12 Chapter 12: First Bug Killed!

Seely's true purpose of acquiring that crossbow was for the purpose of getting experience so that he can level up. He didn't dare use the magic crystal yet since its importance in a magus academy is like money itself and having insufficient "money" on this trip to become a Magus will sooner or later hinder then from progressing so unless it's an emergency or if they can acquire more magic crystals, they must save up their crystals for important things only.

The crossbow is useful because according to the 9th charpter some small and big fry would hinder our away and guess who will stopped their tracks. Meeeeee. With the system acquiring the help of the functions from the A. I. Chip I could shoot arrows from afar without getting harmed. First in that list are the pack of wolves that will pass through. Second is the poisonous bug.

While Seely was thinking of how to efficiently kill those walking experience points, Leylin was doing his own thinking.

Leylin's reply to George's request wasn't an impulsive one. In fact, he had made this decision after careful deliberation.

With regards to the hidden dangers in the plains, he wasn't very knowledgeable about it. It's the same for Seely. So joining hands by cooperating would be a decent proposal.

Huuuuu

The cold wind descended upon the group and hit them in the face like knife blades. With each breath drawn, Leylin could smell the fragrant smell of grass.

"It's already been 15 days since we've entered the Great Plains of Death!"

Looking back at the carriages, Leylin could see some traces of damage on it, causing him to feel quite gloomy but somehow he felt that the gloomy atmosphere mostly came from his brother.

'Seely stop sulking. I already told you that there's no point in killing those direwolves since the black robed Knights could still handled them. Please understand that I had to knock you out because you were being stubborn on shooting those wolves. If George knew you were wasting arrows for things like this, he will take that crossbow back.'

'hmp? ...i know... but... ' My precious experience points. WHYYYYYYYYY?!?

I wish I could just get an item like those in the pokemon games called "Exp. Share". Then I could just relax while someone hunts everyone while I get to have a share of the experience points. Sigh.

The marks on the carriages were three different lines linked into one as if it was created by a single claw.

"The Great Plains of Death have dangers that even normal humans or even Preparatory Knights would have trouble with!" Leylin said.

After entering the plains, although the black and white robed lords had increased the number of patrols, and for the acolytes to band together, there had still been some casualties.

The marks on the carriages had been caused by a pack of plain direwolves. The very moment they had arrived, the carriages had suffered a siege.

Although there hadn't been any deaths, the pack of plain direwolves had nearly pushed over the carriages and damaged it, giving Leylin a deep impression of them.

From that moment onwards, the students didn't dare to camp outside and all tried to sleep in the carriages! But even with that, there had still been some casualties or there should have been.

[Congratulations for your first kill. The user killed a poisonous bug. You received 20 experienced points!]

Yes! I did it! 20? although it was just a small bug, it still have 20 experience points! Yesh!

Now I only need to gain 80 experience points and I'll have an aptitude of the the lowest rank and the inventory is finally going to be available even though it would only be a box that can contain 99 similar items and the distance of items I can store or release from the inventoey is 1 meter for Level 1. If I could reach up to level 10, then I can have 10 boxes that can store 99 similar items in each 10 boxes and have a store and release of items within a 10 meter distance. I could just move anything smaller than me anywhere I want depending on my level so I'm really excited. I once dreamed of this lazy encouragement ability. The inventory can also stop time inside it so food that you just cook will remain in that state even after an indefinite amount of time as long as you don't take it out and leave it to rot. The only downside is I can't store anything with life force including plants, humans and animals. Just imagine if I could make a collection of animals in my inventory system. I could basically build a zoo out of nothing but the system already said its impossible at my current state. That means it might be possible someday? Yayy for potentials and possibilities!

Although the black-robed Knights were guarding them, some of the youngsters still needed to go out to take care of their bodily needs. Alas, within the danger-filled Great Plains of Death, that meant danger.

One youth had been almost been bitten by a poisonous insect the very moment he stepped off the carriage. Luckily, in this timeline I was prepared to interfere and saved that poor boy while gaining experience from killing that poisonous bug.

"According to the calculations of the A.I Chip, the poison of the insect would corrode the brain within 13 seconds. There wouldn't be enough time for medical help if that youngster got bitten, and even the few white-robed Magus could only watch the youngster die…"

After that incident, the students would get off the carriage only when absolutely necessary. However, due to the small size of the carriage and the sheer number of people squeezed inside, the smell within was certainly unpleasant.

For the price of helping the black-robed Knights drive a carriage, Leylin was given the chance to get some fresh air.

Seely also took on the carriage driving job. He'd rather be out here with a fresh air rather than the suffocating smell of dirty sweat and wet armpits inside.

Although being on the outside of the carriage seemed to be more dangerous, with the black robed Knight right next to them, it was actually much safer.

As for the carriage driving skill? Leylin and Seely only had to listen to the black robed Knight for a short amount of time while the A.I chip/system recorded everything.

"It's getting dark! Everyone gather within the carriages to rest!"

A voice called out from the front, causing every single carriage to stop.

Not only was traveling at night dangerous, but it meant the horses did not have time to rest, which could lead to their deaths, and cause even more troubles.

"Your carriage driving skills are quite good!" The black robed Knight looked at Leylin and spoke softly.

"Thank you for your praise!" Leylin nodded.

