Chapter 70

When Sain woke up from his sleep again, he was startled to notice that there were two women lying on either side of him.

Although from the state of everyone's clothes, it seemed they hadn't done anything serious last night.

But Sain's hands were quite unscrupulous, each holding one of the women.

The advanced apprentice Marina was nowhere to be seen, and at this moment, there were only the three of them in the tent.

Carefully withdrawing his hands, Sain straightened his wrinkled magic robe and cast a simple spell on himself—Cleaning Spell.

This simple yet practical spell was one of the most frequently used by Sain since he arrived in the sandy world.

Because he didn't know how to cast Water Ball or similar spells, he could only maintain his cleanliness with this spell.

After Sain got up, his senior sisters, Fil and Lina, didn't linger in bed either.

Lina was very disciplined and almost immediately stood up as soon as Sain got up.

Senior sister Fil took a while to get up, but in this sandy world, everyone had their own tasks.

If they didn't want to be trapped here for life, these magic apprentices should complete the tasks assigned by the formal black mages as soon as possible.

"The vice-dean mainly relies on advanced apprentices and quasi-mages. You middle and low-level apprentices are just cannon fodder," Fil said while changing her underwear.

"The coordinate generators in both camps are about 70% complete and should be finished in two months," Fil continued.

"What exactly are the elemental beads we each received used for?" Sain couldn't help but ask.

"The elemental beads are the main power source for the coordinate generators. When the quasi-mages came, each carried thirty, and when the advanced apprentices came, each carried ten," Fil answered.

"Why do we middle-level apprentices only have one?" Sain asked, frowning.

"Perhaps they don't trust you. Each coordinate generator requires over 150 elemental beads."

"And the reason they didn't entrust all the elemental beads to a single quasi-mage is that the formal black mages are worried about accidents, so they distributed them to each advanced and quasi-mage apprentice," Fil explained.

This information wasn't something Fil had obtained beforehand. It was indirectly learned from her senior brother Zorro and other quasi-mages a few months after arriving in the sandy world, including some of her own speculations.

Of course, these speculations were mostly accurate.

Senior sister Fil wasn't a hardworking person in her magic studies, but she was undoubtedly smart.

Recalling that he still had over ten elemental beads in his spatial ring, Sain was about to take them out when senior sister Fil held and pressed his hand, whispering, "Put them away quickly."

"Although there's no accurate information, my senior brother once mentioned that these elemental beads might also be the key to our return to the wizard world."

"If the coordinate generator fails, the only way to return would be for the formal black mages on the other side of the space rift to pull us back."

"To accurately locate us, they would need these elemental beads as a guide."

"According to estimates, ten elemental beads are the minimum required for the formal black mages to locate us, and the more, the better," Fil whispered.

Because of this, the black magic apprentices in the camp began to consciously collect and save more elemental beads after gathering enough for the coordinate generator.

No black magic apprentice would entrust their hope entirely to others or a single tool.

Unless it was a relationship like Sain and Lina, otherwise, when a crisis came, it would be every man for himself.

"Mine and Lina's elemental beads were just gathered. I was thinking about how to help you gather the rest, but I didn't expect you to have already gathered them, and even have some left over?" Fil chuckled.

"Um, some things happened on the way. These are from other apprentices," Sain nodded.

He then thought of the middle-level apprentice Mari and the advanced apprentice Stenson, who had entered the camp with him yesterday.

After entering, Sain went directly with senior sister Fil to find senior brother Zorro, while the two of them went somewhere to settle down.

After senior sister Fil finished getting ready, Sain and the others went to find senior brother Zorro.

Although Sain was mainly talking with senior sister Fil during the process, a large part of his attention was on the silent Lina.

I believe Lina felt the same way.

When Sain found senior brother Zorro, he had already prepared the crystal ball for Sain.

The communication range of the crystal ball was only one-third of the original, but it was enough to cover the camp and even maintain communication between the two camps.

"Senior brother, is there a certain chance of failure in setting up the coordinate generator?" Sain couldn't help but ask.

The advanced magic apprentices and quasi-mages were the earliest and most informed about the camp's situation.

When an advanced apprentice blocked someone outside the camp yesterday and demanded elemental beads, Sain felt something was off.

Including senior sister's reaction this morning.

When Sain asked about this, senior brother Zorro first looked outside the tent and, seeing no one else around, whispered, "There is indeed a certain chance of failure, with a success rate of about 60%."

"Due to the quicksand environment of this world, the coordinates of both camps are constantly changing, which adds a lot of trouble to setting up the coordinate generator."

"We must send apprentices out every day to survey the terrain and record information, but this only has a small effect."

"As for whether the coordinate generator can ultimately establish a passage between the two worlds that can accommodate formal mages, it depends not only on our efforts and a bit of luck but also on the mentors and vice-dean on the other side of the space rift," Zorro said.

"The vice-dean and others spent a great deal to send us here, so there must be a purpose and goal."

"So I don't think it's necessary to be too pessimistic. The final passage should be possible. Collecting elemental beads is just a precaution and an alternative plan," Zorro comforted.

Senior brother Zorro's comfort completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in Sain's mind.

However, Sain didn't mention that his mentor had left him a handle.

According to what his mentor told him, this handle was a backup specifically for him.

Just in case the coordinate generator failed, and the formal black mages only rescued the advanced apprentices and quasi-mages, neglecting him, a mere middle-level apprentice.