Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

"I came here for Miss Luna's sake. Do you think I want to team up with you?"

Jie Li, a girl with a brown ponytail and wearing a simple wizard robe, widened her eyes and looked as annoyed as she did.

"Alright, alright. We have to be cautious when we go out for the first time. We are all mid-level apprentices, so we can help each other."

Luna smiled and persuaded. She had long felt that these two guys were a good match. One was neglected in the aristocratic circle, and the other was a descendant of a declining wizard family. The common point was that they were both high-esteem and strong-willed.

Jie Li was carrying a small package, looking fully armed. She said coldly:

"None of you family apprentices treat others as human beings. Luna, how do you know her?"

"You're just a civilian apprentice who was promoted a few days ago. You don't even know a few tricks! Why should I join you...Ah! Luna, I'm not talking about you."

Senna stopped speaking awkwardly in the middle of her sentence, but Luna didn't care.

It wasn't the first or second time that Senna accidentally injured her, and she always thought that the child was ignorant and talking nonsense. To be honest, she had no interest in what the two girls were arguing about.

No matter if they were nobles or commoners, they had to give way to truly powerful wizards. Luna didn't think she would stay in a low-ranking position for long. For some people, the apprenticeship stage was a lifetime, or at least the first half of their lives.

For Luna, it's just a small step forward.

So she never cared about the conflicts between these boys and girls. In this respect, she was more arrogant than all the apprentices she had met so far.

"Alright! For wizards, ability is the cornerstone of glory. You want to compete with each other, and the result will be revealed soon. Or do you plan to quit now?"

"Humph, I won't lose to her!" "How can a young lady like you be able to endure hardships better than me?"

The two stopped arguing, and Luna took them to the apprentices' mission area.

There were many apprentices coming and going in a hurry, many of them carrying packages. Many were already young men in their twenties, and some were even in their thirties or forties, still apprentices. Some of them had murderous auras and did not look like noble wizards.

Among the new apprentices, there were very few who could quickly become mid-level apprentices like Jie Li, and the noble apprentices were not short of magic stones, so most of those who stayed here for a long time were mid- and high-level apprentices from previous classes.

Except for the day of orientation, which is very lively, the rest of the time it is relatively deserted here. The apprentices sit and do their own things without interfering with each other.

But it wasn't completely quiet. As soon as Luna and the others arrived here, they heard people arguing:

"We were the first to accept this mission! Tana was seriously injured for this Black Rock Bear, why should we give it to you!"

"Heh, the first one you accept is yours? Who cares what kind of injuries you have! I got this mission first!"

At the place where the tasks were submitted, several apprentices were arguing. They were all covered in dust, and some even had bandages wrapped around their bodies, with blood seeping out from under their clothes.

"Please be kind! If we can't complete this task, we will have no income for three months!"

The burly man with a gloomy face suddenly smiled:

"Get lost! If you have the guts, kneel down and beg me! And compensate me with magic stones——"

The apprentices on the other side were ready to kneel, but froze when they heard the second half of the sentence. The young man covered in scars looked as if he was about to spit out flames of hatred:

"Let's fight one-on-one at the training ground if you dare!"

"Who is afraid of whom!"

Seeing the noise getting bigger and bigger, the other apprentices gathered around to watch the fun. Soon, an elderly senior apprentice came over and shouted:

"This is not the place for you to quarrel! Everyone disperse! Everything should be done according to the rules!"

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Luna and the others did not stay for long.

"Is there such a thing here? I thought I just had to accept the mission and complete it."

The noble girl Senna had a look of astonishment on her face; it was the first time she had seen such a scene.

"How can there be harmony where there are conflicts of interest? Many well-paid missions are on a first-come, first-served basis, and everyone is in great need of magic stones."

Jie Li had come here several times in the past few days. She was not surprised and was not in the mood to argue with Senna. She just said worriedly:

"We definitely can't compete with those old apprentices, so let's choose an easier task."

"That's fine. I just came here to exercise."

Luna didn't comment. She was mainly practicing her witchcraft skills, but if there was any danger or conflict, she would not be afraid of anyone.

At least she wasn't worried about the apprentices here.

The three of them observed the place where the tasks were issued for a long time. Since they were here for actual combat, they didn't need to look at the cleaning, organizing and guarding tasks that low-level apprentices could complete.

Some things that can only be completed by high-level apprentices should also be filtered out.

"How about this, [hunt four adult ice foxes, the materials must be complete and stored for no more than three days], and the reward is fifteen magic stones. This kind of magic beast is quite easy to deal with, but it is a little hard to find. We just happen to get five magic stones each."

After picking and choosing for a long time, Jie Li finally found a task she liked.

Luna, who had recently been cramming her alchemy skills, knew that this type of ice fox was considered weak among apprentice-level magic beasts, and the market price was about three magic stones per fox. This must be something that a high-level apprentice or wizard needed urgently.

The price is three magic stones higher than the market price just for the premium of [storage for no more than three days].

"I think it's ok, what about Senna?"

The brown curly-haired girl looked at it with some disdain and pointed at the request next to her:

“I think this is good…”

38. Go Deep

Luna looked at the commission she was pointing at:

[Purchase Frostwolf fur, requires complete appearance, 20 magic stones per piece, no limit on quantity before the commission is revoked]

Senna looked like she had found something good:

"The one you found is too petty. Five magic stones per person is not enough! This one is better. One of them is more than the total of the other ones."

"Then do you know that this kind of frost wolf is stronger than the average mid-level apprentice?"

"Yeah, but there are three of us."

Jie Li covered her forehead and suddenly murmured:

"What on earth was I arguing with this idiot about?"

