Wizard: I can predict the future

Nord stood atop a tree trunk more than ten meters high, gazing into the distance.

As far as the eye can see, there are layers upon layers of dark green tree canopies.

Occasionally, a few strange-looking birds would fly by, but no trace of human activity was seen.

He looked at the crystal token again.

Number of apprentices in the vicinity: 4

One person is missing.

Nord looked at the line of numbers and whispered softly.

"I don't know if it's out of the token's sensing range, or if it's already dead."

In this unfamiliar, dense forest.

Nord dared not use the levitation spell openly.

With a light leap, he jumped down from the tree trunk.

The movement was as light as a leaf; when it landed, the sole of the boot barely touched the decaying leaves, without even making a sound.

Looking around at the almost identical trees, he randomly chose a direction.

With a single step, he silently darted forward.

Throughout the journey, he switched between his discerning eye and his psychic vision.

He discovered a magical plant just a few kilometers away.

Nord gazed at the Moon Coin Lily that was exactly the same as the one described in the book on basic magical plants of the Southern Region, and fell into deep thought.

Just then, a faint sound came from not far away.

Nord immediately stopped, turned around, and disappeared behind a thick tree.

A moment later, a female apprentice wearing a gray cloak walked over from a distance.

Nord's gaze lingered on her chest.

Erin Parker

[Level Two Wizard Apprentice]

After confirming the other party's identity, Nord did not continue to hide and took the initiative to come out from behind the tree.

Eileen was clearly not expecting anyone to be nearby; her body tensed abruptly, and she instinctively raised her magic wand.

She relaxed slightly after seeing the Nord's human face clearly.

However, when her gaze swept over Nord's armor, sword, and spear, a clear look of surprise flashed across her face.

This doesn't look like a wizard's apprentice at all.

Seeing the other party's wary expression, Nord took the initiative to speak.

"Ash College, Potions, Nord Blank."

If it's a mission from another academy, they might not show themselves on their own, but instead choose to act alone.

But this quiz was clearly different.

To conquer a city-state with a population of ten thousand and then guard it until the end of the preliminary examination is no task that an individual could accomplish alone.

Moreover, recalling the task Professor Dylan had given him before the teleportation, he became even more certain.

He needs a large enough team.

Upon hearing Nord's name, Eileen's expression shifted slightly.

Clearly, she had heard about the Glimmering Echo potion.

"The Mystic Side, Erin Parker."

However, before the two could continue their conversation, the ground suddenly trembled slightly.

Nord's psionic vision activated instantly, and he looked in the direction from which the tremor came.

In his vision, the elements in the distance were fluctuating violently, and magic was churning endlessly.

There is a fight.

Without the slightest hesitation, Nord transformed into a gust of wind and sped off towards the direction of the battle.

Regardless of whether the battle before them is between academy wizards or natives from another dimension.

He wasn't going to miss it.

After all, he was unfamiliar with everything here.

The most direct way to quickly ascertain the level of danger in this forest and the type of enemy is to get close to the ongoing battle.

Eileen stared at Nord, who had already gone far away, and was slightly taken aback.

She hadn't expected Nord to move so readily toward the battle position.

After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and quickly followed.

However, her speed was nowhere near that of Nord.

Fortunately, the commotion in the distance was clear enough, with firelight and roaring sounds coming from the woods from time to time, so she didn't completely lose track of them.

……

Nord stood on the tree trunk, looking hundreds of meters away.

A sparsely wooded open space.

Three Ash Academy apprentices dressed in wizard robes are being attacked by more than twenty black dire wolves.

These wolves are nearly twice the size of ordinary wolves, and have a row of exposed white bony spurs on their backs.

They moved almost silently, like ghosts.

As it tore and bit, flames the size of human heads would occasionally burst from its mouth, flying towards the three wizard apprentices.

Among the three apprentices, the tallest one stood at the front, constantly releasing earth spikes and stone walls to block the demonic wolf from getting closer.

Compared to Ryan, this apprentice clearly lacked mastery of the earth spike magic.

His earth spikes simply emerged from the ground suddenly, unlike Ryan's which were more bizarre.

Another short, stout apprentice stood next to a metal box as tall as a person.

He was frantically assembling some simple alchemy tools, then tossing them out haphazardly.

But before those disc-shaped devices could be unfolded, the demon wolf nimbly dodged them.

As for the last one, he was a young man with somewhat pale skin.

He waved his magic wand continuously, sending fireballs flying into the wolf pack.

"Baruch, we can't hold them off!"

The short, stout apprentice shouted.

Gao Daxue's apprentice roared:

"Shut up, Hall!"

"When will your trap be finished?"

Hall was covered in cold sweat.

"They're too fast; they don't even touch the trigger point!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a black wolf suddenly circled around the side stone wall and pounced on the pale-skinned youth behind him.

The young man trembled slightly as he looked at the approaching demonic wolf.

But in the next instant, he forced himself to steady himself and rolled to the side to avoid it.

At the same time, he was rapidly chanting incantations.

The wolf pounced on the spot where he had just been standing, almost touching the hem of his clothes.

It happened the instant its limbs touched the ground.

Swish!

A ball of crimson flame suddenly rose from the ground, instantly engulfing the demonic wolf.

The wolf struggled for less than half a minute before falling silent.

Nord stood at a distance, watching the battle ahead, his brow furrowed.

Although these demon wolves differ somewhat from the wolves of the Southern Region, they are undoubtedly still wolf species.

This is the conclusion of the discerning eye.

Both ordinary wolf packs and magical wolf packs share a common characteristic.

They don't easily provoke prey that is too difficult to handle.

Although the three apprentices in front of them were forced into a sorry state and seemed to be in great danger, if they really fought to the end, the pack of demonic wolves would have to lose at least half of them to completely defeat them.

For the wolf pack, such a price is clearly too high.

"Someone is controlling this pack of demonic wolves!"

A guess instantly formed in Nord's mind.

If these wolves weren't hunting for food, but were being driven by humans to keep attacking.

Then the current situation becomes reasonable.

Nord didn't rush to make a move, pushing his psychic vision to its limit.

Everything around him quickly lost its original color in his perception, leaving only traces of flowing magic.

Nord cautiously approached the battlefield, carefully distinguishing the traces of the three apprentices and the dire wolf.

If someone is controlling it, that person certainly won't be too far away.

This is not just Nord's speculation.

He and Eileen were not far from here.

If the other party can sense their intrusion from a great distance.

Therefore, the first targets of the pack of wolves would not be the three wizard apprentices, but rather him or Eileen, who were alone.