When Anthony heard Maureen's answer, his eyes lit up slightly.
"What a surprise, Maureen. I didn't expect you to agree so quickly." Anthony laughed. Recently, Maureen had been selling potions non-stop and had gained a certain reputation. He was surprised. He didn't expect Maureen to have such a high talent as a pharmacist.
You know, to become a pharmacist, you not only need a lot of materials to practice, but talent is also very important.
Anthony didn't have much hope this time. After all, Maureen had rejected him many times. He just wanted to give it a try. Unexpectedly, Maureen agreed directly.
"Anthony, I want to join, but can you tell me what tasks you have recently?" Morin crossed his fingers and glanced at Anthony.
"Of course, it's necessary."
Anthony nodded, then raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Molin, to be honest, there were originally a lot of tasks, but I don't know why, there are not many tasks that are suitable for me."
"Oh, did something happen?" Morin's eyes narrowed.
"Yes, I heard that the wizards from the Blue Ring and Hard Castle want to retaliate against our Dark Forest. In addition, the underground races are also restless. The Hell Demons, Bloodthirsty Spider Demons, Dark Elves and other races have all rushed out and are causing trouble all around." Anthony looked around, then approached Morin and said, "It is said that several wizard apprentices stationed at the points were killed. Not just the wizard apprentices, but everyone, including the knights, are all dead."
Maureen said nothing, but tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
"Then our mission this time..." Morin said softly.
"Our mission this time is not very dangerous." Anthony began to explain, "We recently discovered that many wizard apprentices have disappeared for no reason. According to the traces left behind, it seems that they were swallowed by giant snakes."
"So, our mission this time is very simple. We just need to go to a mountain range near the Dark Forest, find the giant snake, and then kill it."
"This is a mission issued by the academy. The reward is very generous, seven magic stones in total. In addition, there are some other rewards, including some subject knowledge and the like."
Anthony looked at Morin and said, "Molin, although you are not short of magic stones, the more magic stones you have, the better, right?"
Maureen narrowed his eyes slightly.
After a moment, he curled the corners of his mouth and smiled softly.
"Okay, Anthony, tell me, when and where do we meet?" Maureen looked at Anthony.
"Two days later, in the trading hall."
Anthony said, with a hint of joy in his voice.
The matter was almost over, and after a brief chat with Maureen, Anthony got up and said goodbye.
"Maureen, with your joining, we will definitely complete this mission very well." The smile on Anthony's face made people feel warm and powerful.
Maureen sat on the chair, raised the glass and gestured to Anthony.
Then he slowly put down the goblet.
"Forget it, let's go take a look first."
Maureen said softly.
You know, he has never used witchcraft to fight.
Thinking of this, Maureen stood up, paid the bill at the restaurant, and left.
He asked Adrian for a few days off, and Adrian didn't object.
"Molin, you have become a second-class apprentice, so it's good for you to go out and do some tasks." Adrian's eyes were warm and bright, and there was encouragement and gentleness in his eyes when he looked at Morin. He reminded him, "But, Morin, be careful."
"Okay, mentor." Morin bowed slightly.
Then, Maureen went to the witchcraft test room and tried witchcraft and swordsmanship again, while adjusting his mentality.
Soon, two days passed.
Trading area hall.
Anthony stood with a few teenagers and chatted with each other.
"Anthony, when will that Morin you mentioned come?" A young man's voice with a slightly Aokiji-like and arrogant tone sounded.
The speaker was a young man with flaxen hair and wearing exquisite silk clothes. He raised his head slightly, with an arrogant look in his eyes, and his behavior revealed an indescribable frivolity and wantonness.
"That's right, Master Jay is here, but that Morin hasn't come yet. This is too much." A sturdy young man with a yellow beard on his face immediately stood up and said viciously.
"Master Jay, and Wolf, this is a surprise. After all, it's not the agreed time yet."
Anthony hurriedly explained, but a bitter smile appeared on his face.
At this moment, Anthony's eyes lit up. He looked at Maureen who was walking slowly towards him and shouted, "Hey, Maureen, here, we are here!"
Mo Lin was startled, looked over here, and then walked over.
"Anthony." He greeted and then looked at the few people around him except Anthony.
There are four of them in total, and they are companions for this mission.
"Come here, Maureen, let me introduce you." Anthony seemed very enthusiastic. He pointed to a boy with short curly hair beside him and said, "This is Sim, my follower."
Sim said nothing, but nodded to Maureen.
