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Chapter 129: Preparation (2)
Translator: Leo Editor: DarkGem/Frappe
"Your body has recovered well, and you're getting better. Keep up the good work, but don't go too hard on yourself." Angele looked satisfied.
"Your basics are good, and it seems like you have not been slacking while I'm away."
"Yes, Master," the girl lowered her sword and responded politely.
"You're not talented, but I can still transplant the life energy seed in your body. Your body is still better than mine. That's why I took you in. Also, I won't stay here for too long. I probably will leave the city for a long time. I can't take you with me, so I'll plant the life energy seed in you first. You'll be able to reach the Knight level if you train hard," Angele spoke in a calm tone.
Tia looked excited after hearing what Angele just said, but she calmed down quickly and stared at Angele.
Angele finished his hot chocolate and put the cup down before standing up from the chair.
"I can give you two choices. As a Wizard, I have my own understanding of the life energy seed. I can make a special one for you with the materials I have in hand. The second choice is to find a Knight in the city and ask him to plant the life energy seed inside you. I want you to understand that I won't blame on the choice you make. You'll always be my student."
"Please make a special one for me, master."
Tia did not hesitate, "I'm your student, and I won't take a life energy seed from other knights."
Angele was satisfied with the choice Tia made.
"There's a possibility that my life energy seed is weaker than the ones from knights. It can also be dangerous. Are you sure you want me to do it?"
Tia shook her head, "I already made up my mind. You've helped me a lot and gave me everything."
Angele stared at Tia. He looked even more satisfied.
"Great. I'll give you three days to prepare. Make sure to have some good rest."
"Yes, master."
"Take a shower and go to bed." Angele waved his hand.
Tia bowed to Angele and left the room with the sword. Angele stood beside the desk for a while, thinking about his plans.
He walked to the room on the left, opened the wooden door and locked himself inside it.
There was a long table in the room and a candle stand was in the middle of the table. A whole set of potion concoction equipment was lined up on the table. There were several strange glass bottles and tubes.
Besides the equipment, there was a rectangular glass case. It was about half-meter long, and there was an arm inside. A dark red eye was in the center of its palm. It was the arm Angele had collected from the Hundred-Eyed Monster.
'So… the ancient Wizard ranking system doesn't work anymore, and based on the information I know, the three common levels for Wizard are Gas, Liquid, and Crystal. I wonder what the official names are for those levels.' Angele rubbed his chin as he thought.
'Zero, check the database and see if you can find anything related to Wizard's titles.'
Countless blue light dots started to flash in Angele's eyes, which disappeared after about ten seconds.
'No official titles for the levels yet, interesting.' The next line caught Angele's attention.
'Every time you rank up as a Wizard, your life will be more complete. Become the seeker of the truth and knowledge. I hope one day we can regain our honor and we, Wizards, shall rule the world once more.' Angele read through the information Zero presented to him.
Angele creased his eyebrows. Those sentences had no actual meaning in it. Each Wizard had their own way of fighting, and the only way to find out the strength of the other Wizards was to fight one himself.
'In other words, there is absolutely no proper ranking system for Wizards at the moment. There are only rank 1 Wizards in Ramsoda College, and Angola told me the situation was different. I think the truth is that Wizards here has already lost their actual power, and only the remaining high-rank Wizards know the truth about this land.' Angele shook his head.
"Which means Ramsoda College is just a small Wizard organization. This place is only the tip of the iceberg." Angele assumed.
"Master Liliana is strong, but she's just a rank 1 Wizard, which also means she spent many years to reach the Crystal stage. Why didn't she go for the rank 2 spells? It's not about the talent. She failed to find the knowledge left by the ancient Wizards."
'Zero, combine all the maps I recorded and make a world map for me. Try your best.'
'Creating world map…'
A blue light dot appeared on the left side of Angele's sight. The light dot was about the size of a fingernail. Many locations were marked on it, such as the Rudin Empire and Marua Harbor.
Cerulean water appeared in the middle marked as the sea. On the right, there was a large land and several locations were marked on the coastline. Those were the places Angele passed by on the ship.
The last point marked on the map was the dock of Ramsoda. Most of the other Wizard organizations on this land were marked as well. Santiago, Liliado, Northland Alliance, and several other smaller schools or cities. Most of the organizations were surrounded by forests or mountains.
Angele was surprised after he saw the whole map. Based on the information he collected in the database, the discovered region was just a small part of the world. Most of other areas on the map were still covered in fog, and the uncharted region was ten times the discovered region.
The whole map in his sight was about the size of a wash basin. There was a finger-sized gap in the middle of it. This gap was the discovered region. It looked tiny when compared to the size of the world.
Angele spent years traveling around this land, but he did not think that it was just a tiny area of the world.
"If I compare this world to Earth, I'm probably in the middle of Europe. The lack of transportation limited the information transfer, and people on this land barely know anything about other parts of the world."
Angele blinked his eyes and the map disappeared from his sight.
'I might find traces of ancient Wizards if I travel to the other lands.' Angele sighed and looked at the table again.
He carefully opened the glass case and waved his hands. A thin layer of silver metal climbed up his hands and turned into a pair of gloves.
Angele carefully took the monster's arm out of the case and slowly put it down in a glass sink.
He knew the monster was called the Hundred-Eyed Monster, but he was still curious about the eye in his palm. Angele carefully grabbed a blue tube and removed the stopper before he poured the content over the palm.
CHI*
White smoke rose into the air. Angele leaned to the side and waited for the smoke to disappear. He turned his head around and checked the glass sink.
After the contact with the blue liquid, the black arm loosened its grip and the red eye in the middle of the palm was revealed.
Angele took the silver gloves off and used his right hand to touch the eye.
It was smooth but hard. Angele felt like he was touching a glass barrier.
Angele rubbed the eye for a while. It gave him a strange feeling.
He tried pulling the eyelid, but it would not move. He then lowered his body and sniffed at the eye, which smelled like sweat.
Angele's eyebrows furrowed. He grabbed a sharp silver knife and cut the area under the eye open. There was no blood coming out of the wound, but he could see the red and white muscle fibers clearly.
Blue light dots started flashing in his eyes again.
'It seems that the eye's optic nerve is inside its arm bones, but that monster used its arms for assault and mobility. Although the monster's skin is hard, its eyes should be relatively weak. Why are its eyes in the middle of its palm?' Angele murmured. He grabbed the tweezers and carefully removed the eye from the palm.
"So, only the substance covering its eye is hard. The eye itself is weak." Angele found the monster's strange body component interesting. He wondered if he could find some special secrets from it.
Angele scanned the eyeball with the chip for several minutes, and then put it inside a glass bottle.
'Umm, what should I do to break my gene limit then? Create the plan for me right now,' Angele ordered.
'Creating… Estimated time, 12 hours and 14 minutes.'
'Also, show me the information on life energy seed and simulate the process of planting.'
'Mission created… Please wait…' Zero's mechanical voice echoed in his head.
Two days later.
It was a cloudy afternoon.
Angele walked out of the room with a small crystal bottle in his hand and he looked extremely tired. The bottle was filled with black liquid and looked like there was something else inside.
Tia waited outside the door carefully. She still had the black ponytail on her head.
"Master, I think you should get some rest." Tia looked at Angele, a bit worried.
"It's fine. Alright, come in. I'll plant the seed inside your body right now."
Angele waved his hand and returned to his room. Tia followed him from behind.
Tia saw a long red table beside a desk full of equipment. There were two large white washbasins on the side.
Tia glanced around and saw a large knife lying on the long table.
"Don't tell me that knife is prepared for me…" She was a bit scared.
Angele put the small bottle down on the desk and pointed at the long table.
"Take your clothes off and lie down on the table."
"What?"
Tia hesitated as her face began blushing.
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Chapter 130: Return (1)
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Tia hesitated for a while before she walked to the table. She stood there and began undressing. First, her gray swordsman's suit and then, her underwear.
She lay down on the long table after taking off all her clothes. Angele had no expression on his face. He turned around after Tia made up her mind. He grabbed a scalpel with his right hand and walked to the table.
"Don't worry, I'll make it quick." Angele smiled. Although Angele was tired, he was certain that he could successfully plant the seed.
"Yes… Master." Tia put her hands over her delicate part. Her young body was clean and healthy.
Angele held the scalpel in his right hand and asked Tia to move her hands away from her delicate part. He slightly pressed his left hand onto the part just a few centimeters below her navel. It seemed that he was trying to find the right place.
Several seconds later, red mist covered Angele's left hand. He put his palm on the part below the navel.
Sizzle*
The noise his left palm was making produced a sound as though he was grilling meat.
Tia's face turned pale. Although she did not feel any pain, she knew something was happening to her body.
Angele stayed calm. There were blue light dots flashing in his eyes.
After several seconds, Angele moved his palm away and a twisted snake-shaped black imprint was left on her stomach. It was Angele's magic sigil. The characters in the sigil were written in the ancient language, which simply represented his name, Angele Rio.
Angele decided to give her the life energy seed, but he still could not fully trust her. Thus, he decided to put his sigil on Tia's body, so he could finish her off easily if she ever had thoughts of betraying him.
Angele nodded and switched his scalpel to the left hand. He carefully cut her stomach open.
"Aluer!" he chanted in a low voice.
Some dark red glow flashed on the scalpel.
A long incision appeared on Tia's lower abdomen, but it was not bleeding. Tia did not even feel any pain. She stared at Angele with respect and trust in her eyes.
Angele smiled kindly as he put down the scalpel. He grabbed the small bottle and removed the lid. He then carefully took out a thin black string using the tweezers.
It took him several minutes to place the string inside her abdominal cavity. Angele made sure the location was correct and applied some healing gel on her wound. He then closed the wound with stitches.
"Done. I already planted the life energy seed inside your body. It's a bit different from the ones the other knights have, but I think mine will work better on you." Angele gently touched Tia's forehead and said in a kind tone.
"Thank you, Master." Tia was still a bit shy, but she seemed to have already calmed down. She no longer minded Angele looking at her naked body.
"Have some good rest." Angele nodded.
"I will." Tia closed her eyes.
Angele covered her carefully with the blanket he had prepared beforehand and he started analyzing the process of the surgery he had just performed.
'Life energy seed. It can help people release their potentials. It's a special type of bioenergy. The black string is the essence of my flesh, which contains the energy inside my body. I already broke the limit, so my life energy seed is stronger than a knight-level warrior's. I'll spend more time training Tia after this. Even if she wants to betray me, I can easily take my seed back and kill her with the sigil.'
Angele had seen the method on a Wizardry book and modified the procedure to further improve it. Tia was his first test subject.
This method was developed by elder Wizards. They wanted to train those who were willing to work for them, but they needed an insurance for their subjects to be unable to backstab them.
Also, Wizards could modify the body conditions of the people who took in their seeds, so it was better to plant the seed when they were young. It was possible that warriors had developed a similar method in training knights.
However, Angele was already a Wizard and he had no interest in studying how knights create their life energy seed. Also, he could only use the method occasionally since collecting the essence of flesh would damage his body permanently.
Angele cleaned up the table and put the items in the room back in order.
He walked to the glass case which contained the arm after everything was done. The arm was already melting like a burning candle. It turned into a small pool of yellow water that smelled like meat soup. White steam floated in the air and lowered the visibility in the room.
Angele grabbed a syringe and filled it up with dark purple liquid.
He then carefully injected the liquid into the eyeball. Its color changed from white to purple within several seconds.
Angele picked up the eyeball with his tweezers and let it soak in the steam. After several seconds, its color changed again. It was now completely black. Only the pupil remained color red, which nearly looked like there was blood dripping down the eyeball.
Angele put down the tweezers and grabbed another syringe. He carefully pushed the needle into the center of the pupil. Some liquid was extracted from the pupil. It was shiny, like a piece of perfect ruby.
As the liquid filled up the syringe, the eyeball dried up and became a thin layer of strange skin.
Angele pulled the needle out of the eyeball after it was filled up. He pushed some air out of the syringe and injected the red translucent liquid into his body without any hesitation.
'High-energy substance detected in your veins,' Zero reported immediately.
'The high-energy substance is affecting your blood condition… Recording the process…'
Angele had expected this change, so he stayed calm.
'Slowly release the stored energy particles and modify the rate of the release using the existing plans,' he ordered.
'Releasing energy particles…'
Half an hour later, Angele's forehead was covered in sweat. He was seated in a chair beside the table.
'Energy absorbed. Your genetic limit has been broken. Your attributes have increased.'
'My stamina was initially 4.5 units. Now, it's 6.1 units. It's incredible… Sadly, I can only do it once. My body has already developed resistance.'
Angele lay his back on the chair and smiled. He watched Tia sleeping for a while before leaving the room.
He went up the stairs and reached the balcony on the second floor.
It was dark outside. The chilling wind was blowing over Angele's face. The only light he could see was from other districts.
He leaned over the balustrade and saw the bronze statues in the small garden. There were many empty manors around him. The place was silent and no one was around.
Angele raised his head and saw two crescent moons hanging over the dark sky: one waxing and one waning, side by side. They looked beautiful and peaceful.
Angele was exhausted. He put his hands on the cold iron balustrade, causing him to feel refreshed.
"One last thing."
Angele reached into the pouch on his waist.
He took out a small black box. The box was about the size of his palm and could fill up a small pouch.
There was a gray egg lying in the middle of the black thin silk.
"Scorpion… I wanted a companion that could fly, but I should still keep it in case I can't find anything else in the future." Angele held the egg in hand and thought for a while, but he ended up putting it back into the box.
"I'll think about it later," Angele sighed. He must make the choice carefully because he could only tame a single magical companion.
Many Wizards controlled insects or flies to complete certain tasks for them, but a magical beast companion was different. It was linked to the life of its owner. If the magical companion were to die, the Wizard contracted to it would take permanent damage. Moreover, even if the Wizard died, he could still revive through his magical companion. Having a magical companion was akin to obtaining a second life.
It was the reason why Angele was so careful about choosing the right companion. He wanted a strong creature that could protect him during battles.
The one he currently had was an egg of a dark scorpion. An adult dark scorpion was about one meter long and half a meter wide. Its fighting ability was close to the enraged mountain bear he had encountered before. A Knight would have trouble fighting it, but for a Wizard, it was too weak.
"I hope I can find something better. Otherwise, I'll have to create one myself." Angele sighed again.
Creating creatures and manipulating blood were two of the popular subjects in Wizard's world. However, most of the artificial creatures had critical weaknesses. In addition to that, Wizards needed a lot of knowledge just to be able to start the process.
With the help of Angele, Tia recovered after several days. He stayed in the city for several more days and gave Tia two regular magic stones to pay the bills before departing once again.
Tinos, Harland, and Alford watched him depart. They asked him several times if he needed any help.
Angele did not ask for anything. He had already prepared everything he needed on the way. He knew he would not return until all his plans were accomplished. The only way for him to contact them was thru the telescope, but his destination was out of its maximum range.
However, he needed to go back to check on his family. Angele left Marua Harbor several years ago, and he had no idea what had happened during this years. He left a note saying he was going study abroad, but his family had no idea on what he was actually trying to do. Only Master Adolf knew that he went to pursue his dream.
Angele still remembered the day he left Marua Harbor and the things that happened on his way to Ramsoda.
He helped Nancy on the boat and also met the girl with a talent level of one. Also, Yuri told him he was going to guard the border in the letter, but Yuri never replied after that.
Angele thought about the events happened during all those years while traveling to the closest dock with haste.
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Chapter 131: Return (2)
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Angele's plan was to board a ship at the dock and return to his homeland using the route initially used when he came here. His combat style was quite disparate from other Wizards because he started as a top-level Knight and he had advantages in close combat. He did not need many offensive spells due to his strong physical attacks.
Most of the offensive spells needed various supporting materials, and the ones Angele learned, including his Talent Spell, did not have any specific requirement.
He had no idea how other Wizards fought and he was not sure if his physical attacks would be effective when trying to break Wizards' forcefields, but at least he did not have to collect a lot of materials.
Angele had read about close combat Wizards in records, but they still needed to cast spells to enhance their physical attacks. Angele's Talent Spell, Metal Mastery, could help him release the true power of Metal Spells. It was a special spell he created with the help of Zero and other Wizards would not be able to copy it.
Angele started studying new spells on his way to the dock. He purchased a lot of spell models in the school and had many spells stored in Zero's storage. Although most of the spells were not in the Wind or Fire category, he still learned a lot of basics.
Angele's Talent Spell was strong, increasing both his physical and magical defense, but it was not perfect. There were Wizards with Talent Spells that specialized in either physical or magical defense, such spells were stronger when dealing with a certain type of attack.
For that, Angele wanted to develop a more effective battle style. He was trying to search for suitable spells in the storage and enhance them with the help of Zero.
Angele rented a carriage from a town he passed by. He sat inside it with his eyebrows furrowed. He was organizing the spell data.
'My Mentality already reached 21 units, and I have about 21 Mana before casting any spell. However, I didn't expect a level 1 spell to cost me 4 units of mentality, which basically means I can only cast up to five spells. I'll faint after my Mentality is empty. So that's why most Wizards merely control energy particles to fight, as they don't have enough mentality to keep casting spells. Benedict could cast a bunch of level 0 spells and he also used several enchanted items. He must have spent a long time finding ways to increase his Mentality.' Angele put his hands on the table in the middle of the carriage and kept thinking.
'Level 1 spells are strong, but they cost too much mentality and mana. I should store one spell into the chip and cast it instantly when necessary.' It seemed that Angele had figured out a way.
'Zero, how many Fire offensive spells did I learn?' he questioned.
'Two spells found.'
'1. Lesser Fireball: Attack enemy with a ranged fireball.
2. Evaporate: Drain water from the opponent's body and damage the opponent with high-temperature steam.' Zero immediately reported.
These were two of the spells Angele purchased from the school. He finished learning them not so long ago with the help of Zero.
'Simulate the spell model of Lesser Fireball and show me its power level in the standard unit.'
It took only several seconds for the chip to do the simulation.
'Simulation finished. Lesser Fireball, it can deal 20 to 25 degrees of damage. Effective range, 5 meters. Cost, 4 Mentality and 4 Mana.'
Angele's glowing heart's flame strike could deal about 12 degrees of damage, while his physical attack could deal about 20 degrees of damage.
This level 1 spell could deal more than 20 degrees of damage within a radius of 2.5 meters, and it was like Angele dealing area damage with his physical attacks.
Also, Lesser Fireball was a general spell model and its power came from its explosive and burning damage. However, most of the top-level Knights would not be able to survive the attack if they were caught within the range. It was same as being attacked by many mid-level Knights at the same time.
Grand Knights might be able to handle such damage if the white light barrier around their body had magic resistance.
'Can you enhance its damage?'
'Damage boost is possible. It can be increased to 32 to 39 degrees. Mentality cost will be increased to 6 and mana cost will be increased to 4. Estimated time, 4 days,' Zero reported.
'Create the task, start the enhancement right away,' Angele ordered.
'Task created. Enhancing…'
'Also, show me my Metal Mastery spell's defense data and do the simulation for it as well.'
'Simulating… Metal Mastery (Force Field): Physical resistance, 19 degrees. Magic resistance, 14 degrees. Lower the damage of spells that focus either physical or magic defense.'
Angele's expression changed.
'What's the average resistance of other defensive spells?'
'Spells focused on physical resistance can handle 25 degrees of damage, while spells focused on magic resistance can handle 25 degrees of damage.'
There was one way to improve the resistance of the force field. Angele had found it before he decided to choose it as his Talent Spell. He needed to find certain types of metals and absorb those materials.
He absorbed the claw from the Claw Warrior, causing an increase in his magic resistance. If he could find better materials in the future, he would be able to increase his resistance very fast.
'I'm on a trip anyway. I shall try to find suitable metals and absorb them.' Angele planned.
'Create the task, simulate a battle between me and an average Wizard of my level. Show me the probability of achieving victory after.'
Zero started simulating immediately. It took the chip about 10 minutes to show Angele the result.
'Probability of achieving victory, 73.15%.'
Angele was not surprised. He had the chip to assist him during battles. Moreover, he could cast one or two spells instantly. An average Wizard would never expect such surprise attack. The spell he stored could be cast faster than activating enchanted items.
However, the winning probability was merely a number. Things changed unpredictably fast in actual battles.
Angele enjoyed fighting. He could think quicker and act faster during the battles. Winning fights gave him the feeling of accomplishment.
Wizards usually fought passively, and most of them spend their time guarding the school they signed the contract with.
Angele shook his head and stopped thinking. He looked at the wooden table. There were two quivers of metal arrows and a metal longbow on it. Below the table, there was a full suit of black metal armor.
Angele prepared those before leaving the city with the help of Tinos and Harland. The arrows and the suit were crafted with the best materials they could find. Angele could not absorb them all together at once, so he decided to keep them in the carriage for now.
In the evening.
A campfire was blazing in the dark forest, brightening up its surrounding area.
Three people were sitting by the campfire with their legs crossed.
One of them looked old. He was wearing a black robe and his hair was white. The man had his eyes closed. He was meditating.
The other two were in their mid-twenties. The young man was wearing a gray robe, and the woman had a branch in her hand playing with the flame.
The young man was reading a book carefully.
After several minutes, the woman put down the branch and looked at the old man.
"Master Maryland, how long do we have to wait? We stayed here the whole day. I wonder if he went a different route?"
The old man opened his eyes slowly and shook his head.
"No, this is the shortest route to the dock, so he'll choose it for sure," Maryland stopped for a second and continued, "I'm not under the orders of the school. Under the pressure of Liliana, my family is not seeking vengeance, but… Adele was my only grandson and he died for nothing! I can't just let him go, I just can't."
He turned around and looked at the two Wizard apprentices.
"You don't have to help me."
"Master, you've helped us a lot in school. We can't let you face him alone," the male Wizard apprentice put down his book, and he spoke respectfully.
"Also, we reached rank 3 a long time ago. We might find some rare materials from his body."
"Thanks." Maryland looked happy.
"Only those who choose to help me when I'm in trouble are my true followers." He smiled.
"It's our pleasure to assist you." The two Wizard apprentices lowered their heads and bowed.
"Angele just became a formal Wizard, so he has no time to learn spells. I think he doesn't even know how to modify spell models. I can take him on easily." Maryland looked relaxed.
"No matter how talented he is, he needs at least one year to master a level 1 offensive spell, so Angele will fight with level 0 spells. He doesn't even stand a chance against me. After this is finished, I'll take you two to another better organization."
"But Master, I heard his talent level was 2, yet it only took him three years to break the limit. He must have some special power," the female Wizard apprentice interrupted.
"We should keep his body and dissect him. I'm sure he's hiding some secrets."
"Good idea." Maryland nodded.
"I'll keep his body in one piece."
Maryland raised his right hand and spoke slowly, "In the war against Northland Alliance, I slew more than ten rank 3 Wizard apprentices and two enemy Wizards. Liliana really thinks this kid is more valuable than me? I'll let her know how stupid her decision is!"
Intense white light started coming out of his eyes.
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Chapter 132: Counterattack (1)
Translator: Leo Editor: DarkGem/Frappe
In the morning.
It was a cloudy day. A sea of trees was leaning due to the strong wind. The noise they made drove the birds away. Several dark birds soared through the sky from time to time.
Between the trees, there was a black carriage slowly advancing along a gray path. Strangely enough, there was no coachman sitting in its driving seat.
Suddenly, the window of the carriage was opened by a pale hand, showing a brown-haired young man sitting inside. He was glancing at the bushes with his brows furrowed.
He looked at the left side of the path. There were many trees and bushes blocking his sight.
The trees' sizes varied. He felt like he was inside a primeval forest.
"Halt!" The man suddenly stopped the horses.
The wheels stopped gradually as the horse slowed down while breathing heavily.
The young man opened the door and jumped off the carriage. He then quickly walked to the roadside. There was a black crossguard sword hanging over his waist, and on his back, there was a large metal longbow along with a full quiver. The man's body was strong and his action was quick.
The man looked like an experienced hunter with a pair of clean-looking silver armor gloves on his hands.
He stomped on the ground several times and moved his feet around.
"You think I'm really going to fall for this? At least hide yourselves better." The man sneered. He glared at the bushes in front of him and pulled an arrow out of his quiver.
Inside the forest.
One black robe and two gray robes were trying to ambush Angele from the bushes, it was Maryland and his apprentices. They hid behind a large tree and slowed down their breathing, listening to the noises coming from the path.
There was a short wooden crossbow in Maryland's hand, already loaded with a special arrow. The arrow was coated in a white glow. It looked like it was made from white jade.
"Master, I think he's already here. We just heard him making noises, right? I think he's coming for us," the male Wizard apprentice whispered.
"Don't worry, stay here."
CHI*
A ray of black light flew toward the female Wizard apprentice on the side.
DANG*
A red barrier appeared around the female Wizard apprentice's body. The black arrow was blocked, causing it to deviate its path and pierce the tree beside.
The three were surprised by the attack. They looked at the black iron arrow on the tree and realized that Angele had already detected their positions.
"Watch out!" Maryland suddenly shouted.
The female Wizard apprentice turned her head around after hearing Maryland's warning.
BAM*
It seemed that her barrier was on cooldown as another black iron arrow struck her forehead. Her skullcap was broken into pieces. Blood mixed with brain matter splashed everywhere.
The female Wizard apprentice's eyes were wide open. She died before knowing what had happened, and her body fell to the ground.
"Ria!" the male Wizard apprentice shouted in fear.
"God damn!" He pressed his left wrist with his right hand and chanted something.
After two seconds, he vanished into the air. A faint distortion moved through the bushes while leaving footprints on the muddy ground.
Maryland raised his short crossbow, white light coming out of his eyes. His expression was solemn as he was trying to catch every movement on the other side of the bush.
Maryland heard footsteps of a person walking on the dry leaves on the ground. A strapping man slowly walked out of the shadows.
Angele put his hand on the handle of his crossguard sword and stepped on a large stone. He was glaring at Maryland.
"I knew it was you, Maryland." The young man who had a pair of sharp eyes was speaking in a calm tone.
Maryland licked his lips.
"Angele, I didn't expect you to detect us first. Liliana found herself a good disciple. But why did you reveal yourself, you should've stayed in the bushes." He quickly aimed at Angele with his crossbow.
"Delan Siro, Frozen Death!"
The white arrow left the short crossbow and drew an arc in the air. It was flying at full speed, with only a white light dot indicating its direction.
Maryland threw the crossbow to the ground and took out a small bottle from his pouch. He then removed the stopper and poured some light-yellow powder onto his palm, sprinkling it into the air.
He was invoking incantations that Angele had never heard of before. A ball of white light slowly appeared in front of him. The light ball lit up the area, and a high-pitched scream was coming out of it.
As the scream became louder, Maryland pushed the light ball forward with his hands. The light ball traveled slowly in the air, approaching Angele.
Angele drew his crossguard sword. He turned around and started running. His body turned into a blurry gray shadow among the bushes. The white arrow dodged the trees and was pursuing him from behind. It only took the arrow several seconds to catch up, and it exploded in the air as soon as Angele slowed down.
BOOM*
The explosion produced a white mist that surrounded Angele in the middle.
Countless layers of ice started spreading in the area, but Angele walked out of ice mist within seconds.
A thin layer of silver metal covered his body. The ice mist was blocked before it could reach his skin.
Crack*
The silver metal on Angele's skin dropped to the ground. It then melted into a liquid ball and floated in the air.
The ice barrier in the air was broken into pieces by Angele's twisted power and dropped to the grass on the ground. Angele touched the surface of the silver metal. It turned into a large silver shield that covered his body.
The white light ball finally reached Angele and smashed against the silver shield with great impact.
BAM*
The white light broke into seemingly infinite tiny light dots, flying to Angele from all angles.
Angele held his sword with both hands and slashed forward without hesitation.
The blade melted and turned into a group of tiny metal particles. They started intercepting the white light dots in the air.
