<h4>Chapter 134: Sudden Change</h4>


    Trantor: EndlessFantasy Trantion Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion


    The moon rose exceptionally early for the Single Moon Festival. The sun would usually only set after six on most days, but it started to get dark after five that day.


    Xiao Lin used his break to look out of the pce, only to see the two round moons had converged, as if they had merged into one. However, it did not dim the moonlight. It was actually brighter than usual; a vibrant, silver moonlight lit up the world. Even the weeds and bugs on the ground within the pce could be clearly seen.


    Xiao Lin stared for a moment when a cold breeze blew by, causing him to sneeze. He shook his head. “Why is it suddenly so cold?”


    Lnder had followed him and heard hisint. He smiled and said, “You really don’t know anything about the New World, huh? Even though Norma has the four seasons, it’s different from on Earth. The seasons here are not wholly dependent on the position of the rtive to the sun. Even the moons have a very big effect on the changing of seasons. That is why Norma’s seasons are calcted from when the moons converge to when they converge again, so their four seasons span four to five years.”


    “So each seasonsts an entire year?” Xiao Lin was surprised.


    “More orst, sometimes it’s longer, sometimes it’s shorter. Even more interesting is that there’s a branch of magic called Astrology on this, which is simr to astronomy on earth. The converging on the moons are usually calcted by astrologians. After the Single Moon Festival today, it will be autumn from tomorrow onward.” Lnder rubbed his neck. He was only wearing a thin T-shirt, so he felt the chill as well.


    “Doesn’t it start with spring?”


    “The New World’s seasons start with autumn. Don’t ask me why. I know nothing of astrology.”


    Xiao Lin massaged his shoulders. “Then let me ask another question. What type of magic is astrology? I’ve never seen anything like that in my academy’s courses.”


    “Haha. I’ve heard that the dean of Dawn Academy doesn’t like astrology. It seems that’s true.” Lnderughed softly. “Astrology has very high requirements to begin studying in. The course exists in our academy, but it is only avable after the third year. There are usually a lot of people who take it up, but more than ny percent of them usually quit after half a year.”


    “Is it really hard?”


    “Ah, don’t ask me that. I’ve never liked magic. However, astrologists are quite rare on Norma. Only a member of royalty or someone like a high priest would be able to take up the study.”


    “So was the high priest of Thunder Kingdom back in the day a student of this branch of magic?”


    “Who knows.”


    As the two of them chatted, they heard Professor Brown’s footstepsing from the hall. His footsteps had the unique quality of always sounding very rushed, so they could make it out after a while.


    They looked at each other in exasperation and prepared to continue working. They used to only work until six in the evening, but once tensions started rising within the city, they started to work overtime in order to leave New Washington sooner, only leaving at eight.


    “Oh? It’s Norn.” Xiao Lin saw the American man who sent him to work everyday from the corner of his eye. Norn usually came at eight since he started working overtime.


    Xiao Lin turned and told Lnder, “Norn is the one in charge of bringing me around. He’d probably forgotten the time. Why don’t you head back first? I’ll remind him.”


    However, after a few steps, a look of horror suddenly appeared on Xiao Lin’s face. He was in shock for a moment as his entire body quivered before he immediately turned around and ran back to the pce, quickly closing the door behind him.


    Behind him, under the silver moonlight, Norn’s face had a strange and sinister smile. The muscles and flesh on his face seemed abnormally rigid, and he looked like a machine that was trying to mimic a smile, but it only ended up making his face even more terrifying.


    Beneath Norn’s legs was an entire floor full of blood. Two corpsesy down on the floor next to him: pce guards. Their eyes were wide open, frozen in disbelief before their death. They probably did not expect their fellow American to suddenly attack them,pletely overwhelming and killing them with one strike.


    The corpses did not remain there for long. After a few seconds, they started to turn into streams of light, floating toward the resurrection tower in the middle of the city and quickly disappearing into the air.


    Norn looked up toward the tower, furrowing his eyebrows before mumbling to himself in a rigid tone, “The resurrection tower. What a troublesome thing. These godless, evil demons!”


    In the pce hall, Xiao Lin was still in a panic. He tried to lock the main door, but the pce had not been touched up in ages; the door lock was rusted beyond repair, and thetch was stuck in ce.


    “Damn this stupid lock!” Xiao Lin angrily shouted in defeat. He looked at Norn’s sinister smile through a crack in the door. He walked past the blood on the floor as he leisurely headed toward the pce.


    “Xiao, what’s wrong with you?” Lnder, who arrived earlier, asked curiously.


    Xiao Lin gave up on locking the door. To be honest, after seeing the American’s disy of skill, he did not really feel that the ancient door would have been of much use.


    Xiao Lin did not have time to exin to Lnder. He looked at Professor Brown who was standing next to the staircase with a difficult expression before running and shouting, “Professor Brown, there’s an intruder! The guards were eliminated. If there are other guards in the pce, I think you should get them here quickly!”


    “An intruder?”


    “This is the deepest part of the castle district. Who would dare intrude?”


    “Xiao, this isn’t funny.”


    ...


    Bam!


    A heavy impact stopped everyone’s discussions. This was the second time someone forced the door open that day, and the ancient door was finally at the end of the road as it shattered.


    “Norn?” Professor Brown called out in shock. He seemed to recognize the man, but his words only earned a cold and sinisterughter.


    “Professor Brown, please retreat. Everyone else, pleasee up to the second floor.” A clear voice came from behind the professor as the blonde American girl walked past the professor. She stared intently at Norn.


    Her name was Pam, and she was the one who produced the spirit chains to aid them inmunication every day. At the same time, she was the assistant of the leader of the greatest regiment in New Washington: the captain of the dragon-eagle knights, Harry.