Magical Cat

Seeing the five people quiet down, Li En finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His magic was almost depleted; if Elaine hadn't provided him with magic in time, he really wouldn't have been able to control this adventure team.

"It's completely different from shooting targets; these guys are even harder to hold down than pigs during Chinese New Year."

Li En also clearly felt the difference between practice and actual combat.

The difficulty of real combat is far greater than that of practice, after all, your opponent is not a target that cannot fight back.

"Kane, didn't you say she's a first-year student and doesn't know much magic?"

Seeing no hope of escape, the adventure team berated the magician who had previously provoked Elaine.

"Are you all blind? She only used one spell the whole time!" argued the wizard named Kane.

Of the five, he is currently the most popular.

The Royal Magic Academy is the highest institution of learning in the eyes of all magicians in the Kingdom of Maches.

But this godforsaken place only accepts the noblest of nobles; if your family background isn't good enough, you can't even even think about it.

Kane's family were impoverished local nobles who only supported him for a year at a local academy before his family went bankrupt and he embarked on the path of an adventurer.

In recent years, Kane has felt that he has learned a lot in actual combat, and he is definitely better than those hothouse flowers still in the academy.

As a result, they were completely defeated by Elaine alone, and the entire five-person team was completely controlled by her and had no chance to fight back.

What angered Kane even more was that the other party didn't get up at all from beginning to end.

That attitude of completely disregarding them was like rubbing their faces into the ground.

At that moment, the door to the reception room opened, and several people walked in.

Melina and Garland were among them.

They all looked at Li En and Elaine with concern, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they found that they were alright. They quickly stepped forward and protected the person and the cat.

"What's going on?"

Looking at the mess in the living room, a burly, bald old man angrily questioned.

If Li En hadn't noticed the old man's white nose hairs, he would have thought he was a young man.

His bulging muscles were exaggerated, like those of a bodybuilder. Although he was wearing ordinary clothes, he gave the illusion of wearing armor.

"President Mad Axe, it seems there's been some misunderstanding among these young people."

Behind the bald, muscular old man was a voluptuous female secretary who adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and said this.

"Misunderstand?"

Mad Axe had a loud voice; even a simple question sounded like a stern interrogation coming from him.

Elaine stood up and said to Melina, "Teacher, after they came in, they spoke rudely to me..."

Elaine explained the situation in detail.

As for Li En's sudden action, Elaine could only say that she acted in self-defense and wanted to calm him down.

Upon hearing this, the Adventurers' Guild was the first to understand what was going on.

Guild Master Mad Axe scratched his head awkwardly: "Melina, it seems I've caused you trouble."

Then, he turned to the adventure team and yelled, "You bunch of idiots! You didn't even understand what was going on before you started acting recklessly! With your stupidity, how could I dare entrust any follow-up missions to you!"

"Pah! You just wanted to steal the benefits!" Kane was not intimidated by the Adventurers' Guild leader at all.

His companions kept giving him meaningful glances, trying to calm him down, but Kane couldn't care less about that right now.

"We found that thing, and you neither acknowledge that we've completed our mission nor return it to us? That's outrageous!"

Kane was clearly holding back a lot of anger, and now everyone seemed to be trying to harm him.

Guild Master Mad Axe covered his face in exasperation: "How can such an idiot be a magician?"

Communication was clearly not the old man's forte.

At this moment, his female secretary stepped forward.

"Miss, please dispel their spell, and I promise they won't be rude to you again."

Elaine looked at Melina, and seeing Melina nod, she secretly pinched Lee En's butt.

Li En closed his eyes and silently released the binding spell.

The vines all turned into elemental light points and dissipated, and Kane and the others regained their freedom.

They got up from the ground, and Kane tried to be rude again, but was stopped by the female secretary.

"If the members of the Red Wolf Squad still can't calm down, I don't mind helping you."

As soon as the female secretary finished speaking, an inexplicable pressure emanated from her, instantly calming the Red Wolf Squad down.

"Miss Linda, we...we just can't swallow this..." Kane lowered his head.

Faced with overwhelming power, he calmed down.

Kane knew that his fuss was pointless, but he was still unwilling to give up.

When a hard-won opportunity is snatched away right before your eyes, it's hard for anyone to remain calm.

"Hmph, the Adventurers' Guild isn't as despicable as you think, and they wouldn't stoop to such petty things!" Secretary Linda said bluntly.

The Red Wolf Squad remained silent, their expressions still skeptical.

Seeing that she had to speak frankly, Linda looked at President Mad Axe.

The guild leader, Mad Axe, easily lifted the sofa that had fallen to the ground with one hand and sat down, raising his hand and saying, "Forget it, let's just make things clear here."

After receiving permission, Linda asked everyone to sit down and then explained the situation.

"Not long ago, the Red Wolf Squad found a magical item that was not on the lost list while completing a lost item search mission."

The guild wanted to ask the quest giver to confirm, but the other party had disappeared without a trace. Later, the guild had someone appraise it and found that the magical item had a directional function, but the destination it pointed to was still unknown.

During the appraisal process, we unexpectedly discovered that this magical artifact contained an unusually high amount of magic power; if detonated, it would be enough to destroy a small town.

Li En's eyes twitched, wondering how much magical power this must possess.

"Currently, the Red Wolf Squad and the guild have a disagreement on how to handle this magical item. According to guild rules, in this situation, the recovered item must be kept in the guild for three months until it is confirmed that the quest giver cannot be contacted, at which point it will belong to the Red Wolf Squad who completed the quest."

Linda explained the guild's rules very clearly.

"The deadline is far off, so please, everyone in the Red Wolf Squad, exercise restraint."

Li En nodded, indicating that he understood what was going on.

The Red Wolf Squad unexpectedly found a treasure while on a mission.

According to the rules, the items must be kept in the guild for a period of time to confirm that the quest issuer cannot be contacted before they can be considered theirs.

The Red Wolf Squad was clearly in a hurry because they felt their treasure was going to be stolen.

At this moment, President Mad Axe also spoke up: "Let me introduce you. This is Teacher Melina from the Royal Magic Academy. She has already seen that thing and has come to a new conclusion."

All eyes turned to Melina.

"That's not a magical artifact, but a fragment of a key."