Once more, all the white light dots exploded after the collision with the metal particles. The explosion created many broken ice pieces mixed with metal ashes.
Angele quickly stepped back and dropped the remaining handle of his sword.
He waited for the hail in front of him to stop. Maryland could not believe what he had just witnessed.
Angele raised his hand again and created another silver crossguard sword.
He suddenly turned around and slashed forward. An invisible man revealed himself after being cut into half on the empty ground.
It was the male Wizard apprentice who tried to attack Angele from behind. His eyes were wide open and his body was sliced into two. The man was holding a small black ball in his right hand, which had moving silver patterns on the surface of the ball.
The stench of blood spread in the air as the man's organs emerged on the ground.
"You're the last one." Angele turned around and blocked an incoming ice lance with his sword.
Angele waved his hand. The metal ashes on the ground slowly floated into the air.
He then pointed his finger at Maryland.
Countless tiny metal needles started flying toward Maryland.
Angele wasted no time and charged forward. He held his crossguard sword tight. When he was about four or five meters away from Maryland, he swung his sword and its shape shifted in the air. The sword became thinner but much longer than before.
CLANG*
The tip of the sword stopped before it could hit Maryland. A white ice barrier appeared in front of him that successfully blocked Angele's attack.
Maryland's face turned pale from fright as leaned against the tree behind him. He did not try to stop Angele from attacking. He only kept doing weird hand gestures while invoking an incantation. A white glow appeared on the tip of his fingers.
The white ice barrier in front of him blocked all the metal projectiles. It sounded like rain dropping onto a window.
Maryland looked at Angele and increased the speed of his incantation. A diamond-shaped crystal slowly appeared in front of his body, it rotated while glowing and it seemed like the crystal contained some mysterious strong power.
Beside the white barrier in front of Maryland was a translucent ice barrier that only appeared when some of the metal needles attacked him from the behind. This barrier had only revealed itself after being hit.
"Die!" Maryland's expression changed. He pushed the crystal toward Angele with both of his hands.
Maryland looked tired after completing the strongest spell he knew. Two Wizards from Northland Alliance had been slain by it during the war. The cost of the spell was half of his reserves. Most of his mentality and mana was consumed by it.
Maryland ran to the side after the crystal was completed. He grabbed several blue mana potions from his pouch and poured them into his mouth one after another. Those potions could help him recover mana and mentality, but it took time, and he would not be able to cast the next spell immediately. He turned his head around and looked at Angele.
The speed of the crystal was fast, that Angele had to withdraw.
CLANG*
He struck the crystal with the sword, but it was so hard that his arms turned numb.
"Raymancrisa Ignis…" Angele chanted an incantation in a low voice. Four lines of red flame gathered in front of Angele's chest and turned into a fist-sized fireball.
The fireball grew larger and its color became darker.
Angele pushed the fireball forward and it hit the incoming crystal.
BOOM*
After the explosion, flames and pieces of ice blocks all flew toward Angele. He quickly conjured another silver metal shield and tried to block the approaching projectiles.
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Angele did not stop after creating the first metal shield. He stacked three shields together to block the explosion.
BOOM*
Angele was pushed back several meters by the impact. He supported himself with his left feet as he slowly stabilized. Three silver metal shields helped him defend against the energy explosion caused by the Lesser Fireball and the crystal.
'Such a powerful spell.' Angele had a serious expression on his face.
'My agility is high and my forcefield has caught most of the projectiles in the air. Otherwise, it must be impossible for me to take no damage. The power level of the explosion is over 30 degrees. After the enhancement of Lesser Fireball is done, I'll be able to deal with it easily.'
Angele's forcefield would automatically create metal scraps to block the particles coming for him. The field itself could handle 14 degrees of power, and after casting the Lesser Fireball, he successfully resolved a total of 30 degrees of power.
'So this is what a Wizard can do before reaching the Gas stage. It's my turn now.' Angele looked at Maryland and sneered, the old man's face was still pale.
Angele raised his hand and the silver shields were absorbed by his body again. He leaned forward and charged toward Maryland again.
Maryland was running away from Angele desperately.
"How? How is that even possible! All the power was brought to the kid after the crystal exploded, yet he was not hurt at all?! That's twice the original power! He just became a Wizard, but he actually successfully blocked such a strong spell." Fear was etched all over his face. All he could do was to try his best to escape.
Suddenly, his sight blurred.
BAM*
Something struck Maryland's back with great impact, causing him to lose his balance. The translucent ice barrier blocked the attack coming from behind. Although he was not hurt, he was still blown away by the impact and he fell to the ground.
"Maryland, we are having fun, right? Why are you running?" Angele's deep voice came from behind.
Maryland struggled for a while before he stood up. Fear slowly filled up his mind. He trembled before he turned around and tried to invoke incantations, but he could not calm down at all. This unpleasant feeling in his head made his Mentality unstable, so there was no way for him to cast any spell in his current state.
"Angele… Are you seriously trying to kill me? I'm a contracted Wizard of the school! If you kill me, the school will place a bounty on your head! Think twice before you do that!" Maryland started retreating step by step.
Angele looked at Maryland. He was disappointed.
"You can't even cast any spell right now. I considered you as a worthy opponent." He walked to the old man and raised the crossguard sword in the air.
"Don't! Killing me is betraying the school!" Maryland yelled in fear. The white light in his eyes had disappeared. He tripped on a stone while trying to flee and he fell to the ground once again.
"I'll make sure that I'll take care of your dead body. We're in a forest far from the school, who'd know I killed you?" Angele smiled.
Maryland's ice barrier was impaled by Angele's sword.
"You!" Maryland's face was twitching.
DANG*
The barrier had already absorbed a lot of damage for the old man, but without a mana supply, its surface started shedding.
Angele raised his sword again and slashed down with no hesitation.
Crack*
The ice barrier could not take any more damage, so the translucent barrier around him revealed itself before breaking into pieces.
"No!" Maryland's barriers were gone. He stood up immediately and threw a black bottle to the ground.
BOOM*
The bottle exploded and flames splashed into the air.
Angele took a step back and created a metal silver shield to block the flame. He could see Maryland running away through the fire, and he smiled.
He slightly leaned forward and charged forth.
Angele was so fast that the trees on the sides became blurry. He could hear the wind howling while approaching Maryland.
He tightly held the handle of his sword and slashed downward. The sword soared in the air and was about to hit Maryland.
Clang*
A black creature deflected Angele's blade from the side. Angele stopped moving forward and stepped back immediately.
A well-built man slowly walked out of the bushes behind Maryland. The man was wearing a coat made from black bear skin, and his long hair was messy. There were two metal claws on both his hands. He looked quite calm.
The black creature returned to the man's side. It was a black panther that stared at Angele with a pair of green shallow eyes, its legs fully armored.
Roar*
The panther was awaiting its owner's order.
Angele swung the crossguard sword in his hand.
"You're with Maryland?" He had a gentle smile on his face, but he was ready to strike at any moment.
"My mission is to bring Maryland back. He's already signed the contract with Liliado. From now on, he's one of us," the man spoke in a calm tone.
"Leave now if you don't want to die. You don't stand a chance against me."
"Is that so?" Angele stopped smiling.
"It means you're my enemy too."
The man stared at him.
"If you don't leave, then yes."
Angele narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the man. He could sense the strong Mentality of the man just by looking at him.
Maryland was much weaker than the man.
"You already reached the Gas stage?" Angele suddenly questioned.
The man did not respond. He only patted the panther's head, which caused it to purr several times in response.
Angele's expression finally turned gruesome.
Silver metal liquid came out of his body and covered him completely layer by layer within seconds.
Three silver scars were revealed at the left side of Angele's face after the layers of silver metal slowly spread on his skin.
The man looked a bit surprised after seeing the changes happened to Angele.
"Metal forcefield…" He stared at Angele.
"It's the first time I'm seeing a Wizard with Metal Mastery as a Talent Spell."
CHI*
Two bone armor appeared on the man's arms. The armor was covered with sharp thorns.
Maryland lay down on the side quietly, his skull penetrated by a sharp thin metal needle.
Inside a meeting hall in Ramsoda College, five people wearing black robes sat around a table.
"So, no one respects my word anymore?" Liliana questioned in a deep tone.
"We didn't authorize Maryland's action. He's not one of us anymore and we, Sparrow Family, already declared that." A middle-aged woman responded immediately.
"Master Liliana. We had no idea that he offended you. Please forgive us." There was fear in her eyes.
"Maryland has signed a contract with Liliado, thus it's treason." The black robe in the main seat spoke calmly. His face was covered in black mist.
"I agree, Mr. President."
"Me too." The other two black robes nodded.
Liliana grunted before standing up and vanishing into the dark shadows.
"Damn! How dare you!" someone shouted with a deep voice inside the forest.
"Retard."
Angele leaned to the side and dodged an incoming red sphere of light. The sphere hit the tree behind him, melting the tree into a pool of acid.
The strong man kept waving his metal claws and kept shooting red spheres of light toward Angele while blocking the silver metal needles infused with blue electric pulses.
Countless tiny metal needles were floating around Angele's opponent like blue flies. Angele controlled those metal needles to attack the man from all angles after dodging several red spheres of light.
Angele didn't have the upper hand, but the man was similarly having trouble in blocking Angele's metal needles. The black panther kept roaring, trying to find Angele's weak spot.
There were blue light dots in Angele's eyes. Zero was helping him predict the direction of those red spheres of light. Each sphere of light was about the size of an egg and it could track Angele's movements precisely. He tried to slash them with his sword, but the sword was melted by the acid immediately. It seemed like the man was using anti-metal spells.
The only thing Angele could do was to dodge and control those metal needles to attack.
"The Gas stage is strong I see," he whispered, but his voice still reached the man's ears.
"Why are you trying so hard for a dead man? This battle won't end easily. We both know that."
The man looked anxious.
"I underestimated you."
He took several steps back and lowered his claws. The black panther returned to his side as well.
"I shall leave for now. Angele Rio, I'll remember your name.
The man vanished into the forest with the panther after finishing his word.
Angele raised his right hand and all the floating metal needles returned to his body.
"I need to take care of the body before the people from the school show up." Angele looked at Maryland's corpse with no expression on his face.
He did not want the people in Ramsoda to know that it was him who killed Maryland. Although Maryland had betrayed the school, Angele would still be taken back to the school for interrogation. He did not want to waste any more time.
Angele also figured out what he was lacking after the battle. He had no high-damage spells. That was also the reason why he spent a long time trying to kill Maryland.
"High damage spells…" Angele started thinking.
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Angele decided to collect more spells later. He looked at Maryland's corpse again.
He walked to the body and crouched. Angele checked if Maryland was still breathing by touching his neck before looting his body.
First, he went for the two white leather pouches on Maryland's waist, and then he found two white jade arrows from the belt. He also found a small spell book with a brown leather cover. The book was about the size of a palm, and there was a glowing white diamond-shaped pattern on the front.
Angele returned to the place where the fight began and rummaged through the two Wizard apprentices' bodies. He took everything valuable to him.
After the place was cleaned up, Angele left the forest and returned to his carriage. The horse was still eating the grasses on the side. It seemed that no one had come by.
He opened the door and jumped into the carriage. Angele sat down by the table and started to check everything he acquired.
There were some spell materials in the white pouches, but Angele had never seen them before. They might be used for Ice spells. There was also a crystal bottle that contained several translucent capsules inside. The capsules looked similar to the fish oil capsules Angele had seen back on Earth.
Many basic spell models were recorded in the book, and Maryland's notes were all written beside them. Angele was a bit downcast that Maryland did not write anything important on the book, so it was basically useless to him. He read it through and burned it right after.
The only thing valuable from the two apprentices was a black sphere. The spell books contained nothing new to Angele. Furthermore, he also found several regular magic stones.
The enchanted ring from the female Wizard apprentice already broke and the spell materials she had could be found anywhere.
Angele put down the magic stones and the materials. He grabbed the black sphere and started observing it. The sphere was about the size of his fist, and there was a thin layer of silver metallic liquid on its surface. He had no idea what it was made from.
"Strange, it's soft and the only thing I can sense from it is Maryland's remaining energy." Angele checked the sphere for a while and concluded.
"Perhaps it's merely a one-time explosive item?"
'Zero, found anything similar in the database?' Angele wondered.
'No matching data was found.' There was nothing Zero could do if it was not stored in the database.
Angele carefully put the sphere into his pouch and with a flick of his finger, black smoke descended onto the horse in front. The horse started advancing slowly and the carriage moved again.
"I should've activated the battle mode during the fight against the Panther Wizard, but I still may not be able to kill him. The only spell he cast was conjuring those red spheres. I hope the range of my Metal Field is large enough to absorb more damage. Besides, the magic resistance is still too low."
Angele's eyebrows furrowed. He stopped the fight because he was at the same level as the man and he had already used a lot of mana in the previous encounter.
The Metal forcefield's defense and resistance were relatively low, so every time he blocked a spell, he needed to create another layer of metal barrier. Talent Spell's cost was low, but his mana pool was still limited. Without the spell stored in the chip, he would have a hard time fighting against the second enemy.
Casting one Lesser Fireball required 4 Mentality and 4 Mana.
Manipulating the metals and creating metal barriers to block Maryland's spells cost Angele 13 mana and using the electrically enhanced needles to attack the Panther Wizard almost drained the rest of his mana. If the fight lasted any longer, he would've had to retreat. Physical attacks would not damage that man there.
He had the type of the energy particles stored in the chip switched to metal energy particles. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to recreate so many metal barriers.
'It seems impossible for the chip to scan the information of a Wizard if his force field is on. The battle mode is good only when the opponent loses his barrier,' Angele thought.
'I don't know why, but Zero can now handle two tasks simultaneously after I broke my genetic limit… However, …'
Angele looked at the trees outside through the window. The tree leaves were shaking in the wind, and there were rabbits jumping around from time to time.
'How to break through a Wizard's forcefield…?' Angele tried to recall the basic knowledge of forcefields he had learned before.
If he wanted to break a common forcefield, he would have to use another corresponding type of forcefield to hit it accurately. Angele needed to switch to a proper forcefield when necessary, but Zero would not be able to do that.
It meant that the chip could help him reserve his energy during battles, but there was barely anything else it could do. It was still good for research, so Angele decided to collect more information he needed about further studies.
'After Zero finished the enhancement on the Lesser Fireball, I'll do the second modification myself.' Angele shook his head.
Wizards needed to learn how to modify spells. After all, the chip could only help Angele stored basic information and spell models. The enhancement Zero did for the spells was based on the data Angele collected, and without data, there was nothing it could do.
In order to get the best results, Angele had to do it by himself. Zero could help him select the right information to save some time.
'At least it can multitask now.' Angele chuckled.
'I should be grateful for what I have. I'm already progressing much faster than the others.'
Dock Nick.
Bright sunlight reflected upon the golden beach.
The coconut trees' large leaves were waving in the wind. Waves crashed onto the shore from time to time.
A black carriage was parked in front of a road sign beside the forest, its wooden wheels coated with the sand from the beach.
Angele already waited three days for the ship to come after he arrived at the dock. He sat inside the carriage and looked at the sea.
He already checked the date when the ship would come by. Every 4 years, a ship coming from another land would drop Wizard apprentices off at several docks and it would pick up those who wished to go back. It was the only way for him to travel from this land to another.
Angele opened the window and jumped off the carriage. He slowly walked to the beach and raised his head. He saw a blue ship with white stripes on its surface slowly moving toward him.
He waited on the beach, but he suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind.
"You must be Master Angele? Are you waiting for the ship?" A stranger's voice came from behind.
Angele turned around and saw a silver-haired in a white robe smiling at him.
"Yes, I'm Angele. Sorry, but you are?" Angele wondered as he had no idea who this man was.
"I'm Tymoral. Liliana has helped me several times before. I respect her a lot." The man named Tymoral smiled.
"It's the third time I'm chosen to be the messenger. My duty is to contact the countries overseas. If you need any help, just ask. I have the right to grant you noble status."
Angele hesitated for a second, but he still showed his gratitude while smiling.
"Thank you for your kindness. I'll talk to you when I need it."
"Sure." Tymoral nodded.
"Countries funded by mortals are weak, but Grand Knights can still fight us with enchanted items they possess. You should be careful if you must fight one of them. I suggest you contact your masters and find the Bloodline Nobles."
"Bloodline Nobles?" Angele had never heard of it before.
"Ah, sorry, I forgot to explain first." It seemed as if Tymoral recalled something, becoming a bit nervous. He even slightly bowed to Angele.
Angele immediately bowed as well.
"You did nothing wrong. It's not a big problem." Angele did not know why Tymoral was so polite to him.
Tymoral straightened his back and started explaining.
"Well, I didn't notice your… I'll explain it to you right now. Bloodline Nobles are personages who rule this world. Most of them are royal members who often possess the greatest power in their hands. The first royal members overseas were several old Wizards who failed to rank up, their lives about to end. They created their own empires. Some of them successfully passed their knowledge to the next generations. The higher their Wizard ranks were, the harder it would be for them to get women pregnant. Before they died, they left some strong enchanted items to their children to help them survive in wars. The children of the Wizards were the Bloodline Nobles. The Wizards without descendants lost their country after they died. I forgot that only royal members or very knowledgeable Wizards knew about this, so I apologized."
Tymoral stopped for a second and sighed with emotion.
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"Bloodline Nobles are not gifted with special power. They merely have stronger bodies compared to mortals. Also, most of the royal members are not willing to study. They spend most of their time playing. The Wizard apprentices with high talent levels are usually related to the royal members. I think you already know what you will be facing if you don't get in contact with Bloodline Nobles. You're the first Wizard in your family I believe."
Angele thought for a while. He could imagine what would happen after arriving at Marua Harbor.
"Well, please help me get in touch with them then." He had a bitter smile on his face.
"Sure." Tymoral nodded. He already knew that Angele had no other choice.
"I have some old friends in your home country, Andes Alliance. You can disembark the ship with a concealed identity. You're the first Wizard apprentice from Andes Alliance to become a formal Wizard in the last ten years and you even joined the Land of the Dark Wizards. It's quite amazing actually."
Angele laughed.
"I'm just lucky, haha. I almost forgot, but when I left Andes Alliance, Rudin Empire and Saladin Empire were still fighting. Do you have any recent intel on that?"
"There are not many royal members left in Rudin Empire, so it's time for a change. Saladin Empire found the right timing to strike, so they must've already won in the war. I heard several royal members of Saladin Empire are studying on this land. Although they did not become formal Wizards yet, they are still much stronger than the strongest soldier in Rudin Empire's army," Tymoral explained.
"Why are we wasting time discussing mortals? They can't even handle a single energy particle attack. Let's change the topic."
Angele nodded. He started discussing the structural differences between positive energy spells models and negative energy spell models. They exchanged their opinions on the similarities of spell modifications with spells from different categories.
Both of them knew Master Liliana and both of them had not yet reached the Gas stage, so there were many things for them to discuss.
Their friendship had already deepened as the ship arrived at the dock, and Angele learned some more basic knowledge from Tymoral as well.
The ship stopped by the shore and released the anchor. The stairs were lowered by the workers on deck. A girl in black one piece ran down the stairs quickly. She must be one of the Wizard apprentices on the board.
The girl saw two Wizards standing on the beach, and quickly walked to them. She put her right hand over the hand and slightly bent her knees. It seemed that she was showing them her respect, but Angele had no idea where she came from. He was not familiar with her style of etiquette.
"Go wait by the road sign beside the forest. Someone will pick you up." Tymoral said in a light tone.
Angele glanced at the female Wizard apprentices and realized she was just a rank 2 Wizard apprentice, so he was not interested. A black-robed man walked down the stairs after the girl left.
"Ramsoda, huh? You're the ones in charge this time?" The man looked at Tymoral and Angele's robes.
"Tymoral, I'll be leaving now. I already spent too much time on the ship."
"I'll take care of it from here." Tymoral nodded without any expression on his face.
The man nodded as well. He put on his hood and quickly walked away.
"Let's board the ship and check the engine room first," Tymoral spoke to Angele with a much milder expression than earlier. It seemed that he disliked the man he just talked to.
"Sure." Angele nodded and boarded the empty ship with Tymoral.
The ship was large, just like the one Angele took on the way he came. The only difference was the building on the deck. The two looked like two tiny ants on the deck.
They walked down the cabin quickly and reached the engine room. The room was dark, but with a flick of Tymoral's finger, two lines of torches were lighted up, illuminating the place.
The room was about the size of a football court and Angele realized that the floor was actually the back of several humongous dark blue fish.
The fish was more than ten meters long and its upper body was fixed at the bottom of the ship. A thin layer of water coated the fish's skin, which prevented the water from breaching the inside of the ship.
These fish were the engines of the chip. Angele observed them and found no soul in their eyes. It seemed that they were controlled using spells or some special methods. They looked identical to dolphins but were much larger in size.
Tymoral smiled and pointed at the fish.
"Those fish have been modified by energy particles and are powering the ship. They last years in the sea. Their muscles are also enhanced by dark magic, preventing them from getting hurt."
Angele nodded while smiling. "That's some amazing techniques."
Tymoral continued, "The ship's name is Future. I'll explain the procedure to you. First, we need to pick up some people who want to go to other lands to the next dock. Most of them are Wizard apprentices who lost their hopes. After that, we need to repair the body of the ship and hire some sailors to hide the real purpose of the trip. Are you fine with the plan?"
"Of course," Angele answered without hesitation.
"But I need to get my cases onto the ship first."
"I can help you with that." Tymoral chuckled.
"I appreciate it." Angele started walking upstairs.
One day later.
The ship named 'Future' started sailing along the pre-determined route under Tymoral's control.
It would take them two days to go from Dock Nick to the next one.
Ramsoda was its final destination because the place was where the Dark Wizards lived. Another name for the Ramsoda region was 'Aikenhain'. The name Aikenhain meant 'where the sun rises', and it was relatively far from other organizations' territories.
Dock Nick was on the opposite side of the second dock. It would take years for one to travel from one side to another on land.
Angele stood on the starboard side of the ship.
The endless sky looked like a huge sapphire. There were white seagulls flying over the ship from time to time and the fishy sea breeze made Angele's hair fly about in the air. He put his hands on the cold railing and overlooked the surface of the sea.
There were two large ships in Angele's sight. The ships were connected with wooden bridges. The sailors with swords in their hands were fighting against each other.
"Pirates raiding an armored merchant ship. It's common around here." Tymoral walked to Angele.
"Don't worry. They won't come for us. I heard the White Tooth Castle already established a fleet to wipe the pirates off the sea."
Angele heard Tymoral's explanation and nodded, but he did not say anything. The ship slowly left the area and the two ships in conflict disappeared from his sight.
They finally arrived at the next dock on the second afternoon.
Dock Seahawk, it was the dock where Yuri and the others disembarked. The White Tooth Castle and Six Ring High Tower's territories were here.
Many people boarded the ship at the dock. More than thirty sailors and about ten Wizard apprentices, all heading back to their home country.
"Hurry up! You, yea, pick up the bread and fruits!" A bald, half-naked burly man was yelling beside Tymoral, his beard thick.
"I want everything on board within three hours! You hear me? Hurry up! Move your *sses!" the man shouted.
"Aye, aye! We're not deaf!" some of the sailors shouted back.
"Come here! I need help! This box is heavy as hell!"
"Hey! Tighten up the rope!"
"Damn, Cage! Move!"
The place was bustling. There were more than ships in various sizes docked by the shell-shaped bay and Future was still greater in size compared to other relatively large ships.
Several people in noble suits greeted Tymoral in an extremely polite tone, while the sailors were carrying boxes onto the ship. They sent several of their servants to help carry the barrels that had fresh water inside.
Some people were yelling in different dialects while waving their hands. Angele could not understand a single word they were saying. There were about forty people standing on the bridge beside the ships. It was crowded.
Angele could see carriages and pedestrians passing by along the road and he could hear the noise from here. Although he could not understand their language, he still felt quite happy to be in such a lively place.
The people suddenly stepped aside and made a path for the passengers.
About ten people wearing different types of clothes walked to the ship. Angele could sense the energy particles around them. Some of them were in their mid-thirties and there were also several old men with white messy hair.
They walked to Tymoral and bowed with respect. Tymoral said something and pointed at Future, looking unconcerned.
The group started boarding after heeding Tymoral's instructions. Angele took a glance at them and saw someone familiar.
A pretty girl with a black ponytail was staring at him. She was wearing a black swordsman's suit, looking confused.
"What are you looking at! Vel!" A middle-aged woman shoved the back of the girl forward.
"Don't stare at a master Wizard like that," she whispered.
The girl turned her head around immediately and followed the others onto the deck. Angele already knew who she was. It was Velvet, the girl he had met on his way to Ramsoda. Her talent level was 1.
It seemed that the girl failed to rank up and she had to go back to her family.
The strongest Wizard apprentice among the group was only at rank 2. Angele knew how strong they were just by looking at them, and Velvet was still at rank 1 after many years of studying. Her only improvement was the number of energy particles she could control.
The place was too crowded, so Angele decided to talk to Velvet later. He wanted to know how the others were doing. The sailors finished loading the containers within two hours, Future left the dock under the moonlight and started traveling to the next dock.
Knock Knock*
"Who is it?" Angele put down the feather pen from his hand and moved the oil lamp onto the paper before answering the door.
"It's me…" A sheepish voice came from outside the door.
Angele's eyebrows furrowed. He was currently trying to set up the plan for the enhancement of Mental Mastery. Moreover, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning.
He hated being interrupted while thinking.
"Come in," Angele answered in a low voice. He pointed at the door. A ray of green light came out of the tip of his finger and unlocked it.
The brown wooden door was pushed open and soothing wind blew into the room. A gray-cloaked person walked inside and closed the door.
"It's you?" Angele was a bit surprised.
"Yea, me, Velvet. I'm not sure if you still know me." The girl took off her cloak and revealed her emotionless face.
"It's late, why are you here? I wanted to talk to you tomorrow." Angele rubbed his temples. He was a bit tired.
DONG*
Velvet suddenly kneeled down and knocked her head on the floor.
"Please! We were on the same ship. Master Angele, take me in as your servant!" She had not raised her head yet. Angele was not sure what her expression looked like at the moment, but he knew her voice was shaky.
"You wish to be my servant?"
"Yes!" Velvet raised her head up and stared at Angele. Angele could the complex feelings in her eyes.
"I spent four years in Six Ring High Tower. I'm already 20 years old. It's impossible for me to become a formal Wizard now, so I'm planning to serve as a Knight in my hometown, but I didn't expect to meet you here… and you're already a Wizard…" Velvet was not sure how she should talk to Angele. She chose to become a Wizard apprentice, giving up the chance to take the life energy seed. She gave up since she could not progress. However, the girl would not even become a top-level Knight without the seed. Angele's talent level was 2, but he broke the limit after just four years of studying. Velvet admired him, but at the same time, she was jealous of him.
Velvet argued with Angele when they first met, yet she was now begging him to take her in. She felt ashamed knowing this fact. Her face was flustered. She wanted to know how Angele could progress so fast as it was her last hope. Velvet had to leave her dignity behind.
"Stand up first." Angele creased his eyebrows.
Velvet stood up. She was not wearing her swordsman's suit.
Worn on her body was a skin-tight leather armor, which perfectly showcased those full round breasts of hers. Velvet's short black skirt barely covered her thighs, and the silky stockings made her legs look alluring.
"Are you trying to seduce me with the clothes you're wearing?" Angele glanced at her.
Velvet lowered her head. She did not respond to Angele's question but slightly nodded her head.
Angele knew that if he took her in. She would most likely fulfill all his requests tonight.
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Chapter 136: Skirmish (1)
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Angele closed his eyes and grunted after a while. The room was silent. The only noise was made by the waves. Velvet, who was nearby, waited for Angele to talk. She stared at Angele nervously, not knowing whether to ask again or not.
"How's Yuri? You disembarked the ship together with him, right? I think he went to the White Tooth Castle," Angele suddenly questioned.
