Field internship (1)

"Sister Aura said she had learned about the situation from Duke Leon, but because it was just speculation, she asked us to check the situation again this time."

Alex in the mirror was sitting and talking.

"I told Duke Leon not to make any alarms and to follow the clues to investigate, but he didn't seem to find anything concrete. He was too cautious, and we have no idea what his purpose was in buying slaves."

"Forget it. I can't think of anything here. Let's talk about it over there... Ah, you want to eat? Okay, okay, I'll give it to you - you don't have an appetite? Where did all those swords go after you ate them?"

Alex took out the basket of discarded swords and fed it to the Sword Eater. After Luo Sheng added materials and polished it, the Sword Eater gradually showed its former glory as a god-killing holy sword.

As the protagonist's sword, it plays a big role in the story, but I don't know what its specific performance is.

"Can you understand him now?"

"It seems so? This is the difference in spirituality. As long as they spend enough time together, even people with poor spirituality and magic power can hear what he says. He just didn't speak for too long before... Well, that's what he said."

Inger listened to him while he tied his own bow tie.

After finishing the dressing, he reached out to his right hand. The phoenix pattern on the back of his hand was like a blood-red tattoo, as if it had grown there naturally and fit him perfectly.

The pattern glowed, and his own wand of twilight appeared in his hand.

He turned it lightly in his hands twice and felt it was becoming more and more handy.

Since he had his own wand, he no longer had to replace those discarded mass-produced wands.

The durability of this wand is evident to all.

He had tried several major spells with his new wand, and it seemed to be easier than usual.

The wand seemed to have a certain enhancement and bonus to his spellcasting, but other than that, he didn't know anything special about it.

Maybe it was just because it looked good, but even so, he couldn't let go of his own wand. He would take it out to check it every time before going out.

"Are you ready? Is it time to go?"

The voice of my brother Lanmore came from outside the door.

“I am here.”

Alex waved at him: "See you later!"

I got on the East-West Line train again. The interior decoration was more safety-oriented than the last time I saw it. There was also a procedure for controlling the train in batches. The riders also began to assist in controlling the train. It was obvious that they had better physical strength than the wizards, and the wizards assisted from the side.

After Professor Orbid finished his speech at the academy, he led half of the knight class, half of the wizard class and half of the ordinary class students onto the carriage.

It was the first time for many students to take a train and they were very excited.

Sitting by the car window, Inger had the illusion that he was leading a group of students on an outing.

In fact, he had only taken the first-year high school students on a spring outing once before, and many of them brought their homework with them. Later, because the competition became more and more intense, the school simply cancelled the spring outing and replaced it with the Thousand Miles Journey, a walking marathon near the school, in order to train the students' physical strength and will. The teacher led the team on a long walk and even broke his leg. It was a memory that I couldn't bear to look back on.

Cheryl leaned on the car window to look at the scenery outside, her eyes shining like a star, "Brother! Look, there are cows over there! Horned sheep! The color is golden! Golden! So fast! It's gone!"

Wu Rui smiled and said, "Xie Li, do you want to compete this time?"

Xie Li asked without even turning her head: "Comparison of what?"

"The number of kills counts. The monsters you kill must be larger than the wild boars to count."

Cheryl turned around and pointed at Alex and said, "We competed last time. This time, let's compete with Alex!"

Wu Rui was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth curled up, and it seemed that his fighting spirit was ignited.

Alex raised his eyebrows and asked, "Me?"

"I don't believe we can't win even with a score of 2 to 1!"

Norihua joined in the excitement and said, "Two to one is not fair! Add Inger in, and you can make it two to two!"

Inger, who was shot, said: "Huh?"

Cheryl laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I can tell at a glance that he's not the type to hunt. It doesn't matter whether he's here or not!"

Wu Rui agreed: "No, it should be the type that will not move once the task is completed!"

Inger: "You know that, but you still drag me into this? Go and have fun, I won't do anything!"

Alex pretended to be pitiful and said, "Well, then I don't have a partner..."

Inger was speechless: "...bored?"

[When the monsters riot, I guarantee you will be beaten until you vomit! ]

Alex took out the large sack he had brought on board (there were no luggage restrictions at that time) and pulled out pots, pans, bowls, and fresh food from it.

"Let's make some stew next time we stop by!"

"Yeah! Great! And we're grilling!"

"Any wine?"

“I heard they also sell it on the bus.”

"real?!"

"I don't want to take care of a few drunks? You guys should control yourself!"

"Hahahahahaha, have you never been drunk? What a pity!"

"If we get too drunk, let applied magic sober us up!"

"There is no such magic. Be quick."

"Well, what's wrong with wasting time occasionally? It's a rare opportunity for us to go out together."

"Oh, do you want a tiger-skin blanket? I'll go get a nice tiger and skin it for you!"

"stop!"

Inger had no intention of getting involved with them at first, but in the end he couldn't help it.

Amid the chattering, the long day's journey soon ushered in the night.

There were more vendors surrounding the car than last time, and it was like a zombie invasion, which scared the students.

However, since most students have enough money, they are happy to shop and the vendors are also happy to make a big profit.

In the darkness of night, Alex skillfully built a bonfire and set up a tent.

The milky mist of the stew, the strong aroma of spices and burnt fat and protein tempt everyone's taste buds.

At first there were only five of them, but later other students gathered around.

The food that everyone bought piled up like a mountain and disappeared in a moment.

