The spoils of war inside the [Zephyr Knights] Instance...

A considerable portion of them were indeed only projections. Their true forms had already been stolen by those despicable and shameless Highland Tauren and placed inside the imperial museum.

However, the Instance had rules of its own. Even if the true form of a spoil had been taken away, its projection would still remain in place.

As for how Caelan had discovered this, it was actually very simple.

Caelan’s [Eye of Insight] could see through all forms of disguise. Therefore, the projections among the spoils of war could be easily exposed.

And conversely, if it was not a projection, then naturally, the true item was still here!

After receiving his reminder, Alyssa also subconsciously used her own appraisal spell.

However, in her eyes, the projections and true forms of these spoils were still completely indistinguishable.

Seeing Alyssa’s gloomy expression, Caelan thought for a moment, then gently crooked a finger toward her.

"Alyssa, come here for a second!"

Alyssa was confused, but she still obediently walked up to Caelan.

However, in the very next moment, before she could even react, she felt Caelan’s warm, broad hand rubbing and kneading her soft, delicate cheeks.

"Lord Caelan, you..."

Alyssa was utterly stunned. She froze in place, not daring to move at all, while the blush on her cheeks quickly spread all the way to her ears.

At the same time, her little heart began thumping wildly, as if someone had installed a miniature engine inside it.

What was going on?

Could Lord Caelan possibly have feelings for me...?

But between us, there is still a blood relation. Although I wasn’t born into the Merlin family, still...

So should I agree, or should I agree?

Just as Alyssa’s mind began spinning with wild thoughts she could not stop, Caelan suddenly withdrew his hand and said in a relaxed tone,

"Take another look. Is it better now?"

Alyssa was slightly startled. Then she realized Caelan’s intention. After hesitating for a moment, she used her appraisal spell again.

Only this time, she could easily distinguish the projections from the true forms among the spoils of war.

At that moment, deep shock filled Alyssa’s heart.

"Lord Caelan, how did you do that?!"

"You’re truly amazing! Great Goddess above, this is simply a miracle!"

Faced with Alyssa’s astonishment, Caelan merely waved his hand calmly.

"Relax, relax. It’s just a little trick."

"Compared to that, we should hurry up and collect all these spoils so we can take them away!"

"If we leave them here, sooner or later those Highland Tauren bastards will ruin them!"

Hearing Caelan’s words, Alyssa finally remembered the serious matter at hand. She immediately turned around and joined the great army of collecting spoils!

"Lord Caelan, there’s a spoil here that I think is very valuable. It’s just that my storage space might..."

Before Alyssa could finish speaking, a silver ring appeared in her palm.

Then came Caelan’s calm voice.

"If you’re out of storage space, use this for now. Hurry up. Keep working!"

...

For the next half hour, Caelan and Alyssa practically swept through the warehouse of the [Zephyr Knights] from top to bottom.

However, only after entering the depths of the warehouse did they discover, to their surprise, that the [Zephyr Knights]’ anti-theft measures were not as rough and simple as they appeared on the surface.

In fact, after Caelan and Alyssa entered the deeper part of the warehouse, they discovered a secret chamber.

The spoils inside this chamber were each worth a fortune, and all of them had been sealed with extremely complex restrictions.

To put it simply, the complexity of these seals was so high that even Alyssa was completely helpless against them for the time being.

Faced with this situation, Caelan decisively said,

"We can’t stay in the warehouse for too long. So I think we should first take away the spoils we can take."

"As for these, we’ll think of another way later!"

...

Just as Caelan and Alyssa were harvesting madly inside the warehouse, they suddenly noticed that in the deepest part of the warehouse, another teleportation gate had appeared in an extremely strange manner.

Caelan and Alyssa exchanged a glance.

"Lord Caelan, should we go in?"

Teleportation gates inside an Instance were actually very rare. However, according to large amounts of information, such situations did indeed exist.

Moreover, behind these teleportation gates, there were often unexpected dangers hidden.

"Let’s go. We’re already here, after all!"

After saying this, Caelan took the initiative and stepped into the teleportation gate.

The next moment, he was surprised to discover that he had left the military camp of the [Zephyr Knights] and appeared in the wilderness.

Before him stretched vast expanses of desert. In the distance stood towering mountains, rising one after another in an endless chain.

Alyssa soon walked in as well. Just as she was about to say something, Caelan raised his hand and interrupted her.

"I think I know what this place is!"

After saying this, Caelan raised his arm, wrapped it around Alyssa’s waist, and swiftly flew toward the distant mountains.

Along the way, there was no danger whatsoever.

Caelan and Alyssa did not even see a single monster.

It was as if this place were merely an ordinary desert, without any danger at all.

Before long, Caelan and Alyssa arrived among the mountains.

However, the scene that followed made Alyssa’s eyes widen.

Between the mountains, countless peaks seemed to have been deliberately carved.

A large number of mountain peaks had been transformed into terrifying and ferocious shapes. Alyssa even saw among them some statues of dreadful monsters that only existed in legends!

Moreover, without exception, these statues all depicted contents recorded in the legacy left behind by the [Zephyr Knights].

In other words, the former [Zephyr Knights] had very likely encountered such monsters in reality!

According to the mainstream theory, the final annihilation of the [Zephyr Knights] had also been caused by these mysterious monsters.

Therefore, Caelan had reason to suspect that if Alyssa wanted to obtain a class branch, what she needed to do was kill these monsters and complete the [Zephyr Knights]’ trial.

Of course, for now, this speculation was still merely speculation.

But the scene before his eyes further confirmed the possibility of his guess.

After looking at the enormous sculptures that were practically as vast as mountains, Alyssa finally came back to her senses. Her gaze then noticed that beneath these sculptures, there were many faint spatial fluctuations.

To be precise, beneath the foot of every enormous sculpture, there was an introduction stele.

And these spatial fluctuations were coming from inside the steles.

Just as Alyssa fell into thought, a brand-new prompt suddenly appeared in her quest.

[Please select a class branch and begin the trial!]