"Yes, but I haven't talked to him in a while," Velvet responded right away.
"But I heard he went to the border with a team of Wizard apprentices."
Angele nodded in response. He opened his eyes and looked at Velvet without any expression.
"Sorry, I can't take you in as my servant," he replied in a light tone.
After finishing his words, Angele saw the change in Velvet's eyes, which was now filled with despair instead. Her flustered face had gone pale within seconds.
"Is that your final answer…?" Velvet was trembling, and her voice shaky.
"I apologize." Angele shook his head.
"To be honest. Your talent level is too low. If I take you in as my servant, it'll be my responsibility to train you using all the resources I possess. I just became a formal Wizard and I don't have that much spare time for you. You need a long time and a lot of resources to rank up. So… I'm sorry."
Velvet's face turned even paler upon hearing Angele's explanation.
"You're not satisfied with my body? I can do whatever you want me to! Seriously! Please!" There were tears in her eyes, and she was trying her best to beg Angele.
"You're my last hope. My family… My father…" Velvet sobbed. Her words were incoherent.
Angele looked at Velvet without saying anything. He was waiting for her to calm down.
"From what I know, your father is a formal Wizard, right? You have his blood. What happened to your talent level?" Angele's eyebrows creased as he asked again.
"I don't know." Velvet shook her head.
Angele suddenly recalled something.
"What's your father and mother's relationship before they got married?" he questioned.
"My mother is my father's elder sister," Velvet muttered.
Angele had realized that it could've been a consanguineous marriage. It was a common custom between Wizards' families. They wanted their lineages to be pure, so their children could be born with high talent levels.
However, the probability of success was low. Most Wizards chose to reproduce with their relatives, and only a small percentage of their children had extremely high talent levels. The rest was worse than an average mortal. Some of them were born with disabilities and low talent level. They could not even train in sword skills.
This custom had never changed in the Wizards' world as most of the large families were connected through marriages.
Velvet probably had many sisters or brothers, but she was the only one gifted with talent.
'Her father was quite unlucky,' Angele thought.
'Velvet probably is the only hope of her family at the moment.'
"Where's your father?" Angele wondered.
Velvet hesitated for a second and she looked a bit depressed.
"He's dead."
Angele stopped asking after seeing Velvet's crestfallen face. A lot of things must've happened to her family, but he did not want to get involved.
"I'm sorry to hear that. Although I can't take you in, you and I are still friends. I have a Potion of Tranquility here. It can increase your mentality." Angele took out a small glass tube from his pouch. The liquid inside looked like a cloudy orange juice.
It was a potion he concocted recently using the actual materials instead of the substitutes. It was more effective than the ones he had used on himself. Although the materials were expensive, he had plenty of magic stones left. He wanted to sell it for more later.
Angele placed the tube on his wooden desk. Its appearance was not appealing under the dim light of the oil lamp.
However, Velvet knew how valuable this potion was. The despair in her eyes was long gone. Now, it was almost as if she was looking at the most beautiful item in the world.
She put her hands on the short skirt and started to lift the edges up slowly. Velvet was shy, but she looked attractive with her actions.
"Take it and you can leave." Angele furrowed his brows and muttered.
"I'm not doing this for your body."
Velvet was a bit surprised. She lowered her head and just stood there for several minutes before grabbing the tube from the desk.
"Thank you for the potion. I'll be leaving now." She lowered her voice.
"Take care." Angele nodded and started writing again.
Velvet turned around and picked up the cloak. She then opened the door and left quietly.
Angele could hear her crying after the door was closed again. After some intense footsteps, Velvet returned to her room.
Angele shook his head.
"There's really nothing I can do for her." He sighed and focused on the paper again.
A lonely blue ship was sailing on the endless sea. Three white sails were shaking slightly as the wind blew.
The ship looked like a white sesame on a large blue curtain, and it was struggling in the strong waves.
There were eight people standing beside the railings, overlooking the sea. Sailors were busy with their assigned works. Some were repairing the mast, and the bald man was controlling the helm.
Angele stood beside the railing quietly in his black robe with Tymoral. They just finished discussing ways on breaking through different types of forcefields.
"Actually, I need you to do me a favor." Angele turned around and said.
"What do you need? Is it about the girl who sneaked into your room several days ago? She did for money? Haha." Tymoral blinked his eyes and chuckled.
"Well, I didn't even touch her. She's just a friend. I'm wondering if you can help her family after we reach Andes Alliance? I don't know the details, but I want to do something for her."
"Fine. You're really boring." Tymoral shrugged.
"She's just a rank 1 Wizard apprentice. You can do whatever you want to her. Also, she came to you herself. It's not like you forced her to have sex with you or something. I really don't understand you. Just ask her to go to your room at night and you'll have something to do on this long trip, eh?"
"I'd rather spend the time doing researches," Angele responded in a light tone.
"What? Why? We're Wizards and we're at the top of the world. We live much longer than those mortals and we have plenty of time to progress. For example, I have this aunt. She's just 39 years old, yet she already has 15 male servants. Just follow your instinct as long as it's not against the code." Tymoral was a typical Wizard. He did not care about mortals at all. Angele could hear the arrogance in his words.
"Well, maybe I'm just weird." Angele smiled. He did not want to argue with Tymoral since he knew that people's opinions varied.
"Alright, I'll do you a favor. After we arrive at the Andes, I'll talk to my friends about it." Tymoral gave up after realizing that Angele was not interested in the topic. He took out a black crystal pocket watch and checked the time.
"Two already. I must go meditate. I'll talk to you later."
"Sure." Angele turned around as he responded.
He stayed at the railings and looked at the beautiful sea.
Angele heard rumors about him and Velvet from the sailors. They heard someone saying Angele forced Velvet to be his sex slave and Velvet went to his room every night.
Angele decided not to explain anything to the crew because rumors like this could protect Velvet. She would be respected by people if she had a relationship with a Wizard. Mortals feared the Wizards due to the tales they had heard and usually stayed away from anyone or anything related to them.
The waves became smaller after sailing for a while and the sailors catching fish with the fishing nets.
"One, two, three! Pull!"
"One, two, three! Pull!"
"Pull harder!"
"Tom! Hurry up!"
"Aye! Another batch! Ha!"
A muscular sailor shouted in joy. Several sailors were pulling the net together while yelling and laughing.
An entire haul of fishes and prawns netted were thrown to the deck, and the water from the sea left gray stains on the deck.
Angele saw some silver fishes, translucent prawns, and strange red creatures the size of a meatball.
Angele crouched and pointed at one of the meatballs.
"What's this?"
"Sphere Fish, Red Sphere Fish, master." A sailor approached him and answered politely.
"It's good for fish soup, and adding some eggplants will make it even better."
The rest of the sailors all stopped what they were doing after realizing Angele was talking to them. They bowed to Angele, respect and fear etched all over their faces.
"Red Sphere Fish?" Angele never heard of something like that.
He poked this fist-sized meatball with his finger.
Its surface felt like a leather ball, cold and elastic. The fish had a dark red skin, and its skin was covered in wrinkles.
Angele did not find any eye, nose or ears on the meatball. The only thing he saw was a large mouth on the middle. Its lips were thick, which looked like two parallel sausages.
"Master, please be careful. This fish will attack you with water beam and sand…" a sailor warned.
Angele nodded and tapped the fish's mouth. Its body suddenly flattened as it sprayed Angele with a water beam.
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PA*
A translucent silver barrier appeared in front of Angele. Suddenly, the water beam split into seemingly countless jets of water before hitting the barrier.
The water jets were too fast. Angele's barrier failed to block all of them, thus resulting to his chest becoming soaked.
Most of the water dropped to the ground after the silver barrier vanished into the air. Angele patted the water stain on his chest. He was really interested in the fish.
"Hey, can you put it in a tank for me?" he asked a sailor standing beside him. The sailor was still in a shocked state from witnessing Angele's silver barrier.
Inside Angele's cabin, he stood beside a tall wooden table and stared at the water tank. At the bottom of the tank, there was a Red Sphere Fish the size of a fish blowing bubbles as it breathed, seemingly relaxed.
He observed the fish's behavior for a while before sitting down by the table. Angele grabbed a white feather pen and wrote down a title on a new paper.
'The Possibility of Simulating Ranged Splitting Without Forcefield'
The chip had already finished enhancing the Lesser Fireball and Angele asked Zero to help him construct detailed plans on how to maximize the power of Metal Mastery. He had saved the other task slot for easier analysis tasks.
Angele needed to figure out why this fish's water beam could split halfway in the air. If he could apply the results to his metal forcefield, his fighting ability would be greatly increased.
Furthermore, he also needed to modify the Lesser Fireball using the Wizards' method later. There were far too many things left for him to do, so he did not feel bored on the ship at all.
He stayed in his cabin the whole afternoon and kept forcing the fish to use water beam. He recorded all the valuable information he had acquired on the paper.
One of the books Angele found in the library had the explanations of the principle of forces in this world. He combined it with the knowledge he learned on Earth and finally discovered the core physics of this water beam.
It was a chain reaction. The 'water' inside the fish was not simply water but a special liquid that would explode after leaving the fish's body.
It took Angele three days to figure out how to administer the findings to his spell enhancement procedure.
Velvet visited Angele several times after the rumor spread out. Angele's potion had increased her mentality greatly, so she wanted to show her appreciation. She knew that Angele did not stop the rumor from circulating because Angele wanted to protect her. Velvet checked many times, but she had finally realized that Angele wanted nothing in return.
She felt grateful that Angele helped her simply because she was an old friend.
Time flew.
The Future vessel finally arrived at the next dock ten days later.
Luc Lando, Nancy, and several other Wizard apprentices had disembarked here. There were barely any people around. The stones almost covered the beach, and Angele could only see a huge gray mountain beside the forest. There was also a simple wooden bridge at the dock.
The brown wooden bridge was supported by four rotten stakes that looked like they would break down at any time. The sky was covered by thick gray clouds and the wind was howling.
There were two people standing on the bridge, both wearing white noble clothing. The two looked like a young couple as the lady was resting her head on the young man's shoulder.
They boarded the ship and bowed to the two Wizards before walking down the stairs. Angele was not sure who they were, but people who boarded the ship had relations to Wizards. No one else boarded the ship apart from the young couple. The ship left the dock right away.
Angele stood on the deck and looked at the disappearing coastline.
"Are we heading to the open sea?" he asked the bald sailor behind him. It was a man with a thick beard and smoking a cigar.
"Yes, master. The next dock is on the other side of the sea." The man smiled. Those sailors were hired by the Wizard organizations, and they knew who they were working for.
"How long till the next stop approximately?"
"We're sailing against the wind and it is winter, so we need to be extremely cautious. We can get into trouble easily during this time. It'll take us about two months to reach the next stop," the bald man answered.
"Two months?" Angele's eyebrows furrowed.
"And what trouble?"
"Sick Sawtooth Fishes, forbidden area of Merfolk, mymarids, and areas with strong waves in the winter. Without an experienced navigator, no one would sail during this season." The man was proud of what he could do.
"Ah, so you're our navigator?" Angele asked curiously.
"Aye," the sailor laughed.
"Carthage Memnon is my name, Master Wizard." He held the wheel tight with the right hand and put his left hand over his heart to show respect.
"I'm counting on you, sir." Angele smiled.
"The best navigator from Dock Seahawk, at your service." Carthage looked relaxed. Angele knew the man was a noble after seeing the suit the man wore.
"We call it the cursed season. I think only a few navigators from the eastern lands have the guts to sail in the Gem Sea."
"Gem Sea, that's the name of the area between the two lands?"
"Yes, the name was found on the chart. This area is as beautiful and as shiny as a perfect sapphire gemstone."
Angele nodded.
"Wait, can you see those strange creatures coming towards us from the sky?" He pointed at the left side of Carthage.
Carthage turned his head around immediately and his expression changed.
"Harpies! Damn, I thought they wouldn't approach the Future since it's not an ordinary ship." Carthage waved his hands while yelling.
"Ready to fight, my brothers! It's the harpies. They're trying to raid us, protect the Future at all cost!"
"Harpies? How dare them! I killed three the last time!" a muscular man shouted.
"Grab your weapons and shields! Stop wasting time!"
"Don't get hit by their stones!"
The deck became busy as everyone prepared for battle.
The sailors grabbed spears and knives and equipped themselves with black iron helmets and arm shields. They looked like a well-trained army.
The Wizard apprentices stood beside the stairs but were just watching. Velvet was there too.
Angele and Tymoral stayed beside the railing. They raised their heads and looked at the sky. The sailors stayed away from them because they did not want to get caught in area spells.
Those Harpies looked like a bunch of black dots in the sky. Angele finally had a clear view of the creature as they approached the Future.
The creature had the wings and feet of an eagle, head of a maiden, and body of a bird. It was half-naked and its bottom was covered with gray feathers. Their wings were dark, and they were flying toward the Future at full speed.
Those Harpies had ugly faces. Angele saw two strange yellow claws on the tip of the wings. Their breasts were exposed to the air.
GA GA*
The noise they made was loud and weird.
Angele could see them holding gray stones the size of a head in their claws.
"Take cover!" a man who seemed to be the leader of the sailors yelled. All the sailors raised their shields above their head to block the oncoming stones.
The Harpies arrived. They lined up and quickly dropped the stones onto the deck.
BAM*
The first stone was blocked by a sailor and it broke into pieces.
The second, the third, and most of the stones were blocked by the sailors without any problem. Several people were hurt by the cracked stone pieces, but no one was hit directly.
Angele raised his head and looked at the sky. The Harpies were still hovering in the sky after they finished dropping the stones.
"Harpies shares a part of the ancient blood. Sadly, they're weaker than mortals now." Tymoral looked at Angele and smiled.
"They're dumb and they don't have a language. They're just beasts living in groups. Filthy creatures that only know how to rob ships around the coastlines," Tymoral continued.
"They're weak." Angele nodded.
Suddenly, a stone was dropped onto his head.
BOOM*
A silver metal barrier appeared above Angele and blocked the attack. The stone bounced into the sea after the collision.
"They don't even know who they are attacking. Sad indeed. I thought beasts like them would choose to run when they know that their opponent was strong." Angele shook his head.
"I know the Harpy is an ancient species. They kidnap human male adults to help them reproduce, and the man will be eaten after they are satisfied. Each Harpy tribe has a queen, which has white feathers as the symbol. I read about them in a book, but I'm not sure if the information is still up-to-date."
"You know them quite well, impressive." Tymoral looked a bit surprised.
"I'm not familiar with their habitat. It's not important to me. However, I do want their blood. Many Wizards have tried to find out the secret of the ancient races, yet most of them failed and a lot of rare resources were wasted. I still think there is hope."
"Interesting." Angele blinked his eyes.
"Maybe I'll catch one for my future research."
"Haha, shall we see who can slay those Harpies faster? What do you think?" Tymoral chuckled and shrugged.
"For sure." Angele raised his hands.
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Clamors of Harpies blocked the sky and took the sunlight away from the deck. Some of them landed on the mast while making strange noises.
"Ha!"
A strong sailor hurled his spear toward one of the Harpies and penetrated its chest. The Harpy's body drew a curve in the air before it fell into the sea.
It seemed that the Harpies were enraged after one of them was killed. They finished dropping the stones and started attacking the sailors on the deck with their sharp claws.
The noises of Harpies' wings mixed with the sailor's battle cries fired up the battle. They engaged in close combat. The entire place was in complete chaos.
The Harpies left some deep scratches on the sailor's shields, but several of them had already been slain by the experienced sailors.
Angele stood there and watched them fight quietly while Tymoral was already preparing his spell.
Tymoral opened his arms and raised his head. His incantation was weird but fast. As he sped up the incantation, blue steam started rising from his body that looked like burning flames.
The steam was covered in a blue glow, which quickly spread into the air. Some of the flying Harpies fell into the sea and the others fell onto the deck after inhaling the steam.
Their bodies started drying up. The weird steam drained their life energy, turning it into blue mist within seconds.
PA*
A Harpy fell beside Angele, who witnessed the strange change happening to its body. The Harpy's muscles started to shrink. Its appearance turned from young to old before dying and its body ultimately ended up looking like a dried-up mummy.
Some of the sailors had been frightened by Tymoral's spell and as they turned their heads around, they looked at him with fear. They wanted to stay away from him because they were not sure if the blue steam worked on humans as well.
The Wizard apprentices by the stairs were praising the power of a formal Wizard, but some of them had become scared because of the dried-up Harpy corpses, causing them to step back a bit. Velvet did not have the chance to learn spell models yet, so she envied people who could control such mysterious energy.
Half of the Harpies in the sky were killed by Tymoral's spell and the rest of them were flying around while howling. One of them started retreating to the direction they had come from. The Harpies on the deck had realized that they could not win and so wanted to escape as well. They swung their wings quickly with many gray feathers dropping onto the floor.
"Master Angele, what are you waiting for? They're already leaving," Tymoral yelled, and chuckled after.
Angele smiled and shook his head. He slowly pulled the crossguard sword out of its sheath and then looked at the Harpies in the air. He quickly stepped forward and brandished his sword.
CHING*
The blade disappeared into the air, leaving only the handle of the sword in Angele's hand.
A rain of metal needles covered the area above the deck.
The remaining Harpies started falling after being hit, only two of them had dodged most of the needles as they flew away from the ship in desperation. Most of the Harpies dropped into the sea as the rest fell to the deck, causing it to produce loud noises.
Everything had happened way too fast. The people on the deck had not yet realized what just transpired. They stood there for a while before they started cheering.
"Yes!"
"Praise Master Angele! Praise Master Tymoral!"
"All hail the black robes!"
"The Future! The Future!"
Some of them were yelling the Wizards' names, while the rest were yelling the ship's name.
Angele looked at Tymoral and saw him smiling while shrugging.
'That's the power feared by the mortals…' The thought came across Angele's mind as he stared at the corpses of the Harpies on the deck.
Inside Angele's cabin, a pile of corpses of Harpies was at the corner. The dark blood on the floor made the room stink.
Angele stood beside a long white table in the middle of the room with one of the Harpies' corpses right in front of him. The body was completely intact. Only a long metal needle could be seen at its temples. Blood was dripping down the needle slowly.
The Harpy's body was facing up and its large wings were hanging down the table. Angele walked around the table before realizing that the torches on the wall did not bring enough light to the room.
His brows furrowed. With a flick of his finger, a small bright fireball appeared beside his face and the gentle light helped Angele to observe the body better. The fireball just floated there without moving.
Angele was satisfied with the light and started checking the Harpy's head.
The creature's skin was protected by hardened stratum corneum. Its face looked identical to a female human. Angele pulled its lips and saw the sharp white teeth.
There was still some rotten meat between the gaps of its teeth that stank.
Angele scrunched up his brows and slightly tapped the needle around its temple. The needle left the creature's body by itself and dropped to the floor.
The creature's neck was covered in white fluffy hair. There were nail-sized red moles under its armpits.
Milk came out of its breast after being squeezed by Angele. He quickly collected some of the milk as a sample for further research. It seemed that this one specimen was pregnant and it almost looked like there was a ball inside its abdomen.
Angele thought for a while and formed a silver scalpel in his right hand.
CHI*
He carefully cut the creature's abdomen open and started observing.
Angele put his hands inside and slowly removed its organs one by one. After several minutes, some of the creature's organs had been lined up on the table.
"Wait, this thing has no respiratory system?" Angele was surprised.
"Liver, spleen, heart, stomach, and intestine, but where's the lung?" he muttered.
Angele stopped for a second and started removing the uterus. He quickly cut it open and saw a small red thing inside.
An embryo of a Harpy. It was about the size of a human's fist and it was turning dark purple. It must've already died.
Angele slightly nodded before putting the embryo on the side. The only thing he had not checked yet was its eyes. Their pupils were yellow and looked similar to the ones cats had.
'Now that I have a general understanding of its physical structure, I should start extracting its blood.' He walked to the other corner of the room. His lab equipment was there along with a large glass bottle with a long black metal pipe on its neck.
Angele clapped his hands and a flame appeared below the glass bottle.
He cut the creature's neck open with the scalpel and started harvesting its blood with a large metal beaker while the bottle was being heated up.
It took Angele two minutes for the blood to stop dripping and it already filled up several metal beakers.
After that, Angele brought the blood to a boil and with the special potion he added into the glass, the blood would not solidify after all the water was gone. He spent about two hours repeating the process for all the Harpy corpses inside the cabin.
The large glass bottle was already full of Harpy blood.
The dark red blood inside the glass was bubbling and the translucent glass bottle looked like a large red gourd.
Vaporized water went down the metal pipe, exiting the cabin as white steam that had the stench of blood.
Angele waited beside the table. He would pour some green potion into the glass bottle every ten minutes through the metal pipe.
One hour later.
Most of the water in the blood was evaporated, and Angele put out the fire under the bottle.
He then quickly drew a strange rune on the surface of the bottle. The red rune started glowing as Angele moved his finger.
"Crionnant, the Hymn to the Blood," Angele whispered.
CHI*
The bubbling blood inside the bottle suddenly started moving toward the center and was turning into a walnut-sized ball.
After several seconds, only the dark red ball that remained was floating in the center of the bottle quietly.
Angele opened the bottle and the ball slowly moved onto his palm.
'This is the best I can do right now…' Angele mumbled as he gazed at the ball.
This ball of blood was not congealed. It had already solidified.
'Create task. Analyze the blood ball,' he ordered.
Seemingly infinite blue light dots started flashing inside in his eyes.
'Task completed. List of its contents will be presented now.' Ten minutes later, Zero reported.
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Rows of complicated data were transferred into Angele's brain.
94% of its contents were impurities. Dead germs, parasites, and random minerals. Only a small percentage of ancient blood was found and it would be hard for Angele to extract it.
Angele was at a loss on what he should do first.
'So many impurities. I need to eliminate them one by one.' He had a bitter smile on his face.
'At least it'll keep me busy. I collected so much blood, but the ancient blood is still hard to trace. Without Zero, I'll have to stop the experiment here. No wonder Tymoral said that most of the Wizards already gave up.'
'Zero, check the database and tell me if there's anything related to the ancient blood,' Angele questioned.
'No record found.'
Angele felt a bit helpless.
One month later…
The Future finally crossed Gem Sea and reached Angele's homeland. It only stopped once at a random dock for maintenance before heading to the Marua Harbor of Andes Alliance.
"Hey, how's your experiment?" Tymoral's voice came from behind.
Angele turned around and saw Tymoral smiling at him. The man was holding the railings with both hands and overlooking the surface of the sea.
People on the deck all stayed away from the two, including the Wizard apprentices. Everyone had been horrified by Angele's sanguinary experiment.
"Well, it's complicated." Angele shook his head.
"Too many impurities. I didn't even see a trace of the ancient blood. I don't know what to do anymore."
"Yea, that's the problem everyone is facing. Normally, you'll find the ancient blood after obtaining the Pure Blood Sphere. However, the Harpies' ancient blood is mixed in all the impurities," Tymoral quickly explained.
Angele nodded and overlooked the sea. He saw two large boats sailing slowly toward the same direction as the Future.
There was a blue lion with ax pattern painted on one of the ships. Angele saw sailors working on the deck and several noble women chatting by the railing.
"We'll reach Marua in a day or two. I already asked someone to send the message to my friends here. They'll come pick me up at the dock. I'll introduce you to them there." Tymoral looked at Angele and smiled.
"Thank you." Angele nodded.
"Someone wants to see me in the cabin and I need to check my schedule. Also, two of the Wizard apprentices had an argument yesterday. I will go check on them after."
"Sure."
"Alright." Tymoral nodded and walked to the stairs.
Angele stayed on the deck and watched the waves quietly.
There was no barber on the ship, so he started wearing long hair and it trailed over his shoulders. With the smooth, long hair, Angele probably looked identical to the young Baron.
He took out a small crystal tube from the pouch. It was the container of Water of Asu. Its crystal was extremely hard due to the vulcanization.
There was some purple liquid inside the translucent crystal tube. It was the two drops of ancient blood Angele extracted from 15 corpses of Harpies. He spent a whole month on the research, yet that was all he found.
'Zero, any new information on its possible effects on my body?' Angele wondered.
'More data needed for simulation. After the second analysis, there are some possible effects. Chance of your body mutating is 43.21%. Chance of no effect 16.5%. Chance of unknown effect 40.29%.' Angele had already asked Zero to analyze the blood twice, but the results he got were the same. He was not even sure if the ancient blood could help him progress.
Angele wanted to inject the blood into his body, but he needed to figure out what exactly it would do first. He did not want to take a gamble.
'I need to collect information for the database until Zero could show me a more detailed analysis.' It was not Angele's first priority so he decided to use them later. He lied to Tymoral because he did not want to become conspicuous.
Angele put the tube back into the pouch and returned his cabin.
The next afternoon.
The sun was slowly sinking into the horizon.
White and black seagulls were soaring through the sky under the dim sunlight. Marua Harbor was busy as usual. Many ships leaving the dock while the other ones were arriving. A blue ship with white stripes followed a large black ship to a slot on the right side of the dock.
The heavy anchors were dropped into the sea. There were many people waiting on the bridge. Some of them were the new Wizard apprentices waiting to be picked up by the Future, while the others were just normal passengers.
Angele and Tymoral walked down the boarding ladder. Angele was wearing a black robe and Tymoral was wearing a white robe.
All sorts of feelings filled up Angele's mind as he finally stepped on this land again.
"It has been four years. I'm back!" He could smell the familiar fragrance in the air. A gentle wind blew his hair into the air as he slowly stepped forward.
"Feels good, eh? We changed the route just for you." Tymoral patted Angele's shoulders.
They got off the ship and people on the bridge stepped aside to make a path for them. Several noblemen wearing luxury suits walked to them.
"Welcome to Marua. Master Tymoral, we haven't met for ten years. You really don't age." The chubby middle-aged in the front smiled and complimented.
"Justin, you have wrinkles on your face now. I didn't expect to see you waiting for me here." Tymoral chuckled.
"This is Master Angele. I need to pick up the newbies, so I have to leave for now. I hope you two get along." He introduced Angele to the nobles.
Justin's eyes narrowed into slits. He understood who Angele was immediately after hearing Tymoral's word. He then turned his head around and looked at Angele.
"Greetings, Master Angele. It's too crowded here. Let's head back first, I already prepared a dinner party for you."
Angele nodded and smiled. "Thanks. It's actually quite noisy here."
"This way please." Justin and the other nobles started walking to the street. Angele followed after them.
Most of the people here did not understand what the black robe represented, but they knew Angele must be someone important after seeing how Justin treated him.
The Wizard apprentices on the bridge quickly boarded the ship after talking to Tymoral. They were chatting and laughing, as though they had high hopes for their future.
Angele looked at them and recalled the day he boarded the ship. He had the same expectation of the Wizard's world just like those young people.
"Master Angele, I assume you'll stay on this land for a while?" Justin asked.
"Yes. I'll return to the other side of the sea in four years." Angele nodded and had a glance at the departing ship.
"Actually, I'm from Rudin Empire. Prince Justin, I wonder if you know Professor Adolf, the language master in the school."
"Well…" Justin stopped for a second. He had no interest in people whose rank was lower than the Governor's.
"You mean the Deputy Governor Adolf?" A nobleman helped the prince to answer Angele's question.
"Deputy Governor?" Angele was a bit surprised.
"I don't know actually. Professor Adolf taught me language course in the school, but he never told me that. He's the Deputy Governor?"
"He's your teacher?" The nobles around were surprised. They began reconsidering how they should treat Adolf in their minds.
"This is the Governor of Marua Harbor by the way." Justin pointed at the man who answered Angele's question.
"Nice to meet you. I'm looking forward to working with you." Angele had a gentle smile on his face.
"Of course!" The governor nodded and responded respectfully.
Angele had dinner with the Prince in a large manor, and the Prince assigned a team of guards to protect him in the city. Justin asked a noble named Rayben to assist Angele before leaving for a meeting.