Barrels of ale were digested cleanly in the stomachs of drunkards.

As the night deepened, the ground was littered with corpses. If we hadn't known that they were just sleeping, the scene would have been extremely horrifying.

Professor Obide sighed as he covered the students with blankets.

Inger drank his meat soup by himself, pushed away Alex who was about to fall over with a red face, and showed the same speechless expression as Professor Orbid.

[Why do I remember that he didn't like drinking before? What's the big deal about him being as cheerful as a child now? 】

Alex fell limply on the grass with his face flushed, dewy grass leaves stuck to his cheeks, and his smile was half-hearted with the corners of his mouth stretched out in a grin.

He recalled that Alex didn't drink before because he was always on the battlefield and he needed to stay sober all the time.

How long has it been since he last played and rested without any worries?

Perhaps only Inger is aware of this problem.

He squatted down and poked Alex on the head with his hand.

Inger laughed unconsciously: "How silly."

***

The east-west train line was recently completed and connected to the southwest territory, with the final station being at the foot of the Daqiusha Mountains.

Opide was also accompanied by several teachers and teaching assistants. After giving some instructions as soon as the train got off, he took the students to several hotels in batches to settle them down.

"The monster riot was mainly caused by the Red Baby Beast. I didn't know about the existence of this monster before and was caught off guard. Now that I know where it is and how to hunt it, there shouldn't be any accidents." Alex said while wiping his hair.

[What a perfect flag, but why does it sound so convincing when it comes from the protagonist's mouth? ]

"Then I'll leave it to you." Inger lay back.

"What are you talking about? I can't make it sleep."

"It would be great if you could use your sword to cut it off before it barks."

"No, it's too alert. If you get within a radius of one angdor, you will be detected."

"It's useless!"

"That's right, not as powerful as our great wizard." Alex said with a smile.

Inger rolled his eyes in response.

"Why are we in the same room again?"

"You can't let Cheryl live with someone else, can you? Norrie, too, lives with her friend."

"It's as if we have a very good relationship."

Alex said meaningfully: "Oh~~ Even if we don't have a good relationship, we can still live in the same room. After all, it was arranged by the professor."

[Ah, can you please punch him in the face? We may not have the chance again in the future.]

Inger gritted his teeth and pressed his fist.

"Why don't you go home and take a look? This place is quite close to your home."

"...Well, let's give it a little more time..." Alex said, tilting his head.

[Is this because I feel more timid when I am close to home? ]

Inger sneered: "You need a reason to go back? Your mother won't eat you."

Alex walked around the room several times, and his feet were almost rubbing sparks.

"...You, please go back with me!"

"You..." He was about to mock him for being childish.

But I saw that the corners of Alex's eyes turned red, and the words got stuck in his throat and couldn't come out.

After a long time, he kicked him and said, "Go back."

Alex looked at him: "..."

"…I haven't seen them for a long time, so I went back to see them. I have to protect them this time, right?"

"………Um."

Inger got under the covers and turned her back to him: "Good night."

"...Good night... Phew...Thank you."

Alex's voice was a little hoarse and sour.

Inger could guess a little about the complex emotions hidden in the hesitation.

But it was too heavy for him to bear.

The next day, the knights and wizards went deep into the Monster Forest to hunt monsters, while the regular class students went to the town to investigate their respective projects.

This time when Professor Orbid led the team, he specifically emphasized the auxiliary role of wizards, which resulted in many aspiring students not daring to slack off under his watchful eye.

Cheryl took out her own longbow and flew nimbly between the branches of the tall trees like a civet cat, and her arrows always hit the target.

The blue magic arrows condensed with magic power penetrated into the skull like lightning, taking away the lives of the monsters cleanly and neatly, while preserving the integrity of the corpses to the greatest extent possible.

Uriel was walking slowly on the ground, and when he encountered a monster, he would shoot it in the head with a natural and calm expression. If a monster got close to him, he would draw his sword and chop off its head.

Although he seems to be leisurely, he is actually highly tense, without showing any trace of timidity.

And the way they bent over to explore the traces of monsters in the woods did not look like novices, and many students were stunned.

"You know that the Stella family's education is very strict, right?"

"Um."

"I heard from Wu Rui that when they were seven years old, they were thrown into the Monster Forest for seven days and seven nights."

"Their parents wanted to kill their own children?!"

“But they survived.”

"After that, they were forced to compete in hunting with their eldest brother."

"Ah, this..."

"So it's like breathing and drinking water for them."

"It's so scary... Fortunately I don't have parents like that..."

Cheryl wiped the sweat off her face after taking a look at the cleared forest. She climbed down the tree by the trunk and found Uri. "How is it? Should our harvest be better than Alex's?"

Wu Rui pinched his chin and thought: "No, I just went to see them. They didn't even want to compete with us. I walked around the area for a long time and didn't see them."

"Huh? Where did you go?"

"Could it be that it went deeper?"

"Although their levels are quite high, is it possible that things are not going well inside?"

"Just in case, I'll go talk to Professor Orbid."

Orbid looked at the monster corpses piled on the ground and nodded with satisfaction.

When the teaching assistant counted, he found that there were only three corpses of ordinary monsters behind the nameplates of Alex and Inger, which only met the passing standard of the assessment.

Professor Obide shook his head and laughed, "Don't worry about them. They are no longer within the scope of the assessment."

"professor!"