Chapter 283 : “Monster” Janna
Chapter 283: “Monster” Janna
“Ding—” Before Janna could even finish her sentence, the mission completion chime rang in her mind.
【Today's Mission: Complete one apprentice-level combat;
Mission Reward: 100 Talent EXP, 500 Skill EXP, Mental Power +0.1.】
Seeing the reward of Mental Power on the mission panel, Janna couldn't help but feel a hint of joy.
It had been a while since the system had issued any missions that rewarded 【Mental Power】.
If she remembered correctly, the last time she was rewarded 【Mental Power】 was when she completed the mission “Read ten books.”
“It’s getting late. We should head back.”
Seeing Janna trail off mid-sentence, Richard-Eva, assuming she didn’t want to reveal too much about her talents, wisely held back his curiosity and refrained from asking further.
“Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone about what happened today.”
Janna, who had just closed the mission panel, was briefly startled when she suddenly heard Richard-Eva’s words.
She quickly realized that Richard-Eva had misunderstood her abrupt silence earlier as a desire to keep things private.
“It’s fine. I never intended to hide any of this. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen this place for the duel.”
Whether it was the A-grade 【Witch Talents】 or the fact that an apprentice had already mastered a 【Law Fragment】, everything would be revealed by the academy's “Detection Crystal Ball” at the end of the semester. It was impossible to keep such things hidden intentionally.
Besides, ever since she entered the academy, Janna had never planned to “play the pig to eat the tiger.”
As someone who started as a white-clad apprentice, she had to perform exceptionally well to earn the academy’s fullest allocation of resources.
Moreover, even if other wizard families outside the academy came to know about this, Janna didn’t care—in fact, she welcomed it.
After all, adult social interactions were always driven by motives, especially among wizard families.
Though Janna had no intention of joining a wizard family, she wasn’t against cooperating with them or with outstanding apprentices from such families.
After all, when it came to “resources,” it wasn’t just about money—connections, knowledge, and environment were just as vital.
So, Janna never shunned socializing, nor did she hide her excellence.
“My original B-grade 【Plant Affinity】 talent had already been upgraded to A-grade 【Nature Affinity】 a few days ago. That makes it my second A-grade talent.”
Hearing Janna admit this herself, Richard-Eva, who thought he had grown numb, still felt a jolt through his chest like an electric shock.
“You really are a monster—”
After marveling again, Richard-Eva added sincerely:
“So it’s only natural that I lost to you.”
With that remark, the frustration on Richard-Eva’s face eased, replaced by composure.
Double A-grade talents, two Contracted Creatures with power equivalent to third-tier apprentices, plus three 【Law Fragments】—
And among those, one was even from the top-tier 【Subordinate Laws】 under the 【Primary Laws】 of 【Nature and Life Laws】—the 【Growth Law Fragment】.
Even though Richard-Eva’s apprentice level was one tier higher than Janna’s, in the face of such overwhelming conditions, that difference now seemed insignificant—
“My ability to master the 【Blood Law Fragment】 this time is all thanks to you. If you hadn’t saved that Deep Sea Mermaid for me, I wouldn’t have obtained the top-quality 【Blood Source Essence】 needed for bloodline purification.”
Richard-Eva’s enlightenment with the 【Blood Law Fragment】 had been purely by chance. On the very day he received the top-quality 【Blood Source Essence】 from Atlantis, he entered a closed cultivation state to conduct the bloodline purification ritual.
And during that ritual, something—he wasn’t sure what—triggered an extraordinary state of enlightenment.
This epiphany lasted nearly an hour. When he awoke, Richard-Eva discovered that his 【Vampire Bat】 bloodline had unknowingly advanced to 【Bloodline Baron】.
At the same time, on his Tree of the Witch, a new crimson fruit symbolizing the 【Blood Law Fragment】 had grown.
This sudden joy struck his heart like a heavy hammer.
A tide of exhilaration washed away all the bitterness of years of being overlooked by his family.
“This was all your own opportunity, senior. It had nothing to do with me—I only did it to complete a mission.”
After jumping down from the combat training ground, the battle traces were quickly restored by the Earth-elemental magic patterns.
“You truly are far-sighted.”
Watching the combat ground, which had looked like a vine jungle moments ago, return to normal, Richard-Eva couldn’t help but compliment Janna.
“And it’s true, despite how long we fought, no one passed by this place.”
By all logic, with such commotion, someone should have come to watch the excitement.
Yet even after the fight ended, not a single onlooking apprentice had appeared near the training ground.
“After all, many people’s weekends are even busier than their weekdays—”
Just like Janna in her first year. To avoid missing class during regular weekdays, she always chose to complete missions on weekends.
Sometimes the missions were so troublesome that she’d be busy until late at night.
So Janna understood very well those white-clad apprentices who had to constantly take missions just to cover daily expenses.
Thankfully, Janna had made it through and had barely achieved financial freedom.
“Want to go out for another bite? We didn’t have a proper meal at Acorn House earlier—”
“Of course, no problem.”
Before long, the Dordogne-White Tower Trial would officially begin.
Given Richard-Eva’s current mastery of a 【Law Fragment】, along with his already solid strength, passing the White Tower Trial would no longer be difficult.
Moreover, the White Tower's training was closed-door. Once Richard-Eva entered, it would be hard for them to meet again.
So while there was still time, Janna didn’t want to spoil Richard-Eva’s mood to treat her to a meal.
And when Janna eventually entered the Dordogne-White Tower herself, who knew—she might need Richard-Eva’s help then.
“Heh, that’s rare. I thought you were going to use the excuse of ‘having to return to the dorm to preview tomorrow’s lessons’ to turn me down again this time—”