Angele left with the guards and Rayben after dinner. He asked for a carriage and double-checked the location of his home with Rayben on the way. Baron's manor was still at the outskirts.
Angele sat inside a silver carriage with fine decoration on the door and looked out the window. On the right side of the road, he saw a white three-level building in the middle of a field. There were only some black fences indicating it was a private area.
Spring had already sprung. He could see farmers still hoeing the field at evening.
"Master, this the Rio Manor," Coachman Knight Lion reported with a loud voice.
"Stop by the entrance," Angele asked.
The guards in silver armor suits who were following the carriage on the side made sure that the route was safe. Knight Rayben was leading the way on a strong horse and was wearing a black suit.
The noise the guards and the carriage made attracted the people's attention. Angele looked out the window and saw several people walking to the entrance. The man at the front had a muscular body and his brown hair trailed over his shoulder. There was also a woman in a white one-piece beside him.
"Father." Angele recognized the man right away.
The Baron had a serious expression on his face. He stared at the carriages and creased his eyebrows while talking to the people beside him.
Angele stopped looking and opened the door.
"I'm back…" Angele closed his eyes for a second. He heard the horse in front of him neighing.
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Chapter 140: Arrival (3)
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The guards lined up by the fences carefully as the Baron reached the entrance quickly with the family. A young man in a black robe opened the door and jumped off the carriage.
The man wiped the dust off the robe and looked at the people walking to him.
"Angele!" The Baron shouted after seeing the young man's face. There was an excited look on his face. He walked to Angele and hugged him tightly.
"Why didn't you tell us you were coming back?!" The Baron patted his son's back.
"Mails will take years to be sent to you." Angele patted the Baron's back as well, but for some reason, he did not feel the warmth he had imagined at this reunion with the Baron.
The Baron turned around and whispered to a maid on the side. The maid nodded and ran back into the manor.
"Come, you can have some rest in your home. I asked her to prepare a room for you." The Baron held Angele's hand and led him into the manor.
The workers in the garden area were staring at Angele and the guards curiously.
"That decoration on the silver carriage… He must be a Count," someone mumbled.
"Come on, they'll hear us!"
Justin asked Rayben to take Angele back to his home with the guards. Rayben had ordered the guards to leave after the mission was completed, but he still stayed with Angele and followed him into the manor.
Angele entered the main building with Baron. Two beautiful young ladies were already waiting for them in the middle of the hall alongside several maids and workers. They slightly bent their knees to show respect after the door was opened.
"Miran and Sarin, they're both my wives. Many things have happened." The Baron pointed at the ladies and smiled.
The two ladies bowed to Angele politely as they were being introduced, but they did not say anything.
Angele glanced around the hall and saw two children behind the two ladies. Their hands were being held by two maids.
The girl was about three years old and was wearing a white one-piece. The boy in a brown tight suit was staring at Angele nervously.
Baron saw Angele looking at the children.
"It's your brother and sister. The boy's name is Ansol and the girl's name is Ori."
Baron walked over and picked them up with his arms before turning around. He looked at Angele.
"They're cute, eh? Just like you. You were adorable when you were young." He was smiling gently.
Ansol and Ori chuckled. The boy started playing with Baron's hair and the girl grabbed his beard. The two ladies who were watching their kids play with the Baron smiled.
Angele smiled as well, but a feeling of alienation, of estrangement, as though he didn't belong here had already begun to sprout.
His father had changed. The Baron had been the only person Angele could trust in the family, yet he created a new family while Angele was away. He now had two wives and two kids. There were many faces in the hall that Angele was unfamiliar with.
Angele looked around. Miran, Sarin, all the maids, and workers were trying to avoid eye contact with him. They lowered their heads and just stared at the floor.
Angele could understand that the Baron wanted to rebuild their family and regain his honor. With Professor Adolf's help, it should be easy for him to join the circle of nobility in the city.
However, Angele hadn't seen any people he used to know, so he was a bit confused.
"Father, where's Maggie and Celia?" he suddenly asked.
"Celia is attending a party in the city. Maggie… Well… She suddenly got sick last and died. Her body was buried at the Red Mountain Graveyard." Baron stopped smiling and responded in a grim tone.
"What? She passed away?" Angele was surprised. Ge closed his eyes for a second.
"Father, is my room prepared? I want to have some rest."
"Yea." The Baron nodded. He did not elaborate what illness took Maggie's life away.
"Celia will be back soon. I'll tell her you're back."
"Thanks." Angele nodded.
Most of the decoration in the bedroom was yellow. Angele stood beside the window and looked at the green field outside.
Knock Knock*
"Come in, please." Angele turned around and leaned on the windowsill.
Creak*
The door was pushed open.
A beautiful lady with an updo entered the room. She was wearing a gray dress, and there was a wooden violin in her hand.
"Angele, it's me, Celia," the lady spoke in a light tone. Before she could close the door, Ansol and Ori rushed in and grabbed her legs.
"Celia, you promised me that you'll play the violin for us," Ori said in a cute voice.
"Yea, you promised us before you left in the morning!" Ansol jeered.
"Come on, stop it." Celia was a bit anxious. She enjoyed playing with her young brother and sister, but she thought it was inappropriate to do so in front of Angele. She did not want to disappoint Angele. Professor Adolf was the only reason why the family was developing well in the city, and making Angele unhappy would directly affect their future.
"Stop. Go to the instrument room first, I'll be there later." She crouched and comforted them.
Angele watched Celia comforting Ansol and Ori. He realized Celia was not the naive girl he used to know. Celia had become the elder sister of the two children.
"It's fine. I never heard you playing the violin. How about we all head to the instrument room and enjoy some nice music?"
Celia hesitated for a second. She looked at Ansol and Ori before she finally nodded her head.
They left the bedroom and walked to a room by the end of the hallway on the second floor.
Celia opened the door. The room was about the size of a meeting hall, but it was half-empty. There were several violins hanging on the wall. Some of them were made from yellow wood and the rest was made from redwood.
The two children were not sure how they should treat Angele, but they knew he was their brother and they should respect him. Angele was a stranger to them not so long ago, thus he could understand why they tried to stay away from him.
Celia sat down on a chair with her red wooden violin and put the instrument under her chin. The way she played it was different from what Angele knew. She did not use any bow, only pressing her fingers on the strings.
Ansol sat down on a chair and Ori stood beside Celia. They were both staring at the violin in her hand.
The violin squeaked, but Angele thought it sounded like a zither. He stood beside the door and watched Celia play the violin.
The crisp melody flowed over Angele's ears. It was nothing surprising, but Angele knew Celia had been practicing it for a while just by listening to it.
Angele looked at Celia and recalled the shy girl who expressed her love in a passive way. She had already grown up and became a gentle lady. He missed the old days, but he knew things would not just stay as is forever.
Angele left the room quietly while Celia and the kids were still enjoying the melody.
He walked into the hallway and saw the lady named Miran coming from the other direction. She was the mother of Ori.
"Ms. Miran." Angele slightly nodded.
"Master Angele, enjoy the stay…" Miran had realized that she said something inappropriate and stopped right away.
"I'm sorry. I just…" She covered her mouth with one hand and apologized.
Angele could see the fear in her eyes. She was assuming that Angele would not stay in the manor for too long, but she realized that Angele was the Baron's son.
Angele looked at her and smiled.
"It's fine. I know I don't belong here anymore," Angele spoke calmly.
Miran's mouth was trembling. She lowered her head and carefully observed Angele's expression. She was not sure if Angele had already forgiven her or not.
"Mom!" A light voice came from Miran's back.
It was Ori, who jumped into Miran's arms.
Celia walked out of the room with Ansol as well. Miran quickly covered her daughter's mouth. She did not want to offend Angele further. Miran realized she was blocking Angele's way, so she grabbed Ori's hand and stood on the side quietly.
Angele knew why they treat him so carefully, but he did not think they were offending him at all.
"Ms. Miran, can you tell me where the Red Mountain Graveyard is? Or can you ask someone to take me there?"
"Of course." Miran nodded many times.
Angele smiled at the children again before walking back to his bedroom.
Angele stayed in the manor for two days before leaving.
Many things had happened in these four years. The Rio Family had recruited a lot of new members. There was a growing estrangement between Angele and his father. He thought that it would worsen if he stayed in the manor for too long. The Baron was focused on regaining his leadership and Angele was not even related to the new family.
Every people in the manor was speaking to him as if they were speaking to someone with great power. They chose their words carefully and made sure Angele was not offended in the daily life. He was treated like a stranger who would bring wealth to the family.
Angele knew his presence would only bring trouble to the family and the old days were already gone. He wanted the family to live a happy and relaxed life, so he decided to leave right away. The Baron apologized to Angele before he left. The Baron knew that Angele could not stay here and lead the family in the future, so he had to find someone else to inherit the family.
The Baron talked to Adolf many times during the years. Although Adolf did not tell him any details, the Baron still realized what Angele was trying to accomplish.
He decided to rebuild the family by himself after that, so he got married again and decided to make Ansol his heir.
"This is the information of your mother and your elder brother. That's all I know." The Baron handed a scroll over to Angele before he left.
Angele gave his father a tiny tube filled with yellow liquid. It was a potion he had concocted that could help treat physical injuries. The amount of liquid was enough to cure the Baron's old injuries. Although the Baron was getting old, it was still possible for him to become a Grand Knight after his power fully recovered.
Angele, Rayben, and some guards arrived at the Red Mountain Graveyard alongside the navigator sent by Miran.
It was afternoon.
The orange sunlight from the sinking sun reflected upon the land.
Angele and the others stood in front of a white tombstone beside the trees.
"Rayben, ask the guards to drive everyone else away. I need to do some investigation." Angele had no expression on his face.
Justin had ordered Rayben to fulfill all Angele's request, so he immediately asked the guards to drive the citizens away.
Angele stepped forward and rubbed the surface of the tombstone.
The only thing written on it was: 'Maggie. 1542. 13. 1.'.
"Alright, dig up the body," he ordered.
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Chapter 141: Arrival (4)
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Several guards already had their iron shovels prepared. They nodded in affirmation and started digging. A red coffin was carried out of the grave, and they opened the coffin. Maggie's body was lying inside.
The beautiful girl was covered in dried flowers. She wore a clean, black one-piece. Her eyes were closed and her skin was pale. There were some rotten marks on her neck and face. If not for that, Angele would've thought that the girl was just sleeping.
"The coffin's material is decent. It's preventing the body from decaying." Angele nodded.
"Yea. The coffin was made from a high-quality wood obtained from the Red Diamond Tree. A large coffin will cost you more than a hundred gold coins," a guard explained.
The gold coins here were different from the ones overseas. The gold coins here had a higher purity and were larger in size, so 100 gold coins in this land was worth about one thousand gold coins in Ramsoda Empire.
The guards put down a large white blanket on the grass and removed the body from the coffin. Angele could smell the putrescine in the air as Maggie's body was being laid down on the blanket.
The guards covered their noses with their hands after finishing their work.
"Go guard the entrance. Make sure no one enters without my order. Also, tell Rayben I'm still investigating." Angele ordered.
"Yes, master."
The guards left immediately after Angele finished his words. They knew that it was not a good idea to stay near a rotting body for too long as the body might carry deadly virus.
Angele waited for the guards to leave and made sure no one else was around.
He stepped forward and crouched beside Maggie's body. He quickly removed the one-piece from the body and started checking for internal wounds.
Angele raised his right hand to the air and pointed at the body.
'Sudden illness… I hope it is true.' Angele slightly bit his lips.
His right hand was covered in a red glow. Red specks of light dropped onto the body below. Those specks of light started moving around her skin and flickered several times.
At the same time, a black area appeared on her right chest that looked conspicuous in the red glow.
Angele pressed her left breast with the right hand and rubbed the black area several times. He also checked Maggie's stomach using Zero's scanning function.
"Sudden illness my *ss," Angele gritted his teeth.
Although he was furious, he didn't let any emotion show on his face. Angele moved his right hand away from the body and carefully put the black one-piece back on her.
Angele stood up and wiped his hands with a piece of cloth.
"Get over here!" He shouted toward the entrance, and several guards ran to him quickly.
"Master, what's the order?"
"Put the body back into the coffin and bury it."
The guards returned the body into the coffin and covered it with mud. Angele walked out of the graveyard after everything was done.
'She was definitely not killed by some random illness.' Angele sat in the carriage and grunted.
'Maggie was abused before she was killed. The black mark on her body is the evidence. Moreover, it was a poison from a Green Dot Flower. The poison made her muscles contract, making it look like a heart attack. Whoever killed her must have paid good money to the coroner.'
Angele closed his eyes. Black energy particles slowly climbed up his hands.
'Let me try this tracking spell I learned recently.' He drew a black triangle with the energy particles in the air.
After the triangle solidified in the air, Angele took out a small black bottle and poured some gray powder on the edge of it.
CHI*
After several seconds, the edge of the black triangle turned into translucent crystal. There was a dark space in the middle and a red mouth appeared from the void.
The mouth slightly opened. Angele could hear strange whispers. The mouth was not speaking in Anmag. It was a language that only he could understand.
"Speak, what do you want to know?"
Angele narrowed his eyes.
"Maggie, she was my friend, who killed her?" Angele replied in the same language the mouth was using.
"The largest manor at the northwest of the city. The owner is the murderer," the mouth responded without hesitation.
"Good." Angele's expression changed.
The mouth slowly vanished into the darkness. The crystal triangle turned into black mist and disappeared. It was as though nothing had happened.
"Rayben, there's a large manor at the northwest of the city, right? Who's the owner?" he questioned in a cold tone.
"It's the Warden's manor, Gerald," Rayben answered politely.
He noticed the change in Angele's voice and added, "Master, if you need something, I can do it for you. Prince Justin granted you the highest authority in the city."
"Get the guards to annihilate the whole Gerald Family for me."
"I…" Rayben was surprised, he had no idea what happened.
"He killed my woman," Angele spoke word-by-word.
"Well, if you have the evidence, I can…" Rayben replied politely.
"Kill them. You think I'm lying?"
Rayben moved his lips but ultimately decided not to say anything else.
In the evening, a group of raiders attacked Gerald's manor and slew every person they saw.
The entire Gerald Family, including their servants, was killed. Later, Gerald's relatives who were living in other areas of the city were attacked as well.
In just a single night, dozens of people were killed. Gerald's manor was dyed in blood, but the Governor only posted a notice on the board saying that they were investigating.
The citizens already knew that Gerald must have offended someone with power, so even the media did not dig too deep into this. They just acted as if they never knew there was someone named Gerald because they did not want to get into trouble.
The next morning.
Gerald's manor.
Several gray buildings sat quietly on the green grasses in the middle of the garden. The sky was blue and clean. Clouds were slowly passing by.
There were some white roses mixed with red roses on the side of the garden shaking in the wind. Bloodstains filled up the gaps between the grasses. The fishy smell mixed with the fragrance of the roses spread through the air.
A silver carriage slowly passed by the entrance of the manor.
A young man with long brown hair in the carriage opened the window and looked at the manor. He had an average face, but his eyes were sharp and there was a mystical aura around his body.
"You did a good job," the young man spoke calmly.
A mounted soldier beside the carriage slightly bowed. "It's my honor to serve you."
The young man nodded and closed the window.
"Take me to see the Deputy Governor. I haven't talked to him in years."
"Yes, master." The soldier nodded.
The carriage traveled down the road at full speed and left the area after several minutes.
"Angele, welcome back!" Adolf hugged Angele tightly.
"It's about the time you come visit me."
"Sorry, I'm later, Professor." Angele hugged him back and smiled.
"Come in." Adolf turned around and led Angele into his house.
Adolf did not move, he still lived in the house Angele had visited many times. They entered the reading room and sat down. Adolf asked the maid to bring them two glasses of hot beverage. They paused the conversation for a while and stared at each other.
"You already broke the limit?" Adolf suddenly asked.
"Yes."
"So, you're a formal Wizard now?"
"Yes, I am!" Angele looked directly into Adolf's eyes.
Adolf opened his mouth, his lips trembling. After several seconds, he grabbed a silk cloth and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Congratulations!" Adolf calmed down a bit after sobbing for a while.
Angele knew that Adolf's dream was to become a formal Wizard, but he failed to achieve it. Adolf was excited to see his student, Angele, successfully breaking the limit. It was another way for him to make his dream come true.
Adolf looked at Angele, but the expression in his eyes showed that he was thinking about something else. He was the one who helped Angele become a Wizard apprentice. Angele had successfully become a formal Wizard. He could not even imagine how hard Angele worked to accomplish the goal. Angele was still young and there was a great future waiting for him ahead. Adolf knew he had just achieved a great achievement.
"You must keep working hard. One day, the whole world of Wizards will learn of your name." Adolf was still breathing heavily.
"Without your help, I would never reach the other side of the sea. You're the reason I succeeded." Angele held Adolf's hands and looked at him in the eyes.
"Take care, Professor. I'll always be there if you need my help."
"Thanks…" Adolf took a deep breath and slowly calmed down.
"This is the Wizardry book you gave me." Angele released his hands and took out a book from his bag.
"You handed it over to me that day. Right now, I'm returning it to its rightful owner."
Adolf carefully grabbed the book and put it back to the bookshelf.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Do you want to see Sophia?"
Angele nodded, "Of course. The last time we talked to each other was years ago, and it ended awkwardly. How's she doing?"
Adolf sighed, "She has been suffering from depression after she was cheated on by the bard. Actually, she hates all men right now."
Angele furrowed his brows.
"You mean that bard? Did you try to find him after?"
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"No, I spent years trying to find him but still haven't got a clue." Adolf shook his head.
Angele rubbed the diamond-shaped accessory on the back of his hand as his eyebrows furrowed.
"Well, I can try to track him down after talking to Sophia."
"That's great. She'll be back soon I think." Adolf nodded.
They then talked about the situation around the country. Angele asked several questions and Adolf answered them one by one.
Rudin Empire fell to the Saladin Empire. Only a small resistance force was still trying to fight back, but the major cities had already been conquered by Saladins. The royal members of Rudin were missing and most of the Rudin provinces were given to Saladin warriors who contributed to the victory.
The Ukusas Empire also claimed some of Rudin Empire's land since they assisted Saladin Empire during the war.
'Soldiers from Ukusas Empire attacked Philip on my way to Marua.' Angele recalled the incident that happened on the Anser Plain.
Their conversation lasted for a long time. By then, it was already dark and quiet outside. Angele realized it was late after hearing someone enter the house.
Adolf heard the noise as well. He raised his head and checked the clock.
"It's 10 o'clock already. How about staying here for the night? I'll ask a maid to clean a room for you."
"I'm fine. Prince Justin already prepared a place for me. Thanks." Angele shook his head and stood up.
"I'll be leaving now."
"Wait, Sophia just came back." Adolf stood up as well and smiled.
"Do you want to talk to her?"
"Sure." Angele smiled as well.
Creak*
Sophia pushed the door open without knocking.
Angele turned around and looked at Sophia. Sophia was wearing a red tight riding suit. She looked exactly like the lady in Angele's memory. Her skin was still white and smooth. It seemed that she had just returned from the stud farm.
Sophia was surprised after seeing Angele in the house but didn't let it show on her face.
"Master Angele." Sophia slightly bent her knees.
"Long time no see, you came back at the right time. I can probably find the bard for you." Angele looked at her.
Sophia blinked her eyes several times after hearing Angele's words.
"You're not joking, right?" She questioned and stepped forward with a nervous expression on her face.
"I'll try my best," Angele replied in a serious tone.
Adolf stood on the side and did not say anything. He was glad that Angele could help his beloved daughter.
"Alright, give me your hands," Angele asked in a gentle voice.
Sophia closed the door and nodded. She walked to Angele and raised her right hand. Angele slightly pressed on Sophia's wrist.
CHI*
Some energy particles twisted on Angele's hand and sank into Sophia's veins. Angele closed his eyes and started checking.
Sophia blushed and an unpleasant feeling filled up her mind. She wanted to move her hand, but a strange power was stopping her from moving. Angele just stood there with his eyes closed, but Sophia could feel Angele's energy moving through her body.
"Don't worry. I'm just trying to track down the bard." Angele opened his eyes and smiled at Sophia.
Strings of black mist slowly left Sophia's body through her right wrist and returned into Angele's palm.
"Professor, can you prepare a room for me? I need to do some investigation," Angele turned around and asked.
"For sure."
Half an hour later…
Angele walked out of Adolf's house. Sophia and Adolf watched him getting into the silver carriage. Rayben had been waiting there for several hours, but he did not look tired. The carriage slowly disappeared around the corner.
Adolf and her daughter stood beside the door and watched the carriage leaving quietly.
"I'll send people to get that cheater for you. Sophia, do you still want to see him?" Adolf asked in a light tone.
"No, finish him off for me." Sophia sighed with mixed emotions.
Adolf looked at his daughter. He knew that most of the girls at her age already got married.
"You should've listened. Angele was the best choice for you." He turned his head around and looked at the corner the carriage disappeared into.
Sophia did not say anything. She only slightly bit her lips.
She knew that Angele's position was much higher than her father. Prince Justin treated him as if he was the most important person in the city. Angele would never help her if Adolf was not his teacher.
Four years ago, her conversation with Angele ended in an unpleasant way, but Angele was still kind to her as he was even helping her. Sophia had to admit that she regretted her decision, but it was too late. She knew that Angele would not stay in the city just for her.
Angele sat inside the carriage, listening to the noise made by the horses, wheels, and the marching soldiers.
The street was empty. It was as though they were the only people around. He looked through the window and the dried leaves were blown into the air by the chilling wind. There were several alley cats jumping around from time to time.
There was no one walking on the street at midnight.
Angele only saw a homeless man lying beside some iron railings after about half an hour. He was not sure if the guy was sleeping or dying. The soldiers advancing with the carriage had their heads lowered. No one was chatting.
The dim streetlights barely made the road ahead visible.
The carriage finally arrived at the house provided by Justin. Angele saw several people standing in front of the entrance after jumping off the carriage.
A middle-aged man, alongside a noble woman and a handsome young man, was waiting for Angele. They just stood there and waited for Angele to get off the carriage.
"Aunt? Why're you here? I was planning to visit you soon." Angele had a smile on his face and walked to the three quickly.
It was Angele's aunt Maria, Uncle Bovolt and cousin Buster.
Maria did not age a bit. She was truly good at taking care of her body. She stepped forward and hugged Angele.
"We're just here to see if you're doing fine," Maria spoke in a low voice.
"Why're you waiting outside? You should've told the workers that you're my aunt, I'll go talk to them right now." The guards by the entrance saw Angele walking to him and opened the door immediately.
"It's fine. Don't blame them. We're just excited to see you back, so we decided to wait here," Maria explained.
Bovolt and Buster stood on the side with serious expressions on their faces. It was actually the first time they were meeting Angele. The last time Angele was in the city, only his aunt had spare time. He went to the school right after, so he did not get to talk to his uncle and cousin.
Angele and the three followed Rayben into the house. They had a short conversation while passing through the garden and Angele could see the admiration in their eyes.
Although the three were Angele's relatives, Angele felt that they were not treating him like a family member. His expression did not change, but it made him a bit depressed. The authority gave him power in the city, but at the same time, the warmth between family members was taken away.
Someone told Maria that Angele had returned to the city, so they waited outside this house after obtaining the address. They entered the house and talked with Angele for a while before leaving. Maria said they would visit him again later.
Angele was not concerned about what message they were trying to send. As long as he stayed alive, his family and people related to him would be taken good care of. Angele was already content with that.
After they left, Angele washed his face and walked into his bedroom. There were several oil lamps which brought light burning quietly on the wall. The whole room became illuminated by the dim light.
In the middle of the room, there was a large wooden bed covered with white curtains. Angele walked close to the bed and saw two naked girls sleeping on it. Both hugged each other. Their pretty faces looked charming.
Angele stood beside the bed and took a glance at the girls.
"Get up. Put on your clothes and leave."
The two girls opened their eyes and their faces turned pale.
"But master, do you not want to…" One of the girls tried to say something, but she stopped after seeing the solemn expression on Angele's face.
"Sorry, we'll leave now." The other girl realized that Angele was not interested. She patted the other girl's back and started putting on clothes.
Angele watched them put on their clothes. He knew the two was a gift from the Prince, but he had something important to do and did not want to waste time.
"Tell the Prince that I enjoyed his gift."
The two girls had already put on their clothes. They heard Angele's words, nodding as left the room right away.
Angele locked the door after they left.
He took off his robe and hung it on the cloth stand. He took out something from his pouch and lay down on the bed. Angele covered his stomach with the white silky blanket and carefully opened the item in his hand.
It was the scroll his father gave him, sealed by two wooden sticks.
Angele slowly removed the wooden sticks and unfurled the scroll. The words on it were written in black ink.
'Angele, my son, I am sorry that I never told you the truth about your mother when you were young. And your brothers, I lied to you. They didn't die, and none of them joined the army.
Your mother's name is Kiran. I was patrolling with the team during the war and found her fainted in a forest. I didn't know where she came from and I had no idea how she survived the ambush, but, I fell in love with her.
Kiran never talked. I don't know if she lost her voice before meeting me or if she was trying to hide something. The only way we communicated was by using paper or gestures, but she was beautiful and attractive. My whole team fought for her affection.
I won the battle and she accepted my marriage proposal. With honor and trophies, I returned to our family's territory after the war. After several years, your elder brother Byrons was born, and the next year, you came to the world. However, several months later, your mother disappeared with your brother and never came back.
I spent years looking for them and searched every corner on this land, but I found nothing. They just disappeared. I wondered if she ever loved me. She probably came here to complete a certain task. I had many assumptions, but I know I still love her.
I hope you can find your mother one day. If you do find her, please let her know, the doors of Rio Family will always be opened for her.
Your father Karl Rio.' The message ended here.
At the bottom of the scroll, there was an address and a description of a forest. It must be the place Angele's father first met his mother, Kiran.
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Chapter 143: Set Out (2)
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Angele carefully sealed the scroll and laid on the bed. He had some assumptions in his mind.
'It seems that my mother and my father's relationship was not a coincidence. They met during a war in a dangerous forest. She was not hurt after the ambushes. Someone must have left her there, or maybe, she did not faint at all. The beauty of my mother blinded the Baron's eyes. Strangely enough, she was so charming that my father decided not to dig deeper about the weird encounter…'
Angele decided to analyze it more carefully.
'Mother took my brother away and left me with the Baron. What does it mean…? My brother was the chosen one, so I must have failed to meet her requirement? I was abandoned because I was not gifted? My body was weak and my talent level was low. I was just an average human being.'
Angele shook his head and put the scroll under the pillow.
Suddenly, he realized something and opened his eyes.
"The talent level for a Wizard apprentice… Yea! That's it!" He suddenly jumped up.
"There's only one possibility!"
'My talent level is 2, but I'm not related to the royal members according to my father. So, it's not a coincidence. I'm born to a noble family, but my father is just a Baron. Most of the Wizard apprentices I have met are royal members or at least inherited their blood. I don't think I just reincarnated into a random noble teenager's body and acquired the talent of a Wizard apprentice.' Angele kept analyzing.
'There's only one possible explanation to this since my father is just a top-level Knight. My mother, Kiran, is a bloodline noble. Byrons likely has much higher talent level than me, so she decided to leave me to the Baron. It's understandable since a Wizard apprentice with low talent level will consume much more resources to reach the same level than a Wizard apprentice with high talent level.'
'However, there are no spell materials here. Only Wizard apprentices who have lost their hopes would return to this land, perhaps Kiran was one of them? But why father? She stayed in the forest waiting for Baron Karl and why is it that she never spoke? Maybe her voice will reveal her identity?'
Angele sat on the bed and slowly closed his eyes once again.
