The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 124: Waiting for the opportunity (11)

A narrow alley next to the Zi Nan Commercial Tower.

At the corner, the disguised Lynn walked straight towards a blue door.

Without knocking, the blue door opened as he approached, and Daphne stood behind it with an extremely serious expression.

"What is your mandatory mission?" Daphne turned around and asked after closing the door.

"It's a hunting and gathering mission. Have you heard of the White-Striped Spider's Nest west of Silver Ring City?"

Lin En answered, sat on the sofa, and asked, "So what do you want to see me about this time?"

Daphne walked over to sit next to him and said in a deep voice:

"Nelson never came to see me."

“I know.” Lin En nodded slowly, “Keep waiting, he won’t be more patient than us.

But Daphne still looked at him with a serious expression: "Nelson is behaving very abnormally."

Lin En frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, he reacted and asked:
"Do you suspect he would do it while I'm on a mandatory mission?"

Daphne nodded and said, "Although there are still nearly four months until the final inheritance deadline at the end of the year, there is only a little over a month left until the Holy Mihuan Meeting... If Nelson doesn't want any accidents to happen, then he can only take action during this period."

Lynn nodded, understanding what Daphne meant.

The Holy Mithril Ring will have a huge impact on an ordinary Silver Ring apprentice. It is the most important opportunity for an ordinary Silver Ring wizard to change his fate during his apprenticeship.

This is not only because one can obtain precious seeds of talent at the Holy Ring Conference, but also because the annual Holy Ring Conference is the time when formal wizards select students.

In other words, even if one fails to obtain the precious seeds of talent, as long as one performs well, there is still a possibility of being noticed by a formal wizard and accepted as a student, thus reaching the top in one step!

Therefore, if Nelson wants to avoid risks, he can only take action during this period.

Moreover, he happened to be out on a mission, which was clearly a perfect opportunity to take action!

"What do you want to do?" Lin En asked after pondering for a moment.

"I don't know." Daphne smoothed the golden hair that fell beside her ear and looked at Lin En seriously and said, "But I don't want to sit and wait for death."

"Do you know where Nelson lives?" Lynn asked after thinking for a moment.

"You want to take the initiative to attack him? But he is also a Silver Ring apprentice. Even if you can kill him, it will be difficult to escape from Silver Ring City without special means." Daphne looked at Lin En and shook her head.
"The reason why I am afraid of Black Crow is that he once killed a Silver Ring apprentice who possessed the Black Moon Relic, and perfectly evaded the pursuit of the Academy Law Enforcement Team..."

"I don't want to kill him, I just want to get more information." Lin En shook his head, "You have too little information, and we have too little information. Even if we want to fight back, we don't know where to start."

Daphne's expression was a little dejected.

She had always wanted to find a way to fight against the Black Crow, and she had already secretly done the investigation that Lin En mentioned.

During this period, a lot of magic stones were spent, but no useful clues were ever found.

Daphne had fallen into despair at one point, so when she discovered Lynn holding the Black Moon Relic, she tied him to the chariot without hesitation.

I thought that Lin En's joining, who had extraordinary stealth abilities, would be of great help.

But now it seems that it is of no use.

"I've already investigated Nelson. He has quite a lot of magic stones, and the security in the tower where he lives is very strict, so I can't get any information from him." Daphne replied.

"Have you investigated the interpersonal relationships around him?" Lin En continued to ask.

"We've checked, and everything is normal." Daphne answered weakly, staring blankly at the teacup in her hand.

The freshly brewed black tea inside was emitting wisps of smoke, making Daphne's expression even more confused.

"Then it seems that we can only sit back and wait for death." Lin En said calmly.

Daphne came back to her senses and frowned, wanting to blame Lin En for having no fighting spirit, but the next second, she heard Lin En continue to ask:
"Since you have investigated Nelson, you should know his specific strength. And Black Crow, you said he once killed a Silver Ring apprentice. Do you know what methods he has?"

Daphne was stunned for a moment, and Lin En urged with a smile: “What I mean by sitting back and waiting to die is not surrendering without a fight.

“Since Black Crow and Nelson are likely to take action during this period, and we cannot take the initiative to deal with them, the best option is to make adequate preparations to deal with them.

