Hopes and outcomes always run counter to each other.
After thoroughly searching both rooms, Luo Ning had to face the reality that all his equipment was gone.
And the instigator was undoubtedly that Anna who left without saying goodbye.
Luo Ning recalled all the memories of Anna contacting him, and after careful consideration, he found that there were actually many loopholes, but he was too careless and fell into the carefully crafted love trap of the other party, which eventually led to all his property being stolen, including that Formal Level staff that had special significance to the original owner.
That staff was called "Storm's Fury", and it was a relic of the original owner's mother. It had been kept by the Magician Guild before Luo Ning took it back before the trial began.
"What to do... what to do..."
"The strength of a First-Order Apprentice is not enough at all. The information given by the academy is that High-Order Apprentice magical beasts have strong resistance to Low-Order Magic. Without the staff's enhancement, I may not even be able to break their defenses..."
"Should I contact the family for help?"
This thought had just emerged when Luo Ning suppressed it.
He knew the nature of the noblemen all too well from his memories.
It would have been fine when the original owner's mother was around. The family might have helped to find the staff in consideration of the Formal Level Professional's reputation, but the problem is that the original owner's mother is no longer here.
Therefore, the family would most likely ignore Luo Ning, and even if the family had ideas about the staff, they would probably bypass him and act in secret.
Unable to seek external help, he could only rely on himself.
Luo Ning covered his face and thought about countermeasures.
Compared to chasing after Anna recklessly, the most prudent strategy was to first pass the trial and keep his identity, and then consider how to recover the lost items.
Judging from the other party's methods, it didn't seem like a temporary idea, but more like a planned one.
Luo Ning couldn't expect the other party to have no retreat plan, otherwise, if he chased after them recklessly, not only would he not catch them, but it would also affect the assessment and lead to failure in the trial, then the consequences...
"Hey, kid, did you do something to that girl, so she ran away overnight?"
A full-bodied voice came from behind him.
Luo Ning turned around and found that the Boss Lady, whose arms could run a horse, had already stood at the door of his room at some point. She was also holding a wolf-tooth club without nails embedded in it.
His gaze stopped on the Boss Lady's muscle contours, which were like steel cables. Luo Ning felt that even without nails, the other party could kill him with one blow.
"Why aren't you talking? Did I guess right?"
While speaking, the Boss Lady also raised the wolf-tooth club. Luo Ning had no doubt that if he said the wrong thing next, he would probably not see the sun tomorrow.
"Would you believe me if I said I was the victim?"
Luo Ning knew that what he said was very weak, but he could only say that.
The Boss Lady raised her cattail leaf fan-like hand, preparing to give Luo Ning a big slap to wake him up.
But when she met Luo Ning's eyes, the Boss Lady's movements stopped.
The Boss Lady was also an adventurer when she was young. She had experienced many things, and she could be considered to have some experience in recognizing people.
After seeing the clear stupidity in Luo Ning's eyes, she immediately knew that she had misunderstood.
However, she had just forgiven the other party in her heart, and the next second, the little ghost said something that made her very angry.
"Aren't you going to hit me? I guarantee that if you punch me, I'll make you kneel down and beg me not to die."
The Boss Lady's eyebrows jumped with anger, and she almost couldn't help but punch Luo Ning.
After silently chanting more than a dozen times "He's still a child", the Boss Lady suppressed her anger.
"Tell me, what happened." As she said that, the Boss Lady casually threw the wolf-tooth club into the corner.
Luo Ning didn't answer, got up and walked downstairs.
Anna's technique was very Professional, she didn't even leave him a change of clothes, Luo Ning could set off without packing.
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The dazzling sun hung high in the sky, and verdant vegetation covered the earth. The dark spots formed by the clouds blocking the sunlight moved slowly across the earth. The clouds blew across the wilderness, and the grass waves floated, making a whistling sound.
Two days had passed since the staff was stolen.
After time fermented, the news of Luo Ning losing his staff had been spread, and everyone who was paying attention to this round of trials knew that an apprentice had lost his staff.
Luo Ning became the object used by many people to educate their children.
Some people even gave Luo Ning the title of "The Dumbest Magician in History".
It is conceivable how uncomfortable it was to travel with such a title. In addition to facing people's ridicule and pointing fingers, he also had to face complete distrust.
After arriving at the destination, Iron Hand Town, Luo Ning encountered a new problem. After the town chief learned that the visitor was "The Dumbest Magician in History", he directly pulled up the drawbridge without saying a word.
No matter how Luo Ning explained, the Old Man just wouldn't listen and kept clamoring to replace the subjugation personnel.
Luo Ning was helpless and could only release the bio-aura unique to a Professional.
Luo Ning hadn't done nothing during his journey. He constantly meditated and tempered his mental strength.
During a meditation last night, Luo Ning felt a throbbing in his mental strength, and then he successfully broke through to the Second-Order Apprentice.
The difference of one level brought a completely different sense of oppression.
The Old Man on the wooden wall instantly changed his face. He poked his head out and asked tremblingly: "You... you didn't lose your staff."
The Old Man had little experience and thought that Luo Ning could still cast spells if he hadn't lost his staff.
"Why do you want to replace them? Whether the mission is successful or not should have nothing to do with you." Luo Ning asked coldly, ignoring the Old Man's question.
The Old Man was a bully. As soon as Luo Ning put on a cold face, he told everything like pouring beans.
"Lord, you don't know that once a Magician Master dies in the trial site, the academy will fine the area a large sum of money, and the subjugation bonus paid before will also be confiscated..."
Hearing this, Luo Ning realized that the Old Man had been struggling for so long for the sake of money.
However, the academy was also powerful, reaping benefits from both sides, eating the apprentices and the town, it was also awesome.
Ignoring the trembling Old Man, Luo Ning cast a Light Body Technique on himself, and then gently jumped onto the wooden wall.
After that, the plot was simple. Luo Ning just gave a look, and the Old Man told all the information in one go.
The monsters that were invading Iron Hand Town were creatures called Vampires, numbering 5-6, living in a mine in the back mountain.
Vampires are nocturnal gregarious creatures, afraid of fire and light. Their individual strength is at the Intermediate and High-Order Apprentice level, which is about Level 4 ~ 9.
Even if these monsters, who only act on instinct, have the strength of a High-Order Apprentice, apprentices can still kill them randomly, of course, provided that the apprentices are well prepared.
Then the problem was that Luo Ning was not prepared. All his previous reliance had been stolen by Anna, and now his pockets were cleaner than anything else. He didn't even have the materials to set up magic traps. For any apprentice, this was an impossible task....
The time left for Luo Ning was running out. He had to complete the task before sunset today, otherwise, he would not be able to return to the academy within the prescribed time...
The air in the town was very turbid, and the stench of feces and urine mixed together constantly reminded Luo Ning that this was no longer the world he was in.
This is a medieval fantasy world where order is backward and human life is like grass.
Trying to suppress the irritability in his heart, while there was still some time before departure, Luo Ning prepared to review his spellcasting to avoid mistakes in combat.
He stretched out his hand, simply hooked his spirit, mobilized his magic power, and a fireball emitting high temperature appeared not far in front of Luo Ning.
Looking at the surging and burning fireball, Luo Ning found that the energy dissipation around the fireball was very serious!
At this time, Luo Ning had a whim. If the fireball was compressed, would the energy dissipation be reduced?
He did what he said, Luo Ning hooked his spirit and tried to compress it, but the fireball hiccuped and went out...
Luo Ning was not discouraged, he continued to try, and after dozens of failures, a fist-sized blue-and-white fireball was successfully summoned.