Chapter 281 Return to the Courtyard
The plain-looking carriage was galloping along the bumpy road.
Inside the carriage, Team Light sat quietly in rows. Even when they were jolted around, no one made a sound.
The truth is, we were traveling in the middle of the night, tired and sleepy, and no one had the energy to talk.
After killing the nightmare, they did not dare to delay and returned to Diha Village as quickly as possible to get their carriage back. They then spent a lot of money to hire a coachman and rode non-stop to the courtyard.
Originally, they wanted to treat themselves to a delicious meal in Diha Village, but they were surrounded by the Black Knights and had to cancel their plan. They would rather eat dry food and continue on their journey.
After killing one wave of black knights, another wave of black knights comes, and it goes on and on. No matter how strong they are, they will be exhausted.
The sooner you leave, the safer you will be.
After Seleu regained his human form, he became unusually silent. He got on the carriage and sat in the corner, lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
Harris was very worried about him. He sat with him, frowning and hesitant to speak.
Today they met two "acquaintances".
The Black Knight leader Gesam and the Nightmare Saan, the prince's former idols.
Although the prince did not like sword practice when he was a child, he sincerely regarded them as teachers, especially Sarn, who brought warmth and laughter to the prince's childhood.
Harris is the prince's magic teacher. Whenever the prince skips class, he and Sane sneak out to play.
Sarn is the royal guard and possesses the strength of a great swordsman. The king and queen feel at ease knowing that the prince is with him.
Compared to Gesam's betrayal, Sarn's sword-stabbing of the king made the prince feel even more heartbroken.
How much I liked Saen in the past, how much I hate Saen now.
It was not until today that the prince knew that Sarn was a Nightmare.
To be precise, it is a human being possessed by a nightmare.
Harris couldn't help but sigh that Nightmare's methods were truly powerful. Looking back, he had never been able to find his flaws no matter what.
If the Nightmare didn't reveal itself, no one would be able to tell it was different, right? Only someone with strength exceeding that of a Magic God could tell.
Seleu suffered a great deal of trauma today, and Harris was worried that he would be unable to get over it.
"Prince..." Harris called softly.
Seleu suddenly grasped his hand, so tightly that it hurt Harris a little. However, he didn't say anything, but silently returned Seleu's hand.
"Thank you." Seleu said softly.
Thank you for always being by my side, protecting me and taking care of me.
Harris looked gentle, and tried his best to comfort the young man beside him in his own way.
Even though the prince has grown up, in his heart he is still the child who would cry in his arms.
Shu Li was drowsy, but the shaking of the carriage prevented him from falling asleep.
So he turned his attention to Seleu.
After all, not long ago, when he held the sword of Carlos that was transformed from Seleu, the feeling of being connected with the magic sword was too profound, exactly the same as when he held the sword of Viona.
This is very strange.
He wasn't the true master of the magic sword, so why did he feel a sense of telepathy? It seemed as if he could use the magic sword as he pleased.
Once is a coincidence, twice what?
In addition, the song about the magic sword is also very intriguing.
Today is not the first time that Carlos Sword has sung.
The last time he sang was when Seleu awakened his power and transformed into a demonic sword. He sang a poem.
But Shu Li knew clearly that the poem was not sung by the magic sword for him, but was purely an expression of the joy of reappearing in the world.
The song sung today is different. It is a battle song sung for him by the magic sword.
Or rather, it was a poem in which the Sword of Carlos invited him to fight together.
Because Shu Li heard the "God of Time and Space".
In other words, the Demon Sword knew that he was the Horcrux master chosen by the God of Time and Space, and thus paid tribute to him with poetry.
What Shu Li was more curious about was whether Seleucus himself knew the meaning of poetry?
He wanted to ask, but after Seleu transformed from a sword back into human form, he remained silent and he didn't want to disturb him.
Now seeing him and Harris shaking hands tightly, Shu Li was even more afraid to speak.
"What's wrong?"
Shu Li came back to her senses when Ace's whisper rang in her ears. She turned her head to meet a pair of warm green eyes, and her heartbeat inexplicably quickened.
"No, it's okay. I just feel that... I need to intensify my training when I get back." Shu Li turned his head away guiltily.
"Yes, yes, we all need to improve our strength as quickly as possible." Hector continued, "You guys are fighting, and I'm watching from the sidelines. It's so frustrating."
Siti and Nasha nodded in agreement.
Shu Li said, "Well then... now that we've completed this adventure, let's focus on training!"
They did the missions purely to earn extra money and gain experience. After two adventures, Shu Li deeply realized that the strength of Team Light was uneven, which affected their combat effectiveness.
Ace, Hector, Siti, and Nasha are magic apprentices who have basically no self-protection ability. Not only can they not fight together, but they need to be assigned people to protect them, which is not conducive to the development of the team.
Therefore, they cannot be impatient and act rashly, and everything should focus on improving their strength.
Only when everyone is strong can we be truly strong.
The next afternoon, the carriage finally arrived at the courtyard.
After entering the courtyard, Shu Li and others' tense nerves finally relaxed.
This adventure was simple, but very tiring.
They hadn't taken a shower for three days, and had trouble eating or sleeping. Fortunately, they had a high salary to comfort them.