“I need you to secretly go with me to the White-striped Spider’s Nest.

“When Black Crow takes action, it may be the time to solve this problem.

"Also, I need to explain to you in advance that my fighting ability is not weak, so that you don't misjudge our fighting ability."

Although I still have doubts about Lynn's last sentence,

But Daphne's eyes gradually brightened, she gritted her teeth and said viciously:
"That's right. There's no other choice anyway. We might as well take this opportunity to put an end to Black Crow once and for all!"

At least what Lin En said was not wrong. When Black Crow takes action, perhaps it will be the time to completely solve this problem!
Seeing Daphne’s renewed fighting spirit, Lynn smiled with satisfaction and said, “But before that, we need to talk about interests first.

"If I help you get rid of the black crow, what can I get?"

"The Black Crow is also your enemy."

"Daphne, I don't want to discuss this issue any further." Lin En said in a cold tone, "Both you and I know that if you hadn't insisted on getting me into the Black Moon Academy Exploration Association, none of this would have happened to me."

"I just..." Daphne subconsciously wanted to explain. She actually felt a little guilty about her past behavior.

"I know you're just trying to stay alive." Lin En said first, "Now, let's talk about benefits."

Daphne looked at the calm expression on Lynn's face, and the slight guilt in her heart brewed into more complicated emotions.

She took a deep breath and said seriously: "If we can successfully survive this crisis this time, I am willing to give you half of the profits of Tilo's store."

Lynn looked at Daphne, slightly stunned.

Half of the profit was very shocking. Lynn's psychological expectation was only 3% at most, but he didn't expect Daphne to be so generous.

Lin En was silent for a moment, and then said, “We need to discuss the countermeasures.

"After all, if we just wait like this, or if we just unite as two people, we probably won't be able to defeat the Black Crow."

Daphne nodded and sat closer.

"Do you have any ideas?"

Daphne shook her head, Lynn smiled and said:
"I do have an idea."

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The next morning, Lin En packed his luggage, put on the advanced combat wizard robe that Daphne had temporarily lent him, and walked towards the mission gathering place.

The combat wizard robe he was wearing was called Gray Pigeon, a mainstream high-level wizard robe on the market, worth about 5000 primary magic stones.

The so-called combat wizard robe is actually a large wizard tool that integrates auxiliary wizard arrays such as reconnaissance and defense, which can provide certain help to the wizard in combat.

However, since wizard tools themselves have limitations, the combat wizard robe does not significantly increase the apprentice's combat power.

This grey pigeon wizard robe is good, but it doesn't improve Lin En's strength much. Of course, what is said here are ordinary situations, and some special situations are not included.

For example, the custom-made wizard robe that Daphne was wearing was a gift from her uncle, a formal wizard, to help her get promoted to a first-class apprentice. It was very expensive, at least 10 times the price of the Gray Pigeon wizard robe.

Although its strength has not increased 10 times like its price, the increase in Daphne's own strength should not be underestimated.

Daphne's strength was originally considered above average among ordinary wizard apprentices, but after putting on the wizard robe, her strength was at least in the top 5% of the Silver Ring apprentices, which was a significant improvement.

Half an hour later, Lynn got off the public shuttle at a square.

Through the sensing badge that Daphne had given him in advance, Lynn was able to know that she was sitting on the south side of the square at this time.

Without looking at her, Lynn walked straight to the meeting place.

But after taking only two steps, Lin En discovered two familiar faces among the crowd gathered in front of him.

"Gray, Kaioli, have you also been assigned this task?" Lynn stepped closer, feeling a little surprised.

Both Gray and Kaioli are Golden Thorns of the Horsens School.

Lin En is very clear about their strengths.

Even though he has now mastered the void lightning, he has only just gotten started. In terms of overall strength, he may not be able to match the two wizard apprentices in front of him.

'If Black Crow really chooses to take action when I am on a mandatory mission...' A smile appeared on Lynn's face.

On the other side, Gray and Kaioli also smiled when they saw Lynn.

It is much better to have an acquaintance who knows you well than a stranger when performing a mission.

The compulsory mission that Lin En carried out this time was on a larger scale, involving a total of 60 wizard apprentices. It was a seasonal mission that the Silver Ring Academy would carry out every few years.

