Full-Time Magister: I Had No Intention of Reaching the Dimensional Throne

Almost as soon as Mo Fan led the two into the shadows of the bushes, a sharp shout came from nearby, and the faint sound of a group of people approaching them could be heard.

Mo Fan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of patrolmen in black uniforms walking towards him. They were all burly and fierce-looking with cold eyes!

They all possessed a powerful and imposing aura, indicating they were all mid-level mages. The one in the lead seemed to specialize in light magic, and as they approached, his eyes shone with a dazzling light.

The patrol leader led his team straight to their hiding place, seemingly aware that rats were hiding there!

The light element is the one most sensitive to the aura of shadow!

"Bai Mo, what do we do! The Shadow Aura has been detected. If they come over, we'll be discovered immediately!"

Mo Fan asked anxiously, his hands already brimming with flames that seemed ready to explode at any moment, "How about we work together, hurry up, and run away after we've done this job?"

"What are we doing? We're here to lie in wait, not to launch a full-scale attack!"

Rolling her eyes, she silently imprinted a silver pattern in front of them, creating a hazy entrance.

"Dimensional travel!"

Bai Mo's eyes sharpened, and he completely fixed the opened dimensional passage leading to the inner space.

"What are you standing there for? Go inside!"

"Oh!"

Mo Fan nodded subconsciously and stepped into the gloomy passage. Before he could ask anything, Bai Mo was already standing beside him, and the passage behind him quietly closed.

"Don't use magic; they won't see us or sense us."

Bai Mo instructed that with his enhanced control over space and a more abundant supply of magical energy, he could now easily carry one person on his dimensional journey.

Mo Fan quickly dispersed the fierce fist that had been gathered in his hand. He looked at the world outside, which seemed to be covered with a layer of gray, as if he were looking at the world outside the window through a dusty glass.

Then he saw that group of people walk over, and one of them even rammed right into him!

Mo Fan instinctively dodged to the side, only to find that these people passed through him like ghosts.

These people ignored them, constantly scanning the grove of trees. The light mage even lit up a beam of light, illuminating the area with every detail, and all the shadows receded in the layers of dense golden light.

The leading light-element mage kept scanning, his hawk-like gaze seemingly able to pierce through space, meeting Bai Mo's eyes directly.

Bai Mo remained unmoved and did not rush to leave. Instead, he stood still and began to examine the patrolling group of mages.

There were five of them in total, and without being able to sense their auras, it was impossible to determine their specific cultivation levels.

All five men were Westerners, around thirty years old, and wore only black uniforms like security guards.

"Bai Mo, what kind of magic is this?"

Mo Fan quickly shifted his attention to the surrounding space. He could sense that he could get out, but a force was blocking him.

It can't be called power; it's more like there's a door in front of you that moves extremely fast, and you need to keep up with it to insert the key, open it, and walk out.

He clearly doesn't have the ability to keep up with this door right now, but Bai Mo was clearly using a star map just now.

"Could it be a fourth-level spatial rhythm?"

"This is a derivative magic of control: Dimensional Travel."

Bai Mo briefly explained the magic to him, and then, seeing that he was about to speak again, he held up a finger to signal him to shut up.

Listen to what they're talking about.

"Can we hear sounds from outside?" Mo Fan was taken aback. He ignored Bai Mo's idiotic gaze and stopped listening to the voices coming from inside the space.

"Ham, are you sure you're not mistaken? There's no one here!"

"It's a man with a receding hairline," said a man with a bald patch on his head.

"Yes, our warning array will cause fluctuations even when a space-type mage travels through space. There was nothing just now, so how did someone appear here?" someone else chimed in.

"Impossible! I'm a light mage; I clearly sensed shadow-based fluctuations just now!"

The man with the light element still had a pair of bright golden eyes, looking around and even taking a step inside.

However, after taking only a couple of steps, his teammates immediately stopped him, saying, "Are you crazy? This isn't a place we can go!"

"The absence of fluctuations in the warning array indicates that no one has entered. It's possible that a creature that went mad ran out and then went back inside."

"Joseph is right. It's just one kid who ran away. Why is the supervisor so nervous? It's one thing for him to be nervous, but he can't make things difficult for us. Ham, don't take it too seriously."

