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Chapter 159 Dramatic Changes in the Secret Realm

The letter contains the following:

[Your Excellency Richard, a dramatic change has occurred in the Norman Secret Realm.]

The Night Elves dispatched their elite Spider Knights, whose members were all at the level of top-tier Level 3 Wizard Apprentices. After merging with the Spiders, they reached the pinnacle of Level 3 Wizard Apprentices.

Furthermore, they seem to possess some kind of secret technique that allows them to converge within the secret realm, resulting in heavy casualties among the second and third-level wizard apprentices from the three academies within the Norman Secret Realm.

It is said that the passages leading from our secret realm to its exit have also been blocked by the Spider Knights.

The three academies are gathering their top level three wizard apprentices to prepare for entering the Norman Secret Realm to fight against the Dark Night forces and rescue the apprentices who are on a mission within the Secret Realm.

I understand that another disciple of Master Seras, Melo Norris, is also currently trapped in the Norman Secret Realm. I heard from Brett that she is your friend.

Due to my limited abilities, I can only inform you of the information I have as soon as possible. Please be aware of this!

Richard felt a chill run down his spine after reading it!

How did Senior Sister Meiluo get into the Norman Secret Realm?

I remember when we parted ways at the academy, my senior told me that we were escorting some supplies to the base in the Underdark. Could it be that for some reason, my senior entered the secret realm?

This is terrible!

As for the Spider Knight that Duan mentioned, Richard was not afraid.

Richard had heard his servant Fingart speak in detail about the Spider Knights back in the Gray Fern Wilds, because of their great reputation.

The Spider Knights are actually the bodyguards of the Night Elf Queen. All official members have the strength of a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice, and most importantly, each member has a companion spider.

In other words, every member of the Spider Knights will possess the combination technique that Stephanie currently knows.

After merging with the human-faced spider, the Spider Knight almost reached the limit of a level three wizard apprentice, and was well-equipped and skilled in small-team combat.

If Richard included himself, Abomination, and Stephania, he was confident he could wipe out a Spider Knight squad of three or fewer.

If he encounters a group of about five Spider Knights, he can barely remain undefeated.

However, if Richard were to encounter a squad of ten or more Spider Knights, he would have no choice but to flee.

Richard's furrowed brows startled the old baron, who immediately asked with concern, "Has something happened?"

"It is indeed a bit tricky, Father. I may have to leave the family immediately to deal with it." To avoid worrying his father, Richard did not tell him the details.

The old baron nodded and said, "Remember to say goodbye to your mother and brother before you leave."

"Yes, Father." Richard nodded.

Richard immediately began packing his bags and informed Stephanie.

Half an hour later, Richard bid farewell to his family and Serena, shouldered his pack, mounted his wildebeest, and headed towards the mud swamp with Stephena.

On the way, Richard and Stephanie recounted what had happened.

Stephania was no stranger to Melo; she had met her before and knew that the two had a close relationship.

However, after listening to Richard's explanation, she looked at him with her beautiful eyes and said, "Master, should we go back to the academy to find out the situation before going to the stronghold, or should we go directly to the stronghold?"

After careful consideration, Richard decided not to return to the Ignis School, but instead to go directly to the three academies' strongholds in the Underdark.

"Let's head straight to the stronghold. As for the situation within the secret realm, the wizard apprentices there should know best. The main thing is that saving lives is urgent, so the sooner the better!"

"Yes, Master!"

So the two of them sped off toward the stronghold!

-

However, Richard probably didn't expect that his choice of route would allow him to perfectly avoid a risk.

Three days earlier, Gildarts, Joachim's mentor, who was far away in the North Ring, found the tracking mark of his disciple Joachim on a cliff thousands of miles away after a hard journey.

When he saw the scene before him, he almost vomited blood. A peregrine falcon had a stand-in doll tied to its leg and was incubating an egg.

Faced with the sudden appearance of humans, the peregrine falcon immediately spread its wings and looked at them warily.

Gildas was now fully aware that he had been tricked.

Actually, he had sensed something was wrong halfway there; the tracking mark was moving too fast and seemed tireless.

