Three days later, the Astor Academy of Magic officially began its vacation, and the students walked alone or in groups, according to their own plans, and began their own dull or exciting holiday trip.

The dormitory for the special students also began to empty, and everyone left here intermittently to start their wonderful holiday trip.

Snow Without a Trace is also on the way to the Elven Forest under the leadership of the Magister. The Canglan Continent as a whole is an irregular polygonal shape, while the Augustan Empire and the Barlow Empire are opposed to each other in the north and south, and there are large and small principalities and tribes around the two empires and the bordering land boundaries, which is also the result of the unique climate, geographical location, and strategic policies of the two empires in the Canglan Continent.

The four seasons of the Canglan Continent are distinct, but the further north it goes, the colder it becomes, and in the northernmost part of the Canglan Continent, it is already covered by heavy snow all year round.

On the border of the Barlow Empire, there is no summer all year round, there is only a boundless ice crystal world, and further north, there is the legendary ice tribe residence, where the environment is no longer for humans to survive, so only the strange ice tribe lives in the coldest place in the Canglan continent, guarding there for generations, as for what the north of the ice tribe is like, it is not known to people.

The same situation also appeared in the south of the Augustan Empire, the north of the Canglan Continent represents the severe cold, then the south represents the heat, the southernmost part of the Augustan Empire, there are only five hours of night in a whole day, and it is under the high temperature all year round, and then to the south, it is the Fire Clan who adapts to the heat, and like the Ice Clan in the north, the Fire Clan has lived in the hottest place on the continent for generations.

The Augustan Empire in the south and the Barlow Empire in the north have had a lot of wars, but the strength of the two sides is close, and they have won and lost each other, but no one can suppress each other, and hundreds of years of war have also made the two countries tired, so between the two empires, there have been dozens of principalities of all sizes and sizes, becoming a buffer zone for the two empires, after all, there is no winner in the war of the two empires, fortunately, they are separated and have nothing to do with each other.

And the strength of large and small principalities is also very weak compared to the two major empires, and it is not at the same level at all. The two empires also turned a blind eye to the struggle between these principalities, and did not interfere, and the two empires did not look down on the war at that level.

In the western part of the Canglan Continent, there is an endless desert, the Gobi, desert tribes of different sizes are stationed in places with oases, and from time to time they make some transactions with various principalities and two empires, but they are also safe. The eastern part of the continent is a white sea, no one knows how big this sea is, but this sea belongs to the sea tribe domain, and the humans on the continent are not interested, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

This time, the Elven Forest where the Magister and Snow Without a Trace were going was an area located in the southwest of the Canglan Continent, bordering the Augustan Empire. It does not belong to the jurisdiction of the Augustan Empire, the Fire Clan, but only the pure land of the Elven Clan, although the Augustan Empire, the Fire Clan, and even the barbarians in the southwest have all fought the idea of this rich forest, but under the unity of the Elf Clan, they have all been driven out and have never succeeded, and this forest has always been in the hands of the Elf Clan.

Therefore, if the Magister and Snow Traceless want to go to the Elven Forest, they basically have to travel through the two empires, and the journey is not short, but fortunately, the vacation is two months, which should be enough.

Originally, Xue Wuxian thought that the Magister would rush to the Elven Forest as soon as possible with him using flying magic, but strangely, the Magister seemed to have other plans.

Leaving the Astor Academy of Magic, the Magister took Snow Traceless to a medium-sized city not very far from the academy, although there were some doubts, Snow Traceless decided to follow Uncle Wizard to see what his plans were, and the Wizard seemed to have decided a long time ago, and took Snow Traceless to the location of the mercenary organization branch in the city.

Standing at the door of the mercenary organization's branch, Xue Wuxian couldn't believe it, didn't it? Could it be that we were going to the Elven Forest as a mercenary? No wonder Xue Wuxian was so surprised, after all, the embarrassing position of the mercenary organization was obvious.

On the Canglan Continent, the status of the mercenary organization is very special, as a magic association in the form of a magician organization, as a knight association in the form of a knight organization, it has been respected by people since ancient times, and the support of the rulers of the empire, it is a very honorable thing to be a magician or a knight, even the nobles who rule the continent treat magicians and knights with courtesy. But mercenaries are a different story.

The mercenary organization was not officially recognized at first, probably the rulers of the empire thought that there was such a group of men with violent elements, but did not enter the army was always an unstable factor, therefore, the mercenary organization was attacked from the beginning, but the mercenary organization naturally has its rationality for its existence, in daily affairs, mercenaries have an important role in the development of the country's economy, even if the two empires, sometimes local officials will come forward to hire mercenaries to do something that the garrison cannot do, not to mention the strength of the principality that is much weaker than the two empires, and even the principality will hire mercenaries to fight for it。

Over time, the various rulers of the mainland have also let go of the shackles on the mercenary organization, but as a condition, the ruler has charged a high amount of taxes, but fortunately, the mercenary organization has always been developing, and to this day, the development of the mercenary organization is not inferior to the magic association, the knight association, after all, the conditions for mercenaries are much less than those for becoming a magician and a knight. Therefore, even the rulers of the two empires did not dare to easily impose any restrictions on mercenary organizations, after all, mercenary organizations have become an important part of the empire.

