After setting up the concealment array, Celia returned to the cave and saw Benovia and the others looking at the demon eggs on the mountaintop, discussing whether or not to shoot them down.
Celia couldn't help but ask, "Don't you guys get any rest?"
Benovia said, "How can we possibly rest peacefully in a place like this? There's not much time left until dawn. Let's wait a bit longer and go back to rest."
Anke nodded and said, "That's right. Although coming in was an accident, we just happened to complete the trial task assigned by the school. We can arrange things however we want from now on. It doesn't matter if we take a little more time."
After investigating the cave and observing Phil's state after purification, they determined that the siren named Telkis was the core of the pollution spread, producing monsters for the lighthouse.
Every night, these monsters are released to ravage the world outside the lighthouse with pollution, thereby influencing the outside world and gradually drawing it into the lighthouse's territory.
Celia pouted: "Are you really satisfied with this?"
Benovia and Anko exchanged a glance and immediately understood what Celia meant.
"Celia, do you mean to..."
“Yes! We’ve solved the source of the pollution spread so quickly, and it’s only the second day. There are still 58 days left in the two-month trial period. We can’t just go home in 58 days, can we? We might as well try to see if we can clear the Lost Lighthouse.”
"Although I also have the idea of clearing the Lost Lighthouse, the boss outside the lighthouse almost wiped us out. I don't think we are currently capable of going deep into the lighthouse."
"That's easy. Use a month to prepare and improve your strength. Then come back to conquer the enemy. A month should be enough time to improve your strength, right?"
The two exchanged a glance and nodded. Benovia said, "That's enough, but we need to consult Phil and Doris. Let's wait until they wake up."
Phil was still meditating with his eyes closed, trying to purify the impurities in his body.
“Alright.” Celia found an open space to sit down and entered a meditative state as well.
The cave fell silent as people waited for time to pass.
Meanwhile, inside the school camp.
Many of the mentors leading the teams were extremely anxious.
"Haven't they found them yet?"
I'll take a nap first, and write more when I wake up.
Chapter 159 School Actions
It's 3 a.m. now, and there are still three hours until dawn.
Inside the temporary camp of the Holy Magic Academy, many instructors returned from their search and gathered in the camp's meeting room.
As the strongest participant in this trial, Abros stood to the side with a serious expression, looking at Blake, who was the first to arrive from the school.
"We've searched everywhere outside the lost lighthouse, except inside, but unfortunately, we haven't found any trace of them."
"After careful tracking, we discovered that Doris, who was the first to disappear, went missing on the high slope overlooking the distance, while the other four disappeared together on their way to the lost lighthouse."
"There is a high probability that they have already been transported into the lighthouse by the lighthouse owner."
"This is the conclusion we reached after searching all night and finding all the traces."
Blake's expression was also not good.
It was he who proposed that the five saintesses form a team for the trial.
This decision was actually made after careful consideration.
The lost lighthouse wasn't of a high level; even if they entered the lighthouse, they could return safely.
However, this is based on entering during the day.
A lighthouse at night is not on the same level as one during the day.
Even the strongest monsters in the lighthouse during the day are only a little over third rank, and even the strongest leaders cannot reach the limit of approaching fourth rank.
Only at night, under the light of the lighthouse master, and amidst the pollution riots, can they receive a blessing akin to rage, unleashing their immense power.
This is why it's not allowed to explore the lighthouse at night.
Blake's original plan was simple: have them explore the entire area outside the lighthouse, clear out all the powerful monsters on the periphery, thereby weakening the lighthouse's power so that high-level mages could research a way to enter it.
As long as the five candidates for sainthood don't cause any trouble, nothing serious should happen.
The very next day, these girls, who were usually very well-behaved and steady, chose to go out at night and approach the ruins when the enemy was at their strongest, allowing the enemy to seize the opportunity and send them into the ruins.
simply……
Blake was furious after hearing the report.
"If I had known these five would cause trouble together, I shouldn't have let them act together."
It's too late to say all this now.
Blake looked at Abros and asked, "Is it really impossible for those above the fourth rank to enter the interior of the ruins?"
Why is a low-level ruin restricted to higher-level players?
You think you can restrict higher-level systems just because you want to?
“You can go in, but…” Abros shook his head: “It will cause a riot in the lighthouse and destroy all sorts of valuable data inside…”
Snapped!
Blake slammed his hand on the table. "Then what are we waiting for? Is the information from a dilapidated ruin more important than five candidates for sainthood?"
Abros was both amused and exasperated: "Principal, please let me finish."
Blake sat down again. "Go on," he said.
"Besides destroying data, it will also cause riots. The Lighthouse Master has control over all mirrored warp spaces. Violating the rules will cause warp turbulence, causing sorcerers who enter to get lost in the warp."
“It’s just subspace. As long as you have a location, you can return with a teleportation scroll,” Blake said. “The teleportation badges issued by the school allow you to return even if you get caught in subspace turbulence, as long as you don’t die.”
"Principal, do you think these children have the ability to resist spatial tearing?"
Obviously not.
The subspace turbulence is equivalent to the strongest fourth-order spell flying around at the lowest level. Even a fourth-order mage can only survive in it for less than three minutes, and a fifth-order mage can survive for several hours, but if they cannot leave, they will still die.
Only those at the sixth level can survive inside for a little longer, but not for very long. If they cannot return, they will still die.
Only seventh-rank or higher mages who have surpassed human limits can survive.
"The Lost Lighthouse is so desperate that it restricts high-level mages from entering. Unless you, Headmaster, destroy it remotely with high-level spells, there's no way to prevent it from entering."
No matter what method was used, the final result was that the five candidate saintesses, who might have been alive, were all killed.