But at the time he didn't think that much about it, simply assuming it was because the other party was very strong.

So he rushed as fast as he could, catching up with them after a long and arduous journey.

结果

Enraged, Gildarts unleashed a powerful death ray, instantly killing the Peregrine Falcon. After calming his anger slightly, Gildarts picked up the Stand doll and examined it closely.

After a moment, Gildas muttered, "It seems to be the production method of the Gurus Academy? This is troublesome. However, whoever tricked me will pay the price!"

Before leaving, Gildas remembered the broken, low-level magical artifact he had given Joachim—the Mutant Summoning Staff. Since he had used it before, it carried his own aura, so he immediately used a magical aura tracking spell to locate it.

However, the technique could not be located in either of the two consecutive attempts.

Fortunately, Richard was cautious and used cleansing water to completely remove all traces of the mutated summoning staff; otherwise...

Gildas was completely stunned.

After thinking it over, Gildas, who was completely clueless, decided to return to the Ring of North first.

Upon returning to the Ring of North, Gildas found his friend, a formal wizard skilled in divination.

Finally, when the wizard handed him Richard's portrait, Gildas looked on in disbelief.

Of course he still remembered the face he had seen in his disciple Jenna's mind six months ago.

But he never expected that Joachim would also die at the hands of this person who should only be a first-level wizard apprentice.

This greatly surprised him, and at the same time filled him with doubt.

Therefore, after he had learned about Richard's background, he instructed several of his disciples to investigate Richard's whereabouts.

He planned to capture Richard alive himself once he found out where he was.

He wanted to see what secret Richard possessed that allowed a first-level wizard apprentice to improve to the point where he could kill a senior third-level wizard apprentice like Joachim within a year.

As for the wartime provisions of the three academies, such as mutual support and assistance, they meant nothing to Gildarts.

As long as the personal gain is large enough.

It simply means to keep your actions low-key and not let others know.

-

two days ago.

Within the Norman Secret Realm, a daily supply point not far from the exit of the Secret Realm.

The purpose of setting up this daily supply point within the secret realm is to facilitate the daily replenishment of resources for second- and third-level wizard apprentices who are collecting resources within the secret realm or carrying out other tasks.

There are two daily supply points throughout the Norman Secret Realm, one of which is located deeper within the realm, making it convenient for apprentices who are on missions deep within the realm.

The other place is here, not far from the exit of the secret realm, suitable for level two wizards and slightly weaker level three apprentices to resupply.

Under normal circumstances, the supply escort mission that Meiluo takes on only requires her to escort the supplies to the three academy strongholds outside the Norman Secret Realm.

However, on that day, due to a shortage of manpower at the outpost, they received a temporary order to deliver the supplies directly to the supply points within the secret territory.

Considering that this was a request from the head of the outpost, a formal wizard, there was no need for him to offend him easily. Secondly, although this daily supply point was located within the secret realm, it was not far from the exit and had never been attacked by the night elves.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the third-level wizard apprentice leading Meiluo's team concluded that this daily supply point should be safe and secure, and thus agreed to it.

Upon reaching the resource point within the secret realm and completing the mission, the level 3 wizard apprentice leading the team on the return journey unexpectedly encountered several friends who had come to the secret realm to complete their mission.

So, the six or seven people lit a bonfire by the path, rested for a while, and chatted for a bit.

But unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred!

"Whoosh!"

Meiluo was just smiling and listening to everyone's casual conversation.

At this moment, her beautiful face was splattered with a large pool of white brain matter and blood.

This left her stunned, unable to react for a moment!

When Meiluo turned her head slightly, what came into her view was that the female apprentice who had been sitting next to her and chatting with someone had her head pierced directly by a black arrow.

Because the arrow was so powerful and heavy, half of the female apprentice's skull was blown off, and her brains splattered everywhere.

Immediately, the leader of their mission squad, a level three wizard apprentice, shouted, "Enemy attack!"

At the same time, he instantly cast a Wind Swiftness spell, intending to dodge the enemy's first wave of attacks.

But almost simultaneously, he was covered by two white spider webs, each several meters in diameter, one in front and one behind.

