Shadow Light Team.
Leader: Prospective Wizard Pontar, male, 37 years old, talent with dark elements.
There were four members: Body Refinery Apprentice, Daxo (Advanced), Plant Apprentice, Eikkel (Female, Intermediate), Shapeshifting Apprentice, Blanc (Intermediate), and Goblin Magician Locke Jr. (Beginner).
Locke Little Locke was not qualified to join the Shadow Light Team. However, Eke's strong recommendation, coupled with the fact that Locke's path as a Magician didn't focus too much on individual strength, and that he had some strange characteristics that other professions didn't have, Pontar allowed him to become a member of the team.
This team of five had Body Refinery Apprentice Daxo as a tank, Plant Apprentice Eco as a healer, and a Magic Machinist who was good at scouting and disrupting the situation. This way, even if they encountered powerful magical beasts, they would be able to deal with them calmly. The core of the team, Prospective Wizard Pontar, would be the one to deal the most damage.
As for the Shapeshifting School, it was a strange advancement path that had suddenly appeared in the White Tower over the past six months. Most of the knowledge in it came from a magical world called Faern. It was said that there was a magical class called the Druid who could communicate with animals and plants with their natural affinity.
The most powerful ability of the Druid was to transform into a ferocious magical beast at will. Then, with the instantaneous racial ability and strong body, they would be invincible on the battlefield.
After the Crimson Family obtained this knowledge from another world, they slightly modified it into a new subject within the family — the Shapeshifting School.
Wizard Apprentices who mastered the Shapeshifting Spell could freely switch between Violent Hellbear, Shadow Cheetah, and Wind Eagle. This allowed them to have more diverse and unpredictable combat methods.
Of course, these three transformations were only basic subjects that all Shapeshifting Apprentices had to master. If they wanted more powerful transformations, they would need a large number of points and magic crystals to exchange for knowledge from the family library. Hence, during this period of time, the lucrative family missions in the nearby Dark Forest had become extremely popular, and they were practically monopolized by combat teams formed by Quasi Sorcerers the moment they appeared.
As for the lone wolves in the wilderness or those who had no one to rely on, they could only pick up some small missions that others looked down on, or simply squat in the Wizard's Pagoda and slowly grind their daily routines.
The progress of a sorcerer-apprentice was almost entirely dependent on accumulating points and magic crystals.
If he was slow at first, he would be slow at every step. He would only have to clean the laboratory, help the official Sorcerers sort out some magic materials, and act as the manager of the magic facilities. It would be wishful thinking for him to advance by leaps and bounds with such a job.
That was why in the past few days, the Scarlet Apprentices with some ability had all been mobilized. They had almost completely cleared out the Dark Forest around the White Tower. Some of the ferocious monsters that resided here were naturally unwilling to be chased away. They began to frequently ambush the Crimson acolytes that came out to do quests.
A few teams had already been ambushed, and there were casualties among the Scarlet Apprentices.
Because of this, the family had specially sent the Insect Lich, Lord Bliss, into the Black Forest to kill eleven Lord-ranked monsters in one go. As a result, the previously arrogant magical creatures immediately disappeared, and began to show signs of migration into the depths of the Dark Forest.
However, in this way, the danger level of the Black Forest immediately dropped by several levels, and it quickly became the best place for all acolytes to train and explore.
"Do you want to die, Blanc?" Pontar reprimanded with dissatisfaction, "Though the Lord-ranked monsters here have all been eliminated by Lord Bliss, there are still many Magus monsters left. Do you think a team like ours will be able to escape from these guys alive? "
"Boss, we can't be that unlucky, can we?" Blanc was a sharp-tongued and slippery youth. He wore light leather armour, and there were two blue lines below the family crest of the Burning Iron Fist on his chest. This signified that he had already grasped the other two transformation spells besides the Gale Eagle.
"No one knows if I've mastered it or not. However, if we really meet an enemy, I'll definitely stuff you into the monster's mouth first … "Pontar threatened fiercely, but anyone could hear the mocking tone in his voice.
"Why don't we find a place to rest for a while?" The female acolyte Eike said gently, "We've already been walking in the Black Forest for half a day. It's time to find a place to rest and tidy up."
During this period of time, Eike and Pontar's relationship had rapidly improved. He naturally obeyed the words of his sweetheart.
"Little Loke, hurry and find a clean and safe place nearby."
