"What else?" Chen Heng asked the Apprentice.
"There is also the matter regarding that Half-Elf female Apprentice," the Apprentice thought for a moment before saying, "That Half-Elf female Apprentice kidnapped many academies' students, but no one knows why.
"Recently, she even kidnapped the Hunter's House's genius, Ed Doyle."
When mentioning the Half-Elf female Apprentice, there was a hostile look on his face.
Looking at his expression, Chen Heng thought to himself.
"Has news of this spread around?" Chen Heng asked.
The Apprentice nodded and replied, "Of course. This matter has already spread quite far; the Hunter's House has stated that anyone who can rescue Ed Doyle will be awarded a magic tool."
"A magic tool?" Chen Heng could not help but feel quite surprised.
"That's right," the Apprentice said with a look of admiration, "A real magic tool. It's said that this is a prize from Ed Doyle's teacher, the master of magic tool creation, Charlie.
"During this period of time, many Sorcerers have headed to the Black Forest to try out their luck."
He sounded a bit disappointed—it seemed that if it wasn't for the fact that his strength was not enough, even he would have tried to go look for that Half-Elf Sorcerer.
Looking at this young Apprentice, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head and asked some more questions.
Following this, he took out a magic stone and gave it to the Apprentice.
After watching the delighted Apprentice walk away, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he sank into his thoughts.
Many things had happened in this region recently.
Putting aside his situation, the war in the north was quite surprising.
Chen Heng had never expected Mogow Academy to attack other academies.
However, since this had happened, it needed to be dealt with.
Fortunately, that would not affect this place for some time.
The region they were in was quite vast and Mogow Academy was to the north-western area, and it was quite far away from Helo City.
Chen Heng would not have to worry too much about this for now.
As for the Hunter's House looking for Chen Heng, he was not too surprised about this.
After all, he was the Hunter's House's genius,and Charlie's only student. He was hailed as a future master of magic tool creation.
For someone like him to be kidnapped, even if the Hunter's House was just trying to protect its image, it had to immediately act.
Otherwise, it would be looked down on by other Sorcerers.
"Things are becoming more and more troublesome…"
Walking on the street, Chen Heng lightly sighed as he thought to himself.
Following this, he continued to walk on.
Time gradually passed.
After resting in Helo City for a few days and getting some more information about the situation, Chen Heng began to hitchhike towards the Hunter's House.
Soon, he reached the outer regions of the Hunter's House.
"Thank goodness…"
At the gates of the Hunter's House, seeing that Chen Heng was unharmed, Langor looked delighted, "Thank the Sorcerer King that you are fine."
"I've made you all worry," Chen Heng said as he smiled, "I'm fine."
"Ordo and Michael will definitely be overjoyed to see you back," Langor said with a slight smile.
"What happened to them?" Chen Heng asked.
"They're still at the Black Forest, looking for you," Langor said as he lightly sighed.
Following this, he told Chen Heng about the things that had happened in the academy recently.
That day, after Ordo and Michael had returned, Charlie had flown into a fit of fury, and he had almost turned them into experimental subjects.
In the end, it was Ariel who had saved them by sending them to the Black Forest to search for Chen Heng.
Right now, they were most likely still looking for him there.
Hearing the information from Langor, Chen Heng was calm and was not too surprised.
This was how it was between Sorcerers—apart from special circumstances, higher-grade Sorcerers essentially had the right to determine the life and death of lower-grade Sorcerers.
For a true Sorcerer like Charlie, if he wanted to and had sufficient reason, he could kill these two Third Rank Apprentices without retribution.
No one would dare to speak out, nor would anyone care.
Apart from their families, no one else would even feel hateful.
This was the cruel side of the Sorcerer World.
From the beginning, Chen Heng knew that something terrible might happen to Ordo and Michael.
After he had been captured by Yana, they would most likely be held accountable. If things didn't go well, they might lose their lives.
For them to be able to stay alive was already quite good.
Despite thinking this, Chen Heng did not show it on the surface.
"Please apologize to Ordo and Michael for me…"
He looked quite apologetic as he spoke, "I feel quite guilty that such a thing happened to them because of me. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will make it up to them…"
His expression was very sincere, making Langor feel quite surprised.
"It wasn't your fault."
Looking at the sincere expression on Chen Heng's face, he waved his hand and said, "If they knew that you came back safely, they would be very happy. There's no need for you to feel guilty."
It instead became Langor comforting Chen Heng.
They chatted for a while when they heard footsteps draw close from the distance.
Hearing those footsteps, Chen Heng turned and felt quite surprised.
Charlie was wearing a black robe, looking incredibly worried as he hurried over.
Charlie had been notified by Langor.
As soon as Chen Heng had arrived back at the Hunter's House, Langor had sent someone to let the true Sorcerers in the academy know.
Hearing this, Charlie had immediately hurried over.
"Ed, my student!"
He strode forwards, looking quite emotional as he looked at Chen Heng.
He did not hesitate and directly gave Chen Heng a hug.
"Teacher…"
Looking at Charlie like this, Chen Heng looked like he felt quite guilty.
"There's no need to say anything."
Looking at Chen Heng, Charlie smiled and said, "For you to be able to return safely, that is enough.
"These days, I have been hoping for your return every day," he said as he patted Chen Heng's shoulder.
Even though Chen Heng was somewhat putting on a show, Charlie truly took Chen Heng as his beloved student.
Perhaps it was because he did not have any children or any other students, he put much of his efforts in Chen Heng. He taught all of his knowledge to Chen Heng and fully treated him as his legatee.
As such, their relationship was not ordinary.
Ordinary Sorcerer teachers and students could not be compared to them.
