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"Academy's emblem? Is that an apprentice?" Freya frowned slightly, looking at the boy being grabbed and feeling somewhat incredulous.
It should be noted that Aelgreen Wizard Academy is a top-tier Wizard Organization even in the war-torn Dis Mountain Range, known for its fierce combat. Otherwise, it wouldn't have plundered so many Resource Points and territories.
Even the apprentices within the academy primarily rely on hunting missions to obtain Magic Stones.
To think that so soon, someone would set their sights on the academy's apprentices.
As Freya's carriage approached, the bandits clearly noticed her. They quickly covered the boy's mouth and stuffed him into a prepared bag, ignoring the two corpses on the ground, trying to leave as if nothing had happened.
Freya drove the carriage, quietly observing their actions with her pure blue eyes.
However, as they passed by Freya, a faint sound of wind brushed lightly by.
The two leading bandits suddenly clutched their necks, their eyes wide open in shock as they slowly knelt and fell down.
"What?! Who is it?!"
This sudden death immediately alerted the nearby bandits, who shouted and scanned their surroundings, without suspecting Freya who was merely passing by.
After all, a seemingly ordinary sixteen or seventeen-year-old frail girl would not raise any suspicion of danger.
The Black Carriage suddenly stopped. Freya stepped down from the carriage with her unsheathed Cross Sword. Her calm gaze seemed detached from the situation, but the bloodstains on the Cross Sword were particularly glaring.
Watching the bandits still searching for the 'unknown' assailant, Freya felt a sudden amusement inside.
Most of these individuals were merely at the level of ordinary soldiers, with only one who appeared to be their leader being at Knight Level. They couldn't sense the dangerous aura emanating from Freya at all.
However, even when facing these mortals, Freya had no intention of showing mercy.
Her expression unchanged, her figure suddenly moved from where she stood, a clear afterimage accompanied by the sound of rushing wind surged toward the group of bandits.
Whoosh...
Like a bird slicing through the air, moments later, Freya returned to the carriage holding the bag containing the boy.
Behind the carriage lay several bandit corpses, each with distinct marks of blood around their necks.
Freya, the Great Knight's speed, left these people unable to see who their enemy was before their lives ended.
Inside the carriage, Freya untied the bag's rope. The boy inside appeared to have fainted from fear, with two streaks of tears still on his cheeks.
Freya reached out and felt around him. Soon, a black pouch was retrieved.
Casually tossing the boy into the carriage with a thud, Freya opened the pouch and rummaged through it.
A few gold coins, two shards of Magic Stone, a green token, and a damaged Communication Ring.
Freya took out the green token and examined it; it represented Plant Energy identity from the academy.
Aside from these items, there was nothing else in the pouch.
Freya glanced at it and simply put everything back into the pouch before tossing it back into the carriage.
"Has the stationed wizard of Katia fallen to the point where ordinary people can bully him?"
She had sensed that this boy was merely a First-Class Apprentice, but even if he was weak, he was still a member of Elgreen Academy.
Freya vaguely felt that the situation among the wizards stationed at Katia was somewhat delicate.
Two hours later.
Freya's Black Carriage finally arrived at the first city of Aguia, named Danmar.
The city streets were calm and peaceful. Pedestrians in simple clothing, houses of varying heights, and Shops lining both sides of the road. Occasional sounds of vendors calling out could be heard.
This city, untouched by the ravages of war, had a comforting atmosphere.
"Freya, did you know? The main products of Danmar are ceramics and crops like wheat. Most of the ceramics we use in our academy are transported from here," the boy, now awake, pointed to a pottery shop while introducing the general features of the city.
"Is that so?" Freya replied absently, her eyes inadvertently scanning a frail man behind the carriage.
As if he noticed he was being watched, the man's figure quickly flickered among the crowd before disappearing.
After the boy woke up, she had also clarified with him about the situation at Katia Outpost and the reason for his attack.
Perhaps because Aguia was merely an area for ordinary people, Elgreen Academy did not pay as much attention to it as they did to other Resource Points. Consequently, some members of various Wizard Organizations sought to intervene. Although they did not dare to confront a large organization like Elgreen openly, their actions were relentless.
This led to instances of brazenly robbing apprentices as a form of extortion.
Watching the people who had been following them disappear, Freya withdrew her gaze and suddenly asked the boy who was enthusiastically introducing himself.
"Bert, do you know what organization those people who kidnapped you belong to?"
"Well..." The boy named Bert scratched his head, his face turning red from embarrassment. "It should be a band of thieves called 'Red Eagle.' I've been robbed by them three times in the past two months. When Teacher Sara was still healthy, this kind of thing never happened. It's only because she got injured in an experimental accident six months ago that... If it weren't for Count Romando..."
Freya quietly listened to Bert's account, gaining some understanding in her heart.
It turned out that the 'Red Eagle' band of thieves was not part of the Wizard Organization; they were merely a powerful underground force in the community that took advantage of the situation when the Official Wizard Saradin fell. Count Romando was evidently a local noble affiliated with Elgreen Academy.
However, Freya felt little sense of responsibility regarding this situation, as her arrival here was essentially a form of expulsion.
Bert, on the other hand, clearly did not know what Freya was thinking. Knowing that he had been saved by her and realizing that this senior from the academy headquarters was a formidable Third-Rank Apprentice, all his hopes seemed to rest on her.
He had left Katia to seek help from other stationed wizards but had been intercepted by Red Eagle before he could reach them, which led to the scene Freya witnessed.
Although she could sense Bert's expectations of her, Freya did not respond. She kept her gaze fixed ahead and casually found an inn to stop the carriage.
If Katia did not have what she needed, she would choose to leave directly. (To be continued)
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