"I think you are quite a nice person, so I would like to remind you a few words."
Lying on a stone slab, looking at Adier in front of him, the gray cat raised its feet, and then said: "If it is not necessary, it is best not to go to the southern continent recently."
After saying this, it closed its eyes and its furry body stopped moving. It looked like it was preparing to take a nap.
Quietly looking at the gray kitten in front of him, Adil slowly stood up, his eyes becoming a little solemn.
"The southern continent?"
He looked at the kitten in front of him, murmured to himself, and then continued walking towards the inside of the market.
By the time he came out again, it was already several hours later.
"It seems that something really happened at the college." As they walked on the road, Adil's face looked a little solemn.
Judging from the information I heard in the market, that secret realm has probably been blocked by several wizarding organizations.
I don't know what happened in the secret realm. Several participating wizard organizations reacted abnormally. Several colleges have already announced their closure, and they seem to be preparing for something.
"No matter what, I still have to go back to the academy."
Walking to the place where he tied his horse, various thoughts flashed through Adil's mind: "Although the secret realm is sealed, judging from the fact that those wizard organizations only closed the courtyard, there shouldn't be much danger for the time being."
"Moreover, the resources to be promoted to a formal wizard are only available in the academy. If you don't go back, you won't be able to find any clues outside."
Standing there, he thought to himself.
After leaving the academy for such a long time, especially after reaching the standards for promotion to third-class apprentices, he also tried to find resources outside to assist his promotion, but without exception there was no news.
The resources for third-class apprentices are like this, let alone the resources needed to be promoted to official wizards. Everything is controlled and monopolized by the wizard organization, and ordinary wizards have no way to get it.
Adil is already seventeen years old this year. If he has not been successfully promoted to an official wizard before the age of forty, the chance of promotion will become extremely slim.
This was intolerable to him, so he had to go back to the academy.
"I have now reached the standards for promotion to a third-class apprentice. As long as the resources are in place, I can start promotion at any time."
Standing on the same spot, Adil thought to himself: "I am not yet twenty years old, and I have a fourth-level qualification. In theory, it is very likely that I can become a formal wizard. I will be trained as a wizard seed by the academy. When the time comes, I will directly
You can get a resource to attack the official wizard."
"On the contrary, if I stay outside the academy, even if I can be promoted to a third-class apprentice, the resources needed to be promoted to a formal wizard are monopolized by those wizard organizations. It is extremely difficult to find enough resources for promotion.
It’s just a matter of luck!”
Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision, mounted his horse directly, and continued towards the college.
As time goes by, Adier is getting closer and closer to the southern continent where the academy is located.
One morning a few months later, Adil came to a plain.
When he came here, he couldn't help but frown.
Through his keen mind, he faintly felt that something was wrong. The content of some negative energy particles in the surrounding space seemed to have increased a lot, and it also carried a unique aura that made him feel very uncomfortable.
"The chip detects the surrounding environment and compares it with the last record."
In his mind, Adil said to the chip.
Adil had walked through the area in front of him once when he left the academy a few years ago, and the chip in his mind accurately recorded the environment at that time.
"Negative energy particles grow, and unknown radiation force fields appear in the air. Long-term exposure can produce unknown effects..."
In my mind, the sound of chip machinery sounded.
Listening to the chip's prompt, Adil frowned a little, then turned around without hesitation, preparing to bypass the area and leave via other roads.
hiss···
At this time, a strange noise suddenly appeared in front of him, with a creepy rhythm, which made Adil's figure who was about to leave couldn't help but hesitate.
He looked towards the direction from which the sound came. Beside a stream, a figure two meters long rushed out quickly.
呲拉···
There was a flash of light and shadow, and then the sound of flesh being corroded was heard, accompanied by the sound of the earth colliding.
Adil dismounted his horse, walked to the front, and looked at the huge figure hit by his spell.
It was a monitor lizard that was two meters long. It had black scales and looked like it was wearing a layer of armor.
There is a sarcoma on the head of this monitor lizard, which looks rotten. There are many small light green bugs squirming on it, which looks a bit disgusting.
"Polluted species?" Looking at the giant lizard in front of him, Adil couldn't help but frown after a rough inspection.
The so-called contaminated species refers to a kind of individual that is affected by various radiation pollution from wizards and often produces some kind of mutation.
