Rise of the blood elves

532【Academic plagiarism】

Oculus and Valtroy are good friends, and their friendship can be traced back to when they were studying at the secondary magic academy a few years ago.

At that time, both of them were the best among their peers, and their knowledge of professional theories was as good as that of mages who had studied for many years. Therefore, they were both regarded as key targets for training by the Education Review Committee of the Magister Council.

Although the two have very different personalities and have very different pursuits of magic. One is obsessed with the most neglected subject of space magic, and the other is keen to explore the charm of arcana itself. However, due to their common love for magic and the fact that they are the same director The students under the leadership of the Communist Party members usually have many interactions with each other, and they become familiar with each other as soon as they go back and forth.

In private, the two often invite each other to help them with their research projects, or discuss some complex magical issues that their peers would never dare to think about. However, when the conversation gets heated, fierce verbal conflicts often break out, and neither one is convinced by the other. .

Oculus felt that Valtrois was arrogant, disdained authority, and ignored the valuable knowledge summed up by countless predecessors.Valtrois ridiculed Oculus for being dull and pedantic.

In short, the friendship between the two continued until graduation in this environment where they couldn't stand each other and couldn't live without each other.

After some discussion, the two decided to give up the opportunity to study in a higher magic school, choose a mentor, enter the work process early, and test the truth in practice.

This decision made the Suramar City Education Review Committee extremely regretful, but in accordance with Master Suramar's agreed-upon training rules, an on-the-job magister was assigned to the two of them as a mentor for the next 30 years of apprenticeship.

Who is a working magister?

Even in recent years, the officialdom of Suramar City has moved closer and closer to other parts of the empire, allowing more and more noble mages to join the group of magisters by virtue of their status, thus reducing the authority of this title in disguise, but no matter what In other words, even if there is no corresponding academic achievement in one's own field, the rigid requirements of epic level strength cannot be avoided.

The apprentices of working magisters not only have the network resources but also the research funds, which are far more than those of ordinary mage apprentices. It is almost equivalent to giving a golden endorsement for their rapid success in the rest of their lives.This is a bright future that many outstanding graduates dare not even imagine.

Valtroy was extremely lucky to become the apprentice of the current chief arcanist of Suramar City, responsible for matters related to the Arcandor magic tree.

Although she has the most junior qualifications and is the youngest, she has not been able to see her mentor for a few times throughout the year. In fact, the person who assumes the responsibilities of a mentor and issues research topics and work tasks to her is the third-ranked apprentice under the Chief Arcanist, but she wins. With sufficient funds, you have plenty of time to research your favorite magic topics.

At work, since the Arcandor magic tree is the lifeblood of Suramar City, Valtroy, who has not yet completed his studies, cannot really participate in related work. He can only sit in on theoretical meetings on how to cultivate more magic trees. .

Usually, most of them follow the older apprentices, patrolling the city to see which magic tree arcane energy supply pipeline has problems, and deal with the accumulation of maintenance reports due to unstable energy supply in various magic institutions. That’s all.

Oculus knew that Valtoy followed another older apprentice to deliver the network platform today, probably to check the energy supply pipeline as a routine matter.After all, the teleportation network is the second most important place besides those Akando magic trees.

Oculus was envious of Valtroy for having such a good mentor.

Because he always felt that fate was deliberately playing tricks on him.

At first, he was happy for a while when he learned that he was assigned to the magister responsible for the teleportation network platform, because in this way, he would be able to come into contact with one of the most proud arcane masterpieces of the Kaldorei Empire. He shines brightly in his professional field.

But it was not until later that Oculus discovered that this was not the case at all.

Mentor Kule Xingfeng's title of magister was obtained entirely based on his family's influence, and he had no real talent or knowledge at all.

The Xingfeng family has rich financial resources and is the leading family in the upper city. It has funded dozens of magic research institutions in the city, large and small.Asking the council for the title of magister in every possible way is nothing more than wanting to enhance the family's influence.

The Council did not want to lose such a precious source of funds, so in desperation, it had no choice but to let Kule Starwind, the eldest son of the Starwind family, serve as the Magister, nominally serving on the Teleportation Network Committee, but in fact it was just a sinecure.

Oculus's mentor, Culler Starwind, was not the main person in charge of the teleportation network nodes at all. The relevant work was handled by another group of professional magisters.He hardly shows up every day, and only arranges a lot of chores for apprentices that have nothing to do with his major. Anyway, this position is just for him to have more talk and rely on in the upper class society.

