Chapter 49 I Memorized the Book

This time it was obviously no longer an illusion.

The light from the magic wand quickly dispelled the darkness. It rose into the sky like the sun and gradually dried the water stains on everyone's bodies.

"There is a magic circle in the river."

Amy was the first to notice the problem. She walked over to confirm the location and nodded, "It's the location where we teleported in."

"But it looks like a one-way magic circle. There should be no way to get out from here."

"Let's check if there are any roads around first."

Edith handed the wand to Xia Zhi, who was eager to try. She closed one eye, aimed at the small gap on the left rock wall, and the blasting spell instantly blew out a pile of rubble, accompanied by smoke.

"Damn it, why is this wand so hard to use!"

Xia Zhi hissed and lowered her head to press her numbed wrist. Because she had not controlled the strength well, her fingertips were also affected by the fireworks caused by the blasting spell, burning her painfully.

"It's a cheap wand. There's no magic stone at the tip to help gather magic power. It will leak out if you're not careful. There's no guard to reduce the vibration. Your hand will hurt after using it for a long time." Edith said lightly, reaching out to take the thing in Xia Zhi's hand, standing up straight, stretching her arms, and steadily casting a blasting spell at the wall.

This time the trajectory of the flame was straight, not crooked like Xia Zhi's just now, and the force was concentrated at the center, directly blasting open three quarters of the wall.

"Oh my god, how did they do that?" Mu Lin was startled by the explosion that was several times louder. He looked through the smoke at the nearly collapsed wall and was still terrified. "...Luckily it wasn't aimed at anyone just now."

Xia Zhi had just experienced firsthand how difficult it was to use this magic wand. She looked at Edith with complicated eyes, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

...Are all first-year students at this level now?

She only entered school two years earlier. What has the outside world become like now?

"If I want to develop the same magic control ability as you, do I also have to buy an unmodified wand to use?" Bell's attention shifted - he was eager to learn.

Edith withdrew her hand, thinking that it was Bell's problem alone. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she was met with everyone's eyes, including Team Xia Zhi, who were several years older than them.

"I don't think it's necessary. It's easy to get hurt, and you're unlikely to have the chance to use ordinary wands again." Edith shook her head, "But I suggest that each of you buy two extra wands as backup to avoid this kind of situation from happening again."

Generally speaking, wizards who go out will carry two or three replacement wands. If it is just broken or something like that, you can just cast a repair spell on another wand. If it is stolen...

I can only hide a few more in advance.

Edith turned her head and looked towards the distance where the smoke and dust were gradually subsiding. She stepped forward and said, "Let's see what's behind the wall first."

Behind the wall is still a wall.

The crowd huddled together and dug away a few more pieces of rubble in disbelief, but all they saw were still stones.

"Let me check it out."

Edith placed the tip of her staff against the wall and slowly thrust out magic power, trying to find the end of the stone. But unfortunately, even when she controlled the length of her magic power to the maximum, she still couldn't find the slightest gap.

It's full of either stones or soil.

"It's not possible to dig out from all four sides." Edith walked around and confirmed that three sides were tightly closed. The remaining side had some gaps, but they were all filled with water. It should be the source of the river here.

That's the only breakthrough.

Edith explained the current situation, and everyone nodded in understanding, watching her use a spell to stick the surrounding stones together, gradually stacking them into the shape of a staircase. Edith slowly stood at the top, supported the top with her hands, and slowly raised her wand.

The top is prone to collapse, so we can no longer be as reckless as we were when we blew up the wall just now.

Edith continued to use magic power to detect the target. The people standing below became idle. Some stayed to observe Edith's situation, while others scattered and observed the surrounding environment.

Bell quickly caught up with Xia Zhi who was walking towards the altar and patted her on the shoulder: "Want to chat?"

Xia Zhi raised her eyebrows.

"What on earth is wrong with Joe?" Bell asked bluntly, "He broke free from the heavily protected net bag, sneaked over here silently, and was able to teleport us to this damn place... Don't say you didn't know."

"I really don't know." Xia Zhi's attitude was sincere. After all, the only magic wand that could break the deadlock was in Edith's hand. "But if I must say, he did promise me before we set off that if I obeyed him in this competition, he could guarantee my victory."

"But I thought he just wanted to have control, and the other teammates disagreed, so I refused."

She did think it was a bit unreasonable at the time. After all, Joe was very sensitive about strength and life experience because of his background. He was usually unwilling to contact these "civilians" whose strength and status were inferior to his, let alone provide them with guidance. He suddenly wanted to be the captain, which was a preparation for doing something bad.

But now it seems that he might have known something in advance, but not much - Qiao's confusion in the cave in the early stage did not seem to be acted.

"You are teammates, and your families are old friends. There are even rumors that your two families have already arranged a marriage. Is this really all you know about such a close relationship?"

