Chapter 257 Slate and Conspiracy
"Hello, Kashu, Safia, I'm Anvis."
"I think Safia is right."
Smiling as he took over the words, Avis stroked his chest with his right hand and nodded slightly to the two of them.
Then he stretched out his hand and gestured in the direction of the jungle in the distance.
"Have you noticed that this area seems to be surrounded by a special force field? If I'm not mistaken, it should be a 'wall' that temporarily restricts us from going out."
"Force field?"
Hearing this, Kaxiu was a little skeptical.
He was the first person to arrive here, although he was only less than half a minute earlier than Avis, but he did not find any force field nearby.
Safiya fiddled with the magic cube in her hand. It was unknown what she did. After a moment, a line of tiny runes like a data stream lit up and flickered on the surface of the cube.
"…What Avis said is correct. With the oak tree as the center, the radius is five kilometers, and the strength is unknown."
Looking at the results displayed on the cube, Safia concluded in a flat tone.
"Five kilometers away? No way, is it really there?"
After receiving the unexpected affirmative answer from the girl, Kashu was stunned for a moment, and his black robe trembled like smoke.
Perception is one of his weaknesses, and he can only reach a level close to that of the general fourth order, and can only sense an area with a radius of about 1.5 kilometers at most.
For things that are more than five kilometers away, the only way is to use secret methods, but that is not necessary.
"Yes, the most likely possibility is a barrier force field, with a probability of 83.42 percent. The second is a hidden space blockade, with a probability of 9.6 percent. The probability of the possibilities after that is negligible."
In response to Kashu's question, the girl with blue hair and purple eyes clicked the inscription on the cube without any emotion and gave an extremely precise answer.
While the three were discussing, a bright white light like a star appeared again in the clearing in the forest.
The eyes of the three were drawn there at the same time. When the light disappeared, a girl wearing dark blue light armor with inscriptions, a long sword hanging from her waist, and with waist-length red-gold hair appeared in her place.
As if she felt her body had returned to normal, she gently opened her eyes, and her pupils were a rare, brilliant golden red.
After looking at the three people with different appearances for a while, the girl slowly opened her mouth, wanting to ask something.
But at this moment, a cold mental wave suddenly spread rapidly from the crown of the oak tree and instantly touched the four people.
"Trial assessment. The force field will disappear in five minutes. It will take twelve magic hours to find the real venue."
After reading the content of the mental fluctuations, Kaxiu sorted out the content and picked out the key points.
"It seems that there are only four of us who are new here tonight."
Safiya nodded slightly and added calmly.
"The information just now did not mention any restrictions related to the assessment, nor did it mention any instructions regarding the location of the meeting place. As an assessment for newcomers, the difficulty should be limited to a certain range.
I think that either the area here is not too large for us to search it completely within twelve magic hours, or there are corresponding clues in the surrounding environment."
"That should be the case. The most likely place to find clues is this big oak tree."
Avis nodded in agreement and mentioned the location of the first test as far as he could remember.
"Wait, wait...what are you talking about? Can you explain the situation a little bit?"
Listening to the discussion of the three people, the girl dressed as a knight who appeared last looked confused and didn't know how to respond.
"As you can see, we are not entering the venue directly now, but are in a trial assessment scene."
With a casual and relaxing smile, Avis spoke calmly and briefly explained the current situation to the girl.
"If we want to officially become a member of the True Knowledge Society, we need to find the real venue within twelve hours, otherwise we will lose our qualifications."
As he spoke, Avis turned to the other two with a smile. His light silver monocle reflected the faint moonlight, making his deep blue eyes look particularly deep.
"Three of you, how about we briefly introduce ourselves to each other? At least for now, we all have the same goal and can act together for the time being."
"I'm Anvis, a wizard from the Mystic School. I've just been enrolled for a year and my strength is at the beginner level of the third rank."
As the proposer, Anvis first introduced himself.
"Safiya, School of Transformation, one year of enrollment, second-level intermediate."
The girl with long wavy light blue hair fiddled with the cube in her hand and spoke concisely.
"I'm Kashu, from the School of Necromancer. I'm in my second year, third level beginner."
Kashu, who was shrouded in a black robe, moved and turned to the girl who appeared last.
"I'm Alyssa, a magic knight, I've been enrolled for one year, and my strength is at the advanced level of the second level."
After hearing the three people introduce themselves, the knight girl with golden-red eyes quickly introduced herself in the same way.
"Okay, Safia, Kashu, Alyssa, how about we start exploring the oak tree right away? After the force field disappears, there may not be any changes here."
Avis nodded and took over the conversation naturally.
This proposal was agreed by the three people. After determining the target, they began to explore the huge oak tree without any delay.
As everyone searched carefully, soon, as a hidden illusion array was broken, a broken black stone slab appeared in front of them.
An incomplete guiding magic circle was engraved on the stone slab, and judging from its well-preserved lines, the stone slab was only one-fifth of the entire magic circle.
Seeing the stone slab, Avis felt relieved. At least the first step of the test was still the same as he remembered.
"It seems that what we need to do is to find all these stone slabs."
Kaxiu shook his robe and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"With this slate as a medium, I think it should be easy."
"The object-finding spell is ineffective against it, Kaxiu, do you have any solution?"
Safia pressed her slender fingers on the surface of the silver-blue cube, tried it, and then shook her head.
"certainly!"
Kaxiu nodded with a confident tone. At the same time, a pale bone staff appeared in his hand.
As he chanted, a silver-white mini skeleton emerged from the ground.
He handed the slate to the skeleton, which looked at it with its eye sockets burning with a special silver soul fire, and then placed it in its chest cavity. The entire skeleton began to transform into a silver bone compass.
The silver-glowing pointer rotated and pointed to a direction in the dark dream forest.
"The nearest fragment of slate is to our northwest."
After looking at the compass in his hand, Kaxiu looked at the other three people.
"Let's go, everyone. Be careful not to let your guard down. Since it's called a trial, it's probably not safe here."
Avis looked at him with a slightly higher opinion. He sensed a faint force of time and space from the skeleton. . ….….When Avis and his companions were exploring, they were in a canyon in the surface dream world.
A high-level arcane magic array with a diameter of several hundred meters and an extremely complex inscription structure is placed on a temporary huge stone circular platform, emitting a faint blue light steadily.
On the side of the magic circle, there stood a tall and thin figure wearing a pale smooth mask and a black robe.
He held a metal plate in his hand and stared at a magic hourglass on the ground that was almost empty.
On the nameplate in his hand, there was a half-open eye carved, with nine crimson stars of varying lengths engraved in the pupil, as if crying blood.
(End of this chapter)
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