On the same day, the bodies of two contestants from Dongda Road were discovered in their rooms, wrapped in a black magical bag, emitting no odor. These two contestants rarely interacted with others, so even if they were replaced, no one would have noticed. But I noticed something strange. If they were replaced, why did they have the same name? Well, I'll have a chance to ask Pombo, who was taken away by a large group of heavily armored knights, but I might not have the opportunity anymore. After all, I'm probably already in the top ten list of dangerous individuals according to Uncle George. However, if he knew about my invincible disguise ability, he would definitely cry.
"I will report the situation here to the church, and also..."
Uncle George looked at me.
"As for Fir, I'm sorry about your wings, but please don't do anything dangerous with dark magic."
But now I have spread my wings wide open, and it's not something I need to hide anyway. And compared to Uncle George's pair of wings, mine with a few black spots is nothing. Although the black spots are not spreading, the countdown is still ticking, but nothing strange has happened.
Whenever he brings up this topic, I immediately use a healing spell on myself, letting my whole body emit a white light in response to him. Although he might have something to say, seeing me like this, he doesn't know what to say.
The news of me becoming the National Mage of the Ais Empire has already spread, and it's quite strange that someone from a lower-level group, and a commoner at that, can become a National Mage. But when they saw me directly challenge Uncle George that day, naturally, they didn't dare to criticize me.
In this world, it's either you have authority, or you have strength. And while having power, you also need courage, so others won't underestimate you.
In the afternoon, after intense discussions, the academy announced the end of the grade competition. Of course, this also means one thing.
Main quest: grade competition completed
Objective: win the grade competition. Accomplished 3/3 - success
Additional objective: let Michelle deliver the final blow in all battles. Accomplished 2/3 - failure
Rewards: 500,000 experience - obtained, a magic book - obtained
Additional reward: unknown - not obtained
Current EXP level: 19 708323/26214400
Received advanced magic book - Automatic Magic Trap Setting Magic Skill Book
Wow, this EXP is actually quite little. Speaking of which, the grade competition is also a level 15 quest, so this EXP is not bad. But at level 15, there's no way to complete such a quest... Could it be because my level is too high? That would be so unfortunate for me. The difficulty of the quest increases but the rewards don't...
But this book looks quite useful. I've already gained a part-time job in the power of magic traps. Magic traps that can kill enemies with self-detonation are just insane. It's a nightmare for people who want to loot corpses.
Alvin's cold body is still inside my ring. After death, she is no longer considered a living being and can be stored directly in the ring. If I revive her using necromancy, I'll have an immortal trap maker. That's quite cost-effective.
But many people breathed a sigh of relief from the early end of the grade competition, especially some individuals from the intermediate and advanced groups. Although I can't confirm if I can defeat them, I think as long as they don't cheat with transformations or use indestructible puppets, I should have no problem beating them. However...
The academy is quite stingy. They actually held the award ceremony in the afternoon. The rewards from the academy and the ones from the system are different, so the rewards from the academy are something else.Originally, the plan was for everyone to enter the Academy Tower and take whatever they liked without the academy knowing who took what. However, due to all the incidents that happened during the competition, for safety reasons, the items each person carries out must be personally inspected by the academy principal.
I can only express my helplessness about this. After all, I had planned to see if there were any earth-shattering forbidden spells in the magic books inside. But with George outside, I can only discreetly choose some advanced equipment. It would be great if there were some powerful items like "Spring Brother Armor".
The advanced group, consisting of summoners, won the championship, and the intermediate group, consisting of earth magic users, also won the championship. However, both groups used very sneaky tactics to win.
The summoners directly summoned a strange creature to envelop themselves, and then released all the other monsters to quickly overwhelm their opponents. The opponents' magic casting speed was much slower compared to summoning monsters, so the battles were generally without suspense.
The earth magic users used similar tactics as the summoners. They wrapped themselves in advanced defense magic and used earth spikes to knock down their opponents.
I can only say that you guys have truly taken your element's sneaky skills to the extreme...
But according to the order of rank, the awards are naturally given starting from the advanced group, and we take turns entering the tower.
The first two groups took a long time inside, making it difficult for me to make a decision. I even started chatting with the people around me out of boredom.
"Um, Princess Michelle."
"What's up?"
"I'm sorry I couldn't let you make the final blow."
"What are you talking about, you idiot! The opponents were monsters of a perverted level. Even if you let me make the final blow, I wouldn't have done it. It's too dangerous."
Looking at her pouting face, I couldn't help but smile.
"Well... but this competition is too dangerous. Has something like this happened before?"
"Well..."
Princess Michelle pondered for a moment and then said, "I'm not sure, but I've heard that there have been assassination attempts on contestants before. But because both sides were nobles, the incident was naturally kept secret."
"I understand."
"But..."
Princess Michelle turned to me.
"If you had won the competition that easily, your life would have been in danger. You know, those nobles who were defeated by you wouldn't let you off easily. But now that you are the National Mage of our Ais Empire, you can rest assured."
"Revenge, huh..."
If the prince of the Fire faction does anything so embarrassing, he will probably have no hope of inheriting the throne. As for the two from the Sigmund family...
I am actually very interested in their research, but I haven't seen them recently. Looks like I need to investigate them later.
Anyway, it's always good to leave some room for myself.
"Well, thank you, Princess Michelle~"
"...Hmm, you... you better make valuable contributions to the Ais Empire in the future! Hmph!"
"Yes, yes~"
Just kidding, who would discover me if I run around everywhere?
"Alright, it's your turn now."
Finally, the principal came to us and said.
I nodded, then made a gesture to Princess Michelle as if inviting her.
Princess Michelle smiled and walked over quickly.
After all, she is a princess of a country, so perfect etiquette should be remembered.
As we entered the Academy Tower, I felt that most of my skills instantly became dim. Blinking, disguise, and all the low-level magic seemed to be sealed and unusable.
Impressive, as expected of the place used by the academy to store important items, the security measures are really good.
"Let's split up and find what we want."
"Okay."
Nodding, I turned directly towards the shelves.
Damn, the magic books here are all Arcane and forbidden level spells. I really want to take them all home! However...
I can feel something watching us from outside, which makes me hesitant to act rashly.Alright, let me take a look, shall I?
I randomly picked up a book and started flipping through it, thinking there might be some maps or something valuable inside...
Forbidden Art: Muhua - Natural Telepath Communication. Do you want to learn it?
Just as I opened the book, this prompt suddenly appeared in front of me!
Oh, right...
I can't take it with me. I can just learn it and then leave, right?