"call."

In the single training room, Sonia put down her wooden sword and exhaled a hot breath. When she stopped, crystal beads of sweat slid down her temples, passed over her red face, like pearls dripping on her collarbone, and flowed into the grooves of her training vest.

She walked to the side, picked up the water bottle and drank quickly. When her rapid heartbeat slowly calmed down and her almost exhausted magic power slowly recovered, the village girl took off her training vest directly - after all, it was a single training room, so she could do whatever was convenient.

The vest was soaked with sweat and was so wet that water could be wrung out with a little effort. She stuffed it into the changing bag, then took out a dry towel and wiped the sweat behind her ears, neck, forehead, and under her breasts bit by bit.

After changing into clean clothes, Sonia let her hair down and left the training room with her training bag and wooden sword bag. In the afternoon, the three shining stars were already far apart, and the sun was bright but not dazzling. As soon as Sonia walked out of the magic training hall, she saw the familiar silver luxury car and the people next to it.

"You need me for something?"

"Get in the car and talk." Felix opened the car door, "I'll take you home by the way."

Sonia didn't refuse, but she didn't sit in the passenger seat either. Instead, she sat in the back seat, making Felix the driver. Felix didn't mind, and asked while driving, "Are you nervous?"

"Um?"

"This is your first time in the magic training hall." Felix said, "You have never come here to hone your skills before. I remember you said that magic miracles should be honed through virtual combat. There is no need to spend extra time in reality beating a wooden stake that can't fight back."

Sonia thought for a moment and said, "Have I ever said something like this before? Then I was wrong."

"ah?"

"I'm so young, isn't it normal for me to say the wrong thing sometimes?" Sonia tucked her hair behind her ears, looked at the scenery outside the car window and smiled: "I'm just an ordinary person who makes mistakes."

Felix paused. "You are very much like him in that respect."

"who?"

"Your opponent tonight." Felix didn't even want to mention his name, his face gloomy: "He has been like this since he was a child, confident, free and easy, humble, sunny, and as dazzling as a star, but he never shy away from his mistakes and faults. If I point out his mistakes to his face, he will be happy to correct them..."

Sonia blinked: "Then you must be having a hard time."

"Why do you feel that way?"

"How dazzling the protagonist on the stage is, how dim the audience below the stage is."

Felix was slightly startled, and her nose actually felt a little sour. She quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "But you were not this confident and generous before."

"What do you think of me?"

"A vulgar country girl who is both proud and self-deprecating. She never gives in and refuses to show weakness. She is covered with thorns like a hedgehog." Felix was blunt: "The only advantage is that she has a clear goal and never hesitates."

Sonia thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's true. When I think back, I feel that I was a bit annoying before. But you're wrong about one thing. I wasn't a person with clear goals before. On the contrary, I was greedy, wanting this and that. I participated in meaningless campus activities and accumulated useless connections with classmates. I thought I was hardworking and smart, but I was just wasting my time."

"My roommates are much smarter than me. Adele knows that she is here to enjoy college life and never envies what she can't get. Lois shows off her family's latest clothes every day, and the connections she has accumulated can be effectively converted into a family business. Ingrid... Ingrid's future achievements will definitely be the highest in our dormitory."

"On the contrary, I have experienced too much hardship in the past, so I have developed ambitions that are not worthy of me. If I continue like that, the end will definitely not be good. If not for..."

Felix was listening intently and asked, "If not, what is it?"

Sonia did not answer, but said, "Now I have a clear goal. I know what I want to do, and everything can be compromised for this goal."

"Does your goal include Meteor Tribulation?" Felix said with a smile, "Can coming to the magic training room for extra practice increase your chances of winning?"

"Although I beat you up a few times when we were sparring before, you are not the kind of person who holds grudges, and you will not deliberately humiliate me with words - unless you want to spar with me again." Sonia hugged the sword bag and said, "You might as well make your words clearer."

Felix glanced at her, and then a cute two-winged green magic spirit appeared from his shoulder. It pointed at the village girl, and the latter felt her body became much lighter, and even her vision, hearing and other senses became sharper!

However, Sonia was more concerned about the magic spirit: "Two-winged 'Light Feather' magic spirit? Felix, are you already a two-winged magician?"

Felix nodded. "Although this speed is nothing compared to yours, but... yes, I am already a two-winged magician."

"How come so fast!" Sonia blurted out: "Did you find the golden fish?"

"How is that possible? How can it be so easy to encounter a legend in the Void Realm?" Felix laughed and said, "I just took a few shortcuts and upgraded my Wind Arts faction to the Gold level."

