A Sorcerer's Journey, 2

by Flying White Egrets

  After having measured a calculation formula of the repulsive and attractive forces, Glenn took off and flew to the bodies.

  "The badges have been taken." Glenn murmured, thinking it reasonable that the culprit did this. "Since I knew about the badges, there is no reason why Yates and Ardas don’t know them. And since these top students are collecting them, the other ordinary students are guessing their use..."

  "It appears you have some knowledge about the badges. But these guys’ badges were taken by Ardas and me." Yates said to Glenn in a husky voice.

  Glenn didn’t show much care. And Yates could not catch any change in expression from Glenn beneath his Ashen Mask, except for his composed eyes.

  "Are these students in the 19th well-versed in battles?" Glenn asked calmly.

  Yates made a giggling sound, and then said slowly. "Clumsy."

  Glenn was struck dumb. "These more than 20 corpses were the squad team sent from the opponent schools. Then they must be among the best. And yet they were just "clumsy" in Yates’ words, were they? Were they really as weak as Quite Spring implied?"

  Suddenly, a powerful thunder wave broke out from the sky above this tungsten ore range. Glenn and Yates, who were chatting casually, stopped their work with the interjection, and took to the skies where the wave occurred.

  In the sky, about 30 meters above the ground, a student wearing a pointed hat showed himself. Several thunder snakes moved about around his body. In his hand was a magical stick made of some old tree branch, and on the top end of the stick was a sapphire. The thunder waves were turbulent, and Glenn estimated that this guy was at least at the same level with the top ten students in the Black Isotta.

  And Glenn noticed the badge on his chest.

  This student’s attire, his BBCAP in particular, was reminiscent of how Apollo in the Bi Seer city was dressed, which was very different from the cloaks in the 12th section.

  "You’re the Black Sorcerers from the 12th section, are you? You’re filled with evil auras just as my tutor said." The thunder snake student sneered at the crowd of students.

  "What Bright Sorcerer, Dark Sorcerer? There are only Evil-Hunting Sorcerers and Ougi Sorcerers." Yates jeered back, and his eyes were scanning around the student.

  A proud and loud laugh followed. Afterwards, this 19th student whisked the stick in his hand and a purple electronic light moved as if it were a live snake.

  "Such topnotch control..."

  "Haha, my tutor said we had something to learn from you students from the 12th and asked us to participate such a boring tower master game. But rest assured, I’m not the fools you’ve destroyed. Come on, let me see the power of the 12th, who is gonna rise to my challenge?" The 19th student’s face was arrogant, crazy and ferocious.

  All of the students below at the ores became stunned and exchanged scared looks with each other as if they had seen the most unbelievable thing in the world.

  However, the next second, the students from Glenn’s side all made a move on the guy in the sky at the same time as if it had been planned.

  Glenn produced the fire bat sorcery, Lafite the life arrow, Robin the ice arrow and Yates...

  Over 20 sorceries that carried a different level of strength were fired to the guy and the elemental forces soon engulfed the surprised student from the 19th.

  "You despicable lot..." His voice had become weak and stifled. Then an enfeebled thunder force scuttled.

  Yates, Ardas and Lafite turned themselves into three lights and chased.

  Moments later, the three guys had come back, Ardas sneered and dropped a body into the corpse ditch.

  "Is this the stupidity Quite Spring referred to? He is just so rash and brainless. Back in the Sorcery Test for the First-Years, I did not take such suicidal actions even when I was still stronger than you." Thought Glenn.

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  Chapter77 “The Seamen Group”

  Lafite, Yates, Ardas and the others were working within the outer layer of the interjection. Suddenly they looked out, eyes surprised.

  An army of students from the 19th were tramping towards them. There must have been about 200 of them.

  They were overwhelmed.

  Chris was shocked, holding an axe in his hand. "Why so many?"

  Chris’ shock was understandable. The total number of the Black Isotta students was a mere seven or eight thousand. Even Glenn’s team would be reinforced. But the students would not gather in hordes; they would be spread thin across the 200 resource points. And for this current point, there were only two dozens or so.

  Ardas looked out at the marching enemy with his sharp eyes as he unsheathed the long sword on his back. As he gripped the sword, his whole body was giving out gray lights and his long hair became weightless as if he had been possessed by some God.

  The humpback Yates smirked gloomily as the stick in his hand sent a round of waves. The next second, thunder resounded and a huge cloud of dust kicked up. From within the obscuring dust appeared a five-meter-long giant. It rose up with the support of its two 2-meter-long arms. Its eyes were like two huge crystal balls, gleaming gray.

  The giant looked about before roaring. The next second, a hundred thickly-dotted stone spikes were protruding from within his back in the shape of a turtle shell.

  Yates jumped on the shoulder of the giant without much effort. With a stamp of his foot, another wave was given off, following which a three-meter-long dark element sword appeared in the giant’s hand. Its aura was icy as if it was sucking in the lights in the vicinity.

  Glenn, who was behind Lafite at the moment, became dumbfounded at this sight, and ceased the inscription of the water element in the matrix in his mind.

  "This element animated animal..."

