142: Special Rewards

"！！！"

Black Marsh heard these words and immediately looked up in shock.

But when it looked toward Gu Xun, Gu Xun had already returned to her usual self, withdrawing her hand to continue grinding herbs...

Black Marsh sensed something; after a few seconds of silence, it let out a cold, sinister laugh and lay quietly by Gu Xun's side, no longer moving...

Consultant was unaware of what happened in the dormitory.

He arrived at the classroom, and upon seeing Wang Xu's familiar poker face, he quickly became sleepy.

Waking up from his nap, half the day had already passed.

After Wang Xu's theoretical course, the afternoon session was dedicated to practical training.

However, it was a school after all, and since everyone's awakened profession was different, it was impossible for Consultant and the others in the class zero to spar with each other.

The so-called practical training was merely entering the training room to conduct individual practice for their awakened professions.

Consultant was actually quite interested in this kind of course.

For the two professions of Beast Tamer and Rune Master, Consultant had reached another bottleneck and it was basically impossible to make much progress just by practicing.

But the Magic Swordsman profession was different!

Consultant had always treated Magic Swordsman as his main offensive method.

However, because of the auxiliary skills inherent in his weapon, he had basically never seriously learned Magic Swordsman skills.

Fortunately, he had a companion who was very suitable for training together, and that was... Zhu Ming!

After the last academy competition, this cold-faced handsome guy had a noticeable change in attitude toward Consultant.

Although it wasn't yet at the level of the relationship between Consultant and Zuo Dao, as fellow Magic Swordsmen, they at least had something to talk about regarding their profession.

After closing the distance with Zhu Ming, Consultant discovered that he wasn't actually as cold as he appeared on the surface, and he was even quite generous in sharing his own experience.

During this time, Consultant not only obtained a lot of valuable information from Zhu Ming but even learned several exclusive Magic Swordsman skills!

Not only that, Consultant also learned that Zhu Ming was not actually a local of Dragon County either.

Even the famous Zhu family in Dragon County was just a side branch of the Zhu family.

This point did not surprise Consultant.

After all, from that legendary weapon of Zhu Ming's, the sword of night and fire, Consultant could have guessed that Zhu Ming's status was not ordinary.

After a day of studying, Consultant originally wanted to return to the dormitory, but he received news from the Bounty Guild.

He learned that the previous mission had been completely processed, so he immediately left the school and went to the Bounty Guild in Dragon County.

Everyone rescued by Consultant had already been taken in and registered by various cities.

As the number one hero of this search and rescue operation, although Consultant didn't want any grand award ceremony, the rewards that were due still had to be given.

When Consultant arrived at the Bounty Guild, he found it significantly busier than usual.

Many Bounty Hunters were talking about the search and rescue operation that Consultant had completed some time ago.

Fortunately, Consultant had already emphasized to the people at the Bounty Guild at the time that after the mission was completed, they should not mention his name or identity.

Otherwise, if he appeared here now, it would definitely cause a huge commotion.

Consultant struggled to pass through the alcohol-reeking people at the entrance and came to the counter, tapping lightly on the table.

"Oh, Consultant, you're finally here!"

The girl at the counter saw Consultant, her eyes immediately lit up, and she beamed with joy.

As the leader who received Consultant last time, she had also received some 'kickbacks' from the Bounty Guild.

"Quick, quick, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Seeing her so enthusiastic, Consultant was a bit unaccustomed to it for a moment; he coughed lightly and said, trying his best not to attract anyone's attention:

"Uh... I'm here to collect the reward for the last mission."

The girl replied immediately, "It's already been prepared!"

As she spoke, she took out a small box from the counter.

The surface of this small box was plain and unpretentious, completely inconspicuous.

After Consultant took the box, he didn't open it; he just took a glance and could feel the powerful energy within it!

According to the rewards mentioned in the previous mission, this should be a magical beast crystal core, and at least a Tier 6 magical beast crystal core at that!

"I heard that Dragon County specially made some small changes to the mission reward for this time, just for you!"

The girl winked at Consultant and pointed at the small box, giving him a reminder.

"Oh?"

Consultant raised an eyebrow and gently moved his hand away from the lid.

Originally, he had wanted to open it to take a look, but now upon hearing this, he decided... it's better not to show off one's wealth.

"Thank you, farewell!"

After Consultant casually said goodbye to the girl, he walked quickly out of the Bounty Hunter Guild.

Along the way, Consultant kept suppressing his curiosity and didn't open it, and just like that, he returned to the class zero dormitory building of Longjun Awakening Academy.

It was late, most people were resting, and the dormitory building was very quiet.

Every step Consultant took on the corridor produced a slight echo, which sounded a bit eerie.

"Why does tonight feel a bit strange?"

After Consultant muttered this softly, he walked quickly back to his room.

The room was also very quiet, with only the scent left behind by Gu Xun grinding herbs earlier.

"Human, you returned very late today!"

As soon as Consultant closed the door, a voice came from inside the room.

Consultant looked toward the sound and realized that the room's window was open.

Under the moonlight, a black snake was turning its head and staring at him.

This snake was naturally Black Marsh.

Judging from its movements just now, it looked like it was... admiring the moon?

A strange thought appeared in Consultant's mind, but thinking that Black Marsh certainly wouldn't admit it, he didn't ask.

He casually scooped the Slime from his head into his arms and then sat down at the table.

Consultant noticed some strange-smelling dust on the table, so he blew the dust away and placed the small box he had just brought back from the Bounty Guild onto the table.

"Human, what is this?"

Seeing Consultant's expectant look, Black Marsh also became a bit interested; its body sprang up, leaping from the window onto the table, and it looked curiously at the small box.

Consultant didn't hide it, "This is the reward from the last mission."

"What's inside?" Black Marsh asked again.

"I don't know either, let's take a look together!"

As Consultant said this, he also placed the Slime to the side.

Although the Slime couldn't speak, its two little eyes were blinking; it was clear that it wasn't curious, it was just... hungry.

Consultant rubbed the Slime, let out a long breath, and with an excited mood, gently opened the box.

In an instant, a bright light accompanied by a thick aura of a magical beast gushed out, illuminating the entire room as if it were daylight!