Traveling through the first year of Panlong and Magnolia

After an unknown amount of time, Andrew came to his senses and looked to the side. The bonfire had not gone out yet, and it was obvious that not much time had passed.

"What's wrong with me? It's really strange."

Andrew patted his head and sat up. He felt a little strange about the sudden loss of consciousness just now. Putting aside other thoughts, Andrew began to polish his fighting spirit.

As soon as he started practicing, Andrew discovered that something seemed to have changed in him.

"Hey, how come the speed of absorbing Dou Qi has become so fast? Compared with yesterday, it is at least 30% faster. Moreover, I can sense the lightning and fire elements around me more clearly. What's going on?"

Andrew was very puzzled as he had not made any breakthrough that day.

"Could it be that my mental strength has broken through?"

Andrew himself was a little unsure.

According to common sense, sensing the elements in the air depends on two things. One is talent, which is the ability to sense the elements. The higher the talent, the more elements can be sensed. The other is mental power. The stronger the mental power, the clearer the elements can be sensed. These two points are also the standards for the magic academy's test.

Andrew was familiar with the original work, so he naturally knew this. In his opinion, his talent would definitely not change, so the only thing that would change was his mental strength.

"How does mental power change?"

Andrew thought about his loss of consciousness just now. If his mental strength really broke through, it could only have happened just now...

After thinking for a while, Andrew couldn't figure it out.

"It seems that systematic learning is very necessary. Although I practice quickly, I am not clear about many problems in practice. Now my strength is still weak, so this has little impact. In the later stage, I am afraid that these will become my shortcomings."

Andrew was a man who always thought of danger in times of peace. As soon as this idea came to his mind, he immediately kept it in mind. He secretly made up his mind that this time when he went to the imperial capital, he must study at the Warrior Academy.

The night passed quickly, and when the first ray of morning sunshine came out, Andrew opened his eyes and smiled with satisfaction towards the sunlight.

"The mental breakthrough is really amazing. The progress in this night is comparable to the progress in the previous two days."

Soon, Howard and Janice came out of the tent. Looking at Andrew who hadn't slept all night, Janice said distressedly, "Don't you have your father? Why did you stay up all night alone?" She rolled her eyes at Howard.

Howard smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say, so Andrew had to explain: "No, don't blame father, I am used to practicing at night, you see, I am no less energetic than you now."

Ling'er was woken up by Janice with sleepy eyes. Andrew took her to wash up. Then, the family had breakfast and continued to head west. The tent and other things were put away and put back on the golden tiger's back.

Looking at the golden tiger carrying people and things, Andrew was quite glad that he took it in, otherwise, the family would not know what to do.

Another boring day of travel.

Andrew was absorbed in practicing the explosive step, while Howard and the other two sat on the back of the golden tiger. By noon, the three of them were tired and didn't even want to talk. In this way, the day passed quietly. Except for Andrew who felt that he had gained something, Howard and the other two only felt tired.

At night, just like yesterday, Andrew was on guard again.

Andrew couldn't help but frowned when he thought of his family's tiredness during dinner.

"We can't go on like this. At this speed, we can only walk about 700 to 800 miles a day. Even with a map, it will take a month to reach the imperial capital. What's more, we don't have a map now, so we must have taken a detour and it will take even longer. I can stand this situation, but Ling'er can't."

Andrew had never expected that the population of Magnolia Continent was so small at that time. After walking more than a thousand miles in two days, he didn't meet a single person or see a city.

There is actually a reason for this. More than a decade ago, a great battle between god-level masters took place on the Yulan plane. The battle was so brutal that the aftermath sank the other two continents. Although the Yulan continent was protected by the masters, after the war, the population of the continent also decreased by more than half.

If it were ten thousand years later, in the protagonist's era, the population of the Magnolia Empire would definitely not be so small.

In the dark night, Andrew practiced with full concentration, and at the same time, he used his mental power to sense the movements around him. Although he did not know any magic of the perception type, his super strong mental power still allowed him to know the surrounding environment within a hundred meters.

Suddenly, Andrew opened his eyes and his nose moved.

"It smells of blood!" he confirmed.

Jin Hu also raised his head and growled, confirming his guess. Generally speaking, Warcraft are much more sensitive to the smell of blood than humans.

“The flavor comes from the northeast.”

