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"Hmm? But I heard some bad rumors, and she herself admitted it."

Claire shook her head and explained:

"Although there are many wizards with bad reputations in our organization, it is not a true dark wizard organization after all. The internal rules are very strict. Even apprentices are not allowed to be killed directly. Mentors like Black Skull usually use some strict contracts to get what he wants."

"At this point, there should be no problem with the contract I signed."

"That's okay. Although Enissa has a distinguished record, she only killed wizards from rival organizations. She is actually very young, probably less than 40 years old, and is a top-level wizard. She is also good at puppet alchemy. If you have to say, you have made a good deal."

"That's it, then I'll be relieved."

The rumors from Senna did make Luna feel a little uneasy. But considering that at the beginning, the genius apprentice Shuter from the big family seemed to want to become Enissa's disciple, this mentor might really be the type who follows the rules.

"I regard this wizard Enissa as someone I want to surpass. There are not many outstanding female wizards like her in the organization."

Luna learned a lot about Enissa from Claire. As an elite apprentice and a member of a family, Claire had a much deeper understanding of official wizards.

"In fact, powerful wizards all have some quirks, but Wizard Enissa's is particularly peculiar. Basically, the more powerful the wizard, the stronger the blood of the aliens. While gaining benefits, they will also bear more obvious defects."

The black-haired girl's eyes were somewhat melancholy at this moment. She herself was a typical example of someone with strong blood power, so this blood disease would find her sooner or later.

"It is said that Enissa has the blood of the ancient 'Thousand-Faced Banshee'. She has no other family members. She must have been born a commoner but her blood suddenly reverted and awakened. Her habit must come from this blood disease."

Among the civilians, especially those in the inner area of ​​the Dusk Forest, many have more or less extremely thin special bloodlines in their bodies. They have been extremely mixed in the long time from ancient times to the present, but occasionally there will be a phenomenon of reversion to ancestral blood, purification, or even mutation.

Therefore, various wizarding organizations are mainly based on family bloodlines, but they will not completely exclude civilians. They will always leave some channels to recruit civilian apprentices.

"A civilian genius who has become an official wizard is still very popular with the family. After all, his background is relatively clean, and he may even be able to add a special bloodline to the family."

The two discussed this topic for a long time, and then Claire said:

"Bloodlines are mostly things that formal wizards consider, and have little to do with the apprentice level... Ah, when did you become a mid-level apprentice?!"

She realized that the girl in front of her had already become a mid-level apprentice. As a guide, Claire knew when Luna had just started.

"It's today, so I have to go and tell the instructor."

Luna tilted her head and looked at the sky outside the window. It was already quite late.

"Then I am delaying you, am I not?"

"It's okay. It's the same if we go tomorrow. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Claire, what were you doing?"

The black-haired girl sighed upon hearing this. She lay down on Luna's bed, her towering chest rising and falling slightly with her breathing, and her face looked a little depressed:

"I wanted to take care of you more, but as soon as I came back, I was caught by the instructor to do a mission. I just finished the instructor's mission."

In addition to gaining knowledge and other help from their mentors, apprentices also need to help their mentors with chores. Generally speaking, as long as the request is not too unreasonable, it cannot be refused.

Junior and mid-level apprentices were mainly sponsored, but high-level apprentices like Claire would be much busier. This was a common rule of wizard organizations, and generally no exceptions were made.

Especially since her mentor is an advanced wizard, he will not give face to the family behind her.

"Task?"

"The details are confidential so I can't tell you, but..."

Even though they were the only two in the room, Claire looked around subconsciously, then leaned over to Luna's ear and whispered:

"Maybe there will be a war."

"war?"

Luna's eyes widened. This was no joke.

"With which wizard organization? Storm Valley? Heart of Water Elemental?"

These two were rival wizard organizations that were located relatively close to the Dark Ring. Due to some historical reasons, they had fought on a large scale in the past, but the past few years have been a period of peace.

"Maybe...but it could be something else."

Claire's answer was somewhat ambiguous. After careful consideration, she said:

"Recently, there have been signs of dark creatures appearing in several vassal states near the Dark Ring. Creatures suspected to be ghouls have been operating in secret and slaughtered many civilians. The nobles sent their request for help to the organization, and several official wizards have been sent to deal with it."

"The team made good progress in the early stages and wiped out several dens of dark creatures, but then they suddenly lost contact. Then my mentor, Lord Xie Fulin, went to investigate personally, but the result was..."

36. Workers

"Then what......"

Seeing that she was keeping it a secret, Luna could only ask. She complained in her heart, at least she hadn't heard of any big shots falling recently, and Claire was still here.

"Master Mentor is an advanced wizard, so of course nothing unexpected happened. It's just that the activities of those dark creatures disappeared in a short period of time, and we didn't find many clues. But they were able to kill the official wizard team and evade the mentor's search, so they are likely to be second-level."

"If this is a conspiracy against us, the fact that such a high-level existence appeared at the very beginning means that the forces behind it may not be small. Maybe it is disguised by those hostile forces."

All in all, nothing was found, which was also a result in itself, proving that the enemy had the ability to block advanced wizards.

When the nest is overturned, no egg is left unbroken. Luna would not ask what impact this would have on the apprentices. She just asked:

"Then what should we do?"

"Prepare supplies and improve strength. There's nothing else to do. Who knows, maybe it's just a false alarm in the end?"

Luna felt that since she could say it so seriously, it was unlikely to be a false alarm. After all, Claire was out investigating with her mentor, and there might be many details that were inconvenient to talk about.

"Well, I haven't congratulated you on becoming a mid-level apprentice yet! Let's go to the cafeteria to celebrate. It's my treat!"

