Wizard: I can predict the future

By the time Nord returned to the boulder, the battle was completely over.

After losing their tamer's control, the hyena monsters scattered and fled, and the two giant bears also fell to the ground and died under the continuous bombardment of witchcraft.

However, Ash Academy was not entirely unscathed either.

The poisoned wizard apprentice ultimately did not survive.

His face had turned completely ashen, and his chest no longer heaved.

Nord stood aside, watching quietly.

He had long been accustomed to life and death, and seeing the scene before him, he didn't feel much.

The vast majority of other wizard apprentices also showed little expression.

Only Hall and the water elemental apprentice looked pale, clearly still reeling from the apprentice's death.

In just two days, an apprentice died in front of them.

They have yet to actually see each other's town outposts.

This made everyone realize more clearly that this small test was not simple.

However, Nord quickly and successfully took over another team.

After all, everyone has witnessed Nord's strength just now.

A short while later.

Aston, Eileen, and Baruch then brought back the escaped fish-scale beast tamer.

The other person was tightly bound with ropes, their eyes filled with fear.

Without saying much, Nord severed the tendons in his hands and feet, and only after confirming that he was no longer able to resist did he turn to look at the crowd.

Then he looked at everyone.

"We can't stay here any longer."

"The battle just now was too loud, and the smell of blood will attract more monsters."

No one objected.

Even the apprentices who had just been rescued subconsciously followed his instructions.

Half an hour later, the group stopped on a gentle slope a few kilometers away from the battlefield.

Here, the view is relatively open, with a rock wall behind it and a river not far to the right, making it convenient to fetch water and preventing the enemy from surrounding it from all sides.

Based on conversations along the way.

Nord then learned about it.

Based on a brief conversation on the way, Nord also gained a general understanding of the situation of the six new members.

The female apprentice specializing in water element was named Helena.

She had only been enrolled for a year when she became a second-level wizard apprentice and possessed fifth-level wizard talent.

The apprentice who summoned the rock elemental creature was named Tate, and he was also a second-level wizard apprentice.

As for the remaining four, they were all third-level wizard apprentices.

However, apart from Helena, the others have been enrolled for three years.

That's why they understood better than ordinary freshmen what the judgment and combat prowess Nord had demonstrated in the battle just now truly meant.

Moreover, Nord learned a crucial piece of information from them.

They had originally camped on that boulder.

Just as dawn broke, they saw the fish-scaled tribe appear on the riverbank.

However, the moment they spotted them, the enemy launched an attack almost without hesitation.

There was no probing or communication whatsoever.

They were completely caught off guard and forced into that situation by the fish-scaled race and the monsters.

From this, Nord could clearly sense that this group of fish-scaled people definitely knew about humans.

Otherwise, when faced with a completely unfamiliar race, even if one harbors hostility, the first reaction should be to observe and probe.

Instead of launching an attack without hesitation the moment they discovered it.

Unless the other party is completely devoid of intelligence.

Judging from the coordination between the fish-scaled warriors, beast tamers, and spellcasters, this is clearly impossible.

Under Nord's guidance, the others began setting up a simple temporary camp.

It was called a camp, but it was just a large open space with a few earthen walls and some alchemical warning devices set up around it.

Nord did not participate in the camp setup.

He squatted down to the side and began to examine the items carried by the fish-scaled spellcaster.

Soon, he pulled out a rough hand-drawn map from the animal skin bag at the other man's waist.

The map was drawn on some kind of yellowed animal hide, with worn edges. It was outlined in dark brown paint, showing large areas of woodland, rivers, hills, and several locations marked with special symbols.

Unfortunately, Nord didn't recognize the writing on the map.

However, based solely on those lines and terrain outlines, and a few markers, it is impossible to determine the exact location of the terrain.

He quickly located their approximate position.

The dense forest they are currently in is located in the southwest corner of the map.

The river not far away is a tributary that runs through the edge of the forest on the map.

However, the area recorded on this map is not very large.

There is only this dense forest above, and a small area nearby outside the forest.

It only took about ten minutes.

Nord then sculpted a sand table about half a person's height out of clay.

He replicated the entire terrain and mountain range in the sand table based on the map of the Fish Scale Clan.

It is even clearer and more refined than the original rough animal hide map.

After the initial setup of the camp was completed, Nord called everyone over.

He stood in front of the sand table.

"This is a sand table that I temporarily replicated based on the map on the body of the fish-scaled spellcaster."

As he spoke, he pointed to one of the gentle slopes of the mountain near the river.

"This is where we are now."

Hall and the others looked at the sand table, their eyes showing a mixture of surprise and curiosity.

Hall, in particular.

He first looked at the sand table, then couldn't help but glance at the black and gold briefcase not far away.

Clearly, he was more interested in Pandora than in the terrain model before him.

Nord glanced at them but ignored them, instead pointing to several markers outside the forest.

"These two locations are very likely villages of the Fish Scale Tribe or temporary outposts for entering this mountain forest."

Nord paused slightly at this point.

"Our biggest weakness right now is a lack of intelligence."

"We don't know the overall situation of the Fish Scale Clan, the deployment of their army, or even the strength of the spellcasters and warriors we encountered today, or what level they are at in this world."

"If they are in the lower or middle ranks, then our task will be very difficult."

"It would even require nearly half of the academy's resources to barely complete the academy's mission."

"If their strength is in the upper-middle range, then we can be bolder in our next plan."

The expressions of everyone became serious.

The fish-scaled spellcaster they met today left a deep impression on them.

The spell he released had clearly reached the level of first-tier sorcery.

The only good news is that the opponent's spellcasting speed is significantly slower than that of a level one wizard.

The opponent chanted for at least ten seconds before unleashing that fireball.

Even so, if Nord's team hadn't arrived in time, the death of their seven-man squad would have been inevitable.

Nord's fingers twitched slightly, finally landing on a mountaintop outside the dense forest.

"We'll head here tomorrow."

"This mountain isn't very high, but it's in a good location."

"It is backed by dense forest and is not too close to what appears to be a village of the Fish Scale Tribe."

"Establishing a stable base there will save us a lot of effort in our future development."