At midnight, the campus was no longer bustling like it was during the day. The empty road looked somewhat quiet and cheerless, with only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the branches. The moonlight elongated Rob's shadow. An owl stood on a bare treetop and expressionlessly looked down at the youth on the path. Rob tightened his cloak. After leaving the dormitory, he did not directly rush to the place where the fluctuation came from. Instead, he took a big detour and first circled to the back of the school's public dining hall.
Archmage's action was naturally not because he was possessed by Gage and suddenly wanted to have a few hot bites before taking action, but to prevent people with ulterior motives from deducing his starting point from the path he chose. The distance between the public dining hall and the dormitory of each faculty was about the same. Rob deliberately took a detour here to conceal his identity as a freshman of the swordsman faculty.
During this period, that strange magical fluctuation appeared twice again, and each time it lasted longer than the last. The last time it lasted for a full ten seconds. Soon, there was movement from the mage faculty's dormitory.
However, Archmage slowed down his pace. Rob frowned. In fact, when that strange magical fluctuation appeared for the second time, he already had a faint feeling that something was wrong. Things seemed a little too coincidental. Just as he began to investigate the secrets of the Siamos Academy, the magical fluctuation happened to appear, almost as if it was telling him that it was related to the secrets of the school. Moreover, the fluctuation appeared four times in total, and the time it lasted gradually increased. It was as if it was deliberately being discovered.
On the other side, in Claire's bakery, Louisa clearly had her doubts. "Teacher, isn't this a little too deliberate? Also, why did you divide the fluctuation into four parts?"
The man opposite her had already taken off his ridiculous clown costume, but there was a fox mask on his face. There was a small hole for his mouth to make it convenient for him to drink tea and eat biscuits. Right now, he was excitedly fiddling with a red crystal ball on the table. When he heard Louisa's question, he grinned.
"What does it matter if it's deliberate or not? Even if the rabbits know that the carrot in front of them was deliberately placed there by someone, can they resist not eating it? If they want to find me before the others do, they will have to give it their all. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for them to let go of any clues around them. "
The man in the fox mask raised a finger. "As long as they know this, no matter what kind of game you propose, even if it looks suspicious, they won't be able to refuse. Well, as for why I divided the waves into four parts, it's because I want to see how good these guys are."
"Those who can feel the magic wave for the first time are undoubtedly the best. Those who can feel it for the second time aren't bad either. Those who can only feel it for the third time can only be said to be so-so. As for the fourth time, it's purely a freebie. I'm mainly afraid that there won't be enough people later and we won't be able to enjoy ourselves to the fullest. Hehe, according to the time they arrive at the destination, we can also roughly calculate which level they belong to." The fox masked man explained with a biscuit in his mouth.
"Now, the guy who sensed the first wave should be here soon. Come, Royce, let us see who the powerful guys are!" The man in the fox mask impatiently urged the girl, like a child clamoring for candy.
The female archer rolled her eyes at him, wondering how blind she was back then to acknowledge such a guy as her teacher. If word of this got out, it would really be a loss of face. But even though she complained, she still reached out to pick up the red crystal ball on the table and gently shook it.
As a result, the originally clear crystal quickly turned turbid, and the shadow inside gradually condensed into a vague outline. If there were other students of the Siamos Academy present, they would probably be surprised to find that the shape of the shadow in the crystal ball was exactly the same as the artificial lake on the east side of the academy.
Royce put the crystal ball back on the table, and the image inside became clearer. The man in the fox mask casually pointed at a spot on the shore of the lake, and the image in the crystal ball immediately switched to that location. The calm lake, the gently swaying tree branches, the deserted path, everything was exactly the same as in reality.
"Tsk tsk, real-time projection technology, the focus of the St. Roland Academy of Magic's research for the last twenty years. Although it's only a semi-finished product, it's unexpectedly useful. Those guys burn through a huge amount of research funds every year, and it seems that there are some results." Although it was a compliment, the tone of the man in the fox mask sounded as infuriating as ever.
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, the image in the crystal ball became blurry, and the image began to double up, intermittently appearing.
"Hey, what's going on? The good show is about to begin. Why is there such a problem!" The man in the fox mask was very dissatisfied. He reached out and slapped the crystal ball twice, but unfortunately, his action did not solve any problems. So, he picked up the crystal ball again, and it looked like he wanted to knock it on the table a few more times. As a result, just as he raised his hand, Royce snatched it from him.
The female archer was furious. "You're f * cking retarded! Do you know how expensive this thing is?! I just secretly lent it to you behind the St. Roland Academy of Magic's back, and I spent two thousand gold coins for one night. If it's broken, even selling you wouldn't be enough to pay for it!!! "
When the man in the fox mask saw that his female apprentice was really angry, he immediately became obedient and trembled in his seat.
Royce did not even bother to pay attention to him, and snappily said, "This thing is still in the research stage, so it's normal to have some problems, okay? You're a coward, so I originally wanted to set up an observation point in the school library, but you refused, so I had to move the observation point to Grandma Claire's bakery. It's too far away, so it's normal for the image to be unstable. Just make do with it, and if you're not satisfied, you can go die."
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." The man in the fox mask apologized as if he was very familiar with it. His moral values were obviously running out, and he did not hesitate to apologize to his female apprentice, nor did he blush or feel ashamed. Obviously, this was not the first time he did this kind of thing.
Royce snorted, and finally returned the crystal ball to the guy opposite him.
The man in the fox mask took the crystal ball with a smile, and impatiently tapped on it, not forgetting to make a fuss. "Tsk tsk, there are a lot of people here tonight, but unfortunately, I missed the first time, so I couldn't see who was the first to reach the lake."
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