  Inspiration struck Glenn and, at the same time, the old, simple and entangled knowledge framework of element animated animals exploded in his mind as a new one began to form.

  No one could ever discern what was ongoing in Glenn’s mind who was still behind Lafite’s back; he was a supporting role, a manservant even!

  All of the students were in battle formation and Ardas, shrouded in the lights, glimpsed at Lafite’s team and said lightly: "Take it easy. Think of them as little soldiers of the human world. They are fools with nothing but theories."

  "Easier said than done. There are 200 of them. Maybe this time..."

  The over 200 students from the 19th section spent some time coming into battle formation. And then they marched in an impressive parade towards Glenn and the others to deter them and even make them surrender in this imposing manner.

  Glenn didn’t know that traditionally, in the 19th section, this imposing manner played an important role in the ring fights. However, in the12th, there was no such thing as the ring fight, nor was there surrender. It was either live or die.

  "Ardas, look. Those fools are just coming in this stupid way. I wonder if there is something wrong with their heads and if they have even been in a real fight." Yates who was standing on the giant’s shoulder shrilled. He had gotten too excited.

  Lafite hovered in the air fluttering a pair of wings. "Were those dead students as silly as them?"

  Ardas made no response but snorted. Then he turned his eyes to the coming students as if they were alien creatures.

  Glenn also thought it incredible for the 19th section students to make an offense against them with no reconnaissance, no outposts, and without long distance sorcery attacks — apparently, they had no strategies.

  Upon seeing this, Robinson’s despair suddenly turned optimistic. "They’re entering the interjection traps."

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  "Everyone, stay in your position. Let us teach the Dark Sorcerers a lesson. These Dark Sorcerers must have gotten so frightened to the point of peeing a little. Haha..." The leader of the charging students smiled.

  A female student in the troops responded. "Right. And we’re proving to the stude
nts who have come to the 19th section schools before us. Proving to them that we’re strong and we’re gonna save some face for them. The Dark Sorcerers are obsessed with internal strife and know nothing about the power of unity."

  "We’ve been working so hard for all these years and we’ve got one "lord" among ten students now and even the rulers. We’ll definitely destroy those foolish Dark Sorcerers. It’s said they have this "top ten ranking" in their school. How naive they are!" Another student continued.

  Another one from the crowd yelled. "I heard that there is a sorcery test for the first year students in the 19th where the participants could kill their partners and get magical stones in return. They’re too ignorant as to have more knowledge than magical stones, which only play accessory functions..."

  A rumbling sound exploded.

  The speaker was not even finished when an electric light exploded in them and a rune interjection flashed in the air, followed by about a dozen fire balls and then several dozens of icy balls...

  "It’s an interjection. They laid interjections. These cowards have no courage to fight heads-on. Full retreat, full retreat."

  "Shit...It’s the swamp sorcery. Flight sorcery guy come help me..."

  "My legs are sinking..."

  "I don’t wanna die..."

  "Ray, I don’t wanna die..."

  Chaos befell the formation where most of the students scrambled in dreadful disorder. The delicately woven "unity" broke. And some even suffered from hematophobia and collapsed on the ground.

  If anyone from the 12th section had hematophobia, he or she would have been eliminated before having a chance to take the Sorcery Test.

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  The dark elements in Yates’ hand converged and became a long spear. He hurled it at the fleeing students faraway and leered strangely. "Destroy you all arrogant fools."

  Making a whizzing sound, Ardas dashed towards the chaotic enemies like a bolt of lightning, followed by his own men.

  Yates controlled the giant and moved making booming sounds, followed by his men.

  "Charge—" Robin shouted as she rode her boar rushing forward with the monkey on her shoulder.

  "My wife, be careful. Wait for me." Robinson followed fast.

  Chris grinned, baring his white teeth. "Glenn, you protect my sister. I’ll do the killing for you. Haha..."

  Glenn smiled and then his eyes went lost again. The inspiration he got from the giant was not fully "digested" yet and thus he dared not to dawdle. This inspiration could expedite the birth of his element animal activation sorcery by a year.

  Lafite whirred about with her element arrows; Chris was slaying heads in the enemy’s formation with Nina chanting spells and resupplying magical power to him relentlessly. Nina also learned several other auxiliary sorceries and Glenn could feel he was being protected by a thin film of earth element.

  Glenn’s mental strength was in a hysteric state deriving from the element activation, and with a casual wave of hand, a student’s badge was drawn to him under precise control even though he hadn’t been in the actual killings.

  "Glenn, given the current situation, you’ll not be needed in the rear. You go for the badges. They seem important. I’ll stay and protect Nina," said Lafite who had shot a dozen consecutive arrows from the rear.

  Lafite had no idea that Glenn was staying in the rear just to save time to improve himself and thus could be more prepared for the Holy Tower trials, the most glorious award for sorcery students—Not just for the oath he took.

  Glenn smiled, though the smile was invisible to Lafite as it was beneath the Ashen Mask. "Nope, I’ll be here for your protection. Having 100 badges gathered will be enough and there is still time." Glenn then sank into the making of element animals.

  Anna stuck out her tongue in a cute way. And Lafite just left Glenn alone after hearing him saying that, and continued with her shooting.

