MAGIC

Hoo ho ho.

Red flames burned.

The flamethrower Subway had just drawn was spitting out blazing flames, burning the bush into a flaming inferno. .

"We won't become arsonists, right?" Clara rubbed her little tentacles aside.

"Don't worry, this is a dense forest. There are many special magical plants that can extinguish fire. A fire of this magnitude will not expand." Russell said calmly.

As he said that, Russell glanced at the red flames of the bushes:

"It seems that he is not an extraordinary person who transformed into a bush."

Now that sense of voyeurism is gone.

Such strangeness made a word flash in Russell's mind.

Cultists.

A cultist from the Old Ones who infiltrated the academy.

"Clara, what is your contact pattern with your believers? What kind of people are your believers?" Russell turned to ask Clara next to him, "I want to give some advice to the evil spirits who worship the Old Ones. Believers have more understanding.”

Anyway, there is a ready-made juvenile Old One here!

Clara shook the tentacles at the top - it should mean shaking her head:

"I know very little about them. Sometimes I can hear and see strange scenes, and see a group of people chanting strange incantations and hymns with crazy meanings to pray to me, but I can't understand those incantations at all. and the meaning of the lyrics.

“They would also sacrifice some strange things to me, such as the colorful magic weapon crystal that I use now, which they sacrificed to me.

"Of course, since I entered the academy, I have hardly heard prayers and received no more offerings."

Russell nodded slightly, roughly understanding something.

After this episode, Russell, Subway, and Clara hid back in the illusion curtain under the giant tree.

The three of them watched the live broadcast on their mobile phones, ate snacks taken out of their dimensional belts, and waited until noon.

At this point, it is estimated that most of the contestants have lost their sapphires. These trophies are gathered in the hands of hunters.

"Is it true that no hunters discovered us? Are we hiding too well or something?" Subway sighed with some pity:

"Okay, Clara, remove the illusion curtain. It's our hunting time now!"

Clara raised the tentacle wrapped with colorful crystals. The crystal reflected the dreamy luster of the sun in the sunlight. The tentacle shook slightly, and the surrounding scenes and color blocks twisted and overlapped, showing an abstract oil painting-like form. Seconds later it returned to normal.

"I have dispelled the illusion. From now on, hunters can find us normally."

"Very good, next we have to dress ourselves up like pitiful prey." Subway raised his paintbrush and started drawing in the air.

Hua Hua Hua.

Subway painted a bunch of bronze badges and they clattered to the ground. Each bronze badge is engraved with a star pattern, representing the second year of astrology and numerology.

"Subway, what are you doing?" Clara stretched out her right tentacle and scratched the top tentacle representing her head.

"In order to make the enemy misjudge our capabilities, we put on all these badges." A sly smile appeared on Subway's lips.

Russell understood Subway's intentions instantly.

The rules of this competition only require each student to wear a badge representing their major and grade.

But it didn’t say you can’t bring some extra fake badges!

So soon, the two tentacle monsters were wearing these bronze badges representing astrology and numerology all over their bodies.

As for the badges that truly represent their profession, they are worn in a relatively hidden position and cannot be found at a glance anyway.

The three prey began to wait patiently, waiting for the hunter to take the bait and bring the sapphire up.

…

Not long after, a tall, muscular man walked toward the shade under the giant tree.

With a smile on his lips, he looked at the two teenagers and a tentacle monster who were looking at their mobile phones together under the shade of a tree.

Although this strange creature composed of black and purple tentacles and eyes was indeed weird and scary, as a third-year student at the Institute of Higher Education, the man had seen many weird and supernatural creatures.

He believed that this monster should be a summoned creature or a familiar of one of the two teenagers. The summoned creature of a mere junior college student was nothing to be afraid of!

"You two are still looking at your mobile phones. Has the sapphire been taken away by other hunters? If not, could you please hand over the sapphire to me?" the tall man said with a smile.

Russell and Subway raised their heads at the same time, and Clara raised a bunch of eyes.

Dozens of eyeballs showed panicked expressions at the same time:

"Oops, we were discovered by hunters."

"Did you say that the illusion is over? I forgot to add."

"What are you doing standing still? Run away!"

As soon as the tentacle monster hit them, the two of them got up at the same time and ran away.

Of course, the tall man would not let them run away. He chanted the transformation spell in a low voice, and his already tall body expanded again, his knotted muscles bulged, and his black hair turned into a burning flame.

The third-year professional core course in the Department of Transformation and Transformation is called "Transformation", which allows extraordinary people to transform into familiar monsters.

In the blink of an eye, the man turned into a 10-meter-tall flame giant. The giant was wearing a linen coat, holding a huge sword that matched his size, and his hair was filled with rolling red flames.

"Wait a minute, I have a question, what's going on with that giant sword? Why can you transform into a monster and transform it together with the equipment." Subway, who was running away, suddenly turned around and asked a question.

"Although it feels unreasonable to have the equipment attached to the transformation, if the story was not set like this, this giant would have to be naked." Russell expressed his thoughts.

The Fire Giant took three steps and two steps and rushed forward, each step making the surrounding woods shake.

At the same time, three wooden puppets suddenly appeared on the ground in the direction where Russell, Subway, and Clara were running. Each puppet's arm was inlaid with an enchanted blade. The cold light blocked the path of the three of them. .

——This senior college student in the Department of Transfiguration and Transformation used the alchemy skills he learned in his second year to refine multiple alchemy puppets to assist him in hunting. Compared with the alchemy puppets bought from the store, the puppets made by oneself are easier to control.

"No, we have no way to escape." Russell panicked.

The flame giant laughed and raised the giant sword. The huge sword was raised in mid-air, and its shadow was cast on the ground.

"You two, hand over your sapphires!"

However, the next moment, the flame giant saw a smile appear on the corners of the two teenagers' mouths.