Chapter 147 Blue Level Mission
If Jia Na hadn't witnessed Losia-Haige's manic appearance in the shadow rift that night, where she would start fighting if even half a word was wrong, otherwise, she would really have been fooled by Losia-Haige's delicate and gentle face.
"Grace, Mary, it's been a long time since we last met, hasn't it?"
Looking at Losia-Haige's sickeningly sweet smile, Mary-Margaret didn't have any particular feelings, but Grace-Eva, who knew the other party's private behavior well due to family reasons, couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly.
"Madam Hai Ge, long time no see."
As the youngest First-Level Wizard here, no matter how much she disliked it in her heart, Grace-Eva maintained a perfect facade.
And Mary-Margaret, who came from a commoner apprentice background, although she had also heard some stories about Losia-Haige, Mary-Margaret, who never cared much about these things, returned a polite smile to the other party's "friendly" greeting.
"Looking at it this way, only Mist Tower is missing."
Watching the conversation between the Formal Wizards on the scene, Vivian, who had gradually gotten used to the "rotten smell" here, tugged at Jia Na's arm and whispered using sound transmission.
"Mist Tower's location is relatively far, they should be arriving soon—"
As the sound transmission just finished, accompanied by the mercury tide surging again, nearly a hundred figures wearing gray wizard robes and crow masks emerged from the mercury.
Two strange youths with completely identical appearances, differing only in hair color, were currently standing at the front of the Mist Tower team.
"So it's Elder White Crow and Elder Black Crow—long time no see."
"Mm."
In response to Losia-Haige's greeting, the two black and white youths nodded coldly and didn't speak.
"So those two are the rumored Twin Wizards... they look so young."
Listening to Vivian's surprised sound transmission, Jia Na, who was also seeing them in person for the first time, nodded in surprise.
Mist Tower, as a Wizard organization that rarely appears in Turin, Jia Na only learned a little about their situation from some Three-level Wizard Apprentices.
Compared to management models like White Coral and Black Bone Forest which are closer to academies, although Mist Tower also claims to be a Wizard Academy, its internal organizational structure is more like an underground Wizard organization.
Wizard Apprentices in Mist Tower do not call Formal Wizards "Professor" or "Teacher" like those in White Coral and Black Bone Forest; the hierarchy between them is very clear, and Mist Tower's Wizard Apprentices address Formal Wizards as "Elder".
Just like the two First-Level Wizards, White Crow and Black Crow, they are Wizards promoted by Mist Tower in recent decades; although they look young, they are much older than Grace-Eva and Mary-Margaret.
It is said that the two were conjoined twins at birth and survived after separation surgery. Not only are their Wizard levels and strength similar, but their minds are also connected.
If they join forces, their level of synergy is such that among those of the same rank, even in a two-on-three or even two-on-four situation, they would not be at a disadvantage.
"Whoosh—"
Just as everyone's attention was focused on the Mist Tower group, a phantom figure, whose body was between solid and transparent, gradually appeared to the right of Elder Black Crow. But only for a moment, the phantom drifted to Losia-Haige's side.
"You've worked hard, Phantom Wizard—and Lord Sage."
Looking at the ethereal Wizard beside Losia-Haige, known as "Phantom", a strange sense of familiarity suddenly arose in Jia Na's heart.
"It's actually a spirit body—"
Moreover, it's a spirit body that can stay in the material world for a long time, she thought silently. Until now, the two Wizards responsible for leading the way for Black Bone Forest: Gu Shan-Laifu and Phantom,
finally returned to the Black Bone Forest team.
It was within this short moment that the vast mercury space had gathered eight Formal Wizards and over three hundred Second-level Wizard Apprentices.
"How strange, why aren't the Mist Tower Apprentices affected by the smell here?"
Unlike the White Coral Academy side, where vomiting occurred repeatedly due to the intense stench, the Mist Tower Apprentices, who had just arrived here, seemed not to smell the odor in the mercury vortex at all, showing no abnormality whatsoever.
"Mist Tower Apprentices are born to be with all sorts of poisons. The various poisonous fumes and marsh gas they usually smell aren't any better than the smell here—they've long been desensitized."
Regarding Vivian's confusion in her sound transmission, Jia Na easily provided an explanation.
"How do you know so much about the situation of these academies? Could it be that you have informants there too?"
"More or less."
In fact, the reason Jia Na knew so much about Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower, besides consulting with old members of the Bai Wu Xie Club beforehand, was also related to her frequent contact with several opera performers from Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower within the Nightingale Opera Troupe.
After all, there is a cost behind all information and intelligence. If Jia Na hadn't diligently managed her connections on a daily basis, she wouldn't have grasped so much information discrepancy beforehand.
"To avoid delaying the subsequent 'White Tower Reserve' trial, let's start now."
Hearing Losia-Haige's words, the other Wizards also nodded in succession.
After all, the original "Three Academy Trial" was supposed to start in three days, and the reason for the temporary change in time today was because there were some issues with the subsequent "White Tower Reserve" simulation trial, which necessitated the earlier start of the preceding "Three Academy Trial".
"Let me tell you this upfront, if any of you have brought prohibited items that don't comply with the exam rules, it's best to take them out beforehand. Otherwise, once you step into the mercury vortex, the things you've hidden will be left in the vortex forever and can never be retrieved—"
Hearing Losia-Haige's final announcement, there were quite a few apprentices in the crowd who had been making small moves. They exchanged glances, and then obediently placed the interspatial items hidden in their sleeves onto the ground.
"Hm, it's best to be sensible."
Clapping-
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Ignoring the small actions of those apprentices, Losia-Haige lightly clapped her hands. As the mercury tide surged again, a huge black cave suddenly appeared before everyone within the vortex.
"I will reiterate the exam rules one last time—if you don't want to die inside, you'd best remember them firmly—."
Her voice was gentle, but her words were cold.
Although she had already understood the rules of the "Three Academy Trial" beforehand, when Jia Na heard Losia-Haige's words, she still focused her attention again. "Ding—"
【Today's Mission: Obtain first place in this assessment;
Mission Rewards: 500 Talent points, 2000 Skill points, two random rewards.】