Tattle was obviously more familiar with the structure of the royal capital than Bell. He threw out a few questions, and even Xia Zhi was silent.

"My father said that Earl Rodney must be hiding something. He has been very close to Duke Eddie recently and may betray the agreement between the two families." Xia Zhi sighed. The families of the people in front of him were not very powerful, so it was worthwhile to reveal a little bit of inside information in exchange for trust. "That's why he was anxious to let me marry Joe and try to win back this relationship - but Earl Rodney refused."

When talking about being rejected, Xia Zhi had an expression of surviving a disaster on her face.

Tuttle frowned: "You mean, Joe's actions this time are likely due to the information he got from Duke Eddie?"

Duke Eddie...his mother, who was prejudiced against the nobles, spoke highly of him, thinking that he was the most knowledgeable among the noble families, and that he was an excellent person who never forgot to learn even in his old age and often went to the Magic Association to learn the latest knowledge.

He turned to look at Edith, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

If Joe said that he had randomly sent them here, Tuttle would be the first one to disbelieve it.

The other party was obviously well prepared. He deliberately stayed and waited, and even followed me here... I always felt that he was waiting for Edith.

When did Edith become the target of a behemoth like Duke Eddie?

Xia Zhi nodded in response to Tuttle's question: "My father had no idea that this relic was open. Earl Rodney and my father are in a similar position and he is not capable of knowing such details."

She lowered her head and looked at the wall in front of her, her mood not very good: "Others have cheated me, but my father, that idiot, is still trying to please others, haha."

The three of them were silent until they heard Edith shout, "Found it! Come back!"

Edith was frowning at everything above her.

The stone wall above was not thick, only less than one meter, but it was extremely solid. Edith felt the hardness and confirmed that there was no way to break it except the blasting spell.

The wand in her hand was not very easy to use, so she finally chose to press the top with her bare hands. After setting up a protective shield below, she concentrated her magic power on one point in the palm of her hand and silently recited a spell.

The sound of the explosion was completely swallowed up by the stone wall. Edith felt a burning pain in the palm of her hand, but when she moved her hand away, all she saw was a small hole half the width of a fingernail.

Edith: “…”

With just an ordinary wand and a few people, it is simply wishful thinking for them to escape from here by using a blasting spell.

She had no choice but to try another method, using a spell to turn a one-square-meter slab of stone into transparent, hoping that someone would pass by and discover them underneath.

The scene at the top gradually became clearer as the barrier became more transparent. It seemed that the space they were in was underwater, and directly above their heads was a tranquil pool of water that seemed to be formed by the accumulation of water droplets in the cave.

The water source of the river here also comes from here.

"There are herbs growing by the water on the left. Let's make an opening there so that people who come to pick them can see them at a glance." Tuttle suggested, and Edith adopted it. Not only did she make the stone slab transparent in a more suitable place, she also posted a note on it, stating the reason for the incident and the request for help.

"Leave one person here to watch, and let's go around to see if there are any other clues." Edith climbed down from the top and pressed the wound on her hand. "Since the magic circle that teleported us in is one-way, there must be other ways out here - let's study the terrain first."

"But no one here can understand the magic array." Xia Zhi complained, and her teammates smiled bitterly, "We have memorized more magic arrays than you, but we have never seen anything like this. It is probably some ancient magic array. Studying magic arrays may not work."

"No, no, no, I know someone!" Amy retorted immediately. He seemed to be the only one here besides Edith who was not panicking. He was completely immersed in this adventure and was very interested in finding out the truth.

Xia Zhi: "? Your family heritage?"

Amy grinned and shook her head: “No, I just read a book in the library inside the college.”

Xia Zhi's teammates gasped.

Unlike Edith's team where everyone was in the top ten, Xia Zhi was the only one who achieved this result, and it was barely tenth, which was just a formality after an hour.

Amy's experience in the inner library is enough to scare some people.

"Which one? What's its function?" Xia Zhi, who specializes in studying magic arrays, suddenly brightened up. She moved closer to Amy and stared at the magic array beside him in a trance, "This one?"

"Yes, that's it, what's it called, a giant protective shield?" He shook his head left and right.

“What about the function?”

“Hey, I only watched it for an hour!”

Amy was confident that what he said about acquaintance was just acquaintance.

Everyone: “…”

What’s the use of just knowing?

"It's called the 'Giant One-Way Protective Shield'." Edith walked to the front silently and touched the patterns on the stone pillar. "It's larger than ordinary protective shields and its size can be adjusted. Objects can be thrown into it from the outside, but objects cannot be thrown out from the inside. This should have been a small Colosseum."

Only the Colosseum would need something that could both reward and prevent blood and flesh beasts from splattering.

This time it was Amy's turn to be shocked: "How did you know that?"

Edith: "I memorized the entire book you read."

Others: “…”