Different Choices

Outside the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point.

Standing above the confluence of the two rivers, Saine took one last look at the resource point below and gazed at the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower before turning and leaving.

With the aid of the Metal Discs, Saine flew towards the northeast.

He now needs to bypass the apprentice ranks of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower before deciding whether to go to the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower Apprentice District or the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower Apprentice District.

Fortunately, the Trial Space provided for the Holy Tower Academy War was large enough that even with nearly 30,000 students from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, it was difficult to completely surround Saine.

Saine's departure was almost entirely under the spotlight.

Because the Golden Light Pillar on its body was so obvious, not only could the students of the Azure Source Holy Tower see it, but the students of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower could also clearly see the departure of the Golden Light Pillar of light.

"That apprentice from the Azure Source Holy Tower named Saine has left. Should we pursue him?" asked Makle, a top apprentice, within the apprentice camp of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower.

Makle is a genius apprentice who has mastered both dark and wind elements. Among the apprentices at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, his strength and prestige are second only to Gade.

At this moment, Gade, the Heart of the Earth, also looked in the direction where the Golden Light Pillar had left.

In fact, given the skills of advanced apprentices at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, some apprentices who also possess flying devices or specialize in wind magic are capable of catching up with Saine's speed. →

Previously, many apprentices from the Earth Academy had been hunting down Saine across borders, even reaching the Apprentice Zone of the Secret Language Holy Tower.

However, Gade the Heart of the Earth is not an apprentice with extremely fast flight speed.

Furthermore, given his mastery of Earth Elemental magic, once his legs leave the ground, the Earth Elemental Blessing Power he enjoys will be greatly reduced.

It could be said that Gade, who was flying in the sky, could only be considered a top apprentice.

Only when his feet are firmly planted on the ground can he be considered a true Peak Apprentice.

Therefore, after the Academy War began, almost none of the apprentices ever saw Gade off the ground for an extended period of time.

This can be considered a minor shortcoming for him as Peak Apprentice.

In just a moment of silence from Gade, the Golden Light Pillar representing Saine had already flown further and further away.

The Quasi-Magician, Makle, looked anxious; he was clearly the one who didn't want to let Saine leave.

Just as Makle's patience was about to run out, Gade shook his head and said, "We can't chase them. Given the vastness of the Trial Space, it would be too difficult for us to pursue and surround a Peak Apprentice with extremely fast flying abilities."

"Moreover, from the previous targeted attacks on him, you should be able to see that the other side seems to have some means of detecting us in advance."

"Setting a trap and surrounding them silently is even more difficult."

"Instead of wasting our energy and time on him now, we should continue to expand our apprenticeship and sweep up all the resource points and scattered apprentices in the five regions."

"By doing this, we can steadily earn points, and once we've wiped out all the resource points and scattered apprentice teams, we'll naturally have more time and energy to use for besieging that Peak Apprentice of the Azure Source Holy Tower," Gade said.

Gade's words are not without merit.

But the top apprentice, Makle, looked depressed after hearing this.

Makle's points are now over 20,000.

Although it made it into the top ten, it was ranked relatively low within the top ten.

If Makle can eliminate Saine, he will immediately rise to the top.

This kind of allure is far superior to Gade's slow and methodical way of accumulating points.

This also reveals the differences in personality between him and Gade.

Gade is an incredibly steady apprentice. Although he is also very keen on Saine's more than 100,000 points, Gade knows very well what he should and shouldn't do.

Compared to uncertain returns, Gade prefers to secure tangible benefits first.

After taking everything that can be taken, then turn around and seek more benefits.

It cannot be said that Gade's decision was wrong; in fact, it could be said that it was the most rational and correct decision.

In Makle's view, this was entirely because Gade himself was unable to fly and pursue Saine for an extended period of time, and was therefore forced to let go of Saine, the "fat meat" in front of him.

Gade will let Saine go, Makle won't.

After flicking his sleeve and leaving Gade's side, Makle said, "If you're not going to chase after them, then I'll take some men and go after them!"

Watching Makle's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Gade, with his sallow complexion, remained silent.

Before leaving, Makle approached another top apprentice in the apprentice camp, Mather, to ask if he would be willing to go with him to pursue Saine.

Top Apprentice Mather is a Fire-element Magic Apprentice. When asked about his invitation by Makle, Mather looked hesitant.

Finally, he shook his head and said, "I feel that what Gade said makes more sense. That Peak Apprentice of the Azure Source Holy Tower is not so easy to hunt down. Before, ' Kinetic Hand ' Fack and his group suffered a great loss."

"Kinetic Hand" Fack was among the first group of Great Earth Academy Holy Tower apprentices to pursue Saine.

In terms of skill, Fack, who is also a top apprentice, is actually on par with Mather.

Makle is probably slightly stronger than the two of them.

But it's only a little bit; he's far from reaching the level expected of Peak Apprentice.

Having received Mather's reply, Makle finally snorted coldly, then led dozens of senior apprentices who were willing to follow him in the pursuit of Saine away from the camp.

Like Makle, there are many apprentices who hope to eliminate Saine and thus rise to the top.

Moreover, most of these apprentices are those who have some ability and are quite confident in themselves.

The departure of the apprentices, including Makle, was insignificant compared to the total number of over seven thousand apprentices gathered outside the Black Tomb Forest at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower.

However, it must be mentioned that Makle and his group took away more than a third of the advanced apprentices.

In this situation, Gade, who was in charge in the center, remained silent.

As Peak Apprentice on whom the academy's mentors placed high hopes, Gade indeed had extremely high authority to command and dispatch apprentices below the intermediate level.

But Gade's orders sometimes didn't work as well for apprentices of higher rank.

Especially with such a tempting amount of points available, few apprentices could resist the temptation.

The departure of Makle and the others did not seem to cause Gade much psychological burden.

The offensive against the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point continues as scheduled.

However, compared to a few days ago, the offensive strength of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower apprentice team seems to have weakened considerably.