The oldest-looking member of the team said, "I've been guarding this place for so many years, and I've never seen the warning array light up even once."

"The most recent time was when I killed one of the leaders of that pack of dogs outside."

"That's right, those people outside are quite capable; they haven't gone to provoke anyone with power or influence," the person next to him chimed in.

"Hmm! Maybe he's a madman who ran away from the mountains."

Ham gave a deep reply, the golden light in his eyes fading as he swept his gaze across the woods one last time. His booted feet crunched through the weeds beneath his feet as he patrolled in one direction.

Seeing these people leave, Mo Fan let out a long sigh of relief. "They're gone, let's go out."

"No, follow them!"

"what!"

"hurry up."

Bai Mo urged them on and then took the lead, following behind the patrol team.

"We're supposed to be doing reconnaissance, why are we following them?"

"They are guards. Following them might help us understand the defenses here. It's almost lunchtime."

"That's true, now that we're done, we can go out for dinner."

Although Mo Fan didn't understand why Bai Mo had changed the subject so drastically, he agreed that food was the most important thing for people, and although he preferred crayfish, he couldn't not eat them.

"What I mean is, when it's mealtime, we can go to the cafeteria with them."

"Ah! Won't this be bad?" Mo Fan scratched his head, realizing for the first time that Bai Mo was even bolder than him. "If we eat in their cafeteria, won't we get caught?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Mo looked at him with a dark expression. Sighing, Bai Mo didn't hint anymore and said directly:

"Don't just think about eating. Find the canteen, and we'll keep watch there. That way we'll know how many guards there are. If they don't have separate canteens, we might even be able to find out how many people are here and what kind of people they are."

"Yeah! You're supposed to chat while eating, and that's how we overheard this!"

Mo Fan clapped his hands and then said, "How about we add something extra to their food? I've been wanting to pee for ages, hehehe~"

"Then I'll go first, leaving you here. You can add something extra to their breakfast tomorrow." Bai Mo looked at him expressionlessly.

"How can that be? I was just joking, just kidding."

The patrol team was responsible for an area within the approximately 800-meter section of the perimeter wall, not far from the gate of the mental hospital, separated only by another patrol team.

"It seems their defenses are quite strong," Bai Mo thought to himself, and then, following the movement of the two teams, he joined the other team.

They circled the entire mental hospital, and roughly the entire mountain forest, and discovered that there were twelve patrol teams inside the walls, all of them mid-level mages.

As for the extremely strict supervisors these people mentioned, we didn't see them. Perhaps supervisors don't need to patrol.

After circling around, they returned to the patrol led by the Light Mage Ham, by which time the sky was already dusky.

The two followed them to a canteen marked with the number 4. Clearly, there was more than one canteen, but fortunately, these canteens did not have restrictions on the identity of the people who could enter.

They should be able to choose freely, based on their personal wishes.

From Ham's conversation with the four team members, Bai Mo also learned that these patrol personnel also had ranks. For example, those who patrolled inside the mental hospital were better than those who stood guard outside the hospital walls. There were also some guards in the mountains and forests, but not many.

The canteen was similar to the factory canteen outside. There weren't many people there yet. Besides the patrol members, Bai Mo and his companion also saw some medical staff.

This mental hospital is open to the public, and from their conversation, it's clear that the ordinary staff members are unaware of any shady dealings here.

Perhaps the management knows, but they won't eat here.

"Boss, I have a question."

Ham and his group sat down in a relatively open area, and then a younger man in the group spoke.

"explain!"

"Why do we always have to eat at the No. 4 canteen? To be honest, the guys here really do a terrible job of making the food."

"Hey, you don't understand this, do you, Ah Hu?" Ham didn't speak, but the oldest mage said instead:

"This fourth canteen is where adults from the forest eat. When we come here, we might bump into them. If one of them happens to be in a good mood and talks to us a few more words, becoming a junior manager right away wouldn't be a problem."

"So that's how it is."

After listening to these few sentences, Bai Mo stayed there for a while longer, and finally confirmed that no high-ranking personnel would come. Then he turned to Mo Fan and said:

"Let's go."

"Alright, it's time to go back for dinner. Hey, Bai Mo, you're going the wrong way."

