The Lord of Ashes

After cleaning up the laboratory, Thain walked towards the dormitory building with a heavy heart.

Since the experiments conducted by mentor Moshe Duo have been reversed between day and night in recent days, it is strictly daytime at the Black Magic Academy at this time.

All kinds of apprentices walked past Thain.

For this black magic apprentice who wore a white mask and had a calm aura, the entry-level apprentices and low-level apprentices on the road who were going to take public courses did not dare to disturb him in the slightest.

The awe in their eyes indicated that they had adapted well to life at the Black Magic Academy.

Since a group of new apprentices enrolled three years ago, the giant floating ship has sent two more batches in the past three years.

However, the number of apprentices sent each time was smaller than last time.

The most recent visit was last year, and there were not many children in the whole boat. In the end, there were only about fifty entry-level apprentices who passed the test.

It may be that there are relatively few newly admitted apprentices. When the official black magicians of the academy teach public courses, they are not like before, killing and crushing these ants whenever they are in a bad mood.

Sometimes Thain would also think that these new batch of apprentices were really lucky.

If it were more than ten years ago when Thane first came to the Underdark, more than half of the apprentices would have been killed or injured, enough to make the little guys who had just come to the underground world feel what real despair was.

In recent years, the casualty rate of apprentices has been controlled at 30%. From what the mentor Mosheduo mentioned casually, it seemed that this was what Dean Dadalon meant.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many formal black magicians like Master Corsolon, they would have been indifferent to life and would habitually crush those stupid guys or bugs they didn't like.

Otherwise, the casualty rate among apprentices in recent years would be even lower.

But no matter how low it is, some apprentices will still be unlucky or die every day.

There is never a shortage of fresh specimens in Master Cosolon's anatomy experiment class.

And these specimens were most likely among the apprentices who attended class the day before.

The cold laws of the underground world make these apprentices more cautious.

When Thain walked to the crow forest in front of the dormitory building, there was almost no low-level or entry-level apprentice around him.

The class time set by the academy is coming soon, and no apprentice dares to be late, not one!

After reaching the White Crow Forest, Thain did not continue walking towards the dormitory building.

Instead, he changed his mind and turned directly from the road into the White Crow Forest.

The White Crow Forest is very large and can be regarded as the largest forest in the Black Magic Academy.

Although the types of trees and vegetation here are said to be not as rich as those in plantations.

But in addition to the white crow tree, there are still some strange vegetation and small animals appearing here.

Thain currently collects more than 50 animal specimens and more than 200 plant specimens, one-third of which come from the White Crow Forest.

For White Crow Forest, Thain is also a frequent visitor.

Entering the dense rook forest that seemed to have no road, Thain walked all the way east.

Thain's final destination is a huge tree crown located on the east side of White Crow Forest.

The whole forest felt quiet, with only the faint sounds of insects and birds coming.

It can allow irritable people to be slowly infected by the environment here and calm down.

No apprentice would have thought that there would be such a paradise in the cold and depressing Black Magic Academy.

The White Crow Forest is located next to the apprentice dormitory. Apprentices living on the upper floors of the dormitory building looked out the window and could only see a dense forest and towering tree crowns.

I never expected that such a quiet and ethereal scene would be hidden under those tree canopies.

The tense atmosphere and ubiquitous dangers in the academy have also caused those low-level apprentices and entry-level apprentices to not dare to explore here at all.

As for the intermediate and above apprentices, most of them know that this is the habitat of the academy supervisors, so they usually do not come to disturb them rashly.

Only Thain has been hanging around here since more than four years ago.

Of course, he never comes empty-handed.

"Qi, I'm here!" When Thain finally reached his destination, he shouted at the top of the huge tree crown in front of him, which was nearly thirty meters high.

There was a sound of flapping wings, and before Thain could react, an owl half as tall as a man appeared in front of him.

This is the academy monitor who met and became familiar with Thane more than four years ago.

More than four years later, Thain and the other party also became friends.

Since they are friends, they basically have a general understanding of each other's situation.

I won’t say much more about Thane, but the owl in front of me has its specific strength.

It revealed itself that it was at the level of a quasi-class Warcraft.

The specific strength ranking of quasi-level monsters is comparable to that of Thane's senior brother Zorro.

This is a creature that is stronger than high-level monsters, but still a little weaker than official magicians.

It was also from Qi that Thain learned that among the Warcraft, there were existences that were comparable in strength to official black magicians, and they were called Super Warcraft.

But there are not many such monsters in the Underdark.

Decades ago, there were several first-level monsters in the underground world near Mensobra City.

However, they were unlucky and encountered a group of extremely vicious and more powerful black magicians.

Not only the first-level monsters, but also the quasi-level monsters and high-level monsters were all ravaged by the black magicians.

Including the nearby underground demi-humans who were rumored to be as powerful as official black magicians in the past, but they were also bloodbathed by the black magicians.

The city of Menzobra was originally built in this confrontation between blood and fire. Much of the blood that had long since dried on the city walls was left over from that time.

Through Qi's narration, Thane seemed to see hundreds of thousands of ordinary demi-humans charging towards the city of Mensobra, as well as a scene of underground beasts emerging.

However, these scenes were completely turned into dust and dregs in the face of the powerful elemental power controlled by the black magicians.

It was a powerful enough force that established the city of Mensobra as the center of the Underdark.

The intimate knowledge of this period of history gave Thane a general understanding of the history of Menzobra and the specific time when the group of black magicians came to the underground world.

Thain also asked the other person's specific age.

Unlike the word age, which is taboo for senior sister Fei'er, Owl Supervisor Qi doesn't hide it at all.

One hundred and thirty-seven years old is Qi's true age.

At this age, it is still relatively young among its clan. Warcraft often have longer lifespans and stronger physiques than humans.

The reason why the name is Qi is also because it ranks seventh among this generation of owls.

Thain once asked the other party how many owl monitors there were in the Black Magic Academy, and who were Qi's elder blood relatives.

These questions were not answered by Thain. They seemed to involve the secrets of the academy and were strictly forbidden to be leaked.