Team Light couldn't wait a moment and rushed to the Adventurer's Guild before dark. Facing many surprised looks, they took out twenty beautiful Sek'n bird feathers, successfully completed the mission, and received 15,000 gold coins.
Then, everyone returned to the Magic Academy and happily divided the reward in Shu Li's dormitory. After that, they took a nice shower, went to the cafeteria to eat, and went back to their dormitories to sleep.
Shu Li is more miserable than others.
While others could sleep until dawn, he had to go to the Elf Kingdom to report the situation to the Elf King, and then went to Wanaku in the early morning to do the purification work.
The next day, he yawned and fell asleep in Ilio's class. The result was predictable. Ilio's punishment made him want to cry.
However, if you want to become stronger, you have to persevere no matter how hard or tiring it is.
The days that followed were basically spent in endless training.
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
For a junior magic apprentice, it is quite good to spend two years to lay a solid foundation and then upgrade the level to a junior trainee magician.
However, most of the students who can enter the Saint Villiers Magic Academy are geniuses among geniuses, and there are many who have been promoted to intermediate apprentice magicians in two years.
Among them, the students in Class One of the First Year were extremely talented. Under the guidance of the Mage Saint Ilio, they were all promoted to senior apprentice magicians.
What shocked the whole school even more was that there were ten outstanding students in Class 1 who were far ahead and broke through to become junior magicians in one fell swoop.
Some people didn't believe it at first, thinking that the rumors were exaggerated. But when the ten people finished the magic test at the end of the semester and received the junior magician badge, everyone was stunned.
Someone curiously asked them if they had the secret to leveling up, and they replied with a grimace: "Secret? No, no, absolutely not!"
"If you have a magic instructor who taunts you every day, you have to fight for your dignity even if you don't want to improve."
"The sweat we shed every day is the secret."
"While you were sleeping soundly, we were all meditating and training."
“Talent is important, but hard work is indispensable.”
“Only by being ruthless to yourself can you unleash your potential.”
Those who heard these words were greatly disappointed.
Everyone can say nice things, but how many people can actually do them?
These ten young men must have a secret, but they are just unwilling to share it.
Receiving the resentful looks, Shu Li and the others felt helpless. It wasn't that they were unwilling to share, but their method of leveling up wasn't suitable for the general public.
Fairies and dragons have their own unique training methods, while Hector and others have absorbed magic crystals for a year, pushing their limits again and again, enduring the pain with strong will and forcing themselves to improve.
Two years ago, after returning from an adventure mission, Shu Li discussed with the mother tree to clear the roots leading to the Warcraft Forest.
He wanted to use the spatial channel of the roots to go to the Warcraft Forest to dig magic crystals and bring them back as "nutrition" for his teammates.
As long as you continuously absorb the energy of the magic crystal, your friends will naturally level up like a rocket.
Other magicians don't have such good treatment.
The mother tree was originally going to purify the roots under the Bonibal Swamp and find the location of the Temple of the Earth God, but was interrupted by Shu Li and the matter was delayed.
Shu Li was not in a hurry either.
Compared to the vagueness of the Temple of the Earth God, the Snow Mountain Maze is clearer, visible and tangible, and located clearly in the Snow Kingdom, waiting for him to enter and find the Water Spirit.
Besides, Chris and Nasha’s brothers are both in the Snow Country, so the Temple of the God of Earth can only be put aside for the time being.
The mother tree didn't matter; all the roots needed to be purified anyway; it was just a matter of order and timing. So, over a year, she purified the roots beneath the Monster Forest, easily finding the magic crystal mine.
Shu Li was very pleased and worked tirelessly to collect magic crystals, which greatly increased the strength of the Light Team.
Hector, Siti, and Nasha were promoted to junior magicians.
Ace was stronger than them and was promoted to Intermediate Magician. However, during the test, he did not give his best and received the Junior Magician badge like the others.
Shu Li understood his approach very well.
Excellence is praised, while excellence is envied.
Rather than showing off your talents, it is better to hide your talents in a clumsy way.
Disio, Angel, Budno, and Amanda were successfully promoted to low-level archmages, Kumandi was promoted to intermediate archmages, and Shuli was promoted to high-level archmages.
The little fairies are all great wizards now, and they can finally sign a contract with the mother tree.
Kumandi had signed the contract long ago and returned to the Elf Kingdom with Shuli at will. Disio, Angel and Budno were very envious.
A month ago, they also signed a contract with the mother tree and rushed back to the Elf Kingdom. They stayed up all night and flew back to the sacred tree to play with other goblins.
Miraculously, the roots of the mother tree spread all over the continent of Austin, but unexpectedly avoided the Fairy Forest.
Shu Li once asked the mother tree why it didn't develop roots underground in the Fairy Forest.
The mother tree told him that the Fairy Forest was the territory of the Divine Tree, and its roots, which were contaminated by darkness, would break as soon as it approached the Fairy Forest, and it could not get close at all.
In order to connect with the main trunk, the branch had to bypass the fairy forest and take the "underwater tunnel".
After listening to what the mother tree said, Shu Li gave her a thumbs up.
In the past two years, some changes have quietly taken place in the mainland.
For example, something called "newspaper" appeared in various countries.
It was named by the great God of Law himself, managed by the Magic Tower, and distributed by magic associations in various countries, bringing interesting news to the people of the mainland every week.
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