"We'll go into the mountains, and once we've investigated, we'll have plenty of time to give you food."

Shaking his head, Bai Mo headed towards the mountains and forests. When he was observing from the sky earlier, he noticed that something was wrong with a certain spot in the mountains and forests. Now, after hearing the conversation between these patrol team members, he became even more certain.

This unnamed forest doesn't look very big from the sky, but when you're actually inside it, it feels quite vast.

When I looked down from the sky earlier, the dense forest path below was clearly visible. But now that I'm in the mountains, finding the exact location is not an easy task.

As soon as we entered the forest path, a madman with his face covered in feces, chuckling foolishly, rushed towards us, followed by several patrolmen.

Seeing the wind trails emanating from their bodies, and realizing they were still struggling to catch up with the madman ahead, a strange glint flashed in Bai Mo's eyes. Meanwhile, Mo Fan beside him exclaimed:

"Wow, there really is a mentally ill person here, and he seems to be a sorcerer too."

"And his cultivation level is not low."

Bai Mo added, pulling him aside, explaining that no magic could pass through the dimensional travel area, otherwise it would be broken.

But then the madman raised his hand and unleashed two waves of earth, which rolled like excrement and even bubbled, pouring down on the two people chasing behind.

"Hehehe, this is fun!" the mentally ill man chuckled, then ran even further away.

"Wind Prison!"

Just then, a blond man with wings of wind rushed over and arrived in front of the escaped mental patient in the blink of an eye. He raised his hand and created a prison made of gale wind, enveloping the patient.

After trapping the mentally ill man, the blond, high-ranking wind-elemental expert flew away, while the bound mental patient was captured by several disheveled patrolmen who followed closely behind.

"Damn it, this guy seems to still have some sense; he actually knows to run away."

"Take him back to the mountains. These people are fucking weird; even the wind can't keep up with them."

"What kind of spirit seed is this? It's like shit! Give me a few more Water-type spirits!"

The two patrolling guards walked away cursing, while the mentally ill patient who had been caught by his mother remained silent from beginning to end. Bai Mo, on the other hand, had a sudden thought and immediately took Mo Fan and followed.

Following the two men, they walked until they reached a place on the west side of the forest where the trees were particularly tall and dense. There wasn't even a proper road leading there, only a narrow path, which was clearly worn down by people coming and going.

The area was surrounded by wire mesh. Just as two patrol officers brought the mental patient to the vicinity, a bald man with a gloomy demeanor appeared out of nowhere.

"Sir, we've brought him back." As soon as the bald man appeared, the two patrolmen lowered their heads and reported respectfully.

"Yes, you may leave."

The bald man responded indifferently, and with a push, a wave of water slapped directly onto the bound mental patient, washing away the filth all over his body. The powerful impact of the water instantly knocked the mental patient unconscious.

After doing all that, he dragged the mental patient into the dense forest.

"Shall we follow?"

The wire fence was opened, and Mo Fan saw the bald man dragging someone inside, so he asked.

"certainly."

Bai Mo immediately stepped forward. It couldn't be easier with someone leading the way; otherwise, they definitely wouldn't have found it today if they had searched on their own.

Since Jiang Shaoxu's interrogation revealed that the people of Zheying had all brought the abducted children here, and he hadn't initially seen any large-scale gathering of people in the sky...

Considering the secluded nature of this dense forest, the most likely explanation is that these children have been hidden away.

Before the wire mesh was closed, Bai Mo and Mo Fan immediately followed them inside, even though he was in dimensional travel mode and would not have much contact with the outside world.

But it would be bad if this wire mesh was also a barrier. It would be better to follow the gap opened by the bald man and come in.

This dense forest only occupies a small part of the mountain forest. Once inside, you can see a few scattered small houses standing under the cover of trees. Some are occupied, while others are empty.

All the small huts were built around an entrance that seemed to lead underground. Bai Mo and his companion followed the bald man into the open hut.

You can see a deep, downward-facing staircase, with each step gradually decreasing in darkness from bright to dim.

"Whoosh~~~~!"

A faint sound emanated from the entrance, like the wind, or perhaps someone calling out from inside.

"Ahhh!!" (End of Chapter)