Academy Missions

Leaving aside the royal family members and Advanced Apprentice of the Goron Kingdom is indeed typical of Saine's style. →

Ignoring Hildas's slightly embarrassed and stiff facial expression, Saine mainly talked to Green.

To strangers he doesn't know well, Green is a quiet, reserved person.

But Green is quite talkative when it comes to friends like Saine.

Through communication with Green, Saine learned that they would be heading to the Green Source Mountain Range, east of the Azure Source Holy Tower, to carry out some monster hunting and rare material gathering missions.

It is worth mentioning that the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy requires its apprentices to undertake a mandatory task every three months.

These tasks come in all shapes and sizes, and the apprentices choose them themselves.

The simplest task is to clean the library or other public facilities on campus.

A more challenging task is to go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, like Green and others, to conduct trials such as monster hunting and material gathering.

Of course, helping Formal Magician complete some basic experiments can also be considered an academy task.

However, in the five years since Saine arrived at the Azure Source Holy Tower, the number of times he has carried out academy missions can be counted on one hand...

It wasn't that Saine didn't want to carry it out, but that he was too busy, too busy to waste time on those academy tasks.

The reason he was able to evade the academy's mandatory tasks was because Saine had enough Magic Coin.

The Holy Tower is also quite "lenient" towards apprentices who are unwilling or do not have time to perform academy tasks.

One mandatory quest can be canceled by paying just one Magic Coin.

Over the past five years, Saine has invested nearly twenty Magic Coin in this area.

Apart from him, very few people in the entire Holy Tower Academy did this.

Therefore, although most of the apprentices and Formal Magician at the Holy Tower Academy did not know him, the few Mage on duty at the Apprentice Hall Task Verification Office had a vivid memory of Saine.

As the topic turned to the upcoming academy mission for Green and the others, Advanced Apprentice Hildas coughed lightly.

Green's words came to an abrupt end.

These Apprentice Mission are indeed not something that can be easily revealed to outsiders, because every year, Holy Tower Academy has apprentices who perish in various trial missions.

Holy Tower Academy is not a babysitter for all apprentices. It requires apprentices to perform mandatory tasks, partly to test them and partly to generate revenue for the academy.

The Green Source Mountain Range, located east of the Azure Source Holy Tower, is the richest Magical Beast Mountain Range within the Green Source Land.

Although Saine had passed through some mountains and jungles with powerful magical beasts before, none of them could compare to the Green Source Mountain Range.

It is said that deep within the Green Source Mountain Range, there is even a sizable monster kingdom.

Whether it's true or not is unknown; probably only those Formal-Ranked Magician would know for sure.

Besides the Green Source Mountain Range, the most famous Trial Zone near the Azure Source Holy Tower is the Green Source Sea, which is closest to the Holy Tower.

However, the danger in the Green Source Sea is greatly reduced because, due to its proximity to the Holy Tower, some unruly water monsters or sea creatures have been tamed by the powerful Holy Tower Magician.

Within the territory of the Green Source Sea, the apprentices mainly perform resource gathering tasks.

A Low-Level Magic Item called "Underwater Breathing Bead" allows apprentices to move freely in the ocean for two hours.

After saying goodbye to Green and the others, Saine entered the Holy Tower Library and stroked his chin thoughtfully, saying, "Perhaps I can also go out and carry out a mandatory mission for the academy. The deadline for the next mission is coming up soon."

Green Source Sea.

Saine stood on the deck of the airship, looking down at the azure sea and the endless sky.

Indeed, Mage are not entirely solitary creatures.

Although Saine was used to a daily routine of studying and researching, he never felt bored or dull.

However, occasionally going out for some fresh air can also be beneficial to Saine's physical and mental health.

At least for now, looking at the vast sea and the boundless sky, Saine felt inexplicably cheerful and relaxed.

This trip by Saine from the Azure Source Holy Tower is to the Giggson Duchy in the north of the Holy Tower to carry out a mission to investigate a monster rampage.

This is the highest-level mission that can only be accepted by apprentices of advanced level or above, because according to the information described in the mission, the magical beast in the Giggson Duchy that has gone berserk seems to have reached the quasi-rank.

Saine's task was merely to investigate, and

Simply bring back the relevant survey data.

The Giggson Duchy is not a weak human kingdom; it is a nation renowned in the field of alchemy, and there are many magic shops within its borders.

Many Knight and Mage from neighboring areas would come to visit it.

It is said that the Formal Magician of the Giggson Duchy are stationed at the Azure Source Holy Tower and possess considerable alchemy skills.

Most of the magic apprentices in the duchy who make a living by crafting magical items are his students and grand-students.

Saine has been studying at the Azure Source Holy Tower for several years and has also enrolled in advanced courses taught by three formal alchemists.

It's also better to know who the Formal Magician behind the Giggson Duchy is, and whether Saine has ever met him.

Speaking of alchemy, what annoyed Saine somewhat was that the Holy Tower was not the kind of place where all knowledge could be imparted.

The Wizard World's Spellcaster value knowledge to an even more exaggerated degree than one might imagine.

Despite spending Magic Coin to enroll in many advanced courses, Saine...

But as time went on, Saine gradually discovered that these Formal Magician always held back a secret during their lessons!

Magic Coin can buy a basic introduction to your knowledge from a Formal Magician, but they will never be enough to get the other party to teach you everything they know.

Unless Saine can become the other party's disciple and successor.

Unfortunately, after the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy, Saine had no intention of becoming an apprentice of any Formal Magician.

On the one hand, Saine also has very deep feelings for his mentor Moxidu.

On the other hand, none of the Formal Magician he came into contact with were powerful enough to inspire Saine to consider becoming their disciple.

If you can just find any Formal Magician to be your mentor, why didn't Saine just become Second-Level Magician Midiqi at the Dawn Holy Tower back then?

Recalling the scene when he first left the underground, and how he was being courted by Master Midiqi, Saine couldn't say he regretted it; he simply missed a potentially good opportunity.

When Saine left Holy Tower, he also made some arrangements for his Cousin Serena.

Besides leaving the other party some Energy Crystal and a few Magic Coin for expenses, he also told them that his trip to the academy might take a little longer.