"I see you're not bad, so I'm here to remind you. ”

Lying on a stone slab, looking at Adil in front of him, a gray cat raised his feet, and then spoke: "If it's not necessary, it's best not to go to the southern continent recently." ”

After saying this, it closed its eyes directly, and its furry body stopped moving, looking like it was ready to take a nap.

Quietly looking at the gray kitten in front of him, Adil slowly stood up, his eyes becoming a little solemn.

"Southern Continent?"

He looked at the kitten in front of him, muttered to himself, and continued to walk towards the inside of the market.

By the time he came out again, it was already hours later.

"Looks like there's really something going on at the academy. Walking on the road, Adiel's face was a little solemn.

Judging from the news heard in the bazaar, it is likely that the secret realm has really been blocked by several wizarding organizations.

I don't know what's going on in the secret realm, and the reactions of several participating wizarding organizations are very abnormal, and several academies have already announced the closure of the academy, and it seems that they are preparing something.

"Anyway, I have to go back to the academy. ”

Walking to the place where he tied his horse, various thoughts flashed in Adiel's heart: "Although the secret realm has been blocked, judging from the fact that those wizarding organizations are only closed in the courtyard, there should not be much danger for the time being. ”

"Moreover, the resources for promotion to official wizards are only available in the academy, and if you don't go back, you won't be able to find any clues outside at all. ”

Standing where he was, he thought to himself.

After leaving the academy for such a long time, especially after reaching the criteria for promotion to a third-class apprentice, he had also tried to find those resources outside to assist in promotion, but without exception, there was no news.

The resources of third-class apprentices are still like this, not to mention the resources required to promote to official wizards, everything is controlled and monopolized by wizarding organizations, and ordinary wizards have no way to get their hands on it.

Adil is seventeen years old this year, and if he has not succeeded in becoming a full-fledged wizard before the age of forty, the chances of promotion will become extremely slim.

This was unbearable for him, so he had to go back to the academy.

"I have now met the criteria for promotion to a third-class apprentice and can start working at any time as long as the resources are in place. ”

Standing in place, Adil thought in his heart: "I am not yet twenty years old, and I am a fourth-class qualification, theoretically it is very likely that I can reach the official wizard, and I will be used by the academy as a wizard seed to focus on training, and when the time comes, I can directly obtain a resource to impact the official wizard." ”

"On the contrary, if I stay outside the academy, even if I can be promoted to a third-class apprentice, the resources required to promote to a full-fledged wizard are monopolized by those wizarding organizations, and it is extremely difficult to find a resource that is sufficient for promotion, and it is simply a matter of luck!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly made a decision, got on his horse directly, and continued to rush in the direction of the academy.

As time passed, Adil got closer and closer to the southern continent where the academy was located.

One morning, months later, Adil came to a plain.

When he came here, he couldn't help frowning.

Through his keen spirit, he faintly sensed that something was wrong, the content of certain negative energy particles in the surrounding space seemed to have risen a lot, and there was also a unique aura that made him feel very uncomfortable.

"The chip, which detects the surroundings and compares them with the last recording. ”

In his mind, Adil said to the chip.

The area in front of him had been visited once by Adil when he left the academy a few years ago, and the chip in his mind accurately recorded the environment at that time.

"The growth of negative energy particles, the appearance of an unknown radiation force field in the air, long-term exposure can have an unknown effect..."

In my head, the voice of the chip machine sounded.

Listening to the sound of the chip's prompt, Adil frowned slightly, and then turned around without hesitation, preparing to bypass this area and leave from other roads.

Hiss...

At this moment, there was a sudden strange noise in front of him, with a creepy rhythm, which made the figure that Adil originally wanted to leave stagnate.

He looked in the direction where the voice came from, and beside a small stream, a figure a full two meters long rushed out quickly.

Ura···

There was a flicker of light and shadow, and then the sound of flesh being corroded, accompanied by the sound of the earth colliding.

Adil dismounted and walked to the front, looking at the massive figure that had been struck by his spell.

It was a two-meter-long monitor lizard with black scales that looked like it was covered in armor.

On the head of this monitor lizard, there is a sarcoma, which looks rotten, and there are many small pale green bugs on it, which are constantly wriggling, and it looks a little disgusting.

"Contaminated species?" Looking at the monitor lizard in front of him, after a rough inspection, Adil couldn't help frowning.

