Chapter 121: Formal Wizard
"Principal?"
Hearing this, Vivian and Bell-Moonshadow couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but then they agreed with this approach.
"You're right. With our current strength, directly reporting the mission is indeed safer if we want to maximize the completion of the mission without having the rewards divided among others."
According to the missions currently issued by Black Bone Forest Academy, they actually only need to find the remnants of the Dark Sun Church and cooperate with their extermination.
They only need to reach this level to obtain the apprentice-level Wizard tool reward from Black Bone Forest Academy.
Of course, if the three of them had the ability to directly eliminate the Dark Sun Cultists, the rewards would naturally be the highest.
It's just not necessary, and they truly don't possess that strength.
"Then let's go report it!"
The three exchanged glances, seeing the faint excitement in each other's eyes. After reaching a consensus, they immediately rushed back to the Academy under the cover of night.
"Master Raven! Master Raven, wake up!"
As soon as the three came out of the vine tunnel, Vivian darted to the nearest big tree. While shaking the tree, she shouted towards the Raven sleeping on the tree.
"Caw, caw! You impolite apprentice! Don't you know the whole world is resting at this time?"
"We need to find the Principal! We have information about the Dark Sun Church to tell him!"
Ignoring the Raven's angry outburst completely, and seeing no one around, Vivian directly interrupted him, focusing only on the key points. In just a few words, she informed the Raven of their three's purpose.
"Caw—"
The Raven, which had been extremely agitated, immediately flashed a gray-white light in its black eyes, no bigger than a green bean, upon hearing Vivian's words.
"Did you just say... Dark Sun Church?"
A low male voice replaced the Raven's noisy tone. Hearing this, Jia Na, who knew that the Raven in front of her was projected by the Principal's consciousness, immediately pulled Vivian, who was still shaking the tree, and respectfully said:
"Yes, Principal. We found a trace of dark sun contamination in a shadow rift in the Mist Forest."
"Come over here and talk—"
Stars shifted, accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness. It was as if they had passed through one layered gray door after another. In an instant, the three who were by the tree path a second ago, upon blinking, had already arrived in the Principal's office on the eighth floor of the Magic Tower.
"Tell me, who discovered it first."
A high nose bridge, dark gray pupils, a slightly receding hairline. Before the few could react from White Coral Academy Principal Anthony-Black Sparrow's miraculous teleportation method, the other party directly asked.
"My Contract Summoning creature discovered the trace of dark sun contamination in a shadow rift on the outskirts of the Mist Forest."
"Oh? Is it that white parrot on your shoulder?"
"Yes, Principal."
His gaze shifted slightly, looking at the Celestial Sparrow standing on Jia Na's shoulder, which emitted a sacred light aura that made necromancers disgusted. Anthony-Black Sparrow couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"I seem to have seen you somewhere? Have you taken my class?"
"Yes, I am Jia Na-Roland, and I have taken your 【Contract Studies】 and Primary Medical courses."
"Oh, no wonder you look a little familiar."
Hearing this, Jia Na was a bit surprised that the Principal actually had an impression of her.
It is said that because the Principal injured his soul during his apprentice days, his memory in certain areas became particularly poor. This is mainly manifested in being a road idiot, being forgetful, and having face blindness, etc. "You two stay here for now, you come with me."
"Yes."
Before she could finish speaking, Jia Na, who was called out, felt everything around her rapidly enlarge in an instant. When she reacted again, she had actually transformed into a black Raven the size of a palm, even smaller than the Celestial Sparrow.
"Bring your summoned creature, and don't speak."
Jia Na, who hopped onto the Principal's shoulder with the Celestial Sparrow, nodded her bird head. Immediately, another strong sense of weightlessness struck. In a daze, Jia Na, who had turned into a Raven, was teleported to the outskirts of the Mist Forest along with Principal Anthony-Black Sparrow.
"Is this the 【Complete Transformation】 from the advanced Metamorphosis course?"
Although curious about Anthony-Black Sparrow's teleportation Witchcraft, which is usually only performed by space-type Wizards, Jia Na was more interested in the 【Complete Transformation】 that Anthony-Black Sparrow had cast on her at this moment.
"You lead the way, take me there."
Hearing the voice transmission in her ear, Jia Na immediately extended her wing and pointed to the right front.
"Is this where you said?"
Guided by Jia Na, in just a few breaths, Anthony-Black Sparrow, like a ghostly wraith, floated to the shadow rift where Jia Na and the others had fought before.
"How strange."
Looking at the shadow rift close by, as a Level 1 Wizard, no matter how Anthony-Black Sparrow's mental power probed, he couldn't detect any Life signs.
"Afu, is the dark sun contamination scent you sensed before still here?"
"Yes, Master, and the smell is even worse than before."
Hearing Afu's certain reply in their mental communication, Jia Na also relayed this information to Anthony-Black Sparrow.
"Still alive and well, Losia."
Splash—
The sound of water echoed. Amidst Anthony-Black Sparrow's extremely abrupt greeting, a transparent humanoid figure condensed from water suddenly appeared before the two.
"It's actually Losia-Haige!" Looking at the increasingly clear facial features under the flowing water, combined with the name Anthony-Black Sparrow had just called out, Jia Na quickly guessed the identity of the person in front of her.
Losia-Haige, Principal of Black Bone Forest Academy, Level 1 Wizard, Wizard Talent unknown, a witch who is extremely skilled in using water-based Witchcraft and divination Witchcraft.
"Are you sure this is where those bugs are hiding?"
Losia-Haige, who also hadn't detected any abnormalities, couldn't help but show a hint of suspicion on her delicate face.
"Whether it is or not, we'll know once we go in."
Ignoring Losia-Haige's doubts, Anthony-Black Sparrow directly bent down and floated into the shadow rift.
"Splash—"
Seeing this, Losia-Haige, holding the mindset of 'better to kill the wrong one than to let one go,' also transformed back into a puddle of water and silently flowed into the shadow rift behind Anthony-Black Sparrow.
"Master, that's the source of the bad smell!"
As an old neighbor of the Main Material World—the Shadow World—Jia Na was not unfamiliar with this place.
Facing the pitch-black environment where she couldn't see her hand in front of her, Jia Na immediately closed her eyes and skillfully used her mental power to discern the direction pointed by the Celestial Sparrow.