July 1, 363 Hess calendar.

After half a year, Rogge's team returned to Holke Academy.

Today is still the first day of school, and the airboat stopped at the college station, attracting onlookers from students.

Rogge and the others got down from the airboat and looked at the young faces of the freshmen, as if they had seen what they looked like when they first entered the academy a year ago.

The difference is that the students all wear black ribbons around their arms.

The encounter of the team heading to the Spirit Evoking Saint reached Holker City at a faster speed than the Royal Airship.

Of the 100 outstanding students who went to the Holy Land of Summoning Spirits, 33 were buried in the secret garden, two died in the attack of the demonic beasts, and the remaining 65 finally returned to their homeland.

The students saluted silently, and seeing this scene, the joy of Rogge and the others returning to the academy was replaced by sadness.

For Rogge's team, the experience of the Spirit Beast Secret Garden is an opportunity, and the attack of the Demon Beast is a challenge.

They seized the opportunity, crossed the challenge, and although there were many difficulties, they all survived, greatly improved their strength, and made great progress.

And for most of the students who went with them, the bloodline slaughter in the Spirit Beast Secret Garden and the attack of the demonic beasts on the return journey were disasters, and it was not easy for them to survive the disaster when they were young.

Everyone attended the opening ceremony with the new students, and Dean Anderson's speech was similar to last year's speech, and I think this is the same as the dean's speech every year.

At the end of the opening ceremony, Anderson led all the students to pay a moment of silence to the students who were killed, and the freshmen were worried about their future when they first entered the college.

After the ceremony, Rogge's team first went back to the villa dormitory, and then went straight to the dean's office.

"Knock knock."

"Please come in."

Rogge pushed the door in, as if the older Dean Anderson was still reading the papers, and he always seemed to have endless papers.

"Rogge, Philia, you're here." A smile bloomed on Anderson's wrinkled face, and then he sighed again, sad, "If only you could come back." ”

The death of 35 outstanding students is a very painful blow to a top dean of a college who is committed to nurturing outstanding talent.

This was the biggest accident that had occurred since Anderson became dean, and from the time he received the news to the present, Anderson was in a state of grief and self-blame, even though the death of the students had nothing to do with him.

"Alas, you have suffered." Anderson sighed.

Ofina raised her hand was a blessing technique, which made Anderson feel warm in his heart, "Uncle Dean, don't be sad, there are more wrinkles on your face." ”

Philia also comforted him: "Uncle Anderson, the changes in the Spirit Beast Secret Garden are not something you could have expected, so don't blame yourself anymore." ”

"Alas, yes, who would have thought that the Spirit Beast Secret Garden, which had never had an accident, would be invaded by the Blood Queen herself. Pity these children, who died in the war before they graduated from the academy. ”

"Dean Anderson, the loss of my classmates is heartbreaking, but the facts cannot be changed, and we have more important things to do." Rog carefully told Anderson about the Alien Crystal and the Alien Demon.

Anderson was a close friend of Filia's father, the Marquis of Brandon, and one of King Charles's most trusted men. When Charles first paid attention to anomalous monsters a few years ago, he asked Anderson and Brandon to investigate.

When Helena messaged Rogge, she told him to only tell his most trusted companions, and that Anderson was trustworthy as a mentor to everyone.

And even if Rogge doesn't say it, King Charles will inform Anderson of the whole thing and put him in charge of the investigation.

After listening to Rogge's report, Anderson's reaction was quite calm. In addition to his teaching work, he devoted all the remaining time to the investigation and research of the Alien Crystal, so he was very receptive to relevant information.

"Where did all this information come from?" Anderson asked.

Filia explained, "What Princess Helena of the Celestial Sea Kingdom told us is also the speculation that Rogge made after the attack of the Demon Beast Tide. ”

"You speculate that the demonic beasts encountered in the Blue Sea are in the second and third stages, but do you have samples of their demon cores?"

"Yes, a lot."

In order to make money, Orfina buys a large number of space items from Ursol, which comes in handy when cleaning up the battlefield. Rogge asked for a few spatial rings and stored those anomalous cores, which were now just in time for Anderson to see.

Anderson took the space ring, his consciousness penetrated, and his back straightened instantly.

The demon cores glowing with a strange red light almost crowded these spatial rings, and the magic cores were of different sizes, there were many large ones, and the largest ones were even more than a person tall.

The size of the magic core is often directly proportional to the strength of the demonic beast, and these large demonic cores must come from the powerful demonic beast.

Anderson could see from a few glances that the largest magic cores were all Beastmaster-level monsters, and they were terrifying creatures of the same level as him.

Seeing these magic cores, Anderson seemed to be there, witnessing the hardships and fierceness of that battle.

"You ...... Great work. Anderson thought for a moment, as if no words could express his concern and concern for these children, so he could only say the words "hard work".

"Uncle Anderson, Rogge are all in the second stage, and I have a suspected third stage here." Filia takes out the Shark Demon Leader's core and gives it to Anderson.

