Field training was extremely important to every mage in school. Even if their schools did not make it compulsory, mages who truly wanted to distinguish themselves would choose a path of field training on their own.
If they wanted to become truly powerful, how could they avoid fighting countless battles?
On the day they were due to leave, Dean Song He gathered the exchange students from Imperial Capital Academy and Pearl Academy for an official field training briefing.
As for why he had not held it earlier... naturally, he wanted the students to experience field training without preparation. They knew neither their destination nor their objectives. They would have to make every decision on the fly.
Dean Song He stood at the podium, looked at the nineteen outstanding students below, and began with a smile.
"Your destination for this field training is Jinlin City, in the Yangtze Middle and Lower Plain!"
"Jinlin City?"
Jingjing, a top student who had always been well versed in geography, blinked her lovely eyes and could not help asking.
"Why have I never heard of a city like that?"
She was a genius with an astonishing memory and clearly remembered every city in the country. Yet she had never heard of the Jinlin City Dean Song He had just mentioned.
"Actually, Jinlin City is rather unusual."
Qiu Yuhua, who stood beside Dean Song He, looked around at everyone and slowly explained.
"Because... it was wiped off the map fifteen years ago."
"Wiped off the map?!"
Everyone looked stunned. This was far too shocking. They had never heard of a city being wiped out outright!
Besides, what did it even mean for an entire city to be wiped out?
"Fifteen years ago, a demon beast disaster struck the Dongting Lake Plain. Demon beasts whose numbers had