Chapter 349 : Red-Level Mission
Chapter 349: Red-Level Mission
The back mountain of White Coral Academy was usually used for growing fruit trees, vegetables, corn, and other crops.
It covered a vast area and was an ideal site for the strategic relocation of residents from the southern district of Turin.
It was currently summer, the season when crops grew abundantly.
However, as Janna entered the back mountain, she realized that all the vegetation there lacked vitality.
Instead, the entire mountain was filled with a sense of death and desolation.
"Professor Uta, you asked for me."
In fact, the moment Janna stepped into the back mountain, her innate talent 【Danger Perception】 had already issued a spiritual warning.
Just as she instinctively wanted to flee, the look Professor Uta gave her made her stop in her tracks.
"The 【White Bone Medal】 the Headmaster gave you—do you still have it?"
Janna had just come to a stop when she heard this seemingly out-of-nowhere question.
Her heart tightened slightly, and she nodded quite honestly.
"Good, then take this ring too——consider it your advance mission reward from me."
As he spoke, Uta handed Janna an ancient ring engraved with a hexagram.
"Mission—reward?"
Looking at the hexagram ring in her hand, a ridiculous guess rapidly formed in Janna’s mind.
"This ring is called 【Stellar Guardian】.
Its effect is the same as the 【White Bone Medal】 given to you by Headmaster Anthony—
It’s a one-time-use protective Witch Tool—"
Ding—
Just as Janna’s mind was still dazed, the crisp System Notification sound rang in her head without warning.
【Today's Mission: Stop the Ritual of Divine Descension by the Darksun Church.
Mission Rewards: 1000 Talent EXP, 3000 Skill EXP, 3 random rewards;
Time Limit: None.】
Seeing the red text on her Quest Panel, Janna’s eyelids twitched wildly.
"In addition to that, I’ll also personally reward you with advanced knowledge related to 《Guardian Studies》—
Of course, that’s only after you complete the mission."
Hearing the voice beside her ear, Janna’s attention quickly shifted back from the Quest Panel to what Professor Uta was saying.
The repeatedly mentioned mission naturally made her associate it with the red-level mission the System had just issued.
"Professor Uta, the mission you’re about to give me——it wouldn’t happen to be about stopping the Darksun Church’s Divine Descension Ritual, would it?"
"Exactly."
Seeing that Janna had guessed the mission content, a look of approval flashed across Professor Uta’s seemingly kind face.
"Do you really think a Third Tier Wizard Apprentice like me can handle this mission?"
"There’s no one more suitable than you."
Unknowingly, Janna realized that she and Professor Uta were now surrounded by a semi-oval Barrier.
The two of them, isolated inside the Barrier, seemed to have vanished into thin air.
No matter how loud they spoke, the surrounding residents didn’t notice them at all.
"So it’s a composite Barrier with both soundproofing and invisibility effects—"
After quickly observing Uta’s Barrier technique, Janna focused her attention to carefully listen to the mission details.
"Cough cough——Sister, my throat really hurts, and my back too——"
Beside a bush on the back mountain, a boy around eight or nine years old was lying on the lap of a short-haired girl, coughing violently.
"Sean, hang in there a little longer.
The Wizard will be here soon——cough cough!"
Just like her younger brother Sean who was infected, Jenny was also running a high fever.
She forced her eyes open with sheer willpower.
Jenny and Sean were orphans from the welfare home in Turin’s southern district.
A year ago, their parents had died tragically during a large-scale attack by Shadow Creatures.
And now, the same situation had occurred again.
Only this time, what was robbing them of life wasn’t Shadow Creatures—but an unexpected plague.
"Kaa—"
Just as the two were on the verge of passing out, a sharp bird cry helped Jenny barely raise her head.
Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a slender figure in a green Wizard Robe walking toward them side by side with a beautiful bird bathed in milky white light.
"Vmm——"
A soft white glow slowly bloomed from Janna’s palm.
With a shift of her thoughts, hundreds of magic threads formed by Purifying Power surged like flowing water into the bodies of Jenny and Sean.
"As expected, the plague is spreading even faster."
After using the Celestial Finch’s Purifying Power to expel the plague contamination from Jenny and Sean, Janna wasted no time transforming the Purifying Power into plant-type magical particles.
Then, she cast the 【Organ Restoration】 Witchcraft to heal their near-failing bodies.
"If I had arrived even a moment later, these two would’ve died right here."
Letting out a long sigh, Janna withdrew her magic after completing the treatment.
"Sister, is this person an angel from the 『Bible』?"
Awakened by Janna’s healing, Sean tugged Jenny’s arm and asked in a whisper, his eyes fixed on the holy light in Janna’s hand.
"Don’t talk nonsense, this is a noble Wizard—"
With hearing far sharper than ordinary people, Janna naturally caught their whispered conversation.
But with her face hidden under her hood, she simply curled the corner of her lips.
"Looks like the faith of the 【Holy Realm of Heaven】 is spreading far wider than I expected."
In the 【Material Plane】, Wizards had always been respected above all.
However, the ruling Wizards never restricted ordinary people from having their own beliefs.
Of course, the object of faith couldn’t be a deity hostile to the 【Material Plane】 or to Wizards—
The most prominent example being the Darksun Church.
At that thought, after treating the last two children suffering from severe plague symptoms, Janna's gaze shifted toward a baby cradled in a woman’s arms among the crowd.
"So the root of all this disaster… lies with him——"
An hour ago, Janna had accepted a grueling mission from Professor Uta.
Its content was to use the power of the 【Law of Growth Fragment】 to make the plants throughout the back mountain flourish as much as possible.
The goal wasn’t to stop the arrival of the “Evil God,” but to protect as many people as possible.
Because of Grace Eva’s mistaken judgment, the true “Evil God’s Vessel” had entered White Coral Academy together with the residents of Turin’s southern district.
However, due to the restrictions of the Magic Tower’s laws, the prematurely awakened “Evil God” couldn’t easily reveal its identity.
It could only recover its power by absorbing the life force of surrounding living beings.