Looking at the time on the silver-faced pocket watch, Richard-Eva continued to let Luo - Yinhu lead the way, heading towards Mist Valley.
This time, although they also encountered several waves of magical beasts on the way, under the cover of the illusion, they were not discovered and successfully reached the central area of the Mist Forest.
"Mist Valley is ahead. There are many poisonous insects and snake-type magical beasts inside, so before entering, everyone needs to cast defensive Witchcraft in advance... Jia Na, have you learned Guardian-type Witchcraft?"
"I have learned it."
Hearing this, Richard-Eva raised his eyebrows and then nodded naturally.
After this period of contact, he was no longer surprised by Jia Na's ability to skillfully master various high-difficulty Witchcraft at the first-level apprentice stage.
"Then let's rest here for a while. When Luo's magic power recovers, we'll enter the valley... Luo, you can remove your illusion."
Luo - Yinhu, who had maintained the illusion for several hours continuously, had his forehead covered in small sweat beads. After hearing Richard-Eva's words, he also took the opportunity to remove the illusion and sat cross-legged directly next to a large tree, holding a magic stone and concentrating on recovering his magic power.
...
"Cuckoo—Cuckoo—"
Tree shadows swayed, birds chirped in the empty valley.
Listening to the cuckoo's call by her ear, Jia Na, who hadn't consumed much magic power on the way, quickly withdrew from her shallow meditation state.
"Senior Li Cha, my magic power has fully recovered. Let me watch here, you go and rest for a bit."
"Okay, I'll trouble you then."
Because of the amplification from the forest environment, Jia Na, who possessed the Plant Affinity talent, recovered both her magic power and stamina very quickly.
"Jia Na, rest for a while longer, I'll keep watch."
Seeing Jia Na and Richard-Eva change shifts, Suo Luo-Lie Yan, who had been closing his eyes to recover his stamina next to them, suddenly opened his eyes and called out to Jia Na, who was preparing to stand up.
"Why didn't I see you want to swap shifts with me when I was on duty just now?"
Richard-Eva, who saw through Suo Luo-Lie Yan's thoughts at a glance, couldn't help but curl his lip.
"Don't I know you? Do you even need to rest?"
"The one who needs to rest the least is you. I don't have the Lava Lizard Bloodline."
"Stop pretending! With your physique stronger than a vampire's, walking for a few hours is nothing... you're completely fine..."
Listening to the two third-level apprentices bickering, Jia Na didn't interject, but simply stood quietly beside Luo - Yinhu, who was still meditating with his eyes closed, gazing at the slightly bright dawn on the horizon.
"Whoosh—"
Just as Jia Na was slightly lost in thought, a long exhale beside her brought her back to her senses.
"How's your recovery?"
Seeing Luo - Yinhu gradually emerging from his meditation state, Richard-Eva's expression couldn't help but show joy.
"I was a bit exhausted just now, but I'm fine now."
Putting the slightly dim magic stone in his hand back into the inner pocket of his wizard robe, Luo - Yinhu, whose magic power had recovered, also stood up from the ground.
"Then let's keep going, Mist Valley is just ahead."
While continuing to lead the way, in order to defend against sneak attacks from the poisonous insects and snake-type magical beasts skilled at hiding within the valley, Luo - Yinhu chanted a spell, and immediately three ribbon-like water ribbons appeared around his body, forming a shield that enveloped Luo - Yinhu.
"The vegetation inside the valley is lush, and most poisonous insects hide within... Jia Na, I remember your Deformation Art allows you to fly directly. If you can maintain it continuously, try to fly for the entire duration inside Mist Valley, and don't let your feet touch the ground."
After speaking, Richard-Eva quickly made a casting gesture and chanted the spell.
"Myriad Changes!"
As the spell was chanted, a pair of long, narrow, dark red bat wings extended from Richard-Eva's back. Immediately after, the bat wings flapped, and Richard-Eva's body directly soared into the air.
"Partial Transfiguration?"
Looking at the wings on Richard-Eva's back, Jia Na's eyes lit up slightly, but then she frowned in confusion.
"This is more like the flying Witchcraft 【Bat Wing Deformation】. Although it also belongs to Local Deformation, its nature is Bloodline Side Witchcraft..."
【Bat Wing Deformation】, as a Bloodline Side flying Witchcraft, requires the caster to possess the 【Vampire Bat】 Bloodline. At the same time, Jia Na also recalled that Grace-Eva had also used the 【Bat Wing Deformation】 Witchcraft during the Black Magic Defense Class. Moreover, Grace's deformed state was more complete, even allowing her to directly transform into a bat.
"In addition to Bat Deformation, Professor Grace also has a snake deformation state..."
To this day, Jia Na still deeply remembers the immense pressure she felt when she saw that scarlet giant snake when she went to Professor Grace-Eva's office to ask questions.
"The foundation of these old Turin Wizard families is indeed profound. Besides their vast financial resources, their Bloodline advantage is also enviable."
Like Suo Luo-Lie Yan, who mastered the Lava Lizard Bloodline, Richard-Eva also possesses the Bloodline of an extraordinary species. Although the quality of his Bloodline is not as good as the Lava Lizard, it also means that as Richard-Eva's Wizard strength gradually increases, his Bloodline talent will also continuously strengthen.
This also indicates that even if Richard-Eva is stuck at the third-level apprentice stage later due to some reasons and is unable to advance for a long time, he can completely switch paths, jump to the 【Warlock】 route like Suo Luo-Lie Yan, and use the Eva Family's resources to further evolve the 【Vampire Bat】 Bloodline into the 【Blood Clan Baron】 Bloodline.
"No wonder Suoluo said that the Eva Family and the vampires of the Shadow World would be in a hostile relationship. If members of the Eva Family want to improve the quality of the 【Vampire Bat】 Bloodline, there is no resource more suitable than the Blood Crystals of the Blood Clan."
With a slight shift in her thoughts, and seeing that Suoluo had also put on a layer of rhombus-shaped shield-like defensive Witchcraft, Jia Na no longer hesitated, waved her wand, and quickly chanted the spell.
"Floral Guardian—"
"Myriad Changes—"
Two Witchcrafts that Jia Na had already upgraded to the current level limit were quickly cast. Butterfly wings unfolded, a barrier condensed, and accompanied by the surging emerald green light, an oval-shaped guardian barrier enveloped Jia Na, who had transformed into a butterfly-wing form.
"Flap—"
The butterfly wings flapped quickly. Seeing Jia Na's body fly to the same height as Richard-Eva, everyone's expressions held varying degrees of complexity.
Although they had already heard Jia Na herself say that she knew Deformation Art when they were discussing the plan, the shock they felt when the three of them actually saw a first-level apprentice cast Deformation Art was completely beyond words.
"Let's go quickly, it's almost dawn."
Looking at the dawn that had already revealed its pale belly on the horizon, Richard-Eva urged them, and then followed behind Luo - Yinhu, flapping his wings and moving forward quickly.
"Jia Na, do you have any spare magic stones? If not, I have a few here..."
"Thank you, I have prepared them all."
Thanking Suoluo for his unnecessary kindness, Jia Na smiled politely, and also transformed into a green silhouette, flapping her wings and flying away.