After Claire finished speaking, she took Luna to the noble dining hall which had been famous for a long time but had never been visited. Even many apprentices from wizarding families did not dare to come here often and only enjoyed it occasionally.

Just one meal cost fifteen magic stones, which made Luna feel distressed - the potion she used for her previous breakthrough only cost five magic stones.

The effect is indeed there, I can feel that my physical fitness has been slightly strengthened, and my mental strength has also become more active. But if you compare it with the price, it is obviously not worth it.

It’s just that those rare monster meats or magic potion plants do have a unique flavor after being cooked by the chef, which is completely different from ordinary food.

After a hearty meal, it was already late at night and the two went their separate ways.

......

Luna once again came to the castle of mentor Enissa. She was still the same slender girl with blue hair. She was a little surprised when she saw Luna for the first time:

"Have you broken through?"

Then, she unceremoniously dragged Luna to the laboratory, placed a pile of messy materials on the table, pointed at them and said:

"I'll give you a week to make preliminary processing of these materials. You can use your time after class. After you're done, I'll pay you five magic stones at market price."

"Also, this is the blueprint I said I would give you before."

She stuffed a scroll with a faint elemental scent into Luna's arms, and then immediately searched on the bookshelf beside her, handing Luna a few parchment scrolls:

"These are the basic alchemy techniques you need to learn. Try them out and ask me if you have any questions."

After explaining all this, she went to the next room, leaving Luna staring at a large bag of metal minerals on the table.

“I knew it was going to be busy…”

She had a headache, but at the same time she was excited to have a great time.

When working for a mentor, the reward is secondary. The most valuable thing is to get access to some rare materials that are difficult for ordinary apprentices to come across, as well as the mentor's unique alchemy techniques.

"Well, let's try it first, handle this ribbed metal, and I'll see what the requirements are."

Luna injected her mental power into the witchcraft array in the laboratory, and purple witchcraft flames immediately rose from it, wrapping the dark blue metal in it, and soon it began to show signs of melting.

She concentrated on the operation and quickly completed the first step.

"The next step is to add the black wind rat's forelimb bone powder. It must be blended evenly and the temperature must be raised to 724 degrees..."

Mental power continued to be injected into it, and the flames in the magic circle kept changing in her hands. As she proceeded step by step, Luna was completely certain of one thing.

"It really works."

The two mutated runes in her sea of ​​consciousness gave her observation and control abilities far beyond those of an ordinary apprentice, and these two abilities were extremely critical when performing alchemy.

It didn't take long for Luna to finish processing the first piece of material.

"I'm still not strong enough mentally. I need to rest first."

Luna began to meditate, and soon she realized something. When she opened her eyes, she saw a blue-haired girl wearing a beautiful wizard robe standing in front of her.

She looked a little surprised and stared at Luna with burning eyes.

"tutor?"

"Well, it's much better than I expected. I originally thought that at least half of these materials would be wasted, but I didn't expect that you actually have some talent and intuition for alchemy."

"You taught me well."

"I didn't teach you anything. I told you to read it yourself."

Luna thought that if she used the control power of a formal wizard to handle the steps that any apprentice could try to do, no matter how difficult it was, it would not be a problem.

Maybe I can try some other techniques in the future, like potions?

"very good."

Anessa praised Luna a few times, and she was obviously happy about something other than Luna's beauty. After thinking for a while, she said:

"In that case, it seems I can give you more work."

"..."

Luna was speechless.

In this way, Luna continued to take the basic wizard courses while working for her tutor. It took her a week to complete all the tasks assigned by Anissa.

She also received double the reward - ten magic stones.

For now, Enissa has no tasks for her, probably because the materials on hand are enough. Luna can also make something she wants.

In Enissa's laboratory, she opened the magic circle with ease and placed the materials she brought into it.

After a while, five gray round balls the size of walnuts appeared in front of her.

"Five alchemical bombs - Thunder and Fire Type 1. The yield rate is higher than expected."

The market price of one was two magic stones, and the material cost cost her three magic stones in total. That means if she sold all of them, she could earn seven magic stones.

"Alchemists really do make money. This is just the worst alchemical creation."

This is also because Luna is to some extent equivalent to a formal wizard who condescended to make the most common apprentice items, so the success rate is naturally very high. Most apprentices are not at this level.

In addition, ordinary apprentices can easily seriously injure themselves when making alchemical bombs.

She had already seen the alchemical item blueprint that Enissa had given her. It was an apprentice-level puppet. This type of alchemical item was always relatively difficult, and to be honest, Luna had no confidence at all.

She would wait until her alchemy skills were more advanced before trying again.

Luna stretched, revealing the curves of her body which had become more and more mature recently.

"Finally I have some free time...it's time to go out!"

37. Mission

After becoming a mid-level apprentice, Luna's speed in learning witchcraft increased rapidly due to the influence of her new talent.

Even though she spent most of her time practicing alchemy, Luna also mastered new apprentice-level witchcraft during the rest time these days.

Fire bomb, shield, acceleration, invisible hand, freezing. Although they are all common types, they cover all aspects. For an intermediate apprentice, it is considered to be quite qualified.

Given Claire's previous hints, although the current environment is still peaceful, Luna still plans to make preparations early.

Apart from the apprentice who she defeated with Claire at the beginning and the official wizard Scorpion, she had basically no experience in witchcraft combat, and the newly learned witchcraft also needed actual combat practice.

"If you don't find an opportunity now, it will be too late when you really need it."

After making up her mind, Luna contacted the apprentice girl who was very enthusiastic about completing missions and had recently broken through to the intermediate level.

......

"Why, I want to go with this guy!"

Senna, a petite girl with brown curly hair and wearing an elegant dress, muttered proudly. She looked a little unhappy.