'Baron Karl was already a top-level Knight when he met Kiran, but there were other Grand Knights and choosing to reproduce with them would be a much better choice. It's not hard for a Wizard apprentice to get close to a Grand Knight, yet Kiran chose to copulate with a top-level Knight. Maybe she was not a human? And she had to avoid contact with Grand Knights for certain reasons.' Angele blinked his eyes several times.
'Kiran is not a human being. She chose to reproduce with a top-level Knight and took away the son with higher talent level. That would explain why I could eat random things to increase my attributes, but my father couldn't. The blood I inherited from Kiran is the reason.'
'Zero, is there any data of a normal human's genes in the database?' Angele asked.
'Data found. Transfer?' Zero reported after several seconds.
'Transfer it to me and compare the genes with my own. I want to know if my genes are different from a normal person's.'
'Comparing… Please wait…'
Angele could feel the information being transferred into his brain and he could view the calculations done by Zero in front of his eyes.
With his high mentality, Angele could finally follow what Zero was doing in the comparison test. A great amount of information was extracted from the database and entered into the logical comparison system. Zero was calculating everything step-by-step at full speed.
After breaking the genetic limit, Angele found himself thinking much faster than before, and he would consider his actions with a calm mind. Increasing attributes brought him many benefits and this was just one of them.
His body was changing, or rather, evolving.
'Task completed. Results: 77.78% similarity. Without the ancient gene, it will be 82.12%. The number is the same before you broke the limit.'
'So… I was right.' Angele felt relieved.
"I'm only half human." Angele raised his right hand and looked at the palm. He realized that his palm print was weird. It looked like slim 'X' mark.
Angele stared at the twisted mark for a while, which looked nothing like a normal human's palmprint.
He smiled, "Whatever, I don't care if I'm a human or not. I am who I am. My father is Karl Rio and my mother is Kiran. I might obtain some clues at the address written on the scroll, but if I don't, it'll still be fine. It's my destiny."
Angele stopped for a second.
"Also, I need to look into the organization that sent Dice to assassinate the Baron. It's weird that they didn't try to track me down after I slew Dice. They didn't know the enchanted ring contained a powerful spell that could boost one's agility to an impossible number?" Angele mumbled.
He pulled the soft blanket up a bit before lying down. Angele could smell the body scent of those two girls. He relaxed for a while and slowly started meditating after.
The next morning.
Prince Justin came to pick Angele up with several carriages and a large team of soldiers.
They planned to visit the capital of the alliance, Arias, a city famous for its fresh flowers and great dancers. The parliament of the whole alliance was there as well.
It was still a bit dark outside. More than ten large carriages, hundreds of mounted soldiers, infantries, and several Knights slowly left the Marua Harbor.
Angele did not inform anyone of his departure. He sat in the largest black carriage in the middle of the team and looked at the forest through the window with no expression.
"What are you thinking? You're so quiet." Prince Justin sat on the opposite side of the table. There was a pretty girl beside him whom he was carefully arranging the hair for. It was quite impressive that he could do it so fast with his chubby fingers. The girl was one of Justin's daughters. She was the one the Prince loved the most.
Angele turned his head around at looked at Justin.
"It's just… things have changed," he spoke in a whisper.
Justin chuckled after hearing what Angele just said, "You'll get used to it. I met Master Tymoral when I was just a kid. He was my grandfather's best friend. My grandfather and my father already passed away, but Master Tymoral looks exactly like before. It's almost like he is locked in time."
The Prince finished doing her daughter's hair and kissed her cheek.
"Alright, girl. This is your favorite hairstyle."
The girl nodded as if she did not hear what Justin just said. Although she was beautiful, Angele could not see the soul in her eyes. It was one of the symptoms of dementia.
Angele glanced at the girl. She was wearing a black silky one-piece and was about 18 years old, but the only thing she did was to stay with the Prince. It did not seem like she wanted to go elsewhere.
"She's your daughter?" Angele asked.
Justin nodded.
"Isabelle is my dearest daughter, but she was born with dementia."
"Well, let me see if there's anything I can do for her." Angele wanted to pay him back for what he did several days ago. Without Justin, his revenge wouldn't have been that easy.
"It's impossible. Master Tymoral is a Wizard of Light, yet he said there was nothing he could do because Isabelle was born with brain disease." Justin shook his head, looking depressed.
Angele looked at the girl's head and asked Zero to scan her brain.
"Master Tymoral was right. It's the brain. Isabelle's brain is smaller than an average human's." Angele shook his head as well. There was nothing he could do as well because her dementia was not caused by mental illness.
Justin nodded. He must have already tried everything he could to treat her disease. His expression remained unchanged.
"Isabelle can't even finish a complete sentence. I lost my hope already, but I still want to find a good husband for her. At least someone will look after her for me if anything unfortunate happens."
Angele nodded again.
"Let's talk a bit about the city. It's called Arias, right? I never learned the system of Andes Alliance."
Justin smiled.
"Andes Alliance is founded by several countries. I'm just a Prince in one of those countries. The members of the parliament are the kings of the countries. I'm inviting you to attend a welcome party planned by the parliament because the kings want to see you. I'm just a representative of their wills."
Angele laughed. "Well, I'll only stay here for four years. There's no way that I'll stay here forever."
"Don't worry, they're not trying to force you to stay in the alliance." Justin knew what Angele was thinking.
"You won't be disappointed after we reach the city. Some records of the mysterious power were found after the war ended and were stored in Arias."
"Is that so?" Angele was a bit surprised.
"Thanks. That'd be great."
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Chapter 144: Omicade (1)
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"Haha, Master Tymoral contacted me through the telescope a while ago and I sent many messages to Arias already. We know who you are, so we know what benefits you the most." Justin put his hands on the table.
"So, you probably know my background too?" Angele looked at Justin.
"How much do you know about my mother?"
Justin grunted for a second.
"The information in our hand is probably outdated. I hope it'll still be helpful to you."
He stopped for a second before continuing, "Your mother, Kiran, appeared in the forest from nowhere. Based on her looks and the way she treated your brother, we concluded that she was a Tree Elf, the elf of the wind that originated in the forest. They usually stay with an ancient tree their whole lives, but they love to reproduce with strong, handsome human males. A Tree Elf would return to the forest with their kids after they grew up. That's all I know. It's a mysterious race."
Angele's expression changed and thought for a while.
"So, my mother is not a human. She took my brother away to inherit her family and I was left to my father for certain reasons."
"You're right."
"Is it possible for you to find one of the Tree Elves for me?" Angele wondered.
"I'm afraid it's impossible." Justin shook his head.
"Tree Elves were captured and sold as slaves due to their attractive appearances in the old times. For that reason, they only approach humans for reproduction. Also, they're one of the races that enjoy roaming around different forests, so I think they already left this area."
Angele closed his eyes without responding to Justin's word. It seemed that he was thinking about something.
"They're wanderers, huh? If they already left, I'll stop looking for them. I hate wasting time," Angele opened his eyes and said.
"The information we collected was from one of the Tree Elf Princes. He once traded resources with the alliance. Although that was the only time he communicated with us, we still acquired some valuable items. Also, the alliance wanted to find the place they lived and… well, I think you know what we were trying to do, but they moved right after the trade was finished."
"Humans are greedy. I understand." Angele needed.
"Prince Justin, when did the trade happen?"
"Five years ago," Justin responded.
"Well, that's a long time ago." Angele knew it was impossible for him to track those Tree Elves down after five years. They must have special techniques that could erase their traces. Angele was sure that those Tree Elves had their own spell system.
"Alright, I'll return to my carriage for now. Inform the guards if you need to talk to me." Justin stood up.
"Thanks for your help, Prince." Angele slightly bowed.
Justin and his daughter returned to a gray carriage on the side. Angele sat beside the window, crossed his legs and slowly started to meditate.
It was getting dark outside. Angele opened his eyes after several hours.
'19:54'
He took out a crystal clock from the pouch and checked the time. It was 7:54 in the evening.
Angele purchased the crystal clock when he was still in the alliance school. The quality was surprisingly high. There was not even a crack on its body.
The carriage had already stopped moving. He could hear soldiers yelling and walking outside. It seemed that they were setting up camp.
Angele opened the door and looked around. The trees and grasses were barely visible under the dim light. A campfire was lighted up in the middle and several soldiers were feeding the horses. The two Knights sat beside the flame, carefully maintaining their gears.
Angele saw teams of soldiers patrolling around the camp through the gaps between the trees.
"Had a nice dream? Master?" A mounted soldier jumped off his horse after seeing Angele.
"It's late. We have to set up camp here. The cooks are already making meat soups. We are having crêpes and beef potato stew tonight. We also have some fruits on the supply carts. I hope you don't mind."
Angele shook his head. "It's great. I didn't expect that we could have hot dishes on a trip."
He looked down and saw a brown wooden cube in the Knight's right hand.
"What's that?"
The Knight saw Angele staring at his hand. He smiled and showed him the wooden cube.
"It's my hobby. I like sculpting and I usually practice it when I have spare time. I apologize if it bothered you."
Angele looked at the wood carving in the Knight's hand and saw a familiar face.
"Isabelle?"
The Knight blushed and put the wood carving back into his pouch immediately.
"No… Well… I haven't finished it yet."
Angele looked at the young Knight. A gentle smile was on his face.
"How long have you been serving the Prince?"
The Knight responded in a low voice, "11 years…"
"I can sense your love for the Prince's daughter. 11 years, huh? You watched her grow up, so I believe you will take good care of her." Angele patted the Knight's shoulder.
"You know what? I can talk to the Prince for you and I'll convince him to let you marry Isabelle."
The Knight kept blushing. He was so surprised that he could not find the right words to say.
"What do you think? If you don't want me to do it, I will go have my dinner now." Angele turned around.
"Please… Please, Master! My love for her is genuine!" the Knight shouted in a serious tone.
Angele chuckled. He had been depressed for days due to the death of Maggie, but this man uplifted his spirits.
The next morning, Angele visited Justin's carriage. He had already scanned the Knight with Zero to make sure that he was telling the truth. Angele recommended that Knight to Justin and told him how much that young man loved his daughter. Surprisingly, Justin already knew the young man's thoughts. He agreed on their marriage immediately after hearing Angele's words and was happy.
"Knight Baudi served me well for 11 years and I knew he liked Isabelle." Justin was feeding his daughter the mushroom that was freshly made this morning with a spoon.
"For that reason, I didn't ask Baudi to join the army. I think you already know that he's a top-level Knight and if he can contribute to the missions, he will be awarded a small territory. I think he can become a Grand Knight one day."
Angele was drinking a bowl of mushroom soup as well. "It's a win-win situation then? He spent most of his spare time carving the wood sculpture of your daughter. Baudi told me it was the first time he carved a wood sculpture for your daughter, but he was doing it so fast that I could not imagine how many times he has practiced during all those years."
The carriage was slowly advancing and Justin was about to say something, but he was interrupted by someone speaking in Rudin outside. The stranger was probably asking the soldier about the route to a certain city. The carriage stopped for a second and moved on.
After several minutes, Angele saw many white carriages parked along the roadside through the window. Many merchandises on the carts were behind them.
"A caravan maybe," Justin said with a low voice.
The merchants parked their carriages and waited on the roadside. They were waiting for the Prince's carriages to pass. A merchant in a black noble suit stood on the side and took off his hat as Justin's carriage passed by.
"Based the looks of their signs, they're heading to Arias and Sinbuck. There are dozens of cities entering the two cities every day," Justin continued explaining.
"Dozens? I think I know how large and busy Arias is now." Angele was a bit surprised.
"Of course, It's the best city in the whole alliance."
Angele chatted with Justin about the city for a while and returned to his carriage.
Half a month later.
In the noon.
Inside a sea of trees, a humongous shell-shaped city was surrounded by tall, black brick walls. The seemingly infinite buildings and houses in the city varied in colors and sizes.
A wide gray road was connected to one of the entrances of the city.
A caravan was slowly approaching the city gate on the road. People stopped and waited on the side after seeing the insignias on the doors of the carriages.
The pedestrians bowed to the carriages as they passed by.
There were two hills on both sides of the entrance and several watchtowers were built on top of them. A heavy black iron door was hanging over the gate. It was pulled up by dozens of thick, hard ropes. The door could be dropped down anytime to prevent unauthorized travelers from passing through.
The caravan slowly entered the gate. It was moving between two smooth, black stone walls. Furthermore, there were two rows of archers patrolling on top of the walls. Inside a black carriage, someone was observing the guards here with a pair of sharp eyes.
It was a young man with long brown hair. His eyes were bright and sharp. The black robe he wore was clean and smooth. The man's face was pale and there was a silver glint on this skin, giving the impression that he was devoid of any blood.
It was Angele, who was invited to the capital by the parliament.
Angele stuck his head out and took a glance at the archers on the walls.
"Defense is strong here…" Angele mumbled and nodded.
"There are many Knight-level archers on the walls. They haven't reached the top-level yet, but assigning warriors like them to guard the entrance is definitely a wise decision. I wonder how strong the army is here. There are Grand Knights here for sure. I'm actually excited to see what's behind this large iron door."
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Chapter 145: Omicade (2)
Translator: Leo Editor: DarkGem
The carriages slowly entered the guard post and arrived at a large empty ground, covered in grass. Another silver carriage with golden decorations on its roof was parked on the ground, and there were several people waiting on the side.
An old man with clean, white short hair was protected by several guards. He was wearing a red robe and staring at Prince Justin's carriage.
"Omicade!" Justin opened the window and shouted. "Our honored guest is here! You should thank me for that." There was a sincere smile on his face.
"Come on, Justin. Behave yourself in front of our guest," the old man responded with a smile as well.
Justin and Angele's carriages slowly stopped in front of the old man. The soldiers opened the doors for them, and they got off the carriage quickly.
Justin held Angele's hand and introduced him to the old man.
"This is Master Angele. He's knowledgeable about the things you're interested in, and I think you two will become good friends soon."
Justin turned his head around and looked at Angele.
"This is Omicade, the Great Sage of the alliance, I think you two share the same interests."
'Great Sage?' Angele was a bit surprised. To earn a title like this, one had to make great contributions to the country and also needed to be respected by all the scholars.
"Nice to meet you."
"It's a pleasure."
They bowed to each other politely.
Angele straightened his back and observed the old man in front of him. Omicade's hair was so short that he almost looked bald. He had yellow pupils, aquiline nose, deep cheeks, and looked thin. Angele wasn't sure if his red robe was oversized, or he was just too slim.
The man was old, but he was full of energy. Angele decided to scan him with Zero.
'Task completed. No force field detected. Rank 3 apprentice, Mid-level Knight. Detailed attributes available for checking,' Zero reported after several seconds.
'I don't need to see his attributes.'
Angele was interested in Omicade's information; it was the first time he met someone that was in a similar situation as him. Omicade was a Knight, and at the same time, he was an apprentice. However, it seemed like Omicade's talent level was low, and he had failed to master both classes.
"The aura around your body is deep and strong." Omicade had used some special spell and learned that Angele's mentality was extremely high.
"Interesting. I think people like are unable to break the limit and can't become Wizards or Grand Knights." Angele stopped for a second. "I can't imagine how much effort you must have put into training. Although you failed to break the limit, your achievements are still incredible."
"Haha, all the Master Wizards I met said that to me." Omicade smiled. "Let's enter the city first, I've already prepared a party for you."
Angele's eyebrows furrowed slightly. He hated phony courtesy like that, and would rather have some decent food at a normal welcome dinner party.
"Don't worry, it's just a small private party. I hate the places that provide more wine than meat and bread too." Omicade winked, knowing what Angele was thinking.
"I'll leave him to you," Justin interrupted. "I need to report to the Kings first."
"Sure, go ahead." Omicade nodded. "The information master Angele needs is at my place."
"Haha, thank you." Angele nodded and glanced around.
Arias was built inside a humongous shell-shaped city, and Angele was standing on a high ground with a good view of the whole place.
Groups of birds were rotating in the sky over the large city, and he could hear bells ringing in the clock towers.
Under the high blue sky, there were countless houses, towers, buildings, carriages, and pedestrians. Everything was clearly visible in Angele's view.
The whole city was well organized: the streets were busy, the parks were quiet and surrounded by trees. Angele stepped forward a bit, the gentle wind blowing over his face, and saw a large human sculpture with a silver glint on its surface in the middle of the city.
It was a naked man with a feathered helmet; he was holding a spear and a wooden shield in his hands. It looked like he was going to throw the spear in the direction of the sun.
The sculpture was taller than any building in the city, and the houses around it had relatively better decorations. White walks and silver roofs, it almost looked like there was a palace built around it.
"That's the sculpture of the first president of the parliament, legendary hero, King Bell," Omicade explained, noticing what Angele was staring at. "It's 112 meters tall, and it's truly an incredible piece of art."
"Thanks for the explanation. It's spectacular," Angele praised.
"It is, I can never tire of observing it…" Omicade sighed with mixed emotions. "Let's go. Everything is prepared."
"Sure." Angele turned around and jumped into the silver carriage.
Omicade entered the carriage after him, and they started heading down the hill with the guards protecting them.
"Cheers!"
Angele and Omicade raised their wine glasses in the air. They sat opposite each other around a table that was covered by a white blanket. The dishes on the table had no fancy appearance, but the smell was making Angele hungry.
They were inside a cylinder-shaped room, and the walls were covered with gray bricks. There were birds passing by a rectangular window from time to time.
"What do you think? My high tower is not bad, eh?" Omicade had a proud smile on his face.
Angele nodded. "This is the 9th floor, right? About 90 meters tall maybe?"
"Yea, about 90 meters tall. Those stairs are a pain, but this room is my favorite." Omicade sipped some green wine from his glass and continued, "I think you can understand that I need a quiet environment to do my researches."
"Yes." Angele nodded. "But it's very cold here, and it's really inconvenient. It took us a while to get to the 9th floor."
"Yeah, you're right, but I already got used to it."
"A true hermit finds his place in the bustling crowd." Angele chuckled.
"You're right." Omicade chuckled as well.
Angele and Omicade kept talking about random things while enjoying the dishes. The green wine in their glasses had a fruity scent to it. There were no maid or servant around, and Angele felt relaxed in such a cozy environment.
After finishing most of the food, Angele decided to change the topic.
"Well, can you give me the information I wanted?" he suddenly asked.
"Of course, I already prepared it for you."
Omicade searched in his pouch for a while and took out a small piece of brown wood. The grain on its surface was actually words written in Anmag.
"Here, take it." Omicade handed the wood piece over to Angele. "It's my friend's address. He can answer your questions I think."
Angele grabbed the wood piece and observed it carefully. He couldn't detect any energy particles, which meant the words on the grain were natural.
It said: 'Shadow Forest, right below Arida's Nest.'
Angele carefully put it into his pouch.
"As promised. You can ask me one question."
Omicade heard Angele's word and laughed.
"Actually, I need a certain spell model."
"Spell model?" Angele hesitated. "Sorry, you need more than that address to trade for a spell model."
"Of course, I understand." Omicade put down his fork and stood up. "I know more than ten different languages. I also have ancient books that record the history and geography of this land. If you don't need those, I still have the items I obtained from other wizards through trading."
Angele had already finished his food, so he stood up as well. They walked down the spiral staircase and reached a room on the 6th floor.
It was a large library, shelves of books filling up the space.
"Read any book you want, and I hope you can find something you need," Omicade said, standing beside the entrance.
Angele nodded and walked to the bookshelves. He started checking the books one by one: Occult Studies, Fundamentals of Spells, Beauty of Sculpture, Anus's Search of Humanity, Sex and Spells, The Rise of Countries…
Most of the books were written by mortals. Some of them were curious about the world of wizards but had not dug deep enough, and most of those books were not worth reading. He found several interesting books that discussed the possible daily life of a wizard, but there was nothing practical to them.
The wizard books here were not rare. Angele had already stored most of them into the chip when he was in Ramsoda.
Omicade thought Angele was just a young wizard that did not have the time to read all the books in his organization yet, but little did he know that Angele was probably the most knowledgeable newbie wizard in history. The library Omicade was proud of had nothing useful to him.
After several minutes, Angele suddenly stopped by the second bookshelf.
"Most of the books on that shelf are incomplete ancient notes," Omicade explained immediately after seeing Angele was finally attracted by something.
Angele nodded and reached to the bottom of the bookshelf. He grabbed a black notebook with only seven or eight pages remaining.
The title on the cover was written in white and the characters were weird. Angele had never seen anything like it, but he had this strange feeling in his mind, just like when he was reading the formula of Potion of Tranquility.
He opened the notebook— its pages were filled with those unknown words. Their size varied, and the ways the words were written were very different. Some looked like alphabets and some looked like numbers. It was a mess, but Angele tried to match them with the data in the chip.
The notebook would be worthless if he could not find a way to understand these random words.
'Wait… If I'm not mistaken…" Angele blinked. 'This must be the Chaos Language from the ancient times. Only the words of the Chaos World are written like this!
'The Chaos World is a mysterious world that even wizards have no access to. The world is in a chaos, with no time, no space, and no death there. Countless horrifying creatures live in that world, and even some random concepts come to life. Chaos is the only thing that defines that world. If I can learn the language and find the portal to that world… I'll be able to talk to the creatures there and trade with them… I might even be able to sign a contract with one of the stronger monsters. Also, I heard they have information on the ancient wizards since their life expectancy is infinite,' Angele thought while searching through his memory.
Some of the ancient wizards had found the portal to other worlds by accident during their experiments with time and space. They communicated with the races that lived in the other worlds and acquired incredibly strong companions or valuable items through trading. They also developed many special categories of spells based on the information they had obtained and that was one of the reasons why ancient wizards were much stronger than the modern wizards.
Most of the time, wizards did not know what ultimate spell the other had. Their knowledge was acquired from different races, lands, even different worlds, and countless light or dark spells. Wizards' power was hard to understand for the mortals, and that was why they were named as mysterious men.
Sadly, the method to enter the portals was lost and modern wizards had no access to the stronger spells that required specific languages to cast. Modern wizards were trying their best to study the ancient blood, but no one had found any valuable information yet.
Great power brought conflicts to the ancient wizard world and the wars had started. Many wizards died and many notes were lost. Some of the ancient wizards retreated to the other side of the sea and the others moved to live underground. Some of the strong monsters and creatures from other worlds had entered the portals that the wizards had failed to close.
Angele was happy that Omicade had a decent collection of Chaos notes. He grabbed those notebooks and started trading with him.
The Great Sage wanted the spell model of the Stun Spell, but he had never joined any wizard organization so even the level 0 spells were a bit too hard for him. He needed to find the corresponding knowledge first, such as the Fundamentals of Negative Energy. Angele wondered why Omicade did not try to join a wizard organization, with his power and right, it should be easy. However, the notebooks were all he cared about at the moment, and he decided not to question the other man.
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Chapter 146: In the Woods (1)
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Angele and Omicade were both satisfied with the trade.
The only thing that upset Angele was that only one Chaos book was valuable, the other incomplete notebooks were written in Barun or Vlasov after checking. Also, most of the old incomplete notebooks only had useless information written in them.
Angele stretched his back and put down the last incomplete notebook.
"What do you think? Do you need it?" Omicade stood beside him with arms crossed, expecting Angele to trade something else with him.
"I'm sorry." Angele shook his head, and he saw Omicade purse his lips.
"Well, I was hoping to get something else from you, haha."
Angele heard Omicade's word, and a smile stretched his lips as he nodded.
"Great. I actually want something from you. I think it'll be an easy task."
"What do you want me to do?" Omicade asked, surprised.
"Collect metals for me. I need all kinds of them." He had nothing to hide. It was one of the reasons that made him decide to visit the capital.
"Umm, metals? Not a problem at all, but we need to leave the high tower and go talk to a blacksmith first."
"Sure."
Angele put the Chaos notebook into his bag and walked down the spiral staircase with Omicade right away. They traveled to a large blacksmith's shop using Omicade's carriage for about two hours.
"We're here, the street of blacksmiths."
The Sage opened the door and jumped off the carriage.
Angele jumped off the carriage as well. As he landed on the ground, he could feel stickiness on the bottom of his boots.
The black, oily ground slid into Angele's sight.
There were several simple buildings lined up on both sides, and he could hear the blacksmiths smashing their hammers on the iron anvils inside their shops.
A burnt smell permeated the air of the street. The place was dark and dirty; it gave Angele an unpleasant feeling.
Angele saw adventurers with crossguard swords, iron shields, and sledgehammers checking the shops.
The Great Sage's carriage did not attract any attention. The pedestrians and adventurers had a glance at it, but no one came to greet Omicade. It seemed like he came here often, and people were no longer surprised by his presence.
Omicade led Angele to the largest blacksmith shop on the street, a large building with three open entrances at the front. The name of the shop 'Francesco's Blacksmith Shop' was engraved into a bronze board on the top.
There were barely any people checking the shop, and Angele saw a middle-aged woman with a greatsword on her back walking out of it while cursing.
"Damn you old prick! Francesco, seriously? 5000 gold coins for a sheath? Greedy old f*ck! One day you'll drown in your sea of gold coins!"
"Filthy rat! If you don't have money, don't even come here! Get the f*ck out of here!" a rude voice came from inside.
"Go f*ck yourself!" The middle-aged woman turned around, gave Francesco a middle finger, and left angrily.
Angele knew the voice had to come from a tall, strong man just by hearing it.
Omicade shrugged and looked at Angele.
"Well, this is still the best blacksmith shop in the city, its only drawback is the price tag."
Angele chuckled and followed Omicade into the shop. Inside, intense steam hit his face right away.
A three-meter-tall giant was swinging a head-sized hammer and carefully working on a piece of red-hot alloy. On the other side, four bellows makers were trying their best to keep the smith's furnace fire at the proper temperature. The five took up most of the space in the shop.
Only a small area was used to display the crafted weapons and shields in the corner.
"Francesco, get me all your metal ingots here. My friend needs to see them," Omicade yelled at the giant, but his voice sounded low in the noises made by the hammer and bellows.
"Metal ingots? What do you need that for?" The strong giant stretched his back a bit and put down the alloy.
Sweat and oil covered his muscular body. He was bald, with no eyebrows or beard, and there was a large gold earring on his left ear.
"I want them, not him. How many different types of metal do you have here?" Angele asked, stepping forward.
"What? You?" Francesco asked the bellows makers to stop for a minute and started observing the short man in front of him. He quickly noticed the black robe that covered Angele's body, and it seemed like the robe reminded him of something.
"Ah… A dark…" Francesco stopped before spitting out the word, but Angele could see the respect in his eyes. "What do you need? I have many different ingots here." He turned around and grabbed a large box full of dark metal ingots.
"Wait a second, I have more."
Before Angele could respond, the giant already walked to a corner, entered a storage room, and moved five large boxes to the front. Each of them was about one meter tall and filled up with metal ingots.
A total of six boxes were put down in front of Angele. There were white ingots, dark-red, silver, while the rest were all black with silver glints.
"Star Iron, three boxes. White Membrane Steel, Blood Core Steel, and River Copper, one box each. Those are the rarest metal ingots in my shop. Anything caught your attention?"
Angele's eyebrows furrowed, he had no idea what the giant was talking about, and he decided to check with Zero.
"Can I take a closer look?"
"Of course." Francesco stepped aside and smiled.
Angele stepped forward, and Zero started scanning all the metal ingots. Star Iron was hard and elastic, but it had no magic resistance.
White Membrane Steel, not elastic but very hard. It was great for crafting sharp weapons, but it could not be used for making shields. Its magic resistance was low as well.
Blood Core Steel could not handle high temperature, and it was just an average metal with low resistance. The last was the River Copper. It could handle high temperature and radiation, but its hardness was low. This copper was usually used for heat insulation materials.
"Do you have something that has good elasticity when melted and high hardness after cooled down?" Angele questioned.
"Umm, give me a second." Francesco rubbed his chin and thought for a while.
"Master, we still have two boxes of Combustible Iron, right?" A bellows maker suddenly said.
"Combustible Iron? You're correct! Leeson, bring the boxes here!"
