Chapter 17: Experience, acquaintances, and increased difficulty
After the annual assessment comes the summer vacation, and after the summer vacation it is finally time for the new mages to have their first training.

This group of students did not experience military training when they entered Tianlan High School, but now in their second year of high school, they have participated in another group activity.

The real purpose of this training is to see whether the freshmen who have passed the annual assessment can exert their full combat strength in actual combat.

After all, mages are basically glass cannons with high attack and low defense, and when facing monsters, the key is to strike first.

Therefore, it is very important to be able to cast spells normally when facing demons. After all, demons can kill mages higher in level than themselves with just one strike.

Although the training was originally scheduled to last for two months, Xu Fan found out through internal channels that the training would only take two weeks at most. It had two important parts: one was the ability to survive in the wild, and the other was the courage to face monsters.

After getting on the bus, the top 100 best freshman mages of Tianlan Magic High School headed towards the post station. All the mages here were already able to cast elementary magic.

However, there are probably no more than a handful of people who have actually faced off against demons.

At the Xuefeng Mountain Post Station, Xu Fan met an important person, Zhan Kong, the chief instructor who would transform into the ancient king in the future.

Now he still looks unruly and has the leisure to flirt with the girls in the team.

Next to Zhan Kong was an old acquaintance of Xu Fan, the mid-level wizard Wang Luffy whom he met when he first killed a demon.

Although Zhan Kong seemed a bit frivolous on the surface, he was secretly sizing up the freshmen. He soon focused his attention on Xu Fan and Mo Fan.

Compared to other students who were somewhat nervous, these two were extremely calm, if not overwhelmed, as if the upcoming experience was just like an autumn outing.

"interesting!"

Zhan Kong nodded slightly, remembered these two people, and planned to arrange people to pay special attention to them later.

"You have already divided into groups before! Now I allow you to regroup, still five teams, each with twenty people!"

"I'll only give you ten minutes. Anyone who fails to form a team after ten minutes will fail!"

After the long talk, Zhan Kong did not play by the rules. He knew very well that the current team was assigned by the teacher based on the different mages of each department.

But this is the teacher's decision, not the students who are going to experience it.

The students were not stupid, and they naturally knew that the teacher had arranged the team to the most perfect state, and only a few who had a better relationship wanted to get together.

But these few people disrupted the original combination.

"If someone in our team wants to leave, I won't stop them, but if one leaves, I have to bring another one in, and it has to be a mage from the same department!"

Xu Fan glanced at the few people in the team who were ready to make a move and said sternly that although his teammates did not play a big role, he still did not want to be disgusted.

As soon as Xu Fan opened his mouth, Zhang Xiaohou and Mo Fan immediately came to his side to help him boost his morale. Then the fire mage Zhou Min and the water mage He Yu also stood beside Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou respectively.

Xu Fan couldn't help but take a second look at Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou. These two usually kept a low profile but it turned out they were making a fortune in secret!

Some students who didn't want to make any trouble also stood behind Xu Fan and others, and more than a dozen people came over one after another.

Most of the team's strength stood on Xu Fan's side, and most of them were top-ranked students.

The last two people who wanted to leave had no choice but to obey, pulled the substitutes away and left in disgrace. "Since you have joined our team, you are our teammates. Let's all cheer together!"

The new team was formed and quickly arranged into two columns.

At this time, the intermediate wizard Wang Luffy was also scratching his head in confusion and walking around the team. He seemed to have heard a very familiar voice just now, but it had been too long and his memory was a little fuzzy.

Ah, I remember now. It was the mutated light mage. At the beginning of the year, someone came to me and asked about this matter.

But that was a year ago, and at that time these guys had just awakened their magic. Could it be that some of them mastered magic as soon as they awakened?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
But he still didn't put the matter behind him. Sometimes the senses of a mage were very sensitive, and he planned to talk to Zhan Kong about this matter later.

The new five teams were quickly reorganized, and only two teams maintained their previous perfect combination, while the remaining three were completely disrupted.

Zhan Kong secretly took note and highlighted the leaders Xu Fan, Mo Fan and Mu Bai. Putting other things aside, their organizational skills were up to par.

Then Zhan Kong brought out the excuse of defensive magic equipment to boost morale. Although Xu Fan felt that this magic equipment would most likely not be of any use to him, it could still be worth a lot of money if sold!
Stimulated by Zhan Kong and attracted by the magic tool rewards, the five teams, full of enthusiasm, marched towards the depths of the forest along the designated route.

"Hehe, I arranged Bai Yang's summoned beast to guard there. Do you want to take the defensive magic tool from me? Impossible!"

Zhan Kong laughed smugly, not noticing the gloating look in Tang Yue's eyes beside him.

When Wang Luffy walked up to Zhankong and whispered something to him, Zhankong's face changed drastically and he looked at Wang Luffy seriously.

"Are you sure there's a master hidden among these brats?"

"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that the mutant wizard I mentioned last time is very likely in there!"

Wang Luffy said weakly that he was just expressing his opinion and not making any suggestions.

"What happened?"

Tang Yue asked in confusion. She had never met Wang Luffy, so she didn't know that the intermediate wizard Xu Fan met was him.

"Nothing! Teacher Tang Yue, the students trained by your school are really excellent!"

Zhan Kong was not sure whether Tang Yue knew about the student who might be hiding, and he was still thinking about pulling this mutant genius to his side.

"I suddenly remembered that I have something to tell you. I'll excuse myself now!"

Zhan Kong said hurriedly, then ran outside, found a deserted place and called Bai Yang.

"This is a tricky idea. Tell your summoned beast to be careful and not to capsize in the gutter!"

"Haha, Captain, you're such a jokester. There's nothing to be afraid of with some freshmen! But they should be careful and not piss off my summoned beasts!"

Bai Yang said indifferently, but secretly decided in his heart that he must find a way to make the summoned beast "out of control".

Anyway, someone has been chosen to take the blame.

(End of this chapter)