When the sword-shaped boulder with the blood-red school motto appeared in his eyes again, Arthur's mouth curled up unconsciously, revealing a smile from the heart.
Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Five years ago, Arthur, wearing a khaki mercenary leather armor and carrying a giant star sword, attracted countless people's attention, but the noble children of the same age mostly showed contempt.
Five years later, Arthur, wearing a military training uniform and carrying a giant star sword, still attracted countless people's attention, but the eyes of the boys and girls around him were excited and admiring.
The long black hair and the huge star sword made many people recognize Arthur immediately. The king of weirdos, wandering in the orc wasteland, assassinating the son of the Lion King, and being promoted three levels in a row, these legendary experiences have long been reported back to the college. Arthur didn't know that he has now become the idol of countless junior and junior students.
Without paying attention to the surrounding eyes, Arthur walked straight into the college and returned to his magic tower first.
The furnishings in the room were still the same as when he left two years ago. Because of the semi-enclosed magic environment, there was not even a trace of dust in the room, but the pale boy who always liked to sit on the blanket and study hard with a huge magic book was missing.
There has been no news from Arnold for two years. I wonder how he is doing now?
Arthur was stunned for a while, then threw himself on the bed, and then fell asleep soon.
Only in this room can Arthur put down all his mental vigilance and fall asleep peacefully.
Arthur didn't know how long he slept. He was awakened by the voice of the magic token.
"Boy, come to my magic tower when you have slept enough." Old Harry's voice came directly from the magic token.
Arthur rubbed his eyes. Although he didn't understand how Old Harry knew that he was back at the first time, he didn't dare to continue sleeping. If the old man waited anxiously, he would definitely not have a good harvest.
Arthur came to the magic tower of Vice Dean Varix, and was thinking about how to inform old Harry that he had arrived, when his body flew up without his command, and then crashed into the wall of the magic tower.
Arthur fell headfirst on the floor of the room, and when he got up, he met the eyes of old Harry, who was sitting on the carpet.
Old Harry has not changed much in the past two years, and still has a gray beard and a red nose. Although Arthur has become a fourth-level magician by accident, the gap between him and old Harry, a great magician, is still huge, and he has no power to resist.
"Boy, you have performed well in the past two years! What surprised me most is that practicing magic and martial arts did not delay the progress of magic practice." Old Harry nodded with satisfaction.
Arthur finally refrained from telling about the experience in the Valley of Sighs, and just said, "Vice Dean Harry taught me well!"
Old Harry smiled, "Well, he learned to speak, better than Keynes, King and others!"
Arthur's expression suddenly became serious when Keynes was mentioned, "Vice Dean Harry, how is the investigation going?"
In the battle of Eagle Beak Village two years ago, Old Harry and Austin captured the assassin leader Lei Jim and a combat school-level assassin alive, but they never gave Arthur any feedback after that.
When mentioning this, Old Harry restrained his smile, "Those assassins have undergone special training and did not reveal any information about their personal identities and the purpose of the assassination, but we can still extract some useful information from their brain memories with magic."
"Then tell me, who are they?" Arthur urged anxiously.
Old Harry stared into Arthur's eyes and said very seriously: "I can tell you the information I have, but you must promise me that you will never take the initiative to find them before you become a general!"
"Is it really that scary?" Arthur asked tentatively.
"Well, even I can't afford to offend them." Old Harry didn't mean to joke at all.
Arthur nodded seriously, "Don't worry, I won't go to die."
Old Harry said slowly: "There are three cross-racial assassin organizations on the continent, and those men in black are from the second-ranked 'God's Punishment'. The assassin organization is different from the mercenary union and the magician union. They are hidden in the dark, and the 'God's Punishment' is the most mysterious of the three organizations. No one knows where their headquarters is. They only know that their human branch is in the imperial capital of Atlantis."
"An assassin organization actually calls itself 'God's Punishment'?"
"This is not surprising. The third-ranked assassin organization on the continent is called 'Justice League'? But the blood on their hands is probably more than that of a country's army. These huge organizations have been passed down for at least thousands of years. Except for a very small number of senior officials within them, no one knows their origins and the interests behind them."
Arthur frowned, facing a powerful existence that is almost as powerful as the Church of Light, he has a deep sense of powerlessness.
"What should I do, give up or hide for the rest of my life?" Arthur looked at Old Harry helplessly.
"Have you ever thought about this? An organization of the size of 'God's Punishment' will definitely go all out once it determines the mission target. Is it just because of luck or the protection of the academy that you have been able to avoid the pursuit of 'God's Punishment' for so many years?"
"Isn't it?" Old Harry's question stunned Arthur.
Old Harry smiled, "Don't mention you, little guy. Even if I'm on their list, I can't escape. The reason you can escape is that you are not on their list at all. You are just a fish that slipped through their net in that operation. Your existence is just a humiliation to them, a humiliation that the mission was not completed cleanly. Therefore, the subsequent pursuit of you is likely not from the instruction of the "God's Punishment" organization. I guess maybe the people in the "God's Punishment" Atlantis branch don't know that there is a fish that slipped through the net in that operation."
Arthur rubbed his head, "I still don't understand what you mean?"
Old Harry laughed and said, "I mean that although the "God's Punishment" is terrifying, as long as you are not in the territory of the Kingdom of Isaac, it will be difficult for those who want to hunt you down now?"
"If I'm not in Isaac, where should I go?"
"To Atlantis!"
"To the imperial capital?"
"Yes, the academy is going to send you to Atlantis to participate in the Imperial Elite Academy Championship held every four years."
"Wait a minute, the jump is a bit fast, you just told us?" Arthur was suddenly a little confused.
Old Harry laughed and said, "Not only you, but Golly, Hughie and the others will be back soon. If you are the real elites, go and shine on the stage of the Empire!"