The Lord of Ashes

Lina has a bad temper, which is one of the reasons why she is called a "mad woman" by many magic apprentices.

During the years that Thane has lived at the Black Magic Academy in Mensobra City, he has been able to get to where he is today. In addition to his cautious style and perseverance, a large part of the factor comes from Lina's protection.

Lina is a powerful intermediate apprentice. She had already reached this point eight years ago when Thain first met her.

If low-level apprentices can barely avoid being bullied in the Black Magic Academy, then only those who reach the intermediate level or above can truly be called strong by other apprentices.

As for senior apprentices, they rarely appear in the sight of ordinary apprentices.

For example, Lilianya, who talked to Thain yesterday, had only heard of her reputation before, and that was his first time talking to a senior apprentice.

The blood oozing from the mark on Thane's chest caused the temperature around Lina to drop several degrees.

But then I heard from Thain that Irk, who tried to kill him, had been killed by Thain.

Including the real cause of Thain's injury, Lina's anger was obviously relieved when the intermediate-level monster Saltwater Crocodile bit and impacted.

"Why are you looking for trouble with the giant saltwater crocodile? Even I was not willing to confront a monster of this size in the past." Lina asked with a slight frown.

In the past few years, Lina didn't care so much about Thain. In her eyes, Thain was just a sensible experimental assistant.

It was only after she and Thain had a super friendly relationship two years ago that this woman gradually accepted Thain and showed warmth to him that was different from his cold appearance.

So Thain told the other party all the reasons why he went to the territory of the saltwater giant crocodile to search for Starlight Grass, and was then accepted as a disciple by the official black magician Moses.

After learning that Thane had become an official disciple of a black magician, the cold-faced Lina finally showed a hint of surprise and a faint sense of relief.

"It is certainly a good thing to become the disciple of an official black magician."

"But you should wait for me to come back. The saltwater giant crocodile is not something you can handle alone at the moment." Lina said.

"The mission issued by Master Mosheduo has a limited duration, and I am very worried that the starlight grass will be eaten by the giant saltwater crocodile, or there will be other changes."

"And if I obtained the Starlight Grass under the guise of you, perhaps Master Mosheduo would not accept me as his disciple."

"To survive in a place like the Underdark, if you want to achieve something, you must face dangers of one kind or another. I can't always be protected by you." Thain finally shook his head and added.

Thain's answer made Lina's cold face clearly show some surprise.

However, Thain did not notice the change in Lena's expression, and instead opened his mouth to ask about Lena.

"Where have you been in the past half month? I'm worried about you." Thain asked in a low voice.

Faced with the care and concern in Sean's tone, Lina has already

The melted cold face revealed a smile.

This is the first time that Thain has seen Lina smile in the past two years. This smile is not only because of Thain's concern, but also because of other reasons.

"I have been promoted to senior apprentice. For the past half month, I have been meditating in retreat in the academy's training room."

"We can live in another room next. The two dormitories at the back, both in terms of room size and completeness of the experimental bench, are better than here." Lina said.

Being promoted to senior apprentice was the real reason why Lina smiled at this time.

She also hopes that Thane can share her joy.

Saying goodbye to the home where he has lived for eight years is a difficult thing for Thain to adapt to in a short period of time.

But after all, this is for the better living environment and development space for him and Lina. In addition, Thain has also been accepted as a disciple by the official black magician Moses. For the two of them, it is no less than a double happiness.

"Haha, I'm going to the Black Street to buy a fish. Let's celebrate today." Thain said with a smile.

Magic apprentices are also human beings and cannot live without food.

Since returning to the dormitory yesterday until now, Thain has only drank half a bottle of intermediate antidote and hasn't eaten anything.

Lena doesn't know how to cook, this has always been Thain's job.

In the first few years of living together with Lina, Thain was gradually accepted by Lina. In addition to his good looks and his very qualified performance in assisting in the experiment, it also came from many little things in life.

Black street.

A special commercial street located inside the Magic Academy.

This is a place frequented by apprentices from the Black Magic Academy. Everything from spellcasting materials, alchemy potions, magic props to daily necessities and other gadgets is available here!

It is said that behind each of the magic shops in the dark streets, there are shadows of senior apprentices or above, or even official black magicians.

Indeed, only that kind of existence has the ability and financial resources to make corresponding magic equipment or alchemical potions.

When Thane arrived on the Black Street, Lina was now with him.

Maybe it was the half-month-long retreat and meditation that made Lina feel bored, or maybe she was worried that Thain's injury had not fully recovered. Lina, who had always been taciturn and rarely went out, actually went shopping with him today.

The "Black Mackerel Scale Fish", a specialty of an underground river, is the biggest goal of Thain's trip.

This thing is not an ordinary fish, but a demonized creature that already has certain elemental power. The specific grade is equivalent to those entry-level magic apprentices who have just entered the academy.

The huge snout, sharp teeth and sharp barbs on the body indicate that this thing is not a gentle animal.

In the "Kodak Magic Materials Store" in the middle of the black street, this black shark-scale fish is also a rare demonized creature worth up to eight pieces of black gold.

He just made a fortune from Irk, Thain doesn't care about the eight black golds

of contribution.

In fact, if you are eating in the college cafeteria, if you want to eat a whole black mackerel scale fish, you will not be able to do so without twenty black gold.

As the common currency of Menzobra, the value of black gold has always been strong.

Thain didn't know how much private money Lina had, but after so many years, the total amount of black gold he had accumulated was only about twenty pieces.

Under normal circumstances, no low-level or mid-level apprentice would have the luxury to taste any demonized creature.

Although eating these demonized creatures can indeed improve their physique, most apprentices will still use their limited money to buy some spellcasting materials or magic books.

After purchasing the Black Mackerel Scale Fish and about to leave after paying, the two of them encountered some troublesome guys.

The leader is the scar-faced apprentice on the city wall yesterday.

Conflicts rarely break out in the black streets, because few apprentices can afford to offend the shops here.

The scar-faced apprentice and the others had no intention of embarrassing Thain and the two, but they seemed to have seen the black shark-scaled fish held in Thain's hand. The scar-faced apprentice chuckled and said, "You're good, Thain, I I heard that you actually killed Irk yesterday."

"Tsk, tsk, this black shark scale fish, could it be Ilk's black gold?" Scarface Jock mocked.

Scarface Jock and others were outnumbered, and Thane did not want to start a fight with them at this juncture.

And this guy is obviously not very well-informed and does not know that Thain has been accepted as a disciple by the official black magician Moses.

Also, apart from Lilianya and Lina, Thane has not told any other magic apprentices about this matter.

And considering Lilianya's high position, she obviously wouldn't be interested in getting together with a group of apprentices below the intermediate level.

Scarface Jock's sarcasm caused a group of people they were traveling with to laugh.

These apprentices are not all Jock's followers. For example, there are three intermediate apprentices among them, whose status and strength are equal to Jock's.

As for Jock's cynicism, Thain would have tolerated it if he were alone. The other party had a large number of people. Thain had already worshiped Master Moshe as his teacher, and there would be many opportunities to deal with them in the future.

But the difference is that Thain is not alone at this time.

"Whoa!" A fireball the size of a basketball suddenly appeared at Lina's fingertips.

I don’t know when this woman silently completed the spellcasting chant, but actually took action directly in the dark street.

The huge fireball was a full circle larger than the secondary fireball technique launched by Thain himself.

And the color of this fireball is not red, but a dark blue that makes people feel eerie and uneasy!

"Senior Apprentice!" Among the group of people accompanying Scarface Jock, some knowledgeable people couldn't help but shout out in shock.

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