The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　To everyone's surprise, Professor Sylph suddenly voted in favor: "Going west is a good idea."

　Sister Kallian shook her head and said, "Going westward won't reveal the main point; it would be better to carry out an exorcism."

　“Ha,” Professor Mitia said, “Let’s just call it Operation Exterminate Demons.”

　"Um..." Witt God raised his hand and said timidly, "How about The Hero's Demon Slayer Chronicle?"

　The atmosphere suddenly turned cold as soon as he finished speaking.

　Little Demon suddenly interjected, "Why would you kill yourself?"

　Witt Gold: "..."

　……

　For some reason, everyone suddenly lost interest in continuing to come up with names.

　Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming awkward, Professor Sylph decisively ended the conversation: "This operation is codenamed 'Guhuoniao.' On the surface, we're on a holiday trip, not some demon-slaying or extermination mission. Also, don't reveal our direction... Minimize mentions of 'Journey to the West' or 'heading west.' Avoid alerting the enemy!"

　After confirming that everyone present had taken her words to heart, Professor Sylph continued, "Although it appears to be a holiday trip, don't take it too seriously. This operation is extremely dangerous. If we continue to judge that person's abilities based on past impressions, it could lead to misjudgment. In short, caution is paramount, and safety comes first! Let's go."

　……

　A moment later, the thirteen people left the castle and arrived at the Dragon Taming Platform.

　Because everyone was traveling light, none of the thirteen people had luggage heavy enough to warrant preparing a cargo dragon.

　Therefore, they only prepared five dragons.

　Of these five dragons, four each carry three people, while the last one is ridden by a single person and is responsible for either scouting ahead or providing protection.

　Professor Lily volunteered to be the striker, but was rejected.

　Finally, Professor Sarah Sylph, Ori Dimon, Lily Laplace, and Professor Mitya Bartholomew rode three-seater dragons, while Professor Pava Jones rode alone as the vanguard.

　In fact, many of the remaining personnel are also capable of piloting dragons.

　Ophelia Brad is a seasoned warrior, and while she may not be skilled at dragon riding in combat, she is more than capable of traveling by dragon.

　However, given her sensitive identity, she had already "disguised" herself before leaving home, making it impossible for her to ride a dragon in a high-profile manner.

　Besides Ophelia, even Aurora learned some riding skills in the Free City.

　Sister Kallian is probably the only one who can't ride a dragon at all.

　After selecting the dragon operators, the professors began assigning groups.

　As a young lady from a ducal family, Dak naturally ended up in a group with Ollie.

　Although Aurora wanted to ride a dragon with Dark, she was also under protection. So, she was assigned by Ollie to ride on the dragon piloted by Professor Midia, alongside "Pisces Maid" Angrey.

　The other person who rode with Dark became Eve.

　Eve was secretly delighted.

　then.

　Ophelia Brad and Witt Gold rode together on the dragon ridden by Professor Sylph.

　Professor Lily Laplace was paired with Professor Steven Harvey and Sister Carlian.

　……

　As the roars of dragons rang out one after another, the five flying dragons took off one after another.

　A passage automatically opened above St. Mary's Academy, and five flying dragons burst out of the barrier.

　The Magic Academy Tower.

　Pandora stood on the balcony, looking up at the five dragons disappearing one after another, and silently made a blessing.

　At her feet, cat grass and chinchilla grass rolled into a ball.

　……

　Dark glanced back as if sensing something. St. Marian's castle was rapidly receding into the distance in the swiftly flowing wind. Little Guhuoniao, Little Devimon, and Little Magnemite, like three dumplings stacked together, tugged at his shirt and looked down, then let out a cry.

　……

　On the dragon Professor Sylph rode, Ophelia Brad held Victor tightly, finally revealing a worried expression.

　……

　Aurora looked westward, where the winter sun was rising ever higher.

　Beyond the kingdom's borders, in the Free City built on demon territory, another bustling day arrived.

　Lord Montilfali stepped out of the mansion, and a sudden gust of wind blew her red hair into disarray.

　Unbeknownst to her, her daughter, whom she had sent to safety, was returning to this furnace.

　……

　Five flying dragons headed west.

Chapter 756 The sky is like a furnace, covering the vast wilderness (4k)

　One day later.

　Escorted by the wind spirits, the five dragons, their speed increased exponentially, roared across the border and plunged into the desolate and abandoned demon territory.

　Looking down at the earth from high above, the former territory of the demons was barren and hazy, the soil black, as if it were scorched earth.

　Different soils nurture different creatures.

　The types of flora and fauna in the demon realm have always been vastly different from those in the human realm.

　Even today, a large number of anthropologists are still studying the flora and fauna in the demon territory.

　For this type of scholar, the emergence of a free city is a welcome development.

　Especially after the Free City established the Adventurers' Guild, they only needed to issue tasks according to their own needs, and a huge number of adventurers would compete to help them collect samples.

　And like them, there are countless others throughout the world who benefit from the adventurers' guilds established in the City of Freedom.

　It was with the support of these people that the Free City was able to become the largest gathering place for adventurers in just six months after the establishment of the Adventurers' Guild.