Just as he instantly erected a dark elemental shield, barely managing to block the spider web and the two arrows aimed at him, a night elf clad in exquisite knight armor charged towards him.

But he was also bound in place by the white spider web, and the next second, a sharp blade gleaming with a cold light emerged from his chest.

The captain was stabbed through the heart by the night elf's sword!

Upon seeing their strongest captain killed, the panicked Meiluo and her companions were completely unable to mount an effective defense.

The opposing Night Elf force was small, consisting of only five people, but each of them possessed an incredibly profound aura, seemingly no less powerful than their captain in Meiluo's perception.

The two sides clashed instantly, and after another level-three wizard apprentice was killed, Meiluo and the others either took speed-enhancing potions or cast swift-type spells, and immediately ran away in different directions for their lives.

The others chose to escape either towards the usual supply point they had just left or towards the exit of the Norman Secret Realm.

In that instant, a flash of inspiration seemed to strike Meiluo's mind.

She thought that since she was attacked by the night elves so close to the exit of the secret realm, it made no sense that the other side would not have made any preparations to allow her to leave the secret realm easily.

So, Meiluo gritted her teeth and resolutely decided to go against the grain, choosing a different direction from everyone else, and ran alone into the depths of the Norman Secret Realm.

This momentarily stunned the pursuing night elf. Since Mero's speed was not slow after drinking the Elegance of the Wind potion, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up in a short time, and he had an even more important task to complete.

So, to the beautiful girl who was running deeper into the secret realm, he said sullenly, "I'll let you live a little longer, but not by more than a few days!"

So he temporarily gave up the chase and turned to head towards the exit.

Meanwhile, a male wizard apprentice who was in the same group as Meiluo managed to run back to the usual supply point.

The scene before him shocked him. Just half an hour ago, the resource point where apprentices from various academies had gathered was now a river of blood, with severed limbs and broken bodies scattered all over the ground. Humans made up the majority, while night elves were a very small minority.

Clearly, this place has been subjected to a major attack by the Night Elves.

Moreover, judging from the corpses left behind by the night elves, the night elves were all dressed exactly the same, and their armor was not the kind of leather armor that is usually seen, but rather exquisitely patterned knight armor.

There was also a conspicuously large, demonic spider corpse at the scene. The wizard apprentice seemed to suddenly realize something, muttering, "It's the Demonic Spider Knights! A large number of Demonic Spider Knights!"

"ah!!!"

The second-level wizard apprentice, who had just figured out where the other party came from, let out a bloodcurdling scream. He then slowly looked down at his chest and saw a black arrow piercing his heart.

Finally, unwilling to accept defeat, he collapsed to the ground!

But he was clearly not the only wizard apprentice who guessed the other party's origins.

Therefore, although only a handful of wizard apprentices escaped the secret realm from the entire resource supply point, the entire outpost outside the secret realm instantly erupted in excitement.

Because the Norman Secret Realm restricts entry to formal wizards, the highest combat strength that can enter is only a third-level wizard apprentice.

Therefore, the official wizards of the stronghold immediately began to organize the remaining twenty level-three wizard apprentices within the stronghold to enter the Norman Secret Realm.

However, since entering the Norman Secret Realm would automatically disperse and teleport them away with the power of the Secret Realm, they were still unable to withstand the Spider Knights in small squads. Only by luck and organizing a few people could they hold off one or two of them.

However, any wizard apprentice teams of five or more from the three academies would be relentlessly pursued by the Spider Knights, resulting in heavy casualties.

So, after receiving feedback yesterday.

The information was immediately reported up the chain of command, which was the source of Duane's information.

-

At this moment, Meiluo was all alone, exhausted, hiding in the central area of ​​the Norman Secret Realm, which was overrun by monsters.

Her frequent encounters with night elves and powerful monsters had nearly depleted her limited stock of potions and alchemical bombs.

She didn't know how much longer she could hold on!

But when she thought of that figure in her mind, she felt that she had to do everything she could to persevere.

She believed that if the other party knew she was trapped, they would definitely come to rescue her.

But she was conflicted!

She wanted him to come, but she didn't want him to take any risks!

Because this time the enemy is simply too strong.

(End of this chapter)