However, even so, the mercenary organization is still in a very embarrassing situation, a person, as long as he can become a magician or a knight, then he will never consider becoming a mercenary, after all, the treatment of mercenaries is far worse than that of magicians and knights, whether it is in terms of status or security.

Therefore, when the Faqi came to the door of the Mercenary Association with Snow Traceless, Snow Traceless was stunned.

As if he had guessed what Xue Wuxian was thinking, Fa Qi said with a smile: "My identity is a little sensitive, so I can't go directly to the Elven Forest, I can only use the title of mercenary as a cover, okay, let's go in!"

As he spoke, he motioned for Xue Wuxian to follow him in. I still thought about Fa Li's words in my mind, and my identity was sensitive? What do you mean? However, when Xue Wuxian came back to his senses, Fa Qi had already walked in, and shook his head helplessly, and Xue Wuxian hurriedly followed.

The façade of the Mercenary Association is not very good, of course, compared to the Magician Association and the Knight Association, but for Xue Wuxi, who has lived in the Iron Mountain since he was a child, it is still more magnificent, and the Falun is different, as a strong man in the realm of the Magister, even some of the palace Faqi of the principality have also entered, and he is not interested in the façade of the Mercenary Guild in an ordinary city.

When Xue Wuxian was still curiously looking at the lobby of the Mercenary Association, the Faqi had already walked to the counter in charge of daily affairs in the lobby, "Hello, sir, is there anything I can do for you?"

Seeing someone come in, the woman who was looking at her twenty-eighth year old at the counter said to the law bully who came over with a professional smile on her face.

"Oh, that's right, me, and my nephew," said Fa Li, pointing to the curious Xue Wuxian and explaining to the woman, "The two of us, if we want to become mercenaries, I wonder if we can be tested here?"

"Of course, please wait a minute, and I'll inform the staff in charge of testing right away. With that, the woman smiled at the macho and walked backstage.

If you want to become a mercenary, you must be tested by the mercenary association, and only after passing the test can you accept assignments with the mercenary qualification certificate issued by the mercenary association, perform escort tasks, and finally get the employer's commission.

Speaking of which, I have to mention that the regulations of the mercenary association test, the mercenary association divides the test people into five levels, from high to low, which are S-level, A-level, B-level, C-level, D-level, among which the junior martial artist, the intermediate martial artist belongs to the lowest D-level, the senior martial artist belongs to the C level, the martial artist belongs to the B level, the martial artist belongs to the A level, and the martial saint is naturally the S level.

The same goes for magicians.

Correspondingly, the level of the mercenary group is the same as the level of the mercenary, and there are also five levels, if there is a master of the martial saint level in the mercenary group, it naturally belongs to the S-level mercenary group, and so on.

However, after all, most people look down on the mercenary profession, so there are very few strong people who can reach the level of martial saints who choose to be mercenaries, almost none, and there are only three S-level mercenary groups on the mainland.

However, the purpose of Faqi and Snow Traceless is not to become mercenaries, just to cover up their identities, just to obtain mercenary qualification certificates, but they don't care about the level.

After a while, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties walked out, and from his steady pace, Xue Wuxian secretly deduced in his heart that he was afraid that he had martial arts in the realm of martial arts, and his magic level was not lower than that of a great magician.

Of course, the strength of the Fa Qi naturally saw the depth of the strength of the middle-aged man in front of him, and he said in a slightly respectful tone: "Hello, the two of us want to get the mercenary qualification certificate, I'm sorry for you." ”

In fact, the person who appeared in front of him was the person in charge of the branch of this mercenary association, and he came here to shop here today with nothing to do, just in time for someone to take the mercenary qualification certificate, and he came to the front desk on a whim.

Seeing the Fa Qi and Xue Wuxi, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, with his comprehensive strength to reach the realm of martial artists, he couldn't even see the depth of the Fa Qi, and the young man who looked less than twenty years old also had good strength, what were they. After thinking about it for a while, he still said politely: "You two, please come to the back hall with me, and I will be in charge of the test." ”

He naturally has his own ideas, understands that things are not easy to expose, and invited Faqi and Xue Wuxian to the back hall, and seeing that the branch president was so polite, the woman at the front desk couldn't help but wonder, when did the branch president become so good at talking, I really don't understand.

After bringing the Fa Qi and Xue Wuxian to the back hall, he respectfully said to the Fa Li: "I don't know what this adult commands, I will do my best!" He has already treated the Fa Qi as a strong man at the level of a martial saint, this kind of strong man must have his own purpose for condescending to come here, such a strong man is not something he can offend, what to do, he naturally understands.