Chapter 284: The “Monster” Jia Na
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“Ding—” Before Jia Na could finish speaking, the system notification for completing the task sounded in her mind.
【Today's Task: Complete an apprentice-level combat;
Task Reward: 100 Talent Experience, 500 Skill Experience, +0.1 Mental Power.】
Looking at the Mental Power reward on the task panel, Jia Na couldn’t help but feel happy.
It had been a while since the system had given out 【Mental Power】 as a task reward.
If Jia Na remembered correctly, the last time she was rewarded with 【Mental Power】 was when she was doing the task of “reading ten books.”
“It’s getting late, we should head back.”
Seeing that Jia Na had only spoken half of her sentence, Richard-Eva, thinking that she didn't want to reveal too much about her Talent, wisely suppressed his curiosity and didn't press further.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about what happened today.”
Jia Na, who had just closed the task panel, was slightly taken aback when she suddenly heard Richard-Eva’s words.
Then, Jia Na realized that Richard-Eva had interpreted her abrupt stop mid-sentence as her not wanting to say too much.
“It’s fine, I didn’t intend to hide these things anyway. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen this place for the spar.”
Whether it was an A-grade 【Wizard Talent】 or an apprentice mastering a 【Law Fragment】, it would be detected by the academy’s “Scrying Crystal Ball” by the end of the semester, making deliberate concealment impossible.
Furthermore, since Jia Na entered the academy, she had never thought of “playing the pig to eat the tiger.”
As someone from an ordinary apprentice background, she had to perform exceptionally well to gain the maximum resource allocation from the academy.
Moreover, even if other Wizard families outside the academy found out about this, Jia Na didn't care; in fact, she was happy about it.
After all, adult social interactions are always purposeful, especially among those Wizard families.
Even though Jia Na had no intention of joining a Wizard family, she was not averse to cooperating with Wizard families or outstanding apprentices from Wizard families.
After all, besides the most obvious form of wealth, resources also encompass connections, knowledge, and environment, all of which are indispensable.
Therefore, Jia Na never shied away from socializing, nor did she shy away from showcasing her excellence. “My original B-grade 【Plant Affinity】 Talent was already promoted to A-grade 【Nature Affinity】 a few days ago. It can be considered my second A-grade Talent.”
Hearing Jia Na admit it personally, Richard-Eva’s heart, which he thought had become numb, still couldn't help but feel a twitching sensation as if it had been electrocuted.
“You really are a monster—”
After exclaiming again, Richard-Eva said seriously:
“So, it’s normal for me to lose to you.”
After adding this sentence, Richard-Eva’s slightly frustrated expression became calm again.
Double A-grade Talents, two contracted creatures with the strength of a third-level apprentice, plus three 【Law Fragment】s—
Moreover, one of these 【Law Fragment】s was a 【Growth Law Fragment】, a 【Sub-Law】 under the top-tier 【Main Law】 of the 【Law of Nature and Life】.
Even if Richard-Eva was one apprentice level higher than Jia Na, with the accumulation of these objective conditions, that small gap didn't seem like much anymore—
“I also have you to thank for being able to grasp the 【Blood Law Fragment】 this time. If you hadn't saved that Deep Sea Mermaid for me, I wouldn't have obtained the top-quality 【blood origin essence】 and completed my bloodline purification.”
Richard-Eva's opportunity to comprehend the 【Blood Law Fragment】 this time was very coincidental. On the same day he received the top-quality 【blood origin essence】 from Atlantis, he immediately went into seclusion to perform the bloodline purification ritual.
During the ritual, he didn't know where a “problem” occurred, causing Richard-Eva to enter a very peculiar state of enlightenment.
Richard-Eva's enlightenment this time lasted for about an hour. After he woke up, he found that his 【Vampire Bat】 bloodline had unknowingly been promoted to 【Blood Clan Baron】.
At the same time, a Blood Red fruit representing the 【Blood Law Fragment】 had also grown on his Wizard Tree.
This sudden surprise was like a heavy hammer, fiercely striking Richard-Eva’s heart.
The overwhelming joy completely washed away the years of bitterness and neglect Richard-Eva had suffered in his family due to being overlooked. “These are all your own opportunities, Senior, and they have nothing to do with me—I was just completing a task.”
After the two jumped down from the Fighting Training Field, under the repair of earth-element magic patterns, all traces of the battle on the field were completely filled in.
“You really have great foresight.”
Looking at the Fighting Training Field, where the battle remnants that were like a dense jungle of vines had returned to their original state, Richard-Eva couldn't help but praise Jia Na.
“And, we fought for so long, and indeed no one passed by here.”
Logically speaking, with the commotion they made, there should have been people coming to watch the fun.
However, until the end of the battle, there wasn't even a single apprentice spectator around the Fighting Training Field.
“After all, many people’s weekends might be much busier than their weekdays from Monday to Friday—”
Just like Jia Na in her first year, in order not to delay her classes during normal weekdays, she would specifically choose weekends to do tasks.
If she encountered some troublesome tasks, it was common for her to be busy until the middle of the night.
Therefore, Jia Na deeply understood those ordinary apprentices who had to constantly take on tasks to cover their daily expenses.
Fortunately, Jia Na had now endured it and had even somewhat achieved financial freedom. “Want to go out and eat something else? Anyway, we didn’t have a main course at the Oak House earlier—”
“Of course, no problem.”
Soon, the Dordogne-White Tower Trial would officially begin.
With Richard-Eva having already grasped a 【Law Fragment】 and his already considerable strength, passing the White Tower Trial was no longer a difficult task.
Moreover, the White Tower cultivation was a closed system. Once Richard-Eva went there, it would be very difficult for the two of them to meet again.
Therefore, taking advantage of the limited time, Jia Na didn't want to dampen Richard-Eva's enthusiasm for treating her to a meal.
By the time Jia Na also entered the Dordogne-White Tower, perhaps she would need to rely on him to look out for her.
“Heh heh, how rare. I thought this time you would still use the excuse of ‘going back to the dormitory to prepare for tomorrow’s lessons’ to politely decline my invitation to eat—””