"As for these two, they are Master Jay and Wolf." Anthony introduced them very seriously. He thought for a moment and added, "By the way, Master Jay is the direct descendant of the Olivia family and has the advanced qualification of the seventh level."
"As for Wolf, he is a follower of Master Jay. He is a very powerful second-class apprentice and upper-rank knight."
"Everyone, this is Maureen, a pharmacist." Anthony introduced her to Jay and the others.
Originally, Jeff Wolf was about to vent his dissatisfaction with Maureen, but when he heard Anthony's words, he was stunned and fell silent.
Jay looked at Maureen and snorted coldly.
"Olivia's family."
Maureen looked at Jay, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
The Olivia wizard family is one of the seven powerful wizard families in the Dark Forest. It has powerful official wizards in charge. Jay, as the direct descendant of the family, has a high status.
It seems that Anthony has been doing very well in the Dark Forest recently. With his social skills, he has attracted Jay, a direct descendant of the Olivia family, to come.
Moreover, with Maureen's identity as a pharmacist and Jay's identity, he will leave a deeper impression on each other, and accordingly, his status will be improved, or at least he will be valued much more.
Maureen smiled at Anthony. There was something strange in her smile, which made Anthony feel a little uncomfortable.
But Morin didn't intend to say anything. Anyway, these things were very ordinary to him.
"Maureen."
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
Mo Lin glanced over and was startled. He said, "Aaron."
The last person who appeared was Aaron. The smile on his face was very faint, but it seemed very forced. Maureen saw an indescribable haggardness in him.
"Long time no see." Maureen stretched out his hand and shook hands gently with Aaron.
"Yeah, long time no see."
Aaron's throat moved and his voice sounded dry.
"Yes, Maureen, the last person is our friend Aaron. I originally wanted to invite Richard and Lucy to come as well, but Lucy and Alice are helping their mentor with an experiment recently. Richard was worried about Lucy, so he went to help as well. Only Aaron was free, so I only invited Aaron to come."
Anthony explained beside him.
Maureen nodded.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go." Anthony waved his hand and said loudly.
Morin and the others didn't say anything. The six of them walked towards the exit of the dark forest.
Soon, they arrived at the gate of the Dark Forest.
"Apprentices, do you want to go out? Tell me, what's the password!" Near the gate, two statues seemed to come alive and immediately stared at Morin and the others fiercely.
Among them, the statue monster that looked like a lizard but had a human body, holding a huge steel fork in its hand, and spitting out a thin, scarlet tongue full of saliva, threatened in a realistic manner: "Hurry up and tell me, otherwise the great Lord Xio will eat you in one bite!"
Morin and the others saluted the two statues without any fear in their hearts.
They already knew that these two statues were a kind of witchcraft life with the power of formal wizards, and were specifically used to guard the Dark Forest.
"Respected Lord Xio, the password is: Endless Darkness. Darkness falls from the Endless Point and covers the entire world!"
Anthony shouted.
The two huge statues looked at each other, and both showed helpless expressions.
"Okay, apprentices, the password is correct, you can go out."
Then the two statue lives ignored Morin and the others and started communicating as if no one was around.
"Hey, Iman, the apprentices nowadays are really smart. They can even remember the passwords correctly."
"Yeah, Hugh, I haven't seen those apprentices act so silly in a long time, haha."
"You're wrong, idiot. It's been a while since I've eaten those apprentices."
"Uh, Hugh, well, you're right..."
"How about we not ask those apprentices next time? When they come out, we will pretend that they didn't say the password and then eat them up in one bite. How about that?"
"Wow, good idea, good idea, hahahaha."
Morin and the others felt a chill when they heard the evil voices of the two statues behind them. They quickly quickened their pace and left the dark forest.
Outside, the sun is shining. Although it is not very strong, the warm sunlight falling on people still gives people a warm feeling.
"It finally came out."
Maureen felt a little uncomfortable and subconsciously raised his hand to block the sunlight.
He looked back at the dark forest behind him and let out a long breath. After all, he had been in the dark forest for almost two years.
Soon, Morin adjusted his mentality. He rode on the black horse and moved forward slowly.
After thinking for a while, Morin took out a map and looked at it carefully in front of him.
This is the map for this mission. Everyone has a copy. The various routes and paths on it are clearly marked. It is of great value to wizard apprentices who go out on missions.
Of course, the price is not low either.
"The place where the apprentice disappeared is in the southeast of the Dark Forest, 586 kilometers away from here..."
Morin frowned, and his fingers gently ran across the map, thinking carefully about this mission in his mind.