"Teacher." Looking at Charlie, Chen Heng was about to say something, but Charlie waved his hand, stopping him.
"We can talk about other things after we get back."
Looking at Chen Heng, Charlie's expression suddenly became dark as he said, "Where is that shameless Half-Elf Apprentice? I want to capture her and burn her with magic flames; only then will I be satisfied!"
Evidently, he was incredibly furious towards the culprit behind Chen Heng's kidnapping, wanting to turn her into his experimental subject.
However, he was going to be disappointed.
Looking at Charlie, Chen Heng shook his head, "She has already left."
"Left?"
Charlie felt quite surprised, "She has already left from the Black Forest?"
"No…" Chen Heng shook his head, about to explain, when more footsteps sounded out.
A woman wearing red robes, with beautiful looks, slowly walked over from the distance.
It was the Hunter's House Vice Principal, Ariel.
Evidently, it was not just Charlie who had heard about Chen Heng's return; even Ariel had heard about it.
She was only a bit slower than Charlie.
"What do you mean she left?" she frowned as she asked.
"That will take some time to explain…" Chen Heng sighed as he looked at Ariel.
Soon, they left from this place and went elsewhere.
They were standing within a large hall.
"So you mean to say that the Half-Elf Apprentice was not from this region?"
Hearing Chen Heng's explanation, Ariel frowned, "She came from another Sorcerer gathering place?"
"That's right," Chen Heng's expression was respectful as he looked at Ariel and nodded.
By now, he had told them about most of the things that had happened.
Of course, he did not tell them about going into the Moon Elf King's tomb.
"No wonder there was no information about her in the past…"
Charlie gave a cold laugh, "So she was an Elf who came from another Sorcerer gathering place."
As true Sorcerers, they all knew that this was not the only Sorcerer gathering place in this region.
There were many Sorcerer gathering places in the foggy regions, and they were more powerful than the Sorcerers here.
As such, they were naturally able to accept where Yana had come from.
"It's a pity." Ariel sighed and looked quite disappointed, "It would have been good to capture this Half-Elf Apprentice.
"The region she is from is most likely more advanced than ours; if we could have interrogated her, we might have been able to obtain some knowledge and skills from that other region. It's a pity that she was able to escape in the end."
Hearing her words, Charlie also looked somewhat disappointed.
As a true Sorcerer, he also understood the value hidden in Yana's body.
Because of different developmental paths, different Sorcerer gathering places often developed different magic skills.
Some problems in some regions would be able to be easily resolved in other regions.
As someone who came from another Sorcerer gathering place, Yana most likely had that Sorcerer gathering place's skills and knowledge.
To Charlie and Ariel, those things were priceless treasures.
What a pity…
Thinking to there, they could not help but feel dispirited.
Seeing them like this, Chen Heng thought for a moment before taking some things out.
He showed the magic skill frameworks that Yana had taught him to the two of them.
Of course, he did not tell them about the Legacy Stone.
He had just shown them some things to reveal his value and make them take him more seriously.
However, if the value of the things he took out were too great, it would be difficult to explain it.
Chen Heng would not do such a thing.
However, even if he did not take out the Legacy Stone, just those magic skill frameworks were enough for Charlie and Ariel to feel delighted.
"These are very interesting magic skills."
They listened to Chen Heng's explanations seriously before falling into their thoughts, "Some things are quite different to how we think. That is most likely the key."
They pondered over these magic skills and got much out of them, making them look quite happy.
"Very good."
Looking at Chen Heng, Charlie and Ariel looked delighted, "Ed, you've given us great help this time. As your reward, you can ask for anything you want."
Ariel spoke with a big smile as she waved her hand.
The two of them did not doubt the magic skill frameworks that Chen Heng had taken out—such a thing had happened in the past before.
The students who had been kidnapped by that Half-Elf Apprentice in the past had all taken away some things.
It was just that what they gained could not be compared to what Chen Heng had gained.
This showed the difference in talent between them.
At the very least, not every person could grasp completely new magic skill frameworks in just a few days.
For Chen Heng to be able to do such a thing was enough for them to marvel at.
As a reward for Chen Heng, Ariel used her rights as the Vice Principal to allow him to request anything that he wanted.
As such, Chen Heng did not hold back and requested some limited and valuable information.
Within the Hunter's House, there were many magic skills and information that were restricted; only those who had made great contributions to the academy could access them.
This time, Ariel gave Chen Heng the rights to access those resources.
Both sides were very satisfied.
Following this, Chen Heng began to ask about Mogow Academy.
"The war has indeed begun."
Ariel did not hide anything to Chen Heng and said, "Moreover, it is more intense than many people had thought. Right now, the northwest has become incredibly chaotic.
"A large number of mortals have died, and a few mortal kingdoms have perished.
"From how things look right now, it is not clear when the war will end."
She paused before looking at Chen Heng and saying, "However, don't worry, Ed. The war will not affect us here for the time-being. At the very least, there will not be much chaos around the Hunter's House's area. You can stay here and be at ease."
Hearing her words, Chen Heng did not say much and only nodded.
After staying here for a while and hearing about the northwest from Charlie and Ariel, Chen Heng left.
After this, his life returned to normal.
After returning to the Hunter's House, many of Chen Heng's friends heard about him returning, and the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated.
As for Ordo and Michael, they were soon summoned back and did not have to continue staying in the Black Forest.
Everything became calm again.
In the following days, Chen Heng went about as usual, studying magic tool creation, working hard at Meditation, and gathering magic power.
However, compared to before, after going to the Moon Elf King's tomb, he had much more things to do.
Soon, one month passed.
