When Grim and Isaac returned to the place where the team had split up, four people were already waiting there.
Marcus, Liander, Isaac, and Bruce revealed relaxed smiles at the same time when they saw the weakest team emerge safely. If something went wrong with Grim and Mary's team, then someone would have to carry out the mission alone in the next underground patrol.
However, before they could retract the smile on their faces, they were shocked by the corpse that Mary brought back. The black wizard robe, which was completely different from theirs, all showed that this … this was a Wizard Apprentice from the Fallen Wizard Camp.
The three senior Wizard Apprentices were fine, but the Prospective Wizard Marcus looked a little unnatural.
"Is it a senior Wizard Apprentice or a Prospective Wizard?" Marcus asked in a deep voice.
"Of course it's a senior Wizard Apprentice. If it's a Prospective Wizard, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back! "Mary said matter-of-factly.
After hearing her answer, the shock on the Quasi Wizard Marcus' face eased a little, but the bewilderment on his face was still there. If he had not experienced the underground trip, he might not have cared about this result. But the trip just now had brutally told him that it was a disaster to use elemental witchcraft.
Elemental witchcraft had always been at the forefront of all witchcraft because of its great power and wide range. This allowed apprentices who had mastered elemental witchcraft to temporarily transform into a terrifying cannon, submerging the battlefield in a violent and ferocious wave of witchcraft. It was not the number of enemies that limited an apprentice's ability, but the limited amount of witchcraft they had.
But in the underground, these past experiences were no longer useful.
In a section of the underground passageway, they had to fight against an unexpected enemy. Overly fierce elemental sorcery would directly destroy the only space they could stay in. What awaited them would be tons of earth and gravel sloping downwards. Even if it was a Prospective Wizard, once buried underground, the chance of escaping alive was not high.
In the underground world, the pursuit of a battle between apprentices was not the terrifying power of witchcraft, but the right amount of witchcraft. Only by restraining the power of witchcraft and accurately and effectively projecting it to the enemy could one be considered a qualified witchcraft user.
When faced with the Rat Men that swarmed over in the dark, perhaps it was not the enemy that brought disaster to you, but the Exploding Fireball that you casually shot out. Therefore, after experiencing the besiegement of hordes of underground creatures, after experiencing the sneak attacks of strange magical beasts in the dark, every acolyte who had just entered the underground would slowly shed away their past arrogant and domineering personalities in this painful and difficult tempering. They would begin to become ruthless and steady, intelligent and quick-witted.
It was precisely because they had personally experienced this that they knew how painful and depressing it was to fight against an enemy of the same level underground. Hence, when they saw Mary bring back the corpse of a high-ranked Acolyte of the same level as her, they could not help but reveal looks of shock.
None of the acolytes who accepted the mission to investigate the Gloomy Crypt had taken the path of a Physique Refinement Magus. Why? This was because the underground world's narrow and deep passageways and battlegrounds were not suitable for them, who liked to fight head-on. Battles here were actually more inclined towards small-scale spells that were of moderate power and could be cast faster.
Both sides needed to constantly change the battleground, using the accumulation of partial victories to swallow the opponent bit by bit. However, once one side saw that the situation was not good and decided to escape, it would be difficult for the other side to trap and kill the other side without special means.
The fact that Red Dress Mary could do this obviously showed that she had some kind of strange witchcraft that was extremely suitable for use in the underground. So what could it be?
Everyone could not help but fall into deep thought.
At this time, 34 hours had passed since the last time they parted. According to the inference of the journey, even the most difficult Sabrina and the others should have returned by now. Thinking of the fierce "earthquake" that had occurred previously, everyone could not help but feel worried.
Fortunately, the most terrible thing did not happen. After waiting for three hours, Sabrina and Shilah came back dejectedly. The mission site they chose was located nearly ten miles deep underground, so the huge change in the ground just now had the greatest impact on them. If Sabrina's major was not mechanical witchcraft, and several of her main organs had been replaced by powerful magic machinery, it would have been difficult to open up a path from the layers of collapsed underground to the surface.
Since four out of five teams had returned, it was obvious who had been attacked.
Just when everyone was bitterly preparing to accept the bitter result of losing two members in the first underground patrol, the young Prospective Wizard Leo unexpectedly ran back to the camp covered in blood.
