Chapter 1093: New Semester
The new semester is here~
Unfortunately, those lovely little juniors have all gone to their respective houses, which means we miss out on a lot of fun…
It’s not like they won’t let us go to the assembly; you could just go~
With the start of the new semester,
after a holiday of reflection, the academy is gradually becoming lively again.
The topic of new students is still an indispensable part of every year,
after all, having a romantic emotional exchange or an in-depth physical exchange with a cute junior stepping into the academy is an experience that cannot be missed.
However, after this new semester began, a whole new topic began to capture more students’ attention.
That is joining the Union Society!
Over the holiday, the Union Society underwent a series of reorganizations and began to adopt an elite approach.
Besides the nine core combat sequences, they are expanding by forming new free combat teams.
They plan to transform the nine core combat sequences into a winning spearhead formation, with long-term group combat accumulated from years of war as support.
The merit tasks previously released in the all-purpose workshop have also been optimized to make the process more streamlined and standardized, to be accepted by registered free combat teams.
In other words, the academy wars led by the Union Society have completely drawn a clear line with the regular students; those who do not wish to participate will find that even the war tasks on the all-purpose workshop task board will not catch their eyes.
At the same time, the original enthusiastic students regarding merit tasks have been integrated by the Union Society, granting them legitimate identities within the free combat teams.
Although restructured, the combat teams still have great freedom in accepting tasks.
In short, it’s a product of formalism, but most people are buying into it.
When the arm badges and medals representing the free combat team of the Union Society are worn, the sense of honor and accomplishment from the leap in identity constantly surges.
“According to rumors, it seems there’s a tough battle to be fought this semester. Do you know what’s going on?”
“Did you hear this from the Extraordinary Dark Net? This news has been out for ages; didn’t it start spreading shortly after the holiday began?”
“What? I paid for that information!”
So it was Wide Head.
Well, that’s nothing.
Within the Union Society.
Representatives from various free combat teams have come to such a formal meeting place for the first time.
Although their combat strength doesn’t match up to the core combat sequences, their numerical strength still has its significance.
Moreover, with the “development” plan for the Verdant Forest world, the Union Society also needs to deploy a large number of mobile teams as they cannot determine exactly where the portal stands between the two worlds.
They are only aware of a general area.
Thank you all for coming here; new semester, new opportunities. I know you all have your curiosities, and I will clarify them for you.
You must have understood the combat plans for the new semester, and our Union Society will focus more on cooperation and competition with the elves in the coming time.
Some might wonder why, having taken control of the Blood Slave Peninsula, we aren’t moving further on that basis and instead are turning to the elves?
And this! This is the secret we want to reveal to you.
As the meeting chairperson up at the podium mentioned this, everyone became serious, anticipating a reasonable explanation from the Union Society.
Under the eager gazes of many, Oline mentioned something from the past: “I believe everyone here remembers the Expanding Realm, right?”
Everyone fell into memories, the journey of exploring the Expanding Realm seemed to flash before their eyes, where they learned for the first time that there was another world beyond the one they knew.
And the more significant impression the Expanding Realm left was actually that of “money everywhere” on their pick-up journey.
Although there were numerous troublesome matters along the way, like dream overlaps and disturbances from dream creatures, these could not negate the opportunities within.
Many people became overnight millionaires through this chance.
Perhaps many aren’t too familiar with the Expanding Realm; to be honest, our understanding within the Union Society is also quite limited.
You can understand it as a world collision led by the Witch Academy’s instructors that opened an entrance for the intersection of two realms.
And now, the second world is about to make contact with ours!
As Oline spoke, the spell curtain behind her presented a series of images.
It was a primordial forest, a sight never seen before in the main world.
“This! This is the second world we are about to welcome!”
“Temporary code name: Verdant Forest.”
“Based on limited intel, the intersection of this world with ours is right here.” Oline waved her hand, and the flat spell curtain presented a three-dimensional world map.
Next, a nearly circular area was marked.
“This is the weak point of the collision between the two worlds, where they overlap; random ruptures in the spatial pathway will occur between the worlds.”
At this point, Oline paused amidst the murmurs to let everyone digest this heavy piece of information.
After a long moment, she finally spoke again: “Perhaps many have noticed that this place highly overlaps with our upcoming action planning area.”
“Here lies the black market of the Dark Elf Academy population, here are the blood elf and blood clan black factories, and here, the Moon Elf-led Sacred Moon cult…”
“These are not isolated cases, and we are powerless to eliminate these dark industries; we’ve only highlighted these typical ones because we need such a reason to intervene here.”
“Before the spatial tears in the Verdant Forest world occur, you will conduct these cooperative tasks normally; however, once the spatial tears open, I hope you can discern the importance of events.”
“We need a highly mobile free combat team with spatial positioning to open direct spatial passages for the Union Society.”
“During the tasks, you will inevitably come into conflict with local extraordinary forces and may even encounter resistance from local extraordinary academies, as the existence of the Verdant Forest world will gradually be known to other academies, but their understanding of this world isn’t as deep as ours…”
Oline explained a lot during this meeting, focusing on the introduction of the Verdant Forest world and some action directives.
Including some logistical arrangements, resource supply, and return on investment were emphasized, after all, these aspects determined whether the members of these free combat teams would be motivated in their efforts.
Although they officially belong to the external members of the Union Society, essentially, they are personnel gathered for profit.