"Oh right, don't they have teleportation badges?" Blake suddenly remembered something.
To prevent students from falling into dire situations, schools issue targeted teleportation badges for students to use in critical moments.
When faced with a life-or-death threat, forget about achievements; just focus on surviving.
“Yes, they carry them with them, but they don’t use them,” Abros said helplessly.
"These few... are really a handful."
Blake paced back and forth for a long time before finally stopping. "Let's find a way to monitor the ruins. We'll keep watch around the ruins and kill any monsters that dare to leave."
"Once it's dawn, immediately gather mercenaries of rank three or above in the camp and have them form an expedition team to enter the ruins and search for their whereabouts."
Abros reminded him, "Principal, please don't get angry. Please don't think about destroying the ruins. Every ancient ruin is precious. Not only do they contain valuable information, but because of their unique conditions, they can also cultivate various materials that cannot be cultivated outside."
"If we destroy the ruins, not only will the Holy Lord blame us, but other empires will also use this as an excuse to attack Ishtar."
"Alright, alright, I know, I'm not as reckless as you think." Blake waved for everyone to leave.
Then, in a flash, he arrived high in the sky outside the ruins, gazing at the distant lighthouse.
Just then, the lighthouse beam swept across the area and landed on Blake.
Blake stared directly into the light.
The lights paused briefly, nothing happened, and then continued to sweep in other directions.
"Humph."
Blake was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.
Most ruins have special rules, and the restriction on high-level players is a rule that exists in most ruins. Unless you have cleared the level, high-level mages cannot enter.
Of course, there are also ruins that high-level mages can enter, but those ruins are as dangerous to high-level mages as the Lost Lighthouse is to a first-level mage.
“For low-level ruins, we should find a way to break the restrictions and let high-level mages take charge. As we are now, conforming to the other party's rules will only make us more vulnerable.”
Blake shook his head and sighed.
The idea is good, but unfortunately each ruin is different. Solving one doesn't mean you can solve all of them. For now, you can only follow the rules to clear the game.
If you can't even enter low-level ruins, all that effort in cultivating this level has been for nothing.
He stood in the air, looking down at the ruins below, his eyes seemingly piercing through layers of space to land inside the lighthouse.
Unfortunately, he still couldn't see what was happening inside the lighthouse.
We could only wait like this until dawn.
The camp was already in motion. Just as Blake was preparing to return to take charge, he suddenly sensed something, flashed to the ground, and looked ahead.
He saw Celia and the others chatting and laughing, carrying Doris as they passed through the ruins and appeared outside.
Chapter 160 Reports and Rumors
When Celia emerged from the mist and appeared outside the ruins, she saw Black standing by the roadside with a blank expression, staring at them.
“Principal Black?” Celia was taken aback for a moment, then greeted him, “Good morning, are you here for an adventure too?”
“I…” Blake couldn’t hold back any longer. He said irritably, “Look what you’ve done.”
Celia and the others exchanged glances, and finally Benovia stepped forward and smiled, "Headmaster, you've come at the right time. We just finished the trial the school gave us and obtained something from that boss-level monster. We'd like you to appraise it."
Celia took out the Siren's Eye, and Blake's eyes were immediately drawn to it.
He took the Siren's Eye and examined it carefully.
After a moment's thought, he said, "This should be the Eye of the Siren? But didn't the Siren disappear long ago after swallowing the sea with the storm? How come there are still Siren here?"
"However, judging from the quality of this Siren's Eye, it has been contaminated and can no longer reach its original strength. It's a bit doubtful that it will even reach the fourth tier. For you, it's still a very good material for inlaying a staff."
After saying that, Blake returned the Eye of the Siren.
"Alright, it's good that you're alright. Put your puppets away and come with me back to the camp."
After Celia and the others put away the puppet, he waved his hand, used magic to lift them up, and quickly returned to the school camp.
He called Abros over and said, "The saints have returned safely and told everyone not to look for them anymore."
Abros glanced at Celia and the others, nodded, and went to attend to his work.
Blake looked at Doris, who was being carried by Benovia, and asked, "What's wrong with her?"
"Is such that……"
Celia briefly described what happened last night, omitting the thrill of the battle, only saying that they went to find Doris and found her fighting a corrupted sea monster. Together they killed the sea monster and unexpectedly discovered that this sea monster was the culprit that caused the pollution to spread outwards.
Although Celia deliberately ignored it, Blake still asked, "How strong is that siren?"
"Ordinary, I could kill them easily," Celia said casually.
"Was it written down?"
"some."
Celia projected the images recorded by the bracelet into the air.
At this moment, many mentors came in from outside. Seeing that Celia was playing the recording, they didn't say anything and watched it together.
The battle with Terksi didn't seem very long, but upon replaying it, it turned out they actually fought for over two hours.
For more than two hours, they were constantly draining Terksi's life force, slowly grinding it down to the brink of death.
Celia accelerated through this part, only returning to her original speed during Telkis's final rampage.
Blake and the other mentors watched intently. When they saw that Celia was only momentarily stunned by the siren's scream before immediately 'waking up,' manipulating the puppet to narrowly dodge an almost certain grab, calmly setting up ten ice walls, and then throwing the greatsword to the puppet to finish off the enemy, all the mentors were astonished.
Blake's gaze toward Celia also changed somewhat.
"I thought you only had a good talent for magic arrays, but I didn't expect your combat talent to be so strong as well."
In the battle, whether it was the team cooperation in the early and mid-game or the final solo decapitation, she showed perfect response. Especially in the final solo decapitation, being able to think of a way to avoid the siren's capture in such a short time is something that not an ordinary person can do.
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