After paying 600 magic stones and signing a liability exemption agreement, Enzo was satisfied with the Soul Bone Wand. With this advanced magical item, his combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.
"Now, even if I face an ordinary third-level apprentice, I can still fight!"
Walking on the road paved with black stone slabs, the apprentices around them were walking in a hurry, many of them were injured, and they seemed to have just returned from performing tasks in the wilderness.
The atmosphere in the college was a bit serious, with some whispered conversations coming from time to time.
"It seems that not only the peeling forest, but also the apprentices performing tasks in other areas have been attacked!" The chip collected the whispers of the surrounding apprentices, and in the messy messages, Enzo was keenly aware of something.
It seems that recently, some external forces have appeared in the misty forest.
Many apprentices who were out on missions were attacked, and some even lost their lives. The college was obviously aware of this, but they took no action, allowing the external forces to become more and more rampant.
"What happened?" Enzo's eyes showed a trace of solemnity.
Walking along the stone road, Enzo unknowingly arrived at the living area. Enzo walked towards the dormitory, but suddenly saw a familiar figure on a bench in front of him.
"Jorah?" Enzo walked to the bench and frowned slightly.
The figure sitting on the bench heard the sound and raised his head stiffly. His face was pale in despair, and his lips were so dry that they were almost split, like a traveler in the desert who had lost all hope.
"Enzo...it's you." Jorah said hoarsely, with no luster in his eyes.
The two haven't seen each other for a while, but Jorah is not like this in his impression. I don't know what he has been through. He is like a walking zombie without a soul.
"Winnie is dead..." Jorah was silent for a moment and made a sound like a knife.
Enzo was stunned for a moment, and the image of that shy girl came to mind.
"What's going on? What happened?" A layer of gloom appeared on Enzo's face, and his heart was vaguely sad. He and Winnie didn't communicate much, but they were both from overseas islands, so they had a kind of friendship.
"Damn it! This is all my fault. If I had been stronger, maybe this wouldn't have happened, and Winnie wouldn't have died in the misty forest to save me!"
A look of pain appeared on Jorah's face, and he placed his hands on his head in frustration.
After a while, Enzo learned what happened from Jorah's intermittent narration.
Everything needs to be discussed seven days ago. As usual, Jorah's team of apprentices went to the wild to perform missions. Several apprentices were from overseas islands, knew each other well, and had cooperated in many missions.
Under the leadership of Captain Byrne, the mission was successfully completed.
The apprentice team had zero casualties, and all they had to do was return to the academy to receive their rewards. However, when they were returning to the academy, they were attacked by a man in a gray robe and mask.
The gray-robed man who calls himself the 'Death Blade' is extremely powerful and has the fighting power of a third-level apprentice.
A fight broke out as soon as the two sides met. Bourne initially planned to communicate with the other party, hoping to use the magic stone to calm the other party's murderous intention, but it had no effect at all. The Death Blade was like an emotionless machine that came solely for killing.
The apprentice team was unable to compete at all, and soon there were casualties. Jorah tried his best to attack, but was easily trampled by the Death Blade.
Seeing that the apprentice team was about to be wiped out, Bourne resisted a witchcraft from the Death Blade at the cost of an arm. In order to save her lover Jorah, Winnie also exhausted all her magic power and released a witchcraft that did not belong to her.
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Forest of Thousand Trees!
It was a powerful witchcraft that was no less powerful than a dark extinguishing fireball. Even a third-level apprentice had to avoid the edge temporarily. Bourne took this opportunity to rescue Jorah, but Winnie died in the misty forest because of exhaustion of magic power.
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"If I was the one who died, maybe Winnie could survive..."
A trace of pain flashed across Jorah's face, and his eyes were filled with self-blame.
Enzo was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to comfort Jorah, so he could only sit on the bench and pat his shoulder.
"How is Bourne doing now?" Enzo asked after a while.
Jorah's apprentice team consisted of five people, two of whom were killed by the Death Blade, and together with Winnie who died of exhaustion of magic power, only Jorah and Bourne survived.
"He lost an arm and his strength was almost useless." Jorah shook his head, his expression ugly.
Unlike Enzo and others, Bourne's wizard talent is not very high. The reason why he can serve as the captain of the apprentice team is mainly because of his Sky Knight level physique. Now that he has lost an arm, his strength will inevitably be greatly reduced.
"It seems like something is really going to happen."
Enzo murmured in his heart, with a solemn look in his eyes. A large number of external forces appeared in the misty forest, obviously infringing on the interests of Phantom Crows. However, the academy remained indifferent and had no idea what was brewing.
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After parting ways with Jorah, Enzo headed to the White Tower.
The task assigned by the mentor has been completed. He needs to hand over the head of the Snakeclaw tribe to Gustave. Although there is no reward for this task, Gustav, as the mentor, will definitely give Enzo some rewards.
"Hello, mentor." Following the shadow servant to the top of the white tower, Enzo bowed and saluted.
"It was completed so quickly. It seems that everything went smoothly." Gustave put down what he was doing and threw the test tube to the shadow servant who was his assistant.
"It's okay." Enzo smiled bitterly and told what happened in the forest.
As Gustav listened, his eyes gradually became serious. He was not surprised that the Snake Claws would use the gray-scaled python to deal with Enzo, but the appearance of the vampire Lakasha made him frown.
"Did even the Fang Blood Shadow people show up?" Gustave said in a cold tone.
"The other party does have the blood of a vampire." Enzo nodded, and then asked hesitantly: "There are foreign forces in the misty forest, don't the academy plan to take care of it?"
Gustav stroked his chin, shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know the specifics, but the academy will definitely not allow outside forces to get involved in the misty forest."
Enzo's heart skipped a beat and he felt a little surprised.
Gustav is an official wizard. As a core member of the academy, even he doesn't know what happened. So what happened this time may be a bit beyond imagination.
After pondering for a moment, Gustav raised his head.
He looked at Enzo and said in a deep voice, "The Misty Forest is not very safe recently. Please don't go out casually during this period. No matter what, those external forces will not dare to attack the academy."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden roar from outside!