Among them are some who have been “optimized” out of the core combat sequences; they form combat teams within the free combat group, and the Union Society provides them with additional subsidies for the tasks they undertake.
For those wanting money, they will give money, and for those wanting other things, they will also try to meet their needs.
It can be said that when it comes to funding, it absolutely cannot be lacking, as it pertains to the foundation of combat strength.
As the meeting concluded, news about the Verdant Forest world began to spread as “rumors.”
After all, such significant news cannot be concealed, and it gave a big shock to the newly returning students.
Those still wavering, unsure whether to take the risk to join the free combat teams, resolved their decisions upon receiving this “rumor.”
The academy saw a surge of enthusiasm for joining combat teams.
The freshmen might still be unclear about what was happening, but the upperclassmen had already utilized connections to enter major combat teams to seize their fortune.
At the headquarters of the Baking House.
Every time I arrive, it is a significant matter for the Baking House, as, in their impression, if there is nothing urgent, I won’t come over.
I have dedicated all my spare time to researching the extraordinary.
No socializing, no daily life, and certainly no entertainment.
In the Witch Academy, I can say that I am the only outlier among all students and teaching assistants; perhaps some students who don’t quite understand may wonder if not developing connections within the academy means struggling to get by?
Then someone would tell her that this Teaching Assistant Xiao Han is the biggest leverage you can find in the Witch Academy!
“Sister Xiao Han, since the Verdant Forest world is approaching our main world, can we directly open up the spatial transfer formations between the two places in advance?” Cleveland couldn’t help but voice some of her thoughts after learning the latest news, “Your life clone is currently in that Verdant Forest world; it should be able to pinpoint its location accurately, right?”
I can indeed manage that, but there are two issues,” I shook my head and said.
“The first is that even if I pinpoint the spatial coordinates, the two worlds are essentially separated by the void. Currently, any spatial spells possessed by the students can only transport within the same world’s material space, so it won’t work.”
After all, the means to cross the void, even I only have the “Reverse Summoning Spell.” If I ask the Academy Head, I could indeed learn the spatial transfer spells for short distances across the void; my infinite magic power would be sufficient to sustain the cost of the transfer.
But… why should I?
“The other issue involves the Earth Vein Shackles; that small world cannot cross over to the main world’s rules and integrate the earth veins until it’s merged. I can pass through because I’ve preemptively severed the earth vein shackles, but having just my little witch cross over has no meaning.”
“Sister Xiao Han is right; I indeed didn’t consider this thoroughly.” Cleveland quickly admitted her error.
Though she was not aware that the current spells do not support void transfer and her understanding of the Earth Vein Shackles does not reach the practical level beyond the world, her attitude of admitting fault was already clear.
“It’s fine; just proceed steadily according to your original plan.” I waved my hand and said, “This time, I mainly wanted to deliver the detailed world map of the Verdant Forest to you, which includes the geographic distribution of that world, the distribution and power structure of elf communities, and also the ruins left behind by players’ main cities.”
“Sister Xiao Han, you’ve already integrated all the information about this entire world?” Millien was quite surprised upon hearing this, after all, that’s an entire world!
Yes, the data collection was completed using the Earth Vein Identification Technique; you can further analyze more information based on the surface data from the intelligence. It was unnecessary for me to delay so long; I had been occupied by some matters in the Verdant Forest world.
The matters I mentioned and the delay do not refer to anything else but my dealings with Lo Nafu.
I took her through a series of training and battles; after all, I do not need a useless person trailing me.
And Lo Nafu has indeed been very diligent, steadily improving her combat experience, though she may not quite compare with the senior students in the Witch Academy in such a short time, the long periods of life-and-death battles have instilled some killing intent in her.
After all, if she dies during a battle, she will truly be dead, and I would prefer to revive her afterward rather than intervene to save her once.
I must admit, my education towards her has been somewhat harsh.
At this moment, Millien took over the detailed map of the Verdant Forest on behalf of Cleveland.
With this map, when they enter the Verdant Forest world, they won’t be blind, and they will be well ahead of other extraordinary academies in information acquisition.
“Oh, by the way, I’ve taken in someone in that Verdant Forest world, um, I guess you could call her a follower. She was the one who summoned me over. I gave her a magic source, so when you meet her, please help arrange her student identity.”
I do not intend to hide the existence of Lo Nafu; once she enrolls, I could have Millien and the others guide her. If she has talent, she might just become the second Lin; if not, bringing her into the main world would still offer her a decent life.
“Alright, may I know her name?”
“Lo Nafu, she’s an elf but has already undergone witch transformation, so she’s easy to recognize. She can barely comprehend the main world’s language through a contract and has decent strength, as she’s been following my life clone for quite some time and learned some combat skills.”
“Lo Nafu? I understand; we’ll pay attention when the time comes.” Cleveland said earnestly.
“I just wanted to inform you in advance; when you arrive in the Verdant Forest world, my life clone might come to meet you directly with her.”
“Huh? Sister Xiao Han, are you saying you will also directly intervene in this war?” Cleveland exclaimed in surprise.
She always thought Sister Xiao Han wouldn’t participate since the establishment of the Union Society, going through various conflicts, she had hardly ever intervened or even shown her face.
But no one dared to accuse her of anything.
Because the few times Sister Xiao Han had intervened, she had shocked the entire main world twice!
The first time caused the Day of Terror, and the second time was the Extraordinary Reverse!
