Gift

When Saine landed in front of Mark and the others, the few young magic apprentices before him were noticeably reserved and nervous. →

More than ten years have passed, and while Saine's appearance hasn't changed much, Mark has changed quite a bit.

This magic apprentice, who was already in his forties or fifties, had grown a beard. Although he didn't look particularly old, he at least looked like a middle-aged man.

Upon recognizing the Formal Magician before him as Saine, Mark quickly bowed to him.

The Karma between Mark and Saine was settled during the Regional Academy War.

At that time, Saine, as Peak Apprentice, turned the tide and pushed the overall ranking of the entire Azure Source Holy Tower into the top two, making him a legend for a time.

And this myth will likely continue to circulate in the Azure Source Holy Tower for at least several hundred years.

As the Peak Apprentice with the highest individual score during the Regional Academy War, it's unknown how many years it will be before the Azure Source Holy Tower can produce another such figure.

Mark's politeness made Saine almost forget how arrogant and domineering Mark had been back then.

As expected, people change. Mark was no longer the spoiled apprentice he used to be. His maturity and composure made Saine nod in approval.

However, the thought of Mark calling Irene" grandmother" made Saine's expression slightly awkward.

Fortunately, the surrounding magic apprentices were looking at Saine with awe and reverence, so they didn't notice anything unusual about Saine.

Of the apprentices in front of him, besides Mark, there were three others who also knew Saine, but Saine didn't know them.

The Regional Academy War made Saine the center of attention.

Today, the vast majority of advanced apprentices at the Azure Source Holy Tower are those who participated in that Academy War. A large part of the myth that Saine created in the academy was propped up by these apprentices.

After thinking for a moment, Saine took out a Flame Bracelet from his Space Bracelet.

This was a practice piece made by Saine in his spare time. The specific power of this Flame Bracelet is similar to that of the Strong Acid Scepter he obtained during his early apprenticeship.

The Flame Bracelet in front of him was no ordinary item, Mark accepted the gift from Saine with some surprise.

Perhaps noticing the surprise in Mark's eyes, Saine pondered and said, "This is a gift your grandmother asked me to give you. We forged a remarkable friendship during the recently concluded Plane War."

Saine's answer made Mark's expression even stranger.

However, Saine will definitely not have much time to talk to Mark next, because Dean Archimedes and the others have already arrived.

"Alright, I have to leave now. If you need any help at the academy, you can come find me." With that, Saine flew towards the academy's sky.

Ignoring his own doubts and confusion, Mark hurriedly asked as he saw Saine rise and fly into the air, "When is my grandmother coming back?"

Of Mark's family members, Irene has always taken the best care of him, so Mark is also quite concerned about his grandmother's condition, especially since Irene hasn't returned to the Wizard World for over ten years.

The first group of Mage set off would return to the Wizard World in two months. Irene was in the second group to leave. After thinking for a moment, Saine replied, "It should be in six months."

After saying that, Saine left the vicinity of the Apprentice Mission Hall.

In mid-air above the main Teaching Building of the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy, Saine met Dean Archimedes and several other Second-Level Magician who remained at the academy.

Dean Archimedes still looked like a wise old man with white hair. After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Saine, he inquired about the situation of the Plane War in recent Saine, as well as when the Tower Master and other Azure Source Holy Tower Magician would return.

After giving the Dean a general idea of when the Holy Tower Magician would return, Saine mentioned that the time when his mentor Luluman, would return to the Azure Source Holy Tower was still uncertain.

"My mentor is still in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, but before she returned to the Wizard World, she told me that she wouldn't stay in that Alien Plane for long and would be returning soon," Saine said.

Saine's answer made Dean Archimedes nod in approval.

Now that they know the first batch of Holy Tower Magician will return in two months, Archimedes and the others need to make some preparations.

Of course, Dean Archimedes also inquired about the losses of the Azure Source Holy Tower Magician.

When he raised this question, several Second-Level Magician beside him also turned their gazes toward him.

Saine wasn't very clear about the overall situation of the Azure Source Holy Tower Magician. He wasn't a particularly gossipy Mage himself, but he learned from Irene that the Azure Source Holy Tower had lost nearly 30% of its Mage in the Poison Fire Green Flame World.

This is already an extremely high number; the percentage of Mage lost by the other three Holy Tower is definitely not as high as that of the Azure Source Holy Tower.

The reason for this situation is that many of the Level-1 Magician participating in the battle at the Azure Source Holy Tower are newcomers like Saine, who are participating in the Plane War for the first time.

As a newly established Holy Tower, the gap between Azure Source Holy Tower and other established Holy Tower is not only in the apprentice realm, but also in the realm of Formal-Ranked Magician.

However, this situation with the Azure Source Holy Tower is common for the vast majority of newly built Holy Tower.

The total number of Mage participating in the battle at the Azure Source Holy Tower was not large. Although the casualty rate was more than 20%, close to 30%, the actual number of Formal Magician lost was only a little over one hundred.

Compared to the nearly 200,000 Mage on the entire Poison Fire Green Flame World battlefield, it's nothing at all.

Not to mention, in this Plane War, the number of slave creature legions that Saine personally witnessed alone amounted to millions, and the number of native creatures from Alien Plane who died was countless.

It's perfectly normal for a mere hundred or so Formal Magician to fall on the Plane Battlefield.

Saine's expression was indifferent and calm, but the faces of the Second-Level Magician who heard about the losses showed a trace of sadness.

These Second-Level Magician clearly possessed Elemental Power far greater than that of Saine, yet they were thoroughly "Academy Faction" Mage.

Perhaps they had participated in some arduous Plane War in their early years, but it was precisely because they witnessed the cruelty of Plane War that they gave up the idea of becoming combat Mage and instead focused on the development of the academy and the construction of the Wizard Civilization.

With the end of this Poison Fire Green Flame World War, it is estimated that some of the participating Mage will subsequently become "Academy Faction" Mage.

As far as Saine knew, Irene, with whom she had already been intimate, had the idea of becoming Academy Mage, but she had not yet made up her mind.

Irene also asked Saine if he wanted to become Academy Mage, to which Saine slowly shook his head.

Although spending long periods of time in the laboratory Truth Exploration is an exciting thing, Saine knows that exploring the Truth of magic also costs money.

Plane War is the fastest way to plunder resources, and the different Alien Plane Mage like Saine who have a strong desire for exploration.

In addition, Saine must admit that the external pressure of war allowed him to grow faster.

In the Poison Fire Green Flame World, Saine made great progress in the fields of Azure Fire Magic and Alchemy.

In the Wizard World, given the same amount of time and effort, he might not necessarily do any better.