Curse Reply: After choosing Nawa, the cursed spirit cursed me for being cruel.

Leyan Temple replied without changing his expression, "You brat," then pulled up a task file on his computer and turned the screen towards everyone.

[Location: Osaka seaside.]

[Rank: Top Grade.]

[Mission Description: Frequent tsunamis have struck the shore in recent weeks, resulting in nearly ten deaths and nearly one hundred missing persons. Detection has revealed one instance of high-level and multiple instances of level-one magical energy in the nearby waters.]

[To remove it, it is recommended that a Grandmaster Sorcerer or three or more Level 1 Sorcerers work together.]

"Thank you for your help."

After scanning the few lines of text on the screen, Duanmu Yan nodded: "Leave it to me. I will test the three of them in this mission."

Rakuganji waved his hand, indicating that they could leave. Gojo Satoru was the first to stand up, not forgetting to carry the chair on his shoulder.

It's clear that he really likes this chair.

The songstress patted her shrine maiden outfit, glared at Gojo Satoru's retreating figure, and then stood up.

Gojo Satoru walked into the corridor with his hands in his pockets, without turning his head, but his voice drifted precisely into the songstress's ears: "With your strength, can you really become a first-class student? If you accidentally get injured this time, should I bring you a fruit basket?"

The songstress exploded, rushing up behind Gojo Satoru in three strides, her finger almost poking him: "Don't underestimate me! I've single-handedly exorcised a near-Special Grade Cursed Spirit! And Junior Brother Duanmu isn't as unreliable as you. You'll definitely suffer a great loss because of your mouth in the future!"

Gojo Satoru shrugged indifferently, flicked the geisha's head with his hand, looked at her flushed face, and laughed loudly: "Apart from my two best friends, there is no one in this world who can make me suffer."

Before the words were even finished, the person had vanished, leaving only the songstress's furious roar in the corridor.

"What do you mean 'besides two close friends'? At least listen to what you have to say, you bastard Wutiao!" The songstress kicked the air, her fists clenched, clearly furious.

Duanmu Yan leaned against a pillar in the corridor and sighed, "I really don't know what kind of power these two have that makes them able to start arguing the moment they meet."

Riko stood next to him, nodding earnestly: "Indeed. It feels like whenever Songstress and Gojo are together, they never stop arguing."

She counted on her fingers, "Last time he stole her pudding in the cafeteria, the time before that he hid her amulet at the training ground, and the time before that..."

"That's enough." Duanmu Yan reached out and pressed her fingers down, too lazy to listen any further. After all, the ill-fated relationship between these two could go on for three days and three nights.

He took out a summoning device, and a green whirlwind rose from his feet, instantly donning the Tuonado armor.

He twirled the Shadow Dart in his palm, then beckoned to the group, "Come here."

Once everyone had arrived, Duanmu Yan transformed into a gust of wind, lifting everyone up and hurtling towards Osaka.

……

On the beach in Osaka. Sunlight spreads across the sand, the seawater shines a brilliant blue, and waves roll and lick the shore.

Because of the frequent tsunamis in recent weeks, locals have stopped coming, but there are still hundreds of people scattered on the endless beach, the vast majority of whom are tourists from other places, holding parasols and selfie sticks, fearlessly venturing towards the waves.

Duanmu Yan and his group stopped next to a seaside villa.

As the green whirlwind of Tuonado dissipated, an assistant supervisor trotted out of the villa, handing a thick document to Duanmu Yan with both hands: "Respected sorcerers, this document records the unusual activity in the ocean over the past few weeks. I entrust it to you."

Duanmu Yan took the document and handed it to the three people behind him. He didn't need it. He nodded to the assistant supervisor: "Leave it to us, we'll handle it quickly. You go and set up the cordon."

The assistant supervisor was taken aback. They'd just arrived and were already setting up a connection? But he didn't ask further, simply nodding, "Understood."

The assistant supervisor bowed to the group and hurriedly ran towards the highway to set up a cordon.