　The number of adventurers' guilds that applied to be established also increased from one to three.

　……

　As dusk approached, the five dragons gradually slowed down under Professor Sylph's command.

　Professor Pava Jones steered his dragon into a sudden dive, conducting a brief search of the ground. Only after confirming it was safe did he guide the remaining four dragons to land.

　The combined aura of the five dragons caused nearby animals to flee in panic, increasing the safety factor by 1.

　"We've already covered most of the journey from the academy to the City of Freedom. If we continue on our way, we should arrive in the city before midnight."

　Professor Sylph paused for a moment, then slowly squeezed out a sentence.

　"But there's no need."

　If it were just a few professors on a mission together, she would probably fly to the City of Freedom without stopping.

　But since she had students with her, she subconsciously incorporated educational elements.

　For students who spend most of their time in the college, the experience of camping and sleeping in the real wilderness is also very important.

　Tonight will be a good opportunity to teach them a lesson.

　As the five dragons landed, they joined head to tail, forming a circle around a campsite.

　With the dragon's body as a natural barrier, a relatively safe place can be quickly built even on open plains.

　As Professor Sylph explained the precautions for camping in the wild, she set up "Wind Nodes" around the campsite. Once all six nodes were set up, a six-pointed star magic circle flashed across the ground, and a faint barrier quickly spread out, covering an area of ​​nearly a mile.

　"The aura of this wind barrier is extremely faint. Its main function is not defense, but to filter the air and provide early warning."

　"The most dangerous thing in the wilderness is often not the ferocious beasts that pounce on you head-on, but the omnipresent poisonous creatures."

　"Especially when pioneering new lands, it is very important to take precautions against poisoning."

　Even the strongest adventurer has weaknesses; constant caution is the way to survive.

　She paused suddenly and turned to look at Professor Jones.

　Professor Jones said calmly, "There is an adventure team nearby."

　Professor Sylph sighed and said, "Don't let them in for now... Make some preparations, we need to confirm the direction."

　Witt Gold felt a chill run down his spine, and his expression tightened.

　The others nodded slightly, indicating that they understood.

　Although it's quite subtle, to this day, the demon king's soul within Vittor God is still unaware of his true identity. =. =!

　This is because, under the influence of the restraint ring, whenever the Demon King's soul consciousness switches to Werther's, the Demon King's soul falls into a deep sleep.

　Therefore, what everyone needs to be careful about is not giving themselves away after waking it up...

　Witt should also be careful not to think about this kind of thing when switching consciousness, so as to avoid creating loopholes.

　The thought of his body being about to be controlled by the Demon King made Witt look constipated.

　“Don’t be nervous, Witt,” Professor Sylph reassured him. “It will be over soon.”

　Vitti nodded.

　Compared to the Demon King's soul, he has more authority and will not fall into a deep sleep after switching to the Demon King's soul.

　But precisely because of this, it's even more disgusting.

　He had to watch helplessly as his body was taken over and dominated by the Demon King.

　"Keep it up, Witt." Dark walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him. "Since you can't fight back, why not try to enjoy it? Actually, observing the world from behind the scenes is quite novel."

　Witt stamped his foot and forced a smile: "I'll give it a try."

　He was already wearing the "gravity boots" that Dark had given him as a Christmas gift, and every step he took was a heavy burden.

　Upon hearing this, the professors all came over and quietly surrounded Victor to prevent any oversights during the consciousness switch that might allow the demon king to escape.

　With such caution in mind, Professor Sylph took out the switch and pressed the red button on it.

　"Beep——"

　The connection between Witt and his body was severed in the next instant.

　And the demon king's soul, still unaware that it was the demon king, finally opened its eyes—and then immediately closed them again!

　"Nightmare, it's a nightmare!" The Demon King's soul skillfully performed his signature "burying one's head in the sand" act.

　The green hat on his head turned red, reflecting the color of the metal box on his head.

　"Open your eyes." Professor Sylph's voice was instantly icy cold.

　The Demon King was forced to open his eyes, and his eyelids twitched wildly.

　But his magic was sealed, so he was unable to resist.

　Professor Sylph's face showed no mercy as she asked directly, "Before night falls, quickly sense how far your comrade, who shares the same fate, is from us."

　The Demon King's soul glanced at the "mechanism" in Professor Sylph's hand and said, "It's already evening. I need to close my eyes and concentrate on my senses."

　So Professor Sylph granted its wish and closed the windows to its soul with its eyelids.

　The soul of Werther, now relegated to the background, was plunged into darkness.

　After failing to open his eyes, the Demon King's soul twitched at the corner of his mouth and said, "The distance is still very far."

　Professor Sylph asked, "How far?"

　The Demon King's soul said, "I don't know, my senses are very vague."

Chapter 757 Darkdemon and the Adventurers (4k)

　A mile away, there was a pile of rubble.

　Daniel led his team cautiously forward, unaware that they had already entered a maze.

　The oppressive aura emanating from the five flying dragons that had just flown overhead still lingered in his mind, filling him with both fear and excitement.

　He was no longer a novice, but like most adventurers, he still held dragons in awe, even if they were just flying dragons.