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And here is the morning, what colors the day. After having a snack, I immediately went to the Mages Guild to insert an air blade into swords. It activated in the same way, with the power of thought, and consumed twenty mana per release of the blade and dealt one hundred damage at the first level. It looked like looking through very clear glass. There were spells that were stronger, much stronger, for example, the fiery blade dealt two hundred and fifty damage at the first level, while it had a chance to hang a dot of burning. But I bet on secrecy, I hope I will not lose. Then he tied the swords to himself, in total it took six thousand gold pieces. The amount is huge, but saving on weapons is such a thankless task. 

            The furniture is still not completed, so I decided to start by going through the mentors, learn a couple of crafts, for example, cooking, then you will need a seamstress, a blacksmith, a herbalist, an alchemist. You can pick up a whole bunch of them, but you can only pump a little. But I need them all, because I'm going to go on a trip to unknown places, not now, of course, but I need to prepare in advance. To begin with, I went to the Cook, who, contrary to the stereotype, was a long and thin young man. The process of obtaining a profession was different from obtaining a skill. To begin with, he told me what dishes are used and for what. These were different frying pans, pots, pans. For example, I didn’t even imagine that there could be some special frying pan for fish, but here it is. Then they showed me how to butcher meat and fish,

            “The profession Chef level 1 has been studied. Now the dishes you cook will have a temporary bonus to the characteristics. 

            Thanking the mentor, I went to look for the alchemist, with him we also sorted through various ingredients, cleaned, chopped, steamed, cooked, and weighed at each stage, God forbid there would be an extra gram or, on the contrary, not enough. To be honest, I don’t know why I need alchemy, but I liked this process. The crown of our creation was a fountain of red sparks and an alert from the system:

            “The profession Alchemist level 1 has been learned. Now you can prepare various elixirs."

            In the same way, I learned the skill of a dressmaker, a blacksmith, a herbalist, and, to top it off, a woodcarver, painfully beautiful figures stood on his windowsill. Training from each of the masters cost one gold, so I did not go broke.

            Having finished with professions, he went to the training ground for the horn, it looked like a wooden hangar, in which there were mannequins, racks with weapons and various obstacle courses. Entering, he began to look for a teacher, he turned out to be a drow. Not so often I met with other races, so at first I began to examine it, but realizing how it looks from the outside, I approached it:

- Good afternoon, teacher.

What kind of teacher am I? To you I am Master Loiniel!

“I beg your pardon, Master Loiniel, but could you teach me martial arts?”

- Take the test first! And then we'll see if I accept you or not.

            “You have a task available - the test of Master Loiniel. Objective: Pass the Test of Strength, Test of Agility, and Test of Endurance. Reward: Master Loiniel will accept you as an apprentice. Failure: Loss of reputation with Master Loiniel. Accept: yes/no

            I press "yes" and confirm aloud:

- I agree, master.

            And I notice that the words were spoken in deafening silence. I looked around and saw that everyone had interrupted their training and were looking at us. Bad suspicions began to creep in on me, but it was too late to retreat. 

            To begin with, they tied me by the hands with ropes and, having thrown the ropes over the beams, they began to pull for each, I had to withstand such a hang for a minute, surprisingly, it was not very difficult, apparently, the difference in pumping had an effect, because the horns were pulled by the ropes, and they have a bias in dexterity. Yes, and their levels are thirties - forties. But, even despite the pumped strength, by the end of the minute, his shoulders were torn mercilessly, he kept on stubbornness, clenching his teeth. As soon as it was over, I was given five minutes to recover and sent to the obstacle course. Judging by what I saw, I decided to become a student of a sadist, masochist and generally a maniac. My path at first ran along a simple log, but only other logs were hovering over it in a chaotic manner. Then there was a narrow path along which the golem thrashed with chains, I don’t know if it’s worth mentioning, what is a six-armed golem? Next was a platform from which clubs of fire escaped, the mere sight of which made it hot. And, like a finish line, a wall imitating a mountain slope. I can’t even imagine how much magic is pumped into this area. No one limited me in time for the passage, so for a start I got up and began to look for a beat in the movement of logs. After standing for five minutes, I caught it. Here comes the first log, you need to jump over it, then bend down and take three steps on all fours, a sharp jerk forward, freeze and step back, freeze and finish the logs with two big jumps. The golem was next, and again I study its movements. Here is a synchronized blow with three hands, which is on the right, then one on the left, two lower three on the left and a circular movement of all limbs on the sand, stopping for a moment and repeating. Then I waited for a circular movement along the ground and started, slipping right behind the chains. I think if I had at least ten less dexterity, I would have hoarded here. It turned out to be more difficult with fire, no matter how hard I tried, I didn’t see any sequence and, after standing for fifteen minutes, I tried to take a step, but immediately jumped back, as a flame flared up in front of my face, catching my breath, tried to repeat, the same result. I decided to experiment, took from the inventory a few pieces of meat that remained after the hunt, and began to throw them on the fire site. The fire ignited exactly at the moment when the meat crossed the line. I had some idea, so I turned on inviz¹ and calmly reached the end, even collected fried meat, there is nothing to litter here. It was already easier with the mountain, he began to carefully climb, looking for cracks, where he felt danger, covered with gloves. Thus, quietly, peacefully reached the top, spending five minutes. As I descended, Master Loiniel was at my side:

- Not bad, but it could have been better and faster. Tomorrow to come at the same time. 

            “Completed the task - the test of Master Loiniel. Reward: Master Loiniel has accepted you as an apprentice."

            After these words, he turned around and left. I, mentally and physically tired, sat down near the wall and closed my eyes, but almost immediately a man of thirty-five years of age approached me:

- Well, you, guy, and a scumbag, turn to Loiniel for training.

- Isn't everyone here trained?

- You seriously don't know? There are five teachers, and only one of them is always without students. Guess who? This sadist stupidly mocks the students, there, he arranged one test. My advice to you - get out while still intact!

            I squinted at the parameters, which indicated an increase in dexterity "+1" and did not dissuade him, but simply agreed.

- Yes, you're right, I don't know how miraculously passed, I'll try all the same, all of a sudden something will come out of his training.

You are truly a self-masochist. Well good luck, see you sometime.

- Yes, tomorrow and see you, I have training.

- No, we won't see you tomorrow, Loiniel teaches separately, he has his own gym. 

Thanks for the info, and good luck with your studies.

            After this conversation, no one else approached. I sat a little longer and went to my room. There I was met by a messenger boy, who said that the furniture would be ready by tomorrow, and I could pick it up. I thanked him with a copper coin and went to dinner. After dinner, literature and rest await me. I decided to go to bed early, because I still remembered Sergey’s training, it’s worth going out for something like that, gaining strength.

Inviz - formed from English. invisible - invisibility.