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"roll!!!"
"Yes!"
Jennifer fled in panic.
……
After exiting the magic network, Latis stroked his chin and began to think.
"The simulation attempts will be refreshed after midnight tonight. Let's try the Dragon Horn Lord's teleportation array this time. I wonder where that teleportation array leads besides Lundia City."
"I suddenly realized that the communication areas for these spells are almost like chat groups for mages. I hadn't noticed before. It turns out that the information here is exactly what I need. And compared to the simulator, which just skims through the big events, the communication areas can fill in the small details for the big events!"
"Although the paths we simulated earlier all ended up in dead ends, we can see that both the priestess Mitu and the red dragon Serfa can actually help me. But I absolutely cannot blindly follow their lead."
"What should I do?..."
"friend."
The hooded man's deep voice made Latis turn his head back. He glanced at Musk, who had become unusually docile, and ran back to the corner of the cell to whisper with the hooded man.
"What's wrong, Hat Bro?"
"...?" The hooded man opened his mouth, looking at Latis in confusion, and for a moment forgot what he was going to say.
"Don't you like that nickname?" Latis chuckled. "How about 'Jail Hat'?"
“Friend, this is not funny.”
That's what she said, but she couldn't help but laugh, then sighed, and continued:
"If you're willing to remember me, call me Artemis, no, just call me Artemis... Well, that's right, tomorrow is my execution day. I've been thinking, rather than dying under the executioner's blade, I'd rather forcefully vibrate my magic and be rebounded to death by the magic-suppressing shackles, at least I can preserve some dignity."
“Actually…” Latis was about to say something when Atelier interrupted him.
“Friend, listen to me.” Ateliers pursed her lips, speaking with a hint of resentment and helplessness. “I know you must have a way to escape. I don’t dare trouble you with this burden. I only ask that after I die, you take my seeds and the seeds of my people with you. As the heir to the Herod bloodline, my seeds can open the treasury of the Herod royal city. Once you are strong enough to protect yourself, you can take them all. I only ask that after you become a legend, you remember to plant the seeds of my people back in the soil where the mother tree exists…”
“Cage cap, no, Arte.” Latis patted her shoulder forcefully, flashing a confident smile. “I’ll make you a bet, do you dare?”
"Huh?" Arterifus was stunned. She hesitated and said, "Wh-what bet?"
"I bet you I can get you out of this wretched place tomorrow." Latis nodded vigorously, giving a thumbs-up. "If I lose, there's nothing to say, I'll just die with you; if I win..."
A sinister smile appeared on his face.
"Heh, heh, heh!" Latis spread his arms wide, embracing the sky. "You'll introduce me to the most beautiful woman in your elven race! Hahahaha..."
Artemis felt a question mark slowly appear in her mind. She tilted her head and stammered:
"Okay, okay..."
She sighed, lowered her head, and thought to herself:
"This friend of mine has only just become an apprentice. If he takes me, this burden, with him, can he really succeed?"
……
That night.
【Dear Mr. Latis, welcome back to the Magic University Simulator!】
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Please select a simulation program.
【Dimensional Journey (Entry Requirements: 10-50)】
【Path of the Sage (Today's attempts: 1/1)】
"Why are the ad placements different every time?" Latis scratched his head. "These ads can't actually be real, can they? But I can't click on them."
"Alright, today is the day I'm released from prison, so let's get straight to the point!"
He covered his face with straw to avoid making any unnecessary remarks later, then smirked and shouted arrogantly in his mind:
"The Path of the Sage, Begin!"
You have chosen the path of the sage.
【Simulation starts】
[(The Dragon King's Little Tune) The seven-day period has ended; welcome back, Dragon King!]
"?" Latis stared at the simulator's text, bewildered, and slowly let go of the smile that had been playing on his lips.
[Under the horrified gaze of your good friend Artemis, you effortlessly charmed the red dragon Serfal with just a few words, then confidently mounted her back and extended your hand to your friend.]
"Come on, brother, let's ride the waves together, live freely, drink the strongest liquor, and chase the hottest girls!"
