Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 29
The flames rose, and the speed they spread at was fairly quick. They instantly swallowed a large number of the Demonic Vines.
The Demonic Vines were extremely afraid of flames. After Zhuomin cast Fire Burst, the Demonic Vines quickly withdrew as if they had seen a ghost.
The Demonic Vines also quickly loosened Wang Sanpang, and he fell heavily onto the ground. Luckily, he fell on his round, fat stomach, or else his face would definitely have been in a bad state.
“That was amazing, Class Rep!”
“Fire element is comparatively good, those Demonic Vines immediately ran away pissing themselves.”
“Yeah, Class Rep is formidable!”
As the group of students saw most of the Demonic Vines retreating, each one of them began to throw in compliments.
Xu Zhaoting, the proud Lightning element user, was standing there with an ugly face.
Plant creatures had an innate resistance against the Lightning element, it was something he couldn’t do anything about.
Mo Fan was also standing to the side watching; he didn’t use any Fire spells at all.
Either way, Class Rep Zhoumin was able to handle those Demonic Vines, there was no need for him to pull any moves.
Furthermore…
Zhoumin’s Fire Burst was still at the first level, whereas his own Fire Burst had changed since the day they left for the Practicals!
_A small Demonic Vine, there’s no need for this Daddy to do anything. I was also able to save some mana!_
Zhoumin greatly spread her powers, causing all the Demonic Vines who wanted to attack the girls to retreat. At this kind of time, the power of the Fire element was being fully utilized. Fire Burst’s effectiveness was way more tyrannical than the spells from other elements.
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“Zhoumin, Fire element girl. Hmm, this lady is definitely to my liking,” said Head Military Instructor Zhankong said as he stroked his moustache back in his tent.
“Currently, the first group should be the fastest. Amongst the first group, there are many exceptionally talented students,” Zhang Jianguo ventured.
“The first group’s Fire Magician is a loser, he was unable to cast any spells when he was up against the Demonic Vines. In the end, it was that student called Mu Bai who froze the Demonic Vines. They are the fastest ones to reach the Hundred Grass Valley. Soon enough, they will encounter the summoned Wolf Beast! The real test for them is finally here!”
“The summoned Wolf Beast won’t injure the students, right?”
“Being injured is inevitable. Breaking a few bones is also very common. However, our Summoner Mage and his summoned Wolf Beast will behave appropriately,” Pan Lijun said.
“In that case, how about we give him a call to remind him. If the students are injured too heavily, it could affects their attempt at University.”
“There’s no signal in the valley. There’s no need to worry, Baiyang knows the severity of this,” Luo Yunbo said.
“Baiyang? Isn’t that the dead Light element Magician?” Tangyue was startled.
Zhankong laughed, “That was made up. He is the Summoner of our Snowy Peak Mountain station that is left within the den of One-eyed Wolf. However, the Blue Bracelet does exist, it’s within that den.”
Tangyue remained silent. This Head Military Instructor had schemes going everywhere! She didn’t know whether those students would be able to safely pass through.
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Translator: Tofu
Editor: RED
*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes
*[12.47 to 13.07]: don't ask me about the tree sap
Chapter 44 - The Magical Beast appears!
The scenery from the Valley wasn’t bad. To the south was a lake that looked like a person’s hand. Towards the north was a bulging mountain pass.
The former den of a One-eyed Wolf was right outside of the mountain pass. In fact, you could see it if you were standing in the middle of Hundred Grass Valley.
The person who led the first group was naturally the green tea…er, naturally the Vice Class Rep, Mu Bai!
Mu Bai was able to successfully subdue every single person in the group on the Practicals this time. The girls were increasingly in adoration of him.
Being able to reach the Hundred Grass Valley so quickly this time was definitely thanks to him.
“The cavern is right there. I thought this bounty was going to be difficult, but it seems like we easily found our destination!” Zhao Kunsan said as he laughed.
This guy Zhao Kunsan sure knew how to endure. In the very last quarter of the year, he
Had charged into the Elite class and was successfully colluding together with Mu Bai once again.
“Be careful, the bounty can’t be this easy.” Mu Bai was born into a large and storied family; he was experienced and knowledgeable. He understood that these bounties weren’t something you could easily complete.
A squad of twenty people were being lead by Mu Bai. They followed the precipitous hill as they climbed up to the den by the mountain pass.
On the outside of the pass was a small spring, its pond looked about half-full.
The den was already in sight, its entrance extremely large. It was about the same size as the subway passage beneath the city.
The inside of the den was in deep darkness. This kind of darkness could easily trigger a phobia of darkness or the unknown in people. Additionally, a wind filled with ill omens was blowing from the inside of the den, raising goosebumps.
“How about we wait for some more people before we go in?” He Yu asked shyly.
“I agree, it looks scary,” Zhao Kunsan spoke up, without even the courage of a dog.
Only the heavens knew what kind of thing was inside that den, so walking in just like that…
If there really was a Magical Beast inside, then they would lose their lives.
As the crowd of students were discussing this,yet another group of students was walking toward that place through the mountains.
