“Probably.”
Yin Xing didn’t have any personal experience with the fact that NPCs always pushed forward the plot behind the players’ backs.
He had never played many games before. Subjectively, he regarded Starry Sky Age as a real alien world, so it seemed logical that the NPCs got there first.
After all, NPCs were generally stronger than players and had a local advantage. Players might be immortal, but they were also subject to many restrictions.
“After the mission to explore the ruins was released, did the NPC army withdraw from Siasa Forest?” Yin Xing asked.
Master Abel watched the news every day. Through this, Yin Xing learned a lot about the current affairs in Roland.
He remembered seeing a report on TV two days ago that the army led by Princess Silin was exploring the map beyond Roland’s original border line.
Today, he traveled during the day and didn’t notice any NPCs lurking nearby.
“F*k, now that you say this, it seems to be true!” Deng Jianan said suddenly.
“So the real ruins were actually discovered and taken over by the NPC army. All we can get here is a certificate?”
“That is the only explanation.”
Deng Jianan didn’t know what to say for a moment. He thought about it and said, “It wouldn’t be bad if it is taken back to Imperial City by Roland’s army. At the very least, you don’t have to come all the way here to study.”
Who knew if the inheritance of the inscription master would take a long time to learn like a card master? Deng Jianan already felt a sense of foreboding from the previous test.
He felt that the learning difficulty of an inscription master would be even greater than that of a card master!
Yin Xing didn’t say anything and continued to look around. He always felt that someone seemed to be watching him in the darkness.
“Then you should quickly return to Imperial City with the certificate and learn the inheritance first. There shouldn’t be any players faster than us.”
“By the way, remember to share the video with me.”
“Okay.”
Yin Xing finished the recording and shared the video he had just shot with Deng Jianan.
“Then I will log off first. I’ll talk to you tomorrow night.”
Deng Jianan confirmed the video and went offline first. His profile picture in the team voice chat soon dimmed.
Once Deng Jianan went offline, Yin Xing didn’t rush back to the city. He closed the box again and started to explore the secret room.
He felt that even if the NPC army took away the inheritance, it was impossible for them to take away everything. Perhaps there was someone else here?
The dew on his body hadn’t dried yet. Thanks to the luck bonus, he might be able to find something unusual.
“Hello.”
Before he took a few steps, a childish voice sounded behind him.
Yin Xing looked back.
He saw the sprite boy, who had led them here, flapping his thin wings. He sat cross-legged in the air and looked at Yin Xing.
Yin Xing’s heart skipped a beat.
As an ordinary human being, he had naturally never encountered any legendary creatures. But now, a little sprite was flying in front of him and looking at him with curiosity.
“Hello.”
Yin Xing forced himself to calm down. He performed the Roland Empire’s etiquette towards the sprite before asking, “Excuse me, are you Small Round Biscuit?”
The sprite frowned and muttered in a low voice, “Why is he telling everyone…?”
Yin Xing blinked and looked over with some confusion.
Small Round Biscuit didn’t answer him, but flapped his thin wings and flew over, circling around him.
He asked, “Can you give me this hammer?”
Yin Xing had an embarrassed expression on his face as he looked at the boy, who seemed to be only in his early teens.
“I’m afraid not.”
This was given to him by Master Abel, and was related to the legendary mission of the blacksmith. It was impossible for him to hand it over under any circumstances.
Small Round Biscuit curled his lips. He didn’t expect this human to really give it to him. He just remembered that His Majesty said he could ask for a gift when meeting, so he wanted to try it.
“Then can you lend it to me for research?” He compromised and said, “Do you want to become an inscription master? I can teach you!”
Small Round Biscuit originally hadn’t intended to teach the human personally. Based on his foundation, it was more than enough for him to listen to Turles’ teachings.
But… he suddenly felt that this guy was quite pleasing to the eye. It seemed there was nothing wrong with teaching him.
Yin Xing was slightly stunned. Then his face became happy. It turned out that this was the correct way to use this hammer?
“Yes!”
He gladly agreed.
In the distance, Xu Sili watched this scene and couldn’t help wondering, ‘So, is the luck bonus involved?’
Nothing came for free?
He shook his head, momentarily puzzled.