[My good brother was momentarily speechless for some reason. Maybe your casualness made him, being so rigid, feel that we need to work things out a bit more! The Red Dragon Gang's good brother bit through the shackles, and he almost thought he was going to be eaten, screaming wildly. Haha, so funny! That's what you thought, you scoundrel.]
After being ridden by the red dragon thousands of times, you finally turned the tables.
"Hey, you're out of jail!" you shouted excitedly to your best buddy, then unzipped your pants and let loose, venting your frustration.
Upon arriving at the castle, you, as usual, urged the red dragon to take the children home quickly and put away the scroll he had given you. At that moment, your good friend Arte suddenly turned serious, staring at the castle window, and shouted to you, "The Dragonhorn Lord is right there!"
Together you bypassed the chaotic soldiers, rushed into the castle, and went straight to the lord's study.
However, the study was already empty. You looked around but couldn't find anything amiss. Just then, a flash of appraisal magic appeared on Ate's body, and she found a hidden compartment.
[You open the hidden compartment and find a large pile of elven seeds. Arte happily collects the seeds and finds an old magic book inside. He ponders for a moment, deciding to use this old book to recreate a new magic book of his own. After all, an old-school mage without a magic book is like Latis without testicles—he can live, but he can't ejaculate (referring to spells).]
Suddenly, you find a letter, and the first sentence alone will shock you!
Chapter 20 Life experience
"My lord, as per your orders, Latis and his property have been disposed of..." Upon seeing this, you were shocked. What?! You still have property?!
"That's not the point!" Latis couldn't help but retort. "Can't my family have been wealthy for three generations?"
After venting his frustrations, he realized what the letter meant: there might be more to the story than meets the eye regarding his predecessor's imprisonment for blasphemy!
"Could it be that the lord deliberately framed me? But why? What treasures did my former family possess?"
Latis rummaged through the fragments of memory in his mind, but aside from the images of his impoverished farmer life and the constant apprenticeship exams, there wasn't much useful information. However, those memories were disjointed; the scene of his hands covered in latex in front of the statue of the goddess of magic also lacked a coherent cause and effect.
"Now that I think about it, it does seem strange... I originally thought that my predecessor was disheartened by failing the exam too many times and took revenge on society, which is why she did such a heaven-defying thing. But thinking about it, how could the goddess statue located in the center of the city not be guarded by guards? And applying latex would take a long time... right?"
He hesitated, leaving a question mark in his mind, and continued to watch the simulation process.
The gist of the letter is that a person codenamed "Demon Servant" framed you and ransacked your home under the orders of the Dragonhorn Lord. However, they apparently didn't find what they were looking for, so Demon Servant asked the Lord not to take you away for execution yet, as he had already arranged for a group of black-hatted sorcerers to torture you.
[As you read this letter, Arte is fiddling with that old magic book. A moment later, he sighed with relief, tearing off a few pages of spell formulas and twisting them into a new book.]
After reading the letter, you searched your study for what looked like a magic circle, but couldn't find it. You suspected that Captain Jenny's information might be wrong, but unable to verify it, you had no choice but to ask Art.
"The teleportation array dismantled in Herod City?" His expression was a mixture of excitement and sorrow. He immediately passed through a series of doors, finally entering a room surrounded by doors.
"How despicable to just roughly shove them into the castle like that!" Art said through gritted teeth. Curious, you opened a door and were astonished to find a frozen wasteland outside.
You learn from Arte that the icy land belongs to the Kingdom of Andora, far, far north of the Kingdom of Norard.
[You've compiled a list of usable portals: one leads to Lundia, one to Senhai Territory, two to other countries, one has had its settings altered and its destination unknown, and the rest are broken.]
[Athena asked you where you planned to go. After thinking for a long time, you countered by asking her where you should go if you wanted to become stronger quickly. She told you that if you had a way to bypass the Blasphemous Seal and log into the magic network, then going to Lundia would naturally be the fastest.]
You bid farewell to Artemis. He cast a spell to send you a beacon, promising to contact you again once you reached the Third Ring and learned the beacon communication technique. You watched him step into the portal leading to the foreign country. According to him, he would travel from another nation to the floating islands and attempt to ascend the highest altar to invoke the Mother Goddess.
