Lord of Ashes
Chapter 90

Discovery

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Saine eventually entered the academy from the west side.

A huge crack in the academy wall allowed Saine to avoid using the main gate.

The west side of the academy has always been the residence of the Formal Black Wizard.

However, once Saine entered the area, the entire academy became quiet.

Only the sounds of fighting could be heard from the distant city.

The college Saine's side, on the contrary, became a quiet haven.

Saine didn't know much about the Academy West District.

In the past few years, he had at most walked around the neighborhood of his mentor Moxidu.

It's simply impossible for them to arbitrarily offend the territory of other Formal Black Wizard.

Although it is known that in those quiet houses, there are likely some things that the Formal Black Wizard did not have time to take away.

But Saine was not affected by this, and instead headed straight for his mentor Moxidu's residence.

When Saine arrived at his mentor Moxidu's residence, the door was still tightly closed.

Looking at the white door, Saine felt as if he had returned to a few years ago, to the days when he came to his mentor's place every day to do his experimental homework.

Taking out his Identity Badge from his Space Ring, Saine pressed it against the door. Immediately afterward, a surge of Element Power flowed through, and the door quietly opened.

Upon entering the residence, Saine found his mentor's place rather messy, and all the rooms were empty.

Saine found no Spider Silk of his mentor, Moxidu, or any of his fellow disciples here. →69🅂🄷🅄🅇.🄲🄾🄼

The huge experimental tables and alchemical instruments in several rooms had all disappeared, along with the Alchemy Puppet that was responsible for cleaning the mentor's residence.

"It seems that the mentors left in time."

"But I didn't sense any combat energy from the Black Magician who broke through the city. Could it be that the mentor broke through with Vice Dean Martin and the others?" Sitting on the white chair on the second floor, Saine couldn't help but think to himself.

This used to be where Saine dined with his mentors, senior brothers, and senior sisters, but now, he sits here all alone.

Another massive explosion and elemental turbulence erupted from within the city, interrupting Saine's thoughts and urging Saine to head to the next location.

After finding nothing with his mentor Moxidu, Saine quickly crossed the Teaching Building of the Black Wizard Academy and headed towards the Apprentice Dormitory.

There is no mentor here.

Regardless of any gains, Saine believed that as long as Lina was alive, she would surely leave relevant information for him in their home.

Although the Black Wizard Academy was quiet, as Saine approached the Apprentice Dormitory, he gradually discovered some corpses.

These corpses were almost all those of apprentices, with some being Dark Being and Underground Subhuman.

Since most of the intermediate and higher-level apprentices in the academy were thrown into the Yellow Sand World by Formal Black Wizard to carry out missions, the apprentice corpses presented to Saine were almost all low-level apprentices. →

Upon arriving at the outskirts of the Apprentice Dormitory, Saine noticed a female corpse lying in the roadside bushes.

The junior apprentice, Tian Di, remembered the other person because the other person had bothered Saine several times.

Tian Di's body was half charred, seemingly injured by fire magic.

The discovery of Tian Di's body reminded Saine of two of his friends from his junior apprentice days, Merri and Fatty Baus.

A sudden tightness gripped his heart, and Saine quickened his pace back to the dormitory.

The familiar dormitory building did not give Saine the warmth of home.

The dark and quiet stairwell, on the contrary, made Saine feel a little hesitant and afraid.

He wasn't afraid of any threat lurking in the darkness, but rather of the outcome, which he couldn't accept.

However, Saine eventually arrived at his door. When he pushed the door open, the first thing he saw was a pink letter that excited him greatly.

Lina rarely uses pink things, but Saine has already explored Lina's inner self, knows that she has a delicate and gentle nature that is different from her appearance.

He rushed to the letter Saine read the message.

This letter must have been left by Lina not long ago. Besides informing Saine that she was doing well, Lina's words revealed her deep concern and care for Saine.

Lina was convinced that Saine had not perished. She even told Saine in her letter that there was a deeply hidden secret passage in the northern part of City of Mozhsuobula.

That was what Lina's mentor, Feilunna, told her, including the fact that she would be breaking out of there with her mentor.

"City North?!" Saine couldn't help but look out of the room.

Although City of Mozhsuobula is an Underground City Underground City, strictly speaking, it is hollowed out on three sides, with only the City North connected to a towering stone wall, above which lies the massive Fluorite Vein.

He tucked the letter into his pocket and...

After glancing at the house, Saine turned and left.

After leaving the Apprentice Dormitory, Saine did not leave the academy via the same route.

The chaos in City of Mozhsuobula seemed to be drawing to a close. Apart from the continuous falling of giant stones from mid-air, the resistance from the Black Magician was growing weaker and weaker.

Some Surface World Knight and Mage are heading towards the Black Wizard Academy. After eliminating most of the resistance, the Black Wizard Academy is the last place they will clean up, and they also seem to want to collect some Spoils of War here.

Saine cannot guarantee that every Surface World Knight or Mage will be as easy to get along with as Bakda and Midiqi, whom he has encountered.

He also couldn't explain why he was there.

Traveling west across the entire academy from the Apprentice Dormitory would be a waste of time, and the most likely outcome would be running into those Surface World Knight and Mage.

The image of Tian Di's death flashed through Saine's mind.

At that moment, a loud "boom" was heard falling from the White Crow Forest, not far from the Apprentice Dormitory. It seemed to be a giant boulder falling from mid-air.

Fortunately, the White Crow Forest did not suffer a large-scale fire as a result.

After glancing in the direction of the White Crow Forest White Crow Forest, Saine headed deeper into it.

The scene in the White Crow Forest was not much different from what Saine remembered.

Everywhere you look, there is a lush, verdant landscape.

Of course, some fallen giant trees and the occasional meteorite crater indicate that White Crow Forest is still an area affected by the war.

At this moment, City of Mozhsuobula is not a pure land in the strict sense.

Upon reaching the eastern end of the White Crow Forest, where the massive tree canopy met the academy wall, Saine saw a huge, irregularly shaped boulder lying across it.

After roughly assessing whether he was able to climb out, Saine cast a Light Body Technique on himself and prepared to set off.

At that moment, a faint "Gugu" sound came from the back of the huge tree canopy in front of Saine.

With a slight frown, Saine approached the giant tree.

An owl, its body covered in blood, lay in a pool of blood.

The hooked mouth was twitching slightly, indicating that it was not completely dead.

"Seven?" Saine couldn't help but ask.

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