This was a pain for Oculus, because he couldn't use his skills and had no access to the core work of the transmission network nodes, let alone verify what he had learned.

What makes him even more unacceptable is that the mentor plagiarized the academic research results of the apprentices!

That's right, even if it's a consensual transaction, in Oculus' view, it's unacceptable plagiarism!

For each apprentice, the value of their academic research results during the apprenticeship period is directly related to their status and formal appointment after graduation.According to the rules and regulations of the Education Review Committee, relevant results must be confirmed and published with the help of tutors.

But for the sake of his own reputation, his mentor Kule Xingfeng always makes private deals with his apprentices.He would offer his apprentices benefits that were difficult to refuse, either using massive gold coins or using the convenience of connections brought by his family's influence in exchange for the apprentice's research results, which he could then publish and gain exclusive fame.

Because the Starwind family has such great influence, as long as Kuler Starwind doesn't go too far, the Education Review Committee will turn a blind eye and pretend that it doesn't happen.

Other apprentices who are older than Oculus have long been accustomed to their mentor's behavior, and even those who are dissatisfied do not dare to say anything.What's more, they are even willing to make such a deal with their mentors, because monotonous research is always lonely, and the corrupting power of money is always unexpected. Compared with research results being buried in a sea of ​​people, they can be obtained in a short period of time. Why not take advantage of the abundant benefits that were previously unimaginable?

Oculus could no longer look past it.

He only hoped that if he was unwilling to trade his academic research results, his mentor would allow him to publish them through other channels.

It's a pity that things backfired...

In the past few years, Oculus has been trying his best to show off himself, eager to be appreciated by other people in charge of the transmission network node and participate in the core work of the transmission network node.He succeeded and obtained a lot of valuable research data.In all my free time, I basically spent traveling to and from the transmission network platform and the big library to conduct theoretical verification, and wrote millions of words of research notes.

A few months ago, he finally had a breakthrough in his research, and he was very excited about it.

Although he did not break through the existing theoretical framework of teleportation magic, at a technical level, he found a way to use the magic field to attach the teleportation network of Suramar City to the local magic network, with the help of Arcandor's magic power. The tree's amplifying effect on the magic network, in turn, consolidates the transmission network channel itself!

The key is that the energy consumed by the magic field is almost negligible and will not put much pressure on the magic network at all.It becomes possible to expand the teleportation network to every corner of Suramar!

He could hardly help but imagine the wonderful future that would come from this!From then on, people could travel to and from various places in Suramar instantly by spending only the price of a meal.

Furthermore……

If he can solve the problem of similarities and differences between the magic power fluctuations of Arcando's magic tree and the magic power fluctuations of the Well of Eternity on this basis, and develop a new generation of transformation of magic field technology, then wherever the magic power of the Well of Eternity flows, there will be It is the coverage area of ​​the transport network.

In other words, the teleportation network nodes will no longer be limited to the main inhabited cities built on the magic network nodes within the empire, but...

Expand to the entire empire!

What a great research result!

Oculus couldn't wait to see the day when it would be realized, but when he took his research results to his mentor and described the possibility of realizing this technology, what awaited him was with eyes wide open. A quote from Kuhler of Light - Sell it to me and I will give you whatever you want.

Oculus declined politely. He did not want his research results to become a tool for others to gain fame.What's more, this technology is a priceless treasure.

Mentor Kuller Starwind immediately expressed his regrets and claimed that he would bring the relevant results to the Magister Council and asked him to go back and wait, not to be anxious.

At that time, Oculus' mind was filled with the joy of realizing a better future, and he returned from his mentor without any more doubts.

As a result, more than a month has passed, and there is still no news from the mentor. Oculus went to find him several times, but was turned away by the Starwind family.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more stupid he felt for having so easily trusted a mentor who habitually plagiarized other people's research results.What if Cooler Starwind takes it for himself?

If that day really happened, Oculus really didn't know what to do.

He is a poor young apprentice, and his mentor, Kule Xingfeng, is the eldest son of one of the largest families in the upper city.Although the Education Review Committee has always strictly enforced the law on academic plagiarism, the Magister Council has recently been purged by the Queen. Oculus doubts that in such a political whirlpool, will they really fight against power for the sake of truth? ?

But he still has to live his life, but these days, Oculus eats without food every day and is listless, for fear of hearing rumors about an unprecedented teleportation channel stabilizing technology, published by a magister named Kule Starwind. …

Because of this incident, Valtroy would ridicule Oculus every time he saw him, saying that he was a fool, and no normal person would be as brainless as him.Only those apprentices who had the same problem could give him some words of advice from time to time, which at least rekindled his confidence. After every day's work, he squatted like a beggar at the gate of the Xingfeng family, waiting under the disdainful eyes of the upper class people. Waiting for the instructor to meet him.