You stepped through the portal to Lundia, and the next second, you found yourself inside a magnificent, tower-shaped building. However, to your utter astonishment, you bumped into a holy knight clad in golden armor.
[The Eye of Herod within you hasn't activated, and you have virtually no chance of resistance. The tune of "Tears Behind Bars" begins to play in your mind, and you involuntarily reach out your hands.]
"What are you doing?" The Holy Knight looked at you, puzzled. She took two steps back, looked at your hands, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You're not trying to touch my chest, are you?"
You fell silent. Your first instinct was to deny it, but then you glanced at her chest. The golden light blinded you, and suddenly you thought you might actually be thinking about it.
"I'm not that kind of frivolous person!" Latis quickly shook his head. "Simulator, please clarify for me!"
"I want to! I want to so badly! My lifelong dream is to touch a woman's breasts! Whether they're perky or round, big or small, they're my absolute favorite!" you exclaimed.
"What the hell are you thinking?!" Latis slammed his head against the ground.
The Holy Knight was stunned. She couldn't help but exclaim, "I wish I had skin as thick as yours!"
You accepted the praise without question, and then you saw a ball of light appear in the Holy Knight's hand. At the same time, the name of the spell and her own name slowly appeared.
[One Ring of Folk Magic: The Sinner]
Captain Jennifer (Jennifer) is online.
[So she's the Squirtle Captain you met in the Good vs. Evil discussion area! After the initial excitement of meeting her in person, you're starting to wonder if you've been entrapped.]
She immediately recognized you as a blasphemer using her incantation, but strangely, she didn't immediately throw you in jail. Instead, she asked you why you were branded with the mark of sin and whether you needed help.
You explained the whole story with some reservations, and to your surprise, she listened with great excitement, even saying she could take you in, but only after she finished what she was doing.
To prevent you from being captured by the good guys, Jennifer pulls you through the portal. You arrive at a place that looks somewhat familiar, but you can't quite place it right now.
The holy knight, with a serious expression, led you in one direction until the surrounding scenery became increasingly unfamiliar, at which point you couldn't help but ask a question.
"Ah, I went the wrong way!" Jennifer spun around in surprise, her bouncy breasts bouncing inside her armor. She was silent for a moment before saying slowly, "I've been too addicted to the internet. I'll have to repent when I get back..."
[Through her explanation, you learn that because many folk spells can be learned without applying for approval from the magic network, she has inadvertently mastered many folk spells. The folk mages are all top-notch geniuses, making the forums for discussing these folk spells quite interesting.]
"You're surprised because you barely saw her use any spells," Jennifer chuckled, explaining, "A mage with the online name 'King of Slacking Off' created a spell called 'Slacking Off Spell' so he could slack off. During the spell's duration, all spells cast by the user become merely traces of their use, consuming no mana or spell slots, and having no corresponding effects or power—purely superficial."
Chapter 21 A Simple Life
[As the "King of Slacking Off" once said: "I will dedicate my limited working time to unlimited slacking off," and I have indeed done just that!]
Sometimes, you really have to admire these folk healers; they're so creative!
[During the conversation, you suddenly noticed signs of a battle on the ground not far away and rushed over to investigate. When Jennifer saw a large hole that looked like it had been created by a suicide explosion, she knew she was too late.]
"That despicable black-hatted sorcerer, that pitiful priestess," she said, beginning to record the surrounding situation using a memory spell.
[Your ears suddenly caught your old flame's name, and you quickly asked for details. Jennifer guessed that Priestess Mitu might have been ambushed by the Black Hat Warlock, which is understandable.]
[It turns out that the Black Hat Warlocks were a group of mages who spontaneously gathered because they were dissatisfied with the strict point system of the Magic Network and the cleanup operations of the Magic Network mages. Because they hadn't been branded as blasphemers, they could still connect to the Magic Network. They persistently uploaded destructive and trashy spells and posted sensational messages on the Magic Network, and they would also occasionally gang up on some unfortunate righteous mages—in short, they were extremely malicious.]
Without even a moment's mourning for the priestess's death, you followed Jennifer back to the city of Lundia. After she used the power of the God of Light to cover up your blasphemous sin, you finally settled down in Lundia.