Returning to the inside of the carriage, a fierce smell hit his nose the moment he opened the door. Leylin's eyebrows creased together, but seeing the stupefied looks on the students faces, he could only sigh to himself secretly.

Ever since the first casualty, none of the youths had a happy look, instead, there was a mournful atmosphere. This was another reason why Leylin did not like staying inside the carriage at all.

"Leylin, you're back!" A small freckled youngster forced out a smile as he greeted him.

"Yeah!" Leylin sat down and looked around before taking a piece of flatbread to gnaw on.

The dry piece of flatbread was chewed up inside his mouth, feeling as if he was chewing on sand. Despite its taste, Leylin managed to swallow the bread with great difficulty, but in doing so, he felt a sudden pain in his throat, prompting him to hurriedly take out his canteen and chug down a large amount of water. After he finally finished the entire piece of bread, he heaved a sigh of relief.

After entering the Great Plains of Death, supplies were hard to come by. Even though the students had some gold coins, there were no merchants around. So in this situation, the gold coins were not much better than mere stones.

"Ley….Leylin, what's the situation like? Just how many more days until we're out of this damned plains?"

After Leylin had finished eating, the freckled youth asked him a question.

His words were clearly what everyone wanted to know the answer, and drew everyone's attention as they turned to look towards Leylin.

"While driving the carriage, I talked with the black robed Knight. We've already traveled half the distance, so if everything goes well from here, we'll reach the coastlines in another half a month."

"Eh! Good god, there's still half a month more?! What terrible days these are, I can't even stand another single day in this place!"

The freckled youth began to pull at his hair as he complained.

"Hey, cheer up, Kassa. As long as you can take these 15 days, then you'll reach the coastlines. Delicious fruits, fluffy bread, not to mention a comfortable bed and a warm bathroom, all of it is waiting for you!"

Even as a youngster tried to cheer Kassa up, the words seemed to be trying to cheer himself up even more than Kassa.

Dong! Dong!

A rhythmic pattern could be heard as the doors to the carriage opened, revealing George. In his armor and carrying his long sword, George looked like a handsome Knight. "Hey, gentleman! Ladies! Break time is here! If you need to loosen up a bit, just come outside. If you don't, then please stay inside, after all, the outside is quite dangerous….

The carriage grew restless before a few red-faced girls looked at each other in the eye and walked out of the carriage.

Leylin shrugged his shoulders before grabbing his cross blade, "Let's go!"

As a member of the guards, he needed to protect these ladies. Even though all he could do was to maintain his vigilance and call out for the black robed Knight to come help them if any trouble arose.

"I…I won't go down this time!" Kassa spoke out from the side as he shivered.

"Fine then!" Leylin gestured to the rest to follow him out the carriage.

Landing softly on the grass, Leylin couldn't help but to stretch comfortably outside. A beautiful scenery stretched far beyond what his eye could see. If it weren't for the amount of danger in here, Leylin would have loved this sight.

"How beautiful!" George spoke out as he watched the setting sun.

"How beautiful indeed, but also dangerous!" Leylin muttered.

"There's danger everywhere my friend! Sickness, famine, war, the world is filled with dangers like these. To us, this area is a threat to our lives, but to the white-robed Magus, this is nothing more than like the garden back home!" George clenched at his sword.

"Are you trying to say that as long as you have strength, then you can obtain both freedom and safety?"

"Exactly! Take a look at Kassa, he has already lost his courage. On this road to power, he is lacking the spirit to face danger. Even if he were to safely arrive at the Magus academy, it is unlikely that he can become a Magus. After all, studying magic is a treacherous path that is a hundred times more difficult than this plain!"

George threw a rock far into the plains, "It's time to protect our beautiful treasures now!"

Seeing George walk away, Leylin had a smile on his face, "Courage? But for those chasing the truth, prudence is also a necessity!"

"A.I Chip! Initialize scanning!" Leylin thought.

Following the order, a three-dimensional scenery began to visualize within Leylin's head, showing off the vicinity of the nearby area.

Within the light blue geographical image, a cluster of white stars. These stars symbolized the students; not a single one of them seemed to be hurt.

It seemed his brother Seely didn't went inside the carriage and just waited outside until it was breaktime after helping one of the black robed Knight to drive the carriage, he let him stay there until break time is over at least.

As for the black robed Knight, he was a flashing red light. After the A.I Chip's analysis, it had recognized him as an existence that could threaten his host.

The final few carriages had the white-robed Magus within. Leylin didn't dare to try to use his A.I Chip to scan it in case its energy was detected and cause troubles for him.

Not too long after, every single nearby source of danger appeared within Leylin's mind.

"Even if it's a poisonous insect, they won't be able to escape the A.I Chip's scan! As of right now, this area is safe!"

This was a guarantee that Leylin could make.

Although he was a member of the guard, he would never do anything to put himself in harm's way.

With the A.I Chip, he had a firm grasp of everything happening in a 20 li radius, and this would be the biggest guarantee to their safety.

[Chapter 20 is now Available]

'Finally! I was getting bored of not doing anything. Not even looking at the surroundings can entertain me now. Let's see, according to the information transferred there should be-

oh no.. I need to warn Leylin... Wait... it's also an opportunity! Hmmm.. but safety first.

SYSTEM, LOCATE MY BROTHER THIS INSTANT!

[Locating. Leylin Farlier Located.]

I must hurry!