"Sure! You guys, come with me!" Leeson responded and entered the storage room with the rest. After several minutes, two boxes of black iron ingots were put down in front of Angele. These ingots had small holes in them for some reason.
"Combustible Iron? What's that?" Angele got curious.
Francesco immediately explained, "Combustible Iron is a combustible metal, its melting point is high, but once it's lighted up, you won't be able to put it down easily."
He grabbed a fist-sized iron from one of the boxes as he spoke.
"Wind will only make it burn longer. Combustible Iron of this size will burn for a whole day if you don't try to put it off. This iron came from a special underwater ore. It's very dangerous if you use it in the forests."
"Interesting…" Angele grabbed a piece of the iron and observed.
It was hard and heavy; the surface was covered in tiny holes, and it looked like a honeycomb.
Angele sniffed it— it smelled like rubber.
"I know this thing. It's usually used in siege attacks. Cover it with oiled clothes, pour some feces onto the surface, light it up, and shoot it with a ballista. Its damage is incredible," Omicade said, looking at Angele. "But it's not rare, the ores are easy to find."
"I'll take all of the metal ingots you just showed me. How much are they in total?"
"Well, if you only want the materials, I can give you a discount." The giant rubbed his hands and did some calculations. "About 120,000 gold coins."
"120,000 gold coins… Not that bad." Omicade nodded. "I'll pay for it. Francesco, put it on my bill. Come to my high tower and pick up the gold coins before the month ends."
"For sure."
Angele nodded, he did not have that many gold coins with him, so he had to let the Great Sage pay for the metal ingots.
"Thanks, Omicade."
"Not a big deal. I still have some questions to ask you, and knowledge is priceless." Omicade pursed his lips to a smile.
The two hired four carriages to carry those boxes back to Omicade's high tower.
Justin came to invite Angele to the party held by the Kings once he returned to the high tower. They also made it clear that there would be many nobles waiting to see him in the party.
Although Angele wanted to decline the invitation, he still owed Justin a favor, so he decided to attend and see what the Kings were thinking.
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Chapter 147: In the Woods (2)
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In the evening.
Angele was invited to the resplendent palace with a well-decorated meeting hall. He met many ladies from high-rank noble families, and they all looked beautiful in their luxury dresses.
He spent most of his time declining the offers from those noble ladies since the kings that invited him here had left after talking with him for several minutes. Angele also met several princesses and daughters of the dukes and viscounts.
The reason why they approached Angele was obvious, but he had no interest in them. The royal families and high-class noble families sent their daughters to this party, hoping this way to develop a deep relationship with Angele. Tymoral had already warned him about the upcoming awkward situation back on the ship.
He was the center of the party and people were trying to talk to him all the time, so it was impossible for him to leave early without being noticed.
Also, those noble ladies and princesses had high social statuses, so although Angele was a formal wizard, he could not just simply ask them to stay away from him. He had to talk to them one by one with respect. The ladies in the hall were all beautiful and polite, but he got tired after seeing too many of them.
Angele jumped into the carriage sent by the Sage after the party was finally over; he was exhausted.
It was a black carriage with a black horse and the coachman was an old man in a black suit, the whole thing looked like a dark shadow that was slowly advancing on the road.
"I'm Malfoy, master Angele, should we head back to the high tower now?" the coachman asked.
Omicade had kindly asked Angele to live in his high tower during his stay in Arias, because he knew Angele wouldn't want to be disturbed by other random visitors.
Angele smelled the scent of some flower-based perfume as he sat down in the carriage. Under the dim light from the oil lamp, he saw a cute blonde girl with a clean white dress quietly huddled in the corner of the opposite seat. Her face looked familiar.
"Caitlyn?" Angele did not expect to see her here. It felt quite strange.
The original Angele Rio had fallen off the horse and died for this girl, his body then later being taken over by Ye Song. Angele had had his revenge before leaving the school and thought they would never meet again.
A voice came from outside the carriage.
"Master Angele, Prince Justin asked me to tell you that the girl inside is a gift for you. She was the girl you loved the most, right? Enjoy your time, haha."
It seemed like Malfoy wasn't just a coachman, otherwise, the Prince wouldn't have told him so much information and asked him to pass the message.
Angele sat on his seat, looking at Caitlyn; he could see the fear in her eyes. Justin must have thought Angele hadn't liked the two girls he prepared so he collected some intel and found Caitlyn for him.
Caitlyn's attractive body was well displayed by her tight dress. Her long legs and smooth, clean skin gave her an elegant look. She had all the characteristics one could find on a charming young lady.
"Master… Angele…" Caitlyn lowered her head while trying to find something to say.
She was captured by Justin's guards in the school and sent to Angele as a gift. Never had she thought that there would be a day she would have to serve the young man she looked down upon. But she had no other choice, her family background wasn't strong enough for her to fight against the Prince's order. If she couldn't make Angele happy, something unfortunate would probably happen to her family members after.
Angele looked at her for a second, then suddenly grabbed the palm-sized bronze tag on her neck. Several words were engraved on the front of the tag, saying: 'Angele Rio'.
On the back, there was another sentence: 'If missing, please contact any noble family in the Andes Alliance'.
It was the tag that was used to label slaves. With the tag on her neck, Caitlyn became Angele's private property, her rights as a citizen taken away by the Prince.
"What's the point of this? Why can't the nobility spend their time doing something actually meaningful?" Angele sighed and mumbled.
"Move, to the high tower," he shouted out.
"Aye," Malfoy responded, and the carriage lurched into movement as he whipped the horse.
In a room on the third floor of the high tower. Bright white oil lamps were burning quietly on the walls—they were the source of the gentle light in the room.
Angele lay on the bed and looked at the night sky through the window. Two crescent moons were hanging in the sky, partially blocked by some tiny clouds.
Caitlyn covered herself with a white blanket beside Angele; she had gotten tired and fallen asleep after a little fun experiment. There were some scratches made by nails on her right shoulder, and her soft golden hair tumbled around the pillow.
Angele slowly moved his fingers through Caitlyn's smooth hair, feeling relaxed.
'Father made the right decision.'
Angele remembered things Baron Karl had told him back home.
After the intercourse with Caitlyn, he realized it was almost impossible for him to reproduce after checking Zero's report. The Rio Family did need someone else to continue the family line.
Caitlyn woke up as he thought, grunted, and opened her eyes. Angele took his hand back, got off the bed, and quickly put his clothes on.
"Stay here. I'll ask someone to send you back to the school. You're free now. Nothing has changed. Don't worry."
Angele looked at her. With a flick of his finger, some thin green smoke hit Caitlyn's head.
Caitlyn's eyes rolled back, and she fainted before being able to respond.
The green smoke returned to the tip of Angele's finger right after. He put on the black robe and headed to another bedroom on the same floor.
It was the room he used for meditation. A simple bed was the only thing in the room. Since he had already confirmed his assumption about reproduction, he decided not to waste any time on it for now. Although meditation would not help him that much anymore, it would still increase his mentality a bit if he could keep doing it for years.
Several days later…
In the morning.
A small gray carriage left Arias City and passed through the guard post. It did not stay on the main road for too long, the carriage turning to the right and entering a silent path after advancing for several minutes. It seemed like the carriage was heavy. Although there were three strong horses pulling it, it was still moving slowly.
Vibrant green trees were on both sides of the path, and the road was full of bumps and hollows. A young man with long brown hair sat in the driving seat, wearing a brown leather suit which failed to hide his muscular body.
It was Angele, who'd left the city without notifying anyone.
He had the reins in his hands, not controlling the horses with energy particles. Birds and random animals were driven away by the noises made by the wheels. Water splashed to the sides of the path as the carriage went over tiny pools.
Time flew. Angele traveled non-stop until noon with dark clouds gathering in the sky.
It was about to rain.
The chilling wind was howling through the trees when Angele reached a straight path after turning several corners. He held the reins in one hand and took out a piece of wood from the pouch with the other.
He carefully checked the words written on the wood piece and returned it to the pouch. The sounds made by the rolling wheels were extremely loud in such a quiet forest. Suddenly, Angele heard a man singing ahead. His voice mixed with the howling wind, often being drowned out, so Angele could only hear a part of the lyrics.
"… Deer… She's behind me, she's behind me…
"Once, twice, and then… The fruity moon, shadow-black hair of hers is so attractive."
The voice got clearer as Angele got closer. He scrunched his eyebrows because the lyrics had absolutely no meaning to them, and the song was weird.
After several minutes, Angele saw a short middle-aged man sawing a large pine tree. He had tied his coat around the waist, and sweat was dripping down his face. Angele thought that the man was probably just shouting random words while sawing the tree, and somehow those words sounded like lyrics of a song.
"Hey! You! Can you come help me? Please," Angele yelled out, stopping the carriage.
The short man wiped the sweat from his forehead with a piece cloth and looked at Angele. He was surprised by seeing a noble traveling deep into the forest alone. He then dropped the saw on the ground and quickly walked to Angele.
Stopping beside the carriage, he bowed, and asked, "What do you need, Sir?"
"Where's the Shadow Forest?" Angele asked in a light tone.
"Shadow Forest? Go along this road and you'll reach it in two days. It's not too far from here, but the place is full of dangerous creatures. I saw a head-sized black spider moving out of the forest once, and it was killed by a Knight from Arias."
"Have you ever heard of a place called Arida's Nest?" Angele questioned.
"Sorry, I never heard of it…" The man shook his head. "But I know there's a cliff in the forest where many swallows built their nests, not sure if that's the Arida's Nest you're talking about."
"Well, can you mark it on my map?" Angele took out a leather map and asked the man to mark the location of the cliff for him.
"Wait, why are you here alone? Don't you just said there are many beasts close by?" Angele asked after returning the map to his bag.
"I'm a hunter and I live here. I'm preparing the materials for my wood house, but I've lost my axe so I have to saw," the man responded, scratching his head. "See, there's a watch tower on the left that was abandoned by the city. Beside it, there's a small bridge. It can bring me to the other side of the Jonah River. If I build my house there, I'll have a place to get some rest after a day of hunting."
Angele looked in the direction the hunter was pointing at. There was a watch tower with a red top between the gaps of the trees, and beside it, there was a wooden bridge.
The sun was almost covered by the thick clouds. Angele blinked his eyes, suddenly seeing a young girl walking over the bridge quietly.
"Huh? Is that your daughter? Why would you take her here?" Angele's eyebrows furrowed.
"My daughter?" The hunter turned his head around, looking confused. "No sir, I came here alone. There's no way I'm bringing a young girl to a forest. It's too dangerous here."
"Really? Who's she then?" Angele pointed at the bridge, but the girl had already left.
"I see nothing, sir…" The hunter had no idea what had happened.
Angele lowered his hand and rubbed his chin as thunder seamed to crack the air.
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Chapter 148: Lingering (1)
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Angele had recently started to see things others could not see. He looked at the back of his hand and the silver accessory with a faint glint to it. Its size was smaller than before, but Angele was not sure what was happening.
'Well, I should've spent more time studying Necromancy… It seems like I can see materialized curses and souls with hatred now? Strange.'
Angele's brow furrowed, and he covered his hand with the sleeve again.
Crackle*
Lightning flashed, a shock of white brightening up the whole forest and forking silently to the ground.
Angele asked the hunter for some details, deciding to find some shelter from the rain. The hunter suggested that they go to the watch tower and Angele nodded. He quickly tied his horse and carriage to a large tree.
Angele grabbed all the important items and set up the alert system by spreading his energy particles in the area before heading to the abandoned watch tower with the hunter.
"I built a campfire inside, close the door and it'll stay warm."
The hunter was leading the way ahead.
Lightning struck from time to time. As they walked through the forest, the surroundings were flashing in their sights.
"Is it really fine to leave your carriage there?" the hunter asked in a loud voice.
"It's fine. I'll find it even if it gets stolen."
Angele smiled at him.
The hunter was a bit confused, but he decided not to ask any unnecessary questions. They walked through several bushes, the grasses on the ground feeling like a soft, thick blanket.
They arrived at the wooden watch tower build on a small hill after several minutes. Angele stood by the door, then turned around and looked down. The place was not too far away from his carriage.
The gray door was thick and heavy. The tower was probably built many years ago since he could see cracks in the walls.
The hunter struggled for a while before managing to budge the door.
"The trees around the tower are way too high, I just found it today. Pretty good, huh?"
The door was pushed open slowly. Angele looked inside, but only saw a spiral staircase in the middle of the room.
The hunter had probably already cleaned the room since Angele couldn't find a single spiderweb. An extinguished campfire was left beside the staircase, but there was still smoke rising from it.
The warmth from the flame was still inside the room.
However, Angele sensed something wrong as he entered the place, and goose bumps rose on his skin.
He glanced around but did not find anything suspicious. The hunter walked to the campfire, poked the charcoals with a branch, and lighted it up again. Warm yellow light quickly brightened up the room.
"Sir, please have a seat. This is all I have, sorry."
The hunter put down a gray blanket beside the campfire.
The strange feeling disappeared as the campfire was lighted up. Angele nodded and sat down by the fire with his legs crossed. The hunter grabbed another blanket and sat down on the opposite side as well.
Angele watched the hunter put up a metal rack beside the fire and start to roast meat he took out from his bag.
"Hey, when you first entered the tower, did you see anyone else?" Angele decided to ask.
The hunter nodded. "Yeah, I set up the fire and then met you while logging, but this place was cold as hell."
Angele scrunched his eyebrows and stopped talking. Heavy rain was already pouring down the forest.
He looked outside the window but the curtain of rain was the only thing he could see. The door was rattling, and the howling wind was passing through the gaps; it sounded like a ghost crying.
The rain stopped almost as quickly as it came.
After half an hour, the sky turned clear and the gray clouds were gone.
Angele stood up as the hunter finished roasting his deer. The surface of the meat was covered in crispy crust, and it smelled incredible.
"Would you like some deer, sir?" the hunter stood up and asked.
"I'm good, thanks." Angele took out several silver coins and threw them to the hunter. "Thanks for the information and the shelter, but I suggest you don't stay here for too long. The place is haunted."
Angele turned around, wiped the dust off his suit, and walked toward his carriage.
The hunter just stood there after hearing the parting words; he didn't understand why Angele would say that this place was haunted.
After several minutes, he mumbled, "What a freak…" He tossed the silver coins several times and smiled. "But generous."
The hunter sat down again and grabbed the roasted deer meat, starting to sprinkle seasoning onto its surface.
Angele drove the carriage down the wet path and kept advancing. The road between the trees looked endless. The only thing he could see was the wet mud on the ground.
'Zero, show me my attributes,' Angele ordered as he slowed the horses down a bit.
'Scanning… Transferring results. Angele Rio. Strength, 3.5. Agility, 5.2. Stamina, 6.1. Mentality, 21.3. Mana, 20.7. (Mana increased as Mentality increased). Gene limit reached. Healthy.'
Angele's eyebrows furrowed. He meditated every day after breaking the limit, but his Mentality had only increased by 0.1, and Mana was still lower than Mentality. It meant that some of it were not converted into mana.
It was part of the side effects brought by the potions. The Black Lead Potion increased his mentality greatly, but there would be side effects when one's mentality jumped like that. His progress was very slow recently, and it could be part of that.
'My next stage is Liquid, but it'll take me more than thirty years if I don't find a shortcut. Also, increasing the purity of my mentality should be my priority, otherwise, it won't increase at a normal rate.'
Angele knew what he should do.
'After this, I need to find a way to concentrate my mentality.'
He quickly searched through the database for information about mentality and started reading as the carriage moved.
The trees on the sides were much taller than before. Angele met many forks on his road, but was still getting closer to the Shadow Forest. He traveled without stopping for another two days.
Finally, Angele arrived at a crossroads the next afternoon. It was another cloudy day. The chilling wind kept blowing in the trees, and the leaves were shaking.
A brown road sign was in the middle of the crossroads, the words on it blurry, and the rain made it even harder to read.
Angele jumped off the carriage and walked to the sign. The Shadow Forest was on the left, the direction he had come from was named Watch Tower in the Woods, while the other two paths led to two different towns. Some of the letters were missing, so he wasn't sure about the names of those towns.
Angele looked in the direction of the Shadow Forest and was met there with a deep, dark path. The trees on both sides left no gaps for the sunlight to pass through. It almost looked like a tunnel made by the trees. The only sunlight came sideways, and those rays of light looked like white lasers.
Angele turned around and returned to his carriage.
"Move!"
He raised his whip and hit the seat. The horses started moving to the left after he pulled the reins.
However, for some reason, the horses stopped in front of the tunnel and started walking to the sides. They kept neighing and refusing to enter.
Angele got a bit nervous and whipped them several times, but the horses would just not move. He looked at the dark path, then entered the carriage to equip his gear.
He jumped off after several seconds with a large silver metal bow on his back along with a full quiver. He had also put on a silver chest armor. Angele looked wild and strong with the long brown hair trailing over his shoulders.
There was a bag of supplies in his hand since he was not sure about the distance between him and the Shadow Forest. Again, he spread some Wind energy particles around the carriage to set up the alert in case anyone approached.
After everything was prepared, Angele walked onto the road that led to the Shadow Forest. The wind here was warm and gentle, and he could smell the fragrance of flowers. There was a gray rabbit one the path. It stood there and stared at Angele.
Crack*
Angele stepped on a branch, making a loud sound.
The rabbit got scared and immediately jumped back into the bushes.
Angele kept glancing around as he advanced. He was moving fast, and his footprints were deep.
The clouds converged in the sky until it was almost dark, the light from the setting sun bringing some warmth to the sea of trees.
Angele walked for a while, then took out the map to check his location again. After turning several times, he reached an empty ground that was covered by grass.
A huge tree with a diameter of more than ten meters stood in the middle of the ground quietly, drops of golden sunlight filling up the gaps between the shadows made by its leaves.
Angele took out the wood piece he'd received from Omicade and stepped forward. He stopped near a part of the roots that was above ground, and the dark trunk of the tree started trembling.
Two dark red cracks opened slowly on the tree, and a large human-like face appeared on the surface of the trunk. The branches gathered together on both sides, turning into two arms.
"You're a Dryad? I brought Omicade's keepsake, and I have several questions to ask."
Angele stared curiously at the tree for several seconds, then threw the wood piece into the air.
The wood piece was grabbed by several twisted branches and taken to the eyes of the Dryad.
"It is the item I gave to Omicade, well, ask anything you want then."
The Dryad's voice was deep and hoarse.
"Where are the tree elves that lived where the Andes Alliance is now?"
Angele decided to ask about his mother first.
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Chapter 149: Lingering (2)
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"Tree elves?"
The dryad stopped for a second and started to search through its memory. He responded after several minutes.
"They moved to another place a while ago, and people have no idea where they went. The tree elves have their own special method of preventing outsiders from tracking them down, and they will build a Secret Garden after arriving at a new forest or new area. The first time I met the tree elves was about 130 years ago, and they were so cute and gentle. Ah… The nostalgia… Time really flies. I remember the days they danced on my hands, and I would be woken up by their incredible melodies every day."
The dryad sighed. "But what you don't know is, their voices are heavenly, so people might lose their mind just by listening to them sing. Also, they brought me fruits from time to time, and roasted meat nearby. It was truly a great time. They coated the loins of the boar with jam… Haven't had something like that in years…"
"You're not answering my question."
Angele only needed to know where those tree elves had gone.
"Let me think… Give me some time…"
The dryad put a hand on his forehead. It seemed like he was having some trouble with recalling things from the past.
"Our time dimension is different so I need to do some calculations… It'll take me years to arrange my hair or just turn around… You humans only need seconds to do something like that, but I can't. My life expectancy is so long that I forget things quickly…" the tree mumbled as it swung its branches.
"Time dimension? You mean our activity circles? Have you ever met a wizard before?"
Angele was a bit surprised.
"Of course, I talked to several wizards the last time I woke up. They stood beside me, discussed their studies, and acquired some information from me. However, they didn't… Oh! Yeah! I remembered it!" the dryad suddenly shouted out, its voice so loud that it almost numbed Angele's body.
"They're still in the Andes Alliance, but they've built another Secret Garden. Are you looking for Tikka Soyun?"
"Tikka Soyun? Is that the name of their Secret Garden?" Angele asked.
"Yes, Tikka Soyun. It means shelter in their language. Most of their Secret Gardens use this name. They should be more creative with their naming." The dryad started saying random things again.
"I gave them many suggestions when they were still here, but they just wouldn't listen. Also, they spent only one year deciding the name… But I spent several years thinking of them… Should've called it Murlo Roast or Elf's Orchard. Sounds much better, right?"
"Do you talk random things to anyone that comes to you?"
Angele was speechless.
"Well, they wouldn't be able to wake me up without the keepsakes. A keepsake helps me adjust my time dimension, otherwise, I wouldn't notice anyone here. This place was once a town but people disappeared for some reason. Oh wait, actually, there was an earthquake, a fire, and a huge black bear… Ah… I wanted its meat…"
"One more question." Angele interrupted. "Do you know about the Chaos Language?"
"Chaos Language? What's that? Never heard of it." The dryad looked confused. "Well, I can't answer your question. I think it's some secret of the wizards. Ask me something else. I'm old you know and I forget things. Omicade once said that I might have some brain disease, but I don't think so, you know what…"
Angele was disappointed, he stopped the tree from saying more useless things. "Hey, do you know how to remove the impurities in my mentality? I drank too many potions."
"Impurities… huh… Let me think…"
The dryad narrowed his eyes and started thinking.
He stared at Angele for several minutes.
"Sorry, I was thinking about something else…"
"…" Angele's patience was being tested. He almost got a headache from talking to the tree.
"Concentration of mentality, eh? I know the method…"
The dryad saw Angele staring at him and decided to focus on the question.
"What is it?" Angele asked in a deep voice.
"Umm… Well… First, you need to strengthen your conviction, and then use pure energy to penetrate those impurities. If you can keep doing that for long enough, your mentality will shift, and the impurities will be gone after being permeated by the pure energy."
"So, it's a method that only formal wizards can use? The others will die if they insist on using the energy radiation."
Angele's brow furrowed.
"Radiation? Yeah, you're right. Only formal wizards can handle such strong radiation. Also, it takes time, maybe years? For me, it's just the amount of time I use to scratch my head. You probably already know that dryads like me will…" The tree finished answering the question and started changing the topic again.
Angele nodded and ignored the rest of the words the dryad said.
The method was actually much simpler than he had thought. He could use the chip to transfer radiation energy to his body, but only one element could be used. He wondered if the enchanted ring's radiation had helped him to develop the affinity for Wind energy particles.
"Thanks for your explanations." Angele bowed to the tree slightly. "If I didn't see it for myself, I wouldn't believe that there was a dryad that loved roasted meat."
"Haha! Is that so? I'm different, eh?" The dryad laughed, satisfied with Angele's words. "Here, take this with you!"
A small piece of wood dropped to the ground.
Angele picked it up. It was the wood piece he had handed over earlier, but the words had turned into a map. A black mark was left on one location which said: 'Tikka Soyun'.
Angele smiled at the tree, turned around, and left the place.
He raised his head before entering the tunnel again. There were several purple swallows rotating in the sky, but for some reason, he did not notice them while talking to the tree.
Angele found the location on the map right before it got dark. It was a large field beside a river. There were several wooden houses lined up on the side, but they were probably abandoned a long time ago.
Angele walked around and checked the houses but found nothing valuable. It seemed like the tree elves had left the shelter a long time ago, so he decided to head back.
It was getting dark. Angele returned to the location where he had parked his carriage, finding that the energy particles around were untouched.
He jumped into the carriage and tried to track his mother down with the tracking spell, however, the only thing he got was just an indication of a direction.
The tracking spell could only track people's location within three years of their disappearance. The spell was developed and modified by master Liliana. She taught Angele a special set of knowledge that was required for learning the spell model, so even if someone stole the model, he would not be able to learn it.
The night fell, and Angele hung several oil lamps on the front of the carriage. Although the horses did not need the light, he still wanted to see if there was anything blocking the path.
The moons were covered by the clouds. Angele held the reins in hands, driving the carriage carefully. He was also checking the surroundings constantly. With high Mentality, he could perform such a task with easy.
Nothing happened that night. Angele sat on the carriage and advanced on his route back.
Two days later.
A gray carriage slowly went down the road between the vibrant bushes. The sounds made by the wheels and horse hooves were extremely loud in the morning.
Angele held the reins in his hands as he glanced at the trees on the right. He could see the wooden watch tower clearly in the gaps between the trunks.
A panel saw was quietly lying beside a large pine tree. It seemed like the hunter had finished his work. The area was deadly silent, Angele couldn't even hear birds twittering.
He scrunched his eyebrows. "Halt…"
Slowly stopping the carriage, he jumped off it, and then quickly walked to the large pine tree.
Angele touched the dew on the blade of the saw and knew that something was wrong. The hunter hadn't come back to pick up his tool after the rain had stopped, which meant something had happened after Angele left the watch tower. He probably hadn't listened to the advice.
Angele's expression changed. He looked at the watch tower, raised his right hand, and created a twisted silver dagger.
Holding the dagger in hand, he started walking to the tower. He climbed up the small hill and arrived at the entrance after several minutes.
He pushed the door open and carefully entered the room.
The campfire in the middle of the room was extinguished a long time ago. There was only a pile of black ash under the metal rack, but the hunter was not here.
Angele crouched beside the campfire and dipped his finger into the ash—it was cold.
He glanced around the room and saw some dark red liquid on the ground. Putting his right hand into the liquid, he sniffed it.
"Blood…"
The trail of blood led him to the staircase.
He walked up the spiral staircase and found the body of the hunter halfway.
The hunter sat on the stairs with hands on his knees, a pool of blood gathered below his feet.
Angele's expression changed. He suddenly felt someone blowing chilling air onto his neck.
Chi*
Blue light dots flashed in Angele's eyes, and he pursed his lips in a strange angle.
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Chapter 150: More Information (1)
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CHI*
The silver dagger drew an arc in the air, and a silver string was pinned to the railing.
Angele heard footsteps leaving behind him and, after several seconds, something being popped. He immediately turned around and glanced around the place.
There was nothing moving in his sight. He scrunched his eyebrows and stepped forward. A stain of black blood was on the floor with a thin layer of white dust on top of it.
The silver string was cut off by something.
Angele had developed a new alloy with the metals he obtained from Francesco, and he had used a string made from it to prevent the unidentified target from escaping. The string was hard and sharp; it could easily slice one's head off.
"So, this ghost or creature is best at resisting physical attacks. I should probably use energy attacks then, but it moves so fast that even Zero can't track it down," Angele muttered.
He suddenly felt some intense heat coming from his right hand. The diamond-shaped accessory was melting, and he had no idea why.
He checked the surroundings but did not find anything suspicious. He returned to the body of the hunter and started checking his wounds, wanting to know what had killed the man.
Blood had spurted out of the man's seven apertures. His eyes were wide-open and his muscles rigid. It seemed like he had witnessed something horrifying before losing his life.
"Well, at least I have a clue now."
Angele smiled.
He knew this tower was dangerous, but this 'thing' here was identical to the one that he had met in the Moon Gin Garden. However, the one in the tower was much weaker, so Angele decided to do some investigating.
He walked to the blood stain on the ground again and created a metal tube in his left hand. He scraped some of the blood into the tube with the dagger and put the tube into his pouch.
If he hadn't coated his dagger with energy particles, the 'thing' would not have been injured. The metals were not stored in Angele's body in their physical form. They were turned into something similar to energy particles by the force field, so although the dagger strike missed, the 'thing' was still wounded by the special silver string.
Angele walked up the stairs to take a look at the wooden bridge below. Chilling wind blew into his face when he reached the top, and he saw the bridge shaking below. It was covered in green moss, the hunter being the only one who had passed through it recently.
Angele looked at the other side of the bridge and saw a young girl walking forward slowly. Her face was pale, hair black, and she was wearing a black dress.
