt like he alone would not be enough to handle the examination. On the other hand, Qin Chuan probably did not want to be responsible for failing the task by undermining the commanding officer. If they all really did die in the end, the students would definitely be enraged at the loss of 10 years of their lifespan, and that rage would definitely fall on their leader.

In his quarters, Captain Song was looking at the map on the table, deep in thought. When he saw the two of them enter, he got straight to the point, pointing at a red cross on the map, saying, “According to the plan, we’ll be landing on this area, and the supply depot is right on the hill next to it.”

“Any information on our enemies?” Xiao Lin asked.

“A small number of orc foot soldiers, there might be wolf cavalry, but definitely not a lot. Most of their main forces are on the way to attack Dawn City. The depot is in merfolk territory, so they will likely be our main opponents this time.” Captain Song gave a detailed explanation of the information they had scouted beforehand.

Hearing that, Xiao Lin and Qin Chuan let out a sigh of relief. Even though they had never faced actual merfolk, but as Dawn Academy’s old adversaries, the history books were full of information about them.

To put it simply, the race was weak, very weak, extremely weak!

If their opponents were going to be merfolk, then the resistance against their assault would be greatly diminished. That was the first piece of good news Xiao Lin had heard.