Ababa

In conclusion, the Greater Will's plan had failed.

It seemed their descendants were of little use, so it had to take matters into its own hands.

It then set its sights on the Tarnished outside the Lands Between, and by chance, it happened to select Lin Luo…

And then… what happened before occurred.

Now it was completely messed up…

The Greater Will was truly exhausted. If its true form could enter the Lands Between, it would have gone ahead and become the Elden Lord itself.

…Speaking of the Academy, to avoid participating in the outside wars, it eventually sealed itself off. Furthermore, due to the shattering of the Elden Ring, some sorcerers lost consciousness. The Academy is now in a state of semi-paralysis.

Rennala spends her days gazing at a piece of amber, having created countless dismembered people in her room. Regrettably, none of these individuals inherited Rennala's power, nor was a fourth child born.

After entering the Academy, Lin Luo headed straight for the Full Moon Queen's location.

Exiting the Cuckoo Church, passing through the dim graveyard, and then crossing the bridge, one could see the massive windmill elevator.

Because the undead in the graveyard always hid in the darkness to ambush people, and though not strong, they were undoubtedly top-tier at being annoying, Lin Luo used Bloodhound Step to slide his way over.

Along the way, he picked up the second Glintstone Key from a chandelier in the church. He could hand it over to Topos later.

Unlike previous elevators, its lift was always in motion. Unlike the others, which required stepping on a button to ascend or pulling a lever to descend, this one…

The platform was suspended from a constantly rotating windmill, with one platform after another ascending and descending.

Lin Luo stepped onto a platform and, after a while, jumped off at a cliffside.

This was the classroom within the school building.

It appeared dark and damp, with sunlight barely penetrating. The only light came from the faint glow of torches.

A black cat at the window peered inside with its amber eyes, and a chilling, damp aura crept up from the ground, seeping through the seams of his trousers.

Even Lin Luo couldn't help but shiver, not out of fear, but because… it was genuinely freezing.

"Hiss… this… a house with bad feng shui…"

Lin Luo remarked in admiration.

This time, he didn't plan to force his way in. These sorcerers were annoying, like mosquitoes, occasionally casting Glintstone Pebble to sting him.

He had a better method.

Becoming Unseen was out of the question. This place, the Academy, was the pinnacle of sorcery; it couldn't be infiltrated with mere night magic.

So… Lin Luo took out a sorcerer's robe from his storage bag and a strange Glintstone helm...

If a problem could be avoided, it shouldn't be considered a problem.

Donning the Glintstone helm, throwing on the robe, and picking up a Glintstone Staff, he looked almost indistinguishable from the sorcerers of the Academy.

The only difference was…

Lin Luo had no idea how these sorcerers could see with the Glintstone helms on. He certainly couldn't.

Therefore, he could only poke two small holes in it…

This made the already unremarkable helm even more unsightly…

However, as an extrovert, Lin Luo didn't care about such things. He confidently grabbed a book from a bookshelf, tucked the Glintstone Staff into his waist, and swaggered out.

Believe it or not, it actually worked. All along the way, the dazed sorcerers simply ignored Lin Luo.

The occasional sorcerer who was still lucid was engrossed in their magical texts and didn't notice Lin Luo at all.

After all, the Academy had been sealed for so long, who would expect an intruder?

Seeing this, Lin Luo couldn't help but give himself a thumbs-up.

He walked down the corridor, and at the end, a faint blue light spilled down.

But this light, how to describe it? It gave off no warmth of the sun; this cold light was oppressive.

Without dwelling on it, Lin Luo walked straight ahead.

After the end of the corridor, there should be a staircase leading up. Downstairs, there were still three sorcerers, but these sorcerers seemed to be guarding something, their gazes fixed ahead. It appeared these sorcerers had their own consciousness.

Lin Luo didn't bother to understand much. In the past, he would just charge in…

Just as Lin Luo thought everything was normal and walked past, the sorcerers ahead blocked him.

"You, which house's sorcerer are you, for real!"

"Huh?"

Lin Luo blinked. So this group wasn't completely mindless... But do I know him? This tone of voice, why does it sound so familiar?

"You, why is your helmet such strange dry goods!"

The sorcerer next to him spoke up, clearly noticing the two small black holes on Lin Luo's Glintstone helm.

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

"Looks like I'll have to kill them again..."

Lin Luo sighed, alas... forcing me to commit murder...

"Ah, damn it..."

The mage spoke again, with an expression that said, "Just as I expected."

"This guy's probably an idiot... most likely Sir Red Wolf's meal for today..."

"Sigh... what a pity."

The mage sighed deeply, then expressed understanding.

"But this dried-up husk, it's not just crazy, it actually dared to damage the mage's hood... that represents the authority of Lady Rennala..."

"No wonder it's being sent as dinner for Sir Red Wolf..."

The three mages shook their heads, their faces showing not sympathy, but scorn and disdain.

Lin Luo was dumbfounded by this. Good grief, from the sound of it, I seem to have dodged a bullet?

But the atmosphere had reached this point, wouldn't it be out of character for me not to kill them?

Thinking about the malicious expressions of those mages just now...

"Idiot!" "Crazy!"

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

He roared in his heart: "I can't take it anymore! Idiot!"

However...

Reality:

Lin Luo: "Abba abba abba..."

"Eww!"

Seeing Lin Luo's state, the mages quickly retreated a few steps.

He had heard from Master Ranni before that low intelligence was contagious, and he didn't know if it was true...

No, he had to stay away from him. Better to believe it than not.

The three mages, fearing they couldn't escape fast enough, quickly fled the scene.

"Hahaha... I'm still the best!"

Lin Luo put his hands on his hips, letting out a triumphant laugh. The process of victory wasn't important, only the result was.

In fact, Melina, who had seen all of this, really wanted to complain...

"How can you be so proud of doing something so embarrassing?! This doesn't seem like something to be proud of at all!"

Melina didn't say it, but she felt that ever since she met Lin Luo, her own thoughts had become more unconventional...

But this wasn't a bad thing... at least, that's what Lin Luo thought.

Lin Luo didn't know Melina was having so many inner thoughts; he was just congratulating himself on his cleverness.

"Conquering the checkpoint without losing a single soldier, who else can do this... (*σ´∀)σ(*σ´∀)σ"

Lin Luo swaggered, walking up the stairs with a happy heart.

He pushed open the large door and entered the room where Radagon's Red Wolf was located...

It looked like it was going to be a "fierce battle"!