Full-Time Mage: Starting from Obtaining the Mysterious Ancient Tree

Chapter 46 Stone Statue
Regarding this answer...

Fang Yu and the others looked bewildered; it was as if they hadn't said anything at all!
Just as Zhou You was about to ask something else, someone called his name from afar.

"Zhou You, An Ying!"

The sound came from afar, startling Zhou You and An Ying, who instinctively turned around.

Fang Yu and Mu Nujiao also looked over and saw a kind-looking, bespectacled magician enter through the door.

The other person was only in his thirties, but his hair looked rather thin, so he must be a strong person.

“Teacher Zhang…” Zhou You and An Ying said:
What are you doing here?

This person is a teacher at Zhou You and An Ying's school.

"I'm nearby. I just saw your chat in the group and came over to take a look. I didn't expect to run into you guys."

On the way back, Zhou You and An Ying shared the demon tide warning with their classmates in the class group, which unexpectedly came to the attention of the teacher who was lurking online.

"So you guys are actually chatting in a class group chat that has teachers?" Fang Yu looked at the group of strange students and thought to himself.

Shouldn't the normal situation be that students create a separate group chat without the teacher involved?

The way you guys are doing this makes it hard for the group members to make suggestive jokes.

"Who are these two?" The person addressed as Teacher Zhang looked at Fang Yu and Mu Nujiao.

An Ying said, "They are my friends, magicians from other schools."

Teacher Zhang smiled and nodded: "You're wondering about the warning about the demon tide, aren't you?"

"Yes, teacher, is the situation serious this time?"

"Won't the same thing happen again?"

Zhou You knew that his teacher was a master demon hunter and should know more inside information, so he immediately asked.

"It's too noisy here, let's go outside to talk," said Teacher Zhang.

None of them had any objections. After leaving the mission hall, they began to walk around the cluster of buildings surrounding the Hunter's Alliance.

Although he didn't know this Teacher Zhang, Fang Yu, wanting to know what was going on, also came over.

If there is real danger.

I need to prepare in advance and find a way to escape back to Shanghai.

On the stone-paved path, Teacher Zhang looked at the group of young children and said, "You don't need to worry too much."

“It’s very different now than it was ten years ago. The protective facilities around Yuling Snow Mountain are very well done.”

Even if danger does arise, the military and the Mage Association can react quickly. If the Icefield County's defenses are insufficient, mages from the city will come to defend it.

If the city's magic guilds are unable to defend it, magic guilds from surrounding cities will quickly come to its aid. Currently, the demons of Jade Spirit Snow Mountain are no longer a threat to the entire Icefield County.

Zhou You asked, "So, teacher, you mean that the demon tide might reappear?"

"Currently, it's just a small-scale gathering of demons, far less massive than the sudden anomaly ten years ago..."

An Ying said, "The reason is that those demons are all ice-type creatures, right? They probably prefer the environment of the snow-capped mountains to the city."

"The book says that food and resource shortages, coupled with intense competition, are the main reasons for the demon tide." Fang Yu looked towards Jade Spirit Snow Mountain.

"However, this shouldn't be the main reason for the demon tide in Jade Spirit Snow Mountain... After all, demon tides caused by this reason are usually very frequent and have warning signs."

Unlike ten years ago, when it happened suddenly, with hordes of demons gathering, infiltrating the city in an organized and methodical manner, and ultimately breaching it.

Teacher Zhang looked at Fang Yu and nodded, saying, "That's right." "However, we don't know the exact reason either. The trigger for that demon tide ten years ago is still a mystery."

But if we're talking about speculation, there's already an answer within Icefield Prefecture.

Do you know the history of Icefield County?

Several people shook their heads.

"Actually, it's not really history, since it hasn't been fully confirmed yet; it's just speculation at the moment."

According to the investigation, there should not have been a snow-capped mountain environment around Bingyuan County a thousand years ago.

This was once the territory of a powerful mage tribe, but later, an ice elemental flew in from afar and landed on the surrounding mountains.

This ice elemental being was incredibly powerful; even just its presence in the surrounding area indirectly triggered the arrival of a mini ice age, causing immense suffering to the mage tribe.

Subsequently, the mage tribe decided to expel the ice elementals. They formed a crusade and waged a protracted war against the ice elementals in the mountains.

It is said that this Jade Spirit Snow Mountain was formed at that time.

Fang Yu asked, "Which side won?"

Teacher Zhang said, "It should be that the magician tribe that won."

Within the Jade Spirit Snow Mountain lies the ruins of an ice elemental being. It is said that the remains of that ice elemental being were sealed inside by the magicians of that time.

However, in the last decade, something has happened to the ruins, and a sense of oppressive power can be felt from time to time around them.

One theory suggests that the fallen ice elemental being transformed into a spirit, influencing the demons in the Jade Spirit Snow Mountain and seeking revenge on the city.

But that ice elemental creature has never appeared in the world, so it remains an unsolved mystery.

Fang Yu and the others looked towards the direction of Jade Spirit Snow Mountain again.

Ice elemental beings turned into undead?
This was the first time they had ever heard of this.

Teacher Zhang pointed to a stone giant statue not far ahead and said, "Do you see that?"

"That's one of the artifacts the investigation team unearthed. It's said that the stone giant was the totem of that tribe."

As they chatted, they arrived at a huge park.

At the center of the park stands a stone giant statue. Stone giants are elemental life forms, and their placement here is intended to enhance the historical atmosphere of the Icefield County and give the area a more historical feel.

"The tribe that used this thing to defeat the ice elemental beings?" Zhou You looked at the stone statue. He hadn't paid attention to it before, thinking it was just a decoration. He didn't expect it to be an ancient artifact from the Ice Plains County.

Fang Yu and the others all focused their attention on the stone giant statue. As they stared at it, Fang Yu's heart suddenly began to race.

A sudden roar erupted in his mental world, and the ice hockey puck shone with dazzling light. At that moment, Fang Yu seemed to hear some strange sound.

"Chirp!!! (Help!!)"

"Chirp!!! (Help!!)"

The sudden sound startled Fang Yu. However, when he looked around, he found that Teacher Zhang, Zhou You, and the others were all normal.

Suppressing his shock, Fang Yu looked back at the stone statue. His face paled. He hoped the voice wasn't coming from the statue. Was he about to turn into light?

This stone statue shows absolutely no signs of life, so how could it possibly transmit a living being's voice? If the statue were abnormal, it wouldn't be placed here!

"Chirp!!! (Help!!)"

"Chirp!!! (Help!!)" Fang Yu could still hear the sound, but he didn't understand its meaning.

(End of this chapter)