"Got it!"
Upon receiving the order, the little goblin who had been quietly waiting in the middle of the team immediately took out the eyeball mech from his waist pouch and tossed it into the air.
A metal ball the size of a human head floated gently in the air.
* Creak … *
Following the sound of mechanical gears grinding, the mysterious patterns on the surface of the eyeball mech began to light up one by one. Then, a hidden metal door opened, revealing a dark red mechanical eyeball inside.
The mechanical eyeball could move and explore freely like a human eye. When the broken ruby in the middle of the eyeball began to charge, it could shoot out a sharp scorching ray of light, giving it a decent attack.
The little goblin then took out a strange-looking metal hat and put it on his head. The top of the hat was equipped with a thought wave amplifier, so even if the eyeball mech was three to five miles away, it could still be remotely controlled. The front of the metal cap was equipped with a monocle that gave off a sci-fi vibe. It could project everything that the eyeball mech saw onto the tiny lens, allowing the little goblin to grasp the situation of the battlefield around the eyeball mech at all times.
After all the preparations were done, the eyeball mech whizzed into the surrounding forest following Little Loke's command. It nimbly bypassed the dense foliage and thick branches, evaded the hanging vines, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the Dark Forest.
Little Loke held his breath and focused on controlling the eyeball mech to quickly shuttle through the Black Forest. As he flew at top speed, he quickly scanned the forest below him.
Soon, Little Loke could not help but let out a soft cry.
"Found it … In that direction, three miles away … There's a relatively hidden col with a water source around it. It's more suitable for camping …"
Pontar nodded in satisfaction.
Although the little goblin's combat ability was not that great, his small waist pouch was filled with all kinds of strange magical equipment, each of which had unique special abilities. All in all, he was a good adventurer!
"Let's go, let's rest there for an hour before continuing our journey. We must reach the family's camp number three before dark. Let's go … "Pontar's order made all the team members exclaim softly.
Everyone's pace immediately became lighter, just like their current mood.
The so-called family campsite was actually a temporary campsite that Lord Blitz had transformed from the original lair of the Lord-class magical beasts into a temporary campsite. All the teams of apprentices who were adventuring in the Black Forest could seek temporary shelter in one of the nearby family camps if they could not find a more suitable and safe camp.
There was a protective spell formation set up by a Magus and a clean place to rest. It was far better than sleeping in the open and eating hard bread every day. However, what made the apprentices most satisfied was the safety there.
They could light a bonfire in the family camp, barbecuing or cooking delicious food, and there were also clean and tidy beds. What more could they ask for if they could enjoy such treatment in the Black Forest?
… …
Deep in the Black Forest.
At the top of a low cliff, a black-robed Bliss stood alone in the cold wind, allowing the cold wind to blow at the corners of his robes.
When the Shadow Optics team slowly approached the family's camp number three, Bliss finally turned his body and aimed his two big and two small green eyes at a certain place in the boundless forest.
At this moment, the entire Black Forest was covered with his Eye Worms.
Any team of acolytes that infiltrated the Black Forest seemed to be alone and without anyone to rely on, but in fact, everything they did was under the strict supervision of the Insect Lich Bliss.
The family had not sent Bliss here to eliminate those brainless and stupid Lords of the monsters, but to secretly 'protect' the family's newly developed strength.
Bliss would not rashly interfere with acolytes' normal training and exploration. Even if the team was in danger, as long as the risk was within an acceptable range, he would not interfere.
After all, only when the acolytes were on the brink of life and death could they gain nourishment from it.
However, if the acolytes encountered a powerful monster that they could not defeat, or if the whole team was about to be annihilated, the Insect Lich Bliss would secretly take action and use a covert method to save them from danger.
Of course, the clan would never announce such a thing to the public.
Hence, the Insect Lich Bliss' mission was not only arduous, but also trivial. If not for his omnipresent Eye Worms and his terrifyingly powerful insect army, normal Magi would not be able to take on this' underground babysitting 'type of protection mission.
Of course, other than protection, the Insect Lich Bliss also had the mission to expel those ferocious and violent monsters.
And now, with the unexpected discovery of an Eye Worm in the distance, Bliss had found traces of a human-shaped magic scorpion. This kind of monster with a strong arachnid style was actually the one that Bliss was most interested in. From them, Bliss could always extract many evolutionary factors that were helpful to him.
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