It's not that he hasn't found other magisters, for example, he told other magisters in charge of the teleportation network platform about his experiences.But those magisters, who were already unable to protect themselves during the great purge, how could they interfere with the business of a small person like him? They just asked him to go to the Education Review Committee to report the tutor.

But... no matter what, nothing happened. It was all just Oculus's speculation. Where could he report his tutor for academic plagiarism?

……

"You asked me why I came? Of course it's for your..."

Valtroy said briskly, but before he finished speaking, the apprentice walking by accidentally bumped into her and spilled the water in his hand on her.

"Hey, watch it!" Valtroy screamed dissatisfied, like a cat whose tail was stepped on and its fur exploded.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry..." The apprentice was startled and hurriedly apologized to such a proud and beautiful girl.

Valtroy snorted coldly, pointed at the quilt and robe, and used magic to evaporate the water stains on it.After the apprentice walked away, she said: "The apprentices at your teleportation network node are all like wood, stupid and dull, and you are the same!"

Oculus listlessly took out his reference book, walked to the corner of the teleportation network platform, and began to recite a spell.In an instant, complex magic runes appeared. While comparing the spell models with the reference book to correct the logic errors, he said helplessly to Valtroy: "You came here just to ridicule me?"

"Of course not," Valtroy looked at his delicate nails.Each of her nails was dyed red. Oculus always felt that she was too vulgar. Her love for bright colors was no different from that of most tribesmen. "I'm here for your research results."

"Here we go again." Oculus sighed resignedly, "I'm a fool, so I shouldn't tell Cooler Starwind about this, okay? Stop talking, I already have enough headaches. "

Valtroy looked at him for a while, then asked uncertainly after a while: "Haven't you heard yet?"

Oculus carefully "stuck" a corrected rune back into the spell stand and asked absently: "What did you hear?"

"You really don't know?" Valtroy asked with a frown.

"What do you know..."

Oculus turned around. He originally thought that Valtroy was trying to tease him again, but he found that the other party obviously didn't mean this, and his expression was very solemn.

It happened that one of his "classmates" - another apprentice under Magister Kule Starwind - walked past him and uncharacteristically did not say hello. He just sighed and patted his shoulder with compassion. .

Oculus was stunned for a moment, looked at Valtoy, and then at his classmates who were walking away... It didn't matter. He found that on the huge transmission network node platform, there were more than a dozen busy apprentices, all of whom were busy. Looking at himself with sympathetic eyes.

Oculus's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of something bad, and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"

"I think you'd better find a place to sit down first..."

"Say it quickly!" Oculus shouted, and for a moment all eyes were focused on him. Even a few upper elf nobles who had just walked out of the portal were startled, thinking that this apprentice was It’s not that I’m mentally ill, I walked away with a look of disgust on my face.

"Uh... Okay, don't worry, don't worry," Valtroy hurriedly signaled Oculus to calm down and said softly: "Your tutor, Kuller Starwind, published a paper this morning. The paper The title is, 'On how to use the magic amplification effect of the Magic Network and the Arkando Magic Tree to build a low-energy consumption and stable transmission network'..."

Oculus felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He felt as if his body had been hollowed out and the world was spinning before his eyes. His legs gave out and he almost fell to the ground.

Valtroy hurriedly supported him and helped him sit down in the maintenance staff lounge below the platform. "I told you to find a place to sit down..."

She couldn't help but shook her head and went to the side to pour water for Oculus.

"Why am I so stupid? Damn it, he actually did this... It seems that I am really a fool... Elune, what should I do..." Oculus held his head, his eyes dull. He looked at the ground and kept mumbling to himself.

Valtroy poured water and said: "Oculus, cheer up and report to the Education Review Committee. That is your academic achievement. You must clear your name!"

"How to sue? He is an upper-class noble, and I am just a helpless young apprentice!" Oculus replied.

After hearing this, Valtroy was so angry that he kicked his chair hard, spilling a lot of water, "Why are you so cowardly!"

Oculus remained silent, just immersed in pain.

Valtroy lost his anger and turned around to feel pity for him. He knelt down and said in an unprecedented gentle tone: "Listen to me..." If you want to talk about "The Rise of the Blood Elves" with more like-minded people, follow us on WeChat " "Youdu", chatting about life and looking for close friends~