Chapter 493 From now on, there will be no obstacles for the Witch Academy!
The eruption of the Bobapop Volcano slowly scatters volcanic ash, instantly covering the land.
These fine volcanic ash particles, once inhaled into the body, can cause severe damage to internal organs.
Fortunately, this volcano is covered by restrictions; otherwise, if an actual eruption occurs, this ash could linger over this sea area for months.
Faced with this unavoidable disaster, the candidates directly raised their shields to withstand the first wave of volcanic ash.
Once the shields were up, they watched as thick clouds of ash rolled in, coating the shields like fine dust and quickly piling up into a thick layer of gray powder.
After just a short time, everyone understood that simply enduring would lead to inaction, so they had to break out of here.
These volcanic ash particles carry various toxic substances, and the consequences of inhalation are unimaginable; they couldn’t even predict how long this disaster would last.
This was also their first experience of how terrifying natural disasters could be, leading to deep regret over their previous plans to ignite the volcano.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
To avoid being affected by volcanic ash in the illusory world, everyone directly left that place and entered the real world, where the Bobapop Volcano showed no signs of activity whatsoever.
It seemed everything indicated that the disaster in the illusory world was artificially created.
However, at this moment, they did not have the mood to concern themselves with such matters; after all, things have their order of priority, and I was currently presenting my evidence of reporting.
The first piece of evidence was, of course, the scene of Li Feiya confronting the Holy Angel.
As the Holy Angel’s unusual actions on the screen matched the coordinates derived from the information on the chart, pointing directly to their landing location and the resources they initially occupied, the faces of the Holy Angel Academy’s missionary angels turned grim.
“You… where did you get this footage…” He pointed at the information projected by my Knowledge Tree, his face pale.
He remembered this scene… at the time, the other party was not even present!
“Are you trying to say I fabricated the footage? If that’s what you’re saying, do you dare use the reputation of the Holy Angel Academy to guarantee it?” I provocatively asked him, not responding to his question.
The authenticity of the evidence no longer needed validation; when he failed to rebut immediately, he had already fallen into the trap named Truth.
Moreover, if he claimed it was fabricated, sorry, the live footage at that moment was also recorded, leaving him no room to lie.
Hearing this, he dared not speak. Using the reputation of the Holy Angel Academy to guarantee it?
His standing wasn’t that significant, and he indeed did wrong; refusing to admit it would only result in harsher punishment from the academy.
His identity as a missionary angel might even be at stake—not, absolutely not!
By admitting it, the worst he could face was just a self-reflection; he was clear about the severity of the matter.
So he did not refute. For the sake of this incident, engaging in petty arguments over various details would only embarrass him. He really needed to maintain the purity and reputation of the Holy Angel, even if it was just his own self-imposed restraint; otherwise, he would crack.
However, what unfolded next made his eyelids twitch, and even the Extraordinary Mentor from the Holy Angel Academy could not bear to watch.
As I pulled on the screen, the projection of the Knowledge Tree expanded, not just this time, nor just this person; it revealed a variety of scenes with different characters, displaying them before everyone.
The mentors watched as I showcased these clips as if recounting treasured stories, and they fell silent.
They had never expected such peculiarities would exist here!
How could one do things to such an extent?
But I did not mind because this was within the rules; even if I touched some unspoken rules, I still had Mentor Lina, right? She would protect me because I was still a child who didn’t understand…
But at this moment, I recalled what Sister Bai told me about the tasks teaching assistants must perform and jokingly said we should act as war correspondents. Now, I truly had become a war correspondent!
“Where did you get these clips?” Ultimately, it was Teacher Lina who broke the silence and asked.
She knew what Xiao Han had probably been up to these past couple of days. They knew that, while observing the “surveillance,” she seemed to be running around researching some spells, essentially having toured the Bobapop Islands, and had filled the main island and its subsidiary islands with temporary teleportation marks.
However, they hadn’t seen Xiao Han record any footage, and many clips did not seem to be from places Xiao Han had personally visited.
Surely, the Witch Academy wouldn’t have handed data extraction technology for Earth Veins to a teaching assistant, would they?
That would be too shameful!
Other extraordinary academy mentors thought this way.
“Oh, I was quite interested in Earth Vein Energy a while ago, so I did a bit of research,” I pondered and replied.
“That’s not just a bit of research, is it? Hmm… how did you suddenly get interested in Earth Vein Energy?” Lina instinctively wanted to ask more, then realized it was inappropriate and changed the question.
But that didn’t mean she wasn’t curious about it.
If merely studying Earth Vein Energy could achieve such a degree, then all the extraordinary mentors present should directly commit seppuku, as they didn’t even have a single capable student!
