Chapter 346: dark sun Approaches
At the same time, residents of Duling City's North District were also undergoing a large-scale migration, led by the Ravens.
Unlike the South District residents who headed to White Coral Academy, the North District residents were to be accommodated by Black Bone Forest Academy.
After Grace-Eva informed the Wizards of Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower about her and Jia Na's findings last night, the three parties discussed and jointly decided to divide all residents within Duling City into two sections, North and South, with White Coral and Black Bone Forest jointly responsible for their safety.
As for why Mist Tower was not assigned the task of accommodating residents, it was because Mist Tower's terrain and environment were simply unsuitable for ordinary humans.
Mist Tower is located northwest of Mist Forest, surrounded by swamps on three sides, in addition to various poisonous miasmas and venomous insects.
Poisonous plants are also extremely common for Mist Tower, which is famous for its poison-based magic.
It was precisely for this reason that if the residents of Duling City were to truly seek refuge in Mist Tower, they might be poisoned to death by various toxic substances before even arriving.
“Creak—creak—”
The sound of branches being snapped constantly appeared amidst the dense flow of people, and as time gradually passed, the first batch of residents from Duling City's South District had already reached the entrance of White Coral Academy.
“Click—”
Most of those who first arrived at White Coral Academy were women, children, and elderly people from Duling City's South District.
With their successful arrival, the Human-faced Willow guarding White Coral Academy quickly manipulated its vines to spread out, leaving an entrance nearly ten meters wide to allow ordinary people to enter the Academy.
“Caw—all of you follow me to the Academy's back mountain.”
As the largest of the three Wizard Academies in Turin Wizard Gathering Place, White Coral Academy's back mountain and sports field alone could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
If space was insufficient, the Magical Animal Breeding Base on the first underground floor of the Magic Tower could also serve as a temporary refuge.
It was for this reason that the South District of Duling City, which has the highest population density, was assigned to White Coral Academy for overall management.
“Caw—caw—”
Inside White Coral Academy, the Ravens' cries were incessant, and soon, the first wave of South District residents heading to White Coral Academy had been settled.
“Click—”
As the vine passage reopened, the young adults of Duling City's South District, led by the Ravens, also smoothly advanced towards White Coral Academy.
“After the second wave of teams, the residents of Duling City's South District will be mostly settled.”
In Mist Forest, Jia Na, one of the Wizard Apprentices guarding the residents from being attacked by forest monsters during the process, was currently hidden in a tree, overlooking the dense flow of people migrating like a long dragon.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough—”
Among the migrating teams, many were still suffering from the plague and had not recovered, so violent coughing sounds occasionally echoed through the forest.
“Crack—”
Just as Jia Na was intently observing the team's situation, suddenly, a Shadow Fissure inexplicably tore open next to White Coral Academy's team, and then, overwhelming black Vampire Bats surged towards the crowd like a black cloud.
“Enemy attack!”
The moment she saw the Shadow Creatures appear, Jia Na, who was closest to the fissure, reacted first. Almost instantly, Flame Guardian was summoned by Jia Na, then transformed into an orange-yellow fire net, blocking the Vampire Bats.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang—”
As Jia Na made her move, Andre-Green and Hugh-Stone, who were also squatting next to her, acted simultaneously.
With a flash of large flames, more than a dozen fireballs, trailing long fiery tails, accurately struck down the Vampire Bats about to bite the crowd, under Andre-Green's control.
“Be careful, more Vampire Bats are flying over there!”
Hugh-Stone, who had been holding up a golden shield to guard everyone nearby, discovered the black Vampire Bats surging from the horizon almost immediately.
And the direction these black Vampire Bats were flying from was Duling City, which they had only left a short while ago.
“Stop them!”
Looking at the black Vampire Bats approaching from the horizon, the Wizard Apprentices guarding the surroundings appeared one after another, then quickly cast their Wizardry.
And the residents of Duling City, protected by the Wizard Apprentices, also quickened their pace amidst screams of terror,
running into the vine passage.
“Whoosh bang—
—”
Just as the Wizard Apprentices continued to fight endlessly with the seemingly endless Vampire Bats, suddenly, a blue-white flare rapidly bloomed in the sky above the Academy.
“It's the retreat signal!”
Seeing the flare command, the White Coral Apprentices did not linger in battle and immediately retreated in unison into the vine passage,
closing the Academy entrance.
“The escort mission is finally over.”
Looking at the disheveled White Coral Apprentices around him, Hugh-Stone couldn't help but sigh to Jia Na next to him as he put away his shield.
“Yes, I hope Professor Grace's operation goes smoothly—
After Grace-Eva urgently finalized the emergency plan with the Formal Wizards from other Academies last night, the Wizard Apprentices of the three major Academies immediately received urgent notifications for guardian missions.
Among them, because Mist Tower did not need to accommodate residents, except for a few low-level First-rank Apprentices, almost all other Second and Third-rank Apprentices were dispatched, divided into two teams, to support the guardian missions of White Coral and Black Bone Forest—
At this moment, inside Duling City.
Just as Grace-Eva had predicted last night, shortly after Ilianna disappeared last night, the Dark Sun Church's arrangements in Duling City were activated ahead of schedule, and overwhelming black Vampire Bats had already surrounded the entire city layer by layer.
Green leaves withered, vitality faded.
Even the tree trunks, under the erosion of plague and pollution, turned a lifeless gray-black, just like the trees outside the Magic Tower Barrier, their vitality severed.
“Damn it, where did all these Vampire Bats come from!”
Inside Duling City, some extraordinary individuals who had not gone to the Wizard Academies for refuge were currently gathered in a tavern, continuously hacking at the Vampire Bats trying to enter from the doorway with enchanted weapons.
“These bastards from the Mercenary Guild dared to release such a treacherous mission, this is simply leading people to their deaths!”
After barely locking the main door, Harry, the captain of the Black Thorn Mercenary Squad, was currently leaning on the ground with his longsword, panting and cursing loudly with lingering fear.
“Shh, are you trying to die? The Wizard adults are still outside!”
Hearing Harry's unrestrained words, Fleece, who had half-elf blood and was standing nearby, immediately stepped forward to stop him.
“Did I say anything wrong? What I said was the truth—
“Look quickly—”
Just as Harry was refuting Fleece with an unconvinced expression, suddenly, a startled cry directly interrupted him.
“The sky—it's dark!”
