The Bloody Arena fell into an unusually gloomy atmosphere, everyone was waiting for a hero who could end the shame of the necromancy apprentices, but the 'gate' of the arena had not opened for a long time.
Every minute was agonizing, the apprentices in the stands felt their faces burning, as if they were being chased to their own 'door', the opponent had killed a round of people in their own home, and then asked who was next, but no one dared to respond, the senior apprentices were constrained by the rules, unable to step in, otherwise, even if they defeated Charlie, it would not be glorious.
This was the shame of the entire Necromancy Division!
Dissatisfied voices began to spread in the stands, with Duke being the one who was cursed the most.
"Where's Duke? What is Duke doing? Isn't this the match he organized?! At the critical moment, are you afraid to 'show' up?" "That guy is a cowardly b*st*rd, d*mn it, so embarrassing!" "Where are the first-year students? Max is ranked 19th, what about the 18 in front of him? Are they all dead? Do they have no sense of responsibility and honor at all?!" ...
Finally, under the curses of the crowd, the 'gate' opened, revealing a thin, sly figure at the entrance.
"Who is this person? I don't have any impression of him at all." "Yeah! The top 20 apprentices in the first year, I'm basically familiar with all of them, but there's no one who looks like him." "Don't be impatient, wait until he summons an undead creature, then we can identify him. Basically, powerful experts have their own unique 'door' signs, maybe he is a hidden master of the academy!" "That makes sense." "But... the way he looks, I can't associate him with a powerful expert at all, you know, experts have the bearing of experts."
While the people in the stands were pondering the true origins of this necromancy apprentice, Charlie revealed a mysterious smile.
This person is Simon, his appearance indicates the attitude of the Necromancy Academy, they have given up on this decisive battle.
In front of Simon stood only a white bone skeleton, appearing quite weak compared to the previous two, and his facial expression was timid and fearful.
"This incident started because of you, and it should end with you."
"I'm sorry, can we end this peacefully?"
Charlie sneered, "When you were doing certain things before, how come you didn't think about ending it peacefully? The first punishment is a serious warning to you!"
Simon had no words to refute.
Charlie turned his head and gestured to the two corpses beside him, asking, "So are you ready for death like them?"
Simon gave a bitter smile.
Charlie said in a deep voice, "Among them, you deserve death the most. First, you shouldn't have molested my teammate; second, you shouldn't have harbored a grudge after being punished; third, you shouldn't have instigated Duke to retaliate against us.
All these days, you've been making wrong decisions, ultimately leading yourself down a dead end! Now I ask you: do you regret it?"
Simon sighed, "Even if I regret it, what difference does it make?"
"If you regret it, you still have a chance to survive, do you want to try?"
A glimmer of hope ignited in Simon's eyes, "Tell me."
"It's simple, clarify the causes and consequences of the entire incident to everyone, including how you instigated Duke and that inspector, and how you stirred up public opinion to frame our team? Tell the truth clearly, and I'll let you live."
Simon bitterly smiled, "No! Durand will kill me! I'll die either way!"
Charlie spread his hands and said, "You can omit some unimportant details, the most important thing is that our team is not at fault in any way, I want justice, a clarification, and I'll give you five minutes to think about it."
Then, a strange thing happened, the two duelists fell into a long silence in the arena.
The stands descended into chaos.
"What are they doing?!" "Who knows? This is the first time I've seen such a bizarre duel!" "I think I may have discovered something, this person I know, he's my classmate Simon, a necromancy apprentice ranked in the lower tiers, has the academy already given up on this match?" "If they deliberately sent a cannon fodder out of fear of losses, then even losing all three matches is too much, the former can only be attributed to inferiority, while the latter shows we have lost the courage to fight!"
While people were discussing animatedly, under the effect of one of Charlie's arcane spells, Simon's volume was amplified several times, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the entire Bloody Arena fell silent.
"Hello everyone, I'm Simon, I want to clarify some things for you all..."
As soon as Simon was halfway through, the stands erupted in an uproar.
"Why don't you just die?! Trash!!" "Get off the stage! Simon! You don't deserve to be a Necromancy Academy apprentice!!" ...
The clamorous voices repeatedly interrupted Simon's narration, but under Charlie's insistent gaze, he stubbornly explained.
The entire stands of necromancy apprentices began to fall into a nameless torment, some cursing loudly, some throwing things into the arena, and some leaving directly.