Anderson was immediately attracted to the Shark Leader's core, as it looked almost identical to the Alien Crystal.

After holding it and looking at it for a long time, Anderson said: "With the sample, it is much easier for me to study, you really gave me a surprise!" But I don't need that much, about ten is enough, and you can handle the rest yourself. ”

"Uncle Anderson, what has been the situation in the northwest of the empire during the time we have been away?" Philia asked.

"There have been three abnormal Warcraft incidents, which can be regarded as calm. However, I've noticed that someone has been buying up these anomalous cores lately. ”

Rogge and Philia glanced at each other, and Rogge asked, "Has the dean investigated the flow of the demon core?" ”

Anderson pointed to his feet and replied, "It's Holker City." ”

"Holker City?" Filia wondered.

Holker City is the domain of Duke Elwyn of the Swift Dragon family, Duke Elwin is a strong and upright man, never plays politics with his eyes, and puts all his energy into the war with the Orc Alliance.

As the ruler of the Kwi Domain, Duke Erwin led his army to keep the orc army out of the western front fortress group, and it can be said that without him, there would be no relatively stable environment in the empire today.

It is very unlikely that such a general, who has done his best for the Empire, is the person behind the Alien Crystal incident.

Anderson heard something in Filia's unconcealed tone and asked, "What, it doesn't match your speculation?" ”

"Uncle Anderson, we learned in Ipney Harbor that someone is hiring people to buy the Alien Crystal in many places, and the final destination is the northwest of the Empire, but we didn't expect it to be Holker City." Philia replied.

"It's normal, flowing to Holke City doesn't mean that Duke Erwin has a problem, it may just be a transit station. Philia, who are you suspicious of? ”

"Ironwall, Viscount Potter."

Filia told Anderson about Durucco's suspicions about revising his exploits and Durucco's alienation in front of them.

"You killed Durucot?"

"I killed it." Rogge Dao.

"You really trust me."

"Uncle Anderson, you grew up watching me, and I trust you." Anderson brings one of the few warm memories of her childhood, and she believes she can't be mistaken.

"Well, I won't live up to your trust." Anderson stroked his beard and thought for a moment, "The evidence is not strong enough, it is suspicious but it cannot be determined. ”

"We found an unsigned letter in Durucco's Space Ring, do you have an impression of the handwriting?"

Anderson glanced at the letter twice, shook his head, and said, "No, a person's handwriting can be hidden, and cannot be used as conclusive evidence, but I can write a letter to Viscount Potter and compare it when he replies to the letter." ”

"Will it startle the snake?" Madeleine struggled to keep up with everyone's thoughts, asking.

Anderson explained: "No, it's just a daily letter, it's not going to be alarming. And even if it were him, he wouldn't have paid attention to Trucco's letter if he didn't know that we were in our hands. ”

Anderson put away the anomalous magic core, wrote a few more notes on his memo, and said: "Okay, that's all for the matter of the alien crystal first, King Charles asked me to go to Odens after the opening ceremony, and I guess I also said about it." I'll let you know when I'm back, and I'll have some reliable information. ”

"Okay, Uncle Anderson." Filia said.

"You went to the Spirit Beast Secret Garden, did you get anything?"

Anderson felt that everyone's temperament had changed, and he had become more calm than during the Chinese New Year, like a new recruit who had become a battle-hardened soldier.

As he taught everyone, the battle makes people grow rapidly, and the strength of everyone grows by leaps and bounds, in addition to talent, it is also accumulated and honed from the fierce battles.

It's not just them, but the students who have returned from the Holy Land of Summoning Spirits have all grown and have already left their classmates a notch.

"Uncle Dean, we're all pretty good now!" When it comes to the improvement of strength, Orfina has the most right to speak, "They are all advanced now." ”

"Oh?" Anderson carefully looked at everyone one by one, and the faint sadness on his face was finally replaced by joy, "Yes, you are indeed the best children!" Ha ha! ”

Anderson finally smiled, and there is nothing more meaningful for a teacher than witnessing the growth of his students.

"They're all advanced, you have to do it too." Anderson said to Orfina.

"I've been doing my best, I'm about to become a magister!"

"Magister......" Anderson looked at Orfina in surprise, still remembering that when she was first admitted to the hospital last year, Orfina's magic value was only more than 2,000 points, and now she is about to become a Magister?

Anderson thought about it carefully, everyone's talent is very good, but this growth rate is too fast, and he must have seized some opportunity.

"How did you improve so quickly?" Anderson asked.

"Xiaocai gave us a holy fruit, but it was delicious, after eating it, my whole body was full of strength, and I improved rapidly." Orfina said.

"Xiaocai is the nine-colored divine phoenix." Rogge added.

"Divine Phoenix...... Holy Fruit ...... No wonder, it seems that what you have been through is far more wonderful than I know! So, who of you became a Soul Caller? ”

Except for Sonya, everyone present raised their hands.