The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

The wind is getting colder, and after entering late autumn, the presence of temperature suddenly becomes obvious.

Jiang Liujing leaned against the window, his eyes fixed on the yellowed and withered leaves of the roadside trees, motionless, as if in a trance.

"What are you thinking about that makes you so focused?"

An old voice sounded, as elegant as a cello resonating in the air.

Jiang Liujing's thoughts were interrupted. He turned around and saw a white-haired old man holding a cup of steaming hot tea in his hand, smiling at him.

Principal Laviere took off his pointed black hat today, letting his white hair, which represented the twilight of his life, be exposed freely in the air.

Jiang Liujing looked at him as if he was looking at a dying tree.

Principal Lavie is over 150 years old this year.

Even for a magician with extraordinary physical fitness, living to this age is rare. If he does not seek external help to prolong his life, then unless something unexpected happens, these few years will be his last.

"Nothing, I just thought of my family." Jiang Liujing replied.

The old man's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile, "Is it your grandfather?"

Jiang Liujing said "hmm".

During these seven years, the Moon Shadow Duchy was unable to wage war against Ernst and was hindered by the Inquisition.

King Ernst collected evidence from somewhere and righteously accused the Moon Shadow Principality of using a spell that had long been listed as a taboo - blood sacrifice.

It is suspected that the reason they carried out the act of annihilation against Heiyan was not only to cover up their crimes, but also to continue using this forbidden technique to cultivate tools of war.

This is not groundless. Not only Ernst, but other countries can also feel that the strength of the Moon Shadow Principality is growing at an abnormal speed.

Seven years ago, this country only had four eleventh-level and thirteen tenth-level warriors. But the evidence submitted by Ernst showed that eight eleventh-level warriors had appeared at the border.

As to whether there are more secrets that have not been exposed, no one knows.

Jiang Liujing originally thought that with such sufficient evidence, the trial would soon come to a conclusion.

But the results were shocking - more than half of the national representatives at the meeting said that a judgment should not be made so hastily on a big country.

They requested a divine religion that held a transcendent status on the continent, outside of the other nations, to serve as the judge for this judgment.

As the largest organization of believers in the only God of Law on the mainland, spreading the blessings of God for ten thousand years, no one dares to question the credibility of the God Cult on the mainland.

After the proposal was passed, the Cult organized a team to go to the Moon Shadow Principality, and the investigation is still ongoing.

While the Moon Shadow Principality failed to launch a direct war against Ernst, it still employed various means to restrict Ernst's development. The occupation of Black Rock directly severed all communication between Ernst and the outside world, a significant blow to Ernst, which was already short of resources.

"After the New Year, the new league will begin. At that time, all major transportation routes in each country will be forced to open." Lavie suddenly said, "As long as the King of Ernst is not stupid, he will definitely seize this opportunity."

Ernst alone cannot resist the Moon Shadow Principality with its own strength, and must establish connections with more countries.

Jiang Liujing naturally understood and nodded with his eyes slightly darkening.

Estes is not a weak king, Jiang Liujing believes that he will seize this opportunity.

Topics related to war always make the atmosphere bad and serious. Lavie looked at the tense face of the outstanding student in front of him and thought to himself, no, no.

Letting such little kids worry about the future of the country doesn't it indirectly reflect the incompetence of adults like them?

He suddenly changed the subject, his tone tinged with curiosity and teasing, "I heard you had a fight with your best friend a few days ago? How are you doing now? Have you made up?"

Jiang Liujing's expression froze: "...How come even you know about this?"

It’s true that good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

Ravier stroked his beard and laughed cheerfully. "Who in this school doesn't know about your conflict? Francois came to tell me on the first day."

He coughed to clear his throat, and then began to simulate Francis's appearance as he entered the room.

First, the dog quietly opened the door, looked around and saw that there was no one around.

Then he turned to the table in front and whispered hurriedly, "Principal, something bad has happened. Jiang Liujing and his best friend are having a fight!"

Although he kept saying that it was not good, his eyes were full of excitement of watching the fun, and he had no intention of trying to stop it.

Principal Lavie commented objectively, "He seems eager for you to have a fight."

Jiang Liujing: "..."

What kind of people are surrounding him?

"By the way, besides this, I heard there seem to be some other rumors in school..."

"Those are all misunderstandings." Jiang Liujing quickly interrupted Principal Laviere, his expression serious and solemn, "Chi has never done anything bad, and he is not the kind of person they say he is."

Principal Laviere looked at him intently.

"You know, the students all believe that you are righteous enough."

Jiang Liujing remained motionless and said without hesitation: "I am still the same now."

His determination and resoluteness made the old man look a little surprised.

Then she smiled peacefully again and said, "Now I believe you have reconciled."

As we all know, when these two are not quarreling, no external force can intervene between them.

Jiang Liujing seemed to be about to open his mouth to argue, but Principal Laviere smiled and shook his head, took a sip of tea and said:

"No need to say more. I'm an old man with one foot in the ground. I don't care about true or false things. I'm also happy that you two can reconcile. The competition is in a few months, and you two must go."

"Other candidates..."

"We're already selecting," Laviere said. "In a few days, the school will arrange a training trip to the Hidden Dragon Mountains as an opportunity to select candidates. You can check out other grades to see if there are any you like. We'll also consider your opinions when deciding on the candidates."

"Okay." Jiang Liujing nodded, not surprised. "What's the theme of this training?"

In previous years, the training trips out always had to complete a specific goal, and each group was assigned the task of obtaining a certain item.

And this time is no exception.

The principal pointed at the map on the table and said slowly, "Search for the source of life."

"..."

"Don't look at me like that," the old man laughed faintly, raising a hand to block the boy's accusing gaze. "This mission was arranged by that good friend of yours from the Gu family. I thought he told you."

Gu Lian had come to the school two days ago to see the principal and pick up the elf girl Wu Lier. He had also run into Jiang Liujing, but only exchanged a few simple greetings.

"If he told me, I would have beaten him." Jiang Liujing said truthfully, his tone gradually becoming incredulous. "Isn't the source of life something that only appears in legends? How can he be so sure it's in the Hidden Dragon Mountains?"

Gu Lian was really crazy. He asked them, a group of students, to find something that could be confirmed as an S-level mission even in the Mercenary Alliance.

"I don't know the specific reason, but he told me that he needed the Source of Life to repair something. As for the location of the Source of Life, it seems to be related to the elf you brought back. She told the young master of the Gu family that the Source of Life is in the Hidden Dragon Mountains."