CH 458

458: The Reappearance of the Robbery Trio

Feng Wu had warm clothes on her body, warm boots on her feet, and plenty of food in storage, so being lost didn’t make her feel any panic.

She walked for two more hours before finally breaking free of her endless circle. Three hours after that she was sitting atop an alpaca and relaxing her feet. Another hour later and she was finally on the right path, but ny now she was far behind everyone else.

“Xiao Wu, the place you want to go to is very far away. You have to climb over the Great Snowy mountain in front of us. I don’t know what’s beyond it so, once you get to that point, I’m afraid you’ll have to find someone else to ask for directions.” The little alpaca beast spoke to Feng Wu.

To everyone else it just sounded like the little beast was making some trumpeting sounds. They would not have understood what the little beast was saying.

“Thank you, Flower.” Flower was the name of the little alpaca sister. She had been thrown there by the virtual god; it would not have been easy for the her to go to a land of snow and ice otherwise.

Luckily she made friends with Xiao Wu. A lost Feng Wu and a lonely confused alpaca unexpectedly met each other. One human and one beast quickly bridged the divide between species and became good friends.

Feng Wu happily enjoyed some jerky and bread as she sat atop Flower. It felt good not having to walk alone. Feng Wu nodded earnestly at the sentiment.

Other contestants did not have it as easy. They didn’t find a magical beast to travel with so they had to walk on their own two feet. Wading through deep snow took a lot of time and energy. It was tiring!

Somewhere nearby, the trio of robbers was at it again. They picked a girl who was clearly traveling solo. The girl was a third-year water magician with low offensive powers but she made up for it with excellent potion refinement abilities.

In fact, her refinement abilities were so good, they were on par with serious third-year pharmacy students. She had quite a reputation amongst the third-years because of it.

It was just a pity that she came from a family with little consequence. They were a small noble clan with no power or influence, so they were no better than an ordinary family when compared to other aristocrats.

She had been on a mission and single-mindedly focused since she entered the academy. She, like other people, entered the academy for a chance to make it. In order to achieve her goal, she put in tremendous effort toward her studies and work. It was not in vain as she was relatively successful.

Though she claimed to be as skilled as a third-year pharmacy student when it came to refining potions, her family knew better. Her strength wasn’t as strong as she pretended them to be.

Pharmacy was an expensive endeavor in the early stages, so she had been refining potions with simple methods and formulas using inexpensive materials. Those more costly, high-valued herbs? She had never touched them, never mind practiced with them. It was just too expensive and impossible for her to do without support from someone with more resources.

She was rushing so she could be a part of the quota for entering Star Marshall hall. She was being really sneaky as she moved about the arena because she knew her combat strength was weaker than a chicken. She still entered the challenge despite knowing full well her water magic abilities would be useless in a cutthroat arena like this. She entered because it was a one in a million opportunity; getting into Star Marshall hall would open up so many more doors for her.

She never expected to be blocked by bad-intentioned people on the second day.

“What do you want to do?!” She screamed; her voice sharp with panic.

“Stop talking nonsense. Hand over the keys and everything you got from the chest.” The guy with the bow and arrow said impatiently as he notched his arrow.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. “You guys want to steal?! You’re not afraid of being disqualified?!”

“Disqualified! Hahaha!”

“She’s funny, hahaha!”

“She’s an idiot. What a stupid question.”

The robbers were laughing so hard they nearly had to hug their stomachs. Was this girl sent to be funny?

She glared angrily at them with her beautiful apricot eyes. It was true she couldn’t compare to the dazzling geniuses at school, but she was still an ordinary genius in her own right. She wasn’t that famous, but she would never be lost in a crowd.

The little beauty who had always been loved by her classmates and teachers, suddenly felt that the world was thick with malice.

Once they trio finished laughing, they got back to business; thieves had to thief after all. If they were determined enough, they would definitely get their loot.

“All right, we’re done playing. Hand everything over!” The bow and arrow guy was getting impatient.

“Stop wasting time and just get to it already.” The woman in the middle was worried about encountering another runaway like last time. It was only a few hours ago, so the feeling of loss was still fresh in her heart.

Anxiety flashed in the girl’s eyes as soon as she heard this. She promptly turned around and ran away.

“Running away?! Do you think a magician can outrun a swordsman?!”

Both the sword and bow and arrow guy chased after her. Their last robbery failed so they couldn’t let another target escape and lose any more face in front of their goddess!

The girl ran desperately ahead as the two guys chased her from behind. Her face dripped with sweat and her breathing became labored from running in the thick snow. Luckily, her body was light, so she didn’t get bogged down, unlike the two guys chasing after her; however their strength more than made up for any disadvantage. They certainly had more stamina than a magician and would be able to outlast her.

A gust of cold wind blew and she shivered.

She was running out of strength but she knew she couldn’t stop. She couldn’t let herself be defeated here if she wanted to get into Star Marshall hall.

She could not lose. . .