The light of the morning sun shines.

Steve got out of bed and stretched, then picked up the breakfast that Miss Tinax had prepared and took a few bites.

"Master!" the voice of the Empress of the Zera Ant Clan suddenly came.

Stephen was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

The psychic message of the Empress of the Zela Ant Clan rang out: "We have found a place where monsters are entrenched in the mines. Later, some corrupted Bloody Ore was found. ”

Bloody Mine?

Stephen recalled, "Hmm. I'll go over now. ”

Stomp and tread.

A burst of cheerful footsteps sounded.

Stephen turned his head and saw the second lady who had just gone out, he glared at the other party angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Don't run around today." Obediently go to the library and read a book with Miss Fran. ”

"Ah?!...... Oh......" Hearing this, the second cargo said with a loveless expression.

Her big dripping eyes rolled as if she was trying to figure out something, and Stephen reached out and knocked on her head and said, "Don't think about sneaking away, I'll check your homework when I come back in the evening." ”

Now it's really loveless.

Stephen ignored the fact that the wind had become a little decadent, and turned and flew towards the mine.

Soon.

Stephen reached the vicinity of Arantir's mines, where there were still a handful of monsters, but they had been almost cleaned up.

A small group of soldier ants appeared in front of her, guarding a female Zela, holding in her hand a blood-red strange ore that Stephen had seen on the Quarter Moon, but had not yet figured out how to use it.

"Is this the Bloody Mine? It feels a little different from the one on the Quarter Moon......" Stephen took and let Taling 1 scan it.

The main structure of the ore is still iron, but there are some other things in it.

The ore activity value is very high.

It has a high affinity for the elements.

There is also a hint of flesh and blood essence, but there is a corrupting power.

"Have you been corrupted by the power of the ancient evils? I don't know what the effect will be after refining!" Stephen thought for a moment and ordered, "Send a batch to my lab." ”

The days go by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the date for returning to the Tower of the Fifth Ring was approaching, and Arrantiel's side was already in order, and Countess Elija was temporarily in charge of the city. A huge ant nest has been built underneath the city, and the colony has more than 5,000 people, a quarter of which are combat-ready soldiers, so Stephen is not very worried about the safety of the city. The spoils were all left to Miss Pasha's caravan, and Countess Elia would help her, and in any case she was already the number one noblewoman (noblewoman) in the north with Stephen's support.

A lot of other bits and pieces.

However, most of them can be handed over to Taling 1, and the current core task of the Wizard Tower is to accumulate the number of golem puppets.

A teleportation aura emerged.

Stephen's figure has returned to the Black Sea, and the attack from the ancient evil has caused the entire Black Coast to wither a lot, and many small towns have been destroyed by the attack of the monsters. At present, the survivors are all large cities with stronger defenses, and the worldly mortal forces seem to have united, and the demon hunter organization is active in the world, actively recruiting qualified apprentices from the common people. These don't have much to do with Stephen, and the Five Rings Tower itself doesn't care about worldly powers, and wizards have always had a bit of arrogance over the world.

Inside the Academy.

Everyone who saw Stephen along the way couldn't help but lean down slightly and respectfully: "Mentor Stephen!"

"Lord Stephen!"

"Master Stephen!"

Stephen nodded slightly to these people who took the initiative to greet them.

When he arrived at the central garden, he couldn't help but frown, and turned to look at a certain entrance to the observatory, where a small group of wizards dressed in strange black robes appeared in front of him, and they did not have the emblem of the Five Rings Tower, but instead wore the emblem of a tower surrounded by misty ghosts.

These people are the dark wizards of the Tower of the Shadows!

As if sensing Stephen's gaze, the wizard at the head turned his head, and a pale skull appeared in front of him, with a lilac soul fire dancing in his pupils. The necromancer nodded slightly at Stephen with a somewhat oozing smile.

All around him were necromancers, but they weren't completely undead, and they still maintained their human flesh and blood, just looking at the fact that their flesh had dried up.

It's like a kind of dried zombie.

"How could a dark wizard be in the Tower of the Five Rings?" Stephen looked a little stunned.

Soon.

The group led by the red-robed wizard Victor walked out, greeted the necromancer on the opposite side, and then led them towards the astrological platform.

Is the Tower of the Five Rings really planning to join forces with the Dark Wizards?

Stephen frowned and pondered for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the Botanical Garden, these are all things that the academy's top brass consider, and judging from the current situation that is gradually collapsing, it is not bad to be able to temporarily stop the war with the dark wizards.

Botanical garden.

Stephen had just returned and was stunned for a moment, as he saw a blue slime monster more than a meter in diameter bouncing around with a group of smaller blue slime monsters.

Slime monsters are commonly known as slimes.

It's the same kind of creature as the ooze monsters, but it's a little less aggressive and much weaker.

"Who brought this back?" asked Stephen as he glanced at the Pikgen, who was being chased by the slime monster.

Jacob on the side said, "The wizard of Mograine recovered it from near the mire of death. Temporarily fostered in the botanical garden, they are not dangerous, but they look more naughty. ”

A large group of blue slime monsters ran after Pippel.

More than a dozen Picks jumped around with them, and when they saw Stephen from afar, they turned around and ran away.

What's going on?

When did Wizard Mograine start studying slime monsters?

Stephen shook his head and walked towards his house, taking a look at Witch Liana on the way, she was still dormant, but judging by the aura emitted by the plants, she was about to wake up.

The twin sisters are taking a class outside.

They've been substitute twice a week lately, mostly on "Introduction to Potions."

"Your Excellency Stephen. ”

"Chief Wizard Victor has invited you to the Hall of the Astrological Observatory. "Soon. A gray-robed wizard arrives in the Botanical Gardens.

So fast?

Stephen nodded and said, "Okay." I'll be over in a moment. ”

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