Once the little sprite negotiated with Yin Xing, he flew back contentedly with the big hammer in his arms. Under his guidance, Yin Xing also found the exit of the underground ruins.
In order to avoid a misunderstanding, Yin Xing didn’t commit suicide in front of the little sprite. Instead, he followed his instructions and left through the exit. Once he reached the surface, he lowered his sense of realism and found the screaming dryad to commit suicide and return to the city.
Xu Sili looked at the little sprite’s happy expression. Then he saw that Yin Xing had disappeared from the spot, so he said, “It is time for us to go back. We have to put the stone tablet of Turles away before your student arrives.”
The little sprite heard this but didn’t take it seriously.
With his strength, how could he be slower than that weak human? His Majesty’s patron saint was the strongest one!
But…
He was also a teacher now~
The little sprite puffed out his chest. He grabbed the pendant on his chest with a bit of pride and saw in his heart, ‘Turles, did you see it? I can also accept students now!’
It was a pity that he didn’t get a reply.
Afterwards, the little sprite took the hammer back to his sprite space.
If he left here, without the effect of the inscription of the Sprite World, the hammer would return to its original state and he might not be able to lift it.
“Your Majesty, let’s go!”
There was a hint of anticipation in his tone.
He had never left the Siasa Forest since he was born. He could no longer remember much of his childhood. The only impression left in his mind of human villages was that they were peaceful and lively, and there were all types of delicious food!
He wondered what the Imperial City they talked about looked like.
Xu Sili nodded. As for the Siasa Forest, he no longer needed to worry about it.
Just like he said before, it only needed one player to clear the level and it meant countless players would clear the level.
In fact, from what he just observed with his spiritual strength, many players had already explored underground. It should be due to Deng Jianan revealing the correct clues in the forum.
Thus, Xu Sili and Si Sheng took the little sprite and left Siasa Forest and returned towards Imperial City.
As for the purpose of coming here…
It didn’t seem to be important any longer.
Considering that the mid and high level maps were too dangerous and the NPC army couldn’t keep up, he asked Silin to lead the army to withdraw to the recovered territory in order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices.
Now, the NPC army’s mission was to defend the border and start a new round of construction plans.
Soon, the elementalist construction team would set out again to the recovered border to build fortifications to prevent the tragedy of five years ago from happening again.
Xu Sili quickly brought the little sprite back to Imperial City. After some discussion, they placed the inheritance of the inscription master in the Elemental Academy.
Now, after some expansion, the Elementalist Academy had more than doubled its original area.
In addition to elementalists, the inheritance of the card master, alchemist, magic circle master and pharmacist were all concentrated here. Now, there was also the inscription master.
It could be said that the Elementalist Academy had become the palace of civilization of the Roland Empire. It not only enjoyed extremely high popularity among players, but also had a special status in the hearts of the people of the empire.
Almost everyone was proud to be able to study at the Elementalist Academy.
Currently, the influence of the fourth level Imperial City had spread through the nation. More and more people had been detected to have elementalist talents. It was almost several times the number from a year ago.
In order to cope with the increase in elementalists, the academy was building several branches.
At the same time, the basic education of the Roland Empire was also gradually improving.
This was a long-term plan, and the results wouldn’t be seen in a short time. Xu Sili wasn’t in a hurry. Financial spending on education was gradually increasing.
His goal wasn’t only to build the Roland Empire into a powerful magical empire, but also a powerful technological one. He had to do both well!
As Small Round Biscuit placed Turles’ inheritance tablet in the newly opened area of the Elementalist Academy under his instructions, a guard suddenly came in to report.
A brave had come over with a certificate, saying that he wanted to study to be an inscription master. The dean asked him to come over for instructions.
Xu Sili couldn’t help looking at Small Round Biscuit.
The sprite was already stunned.
How come this human was so fast? He and His Majesty came back less than an hour ago!
He originally thought that with the ability of his cheap student, it was already amazing that he could safely arrive from Siasa to Imperial City within a week.
But…
He actually arrived right after Small Round Biscuit? How did he do it?
Xu Sili shrugged. There would be many more things that would surprise the little sprite in the future. This was just the beginning.
Just as he and Si Sheng were about to leave, they suddenly received a system notification after a long absence.
[Ding~ All conditions for upgrading Imperial City from Lv 4 have been met. You can upgrade the city.]
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