His gray apprentice robe was already torn, and his thin body was full of crisscrossed scars. And all the scars were entangled with black smoke that could not be dispersed, corroding the rolled up wounds until the flesh was black. Leo's face was also attacked by the acid arrow, and half of his face was corroded by the strong acid. If it was not for the clear mental wave that revealed his identity, the team members could not help but treat him as an enemy.
Despite such a serious injury, Leo still refused to be treated by his teammates. Before establishing true trust, he did not want the secrets in his body to fall into the hands of outsiders.
Alone in a corner, Leo hurriedly treated his injuries, and only then did he accept the questioning of everyone with a gloomy face.
When she heard that the people who attacked him and Matthew were actually 3 black-robed Prospective Wizards and a senior apprentice, Sabrina could not help but ponder. With such strength, even if she encountered them, it would be hard for her to win. The fact that Leo was able to save his life showed how powerful his witchcraft was.
After questioning Leo, Sabrina could not help but ask Mary, "How powerful were the enemies you encountered?"
"Two enemies, a Prospective Wizard and a senior apprentice. We planned to lure the Prospective Wizard away, and then ambushed the senior apprentice. Grimm and I worked together to kill her! "Mary briefly recounted the events that had transpired.
Although she described the enemies that she and Grimm worked together to kill, out of habit, everyone still intentionally or unintentionally ignored Grimm's existence. It could not be helped. A beginner apprentice's spiritual power did not exceed 10 points, and he could only master one or two witchcraft. How could such a person participate in a battle between senior apprentices? Sorry, everyone really could not imagine.
Only then did Leo notice the female corpse lying under Mary's feet, and could not help but scream loudly.
"That's her, that's her … She was one of the four people that attacked me. After that, when Matthew and I split up to escape, two of the Prospective Wizards were chasing after me. The other Prospective Wizard and this woman went after Matthew. I only managed to escape after a bitter battle. "
Leo's words were a little vague, but everyone did not care.
What split up to escape? Hmph, at that dangerous time, how would Matthew, as a senior apprentice, have the guts to escape alone? This Leo must have seen that the situation was not good, so he abandoned Matthew and chose to escape alone. This could also divert a lot of the enemy's firepower and attention.
Although everyone had guessed what might have happened, no one blamed Leo for it. If he put himself in his shoes, he would probably make the same choice as him.
Matthew could only blame himself for not being able to escape. He did not have any life-saving methods, yet he dared to come to the underground to carry out a red level mission!
After summarizing the information from both sides, Sabrina could be considered to have preliminary basic information about the enemy.
Three Prospective Wizards, one walked the path of a Blood Wizard, had the terrifying bloodline of a mutated magic snake; one walked the path of an Arcane Wizard, could summon some powerful Corpse Puppets; one walked the path of a law-defying Wizard, and his elemental affinity was wind particles.
After the team returned to the wizard tower with this information and the corpse of a senior apprentice enemy, they successfully received the relevant rewards from Wizard Angus. After all, Leo was attacked on the way back after completing the mission, so he still received his own mission reward.
As for Mary, as the lucky one who killed an enemy of the same rank by herself, she received a special reward from Wizard Angus. It was just that the process of receiving the reward was kept secret, so no one knew exactly what reward she received.
When everyone was about to leave, Wizard Angus warned them in a gloomy tone, "Little guys, don't think that you can be considered a veteran just because you successfully returned from the underground once. In the future missions, there will be more and more situations like this, and the attacks will become more frequent. Only those who are fully prepared can live longer. So make full use of these few days of rest, or else you won't be so lucky the next time you go underground. "
"Also, the information you brought back is very good. I'll pass the information to the hunting team here. I'm sure those guys who ambushed you didn't have too much trouble on their way back. Hehehe … "
Through the content that was vaguely revealed in Wizard Angus's words, the members of the team finally understood the purpose of the existence of the other teams of apprentices made up of pure veterans.
If their new team was the bait, then Kevin the Black Hand's team was the hunting fork that hunted their prey. One was the prey, luring the strong apprentices of the opposing camp to show themselves, while the other was the predator, specifically hunting these black-robed Prospective Wizards who exposed their tracks.
It could be imagined that the black-robed Prospective Wizards who ambushed Leo, Mary, and the others did not leave them behind, which was equivalent to exposing their tracks. A message was passed, and naturally, there would be hunting teams that patrolled the underground all year round.
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