He narrowed his eyes, grabbed the metal bow from his back, and pulled a dark metal arrow out of the quiver. The diamond-shaped accessory on the back of his right hand was heating up again.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Angele's hair was flying in the air.
BAM*
The door behind Angele was knocked on by something.
"Who's there!" Angele shouted out, turning around and shooting the arrow.
Swish*
The arrow hit the wooden door, and electric pulses exploded in the air. They disappeared after wandering around for several seconds.
The blue electric pulses brightened up the top of the tower.
Angele lowered his bow. He had shot in a hurry, without pulling the bowstring to full, so although he had enhanced the arrow with an Electric Rune, its power was still low.
"Whatever!"
Angele pursed his lips, pulled the metal arrow from the door, and returned it to the quiver. He turned his head around and looked at the bridge, but the young girl was already gone.
'Did you find anything?'
'No force field was detected. The unknown target was not a special creature,' Zero reported.
"I guess I'm not capable of solving this mystery yet. I need to leave now."
Angele glanced around, making sure that there were no threats around.
Nothing could be seen on the other side of the bridge, only a black sign was shaking slightly on the side of the road.
A sea of trees was on both sides of the road, and Angele could hear the wind howling. He looked at the blurry rolling mountains that were hiding behind the light mist in the background and thought for a while.
He then turned around and checked the door again, but failed to obtain any useful information, so he decided to return to his carriage.
"Damn it," Angele mumbled, shaking his head.
He jumped into the driving seat and looked in the direction of the tower one last time.
The young girl appeared on the bridge again after Angele left. She was staring at his carriage, a cold and terrifying gaze falling upon him.
Although Angele could not see the girl, he still knew someone was staring at him.
"We'll meet again."
His eyes flickered with a sliver of coldness.
"Move!"
The horses started to speed up, and the carriage traveled back the way it had come.
'Zero, mark the place on the map, I'll be back,' Angele ordered.
'The location has been marked.'
Angele stared at the wooden watchtower until it disappeared from his sight.
'Name the location please.'
'Redwood Watchtower.'
'Completed. Redwood Watchtower has been marked as a dangerous location.'
Angele's journey back to the Arias City was quiet and peaceful.
There was no point for him to stay in the forest anymore because the trail of his mother had ended in Tikka Soyun. He discussed some of his findings with Omicade, and asked him about the assassin guild, Dark Emblem.
The kings sent Angele several Knights as guards but he politely told them not to worry about him. He was traveling to the core of Dark Emblem, a city named Blue Root, on his carriage, alone.
Based on Omicade's intel, the place was famous for a strange plant called Glowing Dark Tree.
The locals said that Glowing Dark Trees usually grew in areas with rich water resources, and they would attract Psychedelic Pigeons. The fruits on the trees were also very valuable to the Knights.
The legend said that Knights who consumed fruits of Glowing Dark Tree would find their own paths, so the fruit was named as Knight's Faith.
Omicade told Angele many tales about the lost treasures, and Angele thought that this one could be helpful to him. The dryad had said that if he wanted to concentrate his mentality, he needed to strengthen his conviction first, before using the radiation energy.
Knight's Faith could guide Knights to their own paths, so he thought that the fruit might help him to strengthen his conviction.
Although Angele knew several methods found in the wizards' books that could help him strengthen his conviction, those methods would take him years to complete the procedures. His max life expectancy was 300 years at the moment, but he was not sure how long it would take for him to reach the next stage, and he wanted to save some time.
Angele followed the map given by the sage, and it took him about two months to get to the Blue Root City.
Outside the Blue Root City, there was a hidden canyon that was surrounded by a forest.
There were many tall wooden watchtowers built around the canyon, and each tower had several archers standing at their tops.
Those sentries were wearing green-yellow leather armor suits and had quivers full of black-feathered arrows on their backs and long black daggers on their waists. Their faces were painted in strange green patterns.
The sentries suddenly noticed movement in the bushes while overlooking the forest.
They immediately put arrows in their bows, pulled the bowstrings to full, and aimed in the direction the sounds had come from.
"Who's there! Reveal yourself!" a sentry yelled.
A man in black slowly walked out of the bushes when he heard the words.
It was a young man in a black robe. There was a silver glint to his pale face, and his long brown hair trailed down his shoulders. A silver metal bow and a full quiver were on his back.
The young man threw a bronze tag to the ground.
"That's my permit."
There were no words engraved on its surface but its edges were golden. The sentries saw the bronze tag, looked at each other, and nodded their heads.
"Permission granted. You may enter now," the leader shouted out, lowering his bow.
The young man nodded, kicked the bronze tag into the air, and grabbed it with his left hand.
He then walked past the guard post and disappeared in the entrance to the canyon.
The leader shook his head. "Why do they never learn? It's almost impossible to obtain the Knight's Faith, otherwise, we'd all enter the canyon. I guess this one will die too."
He watched the young man disappear past the entrance and sighed. He turned around and started checking the surroundings again. The sentries here were not only to prevent the outsiders and citizens from entering the canyon, but also to protect them from getting hurt.
Angele slowly advanced through the canyon, his sight blurred by the white fog. The visibility here was only about four to five meters and the fog was getting thicker as he proceeded.
The grasses on the ground were still visible, but other objects and plants were all hidden by the fog. With a flick of his finger, a strong whirlwind rose to surround his body.
The wind blew his hair into the air, but the white fog would just not go away; it kept regenerating in the air.
Something was trying to prevent Angele from advancing.
He asked Zero to scan the area in front, and the chip immediately showed him the surroundings that were covered by the fog.
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Chapter 151: More Information (2)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
The fog was still thick. Black stones filled the gaps between the grasses on the ground. A tall withered tree stood in the middle of the large empty ground alone.
Beside the tree was a still, blue lake.
Several piles of bones were left ashore. Furthermore, this mysterious foggy place gave Angele an unpleasant feeling.
Angele glanced around. The only thing he discovered was his own self being surrounded by black cliffs. The empty ground in front of him was about the size of a soccer court, and the lake in the middle had a diameter of 10 meters.
That was all he could see here, only the area within Zero's scan range was visible, the rest was still covered in fog.
Angele wiped the dust off his black robe and walked to the small lake.
He realized that the tree was in the center of the lake as he moved closer.
Its trunk was black, no leaves could be seen on the branches, and several white pigeons were flying above the tree.
COO*
The pigeons noticed Angele's presence, then they chirped.
"Intruder, you are not welcome here. This is the private garden of Six Ring High Tower. Please identify yourself." One of the pigeons suddenly started speaking in the ancient Byrun language.
"Six Ring High Tower?" Angele felt a bit surprised. His sight fell onto the speaking pigeon.
"You're the guardian?"
"I am. No permit from my organization, please leave the canyon immediately." The pigeon glared at Angele with its blood red eyes and warned in a high-pitched voice.
Angele grunted for a second and responded, "Fine. If the place is claimed, I'll be leaving.'
He stepped back and turned around, then started heading back along the path he passed through from before.
Angele stopped walking by the entrance of the canyon and waited on the side. Although he knew the garden was owned by another Wizard organization, he wanted to see if other people who entered the canyon would have the same experience as him. Also, he wanted to see what would happen after people consumed the Knight's Faith.
After waiting for a while, Angele suddenly felt intense heat coming from his left chest. When he lowered his head, he saw a white ghost-shaped pattern glowing. The pattern was blinking in a particular order.
Angele's expression changed. He immediately took out a tiny black metal bottle from the pouch and opened it.
CHI*
Green smoke rushed out of the bottle and formed a gaseous sphere right in front Angele's face.
A green slate slowly appeared in the center of the gaseous sphere, with words written on it in Anmag.
'The underground races have invaded the school. Don't come back within five years. Liliana.'
This was a message board. The first message was from Liliana. Several other messages were written right below it.
'Master Liliana is severely injured. Our situation is grave. Without the leader, we won't survive in this organization. Moreover, the school has claimed that Liliana had betrayed the school! We failed, so we're now in deep trouble. Disciples of Liliana, don't return to the school. Eric.'
'Last time, it was the Mind Reader. Now, it's our master. What the hell is going on! Damn it! Again, disciples of Master Liliana. Listen! Stay away from the school. We are now identified as traitors! We need to preserve our strength and retaliate later! Manera.'
'This message will take a month to get to you. As a disciple of Master Liliana, I hope you will be able to understand the situation. We are being hunted down by the Wizards of Ramsoda. At the same time, the underground races are attacking us. This is a planned invasion, and we're the victims. If you didn't sign the contract, stay calm. The school has no right to kill you. It's highly possible that the school is already under the underground races' control. Green Slinger.'
As Angele continued to read the messages on the board, his expression turned serious.
He left the school not so long ago, yet it seemed that many things had occurred. Only the first message was from the master. The rest was from her disciples. Liliana was a mentor who genuinely cared for her students and disciples. Her disciples would always unite to solve her problem whenever she was in trouble. This was one of the reasons why other organizations fear her power and authority. More so, there were more than 10 formal Wizards among her disciples, with one of them already in the Liquid stage.
Liliana had built herself a strong force and thus was feared by most of the Dark Wizards and people in the school. For some reason, however, the school had claimed of Liliana now being a traitor.
Angele was not certain if his master actually did betray the organization, but even more than that, he couldn not understand the reason why Ramsoda would give up such a strong force so easily.
The message slate was a one-time item with a self-destruct function after displaying messages.
Luckily, Angele took Liliana's advice and refused to sign the school's contract. Otherwise, he himself would similarly be hunted down.
Angele's original plan was to search for the treasures and resources he needed on this land, but it seemed that valuable resources like Knight's Faith had already been claimed by other Wizard organizations.
"The situation will continue to worsen since the treaty has been breached," Angele muttered as he looked toward the fog right in front of him.
"Well, I need to check if this Knight's Faith is truly helpful. I need to strengthen my mentality."
The message slate quickly dissipated in the green smoke before the latter was blown away by the wind.
Angele turned around and walked into the fog once again. Once again, he reached the lake and saw the guardian standing on a branch.
"Hey, can we do a trade? I really need some Knight's Faith," Angele asked politely. He didn't want to offend the guardian of the garden.
"Trade?" The pigeon hesitated. It was, after all, its first time to hear someone asking to do a trade.
Angele did not give the pigeon time to think, only smiling as he continued.
"Yea, trade. I can see that you'll break through again soon, right? You must need a good amount of magic stones. Otherwise, you wouldn't have shape shifted into a pigeon to preserve your power, right?"
The pigeon remained silent.
Angele wanted to see what the Knight's Faith has in store for him, so he continued to persuade, "See, there are too many fruits in this canyon. Most of the invaders got stalled by you, yet some of them still acquired the Knight's Faith, right? Sell me some and just consider those to have been stolen by invaders, what do you think? It's a win-win situation. Your master surely won't notice what you did."
The pigeon was hesitating, "But… it's against the rules…"
"Hey, listen. After you break through, you'll become stronger and be able to finish off invaders easily. A small cost for a brighter future, is there a better deal than this? Come on, trust me," Angele smiled confidently. He could see that the pigeon was already considering his offer. It seemed that Wizards barely visited the garden. Mortals robbed the garden, yet the Six Ring High Tower didn't send any Wizard to pursue them so the garden might be an abandoned resource point.
"But then again… there are rules here…" The pigeon was still having second thoughts. It lowered its head as it began considering the pros and cons.
Angele quickly took out an extremely rare high-quality magic stone from his pouch, which could be traded for many low-quality magic stones and it contained a great amount of elemental power. It was an item the guardian desired the most before breaking through.
After seeing what Angele was holding, the pigeon finally compromised.
"Two! I want two of them." It raised its head.
"One." Angele's eyebrows creased, uncertain if the Knight's Faith was worth two high-quality magic stones.
"I need two. One is not enough," the pigeon added.
"Well, show me a sample of the Knight's Faith, even just a small amount." Angele stared at the pigeon.
The pigeon did not hesitate this time. It hit the branch with its wings, and a white egg-shaped fruit appeared by the tip of the branch. The white fruit was glowing slightly. The pigeon grabbed it by the stalk with its beak before it threw it to Angele.
Angele stepped forward and caught the fruit. The Knight's Faith looked like a glowing pear.
He was a bit disappointed. He imagined that the fruit would have some fancy appearance, but it looked and smelled just like a pear, with the only difference being its glowing appearance.
'Zero, analyze its contents.'
'Task created… Analyzing…'
CHI*
Blue light dots flashed in Angele's eyes.
Rows of data were shown beside the white pear in his hand and new data was added every second.
'Analysis, done. The fruit contains special elements that will make its consumers addicted. People will feel great pleasure while experiencing hallucinations. You will be able to concentrate your mentality slowly if you can resist the pleasure and the hallucination effect.'
Angele was a bit speechless.
'So, this is similar to opium?' Angele wondered. This special element affected a person's nervous system and made them experience hallucinations while gaining pleasure. If he could stay calm after eating the fruit, his mentality would be strengthened.
The chip could actually simulate the effect of the fruit for him after extracting this special element. There was no point in him acquiring a large amount of this fruit. Knight's Faith was rare, but it had extreme effects and using it was risky. Angele had finally understood why this place had been abandoned.
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Chapter 152: Leaving Again (1)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
Angele thought for a while before he took out another high-quality magic stone and threw them both into the air.
The two magic stones began to free fall after reaching the highest point over the lake.
The white pigeon flew toward the falling magic stones and ate them one by one. These two magic stones were nearly the size of half its body. It flew back to the branch and struck it with its wings once again. Another white fruit was revealed and thrown toward Angele.
He stepped back a bit, catching it easily.
"Alright, we're done here. You don't know me, I don't know you." Angele smiled. He turned around and walked toward the entrance of the canyon.
After leaving the canyon, Angele headed to Blue Root City.
Blue Root City was a small but bustling city. It was not even surrounded by walls. Only a small gray fortress was built in the forest outside, with a guard squadron assigned to patrol. The Lord here was a Knight named Tesla famous for his errantry. He was admired by other Knights within Andes Alliance.
Angele wasted no time after entering the city. He went straight to the location provided by Omicade. It was a tavern named Fernery owned by the assassin organization, Dark Emblem.
BAM*
Clear, yellow liquor filled up a glass and was put down on the counter with impact. Some of the liquor splashed out; a fruity fragrance permeated through the air.
"Your Coran Fruit Wine!" a short-haired muscular man shouted. He grabbed a piece of white clothes from the counter to wipe the wine off his hands. There was a green bull's head tattoo on the man's right arm. He sat behind the counter steadily like a mountain.
Angele sat down by the counter, grabbed the glass, and sniff at the fruit wine. Before pouring it into his mouth, he checked if it was poisoned using Zero.
The Coran Fruit Wine was sour and sweet. It even contained a tinge of bitterness.
"Good wine. If you can get rid of the bitterness, it'll be even better." Angele put down the glass and said.
"I'm glad you liked it." The muscular man gave him a thumbs-up and a smile.
There were about 10 brown tables in the tavern. Under the dim light of the oil lamps, most of the patrons were just drinking hard liquor.
A bald man with a sword on his back and several mercenaries wearing large, silver earrings were there. Angele could still smell the stench of blood on their armors. Also, several drunkards were yelling at each other at a corner.
The clothes of the waiters and waitresses were revealing. They were running around at different tables, taking orders. People were laughing, shouting, and cursing; the tavern was deafening.
A depressed bard wearing a gray robe sat by the window. The man was playing the cello, yet Angele could barely hear the melody as it was in such a noisy environment.
Angele was wearing a brown, tight leather suit with a metal bow and a quiver on his back, giving off the impression that he was an archer of a mercenary group.
Glancing around, he finished the wine in his glass before he placed it down on the counter.
"Good wine. Where's the owner? I want to order several barrels and take them back," Angele asked in a low voice.
The man's expression changed after listening to what Angele just said.
"It'll be expensive if you want to see the owner and order wine directly from him."
"Don't worry. Money is not a problem."
"Follow me then." The man shrugged.
"Sherly! Come help me take care of the counter!" He yelled at a sexy waitress beside a table.
"Sure." The waitress nodded and handed the glasses in her hands to someone else.
The man led Angele to a door beside the counter. Inside the room, several colorful paintings hung on the wall under the dim light. The muscular man bowed to Angele as he closed the door.
"Master Angele, we know why you're here. I apologize about Dice. We had accepted the mission, and we had to try to finish it." He lowered his head.
Angele sat down on a chair nearby.
"Well, I assume you already prepared something for me," he questioned.
"Yeah, of course. Here is the list, you may take anything you want." The man took out a piece of paper.
"I'm the leader of this division. I have already waited for ten days prior to your arrival. Everything is…"
"All of those, and I need Dice's information," Angele interrupted.
"I heard you guys have enchanted items? Like… Dice's ring. I liked it a lot. I want to know where your organization buys them from."
The man had a bitter smile on his face.
"Master, I think you know how important enchanted items are to us. As a mortal, I have only one way to obtain enchanted items, which is buying them from the Master Wizards. The ring on Dice was a broken low-quality enchanted item. Dice was just a 3-star assassin and that was all he could get. If you need the details, it'll take us several days to prepare…"
"How many days?" Angele asked.
"Four days at least."
"I'll come here again after four days." Angele stood up.
Five days later.
In the morning.
A gray carriage left the Blue Root City with other caravans, heading to Marua Harbor.
Angele sat inside the carriage, reading a yellow scroll quietly.
Most of the transaction history and sources of the enchanted items were listed on the scroll. All the records were important to the assassin organization, but they wanted to make sure Angele was satisfied with their offer.
Angele kept reading and after several minutes, he finally found the record he needed.
'Agility Boost Ring. Broken. Amount, one. Offered: 2.1 kilograms of gold. 45 slaves. 3 Shallow Flowers. Sapphire… Date, 19th, Jan 1531.'
The number of resources and slaves they provided to the Wizard was ridiculous. The enchanted ring was way too expensive for mortals.
However, Angele thought that the man was still trying to hide something from him. He did not think the ring was enchanted with just Agility Boost after doing some research. He used the ring himself and experienced the freezing of time. It was probably a concept gear. The Knight-level warriors died without realizing what happened. Power like that was way too strong for a broken enchanted item.
He wanted to find out the truth of that ring.
'From, Wizard Bischof (Six Ring High Tower).' Angele kept reading.
"Six Ring High Tower again?" Angele's brows furrowed.
"The item was enchanted by someone in Ramsoda College, but it was sold by a Wizard in Six Ring High Tower?"
More than 90% of the enchanted items recorded on the scroll was sold by Wizards of Six Ring High Tower. They varied in elements, levels, and qualities.
Six Ring High Tower was the strongest Wizards of Light organization Angele knew. Most of the Wizards of Light focused on studies that were not focused on damage spells. They usually relied on enchanted items and rare enchanted gear when they engaged in fights. Wizards of Light were also good at enchanting items and gears besides concocting potions, so it was understandable that they sold some low-rank enchanted items for resources or money.
Enchanted gear was much harder to make than enchanted items. It could store an instant-cast spell, and having one enchanted gear was akin to having another Talent Spell.
Angele had always wanted to try to enchant items. However, without professional knowledge, he could only enchant objects obtained from magical creatures such as the heart from a Glowing Elephant.
The rune spell he obtained from Benedict could only give buffs to his weapons and its duration was short. Casting the Lightning Rune required a good amount of mentality and mana, so Angele only used it when he had to.
'The books on item enchantment were reserved for formally contracted Wizards. I didn't sign the contract, so I don't have the knowledge stored in the chip. This organization sold so many enchanted items, which means their Wizards are very good at it. I can sign a contract with them and collect the necessary professional knowledge… I can't go back to Ramsoda now anyway.'
Angele had a plan in mind. Although he knew he needed a lot of resources to practice item enchantment, more enchanted items would help him win more fights. Furthermore, he thought that in the end, his efforts would get paid off.
The carriage kept advancing. He hired a coachman this time, so he did not have to control the horses himself.
Several months later, he arrived at Marua Harbor, but he did not notify any people in the city. He built a small wooden house in a remote area beside the coastline. He decided to stay in the house and wait for the Future to pick him up.
Angele was also waiting for the Dark Emblem to send the promised resources to him. He needed a quiet place to concentrate his mentality and this place was the perfect location for him to do so.
Three years later.
By the coastline.
A small brown wooden house sat under a black cliff quietly.
The house was built beside the beach. The forest was located right behind it.
Rays of golden sunlight reflected on the sands. The sea waves were brushing ashore from time to time.
Angele was wearing a black robe. He stood by the window looking at the beach. He could hear the sound of the waves making noises.
He put his hands on the wooden desk and looked outside until the sunlight got intense.
"Three years…" Angele stretched his back and sighed.
"I spent three years analyzing the Knight's Faith and extracting the element. Finally, the side-effects of the potions I drank have been eliminated…"
He turned around and looked at the glass bottles on the ground. They were completely filled with either green or blue liquid. Piles of bones and various colorful dried plants were lined up on the floor. Those random items made the room look messy but mysterious.
Besides doing research and concentrating his mentality, Angele spent more of his time meditating. Although his progress was slow, his Mentality still increased to 23 units. Things became better after the side-effects disappeared.
After doing some calculations, Angele would need a mentality of 40 to reach the Liquid Stage. If he could keep his mentality increase at the current rate, it would take him about more than ten years. However, he felt the rate reducing after the increase in mentality.
There were many reasons why his progress slowed down at the moment. The meditation method was one of them. He now needed a high-rank meditation method developed specially for Wizards. Also, Angele deduced that the meditation method he obtained from Ramsoda College had some of its pages missing.
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Chapter 153: Leaving Again (2)
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According to the simulation's result, Angele's mentality would reach a limit after about two years at this increased rate. If he wanted to keep progressing after that, he would find some other methods.
It was the reason why Angele wanted to return abroad.
"No wonder Wizards don't want to stay here." Angele shook his head as he opened the door and walked to the beach.
"There are no spell materials, no magic resources, and no other Wizards here. The only people I can talk to are mortals."
'Zero, I want to reach the Liquid stage. What are the requirements?' Angele asked.
'Requirements: 1. Mentality reaches 40. 2. The Tree Killer Potion to increase success rate, three servings. Meet these requirements, your success rate will be 45.14%'
'I can concoct more Potion of Tranquility to increase my mentality, but there are not many materials or substitution materials here. I need to find other Wizards to make trades. I gave the last one to Velvet… Anyways, I need to go back to the Wizards' land first.'
Angele basked in the sunshine for a while before he returned to the wooden house after his body warmed up.
He walked to the table with the equipment. On the right side, there was a test tube rack that contained two test tubes filled with purple blood.
On the left side, there was a small glass spherical container being heated by an oil lamp. A sticky brown liquid was boiling inside the container. It looked like a pile of mud, and some white worms were squirming along the surface.
It seemed that those worms were not hurt by the intense heat, but they were still trying to climb up the glass container's inner wall.
The glass container was about the size of a fist. It was covered by a shell-shaped lid with a hole that helped the vapor leave the container.
Those worms kept climbing up and falling down. There was at least a thousand of them inside the container.
The brown sticky liquid was secreted by the worms' organs and left on the inner wall while they were climbing.
Angele blew off the oil lamp under the glass container and took it down from the metal rack.
"Finally, it's done. I already spent too much time breeding them," he mumbled.
Angele removed the lid from the container and grabbed a test tube filled with purple blood.
He carefully poured the blood into the glass container and the blood covered half of the worms.
BOOM*
A ball of purple flame exploded inside the container after several seconds.
Angele became surprised. He leaned back and put down the test tube. The flame almost sparked onto his face and if he dropped the container during the explosion, the house would catch a fire.
All the worms inside had been ignited by the purple flame.
The white worms had mixed in with their brown sticky liquid and the flame got darker as the worms started burning.
The purple flame cast reflection upon everything in the room. A stinky fishy stench permeated the air. It almost felt like someone had mixed rotten fish with fresh cayenne peppers.
Angele held the glass container in hands and waited for the reaction inside to finish.
The worms inside were burnt to black ashes and some of them stuck on the inner wall.
Ten minutes later, the purple flame disappeared and green smokes started coming out of the spherical container.
Angele waited for the green smoke to disappear, and then he put the container onto the metal rack again. He scraped all the black ashes down to the bottom with a piece of glass.
He then took out a tiny crystal bottle from the pouch and pointed in the air with the other hand. A light dot appeared on the tip of his finger right away.
Angele quickly drew a red rune in the air with his finger, which looked like two tridents that crossed. The rune quietly floated in the air, turning into a red flash and dropping into the glass sphere after.
His eyes narrowed, and he put his left finger into the sphere after as the rune dropped into it.
CHI*
It sounded like his finger was being grilled.
Sweat began to drip down Angele's chin. He was suffering from some intense pain.
A black string slowly climbed up onto his finger and turned into a ball on the palm.
Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes. Angele stared at his left hand, and with his teeth gritted, he applied force onto his arm.
"AH!"
It sounded like the dying scream of a despairing woman.
The whole wooden house shook several times. Angele's left hand was pushed away from the container by something.
Angele was breathing heavily. He raised his left hand and looked at the palm. Black steam was slowly rising upon his skin.
However, the steam disappeared after several seconds, leaving no traces.
"I failed… One more chance." Angele sighed. He lowered his hand and returned to the table.
He opened the drawer and took out a small glass spherical container. It was filled with white worms and sticky brown liquid.
Angele performed the whole procedure again and placed his finger into the sphere.
A thin black string slowly absorbed the black ashes in the container and climbed up his finger.
CHI*
A black pattern appeared in his palm, and this time, everything went as planned. The black ashes were completely consumed by the string after several minutes.
Angele moved his finger away from the container and stepped back. His clothes were already soaked in sweat.
He raised his left hand and watched the pattern on his palm shifting.
Time flew by. The black pattern kept changing its shape until it stopped after about an hour.
A twisted pattern was left on his palm. It looked like something spreading its wings.
"Finally, Blood Boiling Signet! I succeeded!" Angele was exhilarated as he kept looking at his left palm.
"Although the ancient blood of the harpies contains strong venom and I can't take it, I can still make his Blood Boiling Signet. Also, I think I'm the only Wizard in this world that can extract harpies' ancient blood." Angele was satisfied with the result.
"The legends say ancient harpies can drag their enemies into the abyss. This signet is made from their ancient blood. Although it can only be used for five times, I can still give my opponent hallucinations when necessary."
Several months later, Angele visited Marua Harbor again and gave some items to his father and the professor before boarding the Future.
On the dark deck of the Future.
Angele was wearing his black robe with his hood on. He stood beside the railings and overlooked the dock. He could still see people waving their hands toward the departing ships. Waves were hitting against the body of the ship. New Wizard apprentices were chatting behind him; the deck was quite noisy.
Angele blinked his eyes and turned around. The strong wind blew his hood off and long brown hair was flying in the air.
On his left side, there was another Wizard overlooking the sea. It was a Dark Wizard. Angele could saw the negative energy particles around him.
Also, there was a young woman wearing a white robe talking to several Wizard apprentices beside the stairs. It seemed like she was checking something with them.
Angele glanced around and saw another young man in white robe walked up the stairs and started to talk with the young woman.
The deck was too noisy, so Angele did not hear what they were talking about. He already knew something was not right.
There were four formal Wizards on this ship at the moment including himself. Angele decided to stay vigilant as the situation itself was unusual.
The two Wizards of Light waved their hands and asked the Wizard apprentices to return to their cabins.
The woman took a glance at Angele before she turned around.
"Francis, do you know these two black robes? Why are there so many Wizards on this ship? Although the underground races are invading the land, it's still quite strange." Her lips moved slightly and her words echoed in the other white robe's ear.
The man's brows furrowed and shook his head. He was using the same method the woman used to send a message.
"I don't know. Although I'm in charge of this trip, I still can't predict who will board the ship."
"Someone leaked the plan?" The woman suddenly thought about something and her expression changed.
"Beyoncé, that's impossible." Francis shook his head again.
"Only the ones in our organizations know about our true mission this time. This item is important to us. We can't let others take it."
