A carefree soldier king in the city

What does Chapter 449 mean?

Bai Ling asked him, "Are we overthinking it?"

“You’re overthinking it,” Fenrite quickly replied. “We’ve been discussing and practicing magic these past few days. After all, the competition is tomorrow, and we need to work on our teamwork and coordination.”

"Is that really true?" Bai Ling asked, and the others followed suit with questioning glances.

"Yes, that's how it is." Chao Bufan smiled slightly, then looked at his watch and said, "I think it's getting late. If you don't leave soon, you'll be late for class."

He Yifei said, "Young master, let's go to class now."

"Go ahead, go ahead!" Chao Bufan waved his hand.

However, after Bailing and the others left, Fenrit put his hand on Chao Bufan's shoulder and said meaningfully, "Brother, you're so lucky! You have so many beautiful ladies looking after you. We're so envious."

Chao Bufan shrugged, tilted his head slightly, and said, "There's nothing I can do. That's just how I am. In our HX dialect, we say, 'The more people, the more money, and the more wives.'"

"Tch—" Bridal and the others immediately fainted.

"Look at you all—" Chao Bufan immediately stepped in, "What kind of looks are you giving me! Let me tell you the truth, besides those four, I have ten wives at home, and each of them is as beautiful as an angel, absolutely stunning!"

"Damn it!" Fenrit immediately cursed, asking, "You bastard, with so many wives, how can you manage?"

“Brother,” Chao Bufan said meaningfully, “whether I can handle it or not is my business, you don’t need to worry about it.”

After saying that, he strode forward.

Bridal and the others exchanged glances, their eyes showing a mixture of hesitation and admiration, before quickly following after them.

"You guys came to see me so early in the morning, don't tell me it was just to take a walk. Tell me, what's the news?" Chao Bufan asked without turning his head.

Fenritt and the other two quickly glanced at Bridal. Bridal understood, raised his fist, coughed lightly, and then said, "We heard some news yesterday, but we don't know if it's true or not."

Chao Bufan knew without a second thought what the four guys behind him were thinking. He smiled faintly and said, "Stop beating around the bush. Just tell me what the news is."

Bridal hesitated for a moment, then said, "Last night, when I passed by the principal's office, I overheard the principal and Professor Warlock talking. Guess what?"

"What's wrong?" Chao Bufan asked.

"I heard the headmaster say that something big was going to happen at the academy in the next couple of days," said Brido. "I found it quite strange at the time. The academy was so peaceful, what could possibly happen? So, I secretly listened in. And guess what I heard?"

"What?" Chao Bufan asked again.

Bridal frowned, then continued, "I heard from them that vampire bats and giant ant beasts have appeared in the forest these past few days, especially in the last two days, there have been more and more of these creatures."

Chao Bufan said calmly, "It's normal to have these things in the forest! What's the big deal?"

Dosru said, "Extraordinary, you don't know yet, these creatures have never existed in our Magic Forest before, they only exist in the Black Forest (short for the Black Magic Forest)."

Chao Bufan asked, "What do you mean?"

Bridal replied, “Extraordinary, don’t you find it strange? There’s a very powerful magical barrier between the Magic Forest and the Black Forest. Let alone these creatures, even under normal circumstances, it would be incredibly difficult for creatures from our side to go there, or for creatures from there to come to our side—”

Fenrit continued, "Unless both our magic academy and the dark magic academy simultaneously open the barrier, no one, no living being, can cross that magical barrier. It is impossible for either side to open the barrier on their own; both sides must activate the spell to open the magical barrier at the same time."

Chao Bufan suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked calmly, "What does that mean?"

Bridal said, "Extraordinary, let me put it this way! Our magic academy and the dark magic academy have always been mortal enemies, especially the dark magic academy, they'd love to destroy our magic academy!"

Chao Bufan asked again, still puzzled, "What does this prove?"

“Bufan, don’t you understand? The Dark Magic Academy is about to attack our Magic Academy,” Curry said urgently.

"The Dark Magic Academy is attacking our Magic Academy?" Chao Bufan asked, puzzled. "Why?"

"Because our magic academy has what their dark magic academy wants."

No one noticed that Professor Warlock suddenly appeared beside them and answered.

Upon hearing this, the five people were all startled, and then quickly greeted him respectfully: "Professor, good morning!"

Professor Warlock nodded, then said, "Extraordinary! What they said is true. If nothing unexpected happens, the Dark Arts Academy will attack our Magic Academy in the next couple of days. So, you absolutely must be careful in tomorrow's match. It's very possible that you will all—"

Professor Warlock didn't continue, but his meaning was very clear: they would all die there.

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan frowned, then asked, "Professor, can tomorrow's competition be cancelled?"

“No,” Professor Warlock replied bluntly.

"Why?" Chao Bufan asked, puzzled.

"There's no why, it's simply not allowed," Professor Warlock replied directly.

"So, does that mean we're just going to our deaths?" Chao Bufan pressed.

"Yes, that's why you need to be extremely careful in tomorrow's match," Professor Warlock said bluntly and without any attempt to hide his true feelings.

Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan frowned deeply, and after a moment nodded, saying, "Alright! I understand."

“What do you understand?” Professor Warlock asked.

Chao Bufan gave a wry smile and replied, "Of course, it's to go and die a heroic death!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Warlock seemed to have something to say, but after thinking it over, he didn't say it. He just sighed and walked towards the teaching building. After walking a few steps, he said as he walked, "The north side of the Magic Forest is the border between the Magic Forest and the Dark Magic Forest."

However, Professor Warlock only said that and then never said anything more.

“Unbelievable, what does the professor mean by that? Why did he say that?” Fenrit asked, completely puzzled.

"Could it be—" Almost at the same time, Bridal, Doslu, Currydo, and Fenrit all thought of the same thing and exclaimed in unison.