The village girl was secretly shocked - she knew her own situation, and she certainly knew how much gold her two-winged magician was worth. If it weren't for the viewer who took her to smuggle the golden fish, it would take her at least three months to reach the threshold of the gold level.

Her current golden swordsmanship realm was also based on the huge advantages of obtaining the two-winged magic spirit in advance, the swordsmanship gem as a snack, and triggering the virtual realm adventure. If other people were to advance to the faction realm by carefully dating, holding hands, dating, kissing, and then establishing a relationship, then the viewer and her were equivalent to living together directly, and then going back to promote the relationship.

In comparison, Felix seemed terrifying - he actually advanced a school of magic to the gold level in just over two months! Even falling in love wasn't that fast!

"Wait," Sonia suddenly noticed something: "You said you took a shortcut?"

"Yes," Felix said, "That's what I wanted to tell you. I recently joined a magician exchange organization that helps each other. The members are all idealists who pursue power, but because they exchange unrecognized taboo knowledge, their style of doing things is secretive and almost no one knows about it except the members."

"Mutual assistance, pursuit of power, forbidden knowledge, and secretive organization." Sonia complained, "So many suspicious elements that I even doubt whether you are making it up on purpose."

"We're here." Felix stopped the car outside the dormitory area. After all, it was inside the campus, so even if he drove slowly, it would only take a few minutes.

"So you're here to recruit me into that secret organization?"

"That's right." Felix rolled down the car window, lit a cigarette and held it between his fingers, staring at the direction of the smoke, and said, "First, you are undoubtedly a genius with great potential. I want to win you over and build a good relationship with you. Nothing can make mutual trust better than being in the same secret organization. Second, I think you are also a person who takes shortcuts."

"Shortcuts are not easier or simpler paths. On the contrary, shortcuts are taboo knowledge because they are more dangerous than ordinary paths. That's why they cannot be passed down to the world and are only passed down in the virtual world. This is also the reason why our organization is secretive and niche. Even if we want to expand our membership, it is impossible - ordinary magicians who take shortcuts are courting death."

"I can honestly tell you that in order to become a two-winged magician, I also took huge risks." Felix shook off the ashes of his cigarette and said, "But the benefits are also extremely huge - relying on this shortcut, I can barely catch up with the pace of a genius like you."

Sonia asked in confusion: "You are still young, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because fate does not respect the old and love the young, I must be fully armed." Felix looked at her in the rearview mirror: "Although I had a bad impression of you before, I don't actually hate you, because I think we are the same kind of people."

The village girl couldn't help laughing and said, "Except that we both have two eyes, a nose and a mouth, I really can't see what we have in common, my dear Second Young Master Vosloda who was born with a golden key in his mouth."

"We all don't want to lose." Felix said seriously, "There's always someone who can win all the time, why not us?"

"But you must have some doubts now, but you can go back and ask Leonie, Professor Trozan and the others. In fact, it is not uncommon for magicians to join secret organizations. They also have their own small circles. Sonia, you were promoted too quickly, and you were busy with the Meteor Robbery competition, so you were not pulled in. After tonight, many magician clubs will extend olive branches to you. I just want to say hello to you first."

Sonia nodded and got out of the car. At this time, Felix suddenly stopped her and said, "I almost forgot to tell you... Since our organization has a shortcut for me to quickly improve my wind skills, there is naturally a shortcut for you to quickly transform into a swordsmanship faction."

"So," Felix stared into her eyes and spoke word by word, "Do you want to become a Sanctuary Mage?"

Sonia's expression suddenly became strange, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

She finally pursed her lips and said, "I'll think about it."

…

Watching Sonia's departing back, Felix raised the car window, took a sip of the half-burned cigarette, and the cigarette burned out instantly. The ashes were blown into the ashtray inside the car by the breeze. Then she exhaled a cloud of white mist that filled the space inside the car.

Miracle Mermaid Fog Scene, an auxiliary miracle, the magician in the fog can obtain enhanced effects such as increased thinking, enhanced inspiration, reduced pain, and enhanced senses. Since learning this miracle, Felix has been accustomed to thinking and planning in the white fog.

"The seeds have been planted. We just need to wait for them to take root and sprout tonight." Felix looked at the burnt cigarette butt and said thoughtfully, "Once she is defeated miserably by that man, she will naturally feel unwilling to accept the defeat. Unwillingness breeds ambition, and wildness leads to madness... I know this very well."

"Lose. The more miserably you lose tonight, the better."

"Only after experiencing a tragic failure will she realize that she is still so weak."

"Only after seeing the gap that seemed like a chasm, she would understand that there was still such a huge gap between her and the Holy Land."

"Tonight will be a turning point in her life."