It's a Big Misunderstanding!

The moment the naming was almost complete, a crisp mission completion notification sounded in Lein's ears.

He mused, What kind of 'command' magic requires willpower attributes? I have to be able to cast it too!

With Laifu, a small surprise, or rather a fright, came along.

[Detected host possesses high-spec surveillance tool Fire Bat, quantity 25... Beep! Classroom surveillance system activated.]

[Current number of students in the classroom: 1.]

Lein: ???

It comes with this too?

Lein calmed his mind slightly and immediately sensed what this so-called classroom surveillance system was.

First, the 'classroom'. Previously, when Lein taught physics, the sky was the ceiling and the ground was the floor. After a couple of rain showers recently, Lein found a relatively intact ruin to serve as a classroom.

Calling it a classroom, it was originally a prayer room for some religion, but it was so ancient that it was impossible to tell which deity was worshipped there.

However, the system's designated classroom area was the entire valley...

Then, for 'surveillance', it wasn't traditional visual monitoring but an outrageous combination of ultrasonic and auditory modes.

If Lein concentrated, he could clearly feel ultrasonic waves spreading out with Fire Bat's senses and then returning, finally pooling all Fire Bat's senses to construct a three-dimensional map that could 'see' every detail clearly.

The clarity of different parts of the map varied. Lein discovered that the areas closest to him had the highest clarity.

Upon closer inspection, he realized this was determined by the strength of the Fire Bat.

Taking Laifu as an example, its skills were: Stealth +15, Listening +12, Reconnaissance +16.

The result was that if a normal Fire Bat's screen resolution was 720p, then Laifu's screen would be an 8k ultra-high-definition display, and a wide-angle one at that.

After examining it, Lein found it seemed to have little practical use.

After all, he was already legendary with his one-on-one teaching.

Lein muttered, "What's your name, Laifu? You should be renamed 'Eavesdropper'."

Laifu didn't dare talk back to its new master. It shrunk its head, and as soon as its new master waved a hand, it received the command and immediately led its subordinates far away.

Fire Bat were omnivorous magical beasts. They would attack other magical beasts they disliked, but they also didn't mind eating fruits and other vegetarian food.

Lein didn't want to feed them too much, because if Fire Bat got too full, they would reproduce asexually on the spot, splitting one fire into two fires, meaning two Fire Bat.

Two weeks passed like this.

Almost every day after his lessons, Downs managed to comprehend new magic.

Unknowingly, he had already learned two Level 4 spells. With one more, he would be considered a high-level mage by the system.

One day, Lein was teaching the [Law of Reflection].

"Three lines coplanar, two angles equal; the image formed is always virtual. The object and image are symmetrical about the axis, applicable to both concave and convex mirrors..."

Seeing Downs scratching his head made Lein laugh.

But he was used to it.

Every time he taught a physics law and explained the basic definition, he wouldn't force Downs.

Downs would always misinterpret it on his own.

It was as if Lein had written a piece of code named Downs, and no matter how careful Lein was, after running it, this code would definitely have bugs. Yet, this program could perfectly self-correct and then run.

This resulted in something no one could understand.

As long as the code ran, it was good code!

Lein had no other thoughts, he was just short of offering incense and enshrining his good disciple.

Just as Lein stepped out of the classroom, hands clasped behind his back, and looked up at the clear sky, he felt a little sentimental.

Setting aside the inability to leave, this small valley was quite beautiful.

The valley was neither too large nor too small, covering nearly a square kilometer. Looking into the distance, one could see steep cliffs tens of meters high, dividing the valley from the outside world like two distinct worlds.

The wind and rain from outside could hardly enter, and the clouds and mist inside could hardly drift out.

Apart from the only two small paths leading to the mountaintop, it was a typical paradise, but unfortunately, there was no path down from the mountaintop to the outside.

This troubled Lein greatly.

He wondered if he should grit his teeth, swallow his pride, put on a pile of thick clothes, and have Downs pull him out of the mountain.

Just then, he inadvertently scanned an unexpected message, which immediately made Lein's expression turn grim.

Generally, friendly individuals would be displayed as green dots by the system. Enemies were highlighted in red. As for neutrals, they were flashing white dots.

The system clearly told him: [Current student: 1, Listeners: 2.]

