Castle Z. At night.
As it started drizzling while Mr. Royce was preparing the bonfire, he had no choice but to change the celebration party to an indoor one.
At this moment, everyone was gathered around the hotpot. The table was filled with all kinds of fresh meat, seafood, vegetables, and some freshly harvested spirit plant fruits.
The fruits of many spiritual plants could be eaten directly or mixed with other ingredients to make various foods. The food made from this spiritual plant had different effects. Some could increase magic power, while others had a small healing ability. The Fire Element Fruit they harvested this time could be directly washed and eaten raw. It was crispy and could increase some magic power.
As a basic spiritual plant, the fire element fruit did not increase the magic power of a mage much, but its sweet and sour taste was very delicious. For a time, it was one of the top three most delicious spirit herbs on the continent of Tyre. In addition, this kind of spiritual plant was very easy to grow. Almost everyone could grow it. It was also the most popular spiritual plant in the entire Tyre Continent. Almost all mages would plant some fire element in their annual spiritual plant fields.
"Our team is gathered here today." Mr. Royce filled his glass with the wine he had bought. "I'm not boasting, but in the entire Tyre Continent, you won't be able to find a team more powerful than us.
"This is the first time our entire team has gone on a mission and tamed a demon wolf. When York's report is out, we'll be famous worldwide. By then, there will be plenty of people who will pay us to do missions." Mr. Royce raised the wine glass in his hand high as he spoke. "This success if mainly thanks to our Nina and Michael. I raise my glass to you." He downed the wine in his glass.
"Yes." Unlike Mr. Royce and Carl, who were elated, Michael was still worried about the wounds on the magic wolf in the Dark Forest. There were some ominous signs. Nina gave him a gentle push before he reacted. He raised his glass and drank the wine in it.
The group drank and made a scene for the entire night. It was not until the sky was bright that they packed up their things and returned to their rooms to sleep.
Derek Academy, Mission Hall.
[A bounty of 100,000 gold coins for Possessed Miller. Mission Requirements: Keep this a secret. Do not disclose any information about the mission to the outside world. Violators will be expelled from Derek Academy.]
The words "Possessed Miller" were like a bomb. The originally lively crowd fell silent for a while after seeing this mission and then quickly boiled over for a while.
"Possessed Miller? He actually became a devil?" The fat apprentice who had been watching last time asked doubtfully, "Can this person still be posssesed? I've only heard of animals being possessed."
A single stone caused a thousand ripples. All the apprentices began to discuss. They looked at the contents of the mission and began to celebrate. Most of the apprentices thought that Miller deserved it.
"So he's never coming back." Some apprentices guessed.
"Isn't that right? Doesn't it say that he has become a demon? He won't dare to come back now," another thin and tall apprentice said with a smile.
"If he becomes a demon, it's equivalent to becoming a slave to black magic, just like those magical beasts. Don't you see that the academy requested to hide his information?" Another apprentice mocked. This was evidence that the academy did not want to acknowledge him. If he dared to come back, he would probably be killed by those high-level mages immediately. Not even a bone fragment was left.
All the apprentices were so happy that it seemed they were celebrating a festival. They cheered together, but no one dared to take on the mission. They all treated it as a hot potato and left it alone.
Mages were rare on the continent of Tyre, and it was the first time many apprentices had seen one. They had no idea how to deal with the possessed Miller. They believed that Miller had become even more powerful after being possessed, just like the spirit beasts that had been infected by black magic. They couldn't beat Miller in the first place, much less dare to accept new missions.
It was one thing to mock Miller for being unlucky, but it was another thing to intercept the mission and end up losing their lives. The difference between them was still clear to most apprentices. This time, they all gathered in front of the mission hall, paying attention to who would receive this bounty mission.
Just as all the apprentices were focused on the mission board, a spell flew over, rolled up the mission paper, and flew out.
Looking in the direction the mission paper was flying in, Michael was leaning against the door, holding the mission book in one hand and seriously reading the mission on it. Mr. Royce followed behind him.
They had just received the salary of the Z Mage Team for this month from the Rewards Hall. Mr. Royce had even held his assessment token and mocked the few apprentices who had looked down on him last time.
Although they were somewhat dissatisfied, Mr. Royce had worked hard and was much stronger than them. In addition, the stronger Michael was also beside him. They could only apologize respectfully for what happened last time.
Michael had originally planned to go to the Mission Hall to receive some simple party missions. He wanted to do them while waiting for the Silent Bird to hatch. It would also increase the abilities of every mage in the party and, most importantly, the tacit understanding of the entire team in actual combat.
For a mage team, the tacit understanding between the members of the team was more important than their strength. If the mages did not cooperate well, even if the team was full of mages, they might not be as good as a team of apprentices.
Every year, there would also be actual combat competitions between mage teams of Derek Academy. Each team was made up of four people. The competition's goal was randomly going to the Dark Forest to complete missions such as searching for things and fighting magical beasts. In previous years, Michael had given up on this competition because he did not have a teammate.
But this year, Mage Team Z was established. After discussing with his teammates, Michael decided to lead the entire team to participate in this competition this year. Not only were the rewards for this competition generous but it was also broadcasted live across the entire continent. It was a great opportunity to become famous and to let the entire continent remember the name of Mage Team Z.
However, not long after Michael walked in, he saw the quest for the Enchanted Miller. After a brief discussion with Mr. Royce, he decided to accept the mission.
The reward for Miller's bounty mission was very high, but there was a deeper reason why Michael had accepted the mission. He wanted to see Miller die with his own eyes. Miller's resurrection and the attack on them had made Michael firm in his decision. That was, no matter what, he had to kill Miller and ensure he couldn't be resurrected.