The uncertainty and locality of Earth Vein Energy indicated that the prerequisites for studying it were rigorous, and for subsequent studies aimed at supporting the extraction of Earth Vein information, even if disclosed, it wouldn’t guarantee anyone could accomplish it.
Thus, this was a massive project with an immense workload.
However… they couldn’t fathom that a Great Spellbook was functioning within it.
If they knew, it would feel absurd like using a nuclear power station solely to power a computer.
This was a Great Spellbook!
But now, this Great Spellbook belonged to me; whatever level I used it at, I believed my future limits wouldn’t disappoint this esteemed artifact.
However, I certainly wouldn’t divulge this matter.
So, I casually fumbled an excuse to brush the question aside. After all, this was in front of mentors from other extraordinary academies, and Lina couldn’t ask too many secretive questions. As long as this was confirmed not to be due to the Witch Academy’s Earth Vein System technology, then naturally there were no issues.
After gathering this evidence, the Holy Angel Academy suffered the greatest loss since the joint examination, losing all their missionary angels and withdrawing from the examination venue.
This meant the Holy Angel Academy had completely lost its backing.
After handling these matters, the faces of the members of the Holy Angel Academy darkened.
I looked at the missionary angels casting almost murderous glances at me, remaining unfazed, and even provocatively locked eyes with them. Finally, I extended my hand, waving it near my neck, full of provocation.
I angered them to the point they huffed coldly and no longer looked in my direction.
This wave of reporting naturally involved not just the Holy Angel Academy and the Witch Academy; other extraordinary mentors from different academies also came to join the excitement, only to unexpectedly witness such explosive events.
But they also felt a bit of apprehension; heaven knows whether the young girl in front of them has recorded videos of their academy’s teaching assistants violating regulations.
However, seeing that I showed no indication of continuing, they let out a slight sigh of relief.
Yet, the ones least concerned were naturally the Wizard Academy, as their tower master essentially hadn’t managed affairs, rendering them virtually fearless, truly coasting to victory.
Of course, the key reason remained that despite lacking teaching assistants’ support, the wizard apprentices still shined brightly; if they had no ability, they wouldn’t even qualify for reporting.
The reason I aimed at the Holy Angel Academy’s missionary angels was naturally for a purpose.
With the lack of issues from the teaching assistants at the Wizard Academy, competition naturally shifted to the student level, while the Aphhemia Academy and other Elf Academies suffered the most from the Wizard Academy. Consequently, large areas of forest on the Bobapop Islands were set ablaze, and even now, those fires hadn’t completely extinguished.
However, with the volcanic ash, this great fire would likely extinguish in another manner.
Thus, the greatest threat to the Witch Academy now was the Holy Angel Academy, as eliminating their supportive missionary angels could significantly undermine their morale.
The rest would rely on the candidates from the Witch Academy to perform.
Although Tan Han appeared suppressed when I arrived, she was facing pressure from two opposing academies alone, as Luxien and Ninglan Qiuyue held back their other opponents, or else the pressure would be even greater for Tan Han.
“Xiao Han! You’re too amazing! You wiped out all those bird people from the Holy Angel Academy!” At that moment, Li Feiya was so excited that she could hardly contain her emotions or actions.
“Could you restrain yourself a little? You’re a teaching assistant witch of the Witch Academy, not a raving gorilla. I actually have a girlfriend!” I reached out to hold her cheek and pushed her away from me, finally expressing my helplessness.
“Sorry~ Mainly because I’m so happy; I’ve never felt this at ease before! You know? Watching those bird people get their comeuppance is simply too satisfying! I knew you wouldn’t let them off so easily,” Li Feiya unabashedly released her emotions, grasping my hand and sighing continuously, “Xiao Han, how did you do it? Those pieces of evidence, those recorded clips are so comprehensive!”
“Of course, so now please call me… War Correspondent. Any violations won’t escape my eyes.”
“Alright~ Our War Correspondent Xiao Han~ Do you have any thoughts on those bird people you reported?”
“Hmm… they got what they deserved,” I commented.
Although everyone did roughly the same things, who let them be caught by me?
Doing things so openly, and provoking me, who should d*e if not them?
“Well said! I think they should learn from me; they should’ve prepared their self-reflections before doing these things! Unlike me~ I prepared my self-reflection but still didn’t break the rules even once~” Li Feiya wholeheartedly agreed.
“Hmm? You’ve never violated any rules?” I looked at Li Feiya in surprise, not quite believing it.
“I’m very rule-abiding, okay? Though… Mentor Lina also helped quite a bit, hehe~”
“I can tell, Mentor Lina really has been worried sick about you.”
After a brief chat with Li Feiya, she began to flamboyantly spread the news in the group, after all, she wanted to share this good news with Lin Yi and Aidalin, letting them in on the joy.