The spider silk produced by those white-striped spiders is extremely valuable due to its extremely strong properties in all aspects. For example, a part of the white dove wizard robe that Lin En is wearing now is made of white-striped spider silk.

Also, because it is a routine task that takes place every year, the entire task process is very mature.

Lin En and the others waited for a short while, and then a shuttle landed and carried them to the White-striped Spider's Nest west of Silver Ring City.

Through the shuttle's porthole, Lynn could see an ordinary shuttle taking off quietly.

If you could see through the shell of the shuttle, you would be able to see Daphne sitting inside.

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The White-Striped Spider's Nest is located in a dark forest to the west of Silver Ring City.

This forest is very large, with tall and lush trees, which is somewhat similar to the Cuiying Forest.

But compared to the Green Shadow Forest, there are more swamps and miasma here, and the trees are darker in color, so there is a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

The white-striped spider's nest is very large. In order to improve the efficiency of clearing out the white-striped spiders and collecting spider silk, every three wizard apprentices are divided into a team.

Lynn naturally teamed up with Gray and Kaioli, and the area they were responsible for was a cave somewhere in the zone.

Carrying their equipment, Lin En and the other two arrived at the entrance of the cave located under a dead tree.

The entrance is quite large, right below a huge dead tree, with exposed tree roots on the surrounding soil.

The sunlight above shines through the gaps between the leaves and branches, but it cannot illuminate the entrance to the cave in front of me.

Just by looking at the appearance outside, you can tell that it must be dark and damp inside.

This is also the white-striped spider's favorite environment.

This type of magical beast naturally prefers dark and humid environments. It also has the ability to dig holes, and the underground caves it lives in are usually extremely complex.

However, before officially collecting spider silk, Yinhuan College had already issued an exploration mission in advance. They had the corresponding map in hand, which saved them a lot of trouble.

"Let's go. The sooner we start, the sooner we can complete the task." Kaioli said first and walked in.

Gray followed closely behind.

Lin En was the last one to walk in. He glanced left and right, his eyes lingered for a moment behind the left, then he followed in.

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boom!
In a passage of the white-striped spider's nest, an orange-yellow fireball exploded and hit a white-striped spider. The blazing flames immediately enveloped it tightly.

Lin En exhaled and dispelled the remaining magical fluctuations in his hands.

In front of him, a half-human-tall white-striped spider had black charred marks all over its body. Due to its strong vitality, it was not completely dead and was still twitching.

Lynn drew out the silver ring sword, walked closer and gave it the final blow.

He looked around. He was already deep inside the white-striped spider's nest. Going any further would be beyond the scope of the mission.

"There is another cave. After we kill the white-striped spiders there and collect the spider silk, our mission will be completed."

Kaioli on the side said, taking out a tool specifically for collecting spider silk from the bag on her back.

It was already the fifth day of the mission, but after five days, Lin En did not encounter any danger. Everything was calm and peaceful without too many disturbances.

The process of clearing out the white-striped spiders was also very smooth. With Gray and Kaioli in charge, he often didn't need to put in much effort, and all the white-striped spiders in a cave would be cleared out.

Perhaps the only thrilling thing was that they almost lost a large bag of spider silk they had collected.

Logically speaking, the White-Striped Spider's Nest is far away from the Silver Ring Academy, located in a remote forest, and the terrain is very complicated, making it the best place to kill people.

If Black Crow intends to attack Lynn, he will most likely choose this place.

But now that the mission is almost over, no accidents have occurred.

"Don't worry. As long as you haven't completely left the White-Striped Spider's Lair and boarded the shuttle, you may encounter an accident at any time."

Lynn thought so and followed Gray and Kaioli to the next section of the cave.

After the three people gradually walked away.

On the left side of the completely dead white-striped spider's body, near the corner of the cave, a dark shadow swayed quietly.

next moment.

Swish!
A silver-white light suddenly flew over quickly and nailed on the shadow!

After a moment, Lynn walked over quickly with a sullen face, and next to him were Gray and Kaioli who looked doubtful.

The dark shadow had dissipated, leaving only a black feather with some words written on it.

(End of this chapter)