After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 769: 527, Going to the meeting

“I understand now!” Lia’s eyes lit up as she transmitted her voice. “Five years ago, when I found you, you said you had lost your memory. Are you remembering it now?”

“Don’t say another word. The Coldmoon Duke might already be here, and she could have heard all our transmissions.”

Lin Da chuckled. “Focus on waiting for the Coldmoon Duke to arrive. Let’s stop whispering secrets.”

“Alright.” Lia clicked her tongue, still looking a bit reluctant.

However, the two were unaware that in the sky above, the silver-haired woman had opened her eyes, a playful expression surfacing on her face.

…

Moments later, a faint sigh echoed above the plaza.

“So many years have passed, and aside from Dai Lian, no one has managed to master a complete Law Core?”

Upon hearing this voice, Angel’s expression shook fiercely, and a frenzied light erupted in his pupils.

He straightened his previously bowed figure, now perfectly parallel with the ground.

“Ice Abyss personnel, welcome Coldmoon Duke!”

“Welcome Coldmoon Duke!!!”

In an instant, over fifty Commanders and three thousand students simultaneously bent down and shouted.

Their voices rolled forth like tidal waves, causing the snow on the ground to explode and scatter into a blizzard of fine particles.

Lin Da also followed the others in greeting.

He bowed his head and covertly used his peripheral vision to observe the silver-haired woman in the sky.

She wore an ice-blue battle armor, her waist was slender and her hips curvaceous, the contours strikingly alluring.

A white fox mask concealed her peerless face, while her eyes shimmered with the changing Stars, moon, and sun, a gaze that could capture one’s soul.

Lin Da, merely stealing a glance out of the corner of his eye, found himself unintentionally drawn in. Within her gaze, he saw himself foolishly confessing his identity, then being bound stark naked in the snow. The silver-haired woman stood over him, striking him with a sword sheath, punishing him for his secrecy…

“Hiss…!”

Lin Da took a sharp breath.

Suddenly, he felt pain near his groin, and upon turning his gaze, he realized Kafni had pinched him.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing, nothing.” Lin Da replied nervously.

He shifted his gaze away from Evelyn and obediently stared at the ground.

What he had just seen—surely it was only an illusion…

——Evelyn’s Phantom Series Law would automatically attack those who tried to pry into her.

But he couldn’t shake the feeling that, when her majestic gaze swept over the crowd from above, it seemed to linger on him for just a moment longer…

Another person also sweating nervously was Angel, who forced out a smile and said, “My lady, condensing a complete Law Core before graduating is a bit too difficult. Even someone like Dai Lian—such a monster—stands as one of the rare few in the Empire’s history…”

“If it’s Dual Laws, failing to condense a Law Core is understandable,”

One of the Four Great Dukes of the Empire, Evelyn, cast a glance at a young man at the front of the crowd and calmly remarked.

Lin Da lowered his head further to avoid meeting Evelyn’s eyes.

In front of a Phantom Series adventurer, there were no secrets.

If he continued to meet her gaze, he’d probably end up blurting out things like how many times he and his teammates had “exercised” together.

Everyone also gained a new understanding of Evelyn’s “arrogance.”

Only by condensing a complete Law Core before graduating could one earn her recognition.

Such conditions were utterly unimaginable.

It required 100 Law Fragments to condense a complete Law Core.

For Dual Laws, that number doubled to 200!

Most students struggled to condense even their second Fragment after a year at Ice Abyss.

“Indeed, only monsters can catch the eyes of monsters.”

“Damn it, forget trying to glimpse the true face of the Coldmoon Duke—I don’t even dare look her in the eye. At most, I managed a glance at her legs.”

“Why bother wearing battle armor? What about white stockings and a short skirt? She’s only here to assess third-year students, does she really need to look so lethal?”

Some carefree individuals had already accepted that they could never become Coldmoon Duke’s Oath-bound, so even getting a glimpse of her legs was a worthwhile consolation. They imagined one day bragging to their sons after retirement, claiming they had seen the legendary adventurer’s white stockings.

The reality was, everyone was disappointed.

The only exposed skin of the Coldmoon Duke was her eyes; even her hands were fully gloved in white.

Lin Da, however, thought to himself, “In the game, Evelyn only dons this battle armor when preparing to face a challenging fight.”

Could she have foreseen something?

The ‘Cangqing Tree Firelight’ incident was still two years away.

If anything—the Dragon’s Rest Tomb gathering would take place in the 30th layer of the Great Mystery Continent.

The Ice Abyss assessment happened to be on that same day.”

Lin Da furrowed his brow as thoughts tangled like knotted threads in his mind, the more he mulled them over, the messier they became.

In any case, Cyan City wasn’t as peaceful as it appeared.

“Fortunately, I made preparations in advance, hiring 12 Limit Saint Level experts with Magic Potions.

If absolutely necessary, I still have 2 Experience Cards at my disposal.”

Lin Da felt slightly reassured.

For the journey to the 30th layer, he would only bring Anna and Lia.

The other team members would stay far from Dragon Fall Mountain Peak.

Eggs shouldn’t be placed in one basket—if something happened to him, it was crucial to preserve his teammates.

With Bailuo at Phoenix Tail Flower, even if something happened to him, he could rest assured.

After organizing his thoughts, Lin Da felt a weight lifted from his shoulders and exhaled in relief.

“This year’s graduate assessment will be the same as previous years.”

Evelyn’s voice rang out.

Each word carried an icy killing intent.

Even Lin Da and the other Sacred Rank adventurers couldn’t help but shiver.

“Go to the 30th layer of the Great Mystery Continent and retrieve the head of a Demon.

The team that kills the most Demons will graduate from Ice Abyss.

The top three teams will join the second division of the Cold Moon Adventure Group.

The first-place team will enter as reserve main players.

Additionally, I will grant the team leader one reasonable request.

Mythical-level weapons, the Heart of the Sky Giant Dragon, a Law Core, or even a top fifteen ranked Miracle.

All are possible.

The time limit is 12 hours.

Adventurers, go.

Bring back the heads of Demons!”

Boom.

The clouds in the sky churned, and a giant blue number materialized: 11:59:59.

The countdown for the assessment had officially begun!

The formation of third-year students in the center of the crowd suddenly dispersed.