Chapter 364

As the senior student named Anton said, they came for practical assessment, not to mentor children.

Noa wasn't sure if her and Helena's abilities would hold the team back.

"Come on, Nuoya, Helena."

The speaker was another senior student, whose tone was gentle. "Since you've applied for this practical assessment, you should take it seriously. If you follow our method, you definitely won't go wrong."

Noa scratched the corner of her mouth, still somewhat hesitant.

"Then it's settled!"

Yuna patted Noa's head, "After the assessment starts, we'll be a six-person team!"

It's really... hard to refuse such kindness, senior.

The two Dragon girl exchanged a glance, and had no other choice but to accept it.

The barbecue and late-night snack party continues.

While a group of people were chatting animatedly, Noa walked to the window and looked out at the dark night sky.

The heavy snow was reflected in her azure eyes.

She looked at her reflection in the window and encouraged herself.

"You'll definitely pass the test smoothly, Noa! Go for it!"

At dawn, Leviathan slowly descended into the Far North.

A cold wind howled, snow fell heavily, and before my eyes stretched an endless expanse of white.

Arriving on the ground via a teleportation beam, Losweiser squinted slightly to keep snowflakes out of her eyes.

She raised her hand to shield her eyes and gazed into the distance.

"I think we might be oversimplifying things. This place doesn't seem like a place where you can just try your luck."

"There's a saying in human society that's very applicable to the current situation—oh, no, not a saying, but four words." Leon walked up from behind her and stood next to her.

Which four characters?

"Since we're already here..."

The Queen shook her head helplessly and smiled.

Indeed, the phrase "since we're already here" is very applicable to various unplanned situations.

After a three-day trek, they finally arrived at the Far North. It would be quite unlike the couple to give up before even starting their investigation.

"Alright, brave survival enthusiasts, this is the end of our journey, the forbidden land of the Dragon Race —the far north!"

I almost forgot, they came under the pretext of an "outdoor survival challenge".

Therefore, someone is naturally in charge of 'challenging' this aspect.

"We will embark on a three-day survival journey here. During this time, we will have no support, no guides, and certainly no unexpected meals or fireplaces to Falling from the sky at crucial moments. What we have is a brave heart to challenge nature!"

This is why Leon never participates in any survival challenges.

Why leave your perfectly good home, your comfortable bed, and your delicious meals to go off to the wilderness for some kind of survival challenge?

You dragons seem to be living too comfortably; you're just bored and have nothing better to do.

Since you guys enjoy survival challenges so much, why not try a real man's 1v1 battle with General Leon?

Isn't this much more exciting than coming to this freezing cold place?

While Leon was mentally ranting, the challenge enthusiasts and the students of the Saint Hiss Academy had already split into two groups.

"It's said that these students are all from the Academy's Young Dragon Department, and they've come here to participate in practical assessments," Losweiser explained.

"To conduct an assessment in a place like this?"

Losweiser nodded. "Yes, it's a tradition of the academy. Didn't your master also say that if you want to forge yourself into a stronger warrior, you must make a trip to the Far North?"

"That's true."

Leon breathed a sigh of relief, his warm breath especially noticeable in the extreme cold.

He glanced at the groups of students, hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Do you think Noa might have secretly followed us?"

"Noa won't be promoted to the Young Dragon Department until next year, so she probably... won't come."

Leon's question should have been left unasked, but once it was brought up, it made Losweiser somewhat hesitant to give a definitive answer.

Their eldest daughter cannot be judged in the same way as a typical young dragon.

After all, what five-year-old would dare to ambush Dragon King level opponent?

And it happened twice.

Most importantly, Noa perfectly inherited the most adventurous part of her husband's personality—the part that dares to challenge herself.

So if Noa had the chance to train in the Far North, she might actually come.

However, Leon and Losweiser stood below Leviathan for a while, until most of the students had left, but they still hadn't seen their eldest daughter.

Leon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Maybe we were overthinking it."

To be honest, he didn't really want his daughter to come here.

He certainly doesn't want that at this point in time.

If you want to gain experience and become stronger, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future; there's no need to rush.

Leon worried that if Constantine were really there, it might harm Noa.

The couple turned their gaze away and walked towards the crowd ahead.

They should get down to business.

Just after the couple left, Noa and Helena, who were hiding behind Yuna, peeked out.

"Have they left?" Noa asked.

"Yes, they've already gone far away."

The enthusiastic Lightning Dragon Princess stood on tiptoe and peered out, watching Leon and Losweiser's retreating figures.

"The legendary Silver Dragon Queen is indeed very elegant, and your Daddy is also very handsome. The two of them are really a perfect match."

