Full-Time Magister: Dark Lord

"I'll go check the neighborhood. You guys be careful here." Cao Le thought for a moment and decided to go look around.

"Cao Le...you won't abandon us, will you?" Song Xia, unlike her usual rough manner, showed a girlish side at this moment.

"Don't worry, even though you're not my type, Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue are still here. How could I bear to let them die here?" Cao Le explained with a smile.

After something like this happens, it's normal for even the most tomboyish person to be scared.

Upon hearing what Cao Le said, Song Xia breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt somewhat dissatisfied! What was she lacking?

Mu Nujiao glanced at Cao Le shyly, but she assumed that Cao Le was saying that to comfort Song Xia.

Of course, she still believed that Cao Le wouldn't abandon them.

If they really didn't want to get involved, there was no need for them to show up in the first place.

...

After leaving the group, Cao Le rushed towards the place where the battle had taken place.

Without Mu Ningxue holding him, and without Song Xia and Mu Nujiao dragging their feet, Cao Le returned to his original spot in just half an hour.

The bodies of the three slain military mages are still here; they haven't been dragged away by the demons. And indeed, their backpacks contain wound medicine and some other medical supplies.

Cao Le took all of these things, and by this time, the battle in the desolate city seemed to have ended.

A demon remarkably similar to Mo Fan was seen sprinting away into the distance...

After seeing him, Cao Le was certain of one thing: Lu Nian must have been torn to pieces.

Cao Le had no intention of looking for anyone else; treating Zhao Manyan was the top priority right now. Since Lu Nian was already dead, they could simply return the way they came...

As for Mo Fan?

There's no need to worry about his life or death. Anyone in this world can die, but as long as you don't try to deal with Mo Fan, he definitely won't die.

Cao Le can be certain of this.

When he returned, Song Xia and the others were still meditating there, and no demons appeared nearby. They were quite lucky.

I treated their wounds with the medicine kit I brought, and also gave Zhao Manyan some medicine from the red bottle...

Although the military's medicine was top-notch, it still couldn't compare to Parthenon's medicine, and Zhao Manyan did not wake up immediately after taking it.

As for whether he can recover, that depends on his fate...

They rested there for a full day and night. It wasn't until the sun covered the earth the next day that Mu Nujiao and Song Xia recovered a lot of their magical power, and Zhao Manyan also pulled through.

"Damn... I thought I was going to die. These bastards tricked me!!!" Zhao Manyan breathed a sigh of relief after waking up and seeing Cao Le and the others.

Before he fainted, he saw Mu Nujiao and Song Xia. When he saw them, Zhao Manyan thought the chances of survival were slim, so he clung to life. It was only after learning that Cao Le had arrived that he completely lost consciousness.

There's nothing he can do; some people always give him a strange sense of peace.

It didn't disappoint him, though...

"Zhao Manyan, you have so many magical tools and artifacts, how did you get defeated without using a single one?" Cao Le asked curiously.

"Two of them came and were confronting me, but who knew there was another one hiding behind me. Otherwise, even if I were surrounded, without Lu Nian, they couldn't do anything to me," Zhao Manyan said unhappily.

He's not bragging; he genuinely has the ability.

Even Cao Le, if he were to fight Zhao Manyan, would probably not be 100% confident in breaking through his defenses using only magic. Of course, if he were to use a magical artifact, that would be a different story.

Even if he were to use his magical artifacts properly, it would still exhaust a mid-level mage squad.

Being beaten like this shows that they were careless.

"You really are stupid. If I hadn't happened to be walking this way, you would probably be brought before Lu Nian by those military mages right now," Cao Le said with a shrug.

"What about the others? Are they... dead, or...?" Zhao Manyan looked around and saw that apart from the unconscious Mu Ningxue, the injured Mu Nujiao, and Song Xia, there was no one else. He asked curiously.

...

95. I like you, and I like her too.

Cao Le shook his head, then said, "I don't know. If they're lucky, they might already be on their way to escape. If they're unlucky, they'll probably either be devoured by demons or die at the hands of Lu Nian or his men."

"I wonder how Mo Fan is doing?" Zhao Manyan muttered again.

Actually, all he cared about was Mo Fan, that silly dog. After all, the fact that he didn't leave with everyone but went to the deserted city alone was already a chance for them to survive.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Manyan would naturally be concerned.

"He must have used that experiment, but I think he should be fine. But he'll have to undergo several months of rigorous training."

Cao Le naturally wouldn't reveal the actual situation.

Ultimately, it's someone else's secret. If he doesn't want to talk about it, there's no need for me to announce it to the whole world.