This is the case with the giant lizard in front of him. According to Adil's observation, this giant lizard was obviously not what it is now, but it finally mutated and became what it is now.
"Is it because of the radiation here?"
Looking at the giant lizard in front of him and feeling the inexplicable force field around him, Adil thought to himself.
After a while, he mounted his horse again and walked quickly in the other direction.
Time began to pass slowly.
A month later, in the distance, the shadow of Uraldo Academy was faintly visible.
"Boy, stop!" A low, hoarse voice sounded in his ears.
Walking to a huge iron gate, a black crow was standing on the iron gate, staring at Adil with a pair of pure black eyes.
Just at this moment, Adil felt a sting in front of his eyes, stabbed by a very strong mental power.
Suddenly, Adil felt a chill in his heart. He didn't dare to raise his head and continue to look into the other person's eyes. Instead, he directly took out a black ring he was wearing on his right hand.
"Sir, this is my mission certificate."
He lowered his head and said to the black crow standing on the iron gate in front of him.
After saying this, he made a light move in his hand, and the black ring originally placed on his hand disappeared in an instant and floated in front of the other person.
"Yes, it is indeed our college's mission certificate."
Glancing at the black ring in front of him, Crow nodded: "You are lucky. If you come a few days later, the college will be completely blocked."
While he was speaking, the black ring in front of him rushed towards Adil and fell quietly into his hand.
Boom...
With a soft sound, the huge iron door in front of him slowly opened, revealing the scene behind it.
"Thank you, sir."
Seeing the door open in front of him, Adil thanked the crow, and then quickly led the horse forward.
After entering the academy, there were obviously fewer apprentices around.
Adil noticed that the ordinary servants who were originally used to handle chores in the academy had all disappeared at this time. Apparently, they had not been replaced for a long time.
After walking for several hours, Adier walked directly to the underground market.
There were apprentices walking around intermittently, but they were basically first-class apprentices, and second- and third-class apprentices were rarely seen.
After standing there and observing quietly for a while, Adil found that the number of first-class apprentices around him basically remained the same as before he left, but the number of advanced apprentices suddenly decreased significantly.
This is because the academy's compulsory recruitment is only for high-level apprentices. For example, first-class apprentices, except that their intelligence and spiritual power are higher than ordinary people, are not as good as a knight in other aspects. Naturally, there is no need to recruit them, so they are basically
Survived.
However, although the secret realm recruitment has ended at this time, the surrounding atmosphere has become more depressing, as if something happened during this period.
Thinking about these things, Adier subconsciously wanted to find someone to learn about the latest news in the academy, so he walked directly towards a few familiar places.
The final result surprised him.
In several familiar places around, the apprentices that Adier was familiar with are no longer there at this time. It seems that they either died in the secret realm or have not returned yet.
"It seems that I can only go to the instructor directly."
Looking at the first-class apprentices walking around one by one, Adil thought helplessly.
He walked out of the underground market directly, and after a period of time, he quickly walked to the tower where Instructor Edith was.
Arriving here, Adier breathed a sigh of relief. On the gate of the tower in front of him, a rune lit up quietly. It seemed that the owner inside was still inside.
After hesitating for a while, he walked over directly.
As he walked forward, the familiar tower door detected his breath and opened the door automatically.
"Adier, are you back?"
Arriving at the upper level of the tower, Instructor Edith had already walked to the hall.
Wearing a white robe, her wide sleeves swayed downward quietly. At this moment, she looked at Adil with some surprise: "When I just sensed your breath, I almost thought I was hallucinating."
"Teacher Edith, you are not hallucinating."
Looking at Edith in front of him, Adil smiled on his face: "I'm back."
"It doesn't matter if you come back at this time...if it takes a while, even if you want to come back, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back."
Looking at Adier, Edith shook her head and said to him: "Except for you and one other person, several of my apprentices have either died in the secret realm or are living outside. Until now,
Haven’t come back yet.”
"What happened?"
Standing there, looking at Edith's appearance, Adil was a little confused: "When I was outside the academy, I heard that the secret realm has been sealed..."
"Not just the secret realm, in fact, we have arranged the entire secret realm, including the large area of land around the secret realm, and blocked it all with large wizards."
Listening to Adier's doubts, as if she was recalling something, Edith's eyes became a little dim and she spoke directly.