Meanwhile, I returned to the examination venue of the grand spell in the illusory world.
At this moment, I was flying on a broomstick in the sky, watching the erupting volcanic ash; the scene was majestic yet deadly, and I couldn’t help but wonder how Li Feiya managed this.
Currently, the volcanic ash covered half the island due to the wind’s force, meaning the candidates on that half of the island were in big trouble.
However, according to the information I perceived from the Knowledge Shadow, it seemed that only Tan Han’s group from the Witch Academy was affected by the ash, while Luxien and Ninglan Qiuyue had seemingly received alerts in advance and avoided the impact zone.
As for the elves from Aphhemia Academy, they were bound to endure this wave of volcanic ash; why the elves got caught up in this… I suspected it was a combined effort by Li Feiya and Aidalin.
Most likely, Aidalin was involved.
After all, Lin Yi previously showed a lack of support for igniting the volcano; it was likely Aidalin, upon learning about Li Feiya’s plan, using this opportunity to guide Ninglan Qiuyue to that position.
However, this incident probably wasn’t intentional; after all, attempting to utilize volcanic ash to trick the elves was rather unpredictable; the winds on the island could also be capricious. No one could know where the volcanic ash would drift after Li Feiya ignited the volcano — it was all uncontrollable.
But a simple guiding could be done without much effort, akin to making an idle move in a game of chess; if it doesn’t work out, it’s not a loss, but if it does, it’s a big gain.
Current circumstances perfectly reflected a big gain.
The situation for the elves was utterly disastrous; how much they had left was uncertain, but they definitely lacked the capital to contend with the Witch Academy.
Now that the support from missionary angels of the Holy Angel Academy was cut off, the Witch Academy only needed to target the Wizard Academy.
As I pondered this, several figures, somewhat disheveled, emerged from the dust stirred by the volcanic ash. They quickly escaped the ash-covered area on their flying broomsticks, leaving a long trail of dust behind.
“Did they manage to escape?”
I muttered in surprise, watching them ride their broomsticks in a way that seemed overloaded, breaking free from peril. I must say, their courage and decisiveness were remarkable.
If they had just waited inside for the volcanic ash to settle, they likely wouldn’t have made it out by the end of the joint examination.
I just wondered if, after this ordeal, Tan Han and the others would still be willing to ignite the volcano.
The proposal to ignite the volcano was actually my personal idea, and not something necessary for this joint examination.
This was a thought I had coming from the perspective of a candidate.
If I hadn’t become a teaching assistant, then naturally, one thing I would have aimed to do was ignite this volcano; not for any other reason but to stir things up, especially after understanding more about this volcano, I felt an even greater urge to ignite it.
If Tan Han didn’t want to continue, I naturally wouldn’t force her; it would only amount to her loss.
After all, I even helped Tan Han prepare for her Ancient Ice Transformation spell to pave the way for this plan regarding the volcano.
The restrictions on the volcano were quite a hassle; after all, it could seal off internal pressure generated by tectonic movements. Thus, breaking it had a high threshold for power.
Just relying on the strength of the Ancient Ice Transformation spell might not be enough to break through these restrictions, and I was even prepared to use the Knowledge Shadow to guide how to dismantle this restriction.
The data for dismantling these restrictions had already been thoroughly figured out in the Knowledge Tree.
However, I don’t regret doing all this even if it doesn’t come to use; I only regret that if it really came to this step, I hadn’t accumulated and prepared in advance.
From stepping into the extraordinary until now, the most I’ve done could be summarized as accumulation.
What right did I have to ignite the volcano without prior planning and preparation? Just because I sought fun?
That was far from enough.
Just when I thought the joint examination would continue like this, I suddenly spotted a familiar figure.
“Sister Bai!”
I exclaimed in surprise, instinctively crossing into the illusory world to the real world. The once dilapidated Bobapop Main Island transformed into a bustling tourist spot at that moment.
I suddenly appeared and entered the crowd, making my way in front of Sister Bai.
“Sister Bai, what are you doing here?”
Although I knew Sister Bai had indeed followed me here, I hadn’t seen her around the Bobapop Islands; I didn’t expect to see her now!
“Xiao Han?” Sister Bai looked at me in surprise and allowed me to hug her arm, “I’m here for a reason; have you missed me these past few days?”
“Missed you! Of course, I did!” I nodded vigorously, emotions that had been bottled up inside me were released in that instant, leaving me momentarily unsure of what to say.
But I felt that just being beside Sister Bai was enough.
“I missed you too,” Sister Bai reached out to pet my head in return.
“Then… Sister Bai, since you came here… is it close to trouble happening on the Bobapop Islands?” After enjoying her head-petting session, I finally gathered enough curiosity to ask.
“No… the Bobapop Islands is about to have an incident soon.”