The notification had appeared 10 minutes ago.

Perhaps because the other party had no aggressive intent, Lein did not receive a high-alert warning.

Lein's heart sank. If the other party had malicious intentions, their master and disciple might already be doomed.

Thinking of this, Lein felt extremely displeased.

He was wearing a robe gifted by King Cervantes last time.

The water-blue robe was not only cool and breathable, but its cuffs were also inlaid with gold thread. This 'low-key luxury' itself gave Lein a special aura. Not to mention, after he flipped the switch on the Tesla coil, that aura of a Lightning Archmage was instantly maxed out.

Crackling electricity danced around Lein's slender fingertips, his cold face flickering with the ebb and flow of the arcane energy.

As Lein let out a cold snort that echoed through the valley, the atmosphere instantly tensed:

"You come but don't listen, you listen but don't understand, you understand but can't do, you do but don't do well... You two esteemed sirs have traveled thousands of miles to be here, what guidance do you have for me!?"

Silence!

Absolute silence!

Utter silence!

There was no wind, no insect chirps.

Aside from the faint crackling of electricity, it seemed as if no other sound, no other living creature existed in the valley.

Thirty meters away from the classroom, beneath the shade of a large tree, two inconspicuous shadows quietly blended into the tree's silhouette.

Several seconds later, one shadow finally stirred slightly.

The shadow writhed on the tree trunk, coalescing into a question mark.

[Is this a trap?]

At this moment, the other shadow moved. It formed into two eyes, scanning its surroundings vigilantly. Finally, these two gazes fell upon another tree not far behind them in astonishment.

Amidst the dense foliage, a small bat, like a sculpture, hung upside down, staring intently at the two of them.

The bat's eyes suddenly widened, followed by a long sigh.

One second later, those shadow-eyes visibly enlarged, finally forming into a person.

It was an old man with white hair dressed as a rogue. Upon seeing the emblem on the man's chest—a black mass wrapped around a dagger—Lein's pupils involuntarily shrank.

Damn it!

It was the advanced profession of a rogue: Shadow Dancer!

As a high-tier transcendent profession, a Shadow Dancer could not only summon a Shadow, an undead creature, to do their bidding but could also perform abilities akin to [Blink], called [Shadow Step], allowing them to briefly enter the shadow plane before returning to the prime material plane, achieving short-range spatial jumps.

In essence, no Shadow Dancer was weak.

The only question was whether the opponent was a Master Level Shadow Dancer or a Legendary Shadow Dancer.

Interestingly, while Lein was internally tense, the other party was clearly more so.

As soon as the old man appeared, he immediately bowed: "My name is Nardon *Blackshadow, and beside me is my disciple, Sanders *Darkguard."

As he spoke, he pulled out a younger Shadow Dancer from the nearby shadows, almost pressing his disciple's head with his hand as they both bowed to Lein.

"Hmph?" Lein tilted his chin upwards at a 45-degree angle, looking down at them through his nostrils. He grunted in acknowledgment.

The old man continued: "We had no intention of offending the esteemed Legendary Archmage. After all, a century has passed since the collapse of the magic net. I truly never expected to encounter a true Legendary Archmage in this era of declining magic. This was our impoliteness. If there is anything we can do to earn the Archmage's forgiveness for our transgression, we will do our utmost to fulfill it."

Lein pondered for a moment before speaking without politeness: "A while ago, I slew an impertinent White Dragon. Find its treasure and bring it to me."

The old Shadow Dancer, Nardon, visibly relaxed: "As you command, Archmage."

With that, he turned and fled with his disciple without looking back.

Once they were out of the valley and the wind had died down, his disciple couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, I didn't sense that guy was that strong! Why should we be afraid of him?"

"Idiot!" The old Shadow Dancer smacked his disciple's head hard, cursing. "If you lack knowledge, observe and learn more! We infiltrated the range of an Archmage's magic tower. That is a typical offense. Even if he had killed us, His Majesty would have had to apologize on our behalf later. And that was a Fire Bat! A Legendary Fire Bat! A hundred years ago, only Archmages of at least Master Level were qualified to keep such a creature as a familiar. Our supposedly powerful stealth techniques were completely transparent to him from the start."

Sanders truly felt a chill of fear this time.