The Undying Magician - Book 1 - Chapter 48 - Bet and Field Trip
Added 2022-07-21 19:51:16 +0000 UTC“-I’m going to be taking you along with me for the first ‘field trip’ to a Warzone that we’re going to be having.” He says, piquing both my interest and Anabel’s interest by the looks of her raised eyebrows. “The first trip will be on the day a couple of weeks your duel with that first year student, and it will be to one of the easier Warzones.”
Field trip? Does that mean I'll-
This line was changed from chapter 40.
The vote has ended, and the next and final (for the moment) ongoing story that I'll be starting has been decided!
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Here is the synopsis:
It was just another ball.
Princess Cassandra thought she could deal with it.
She just had to pretend for half an hour to actually care about the attending nobles before her father would let her leave, as usual.
That is, until the sky started glowing blue and strange text appears in front of her face, mentioning something about a System.
Even that she could deal with.
After all, it’s interesting, right?
Regardless of how… bizarre… it is, it’s still something new in her rather boring life.
But being kidnapped by planar invaders from some planet called Earth after a literal glowing heart flies through a portal in front of her and disappears in her chest?
That might be a little too much.
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Nathan
Year 2849 | Month 6 | Day 17 | Sunday
A few hours later
“Watch your six, Aidan,” I exclaim into my id card before sending my mana into the crystal on my rifle’s handle and firing an enhanced shot straight towards one of the two cadets currently trying to flank the idiot from around the cliff.
If it weren’t for the trees in the area, the foliage around them, and the damn wind, I wouldn’t have had to waste my mana on the shot, but we’re here to learn to fight in different locations, so there’s nothing to do about it but work with it.
I change my aim towards the other cadet after watching the first one vanish from the simulator from my shot. The other cadet looks startled by the situation but handles it well as he rushes over to find cover, leaving my sight in the process.
“Damnit,” I grunt while scrolling out slightly for my scope and focusing on the area the guy hid in, “the last one hid in the trees behind the cliff, so this one’s up to you. Don’t mess up.”
In the corner of my scope’s vision, I see Aidan stumble slightly at my last words before sprinting off towards the last enemy.
He should be fine, and if push comes to shove, I can just go down there and deal with the last one myself, since the others were already taken out.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve managed to finish learning the other two of the three spells Leo told us to learn, so the combat has been quite a bit easier on me. Especially with the barrier spell, since it’s drawing less attention towards my immortality.
Although this turn of events does mean I’ll likely lose the bet…
I shake my head at the thought before focusing on the area around Aidan and the other cadet for several minutes, but eventually, the usual noise sounds out from the simulator, marking the enemy cadet as defeated.
“Good work,” I state into the call as the simulator begins to shrink back down to size.
Once the simulator returns to its default form, I walk out of it with Aidan walking alongside me with a large grin on his face.
“Yeah, yeah, you won,” I tell him, a little exasperated at his pettiness.
When he offered a bet earlier, saying that he could survive till the end of one of our mock combat battles while killing at least one of the enemies, I basically just took it as a free win. Considering how he’s not been able to survive till the end for the majority of our battles.
But I guess I was wrong, and the grin on his face is proof of that.
At least I don’t have to do much. Just have to help him convince Amelia, Rebecca, and Cyria to not go to dinner tomorrow night, leaving him alone with Sophia.
After a few seconds pass with the quiet chatter of the other cadets filling the room, Leo steps away from the panel for the BFS and clears his throat to gather all of our attention.
“I will be taking you all on a little ‘field trip’ to a Warzone at this time next week,” he suddenly says, causing many of the cadets’ eyes to widen in surprise. “Of course, you all have a choice as to whether you want to go or not. But do remember that you’ll be paid for every kill your id card records you making.”
Oh, so today’s the day he’s announcing this?
When he told me about it a while back, he never mentioned when he would tell the students. Just that I didn’t have a choice and had to go if for no other reason than to get some actual combat experience and to make my first kill.
Which makes sense, even if it’s a bit of a risk.
Either way though, he said that it’ll be fine since I have my ‘regeneration spell’ excuse to pull whenever I get hurt.
After all, even if it’ll be found out eventually, we might as well use it while we can.
I listen for a moment as the cadets around me all begin to chat about the field trip, with most of them seeming to be leaning towards going, before Leo raises his hand and continues speaking, “I’ve already gotten permission from the instructors of every student in this room, so if you decide to come along, there won’t be any issues. But you will still have to turn in anything that was due on the days you will be missing. Which will be three days total.”
Some of the students look confused at the short amount of time – likely due to them not knowing about the gate at the back of the room.
The instructor ignores their questioning looks as he claps his hands and says, “That’s all for today. You’re all dismissed.”
After his dismissal, the cadets hesitate for a moment before leaving. Meanwhile, I walk towards the entrance with Aidan still walking next to me while grinning.
“So, why’s he grinning like a madman?” Cyria asks as she catches up with us and notices Aidan’s expression.
I frown at her question before glancing at the man in question and blandly stating, “He won a bet.”
This just makes his grin grow wider as we continue making our way out of the classroom.
Well, someone’s certainly proud of themself…
“A bet?” Cyria asks with a frown.
I turn to her as we begin to walk down the hall before deciding to just ask now.
But first, I glance behind us to check for Sophia, only to not find her.
“Since Aidan was able to survive to the end of the mock battle and defeat one of the enemies on his own, I have to help him convince you, Rebecca, and Amelia to not go to dinner tomorrow,” I explain to her, still with a frown on my face.
Cyria looks at me for a second before grinning.
“So you have to help set those two up?” she asks, amusement clear in her tone. “Is that what I’m hearing?”
I let out a sigh before nodding my head.
At least if Aidan gets a girlfriend he might stop snooping.
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