Chapter 257 Slate and Conspiracy

"Hello, Kashu, Safiya, I'm Avis."

"I think Safiya's point of view is right."

Smiling as he took over the words, Avis gently stroked his chest with his right hand and nodded slightly to the two of them.

Then, he stretched out his hand and gestured in the direction of the jungle in the distance.

"Have you noticed that this area seems to be surrounded by a special force field? If I'm not wrong in my induction, it should be a layer of 'wall' that temporarily restricts us from going out."

"Force field?"

Hearing this, Kashu was a little skeptical.

He was the first person to arrive here. Although he was only less than half a minute earlier than Avis, he didn't find any force field nearby.

Safiya fiddled with the magic cube in her hand, and I don't know what she did specifically. After a moment, a line of tiny runes like a data stream lit up and flashed on the surface of the cube.

"... Avis is right. With the oak tree as the center, the radius is five kilometers, and the strength is unknown."

Looking at the results displayed on the cube, Safiya concluded in a flat tone.

"Five kilometers away? No way, is it really there?"

After receiving the unexpected affirmative answer from the girl, Kaxiu was stunned for a moment, and his black robe shook like smoke.

Perception is one of his weaknesses. He can only reach a level close to the general fourth level, and can sense an area of ​​about 1.5 kilometers in radius at most.

For things that are five kilometers away, unless the secret method is used, there is no need.

"Yes, the most likely possibility is a blocking force field, with a probability of 83.42%. The second is a hidden space blockage, with a probability of 9.6%. The probability of the possibility after that can be ignored."

In response to Kaxiu's doubts, the blue-haired and purple-eyed girl clicked the inscription on the cube without emotion and gave an extremely accurate answer.

While the three were discussing, a bright white light like a star appeared again in this clearing in the forest.

The eyes of the three were attracted at the same time. When the light disappeared, a girl wearing dark blue inscribed light armor, a long sword hanging from her waist, and red-gold waist-length hair appeared in the original place.

As if she felt her body had returned to normal, she gently opened her eyes, but her eyes were a rare brilliant golden red.

After looking at the three people with different appearances for a moment, the girl slowly opened her mouth, wanting to ask something.

But at this moment, a cold mental wave suddenly spread rapidly from the crown of the oak tree, instantly touching the four people.

"Trial assessment, the force field cover will disappear in five minutes, and it will take twelve magic hours to find the real venue."

After reading the content of the mental wave, Kaxiu sorted out the content and picked out the key points.

"It seems that there should be only four of us who are new here tonight."

Safia nodded lightly and added calmly.

"The information just now did not mention any restrictions related to the assessment, nor did it mention any hints about the location of the venue. As an assessment for newcomers, the difficulty should be limited to a certain range.

I think that either the area here is not too large, enough for us to search it completely within twelve magic hours. Or there are corresponding clues in the surrounding environment."

"It should be like this. The most likely location for clues here is this big oak tree."

Avis nodded in agreement, and by the way, he said the location of the first test in his impression.

"Wait, wait...what are you talking about? Can you explain the situation a little bit?"

Listening to the discussion of the three people, the girl dressed as a knight who appeared last was at a loss, not knowing how to respond.

"As you can see, we are not entering the venue directly now, but in a trial assessment scene."

With a casual and relaxing smile, Avis spoke calmly and briefly explained the current situation to the girl.

"If we want to officially become a member of the True Knowledge Society, we need to find the real venue within twelve hours, otherwise we will lose the qualification."

As he said this, Avis smiled and turned to the other two. His light silver monocle reflected the light moonlight, making his blue eyes look particularly deep.

"Three of you, how about we briefly introduce ourselves to each other? At least for now, we all have the same goal and can act together temporarily."

"I am Avis, a magician from the Mystic School, who has just been enrolled for a year and has the strength of a third-level junior."

As the proposer, Avis introduced himself first.

"Safiya, from the Transformation School, has been enrolled for a year and is a second-level intermediate."

The girl with long light blue wavy hair fiddled with the cube in her hand and said concisely.

"I am Kashu, from the Necromancer School, currently in the second year of enrollment, and a third-level junior."

Kashu, who was covered in a black robe, moved and turned to the girl who appeared last.

"I am Alyssa, a magic knight, who has been enrolled for a year and has the strength of a second-level advanced."

Hearing that the three had introduced themselves, the knight girl with golden red eyes hurriedly introduced herself in the same way.

"Okay, Safia, Kashu, Alyssa, how about we start exploring the oak tree right away? After the force field disappears, there may not be any changes here."

Avis nodded and took over the right to speak very naturally.

This proposal was agreed by the three people. After determining the target, several people began to explore the huge oak tree without any delay.

As everyone searched carefully, soon, as a hidden illusion array was broken, a broken black stone slab appeared in front of several people.

An incomplete guiding array was engraved on the stone slab, and judging from its well-preserved lines, this stone slab was only one-fifth of the entire array.

Seeing the stone slab, Avis's heart, which had been lifted, was slightly relieved. At least the first step of the assessment was still the same as in his original memory.

"It seems that what we need to do is to find all these stone slabs."

Kaxiu shook his robe and said in a relaxed tone.

"With this stone slab as a medium, I think it should be very simple."

"The object search spell is ineffective on it, Kaxiu, do you have any way?"

Pressing her slender fingers on the surface of the silver-blue cube, Safia tried it and shook her head.

"Of course!"

Kaxiu nodded, with a confident tone. At the same time, a pale bone staff appeared in his hand.

As he chanted, a silver-white mini skeleton drilled out of the ground.

He handed the slate to the skeleton, who looked at it with his eye sockets burning with a special silver soul fire, and then put it into his chest. The whole skeleton began to transform into a silver bone compass.

The silver-glowing pointer rotated and pointed to a direction in the dark dream forest around.

"The nearest slate fragment is to our northwest."

Looking at the compass in his hand, Kaxiu looked at the other three.

"Let's go, everyone, be careful not to let your guard down. Since it is called a trial, it is very likely not safe here."

Anweis looked at him slightly higher. He sensed a faint force of time and space on the skeleton.

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….….

When Anweis and his group were exploring, in a canyon in the surface dream world.

A high-level secret ritual array with a diameter of hundreds of meters and extremely complex inscription structure was on a temporary huge stone round platform, emitting a steady light of light blue.

On the side of the array, stood a tall and thin figure wearing a pale smooth mask and a black robe.

He held a metal nameplate and stared at a magic hourglass on the ground that was about to run out of juice.

On the nameplate in his hand, there was a half-open eye engraved with a nine-pointed crimson star of varying lengths in the pupil, as if crying blood.