The Witcher: Son of the Planes.

Time flies, and a year has passed inadvertently. Some people may feel that there is no change and another year has been wasted, while some people have changed a lot.

Shops outside the academy were opened, mainly run by Nora and Rose. The Emerald Lord sent two low-level knight attendants as accomplices. Simon and Matthew's trading routes were mainly between the Victoria Islands and Grimaldi Island.

The shop was profitable. After deducting necessary operating expenses, half of the proceeds were sent back to Jade Collar, and the other half was used for Colin and Helen's studies.

With a fixed income, Colin and Helen have been freed from the numerous tasks. Except for the occasional mandatory tasks of the academy, they have begun to pursue academic breakthroughs without distraction.

One year is not a long time, and it is not enough for Helen to break through to the advanced wizard apprentice. It can only be said that she has continuously consolidated her foundation as a mid-level wizard apprentice and learned some new water spells, water arrows, healing spells, etc.

Colin's changes were not small. He had successfully broken through to an intermediate wizard apprentice and mastered several new fire spells, such as Rain of Fire, Fire Resistance Ring, and a universal spell, the Hand of the Mage. Ha, it was the same name as the wizard organization in the Victoria Islands.

During this period, Colin and Connie met several times. They also found good mentors and their knowledge reserves and theoretical levels improved.

As the saying goes, when you are still, you will think of moving. After a year of hard training, Colin, who could not break through to the advanced wizard apprentice in the short term, had the idea of ​​going out to do some missions.

After discussing it with Helen, I took the initiative to contact Connie and her siblings.

Connie and her brother also wanted to put their knowledge into practice, so they could do some tasks and test the practical effects of their newly learned spells. The two sides hit it off.

The next day, both parties agreed to meet outside the mission hall, but after meeting, they found that each party had brought one extra person.

Colin and Helen invited Marcus to join the task force, while Connie and her siblings invited an intermediate wizard apprentice named Banta.

Since they were all trustworthy people among the friends, neither side said anything, and soon the six of them began to browse the tasks.

Because they were all mid-level wizard apprentices, they took a big step forward in the choice of tasks, and finally chose a task of obtaining the eyeball of a stone-skinned lizard.

This task has been pending for quite some time. Low-level wizard apprentices can't do it, high-level ones don't look down on it, and other mid-level ones find it too difficult. The main thing is that there are not many merit points, which is just right for Colin and others who want to try new spells.

The activity range of the stone-skinned lizard is relatively easy to find. It can be found in the wetland swamp that Colin and his friends visited last time. The strength of the stone-skinned lizard itself is not very high, about the same as theirs. However, there is one attack of the stone-skinned lizard that they are more concerned about, that is, there is a 20% chance of turning a person into stone.

Although it is not permanent petrification, once petrified, you will basically be at the mercy of wild animals. The time it takes to recover from petrification is definitely enough for the stone-skinned lizard to bite everyone to pieces.

But since they have accepted the task, Colin and the others are not afraid. After all, there are six of them. What's more, Marcus majors in earth magic and has a spell that can petrify skin, so he has some resistance.

After some preparation, the six went to the wetland swamp again.

Colin wanted to look for Omaha's again, but he might have been serving as a guide for someone else, so he couldn't find it. So he just found a random guide to take him to the activity range of the stone-skinned lizard.

……

In a grove of trees in the wetland swamp, Colin and others found traces of stone-skinned lizards.

Stone lizards mainly feed on ants, insects, mice and other creatures, and occasionally eat some plants. They mainly live a solitary life and will only stay with stone lizards of the opposite sex for a short period of time during the mating season. They generally do not actively attack other creatures, but it would be wrong to think that they are easy to bully.

Colin and others followed the stone-skinned lizard back to its habitat, a low bush next to a swamp. After observing it for a while, they found that it indeed lived alone.

Colin and the others felt relieved, and after observing the surrounding environment, they began to discuss tactics.

Before the battle, Marcus casts a petrifying skin spell on everyone.

After the battle started, Marcus used the magic of turning mud into stone at the stone lizard's residence to prevent the stone lizard from entering the swamp and escaping.

The attacks were mainly carried out by Colin, Connie and Banta, Helen was responsible for treatment and Marcus was responsible for vigilance.

……

The stone-skinned lizard Ed has been feeling unwell today. Although the nest of small black ants he caught was quite delicious and filled his stomach happily, he then crawled back home leisurely. However, he felt a little uneasy during the crawling process.

But he couldn't figure out where the danger came from. Although there were level one creatures in the depths of the swamp, there were no powerful monsters in the area where he lived. Even the wetland bear with high-level strength was unwilling to provoke him. On the edge of the swamp, he was basically a bully.

After returning home, Ed did not go to bed early as usual. Feeling uneasy, he looked around vigilantly, hoping to find the source of danger.

Suddenly, a spell hit the small swamp outside his residence, and soon the swamp turned into mud.

Before Ed could figure out the changes in the swamp, another beam of fire flew towards him.

"I&"

You thought I was easy to bully, but who was so rude to Uncle Ed?

Ed rushed out quickly and found Colin and six others.

"Damn, are they these two-legged weirdos?" Ed thought.

It was not Ed's style to passively take a beating. While rushing towards Colin and the other six, Ed released his signature spell - Petrifying Gaze.

Colin, who was overconfident, rushed to the front line this time, and Ed's spell hit Colin directly.

Perhaps Colin was blessed by some unknown luck, and coupled with the effect of the petrifying skin spell, Ed's first spell did not produce the petrifying effect.

The spells cast by teammates also acted on the stone-skinned lizard Ed at the same time. Wow, his magic resistance is not low, but it seems that it doesn't have much effect on Ed. Shaking his body, Ed continued to crawl towards this side.

Although Colin was not seriously injured, Helen, who cared about her lover, had already cast a healing spell on Colin.

Soon, Colin and others came into close combat with Ed. In addition to releasing the petrifying gaze, Ed's bite force was also considerable, his tail could also attack, and his skin had a relatively high magic resistance, so it was not so easy to kill him.

However, Colin and the other four in the front row all have the strength of part-time knight squires, and it seems that no one can do anything to anyone else in the short term.

Marcus, who was on guard outside, would occasionally cast petrifying skin spells on people, while Helen would cast healing spells depending on the situation.