Chapter 32 Tracking Mission Part 2

It's not like high-rise and luxury buildings, and there are so many people walking along the street. Lucas and his two friends are in a slum area on the outskirts of Illois City. Several people were walking hastily along the roadside. The flying vehicles here weren't as good as those in the city center.

For example, Lucas saw a flying car with faded and peeling blue paint. Not to mention, the flying car just stopped in the middle of a fairly quiet street, so only two or three cars behind it stopped immediately. On the outskirts of Illois, inequality is everywhere.

It wasn't just the three of them who went to the slums. A girl with brown hair in a ponytail wore round glasses that covered her small face with super thick and slightly large glasses. The girl was carrying a small rectangular object, a tablet, in her hand.

If he could remember. When they finished their sparring session, Professor Bathilda asked them to meet her in her office. Two people were already waiting for them in Professor Bathilda's office.

The man is tall and has a handsome face with a warm smile. The other is a second year student.

Lucas, Peter and Cloe are still in first grade, and first graders are not supposed to go on missions. Only second and third year students are allowed to go on mandatory missions from the Academic Head, apart from students who are in the upper levels with wizard ranks of grade 5 and grade 3. First-year students do not have a rank yet, so it is not recommended that they do missions.

"Actually, this is just an old rule that we still live by. Young wizards like you have great potential, so there is no need to take exams just to get a rank. By doing missions, you can potentially get a rank."

Professor Abbe exhaled slowly, a wrinkle visible on his face. "The leaders in the government still insist on old regulations, making it difficult for young wizards to develop. Violating the academic and governmental code of ethics. The sanctions are very severe. However, the academic head is working on it. The missions or tasks done by wizards are very useful to help wizards and non-wizards. Do you mind?"

The three looked at each other. Lucas saw that his two friends didn't protest at all. They nodded their heads in unison.

"Okay. This is your first mission and it is not official, at least you will be accompanied by Lisa. She is a second year student, a grade 5 wizard, and I will supervise you. This mission is not that dangerous, you will explore and find out the cause of the dark magic beast that attacked the people in Illois City. You can definitely do it."

Lucas still remembers the conversation a few hours ago. Now he and his two friends and a second grader are helping them complete their first mission.

"I should have been on the mission with my two friends. Because there are other things that can't be postponed or passed on to other second graders. No problem at all. Professor Abbe put you on this mission, and besides, I like you a lot."

They continued along the streets on the outskirts of the city. I got the first hint that the possibility of the dark magic beast came from here. Lucas himself doesn't really know, and there are still questions in his head.

"Dark magical beasts usually do not appear in urban, densely populated areas. They usually attack in specific places, such as forests, suburban areas, or small villages. Dark magical beasts have existed for thousands of years, but in the past they were called magical beasts because their magical aura felt like that of ordinary animals. The war in the past and the release of the dark mist probably caused the magic beasts to become dark magic beasts."

Lucas listened to Lisa's explanation. Everything the girl said was true, Professor Bathilda had once explained about the dark magical beast. Just a glance and not too detailed, for someone who had just joined as a wizard.

When dark magical beasts attacked people on the streets, Lucas felt a different mana aura. It was very dark and dense, unlike pure mana aura.

"We have arrived."

Lucas stopped his footsteps, his eyes looking at an unkempt four-story building. The paint on the walls was peeling, several windows were cracked and broken. As he walked inside, the door handle fell out of place as Lisa opened the door. The girl just smiled a little, Cloe was alert and Peter's face looked very pale.

The aura in the building was very dark and frightening. This is not ghost extermination or paranormal activity. In this modern era, such mystical things still exist, and usually non-wizards believe that empty buildings are haunted.

"It is not that difficult and there is always a correct explanation. There really aren't any ghosts if we don't understand it correctly. Just like humans have powers called magic and mana, people usually call us witches because we can use magic powers. But unfortunately, even though I'm a wizard, I can't use any magic element techniques, only magic techniques."

Lucas stopped his steps. He hadn't expected that Lisa couldn't use Magic Element techniques. The girl didn't pay any attention and was busy with the tablet in her hand when a hologram screen suddenly appeared in the air. Besides, the hologram screen can be moved left and right. More and more advanced technology makes it easier for people to do their jobs.

The hologram screen displayed a map of the entire building they entered. It was a four-story building, with several rooms on each floor. It takes a long time to check something. Lisa took something out of her small bag and handed over a smaller flat object, like a thin silver plate. The object was given to Cloe.

"From here we will split into two groups. Cloe and Peter, you will explore the first and second floors. Lucas and I will explore the third and fourth floors. I made this thing into a mana sensor. It detects body temperature and mana aura. All you need is a little channeled mana and it works perfectly. The same advanced tool that non-wizards have." Lisa explained in detail, teaching them both how to use the object.

From here, Lucas separated from his two friends. He and Lisa climbed the stairs to the third floor. On the second floor, Lisa pointed the tablet left and right. Like a VCR, a green light glowed at the end of the screen.

"It's nothing. We'll go to the third floor, let them go on the second floor."

Lucas followed Lisa up the stairs to the third floor. Once again the girl pointed to the screen and it turned yellow. Lisa explained at the beginning that the colors that glow on the hologram screen are sensors. The green color meant that there were no traces of any existence, the yellow color meant that there might be traces, and the red color meant that there were not only traces, but the possibility of something alive.

There were ten rooms in each corridor on the third floor, and they checked them one by one.

"You really can't use magic element techniques?" Lucas asked. He was interested in such a thing, but on the other hand, he saw academic students ridiculing him and insulting him as a wizard who couldn't use elemental magic techniques.

In the third room Lucas and Lisa entered, the hologram screen glowed green. Indicates that there are no tracks at all.

"Wizards who enter the Magic Academy are those who can use magic element techniques and magic techniques. Since ancient times, wizards have always been proud of their magic element techniques by manipulating the elements and increasing their attack power. Now, martial arts techniques and weapon techniques have emerged. Very efficient in fighting and channeling mana power. Those who cannot use magical elemental techniques are ostracized, just like wizards who are born into non-wizarding families. I come from a non-wizard family, both my parents are non-wizards."

This world is a bit small, and Lucas meets someone who has something in common with him. Can't use elemental magical techniques and comes from a non-wizard family.