August, the scorching moon.

It's the hottest month of summer, and the sun hangs like a furnace overhead all day long, scorching the earth and the people, bringing unbearable heat and making people sweat.

But at the same time, it is also the season of harvest. The many crops in the main continent have matured one after another, and the wild fruits in the woods and fields have become red and heavy. In this month, even the poorest people can eat enough as long as they are willing to take advantage of the early morning to go out into the wilderness. When the sun comes out and the temperature rises, after eating and drinking, it is even more enjoyable to jump into the pond.

Of course, none of this had anything to do with Richard. Whether it was scorching heat or bitter cold, it was difficult to force Richard out of the Blue Lagoon Manor. During this time, Richard stayed in the manor, methodically studying various things according to the many plans he had made.

For example, the improvement of the miniature spell homing missile, such as the improvement of the fighter mode, such as the spell cracking in "The Secret Story of the Vaishya", and so on.

Some of them encountered problems, and the other part made a breakthrough with great ease.

Richard didn't have much mood swings in this regard, and was well aware that these were the most common in the course of the study. Therefore, if you encounter a small problem, you will find a way to solve it, and if you get a breakthrough, you will make persistent efforts and be busy every day.

During this period, Pobobo Vicky often came to his door, in the name of visiting, and then constantly offered to exchange combat skills. Richard knew that the other party was just trying to regain the face of the previous defeat in the battle.

And because of the improvement of the miniature spell homing missile, he also needed to be tested in actual combat, so he simply agreed.

The results of the exchanges, without exception, were all a fiasco for Popovich.

After many attempts, Pobobo Vicch finally recognized the reality, died of the heart to regain face, and then continued to visit the door for the real time, talking to Richard about various things.

During the discussion, Richard learned some of Popopovich's background.

For example, Bobobo Vicky is different from many wizards in that his body has been modified with special transformation spells, and belongs to a genre called "potion wizard". This has brought him benefits and disadvantages.

The advantage is that he can quickly improve his strength in a very short period of time through some potions, and the side effects are very small and almost none. The disadvantage is that once the effect of the medicine wears off, his strength will continue to decline, falling back to the level of a first-level wizard, or even lower.

With this transformation, Pobobo Vic has also made some name for himself before, and has the title of "Blue Pigeon".

And also...... The reason why the other party came to Jialancheng was because of a friend......

Richard was slightly surprised by what Popopol Vich was talking about, but it was only surprise, and he didn't pay too much attention to it. In most cases, I nodded my head and spent more energy thinking about various problems in my research. Thinking about how to break through, how to improve the miniature spell homing missile, how to abuse Pobobo Vich even more...... Well, no, how to use it to better deal with the enemy.

If there are no surprises, such a life may go on forever and for a long time.

But as the saying goes, peace is meant to be broken.

......

One day, night in August.

The hot days are finally over, and the night is falling, and the cool night breeze is rising.

When the night wind was getting stronger, Popobo Vicch ended another visit to Richard, left the stone building where he had been talking, and walked towards the gate of the manor.

After walking a few steps, Pobobo Vicch stopped, turned his head to look at Richard who was standing at the door of the stone building, and said with some complaints: "Hey, Richard, we are also friends, right? Even if we are not good friends, we are further than acquaintances." In that case, aren't you going to send me off? I know your time is precious and you have a lot to do, but it's not good to just watch me leave on my own?"

Richard listened to Pobopol Vicch's words, thoughtfully, nodded slightly, and said to himself: "What you said has some truth, I really shouldn't just watch you leave by yourself, then...... See you soon!"

The next moment, Richard waved his hand, slammed the door hard, and went straight upstairs.

Popbo Vic, who was hanging in the yard, was stunned, and after a while, he touched his nose and shouted: "Hey, this is a bit excessive, I can't treat it differently just because I'm only at the level of a first-level wizard now." The reason why I'm at the level of a first-level wizard is only because I didn't take medicine today......"

After shouting, Pobobo Vicky also knew that Richard really wouldn't send him, so he shook his head and turned to leave.

Walking out of the manor, Pobobo Vicky walked along the road in the direction of the Ashes Academy, he didn't walk fast, thinking as he went, what he should talk about tomorrow's class. Richard had been telling Harry and Cathy a little less lately, and he was going to seize the opportunity to pull the two children back to his side.

After thinking about it for a long time, Pobobo Vic was only halfway there.

Finally figured out the content of tomorrow's lecture, Popobo Vic was about to speed up and return with his eyes, but the next moment his steps stopped suddenly.

"Smack!"

Boboovich stopped, looked around, eyes narrowed slightly.

At this time, he was on a deserted path, and the trees on the side of the road were overgrown, swaying slightly in the night wind, like a ghost running out of the underworld. In the distance, there was a thick darkness, and the pitch-black color continued to rise like seawater, without any light.

The atmosphere was a little weird.

But...... It's just weird, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that.

"Is it too sensitive?" Bobovich muttered to himself, "Well, it does seem sensitive......"

Halfway through his sentence, Popobo Vic stepped on his feet and ran wildly towards the fields on the side of the road.

As a result, as soon as he ran more than ten meters, he heard the sound of "boom" breaking wind, followed by a few "pop, pop, pop", and three flat ice picks like blades were accurately nailed to the ground in front of Popbo Vic, only a few centimeters away from the toes.

"Hell!"

Pobovich cried out, reacted quickly, and jerked away from the woods in the other direction.

As a result, before entering the woods, a person had already flashed out of the woods.

It was a middle-aged male wizard in his forties, who was not wearing a robe, but a suit of brown tights. The position of the left shoulder, tied with a thick white cloth, as if injured, stood still after walking out of the woods, and looked at Pobovich with cold eyes.

Popbo Vich couldn't help but be stunned, subconsciously stopped, and then looked at the other party.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

The scene suddenly became weird, and for a moment, it was the middle-aged male wizard who took the lead and broke the deadlock.