"Right here...... Huh?"

Four or five figures rushed out of the woods, led by Frodo, who had just escaped, and the few people behind him were also wizard apprentices, three of whom were still third-level apprentices.

Frodo looked at the battlefield in a bit of a daze, except for the scattered corpses and a few wounded horses on the ground, Merlene, Monica, and a few other apprentices were cleaning the battlefield, and next to a bonfire that was about to be extinguished, there were a large pile of bits and pieces of loot, the most conspicuous being the wolf skins and horns.

"Monica, where's that Podos?" asked a third-level wizard apprentice behind Frodo, frowning.

"Senior Atos?!"

Monica breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the comer, glanced at Frodo quickly, and then respectfully said to the apprentice, "That Podos was seriously injured and fled. ”

"Well, Frodo, what's going on?" Athos turned to Frodo, his tone stern.

"I ...... I thought...... They all fell...... "Frodo is now longing for a crack in the ground to go into."

After he escaped, he stumbled upon Athos and the others, who were also about to complete the task of killing Podos. In his mind, with the ruthless character of Podos, Merlin and the others fell into his hands, and it was certain death, but when Athos and the others heard that Podos had been injured, they couldn't wait to let him lead the way, but now...... Clearly, they were disappointed.

"Why didn't Podos kill you?" asked Athos, confused.

"Of course he wants to kill us. It's just that he didn't expect that I didn't really faint, and when he was about to kill me, he suddenly seriously injured him, but unfortunately I still inhaled some potions, and my mind was a little dizzy, otherwise I would have killed him...... Eventually, he ran away with a horse. ”

Of course, what Monica said was the version that Merlin gave her - the first half was partially true, and the dagger she gave Podos really hit him hard, otherwise Merlene might not have been able to get it so easily, but the latter was nothing.

The fact is that after much deliberation, Merlin looted all the valuable items on Podos, took his body to a distance and dissolved it with a potion, then drove an uninjured horse into the distance, turned back to use the potion, and then made up a lie...... The best thing is that Monica has a good face and wants to take good things on herself, so Merlin simply fulfills her.

For the purification potion that increases the chance of promotion, Mei Lin doesn't want it, but if she gets the head of Podos, then you have to divide the spoils equally, it doesn't matter if you have wolf skins or anything, but the golden ticket, magic stone, crystal ball...... And that natural cloak, the coordinates added up were far better than the purification potion, and she could completely collect some discarded potions and purify them herself.

"So, did he really run away?" Athos's eyes rolled quickly, his eyes turned around Merlin and the others, and he suddenly asked, "In which direction did he run?"

"Over there. Monica lifted her finger and gestured...... It was deep in the gravel wilderness, that's what Merlin told her.

"Chase. Athos' eyes flashed, he greeted him, and led his apprentices into the depths of the wilderness.

"It's time for us to leave, too. ”

Frodo signaled to return to the academy in a dull manner, and about an hour later, the academy's flying carpet came over and took Merlin and the others back to the academy.

"I'm sorry, Merlin. When it was time to break up, Serena said sadly that she wanted to pull Merlin to earn a lot of extra money, but in the end she only got a few dozen wolf skins, and she felt a little sorry for her good friend.

"This time the harvest is not small, dozens of wolf skins, at least two or three magic stones can be divided. Merlin reassured.

It's not that she's not kind, it's really that there are some things that are not enough for outsiders, even if they are very good friends, they can't be revealed. And along the way, Merlin felt a gaze pass over her from time to time...... It's either Frodo or Monica, she has to be very careful.

These apprentices are not stupid, and they may not have reacted at first, but during this time on the road, I am afraid that they have doubts in their hearts...... But Merlin was not afraid, they didn't have any tangible evidence, and she was still a student of the dean, so they would never dare to offend her openly.

After returning to the academy, Merlin immediately returned to Alonso's wizarding tower, although it was inevitable that she would be monitored by Alonso in this wizarding tower, but as long as she didn't discover the secrets of the nebula, the bow of Alyus and the Ring of the Balke Lizard, it was basically nothing, and the dean was not idle every day, and she was only watched.

Entering her room, Merlin began to sort away the loot this time. The biggest takeaway this time was, of course, the nature cloak. However, the six crystal balls are also a great thing, and they contain six zero-level spells: Wizard's Hand, Cryo Ray, Tired Touch, Vertigo, Swiftness, and Cryo.

Below the official wizard, there is no way to cast spells above level zero, but even if it is a student of the dean, when it comes to exchanging spells, there is no discount, Mei Lin originally planned to find a way to buy a few more spells when she was promoted to a third-level apprentice, but this time it saved a lot of effort.

"It would be nice if there was a first-level spell. Merlin smacked her lips, feeling a fly in the ointment.

Although she also wanted to master a few more zero-level spells that were a little more practical, there were two or three that should be enough, and first-level spells were much more expensive than zero-level spells, so it would be nice to save such a magic stone.

......

The bitter cold wind whistled outside the tower, and in the blink of an eye, it had passed through the clouds for several months, and it was already winter.

In the wizard's tower, Merlin held a thin porcelain cup, and inside was steaming coffee with a rich aroma, warm with a mellow aroma.

She was wearing a set of casual clothes, leaning on the back of the chair, and the whole person looked a little lazy.

Taking a gentle sip of her coffee, Merlin fell into deep thought once more, she was now even better than some of the formal wizards who were known for refining potions, and the progress in alchemy and puppets was also very obvious.

However, what made her feel most depressed was that the consumption of magic stones was too powerful, and she had to think of a long-term means of making money, but all this had to be based on the premise that she was a third-level apprentice.

Now that the method of how to advance to the third-level apprentice has been mastered, she even has a bottle of physique purification elixir, which is a top-grade elixir refined from discarded elixirs.

"Level 3! As long as you are promoted to a level 3 apprentice and learn a few level zero spells, you will find a way to earn more magic stones. Merlin made up her mind.

(Saturday and Sunday)