Noa had grown up surrounded by the good looks of these two handsome men and beautiful women, and was long since immune to their charm and compatibility.

She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out with Helena.

"Speaking of which, Nuoya, why don't you want your Daddy and Mom to know you're here?" Yuna asked, turning her gaze away.

Noa watched her Dad 'Mom figures gradually disappear into the snowstorm, pondered for a moment, and replied,

"My dad is a doting father. If he knew I was here, he would stay by my side every step of the way."

Yuna's thoughts stirred slightly, and she added, "So you prefer to rely on yourself and your friends to complete this assessment, right?"

Noa nodded firmly, "And... if I give them the results of the Far North assessment after I get home, without their knowledge, they will be even happier."

Yuna paused slightly, "Are they... the kind of parents who care a lot about grades?"

"No, they don't care about grades, they care about me. But at this stage, grades are the best way to prove my ability."

Noa also looked away, adjusted her backpack, and stepped into the snow.

"I will definitely become as strong as them, I definitely will."

The small figure gradually disappeared into the swirling snowflakes.

Helena called out her best friend's name and chased after her.

Yuna gazed at Noa's slender back, then turned to look at the couple.

After a long while, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she murmured to herself,

"You will, junior. Sooner or later, you will become a warrior stronger than you can imagine."

Yuna stepped into the snow and officially began her assessment journey with her team members.

The survival challenge continues, but Leon and Losweiser have already quietly slipped away from the main group.

Before leaving, Leon secretly cast a location spell on the person in charge of the challenge to prevent them from getting lost.

In this way, he and Losweiser could confidently and boldly search for Constantine's whereabouts.

As they initially anticipated, finding a flaming Frankenstein monster amidst the endless expanse of white would be quite a challenge.

Therefore, they need to use the Primal Power gathered by Losweiser to sense it.

Magic Power of the same origin can resonate with each other; this is basic knowledge taught in magic classes.

It's just unknown whether this applies to ancient, Primal Magic.

After confirming that no one was around, Losweiser began to gather her Primal Power.

Soon, the surrounding wind and snow seemed to be repelled by an invisible force, all bypassing Losweiser.

The snow beneath her feet was showing signs of melting.

Leon quickly raised his arm to protect her waist, lest the snow beneath her feet suddenly collapse and cause Losweiser to slip and fall.

Fortunately, Losweiser is now very skilled at controlling the Primal Power, and she quickly condensed a milky white sphere of light.

The first step can be considered a success.

The couple exchanged a glance and smiled simultaneously.

The next step is the second step.

Losweiser held up the primordial orb, closed her eyes, and quietly felt the magical fluctuations.

After a while, Losweiser frowned slightly.

"What's wrong? Didn't you sense any other Primal Power?" Leon asked.

Losweiser opened her eyes, waved her hand to disperse the ball of light, and nodded. "Hmm, there was absolutely no reaction or resonance. But this shouldn't be the case."

"Logically speaking, since the origin of all Dragon Race is the Primal Dragon King Noah, the Primal Power I've condensed should resonate with his power. But why is there no reaction at all...?"

Leon pondered for a moment, then guessed.

"Using the resonance between primordial forces to sense the location of another Primal Power —your grandmother and the others may have tried this when they were here, but it still took them many years to find that tiny bit of Primal Power. So I think... there must be some limitation that hinders the resonance between the forces."

After a pause, Leon added, "Or rather, the strength of our current Primal Power is not yet sufficient to establish a connection with another Primal Power."

The Queen frowned in thought. "Is the intensity not enough...? But this is the best I can do right now."

Leon patted her shoulder, comforting her, "It's okay, this was expected anyway. Don't be discouraged, let's think of other ways."

Other methods are easy to say, but how exactly should they be implemented?

Leon looked up at the sky, but it was still a vast expanse of white, and even the outline of the sun was not visible.

After gazing at the sky for a long time without any clue, Leon looked down at the ground again.

The snow underfoot was thick; below that lay the so-called ice layer that even Constantine couldn't burn through.

Beneath the ice lies an endless treasure trove.

"Losweiser," Leon suddenly spoke.

"Um?"

"You said... how did your grandmother and the others preserve that Primal Power they discovered?"

"How... did you save it?"

Losweiser thought for a moment and replied, "It's probably contained in some kind of container?"

"Could a vessel have survived from Noah's time? That's unlikely."

Leon bent down, reached out and scooped up a handful of snow, then watched it melt into water in his palm.

"I am more inclined to believe that the powerful Primal Power was sealed beneath this ice layer, and what your grandmother collected was a portion of the power that leaked out from the seal."

Upon hearing this, Losweiser became interested, "A seal?"

"Yes. This snow, and the ice layer below, are all part of the seal."