Four Split Personalities

Foster shook his head, chuckling, "He just wants to challenge that priest named Hei Fan. Even if there are deeper reasons, it won’t conflict with our interests. Overall, it’s a win-win situation, and I have no reason to refuse."

Lian tilted her head, "Black Vatican Priest? That commander who was quite active over on the Northeast Continent? Is he part of this Church of the Dawn delegation?"

"That’s right, and he’s also the lover of the Dawn Saintess."

Foster stretched, stood up, and smiled, "Let’s go, let’s rest early today. Balancing work and rest is important too."

Lian raised an eyebrow, softly noting, "It’s rare to hear such things coming from you."

"Haha, even I sometimes want to slack off a bit."

"Too bad you always just ’want to slack off.’"

"Do we have any early classes tomorrow?"

"No, but I’ve arranged with Spence to audit a public class at the Culinary College in the South Garden. Do you like fish?"

"If it’s the kind with fewer bones."

"I’ll keep an eye out."

"Honestly, I think your culinary skills, Lian, are beyond improvement."

"Learning never stops."

"Is that all?"

"Also, I have to keep an eye on Spence, you know she’ll definitely drag An along and force him to eat whatever she makes."

"That’s quite the task."

"Wanna join?"

"No, I’ve got something else planned."

"Like chatting with that priest Hei Fan?"

"Haha, you’re always so perceptive."

"Don’t overwork yourself."

"I won’t."

"Let’s go then."

"Yeah, I’ll lock the door."

...

At the same time

Suburbs of Academy City, Dark Forest

This is a small forest completely cultivated artificially, a vast expanse with numerous species, dangerous yet not entirely so, devoid of bird droppings but often crowded at the end of a semester...

Its sole purpose is to serve as a temporary exam site for the varied colleges in Academy City. Under the city’s deliberate management, no matter how obscure the subject, it can find a space suitable for its own professional performance here.

Every year at the end of the two semesters, countless underclassmen come to this place with their exam sheets, spending a short or not-so-short time experiencing learning, either alone, in cooperation, diligently, or slacking off, cheating, dragging others down, cooking wild game, or being hunted by wildlife. In any case, they experience a full life.

This rich period of time then turns into a report, eventually transforming into a series of numbers recorded on their report cards. Overall, this artificial forest, entirely under the jurisdiction of Academy City, can be said to be an integral part of the graduates’ memories.

However, during the period of studying, before the Dark Forest was covered by what is called the ’filter of youthful memories,’ in the eyes of the vast majority of students, this forest is definitely not considered a desirable place.

At least, that’s what Hades Sulk, a third-year student of the Necromancy Department at Naxsama Comprehensive Academy, thought as he stepped into this forest at this time.

"Damn it, if I hadn’t been swindled of all my tuition by that damn half-elf six months ago, I wouldn’t be suffering like this!"

Grasping the jade emblem in his hand, entirely green, with a carving of a goat skull, the black-haired, black-eyed human youth cursed, unlocking the barrier before him. Then he took a deep breath and nervously scanned the [Military Training Base for Underclassmen in the Necromancy Department] before him, hoping to find his ’employer.’"

Hades didn’t have to search long; just half a minute after the barrier was unlocked, a figure in a tattered dark blue magic robe, with a face underneath the hood severely decayed and radiating intense death energy, appeared not far before him, issuing a ’ji ji ji’ sound through what seemed like half a century outdated vocal cords, praising, "You’re very punctual, Hades."

"Hades... my name is Hades Sulk."

The young man tried to maintain composure amidst the death energy continuously seeping from the other party, gritting his teeth, "Now, this emblem allows you to move freely in this area, Mr. Raven Dale."

With that, he tossed the emblem in his hand over.

The man, looking as if he might collapse at any moment, caught the emblem with a raised hand, glanced at it carelessly, then satisfiedly laughed, "Very good, Hades, it seems you are a man of your word; take this, this is your reward."

A heavy bag of Gold Coins was tossed before Hades Sulk, who was neck-deep in debt, the pleasant clinking inside crisp and intoxicating.

Having weathered significant storms, Hades displayed no greed, calmly picking up the bag of Gold Coins from the ground, coldly saying, "After the exchange meeting ends, I’ll come again. If you plan to leave early, place this emblem in ’Ingram’s Tomb’ to the east of the crossroads."

"Ji ji ji..."

The other party did not answer, only emitted another series of inexplicable chuckles, then extinguished the dark blue glowing lantern in his hand and retreated broodingly into the engulfing darkness.

Having violated at least fifty-eight school rules, Hades quickly pocketed the bag of Gold Coins, then left without looking back.

Having recently acquired a temporary pass under the guise of ’Promotion Practice,’ Hades could not return to Academy City for a while and thus planned to find a place away from the city to spend half a month’s holiday.

Too bad that thrilling holiday adventure has little to do with the main storyline, so let’s set it aside for now.

...

Five minutes later

"What the heck!!!"

A shout of alarm and fear suddenly exploded within the barrier. A towering, muscular Orc with dark skin and eyes glowing faint blue fire instinctively swung a battle axe, slashing directly at the (physically almost rotten) figure before him.

"What the heck! What’re you doing!"

However, the person responded with a scream of his own, summoning a hexagonal ice shield reminiscent of a snowflake to withstand the mighty blow.

In a split second, another agile figure shot over from a distance. It was a Lizardman with grey-white scales, wearing brown leather armor, his expression cold and stern, eyes also flickering faint blue fire. In a few leaps, he stood beside the blocked Orc, then —

Knocked the latter to the ground with an elbow!

"Ugh! Salacha, you idiot, you hit the wrong person!"

Crab Karich, the Orc sprawling on the ground with limbs flailing, roared furiously.

"Open your damn eyes, big idiot, the one you’re supposed to chop is Master Lin Dong."

With a snort, the high-handed Salacha Brive coldly remarked.

Crab: "Huh?"

"Sigh, though I admit my appearance in this state is rather unusual, but I should have shown you guys this look before?"

Raven Dale, whom Hades used to refer to as Yi Dong before, sighed, swiftly activating his talent [Boundary of Life and Death], changing his essence from the previous Zombie state to ’Living Mode,’ transforming back into a handsome and sunny youth with fair skin and delicate features, chuckling as he pulled the stunned Crab up from the ground, shrugging, "However, truth be told, Crab, you’ve recovered well; that axe just now was at Middle Stage Peak level."

"Hehe, all my strength is back, and I’m tougher than before."

Not being the ’living’ anymore, Crab laughed naively, tossing Salacha a provocative look, "Didn’t hurt a bit, did you not eat, you filthy Lizard?"

Then, he was promptly knocked down and beaten for five minutes by Salacha, who indeed hadn’t eaten for quite some time.

Chapter 1181: The End

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