“It looks like the third group, that’s good!” He Yu said happily.
The first and the third group were the groups with the highest combat power, due to Mu Bai and Xu Zhaoting.
Seeing the third group was so much slower than himself, Mu Bai couldn’t help but smile coldly. Although Xu Zhaoting and Mo Fan had both received an S on the annual examination, what was so great about that? The one who had received nurturing from an ancient family would have a larger benefit during the Practical!
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Soon enough, the third and first squads were reunited. The other three squads probably weren’t able to pass the Demonic Vine stage. Maybe they were even eliminated during the valley stage.
It made sense, not every Wind Magician would be daring enough to jump over the valley.
“Let’s go in together. Light elementals, you finally have some use. Light up your bulbs!” Zhao Kunsan felt braver as he saw more people, it was just that his dirty mouth hadn’t changed.
Every one of the Light Element students began to complain instantly.
There was nothing they could do, however. Their primary spell’s nickname was indeed “Moving Light Bulb”.
The Light Element students used their spells and illuminated the craggy and strange cavern. However, the deeper parts were still pitch black, making people’s hearts speed up.
“Wind elementals, search for paths in the front. You have the Wind Trail spells; if you encounter any situation, you can quickly leave.” As expected, coming from an ancestral clan, Mu Bai knew how to reasonably divide a squad.
The Wind elemental students also didn’t say anything more. Zhao Kunsan, Zhang Yinglu, and Yang Xintian also began to walk in the front of the crowd.
“Brother Fan, I’m going to the front to find paths… What are you looking at?” Zhang Xiaohou was a Wind elemental, so naturally he was tasked with the mission to find paths.
Inside a cavern with such a large group of people, having no one in the lead was definitely out of the question. If they were to encounter a situation, they would only cause confusion among themselves. Mu Bai’s decision was indeed correct.
Mo Fan was still standing by the entrance of the cavern with his eyes fixated on the pond by the front of the entrance.
It has been raining for the past few days, so the pond containing water was quite normal.
However, Mo Fan discovered a really strange thing.
“There’s traces of water by the side of the pond; this means that the water in the pond was at that level. Traces of water can still be seen, and the decline of the water level should not have fallen this far in the period of half a day… If it evaporated, then the speed of evaporation would not be this fast…” Mo Fan said to himself.
“Could it be that the people from the first squad drew out some of the water?” Zhang Xiao said.
“We all retrieved water from the lake, there’s no reason for us to come all the way to the mountain to get it one more time,” Mo Fan continued.
“Then you mean…” Zhang Xiaohou rarely saw Mo Fan being this serious.
“The Head Instructor said, this place used to have a group of One Eyed Wolves dwelling here. This pond by the entrance should be the place where they drank water. The water level has decreased in the past few hours, and the traces of water are still here,” Mo Fan said thoughtfully.
Zhang Xiaohou wasn’t stupid, how could he not guess the meaning behind what Mo Fan said? He was so scared that his face turned pale.
“Brother Fan, please don’t scare me. You’re saying that there’s still something dwelling inside this cavern, and it came out here not too long ago to drink, right?” Zhang Xiaohou asked, almost stuttering.
“With the water level going down so much, it would mean that this creature’s physique is particularly large. Or, it means there’s more than one,” Mo Fan added.
Zhang Xiaohou’s teeth began to chatter.
“Go, it could be that I’m just being too paranoid.” Mo Fan clapped his hands as he caught up to the group of people who had just entered the cavern.
Zhang Xiaohou hurriedly ran to the front of the group and told Mu Bai, Xu Zhaoting, and Zhoumin about Mo Fan’s discovery.
However, before Zhang Xiaohou could finish, a sudden fishy smell blew out from the inside of the cavern, violently swatting the forty students’ faces with its stench...
It resembled a large wave coming over to hit them. Their hair and clothes were a mess, and they could feel moisture gathering on their faces!
“Awoooh!”
“Awooooooooh!!!”
Two frightening and vicious howls came from the depths of the cavern.
In that moment, everyone seemed to understand what the great breath that carried a sticky steam was!
_Heavens! That was the saliva from the roar of a Magical Beast!_
The forty students were all startled, their bodies stiffening up in shock.
In the next second, their faces changed into the dread they had kept within the deepest part of their hearts.
Magical Beast!
It’s a Magical Beast!!!
At school, they had to frequently study Magical Beasts. In their heads, they had thought numerous times about their future battles against Magical Beasts. However, once they felt the two insatiable eyes fix on them from the deepest parts of the cavern, their minds went blank.
The Light Magician’s light was still hovering in the air, illuminating the cave before them.
A hairy blue foot suddenly came out of the dark. Its claws were as sharp as a knife as they sank into the stony ground...
Following this, the owner slowly stretched its head over; revealing itself with help of the illumination from the hovering lights!
Rows of fierce, saw-like teeth appeared, and green saliva was dripping down from two sword-like fangs, revealing that this thing was starving at the moment.
The fierce and terrifying wolf’s head had a neck longer then a camel’s, brimming with even more strength than a normal wolf, as well as a body with rock-solid muscles. It had dark blue fur that was as sharp as needles covering its entire body...
