Vlad and Siddartha wandered exhausted through the desert after leaving William. At first, they knew their way and thought they would soon reach their destination, but the sand snakes ruined their plans. They encountered not one, but eight sand snakes. Sand snakes were very territorial during the mating season and would not forgive the duo for inadvertently entering their territory.They chased them to the very edge of their territory. This part was in the north, near the Black Tree Kingdom that the dark elves had just conquered, but not a single dark elf could be seen.Fortunately, the duo was not seriously injured by the sand snakes. They survived these attacks with only minor scratches, but due to their current location, they did not know where they were.They walked up a hill and looked around. Behind them was a vast desert that stretched as far as they could see, and they could also see the forest, which was far away, but not out of reach. They looked at each other and nodded. The
Vlad and Siddartha immediately raised their arms in the air."Okay, okay! We will go. Please don't kill us." Vlad was the first to shout, or rather to react.The young dragon nodded as if he was satisfied with the duo's decision and retracted his sharp claws. Then he pushed them forward and pointed to the flower.The two began to walk on shaky legs. Every step felt like torture. The cold penetrated their skin. It was like being pierced by thousands of needles at once."We're not going to make it," Vlad spoke. Meanwhile, the young dragon was behind them, but he still spoke in a very low voice because of his fear. By this time, they had already left the egg a few steps behind."I-If e-even a-a-a d-d-dra-gon ca-n't s-s-stand it, ho-how ca-can we s-s-stand i-it?" Siddartha said through trembling jaws. They were barely able to speak now.The duo's steps slowed. Walking was almost impossible now. The flower was fifty meters from them, but even the ground they were about to step on was compl
After William left, Seren fell into a depression from which she took a long time to recover. She didn't leave her room for a month and lost more than ten kilos. She looked emaciated, and when she first came out, the people who saw her mocked her, shouting that she was a walking skeleton. Seren didn't care.After a month, she regained consciousness and remembered that she had promised to become even stronger. She couldn't catch William being depressed and not leaving her room. That's why she had to get stronger. She started training again, but her body had become weak.After working for another month to restore her body, she began her real training. Every day she would choose a mission that was more difficult than the limits of her own strength and try to accomplish it by herself. Most of the time, she would be semi-conscious when she arrived at the castle, and thanks to some people who knew her, she would recover within a few days and continue on her way to take on another mission. Wh
Cora opened her eyes in the light of the burning sun. As soon as she opened her eyes, she stood up and looked around. Her body inside the armour made it difficult for her to move because of the pain. The beating she ate yesterday was beyond measure. Her armour was warped all over, and even the great warhammer looked like it would break after a few swings.This was a place called the Great Wasteland, much further north than the White City. When her teacher told her that he would take her on a training journey, she accepted without thinking, but she did not expect such a training method.Only two people set out on the road in a farmer's cart pulled by two oxen, and her teacher said he would not interfere with anything along the way.Luckily, having been a maid before, she was familiar with tasks such as cooking and setting up camp, but her teacher was growing grumpier by the day. He sent Cora to fight everything, including the first-rank mage-level creatures they encountered along the w
Beck opened his eyes to a cave that was a mixture of darkness and red. There was no door or tunnel in sight, which led him to believe that there was no way out of there. He looked around with his eyes but couldn't find anything significant. The walls were filled with natural red ruby-like stones, none of which had been placed by hand. He closed his eyes and thought. He began to wonder why all this was happening to him.At first, everything had been fine and he had decided not to rush on his way back. After all, the area where Galen's family lived was a place of low spiritual energy, and they were normal people. He told them to keep the items well hidden and only take them out if it was discovered that a child in the family had mage abilities. Then he went to the Black Forest, and while he was practising, he met a person. This human also used a bow and arrow like him and was the most beautiful woman Beck had ever seen, but the woman neither talked to him nor cared about him. She even s
The return journey was uneventful. Sometimes being alone seemed to be the real solution to most problems. With no creatures or bandits along the way to endanger him, William's return journey took twenty days.When he returned to the White City, he immediately went to his shop because he was tired and had slept well after a long bath.When he woke up, it was morning and people were already filling the streets. He walked through the empty shop and went out. He stretched and yawned. 'What a beautiful day.' William thought that the sun was shining beautifully today.As William walked in front of the shop, he saw that Gorroud had also opened his shop. Gorroud was the first to greet him. "Good morning, William." He didn't know why, but he felt that this boy was a good person. According to him, anyone who opened a shop was a person trying to survive."Good morning, Gorroud." William waved back and started walking towards the centre of the city."Where are you going? Aren't you going to open
"You know, I have some free time today. Let's do the permanent permit thing together and then I'll show you the inner circle." Maxim thought for a while and then spoke. William also wanted to make a good impression, and maybe this was a good opportunity. He thought that after becoming an official Mage, William would be able to easily defeat most Mages of his level. This would make William the elite of the elite. It wasn't a bad trade."Really? Thank you very much. Everyone here thinks they're shit." William said, looking around at the scattered crowd. (This is actually the opposite of what it means. 'Being shit' is like thinking you're in a high position.)"You have to blame the White City for that. A long time ago, they gave permanent permission to almost all official mages, regardless of their power. Now their children are born with permanent permits, and whether they are strong or not, they think they are shit just for living here. Anyway, let's go, we have a long day ahead of us."
"Beck...Beck is lost." After speaking, Maxim looked at the view outside the restaurant."'Lost'? Among us, he was the best at tracking, the best at maps, and even the best at geography. How can he be lost? That is impossible?" William said in surprise and looked at Maxim as if waiting for an answer."Unfortunately, nothing is impossible in our world. Beck suddenly disappeared. We went to the last place where the communicator worked and found traces of battle, but after a certain point, he just disappeared. It's like he's not in this world anymore. I'm not talking about it being dead, I'm talking about it disappearing." Maxim explained his last sentence so as not to worry William. He had not paid much attention to Beck's situation, and it was only because of his wide circle of contacts that he knew so much about almost all the apprentices in the tower.William still couldn't get over his surprise. How could he get lost? That was all he thought about because he couldn't make sense of hi