The content of Simon's explanation was undoubtedly a small microcosm of the necromancy apprentices in Twilight Town bullying other apprentices, it was not an overly outrageous thing in itself, but in the current context, being 'forced' to admit mistakes in front of the two deceased, was a huge humiliation! At this moment, Simon represented the ordinary necromancy apprentices to a certain extent, and he was a coward who feared death!
The key problem was that as the masters of Twilight Town, they were powerless to do anything about it, they couldn't even execute Simon on the spot, because it would be 'covering up', making the whole thing even more mockery. It was a hideous farce, exposing the ugliness of Twilight Town! Mercilessly mocking the necromancy apprentices! Mocking the corruption and decay of the entire Necromancy Division!
Clearly, after this incident, Simon's apprentice career would be ruined, he couldn't stay in Twilight Town anymore, the only good thing was that his 'life' would be spared, perhaps this was the most important meaning to him!
As for Charlie's team, they were undoubtedly the happiest, the team leader's promise to end everything today, he had achieved it, and done it perfectly.
The apprentices from the main campus were also happy, the unsavory practices of Twilight Town were exposed, which was a good thing for them, meaning they would face less oppression, no wonder he was ranked first in the Arcane Circle, Charlie had once again proven his strength.
A farce ended in an anti-climactic way, everything seemed to have returned to its original track.
Colin took a deep breath and said, "Feels like the air in Twilight Town is especially fresh today."
Davie persuaded, "Brother, don't keep inhaling, it still has a stench of decay!"
Qingtong smiled with her lips pursed, "Our team leader is indeed worthy of being the team leader, among those at the same level, you have no opponents now, right?"
"I don't know, in the face of the unknown, we must maintain a humble attitude, I just have more combat methods and means, many people are still not used to my rhythm."
Qingtong's mouth curved upwards, saying with some pride, "Big Brother Charlie is always the best!"
Colin said cheerfully, "We should have a big meal, come on! I'll treat you!"
Charlie glanced at the magic clock and said, "It's not meal time now, let's go check the task platform first, and then consider the matter of eating."
The others naturally had no objections.
After some inquiries, Charlie learned about the rules of the task platform in Twilight Town.
As for the academy tasks, due to a rotation system, there's no need to compete for them, each team has the opportunity to receive tasks, but the frequency of academy task releases is not high, and the rewards are not particularly good. To reach the point target solely through academy tasks, it may take nearly half a year.
Most of the academy tasks are to clear the wilderness around Twilight Town, or collect some 'herbs', 'fur' and animal bones, or transport supplies to various wilderness outposts. Due to the long-term and regular completion, the danger level of these tasks is generally moderate.
The truly valuable ones are the 'private' tasks, with rich rewards, and even if there are no point rewards, the reward items are quite attractive, mostly released by the academy's teachers and local residents in their own names.
For example, a certain Master is seeking to purchase seven-leaf corpse 'flowers', these things are inherently precious and rare, generally not available on the market, only found deep in the Howling Forest, and the path requires crossing the territories of several known dangerous beasts, extremely dangerous.
Or some tasks that have been unsolved for many years, Twilight Town has a mysterious task posted for ten years, a coded letter inscribed on a stele in the most prominent place of the town, the task is to decipher this letter and provide an explanation that the mayor finds convincing.
It was released by the mayor, with a reward of 100 points, although the number seems small, for a regular apprentice to earn 100 points, it would take at least a month, but this seemingly simple task has stumped the passers-by of Twilight Town for ten years.
Also, there is the task of assassinating the spy of the Necromancy Division, a peak-level necromancer, this is an unlimited team task, with a dedicated scribe to collect battlefield data, and the final reward distribution scheme is determined after confirming the task's success.
In addition, Twilight Town also organizes some large-scale hunting activities, recruiting adventurer teams, without promising specific rewards, but making a fair and just distribution based on the actual returns and individual contributions, several successful hunting expeditions have made many people earn a fortune.
Many tasks are snatched up as soon as they are released, they are mostly monopolized by a few high-end teams in Twilight Town, and the ability and high task completion rate of these high-end teams make the employers more willing to 'assign' the tasks to them.
Based on this background, it is very difficult for newcomers to gain any benefits, and Charlie has no solution for this.
Charlie pondered for a while and said, "Right now there happens to be an academy task to clear the surrounding wilderness, let's try it first! Familiarizing ourselves with the local terrain will also be beneficial for the future."
Colin added, "That's a good idea, and its rewards are floating, calculated based on the team's spoils, which is relatively fair."