This Magical Beast was standing in front of the forty students, its eyes looking at them like they were delicacies voluntarily delivered to it.
“R…r…run!!” someone’s voice shivered as he screamed.
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Translator: Tofu
Editor: RED
*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes
*[12.47 to 13.07]: don't ask me about the tree sap
Chapter 45 - Spirit Wolf
In the next second, this group of magic students all turned into terrified chickens. As they were crushed together and colliding with each other in their hurry to escape, they all staggered as they fled from the mountain cavern.
“Quick! Run! Why are you still standing there!?” Zhang Xiaohou looked at He Yu off to the side, who had been literally scared stiff. Without saying anything further, he grabbed the girl’s arm.
“Wind...wind...wind trail...shit!”
Zhang Xiaohou attempted to finish casting his spell. However, because his heart was beating so wildly, he was unable to complete his casting.
With his prior practice, he was already able to proficiently complete the Star Paths. Zhang Xiaohou thought that magic was something he could handle conveniently. However, when he was twenty meters away from a dreadful Magical Beast, he realized that everything he had learned was complete nonsense!
The formerly obedient Stars were like scared wild deer as they spun into chaos within his Stardust. None of the students were able to cast their spells at this time, and each of them obeyed their basic survival instincts and ran toward the exit of the cavern.
“Brother Fan, Brother Fan, quick… run!” Zhang Xiaohou pulled the stiff He Yu and ran toward the exit to the cavern.
At this moment, Mo Fan was no different from the rest of the group of students who were running away. The ones who were screaming, crying, and even the ones who had peed their pants, were all mixed up. Under these circ.u.mstances, he was the same in the sense that he was unable to completely focus his thoughts on casting magic...
_Not good, I have to run as well._
Mo Fan was able to complete the linking of the sixth star. But when he was about to link the seventh one, his focus was dispersed by the roar of the Magical Beast. How could he use magic in this situation?
As he had no other choice, he grabbed Zhou Min standing next to him.
“Let me go, let me stall this One-eyed Magic Wolf! You others need to quickly calm down!” Zhou Min really was a tough girl who didn’t care for her life.
“Is there something wrong with your head?” Mo Fan directly grabbed Zhou Min and carried her away.
Although Zhou Min looked like she was harsh, she was actually just a frail little girl. After Mo Fan had cultivated the Lightning Element, his physical strength had improved by a little, and thus, carrying Zhou Min while running wasn’t too difficult.
It’s not that Mo Fan didn’t give Zhou Min an opportunity to use her magic; it was because under these circ.u.mstances even he could only link six stars. With Zhou Min’s cultivation being lower than his by more than a grade, how could she possibly complete her Star Path?
At this kind of time, it was better to not have that Class President spirit; if you could run, then run.
Mo Fan carried Zhou Min as he madly rushed out. The sound of weeping as well as the panicked shrieks were piercing his ears.
_Crap! No wonder why those veterans at the station were ridiculing us. Their first reaction was to escape… However, if we were to ry to escape, then that’d be equivalent of killing us one by one. We used rope to climb up from the mountain pass, thus, we can at most run to the mountain pass. There’s only one rope, thus, the people who can climb down can be counted on one hand._
Mo Fan’s thoughts were still a bit messed up; he was doing his best to calm himself down so he could ponder his actions, however. The dread of the Magical Beast far exceeded their imaginations.
This kind of feeling was just like watching a horror film. If you just looked at the screen, then the horror film wasn’t exactly that bad.
However, if you were to turn on the sound, then the horror of the film would immediately increase by more than a level.
In this moment, this kind of situation was not just simply watching a horror film, it was more like the monstrosity just came out of the TV screen. It was right in front of you, so close that you could even clearly see the blood veins in its eyes.
In this kind of situation, there was no one who could actually keep themselves calm!
Mo Fan was running rather fast. After carrying her out of the mountain pass, Zhou Min was actually already scared to the point where she could no longer stand.
Too scary, this was far too scary for them. This was tens or even hundreds of times scarier than their nightmares!
“Heavens, the rope!”
“No, no! I don’t wanna die here!”
“What’s going on?” Mu Bai and Xu Zhaoting were still able to reason. However, looking at their sorry figures, it was plain that they weren’t able to use any magic at all.
There were about ten people who had fainted from fear, and about twenty or so people who had attempted to climb down using the rope.
However, the rope had disappeared!
Right now, unless they were to jump down directly...
“What do we do, are we all going to die here?” Zhao Kunsan was so scared that his entire body was trembling.
The thing was, other than the Spirit Wolf’s stinking breath, this place already had a dense, foul smell pervading it. Students with their pants wet could be found everywhere.
“The One-eyed Magic Wolf has chased us out! I’d rather fall to my death than be eaten alive!” a male Water elemental student cried out.
“Shit, there are so many who completely fainted in that cavern. Why is that guy not eating them, but instead chasing us out here?” Zhao Kunsan said.
Although Zhou Min and Xu Zhaoting were afraid, after they heard Zhao Kunsan’s crazy words, they both glared at him.