Duanmu Yan handed the document to Qi Hai behind him, then leaned against the villa's outer wall, his gaze sweeping over the beach and landing on the excessively calm blue sea.

The songstress opened her arms and took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze. The sunlight spread a layer of shattered gold on the beach, and the soft sound of the waves gently pattered against her eardrums. What a beautiful scene! She felt refreshed and relaxed.

She turned around, her back to the sea, and waved to Riko: "Riko, let's go to the beach after the mission is over. It's a rare trip to Osaka, it would be a waste not to go splashing in the water."

Riko, who had been looking at the documents, turned her head when she heard the songstress's words. Then her eyes widened instantly, and she pointed sharply at the back of the songstress: "The sea! The sea!!"

The songstress tilted her head: "The sea?"

She turned around.

A wave tens of meters high was rising from the sea surface. The sunlight could not penetrate the wall of water, and something could be seen churning deep within it.

The few hundred tourists on the beach had already screamed and ran towards the embankment, but the songstress was still standing in the middle of the beach.

She tilted her head back, looking at the wall of water that blocked out half the sunlight. The cuffs of her shrine maiden robes fluttered in the sea breeze, and she screamed, "Waaaaaah!!"

Chapter 147 A mere Special Grade...

Seven figures stood atop the waves.

The one at the very front is massive, with its shark head pressing against a human torso, and its dorsal fin cutting through the waves from its spine.

The six cursed spirits behind it were all different in shape, but they were all riding on the waves, following it as it pressed towards the shore.

Its name is Swimming Shark, a top-tier cursed spirit formed from human fear of marine life. Behind it are its subordinates: a near-top-tier cursed spirit and five first-tier cursed spirits.

Looking at the nearby beach, he couldn't help but grin, revealing his jagged lips, and shouted, "Shark, shark, shark! Our king of ocean spirits will soon awaken! We must offer sacrifices for the king's birth! Let's start with these humans who disrespect the sea!"

The six cursed spirits behind him shouted in unison, "Long live the King!"

They rode the waves, laughing heartily at the fleeing figures on the shore.

Yousha spotted the figure in the shrine maiden's outfit immediately. Everyone else was running, but she was still standing still.

It became interested: "Oh? Seeing my tsunami, instead of retreating, you're staying put and intending to tough it out? Interesting. Minions, leave this woman to me!"

Although the distance was quite far, the songstress could still hear it. She suddenly looked up, about to curse back, when a wall of wind swept past her from behind.

The gale whipped up waves that pulled the seven cursed spirits, along with the waves, out of the water. They tumbled several times in the air before crashing headfirst into the sand. With seven loud thuds, the seven cursed spirits lined up in a row, from largest to smallest, with only half of their bodies sticking out as they kicked.

Unfortunately, the songstress was not spared. She was too close to the sea, and even as the waves were whipped up by the wind, the remaining seawater still lashed against her, soaking her from head to toe.

“*****!” The songstress spat out a mouthful of salt water and cursed a few words that could not be written down.

Riko jogged over, suppressing a laugh as she covered the songstress's head with a towel.

Nanami had already drawn his spell tool from his waist, his gaze fixed on the super-class shark that was pulling its head out of the sand.

Haibara had already strengthened herself and assumed a starting stance.

"We're about to go," Nanami said.

Nanami's gaze swept over the seven cursed spirits.

He pointed with his spell tool at the shark that had just pulled its head out of the sand, and then at the slightly smaller near-Special Class shark next to it: "Leave the Special Class and the near-Special Class shark to me and Haibara."

Then he turned to look at the songstress, "I'll leave the remaining five level one to you, senior songstress."

Before the songstress could reply, he and Haibara had already charged towards the enemy lines.

The songstress stomped her foot on the sand: "Do you all look down on me that much? Leave the weakest one for me!"

Duanmu Yan saw right through what she was trying to say.

If she doesn't perform well enough after defeating these five level 1 enemies, she might not be able to advance to the next level smoothly.

After all, a level one spellcaster is equivalent to a level two spellcaster, and the songstress is here to take the level one exam, so of course she doesn't want to fight against opponents who can't demonstrate their strength.

