The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 451 Trial Mission Two

Greta didn't know how much mental energy she could mobilize, or how many gem coins she could exchange for it.

Unfortunately, this resource library can only be accessed by registered members.

According to the information, as members' status in the Dawn Society rises, different levels of resource libraries will be gradually opened up.

Greta looked on with growing anticipation for the day she would become a full member of the Dawn Society.

She preferred the feeling of having her own destiny in her own hands to praying for divine favor.

After reading all three documents, the {Study Material Pack Card} disappeared, and in its place appeared a {Dawn Academy Trial Exam Card} that could be claimed.

After Greta received the card, it transformed into a virtual light screen with text containing exam instructions.

This exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions, each with four options (A, B, C, and D). Selecting the correct option is the key to a correct answer. Each question is worth 1 point, for a total of 100 points. A score of 60 or above is passing, 80 or above is good, and 90 or above is excellent. Passing earns a basic reward, good earns double the reward, and excellent earns triple the reward.

There is no time limit for the exam. Would you like to begin answering the questions now?

Greta carefully read the exam instructions and nervously clicked to start answering the questions.

When I started, my mind was blank. I felt like I had read the study materials but hadn't remembered anything.

After reading the question, I naturally chose the answer that I was most familiar with among the four options.

I finished a question in less than a minute.

She took a breather after each question, and by the time she finished, she felt completely at ease.

It should be fine as long as it meets the requirements.

After the exam paper was submitted, the final score was quickly displayed on the exam paper card.

"Eighty-three points! Excellent!" Greta was so happy that she felt her body was no longer so cold.

She quickly opened the trial card to claim the reward for trial mission one.

Soon, she had two {Magic Card - Clear Necromancer Power}, two {Item Card - Compass}, four {Food Card - Black Bread}, and four {Food Card - Drinking Water}.

After using a {Magic Card - Clear Necromancer's Power}, Greta felt a warm sensation and regained her strength.

Manifest another {Food Card - Black Bread} and another {Food Card - Drinking Water}.

You received a large black loaf of bread and two wooden bottles filled with water.

Driven by extreme hunger, he opened his mouth and took a huge bite: "Hiss!"

My teeth are in excruciating pain.

I immediately only dared to take small bites, chewing them a little softer with water before swallowing.

Watching her chew black bread reminded Lilith, Sylph, and Vasita of their early days learning cooking magic, and they suddenly felt a toothache.

“Why don’t you give us something easy to eat? Black bread is better for making weapons than for food!” Sylph said.

“These are all costs! One black loaf of bread and one white loaf of bread are not much different, but what about ten thousand black loaves and ten thousand white loaves?” Moran said, “I haven’t even collected any one-time magic energy yet, I’m doing a losing business! It’s only because our Dawn Academy isn’t well-known yet, otherwise the trial missions wouldn’t have any rewards!”

"..."

Moran, the unscrupulous businessman, is terrifying.

Although the black bread doesn't taste very good, it's quite filling.

Greta cherished it, taking a small bite before wrapping the remaining half in her robe. Trial Quest One had given her hope for survival, and now, whether for her own sake or for Trial Quest Two, she needed to get out of the Black Forest as soon as possible.

She took out the {Item Card - Compass}.

She had read in the card description that this compass could tell directions.

"A compass?" Greta held the compass. "This is south, so this is north, and this is east, right? I'm in the Black Forest, which is south of the Kingdom of Watson. To the east of the Kingdom of Watson is the territory of the Magic Empire, so I should head... northeast! This way!"

Greta walked confidently toward the "northeast".

Vasita looked at Greta, then at the direction: "She went, I think, to the northwest?"

Moran: "..."

She never imagined that Greta, even with a compass, could still go the wrong way!
East and west have been reversed again!
“What should we do? Isn’t she going further and further away? What if she goes back to the Kingdom of Watson?” Sylph said.

Moran took a deep breath: "It's okay, there's still a mission progress notification!"

She went in the wrong direction. Not only will the progress of Trial Mission Two not increase, but it will actually decrease. Now it remains to be seen when she will realize this.

Greta walked for about an hour. During that time, whenever she looked at the compass, she would head northwest. Whenever she stopped looking at the compass, her route would go astray, sometimes north, sometimes west, sometimes east, and sometimes she would circle around and head south.

Moran and the others followed behind her on a flying carpet, all of them stunned by her unreasonable tendency to get lost.

“This is too exaggerated! How can she find her way home after going out?” Vasita said.

“When she was studying at the temple in the capital of the Kingdom of Watson, she would get lost whenever she left the central street,” Moran said.

The central avenue of the capital city of the Kingdom of Watson is a straight road leading directly to the city gate. If you can distinguish between the front and back, you can find your way back.

“The key is that every time she changed direction, she perfectly avoided the activated Black Death Tree and the undead creatures,” Sylph said. “I didn’t sense any magical fluctuations at all; it seems like it really was just a coincidence? This is too amazing!”

"And overall, it actually headed east. It seems that her intuition is more useful to her than the compass."

Moran felt a little upset when she talked about it.

The reward, originally designed specifically for Greta's situation, has now been found to have the opposite effect.

If we hadn't looked at this, the route might have been more correct.

Greta was tired from walking, so she took a break to drink some water and finally remembered to check her mission progress.

[Trial Mission Two: Survive and Exit the Black Forest] (0.21%)

"After all this time, only 0.21%?" Greta exclaimed in despair, "How long will it take before I get the next reward?!"

She couldn't sit still any longer and stood up to continue walking.

As he walked, he kept checking the progress on the cards: "Hmm? Why is it decreasing?"

Greta was quite aware of her situation: "Have I gone astray?"

She picked up the compass again, looking at it while watching the cards move: "Why are there fewer cards again?"

This time, she ignored the northeast direction on the compass and tried walking in all directions, finally finding the direction where her progress increased the fastest.

After memorizing the location of this direction on the compass dial, she continued walking in that direction.

"This time it should be right, right?"

She was relieved after walking for a while and seeing the task completion progress increasing rapidly.