Seeing her hopeless look, Luna explained to Senna on her behalf:

"Even if the three of us can handle it, we may not encounter only one. And if we get hurt accidentally, we may need to recover for a long time. Using potions to quickly heal may cost more than the reward."

"That's it! Usually I only do it when I'm sure of it! This kind is for high-level apprentices!"

Senna was still a little unconvinced, but she didn't refute it. She just murmured in a low voice:

"It's so hard to earn magic stones. I want to learn how to make potions to make money."

"Those things aren't that simple. Before the success rate increases, most of them are losses. Are you some kind of alchemy or potion genius? Can you make money as an apprentice?"

Luna subconsciously touched her waist bag, which contained five alchemical bombs, her first independent work.

"Okay. Let's do the Ice Fox mission first. If everything goes well, we can go somewhere else. There are many acquisition commissions that have no deadline anyway."

Jie Li thought Luna was just trying to appease Senna, so she didn't object. But in fact, she did look down on the profit of five magic stones.

Since I finally got the chance to come out, I had to find a chance to do something big.

......

After making some preparations, the three girls left the valley where their headquarters was located and headed towards the outskirts.

"That's all you brought?"

Jie Li was speechless as she saw that the other two people only brought small packages.

She reached out and opened the large backpack behind her to show them:

"Water, dry food, herbs, bandages, ropes..."

"Are you going to be out for that long? Also, I have a healing potion, so I don't need bandages or herbs."

Senna couldn't stand the invisible pressure in her eyes, so she took out a bottle of potion from her small package and shook it.

"Is there a possibility that as long as you use the potion, this trip will be a pure loss?"

After Jie Li finished speaking, she turned to look at the silver-haired girl:

"Luna, I always think you are very reliable."

"Well, it would be nice if you don't get hurt."

“I already feel that the future is bleak.”

No matter how Jie Li lamented, the three of them were ready to set off. The environment outside the Dark Ring was generally cold, with large glaciers surrounding one half and a lake said to be rich in dark elements in the other direction.

"The Extremely Frost Demon Cave and Shadow Lake, these two adjacent secret realms are the foundation of our Dark Ring. The concentration of the two elemental particles around them is extremely high, and there are a large number of special and unique resources inside the two secret realms."

Walking in the vast expanse of white ice, the buildings behind them could no longer be seen in a short while. The three girls were not wearing very thick clothes, but they did not seem to feel the cold at all.

Even a mid-level apprentice has a physical fitness that is much stronger than that of an average adult, and his extraordinary nature is gradually revealed.

"In fact, these areas outside are just special areas affected by the two secret realms. The concentration of elemental particles is very weak, and there are no truly powerful monsters. The entrances to the two secret realms are firmly controlled by the organization and are guarded by special official wizards."

When Senna talked about the historical origins of these dark rings, even Jie Li, who didn't get along well with her, listened attentively.

"In a true secret realm, even the shallowest level requires high-level apprentices to enter. Basically, if you go a little deeper, you need a formal wizard to explore. I heard that in deeper places, there are second-level or even third-level monsters and various dangers."

Speaking of which, it seems that Mentor Anessa is one of the guardians of Shadow Lake, and Grein is the guardian of the Arctic Demon Cave.

Luna found that she happened to know two of them. However, there were not many top-level wizards in the organization, so it was normal to have such a coincidence.

"The history of the secret realm can probably be traced back to ancient times. A legendary wizard found two fragments of another world..."

"Ah, there's a canyon ahead."

After walking for a distance, the glaciers became steeper and there were huge gaps in between.

Luna walked forward and took a look. The snow-capped mountains were separated by a large chasm. Countless icicles hung on the cliffs. The surrounding ice layers sparkled in the sunlight with bits of falling frost.

"It's too long a detour, let's use a rope to get there!"

Jie Li took out the rope from her backpack with some pride, threw the hook at one end to the other side and hung it firmly, then found a sturdy rock to tie the other end to.

"I'm a little scared..."

Senna looked down at her feet, her face pale, and her previous ease had disappeared.

"It's okay. It's not difficult to use witchcraft to assist."

After Luna checked the strength of the rope, she immediately used the acceleration spell. Surrounded by a breeze, she stepped lightly on the rope and walked to the other side in a few steps.

In fact, if Luna has the elemental control at the formal wizard level, she can turn the acceleration spell into a short-distance gliding spell, so there is nothing to worry about at all.

“I can’t do that!”

"Well, you can just crawl over there."

After the three of them successfully crossed the obstacle, Senna and Jie Li's relationship seemed to have improved a lot, because the latter taught the former a lot of climbing techniques.

"I admit that I underestimated you, but I will never lose in witchcraft!"

Senna still complained somewhat stubbornly, but Jerry, who had almost gained control of herself, just smiled and said nothing like Luna, too lazy to argue with her.

"The area where the ice foxes appear is roughly ahead. We can try to set up a few traps."

"Trap? We're not hunters, we're wizards!"

"listen to me."

Jie Li stopped him from speaking with one sentence, and started looking for the traces of the ice fox with Luna.

8①④⑨ ling ③Qi Bar

"There are footprints here, come and see if they are there."

Not long after, Luna found a clue in a hidden place. She swept away the snow on the surface and called Jie Li to come and see.

"That should be right. How did you do it?"

Jie Li looked at Luna in surprise. She had some experience in surviving in the wild, but she could not find any trace of such a level of concealment.

"It's just that my observation skills are okay."

Luna's elemental perception ability is enough to break some crude concealment spells, and she is much more sensitive to the slight traces left by monsters like this than other people.

"The smell of ice element is slightly stronger than elsewhere. I think I found its nest. Follow me."