Chapter 296: Chapter 295: Black Evil Castle, Deep Blue Castle, Rotten Swamp, Jungle Hut… Chapter 296: Chapter 295: Black Evil Castle, Deep Blue Castle, Rotten Swamp, Jungle Hut… In the blink of an eye, many days had passed.
It was past mid-June.
According to the lunar calendar popular on the East Coast, it was already the tail end of sumr, the ti of the most intense heat. Even the most diligent farrs had no choice but to avoid the fierce midday sun to prevent burns.
Therefore, this month was also called “Fallow Month” by the people of the East Coast.
Fallow Month, dayti.
The sun hung in the sky like a furnace lting iron ore, releasing terrifying heat and fiercely scorching the earth.
The dust on the ground rose in wavy tendrils like smoke, as if the earth itself had caught fire. It hadn’t really, but it was almost as if it had, with temperatures frighteningly high; anyone daring to step barefoot on it would find their skin charred within monts.
There wasn’t a breath of wind, and the nurous trees drooped motionless. The air was oppressively hot, breathing it in felt like inhaling a ball of fire into the lungs, scorching enough to send shivers down one’s spine.
Richard walked in this extre heat, pondering over the events of the past days on the bluestone path of White Stone Tower Academy.
To say the least, it was uneventful.
He had prioritized just three things: the selective cultivation of cells secreting “Divine Blood,” the research on Magic Runes, and the collection of books from the Black Spirit Empire to unveil the secrets of White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King.
Regarding the first matter, the selective cultivation of cells secreting “Divine Blood,” it had been ongoing. Since discovering cells with special mutant traits a few days ago, progress had sped up considerably, but it was still a distance away from success.
The research on Magic Runes was moving steadily. With massive ti investnt, understanding of Magic Runes had increased significantly, yet everything was only accumulating in “quantity.” Given ti, a qualitative leap could be expected.
As for the collection of books from the Black Spirit Empire, it was the least successful of the three tasks.
It must be admitted that the books from the Black Spirit Empire that had survived to this day were exceedingly rare. Because of this, he had to prepare in multiple ways.
First, by using a disguised identity to have the Taboo Bookstore look out for books from the Black Spirit Empire.
Second, by having the Steel Brotherhood, where Baki was, help in the collection.
Third, by finding Great Scholar Socrates to help in the collection.
Fourth, by having Alex keep an eye on the market information.
Fifth, which was his plan for today, to try his luck again at the library of White Stone Tower Academy and to have Gro keep an eye out in daily life.
Thinking this, Richard walked forward, passing a square in the academy, and suddenly saw a sea of people—many people surrounding a platform, braving the blistering sun to watch sothing.
Hm?
What is this?
Richard glanced over, his first observation being that many people in the square were wearing robes different from those unique to White Stone Tower Academy. So wore black robes with fla symbols, others gray robes with barren twig symbols, and still others brown robes with sapling symbols—each different.
Richard’s eyes flickered, recalling sothing Gro had ntioned before, and he began to understand: this must be due to the East Coast Joint Exchange Conference, with students from other wizard organizations arriving for “learning and exchange.”
Despite his own busy agenda, he paid almost no attention to these unrelated matters, but as a point of general knowledge, he still had so understanding of the other wizard organizations on the East Coast.
The student in the Fla Black Robe must be from Black Evil Castle, extrely ruthless in action, because the atmosphere in Black Evil Castle is a bloody survival of the fittest competition, more brutal and direct than White Stone Tower.
The student in the Withered Branch Grey Robe must be from Rotten Swamp, highly skilled in shaping energy Water Magic, especially proficient in creating acid and poison mist, making it hard for opponents to defend against.
The one in the Sapling Brown Robe must belong to Jungle Hut, deeply imrsed in study of shaping energy Wood Magic. They hold significant advantages in forests or other places with soil suitable for growing plants.
Moreover, the Rose Red Robe should indicate Rose City, the Flying Fish Blue Robe Deep Blue Castle, the Mushroom Green Robe Tree Mushroom Forest, and the Human Face White Robe White Mist City…
Richard looked around, discerned the students from a dozen Wizard Organizations on the East Coast, and then turned his gaze towards the wooden platform.
The existence of the wooden platform was easily understood; it was clearly ant for a duel. Since the East Coast Joint Exchange Conference claid to be about interaction, the students who ca were not rely there to watch, but to engage in battle to asure each other’s abilities was quite normal.
Now with so many people gathered around, drawing so much attention, the duel was clearly not among ordinary students, but among the outstanding ones from the Wizard Organizations.
Richard then saw two students from different organizations preparing to fight on the wooden platform: a male dressed in Fla Black Robe from Black Evil Castle and a female in Flying Fish Blue Robe from Deep Blue Castle.
The male student from Black Evil Castle had a cold expression, holding a longsword in his left hand and a green short wand several inches long in his right.
The female from Deep Blue Castle had her hair in pigtails and wore a serious expression, also wielding a longsword in her left hand and a short wand in her right—this was a very common weapon arrangent for Wizard Apprentices.
Because Wizard Apprentices lacked sufficient power and their spells were weak, relying solely on magic made it difficult to defeat an opponent of the sa level. Thus, most battles involved using mana as support, engaging the enemy from a distance to weaken them first, then closing the distance to obtain victory with cold weapons in close combat.
The male and female on the platform were both alert, not attacking rashly but instead circling each other, trying to find any weaknesses in their opponent.
The crowd below was getting anxious, students from other Wizard Organizations who were eager for action, began to shout.
“Are you going to fight or not! Can’t you speed it up?”
“Co on, what’s there to be afraid of! Dude from Black Evil Castle, are you scared of a girl?”
“If you’re scared, step down, I’ll take your place and do a better job!”
“And you, girl from Deep Blue Castle, can you be more aggressive!”
“Attack! What a great opportunity!”
The students from Black Evil Castle and Deep Blue Castle heard these remarks, glared at each other, and called out to their comrades on the platform.
“Simon, don’t rush, ignore them, hold your ground!”
“Barbara, be careful, cautious, don’t get impulsive!”
A White Stone Tower teacher maintaining order by the platform shouted, “Quiet down, don’t disturb the fight! With all this noise, is this how you want to represent the quality of each Wizard Organization?”
These words prompted everyone to imdiately quiet down and turn their eyes towards the people on the platform.
The two, male and female, had been circling for quite a while, noticing no vulnerabilities from each other, finally stopped and assud attacking positions.
The first to attack was the male student from Black Evil Castle nad Simon. He held the longsword in his left hand, and with a flick of his right, a fist-sized fireball swiftly flew towards the Deep Blue Castle girl nad Barbara.
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