  It was an unbelievable scene of 20 students chasing around over 200!

  One reason was the devastation wrought on the 19th students by the interjections, and the second was their cowardice. They simply fled in disorder after experiencing the explosions and had no guts to fight back by making use of their sorceries.

  Suddenly, Lafite and the others had a notion about the event playing out before them:

  The 12th students were actually the Seamen group—cruel knights—back on the ship and the seemingly strong 19th students were the little students before the Death Sail league was established!

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  Chapter78 The Mad Woman

  Almost 100 dead bodies were littered before the students.

  Yates, Ardas and Lafite dragged these bodies into the ditch and buried them crudely to prevent the rancid stink.

  Along with the bodies was a pile of magical tools, which attracted no attention from Yates and Ardas. Ordinary tools were basically worthless to students as strong as them. Others like Lafite however, whose mental strength hadn’t reached 40, picked a few gadgets from the heap. Glenn chose a ring whose function was the same as his necklace—raise the value of mental strength under 40 by two points.

  At the time, Lafite's mind was racing with thoughts.

  "The 12th students were the cruel seamen group and the 19th students were the little students back on the ship. Then what if the better skilled students survived the hunting by us and formed some organization like the Death Sail League? Would they launch a comeback? Or could they at least rival us as equals? If so, a real war would break out since the Black Isotta tasked us with taking no less than 30 resource points." Thought Lafite. "There is no way to unite the 12th students. They grew to be against unity, to be with their different mentality. And yet the 19th could achieve this because they have no internal conflicts."

  Thus, Lafite’s worries could be said to be understandable. But soon something distracted her from her thoughts.

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  "Us two are Compass Schoolers. Why are you doing this to us?" A bossy female voice came down from the ore slope.

  The woman’s clothes could barely cover her, whose figure was in great shape. Her long hair was fluttering in the air, and her eyes overbearing.

  Glenn was studying the radium element in his oblivion when he raised his head upon catching that voice.

  "Isn’t she Mina, the domineering, tyrannic Daughter of Sun from the Gory test?"

  Glenn could still remember this Mina from the Compass School till this day. She had fought alone against the most gifted students of the Black Isotta. People were impressed by what she was capable of and Glenn himself nearly died because of her. But one virtue of knowing her was that he had gotten her Body of Flame.

  This woman was an enhanced version of Lafite!

  Then Yate’s murmuring voice came from the slope. "You say you are from the Compass, who can prove that?"

  "No need for that!" A female voice rang out from behind Mina. The sight of everyone on the scene grew dim. The next second, the bulk of the stone giant cracked and then exploded with a booming sound. Broken icicles scattered throughout the surrounding air, and the area turned cold.

  Yates was quick enough to turn himself into a beam of black smoke and reappeared several dozen meters away. He looked at the site where he was at with a shocked face.

  It was the giant’s hand that had been hit and smashed by an icicle, leaving only the arm being swallowed by the cloud of ice.

  Yates quivered at the sight of this. With such formidable power, she must be the perennial first-place holder of the top ten students of the Black Isotta—Milly, the Ice Age.

  The top ten students of the Black Isotta are tiered into three levels.

  The lowest level was for the last five students on the list. The best capability could be brought out was Glenn in his prime before he obtained the gifts of Bionna and Kyrie and before he intentionally exposed himself to the poisons.

  The second level wa
s basically the leaders of the four major leagues in the school, who could deal with the schools’ protectors.

  As for the highest level, only two students were graded into this class in the last nine batches of students enrolled in the school. Despite the two students being unable to match a real sorcerer’s ability to harness natural forces, they could stand on an equal footing with level-one underground Lianti sorcerers in terms of their comprehensive capabilities. There was one thing worth mentioning: underground Lianti sorcerers couldn’t harness natural forces and natural forces were not able to cause harm to them.

  It could be summarized that in the absence of sorcerers, they would be the protector of the schools. And Ice Age Milly was one of the two best students.

  "Impossible. Ice Age Milly? Such a mighty student would be sent to the 15th resource point by those great sorcerers. Why would you be here?" Yates asked doubtfully in a shrill voice.

  "Oh? You know me then?" The gloomy Milly became nonchalant.

  "Ha, I don’t know you though. Forget it, save the introduction for later. The center resource point has got that guy for the protection. I’m not happy with him but he is more than able for the defense. Anyway, I came here for my sister."

  "Your sister?"

  Milly had attracted Ardas' attention, who had instantly recognized her. Currently, he was gazing at this good-figured, red-haired, arrogant and cool girl.

  Glenn and the others were not able to determine how strong the two students were except for the fact that they were strong.

  Only Lafite among the group had recognized Mina because she had once used the Golden Eye to lock her and thus remembered her. She just hadn’t gotten the chance to speak it out.

  "You’re the Bright Sword Ardas?! Your wings of light are fabulous." Milly scanned the crowd and spoke to the fifth-ranked Ardas.

  Ardas replied solemnly. "They could save my life."

  Mina snorted, and then said lightly: "Why can't we..." With the sentence half finished, she stopped suddenly, and said joyously: "Glenn?"