“That’s true… that guy’s vitality is like an unkillable cockroach, I also don’t think he will die so easily.” Zhao Manyan nodded.

"So what do we do now? Should we go back from here, or wait for rescue?" Mu Nujiao asked.

"Just go back the way you came," Cao Le said.

"what?"

All three of them were taken aback...

What if we return the way we came and encounter the devilish Kuomintang secret police?

"If I'm not mistaken, Lu Nian is either dead or has been taken away. The battle in the desolate city was also fought by a high-level mage. Even if he's not dead, he wouldn't have the strength to deal with us anymore."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Manyan asked again, "Are you sure?"

Having barely escaped death, he really didn't want to take any more risks.

"What do I need to be sure of? Just come with me, why all the nonsense?" Cao Le really wasn't sure if that bastard Lu Nian had really been torn apart by Mo Fan.

...

The five then headed back towards the railway tracks, but upon arriving there, they did not see any military mages or Lu Nian.

Once you find the way you came, returning becomes much easier.

Of course, when they arrived at the Cave of the Demon Slave, everyone chose to climb the mountain.

Mu Ningxue also woke up, but although she was awake, she was still extremely weak.

So all the way, Cao Le was still carrying or holding her.

After reaching the mountaintop, it was already night. Although they knew that many cave demon slaves lived in this cave, they had nothing to fear outside.

They set up camp here.

At this time, Song Xia and Mu Nujiao had recovered their fighting strength. Although Zhao Manyan still had some minor injuries, it did not prevent him from using magical tools and magic. Therefore, even though they knew that it was the territory of demons, they still did not intend to travel overnight.

There was no other way; this path down the mountain was through a forest, and no one knew if there were any other demons lurking there.

Traveling late at night doesn't seem like a wise move.

Nothing happened that night, though it wasn't entirely peaceful. However, all the lesser demons who had come near the area had already died at Cao Le's hands.

The next morning, everyone continued on their journey.

After leaving the mountains, they encountered fewer and fewer demons. Along the way, they also met Zheng Bingxiao and Bai Tingting.

The two had encountered some trouble before, but fortunately, Zheng Bingxiao's rock troll was tough enough, and with Bai Tingting as their healer, they managed to get through the crisis.

After the group gathered, they continued their journey...

Three days later...

Inside the academy in the capital.

Cao Le and his group's experience this time can be said to have been safe but not dangerous. Apart from Lu Zhenghe's death and Mo Fan's disappearance, everyone else has returned.

Who would have thought that these influential figures from school would end up like this just from a trip to Anjie...

What's even more unexpected is that what caused them to end up like this wasn't demons, but humans...

Those who survived this trial were naturally commended. After all, their failure wasn't their fault, especially since they had collected some data. The fact that the commander-level giant lizard demon indicated the possibility that Jinlin City couldn't be rebuilt.

If Jinlin City were to reappear on the map, it would require a high-level mage leading an army to wipe out the nearby demons. Whether the two prestigious universities would still consider making this proposal was not Cao Le's concern...

Outside the university in the capital.

"Cao Le, thank you..." Thanks to his care along the way, Mu Ningxue recovered by the time she returned.

Although not fully recovered, it's not to the point where I'm bedridden.

"If you want to thank me, you can repay me with your body."

Mu Ningxue paused, staring blankly at Cao Le, and unconsciously... it seemed to remind her of things from her childhood.

It seems like this person kept saying she wanted to marry him when she was a child?

“We’re not children anymore…” Mu Ningxue replied after a moment of silence.

"I wasn't joking."

"But...."

"You're not thinking that you're going to make sacrifices for the family, are you?" He interrupted Mu Ningxue before she could finish speaking.

"I..."

Mu Ningxue was indeed prepared to say that. After accepting the family's gifts, her life was no longer her own.

Moreover, there is a more important reason, which is... she doesn't want to think about these things right now. The chilling energy constantly tormenting her body tells her that she must concentrate on her cultivation right now.

"Mu Nujiao is a nice girl..." Mu Ningxue suddenly said something inexplicable.

Hearing what she said, Cao Le did not deny it and nodded, saying, "That's right, she's very nice, and I like her very much too."

Mu Ningxue almost thought she had misheard, but when she looked up at Cao Le and realized that he seemed to have said that, she said with some dissatisfaction, "Since you already have someone you like, why are you still telling me?"

"Because I like you too!"

"..."

Having three wives and four concubines is something every man desires, but Cao Le is definitely the first to say such a thing in front of Mu Ningxue!

Okay... she'd forgotten that this man had had this dream since he was a child...

But that was all from when she was a child. Who knew he would say the same thing again today! She could ignore it before, after all, children say the darndest things, and she had made silly mistakes when she was a child.