Michael scanned the mission board in the mission hall again, but he did not find any easy missions to receive. He took the new mission book and returned to Castle Z with Mr. Royce.
"Let's discuss Miller." As soon as he returned to the castle, Michael gathered his teammates together and had a simple meeting.
"Miller might have already gone deeper into the Dark Forest." Carl calmly analyzed, "I think that with our current strength, it's not realistic for us to rashly go deeper into the Dark Forest to hunt Miller down."
"I think so too," Michael said. "But Miller is calculative. He will definitely find trouble with us again."
"And more importantly," Michael pointed at the confidentiality clause on the mission book. "Derek Academy doesn't want the outside world to know about Miller's existence. Because once his existence is known by other academies, it will definitely cause substantial damage to our academy's reputation."
"This is troublesome." The group was stunned when they saw the confidentiality clause.
This was because once the confidentiality clause was announced, it basically meant that Derek Academy would not send a mage of a higher level than a junior mage to hunt down Miller. Every academy had a limited number of advanced mages, and their every move was under the scrutiny of the outside world. Once they made a move, it would be very easy for the outside world to discover this matter.
This meant that only the apprentices and mages would participate in the bounty on Miller. Most apprentices dared not accept missions, and many mages also adopted a wait-and-see approach.
They were all disgusted with Miller and wished they could kill him. But when it came to attacking Miller, they all hoped that someone else would be the hero.
If no one took up this bounty mission, perhaps the academy would withdraw it and suppress this matter, as if it had never happened.
Michael carefully explained his thoughts to his teammates, and the expressions of the team members instantly became serious. Although they were not strong enough to kill Miller yet, accepting the mission was indeed the best choice now.
"Everyone will have to work hard in the coming days," Michael said. "I hope everyone can work hard. Finish Miller's bounty mission as soon as possible, and we'll split the reward equally."
"Good!" His teammates agreed and went to their own rooms to start their work.
Amidst the talismans.
Mr. Royce squatted in his room and used magic to draw on the talisman in front of him. He chanted in a low voice. The owl sang to Mr. Royce's rhythm.
The magic power gathered on the talisman and gradually took shape. It fell to the ground just as it was about to take shape.
How many times had he failed? Mr. Royce couldn't remember it clearly. After the last teleportation card was made, he developed a more advanced teleportation charm based on the teleportation card.
However, he didn't know which step went wrong, but Mr. Royce couldn't develop it successfully. This made him feel extremely frustrated.
If the Teleportation Charm were successfully developed, it would be able to achieve long-distance teleportation in the Dark Forest. That way, they could quickly teleport to a safe place even if they encountered danger.
Looking at the pile of failed charms, Mr. Royce sighed. He took out a brand-new charm and began to develop it.
Derek Academy.
The new school year began in the blink of an eye, and the holiday after the annual assessment passed in a flash.
The group received brand new assessment identity cards last year. They could learn better in their respective fields in the new year.
In accordance with Derek Academy's syllabus, the first few common subjects were taught to all students so that the apprentices had a basic understanding of alchemy, taming spirit beasts, and drawing talismans. This way, when they formed a team in the future, they could better cooperate with their teammates.
After passing the preliminary assessment, the apprentices deemed by the academy to have passed all basic abilities could participate in further professional studies. In other words, they would choose the area they were good at to study full-time. In the future, the annual assessment would only assess the content they were good at and their combat skills.
This kind of assessment required the sorcerer to be at the level of a mage, or a Tier 3 or above mage in the team and had obtained top results in the actual combat assessment. Last year, Mage Team Z obtained good results in the top three in the final combat assessment. In addition, Michael had already advanced to a Tier 4 mage. The few teammates still in the apprentice stage could also follow and undergo professional training.
They didn't think much about the choice of their respective schools and chose their favorite schools. Michael chose to study alchemy, Mr. Royce preferred to study charms, Carl chose to train in spiritual plants, and Nina went to the academy for taming spiritual plants and healing techniques for further studies.
At this point, the few people in Mage Z's team had a clearer allocation of their positions. The abilities between them complemented each other's shortcomings, which made this team have none. They were very strong in all aspects.
Under York's relentless promotion, many mage teams had a good impression of Mage Z's team. They were all looking forward to this new mage team and what kind of results they would achieve in this autumn's team competition.
"I heard that the new team is very powerful!"
"That's right. It's said that Captain Michael is an alchemy genius, and in a short period of time, he became a Tier 4 Mage. The vice-captain, Mr. Royce, was a famous talisman maniac."
"I think there are also spirit plant geniuses and beast-taming geniuses among them," someone added.
"Not long ago, I saw them tame a demon wolf," A mage trainer exclaimed. "If I remember correctly, it was an apprentice in their team who led the taming."
"You must be lying! Could apprentices tame demon wolves? Even mages might not even be able to tame demon wolves. There should be a limit to your bragging," Some people mocked.
"This is written in the official newspaper. How can it be a lie?" The mage that the child was boasting about said unwillingly.
"What ability does that have? It's amazing if the team can rank well in this year's competition," Another mage said. "Anyway, I bet 1,000 gold coins that Mage Team Z won't win first place."
"I bet five thousand gold coins that they will."
Every year, the team competition would make such a bet in advance. Everyone would bet on their beloved team. They would receive a handsome reward if they had bet on the right team. Of course, the competition would also reward the team that won the final victory with a large sum of gold coins.