Ababa Ababa Ababa

All in all, the Greater Will's plan had failed.

It seemed its descendants were useless after all, so it could only take matters into its own hands.

Thus, it set its sights on the Tarnished beyond the Lands Between, and by some unfortunate coincidence, chose Lin Luo...

And then... what happened before happened.

Well, that had gone completely off the rails...

It had to be said that the Greater Will was exhausted too. If its true body could enter the Lands Between, it would have dearly loved to become the Elden Lord itself.

...As for the academy, in order to avoid participating in the war outside, it had eventually sealed itself off. Then, due to the shattering of the Elden Ring, some sorcerers lost consciousness as well. The academy was now practically half-paralyzed.

Rennala spent every day clutching a piece of amber and staring blankly into space, creating countless mutilated people in her room. Unfortunately, none of them inherited Rennala's power, and her fourth child was never born.

After entering the academy, Lin Luo headed straight for where the Full Moon Queen was.

Leaving the Church of the Cuckoo, crossing the dark graveyard, and passing over the bridge, he could see the enormous windmill lift.

Because those undead in the graveyard were always lurking in the darkness to ambush people, and though they were not strong, they were exceptionally disgusting, Lin Luo had used Bloodhound Step all the way here.

Along the way, he found the second Glintstone Key on the church chandelier. He could give it to Topos later.

Unlike the previous lifts, this one was always moving. It was not like the earlier ones, where one had to step on the button to make the lift rise, or pull a lever to bring it down.

This one had platforms hanging from an ever-turning windmill, with one platform after another rising and descending.

Lin Luo stepped onto a platform and, after a while, jumped down near a cliffside.

This was the classroom within the schoolhouse.

The place looked dark and damp. Sunlight could barely penetrate it, and all illumination came from the faint glow of torches.

A black cat peered inside through the window with tawny yellow eyes, while a cold, damp chill crawled up through the gaps in his trouser legs from underground.

Even Lin Luo could not help shivering. It was not because he was scared, but because... it was fucking cold.

"Hiss... this place... has some seriously cursed feng shui..."

Lin Luo sighed.

This time, he did not plan to charge in headfirst. These sorcerers were annoying, like mosquitoes, constantly firing Glintstone Pebbles to sting him.

He had a better idea.

Become Unseen was definitely not an option. This academy was the highest hall of sorcery; there was no way he could sneak through it with Night Sorcery alone.

So... Lin Luo pulled a set of sorcerer's robes from his inventory bag, along with a strange Glintstone Hood...

If trouble could be avoided, then it was not trouble.

With the Glintstone Hood on, the robes draped over him, and a Glintstone Staff in hand, he looked almost exactly like one of the academy's sorcerers.

The only difference was...

Lin Luo had no idea how these sorcerers could see while wearing Glintstone Hoods, because he certainly could not.

Therefore, he could only poke two little holes in it...

That made the already ugly hood look even more dreadful...

But as a social butterfly, Lin Luo naturally did not care about such things. He convincingly took a book from a shelf, tucked the Glintstone Staff at his waist, and swaggered out.

And surprisingly, it actually worked. The sorcerers along the way were all muddleheaded and paid Lin Luo no attention at all.

The occasional clear-headed sorcerers were still engrossed in the spellbooks in their hands and did not notice Lin Luo in the slightest.

After all, the academy had been sealed for so long. Who would have thought someone had invaded?

Seeing this, Lin Luo could not help giving himself a thumbs-up.

Following the corridor, he saw a faint trace of blue light spilling down from its far end.

But how should he put it? There was absolutely no warmth of sunlight in that glow. It was a cold, gloomy light that made one feel deeply oppressed.

Without dwelling on it, Lin Luo walked straight ahead.

Beyond the end should have been an upward staircase. Down below were still three sorcerers, but these sorcerers seemed to be guarding something. They kept staring straight ahead, so it looked like they retained their own consciousness.

Naturally, Lin Luo had never bothered learning so much. Before, he had always just charged right in...

Just as Lin Luo thought everything was normal and walked directly over.

The sorcerers ahead stopped him.

"You, which academy branch sorcerer are you, huh?"

"Huh?"

Lin Luo froze. So this batch was not stupid... But did he know this guy? Why did that voice and tone sound so familiar?

"You, why is your helmet so weird, huh?"

The sorcerer beside him spoke up, clearly having noticed the two black holes in Lin Luo's Glintstone Hood.

Lin Luo froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Looks like I can only kill them again..."

Lin Luo sighed mournfully. Sigh... they just had to force him to commit murder...

"Ah, shit..."

The sorcerer spoke again, wearing an expression that said, "Just as expected."

"This is probably an idiot... Nine times out of ten, he's Red Wolf's food for today..."

"Sigh... how pitiful."

The sorcerer let out a long sigh, then seemed to understand.

"But this guy is not only mentally ill, he even dared to damage a sorcerer's hood... That represents Lady Rennala's authority..."

"No wonder he was sent here to be Lord Red Wolf's dinner..."

The three sorcerers shook their heads. There was no sympathy on their faces, only contempt and disdain.

That left Lin Luo dumbfounded... Good lord, from the sound of it, it seemed he had escaped disaster?

But the atmosphere had already reached this point. Would it not be a little out of character if he did not kill them...

Thinking of the vicious looks on those sorcerers' faces just now...

"Idiot!" "Mentally ill!"

The more Lin Luo thought about it, the angrier he became.

He roared inwardly, I can't take it anymore! Baka!

However...

Reality:

Lin Luo: "Ababa ababa ababa..."

"Eww~"

Seeing Lin Luo like that, the sorcerers hurriedly backed away several steps.

They had heard Princess Ranni say before that low intelligence could be contagious. They did not know whether it was true...

No, they had to stay away from him. Better safe than sorry.

The three sorcerers fled the scene as though afraid of being infected.

"Hahaha... that's more like it!"

Lin Luo put his hands on his hips and laughed triumphantly. The process of victory was not important; only the result mattered.

Melina, who had seen everything, really wanted to complain...

"How can you do something so embarrassing and still be so proud of yourself?! This does not seem like something worth being proud of, does it?"

Melina did not say it aloud, but she herself felt that ever since meeting Lin Luo, even her thoughts had started becoming more unrestrained...

But that was not necessarily a bad thing... At least, that was what Lin Luo believed.

Lin Luo had no idea Melina had so much going through her mind. He was simply praising himself for his cleverness.

He had taken the checkpoint without losing a single soldier. Who else could do that... (*σ´∀`)σ(*σ´∀`)σ

Lin Luo swaggered up the stairs, filled with delight.

Pushing open the doors, he arrived in the room where Radagon's Red Wolf was...

It looked like it would be a "fierce battle"!