Being able to single-handedly eliminate quasi-special-grade cursed spirits and confront special-grade cursed spirits head-on is the standard requirement for a first-level cursed sorcerer.

Here, I'd like to briefly mention the level of a top-tier cursed spirit.

Special-grade cursed spirits are roughly divided into three tiers: the first tier is the most ordinary, with immense cursed power but no domain, and not particularly high intelligence; a strong level one sorcerer can remove them alone.

The second tier possesses a domain, including fantasy-type cursed spirits, which usually come with extremely strong rules or even instant-kill abilities. Their weakness is that their main combat power is average, but they have an absolute advantage in a certain aspect.

The third tier consists of Calamity Cursed Spirits, whose strength is far ahead of others. They can crush ordinary level one sorcerers, and almost no one can stand against them except for special-grade sorcerers.

But the Super Grade Cursed Spirit Shark in front of us is clearly just the most ordinary first-tier one.

Duanmu Yan called out to the songstress, "If you can remove these five cursed spirits on your own, you can also pass."

The reason why the songstress hasn't leveled up in so long is that her strength is a secondary reason. The main reason is that the higher-ups in the Spellcasting system don't want to send a mage who is clearly more support-oriented to the front lines.

But Duanmu Yan didn't care about any of that; he only cared about whether the strength was sufficient.

Upon hearing this, the songstress's eyes lit up instantly: "You said it yourself! Riko can vouch for me! Watch how the songstress deals with these monsters!"

She rolled up her sleeves and rushed toward the five cursed spirits, chanting incantations as she ran, her hands rapidly forming a series of specific hand gestures in the air.

Her spell is called "Single Forbidden Zone," which allows her to select any sorcerer within its range to receive enhancements, temporarily increasing their total spell power and spell power output.

Duanmu Yan glanced at the songstress's side.

The five level-one cursed spirits dared not move under his gaze.

He looked away; there was no need to look anymore. Those five were no match for the songstress.

He turned his gaze to the other side, where Nanami and Haibara were already engaged in combat with Yusha and the near-Special Class.

The battle here is much more interesting.

These days, even a top-tier cursed spirit is just a sparring partner to him; if he can't kill it in three moves, he's just wasting his breath.

Only the Calamity-level spirits could bring him some amusement, but the sense of accomplishment from watching his own junior brother fight against a Special-level cursed spirit was different.

On the beach, the giant tail of the swimming shark swept across, and Qi Hai ducked to avoid it. He flipped his wrist and activated the Ten-Stroke Spell, aiming the blade directly at the swimming shark's weak point.

The shark twisted and blocked, condensing a water shield in front of it. Seven Seas' power was not enough to break through its defense, but it did not linger in the fight. After missing its first attack, it immediately retreated, exposing its front.

Just as the shark parried, Haibara had already circled behind it and punched it in the base of its dorsal fin.

The shark staggered forward two steps after being hit, and forced Haibara back with a backhand claw, only to be struck again by Nanami from the side.

Neither of them would confront the shark head-on. Whoever engaged in direct combat would be attacked from the side or rear. Every time the shark counterattacked, it only had time to hit one person before the other had already moved to an angle where it couldn't see them, leaving the shark feeling extremely frustrated.

He, a top-tier cursed spirit and the overlord of the sea, was actually toyed with by two humans.

As for the near-special grade, it was suppressed and unable to raise its head during the intervals between the two's turns.

There was really no other way. Haibara and Nanami can both be considered level one sorcerers with strong attack power. Although they may be slightly lacking in other aspects, their attack power is top-notch.

Moreover, they had already eliminated the near-special-grade curse spirits, and now they almost looked down on that level.

The shark roared, and waves burst from beneath their feet, forcing the two back several steps.

Haibara shook the water off her fist and chuckled, panting.

Nanami gripped her spell tool tightly again, her gaze fixed on the shark.

This top-tier cursed spirit will become a stepping stone for the two of them on their path to first-tier status.

Chapter 149 Eating Rice with a Smile