Missing Person Notice

The newcomer was an elegant young woman in a purple robe. She wore a wide-brimmed hat that hid her face, but her shapely figure alone was enough to draw attention.

However, what truly set the adventurers boiling was the silver badge on her chest. That badge proclaimed her status as a mage.

Among the many professions on this continent, warriors, assassins, and rangers were the most common and widespread. Next came knights; because they leaned toward defense and were not as strong in solo combat, there were fewer of them than the first three. But overall, these four professions were the choice of the vast majority of ordinary people, making up more than ninety-five percent combined!

The remaining five percent were priests, mages, and alchemists.

Priests possessed powerful healing and blessing abilities. Mages could command all kinds of elements, overturning mountains and seas with a wave of the hand. Alchemists required the most money to train and also earned the most, capable of refining all kinds of miraculous medicines and tools.

These three professions were extremely rare, and all of them were very powerful, so they were known as "noble" professions.

And for adventurers who often went out exploring, mages were the noblest of them all.

Most priests served within the church. Although the potions and various tools refined by alchemists were powerful, their own combat ability was rather worrying, so they basically rarely went out.

Only mages, who possessed tremendous destructive power, might become their teammates.

Who wouldn't want to team up with a mage?

If an adventurer party had a mage lord in it, they could absolutely treat him as the absolute core. No matter what situation they ran into, they only had to protect him, and the mage lord would naturally solve more than ninety percent of the problems.

Even challenging enemies above their level was not impossible!

The records of bards had never lacked stories of wise mages defeating powerful enemies with the support of their companions.

So one could imagine how tempting it was for a mage to appear in the Adventurer's Guild.

Even if a naked beauty stood beside him, people's gazes would still focus on the mage without the slightest hesitation.

Not to mention, this mage herself was quite "big."

"Mage Lord, do you need teammates?"

"Beautiful miss, might I have the honor of inviting you to dinner?"

"Mage lord, take me with you. I don't want to keep miserably hacking away at goblins anymore..."

Some spoke straight from the heart, some rough men pretended to be gentlemen, and some seized the chance to go crazy. For a time, the entire guild hall was filled with all kinds of bizarre voices.

After Lin Mo struggled to drag his gaze away from those towering peaks, the first thing he thought of was the Spell Scroll hidden in his clothes.

If she was a real mage, then surely she could read that scroll, right?

If he could get some guidance from her...

Lin Mo shook his head and quickly cast the thought aside again.

The Spell Scroll in his hands had many unknown points of doubt. For such a precious thing to appear in a Goblin nest on the outskirts of Lorraine Forest was simply a little strange.

Besides, he knew nothing about the mage before him. Rashly taking the item out would probably not be a good thing.

While Lin Mo was thinking, the young mage waved her hand, refusing the adventurers' enthusiastic invitations, and walked straight toward the counter.

By the time Lin Mo came back to his senses, that fragrant breeze was already blowing against his face, and those lofty mountains were less than half a meter away from him.

In this kind of situation, there was no way he could resist taking a look, right?

Lin Mo subconsciously glanced over. When he raised his head again, he happened to meet a pair of smiling orange-red eyes.

He smiled somewhat awkwardly and shifted his gaze away. The other party did not seem to mind either, and instead looked at Laina behind the counter.

"Hello. I'd like to issue a commission."

"Please go ahead!"

Laina was clearly very nervous. Her whole body was tense, and even her words came out a little stuttered.

After all, this was a Mage Lord! Even ordinary adventurers were not very willing to speak to her, let alone a noble mage. Without a doubt, this was her first time receiving a mage.

"Help me issue a missing person notice commission. The person I'm looking for is... a disciple of Saint Antonia Academy of Magic."

The words behind him made Lin Mo's departing footsteps pause briefly. Then he continued forward as if nothing had happened and hurriedly left the guild.

As usual, he ate a hearty dinner at Hot Stove Roast Meat, then returned to the inn and carefully locked the door.

The instant he sat down by the bed, Lin Mo let out a long breath. His back had long since been soaked with cold sweat.

He took the scroll from his clothes, opened it, and carefully read it again.

"Devout apprentice, please put aside all anxiety and restlessness. Only when your mind is free of distractions will the gates of magic open to you."

Signed: Mentor of St. Antonia Academy, Archmage Elvis!

The mage who had entered the guild just now was from Saint Antonia Academy of Magic!

She was looking for a missing disciple of the academy, and in his hands, he just so happened to have a Spell Scroll from St. Antonia Academy...

Even if that disciple's disappearance had nothing to do with him, as long as this scroll was in his hands, there was no way he could explain it clearly.

He could not be sure that the other party would have enough patience to ask where the scroll had come from, rather than simply blasting him to death with a spell.

Fortunately, he had not impulsively gone up to speak to her just now.

No matter what accident had happened to that apprentice from the academy of magic, and whether they were still alive now, Lin Mo did not want to get involved in such trouble.

He only wanted to steadily complete commissions, accumulating strength and wealth bit by bit.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

The sudden knock at the door made every hair on Lin Mo's body stand on end.

"Mr. Lin Mo, are you there?"

Bern's voice came from outside. Lin Mo let out a breath of relief, carefully tucked the scroll back into his clothes, steadied his breathing, then rose and went forward to open the door.

"You don't look too good. You're not hurt, are you?"

As soon as Bern entered, he asked with concern.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little tired today. Is something the matter?"

"Well, we've already accepted those two tasks. Tomorrow, you..."

"I've already finished the task I took before. I can go with you tomorrow."

"That's good."

A smile immediately appeared on Bern's face. "I wanted to discuss those two tasks with you..."

Lin Mo could barely remember many of the details Bern mentioned afterward. His mind was filled with the mage he had encountered at the Association that evening. He had no way of knowing whether the mages of this world had some method he was unaware of that could use this scroll to find him.

But whether he left the scroll at the inn or threw it away in the city, it would only look like an attempt to cover things up, handing the searchers a clue for nothing.

Either he kept it on him the whole time, or he could only throw it into the forest.

Since he happened to be going out on a task tomorrow, he would decide then...