Soon, Andrew figured out that at this time, the wind was blowing slowly from the northeast, mixed with the smell of blood.

At this time, Andrew hesitated, he didn't know what he should do.

"Go check? What if an enemy breaks in while I'm away? Staying here? That's a bit passive."

Staring at the fire, Andrew couldn't make up his mind.

However, someone soon made a decision for him...

"Roar!"

Jin Hu's low growl interrupted Andrew's thoughts. Andrew raised his head in dissatisfaction. Suddenly, he saw a hazy black shadow in the distance out of the corner of his eye.

"somebody is coming!"

Andrew stood up suddenly and grabbed the long knife beside him.

"Jinhu, wake up my family and protect them!" Andrew faced the black shadow and gave orders to Jinhu at the same time.

Jin Hu growled, indicating that he understood, and then rushed into the tent, waking up Howard and the other two...

At this time, Andrew was already more than ten meters away from the tent. Worried about the safety of his family, he stopped and waited for the shadow to come.

"Two people?"

After a moment, he finally saw clearly that in the darkness, two people were walking towards him, one in front and one behind.

Without thinking, Andrew threw out a fireball, which flew more than a hundred meters and landed next to two figures, illuminating their appearance.

"A magician, a warrior..."

Before the fireball went out, Andrew saw the appearance of the people coming. One of them was wearing a black robe with a unique style, which was the legendary magic robe. If Andrew had not seen Janice's magic robe, he would not have recognized it. This person should be a magician. The other one held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, obviously a warrior.

Seeing Andrew's fireball, the two figures sped up a bit.

When the two men came closer, Andrew shouted, "Who are you? If you move any closer, I will attack you!"

"Don't get me wrong." In the dark night, a gentle voice came to Andrew's ears along with the wind, "We have no hostility, nor are we enemies."

Behind Andrew, Howard and the other two also came out of the tent. Howard came to Andrew with a little uneasiness in his eyes. Janice and Ling'er hid behind Jin Hu, looking very panicked.

Andrew calmly watched the person approaching, and his heart became calmer. He knew that at this moment, whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, fear was useless.

Finally, the two walked out of the darkness and into the area illuminated by the campfire.

"Hello." The magician said modestly, "We are the instructors of the Imperial Capital Divine Grace Academy. My name is Bandini and his is Polit. I am very sorry for coming here without permission and disturbing you all."

Andrew said calmly, "Why did you two come here so late at night?" He saw that there was a clear blood mark on the shield of the warrior named Paulette. Thinking of the bloody smell just now, the two men may have fought before and killed someone. But why was there no sound just now?

Bandani explained, "We are the instructors of the Divine Grace Academy. We were assigned by the academy to come to the Far East Prairie. After completing our mission at the academy, we were preparing to return to the academy. We haven't seen anyone along the way. I just saw the fire over here and was curious, so I came over to take a look."

Andrew watched his every move, trying to determine if his words were true or not. On the surface, Bandani's performance was very sincere.

"What about the fight just now?" Andrew asked coldly, pointing at Pollitt's shield.

Bandani suddenly realized and said immediately: "You misunderstood. Just now, Paulette and I found several bodies in the pit over there. Paulette buried those bodies with an iron shield, so there are bloodstains. If you don't believe it, you can go and see it."

"Okay, I'll go with you." In order to find out whether the other party was a friend or an enemy, Andrew decided to go and check it out himself. Bandani and Pollitt were very frank, turning around and leading the way, and they were not on guard against Andrew. Andrew felt a little relieved, comforted Janice and Howard, left Jinhu behind, and left with the two of them.

After walking for several kilometers, the three of them came to the earth pit that Bandani mentioned. Andrew shot a few fireballs to illuminate the surrounding environment and found that there were really no signs of fighting here, only a newly buried earth pit, proving that Bandani was not lying just now.

"I'm very sorry, I was too suspicious!" Andrew apologized immediately.

Bandani smiled gently and said, "You did nothing wrong. If it were us, we would not immediately trust a stranger who suddenly appeared."

Pollitt, who had remained silent throughout, also nodded, expressing his understanding of Andrew.

Andrew felt embarrassed and said apologetically, "Thank you for your understanding. We also came from the Far East Prairie, and our destination this time is the Imperial Capital. We haven't seen anyone else in the past few days, so we have been on high alert. Since we meet here and have the same purpose, why don't we go together?"