The so-called polluting species refers to an individual that is affected by various radiation contamination by wizards, and often produces some kind of mutation.

The monitor lizard in front of him is like this, according to Adiel's observation, this monitor lizard was obviously not what it is now, but in the end, it mutated and became what it is now

"Is it because of the radiation here?"

Looking at the monitor lizard in front of him and feeling the inexplicable force field around him, Adil thought to himself.

After a while, he got on his horse again and walked quickly in the other direction.

Time began to pass slowly.

A month later, in the distance, the shadow of the Uraldo Academy was faintly visible.

"Boy, stop!" a low, hoarse voice rang in his ears.

Walking to a huge iron gate, a black crow was standing on the iron gate, staring at Adil with pure black eyes.

Just at this moment, Adil felt some stinging pain in front of his eyes, and was stabbed by an extremely strong spiritual force.

Suddenly, Adier's heart sank, and he didn't dare to look up at the other party's eyes, but directly took out a black ring on his right hand.

"My lord, this is my mission credential. ”

He lowered his head and said to the black crow standing in front of him on the iron door.

After saying this, his hand was light, and the black ring that was originally on his hand disappeared in an instant, levitating in front of the other party.

"Yes, it's our academy's mission credentials. ”

Glancing at the black ring in front of him, the crow nodded: "Your luck is good, if you come a few days late, the academy will be completely blocked." ”

As he spoke, the black ring in front of him rushed towards Adil and landed quietly in his hand.

Boom...

With a soft sound, the huge iron door in front of him slowly opened, revealing the scene behind him.

"Thank you, sir. ”

Seeing the door open in front of him, Adil thanked the crow, and then hurriedly led the horse forward.

Entering the academy, there were obviously fewer apprentices around.

Adil noticed that the ordinary servants who were originally used to handle chores in the academy had all disappeared at this time, and it was obvious that they had not been replaced for a long time.

After walking for several hours, Adil walked straight into the underground market.

There were apprentices walking around intermittently, but most of them were first-class apprentices, and second- and third-class apprentices were rarely seen.

Standing in place and quietly observing for a while, Adil found that the number of first-class apprentices around him had basically not changed much compared to before he left, but the number of high-level apprentices had suddenly decreased a lot.

This is the reason why the academy's compulsory recruitment is only for high-level apprentices, such as first-class apprentices, except that their intelligence and spiritual strength are higher than ordinary people, they are not as good as a knight in other aspects, so naturally there is no need to recruit, so they basically survived.

However, although the conscription of the secret realm at this time has ended, the surrounding atmosphere has become more depressing, as if something has happened during this time.

Thinking about these things, subconsciously, Adil wanted to find someone to know the latest news in the academy, so he walked directly to a few familiar places.

The final result made him a little stunned.

In the surrounding several familiar places, the apprentices that Adil was originally familiar with were no longer there at this time, and it seemed that they had either died in the secret realm, or had not yet returned.

"It seems that we can only go directly to the mentor. ”

Looking at the first-class apprentices who walked around one by one, Adil thought helplessly.

He walked straight out of the underground market, and after some time, quickly walked to the tower where Mentor Edith was.

Coming here, to Adil's relief, on the gate of the tower in front of him, a rune was quietly lit, and it seemed that the owner inside was still inside.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked straight over.

As he walked forward, the familiar tower gate detected his aura and automatically opened the door.

"Adiel, you're back?"

Reaching the upper floor of the tower, Mentor Edith had already walked down the hall.

She was wearing a white robe, with wide sleeves swaying down quietly, and she looked at Adil with some surprise at this time: "When I sensed your breath just now, I almost thought I was hallucinating. ”

"Mentor Edith, you're not hallucinating. ”

Looking at Edith in front of him, Adil had a smile on his face: "I'm back." ”

"At this time, it's good to be back... If it takes a while, even if you want to come back, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back. ”

Looking at Adiel, Edith shook her head and said to him, "Several of my apprentices, except for you and another person, have either died in the secret realm or have been exiled, and have not yet returned. ”

"What's going on?"

Standing in place, looking at Edith's appearance, Adil was a little puzzled: "When I was outside the academy, I heard that the secret realm has been sealed now..."

"It's not just the secret realm, in fact, we have sealed off the entire secret realm, including the large area of land around the secret realm, all of which have been cordoned off by large wizards. ”

Listening to Adier's doubts, as if recalling something, Edith's eyes became a little dim, and she spoke directly.