"Well, let's prepare for the worst." Her eyes flickered with a sliver of chill.
"If they're actually here for the item, I'll show them my true power."
"We're on a ship, so dropping one or two Wizards into the sea won't be a huge problem." Francis smiled with confidence.
On the other side of the deck, the man in black robe watched the two white robes chatting and sneered.
"It seems like they have the item on the ship, master Dave." A high-pitched voice came from his collar.
A dark red centipede slowly moved to the man's neck. The centipede was about the size of a palm and there was a silver glint on its red body.
The black robe turned his head around. "Good. I didn't come here for nothing. Thanks for the information," he spoke in a light tone.
"I did it because you promised me something. Don't disappoint me," the centipede responded.
"It consumes too much mentality to control the creature from such a long distance. I'll leave you to it, master Calello. I wish you luck."
"Don't worry about it." Calello grabbed the centipede and put its head into his mouth. The centipede's light-yellow juices dripped down his chin as he chewed. Half of its body was still squirming.
Calello pushed the rest of the centipede's body into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
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Chapter 154: Incident (1)
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Clouds floated along the glistening azure sky. A blue ship with white stripes was slowly sailing across the endless sea. It drew a shaky line between the waves as the chilly wind blew across the sails.
The main sails on the ship were triangular of varying sizes, being pushed by the wind.
A black-robed man was wandering around the ship deck with his brows furrowed. His long brown hair flew about in the air, causing it to become a bit messy.
Angele spent a lot of time investigating the ship.
It had been the fourth day ever since they departed from the docks. He had already checked every nook and cranny of the ship.
'This is not the Future.' Angele came to this conclusion. Although this ship was powered by spell-driven whales, its constituents were different, such as the size of the cabin and storage room.
The deck was almost empty. All the Wizard apprentices stayed in their cabins, and the two Wizards of Light had been checking their talent levels.
Angele walked to the railing. The humid air coming from the sea moistened his clothes a bit.
The girl named Velvet came to his mind again. Angele never saw her again after arriving at Marua Harbor. She was one of the Wizard apprentices who failed to pursue their dreams. Velvet was studying at the vicinity where White Tooth Castle and Six Ring High Tower were located. It was also the same area Angele was heading to.
He thought for a while and heard footsteps coming from the stairs. About 10 Wizard apprentices just finished their test and left the cabin. Several of them saw Angele was looking at the sea by the railing and walked over.
A girl with red curly hair walked at the front along with four other Wizard apprentices who followed after her. They must've come from the same city.
The girl was wearing a red luxury silk dress. She kept glancing at Angele. The male Wizard apprentices behind her looked quite handsome.
"Master, do you know when we will reach the next dock?" The girl had a sweet voice. She bent her knees slightly and bowed to Angele.
Angele turned around and stared at the girl. She looked a bit chubby in the tight dress. Although she looked cute, Angele did not find her attractive. The girl was a rank 2 Wizard apprentices, but Angele detected that she had three enchanted items on her and he was surprised.
"How's the test? What's your talent level?" Angele did not answer her question but just asked.
"My talent level is 3!" The girl slightly raised her head and answered in a loud voice. She was pleased with the test result.
"Not bad, do you know the meaning of my black robe?" Angele looked at her.
"Yes, the ship collects Wizard apprentices. We know you're a Wizard!" The girl smiled, thinking that Angele liked her.
"Yeah?" Angele slightly shook his head.
"Why don't you ask the other black robe?"
The girl hesitated. Angele could see the fear in her eyes.
"We tried, but it seems like he doesn't like us…"
"Yeah, I don't like you as well." Angele turned around and stopped talking.
The girl gritted her teeth and exchanged glances with the other Wizard apprentices, then left.
Angele knew that the girl was a noble. She must have thought that Angele would be willing to start a conversation with her, but it seemed that she had not understood the rules in between the Wizards yet. The only thing that mattered was her rank.
The day ended quickly. Angele finished his dinner in the dining room with the others and returned to his cabin. The chef was hired by the Wizards. Their rooms were right beside the kitchen. They were not allowed to go to any other area of the ship.
Inside one of the cabins.
Wizard of Light Beyoncé stood beside the window and looked at the dark sea with her arms crossed.
Francis lay on the bed behind her and was yawning. It seemed like he had just finished some work.
"Hey, Beyoncé, why are you here? Talk please."
Beyoncé turned around and stared at the man.
"Well, I think it's time for us to do some investigation. Most of them are meditating now. We can probably collect some intel."
"Good idea. Your spell and my spell complement each other when cast together," Francis stood up as he said.
"You go first or me?" he asked.
"I'll go first."
Beyoncé turned around and raised his right arm. There was a white, silver bracelet around her wrist and many complex patterns were engraved on its surface. Some were flowers and some were leaves, it looked quite charming.
"Free!" Beyoncé used the shortened incantation.
A silver glow appeared around her bracelet. There was no voice and no smell. It was just a ring of silver light.
The bracelet turned into a pile of silver sand after several seconds, which dropped to the ground and disappeared quickly.
Francis carefully rubbed the black ring worn in his left index finger.
He started chanting the incantation as well. It sounded like he was reading a long poem. Black smoke slowly rose upon the surface of the ring as his incantation stopped.
The silver sand that just disappeared turned into countless tiny silver ants.
The ants stayed on the ground and gained stealth again. They quickly moved out of the cabin and barely any noise was made. Mortals, Wizard apprentices, and average Wizards would not be able to detect them. It was a very helpful scouting spell.
"Great. We can monitor the whole ship from this cabin. The effect lasts for a while. However, if we want to push the ring and the bracelet to the limits, we won't be able to use them again within several years."
"It's fine. This mission is very important for our organization. Stealth Silver Dust and your Temporary Shape Shift can help us stay undetected. We need to make sure the black robes are not here for the item." Beyoncé did not really care about her enchanted bracelet.
In another cabin.
Angele sat by the table and he was doing some calculation on a paper with a white-feathered pen. The paper was already filled up with formulas, runes, and data.
The wick of the oil lamp sparked from time to time.
Angele had been busy calculating using the formulas that there was a whole pile of paper on the desk. Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes from time to time. He was modifying new spell models with Zero's help.
Suddenly, Zero detected the invaders.
"Who's there!"
He suddenly turned around and with a flick of his finger, a silver needle hit the floor.
DING*
A silver ant was struck by the silver needle by the door. The needle pierced its stomach, causing it to twist in pain. After several seconds, the ant stopped moving and turned into a tiny pool of silver liquid. Angele could see steam rising from it.
Angele stood up right after. He started walking around.
"It's… pure silver." Angele raised his right hand, the liquid silver on the ground turned into a small bead and flew to his palm.
'Interesting. It's from one of the three Wizards.' Angele observed the bead and scrunched his eyebrows.
'I already scanned them using the chip. The mentality of the two Wizards of Light is average, but the Dark Wizard is quite strong. I don't think they are here to fight… Perhaps it's a conflict between two organizations, and they are trying to determine who I am?'
Angele was not concerned. He was not involved in their conflict, but if they try to attack him, he would retaliate in response.
Ramsoda College was famous for its Necromancy among the Dark Wizards. However, it was relatively far from major cities and Wizards usually did not consider it as a strong organization. Most of its contracted Wizards would help the school fight against the constant threats, so they had more practical experiences than Dark Wizards in other organizations. For that reason, Ramsoda College was considered as one of the top three Dark Wizard organizations.
Wizards from other schools feared the Dark Wizards in Ramsoda because they knew Ramsoda was fighting with Northland Alliance and underground races all the time. Wizards with experiences on the battlefield were usually much stronger than those who stayed in their labs all the time. Their sole mission was to protect the treasure, and they had too much blood on their hands due to the nature of tasks assigned by the school.
A Wizard from Ramsoda would not hesitate to kill. He would make sure every threat was eliminated before things got worse.
Ramsoda College was a relatively large Wizard organization, and there are many other smaller Wizard guilds or organizations led by one or two Liquid Stage Wizards that Angele did not know. Those organizations had lost their power and rights during the grand war and the other three Wizards on the ship were likely members of them.
Angele dropped the silver bead to the ground and glanced around.
He suddenly raised his left hand and the wings on his palm slightly swung. A translucent energy pulse was released into the air.
In the corner, another silver ant was dragged out of its stealth and hit by the pulse. The pulse slowly turned into a tiny needle and sank into the ant's body.
'You shall pay for what you have done.' Angele pursed his lips into a sneer.
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Chapter 155: Incident (2)
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In another cabin downstairs.
A slim man wearing black robe was sitting on the bed with his legs crossed. Three white beads were spinning in front of his mouth and they were glowing. Those beads would release some white electric pulse every several minutes and the electric pulses would go straight into the man's nose.
Suddenly, the man opened his eyes. It seemed like he sensed something unusual. He inhaled once and all the beads went into his left nostril. The only light resource in the air disappeared.
PA*
The man snapped his fingers and the oil lamp on the desk was lit, with dim yellow light brightening the room again.
"What's going on? Something is wrong," he whispered.
"I need to be more careful this time. There are so many Wizards on this ship…" He rubbed his chin and started thinking.
A faint distortion flashed by the door and a tiny silver ant slowly revealed itself.
The ant stopped moving after entering the door, it swung its antenna several times and vanished into the air again.
The man on the bed had already noticed the ant's presence, but pretended to not see it as he kept mumbling.
"The other Dark Wizard is a problem... I've seen him somewhere. He has killed several mortals without hesitation. I hope nothing will happen during the trip…"
Beyoncé spat out some blood, and it splashed on the floor. The fishy stench pervaded through the air in the room.
"Someone's trying to attack me through the ants!" Her face turned pale and blood was dripping down her chin.
Francis had a serious expression on his face. "I'm doing good, the black robe that boarded earlier looks fine."
"So, it's the second one. He's trying to attack me." Beyoncé was breathing heavily.
Suddenly, Francis turned his head around and looked at the door.
"Who's there!" He raised his right hand and released a ray of green energy particles. However, the energy ray dissolved in midair after reaching the door.
A translucent skull appeared in the air while laughing.
"Die!" the skull shouted in a hoarse voice.
Beyoncé and Francis finally recognized the spell.
"It's the Soul Cather! Necromantic Spell! God damn…"
BOOM*
Before Francis could finish his word, the skull exploded in the air and the room became filled with a dark venomous cloud.
Beyoncé was closer to the center of the explosion, so she had been covered with the dark cloud before she could put up her forcefield.
"Ah!" she screamed in pain. A strong whirlwind surrounded her body, but it failed to blow the dark cloud away.
The cloud was eating away Beyoncé's skin. She was doing her utmost to cast the shield spell. At that moment, a red fireball from Francis hit the dark cloud and exploded.
The smoke created by the explosion spread into the air. The dark cloud was cleared by the fireball, and they kept coughing hard for several minutes.
"Damn! It was that Dark Wizard with brown hair here! He wants me dead!" Beyoncé shouted in anger.
"We need to take him down. Do you have a plan?" Francis spoke in a grim tone.
"He killed one of my ants and was trying to kill me! You saw it, Francis!" Beyoncé screamed like crazy.
The smoke cleared. Beyoncé's face was severely hurt and blood was coming out of her left eye.
"How dare he try to kill a formal Wizard?! I'll make him pay!"
Angele had no idea that there were people aiming for his life.
He was focusing on developing the new potion, as it was his priority at the moment.
Angele hit the silver ant with the signet just to warn the invaders, yet he did not know it would deal so much damage to the two Wizards of Light.
Angele was not really creating a new type of potion. He just wanted to modify one of the formulae he knew and add some special effects to it. He wanted to add other potion's effects to the Ghost Voice potion. Angele's theory was to add potion effects to the vibration of his voice and ultimately create a whole new way of casting spells.
It could also be described as a way to strengthen his body.
Angele already reached his genetic limit again, and he had to rely on other methods to increase the attributes. He was a close combat Wizard most of the time, and he needed to enhance his Metal Mastery to make everything work better.
Angele spent some time preparing materials for the development of the potion before boarding the ship. He had to substitute some rare materials with common materials because his homeland lacked magic materials.
It would take the ship another month to reach Angele's destination. He did not want to waste any time during the trip.
Angele already finished the calculation and collected enough data a while ago. It was time for him to prepare for the experiments.
Five days later, Angele carefully returned one of the test tubes to the metal rack.
In front of him, there was a silver metal table and various metal containers and glass tubes were lined up on it.
Inside the containers, there were different types of herbs, gels, and potions. Some of them were boiling without being heated and the steam smelled like leather.
Angele looked at the equipment in front of him and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a piece of white cloth.
"All the materials… for two attempts… I hope this time it'll work," Angele muttered. He shook his head and focused on the experiment.
He grabbed a black metal beaker and started putting herbs into it following a specific order. Also, he was using Zero to measure the numbers while chanting some incantation.
The colorful herbs were mixed together and smashed into powder.
Angele pulled a test tube with red liquid inside from the rack and dropped several drops into the beaker carefully.
BAM*
Some strong waves hit the ship and the whole cabin was shaking.
Angele creased his eyebrows and looked out of the window.
"Damn it. Almost spilled it," he cursed in a low voice. Angele used a set of metal equipment because he did not want to break too many things.
He looked at the two servings of materials in front of him. Most of them had been provided by Dark Emblem, so he wanted to make sure nothing was wasted because of his carelessness.
As more materials were added to the beaker, the mixture inside it turned into some sticky dark liquid that looked like oil.
Angele stirred it with a glass stirring rod and carefully poured the dark liquid into the beaker.
The liquid was being compressed as it entered the tube. A whole large beaker of liquid only filled up half of the tube.
Angele was satisfied with the result. He nodded and chanted some incantation again. Some green light dots appeared on the tip of his finger and he put the finger on the wall of the tube.
The liquid inside the started bubbling and intense steam came rushing out of the tube.
The color of the liquid slowly turned from black to blue. This was the most important step.
Golden sunlight brought heat to the sea as the howling wind passed through. Large dolphins were leaping out of the water from time to time.
Two Wizards of Light were whispering on the deck by the railings. They were glancing at the Wizard apprentices beside the stairs.
"What do you think? That prick spends all day making potions," Beyoncé asked in a light tone.
"He stays inside his room most of the time. I only saw him in the dining hall during dinner time." Francis nodded.
"Today must be the important day for him. He didn't even go for dinner. The items I left in front of his door was extremely helpful. Strong energy movement is detected recently, I think he's focusing on the potion."
"Well, are you ready yet? He can't do shit while making potions. I think we should take action today." Beyoncé stretched her back a bit.
"We must find the right timing. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble.
"Don't worry. The only concern I have is that those Dark Wizards are famous for their damage spells. We must be careful," Francis advised.
"Also, are you sure it's him? I did some investigation recently. I think something is fishy here."
"Are you saying the other black robe tried to kill us?" Beyoncé sneered.
"Impossible. He was weak and wounded. I already checked. Even if it wasn't the one with brown hair, we should still kill him. We need to eliminate all the possible threats."
"Alright, get ready then." Francis nodded, "We shall move now."
"I'm ready."
Beyoncé and Francis exchanged glances and took out two tiny translucent crystal boxes. The crystal box was about the size of a palm. Some clear liquid was stored inside it.
A light blue glow appeared on the surface of the liquid but it was hard to observe under the sunlight. Only a small amount of energy waves leaked out of the boxes.
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Chapter 156: Engage (1)
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"Two boxes of Naga's Holy Water. We're good," Francis whispered.
Beyoncé gave Francis a confident look, and they dropped the two crystal boxes together.
Crack*
The boxes did not break, but their lids fell off.
A pool of translucent liquid slowly emerged onto the deck.
After several seconds, the liquid separated into two smaller pools. They reflected the sky and the clouds like mirrors.
Suddenly, a large hand reached out from the edge of the pool. It was wet and translucent. The hand grabbed the deck, which almost looked like a hand that came from an endless abyss and the pool was the portal.
The two pools were connected to an unknown world. Two tall men climbed to the deck through them.
They were about three meters tall with muscular translucent water bodies. Long antennas were wiggling on top of their head, looking like two strange Santa hats.
The two had no eyes, no noses, and no mouths. They lined up in front of Francis and Beyoncé while glancing around the deck.
Francis and Beyoncé stepped back and talked to each other for a second.
"Go! Kill that man for me!" Beyoncé ordered with a low voice and pointed at the stairs.
The other Wizard apprentices on the deck figured something was about to happen and they immediately returned to their cabins. Only several sailors were still staring at the two Wizards and the water men curiously.
The water men started walking downstairs quickly as they received the order.
They left a trail of wet footprints on the deck and water was splashed everywhere.
The two raised their heads after reaching Angele's cabin. Cracks appeared in the center of their face as water charged forth.
BOOM*
Two pressurized jets of water smashed against the door like two iron pillars. The wooden door exploded, and the wreckage was blown into the room. However, it looked like something was stopping the water jets and the broken wood pieces from advancing.
The water jets splashed onto the ground after several seconds. The two Wizards of Light could finally see what transpired inside the room.
A silver metal shield was floating in the middle of the room. Water was dripping down its surface. The intense sunlight passed through the window and cast reflections upon its metallic surface.
The shield melted after blocking the water jets and wreckage, then absorbed by a hand behind.
The room was a mess, broken glasses and metal pieces were everywhere. White mist soaked the ground, and several metals beakers were rolling on the floor.
A man in a black robe was standing in the middle of the room.
It was a young man with a blue liquid-filled test tube in his hand. The man had a muscular body and long brown hair.
The golden sunlight gave the tube a mysterious blue glow.
Crack*
Suddenly, cracks that looked like spider webs covered the surface of the tube. The test tube failed to handle the impact.
CHI*
The blue liquid inside the tube turned into blue smoke and leaked through the cracks, then disappeared into the air.
Angele could not believe what just happened, he looked at the cracked test tube in his hand for a second, and then turned around.
"You are dead!" Angele glared at the two Wizards of Light and bellowed.
The test tube in his hand was squeezed into pieces. He raised his hands and pointed at the two Wizards of Light by the entrance.
Silver metal liquid started coming out of his body, which turned into countless metal strings.
CHI*
The tip of those silver strings turned into tiny needles. They started flying toward the two Wizards of Light and water men from all angles after Angele swung his hands.
The two Wizards of Light stood beside the door and they were panicking.
"Wait, how is that even possible?! That's Naga's Holy Water! It should kill everything it touches! What's going on?!" Francis's face was pale and he kept retreating.
Beyoncé stood beside Francis doing some complicated hand gestures while chanting shortened incantations.
Roar*
The two water men roared and tried to grab the incoming metal strings with their hands.
Their bodies shrank as the metal strings were melted by the Naga's Holy Water.
Their size halved within several seconds. They then fell to the ground and turned into two small puddles.
The rest of the metal strings was still flying toward the two white robes.
Francis already reached the wall in the hallway and there was nowhere for him to hide. He saw Beyoncé shooting a blue water sphere the size of a head toward Angele, but it was stopped halfway in the air by the silver shield. The water ball dropped to the floor and disappeared after hitting the shield.
"Beyoncé… We're in deep shit…" Francis forced a smile on his pale face.
Beyoncé stepped back as well. She stopped beside Francis and put up a blue water shield in front of them. The two water shields had the texture of blue crystals and they helped block Angele's silver strings.
The silver strings did not stop. They kept hitting the blue crystal shields, almost looking like they were sawing the surface. Beyoncé was trying her best to repair the shields with water energy particles.
Beyoncé was getting exhausted, "What the hell! I don't recognize his spells! This man can probably kill anyone on this ship if he wants to!"
Crack*
Their barriers broke into pieces and dropped to the ground.
Blood spurted out of the two Wizards of Light's eyes, noses, ears, and mouths. They were reaching their mentality limit. The shield could not be supported by the water energy particles anymore. Strangely, the silver strings stopped in front of them and started returning to Angele's body.
Angele stepped forward and kicked Beyoncé in the stomach.
BAM*
Beyoncé groaned and hit the wall. She struggled for several seconds and fainted on the floor.
"How are you going to compensate me?" Angele's sight fell upon Francis. He spent days making the potion, but the two Wizards of Light broke into his cabin and destroyed the finished product.
In addition to that, Angele had just finished the last step and the tube cracked while he was still immersed in the ecstasy of success. This incident completely made him furious.
The two white robes already lost their ability to fight. Angele broke the shields of their Talent Spells and their mentality was used up. It would take them years to recover from the loss.
Francis trembled in fear.
"We… We didn't mean it…"
Angele sneered, raised his right hand, and created a crossguard sword.
He stabbed Francis's chest without hesitation.
"Wizards of Light, huh?" Angele pulled the sword out of Francis's chest and blood dripped down the blade.
"When was the last time you actually engaged in a fight?"
Francis held his wound with hands. He fell to the ground and died before he could say anything. A small pool of blood gathered under his body and traversed Angele's boots.
Angele turned around and looked at Beyoncé. The young woman was unconscious with her eyes rolled up. He patted the woman's face, but she did not wake up. Although he had several questions to ask, he still decided to finish her off first. He put his hands around the woman's neck and wrung it.
Angele dropped her body to the floor and looked at the stairs. It seemed that the two Wizards of Light were so confident that they did not even call for backup.
Angele pushed his Metal Mastery to its full potential during the fight and he spent half of his mana to control all the metal strings. The ability to control metal strings was named as Silver String by Angele. He developed it while trying to figure out how to improve his Metal forcefield. The string was made of a special alloy that combined many rare metals. It was the strongest material he had at the moment.
The string was hard and elastic, and its conductivity also helped Angele save his mana while casting spells. However, he spent a long time to create the alloy. He did countless experiments to figure out the needed metals and the percentages.
However, he created too many silver strings at the same time while he was attacking the water men and the crystal shields, and half of his mana was consumed in under one minute.
"I know you're here, reveal yourself," Angele spoke in a light tone. He slightly swung the sword and most of the blood splattered onto the floor.
"Incredible…" A man in black robe walked out of a cabin while clapping. He had a gentle smile on his face staring at Angele with a pair of green eyes.
"Do you still have mana left? After slaying two Wizards of Light? Hand over the two bodies to me and I'll let you go. What do you think?" The man was slim and his voice was low. However, the words he said still echoed around Angele's ears.
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Chapter 157: Engage (2)
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Angele's eyes narrowed as he saw the man walk out of the cabin.
The man was different from the first time Angele saw him on the dock. His aura was now similar to the strong Wizard with a black panther Angele met back in the forest. He hid his true mentality level using a certain method and it only indicated one thing.
"You already reached the Liquid Stage?" Angele asked in a calm tone.
"My name is Calello." The man took off his hood and showed Angele his face.
He looked like an average middle-aged man with pale skin and deep eyes. The man's short, black hair was messy, his eyes coated with a light green glow.
"I reached Liquid Stage about five years ago. You're from Ramsoda, right? Give the bodies to me and I won't hurt you. I don't want to be hunted down by your organization anyway." Calello shrugged.
Angele creased his eyebrows. "I don't see any sincerity from your eyes."
He suddenly turned around.
Clang*
Angele blocked the greatsword coming from behind with his crossguard sword.
A black distorted shadow ambushed him. It looked like a minotaur. Angele could not see its face and body, but he was stared at by two scarlet eyes. The minotaur held a wide greatsword in its hands and was about to strike again.
Angele stepped back and his feet were trapped by something
He lowered his head and saw dark green vines binding his feet. He had no idea when Calello had cast those spells.
Angele immediately kicked the veins away, but they still slowed him down for a second. The minotaur caught the chance and slashed forward with its greatsword.
Metal liquid spurted out of Angele's body and created a shield in front of him.
BAM*
The greatsword hit the silver shield hard.
Minotaur's strike ended up breaking the thick floor and a large hole was created under Angele's feet.
Angele moved the shield under his feet before falling down and jumped out of the hole. He turned around and charged toward Calello. Although the minotaur's attack was blocked by the shield, he still took some damage that caused him to spit out some blood.
Calello opened his arms and smiled.
Two pink curved blades appeared on his arms. The edges of the blades were glowing as if they were heated soldering iron.
Clang*
They traded several hits and backed off. Angele hit Calello's blades with crossguard sword but failed to do any actual damage.
He shifted the shape of the sword and turned the tip of the blade into a sharp needle, aiming for Calello's chest.
At the same time, he sent a needle to attack Calello's back. The needle drew a black arc in the air and was about to hit.
Calello slashed forward with the blade on his right arm and forced Angele to jump back. He did not even try to dodge Angele's attack and the needle just hit his back, but the noise it made sounded like something hit a tree.
"That's all you can do?" Calello stood there and sneered.
"I'm disappointed at you, Wizard of Ramsoda!"
BAM*
Angele traded hits again with the minotaur, but his strength had weakened because of the injury and he was pushed away by minotaur's powerful strike.
Angele was not taunted by Calello. He stayed calm and gave Calello a cold look.
He suddenly raised his left palm and aimed at the minotaur.
The black wings on his palm twisted and trembled. A strange noise echoed in the cabin, it sounded like a woman screaming mixed with birds chirping.
A distorted wave surrounded Angele and started spreading into all directions. Minotaur was paralyzed and stopped moving. Calello's eyes glazed over after being affected by the wave.
Angele lowered his left hand.
"I have to use the signet…" He mumbled and pointed at Calello with his right hand.
Red energy particles gathered in front of his palm and turned into a head-sized fireball.
The fireball rotated and sparked, it almost looked like Angele's hand was covered in flame.
"Lesser Fireball!" Angele pushed the fireball forward.
It drew a red line in the air and flew toward the stunned Calello. The fireball shrank in the air and quickly turned into a fist-sized red crystal ball.
BOOM*
Calello was hit directly by the crystal ball and his body was covered in fire. The impact almost blew a hole on the ship.
"AH!" Calello realized what had happened after suffering from the intense pain.
"Banshee's Scream! Where did you find it?!" he shouted furiously from inside the flame.
"Well, it's Harpy's Scream. The legends say it will pull you into the abyss and fill up your mind with despair," Angele said in a low voice.
"It's over, Calello. My modified Lesser Fireball is much stronger than most of the average damage spells."
Angele watched Calello struggle in the flames. He stored the modified Lesser Fireball in the chip and cast it instantly after using the signet. It was the reason he won this battle.
He focused on increasing the power of the spell while doing the modification, but it would take him at least five minutes to just create the spell model. The best way to use it was to store it in the chip and cast it instantly when necessary.
Although the amount of time and mentality required to cast the spell was ridiculous, the Lesser Fireball could do at least 40 degrees of damage if the target was hit by it directly.
The effect of the signet exceeded his expectations. It stunned a Liquid Stage Wizard for at least five seconds. Without the signet, it would be hard for Angele caught Calello off guard.
Five seconds could change the outcome of the battle easily. The power of the ancient blood was horrifying, so Angele decided to use it wisely in the future since the signet could only be activated for five times.
The minotaur turned into black smoke and vanished into the air as Calello burned.
Calello spent about a minute to put off the fire. He kept swinging the blades to prevent Angele from getting close.
Angele was surprised that Calello was still alive. Green smoke was rising from his body and his skin burned black.
"Good… You'll regret it!" Calello leaned against the wall and said with a hoarse voice.
"I'll come back for you…" His body suddenly turned into pieces of black flesh and collapsed to the ground. They melted and turned into a pool of sticky dark liquid, then evaporated. Calello disappeared after several seconds.
Angele was not surprised. He quickly rushed to the deck and overlooked the sea by the railing.
A white whale appeared on the sea several hundred meters away from the ship. Suddenly, the black smoke appeared on the back of the whale. The black smoke quickly formed into a man who was Calello.
Angele quickly created a large silver longbow in his hands. He held the bow in left hand and created a bowstring with his right hand.
'Calculating the direction of the wind…'
'Correcting the needed strength…'
'Simulating… Done. The possibility of hitting the target: 98.15%.'
Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes, he tied the bowstring on the bow and pulled it to a full moon. A silver metal arrow appeared on the bow and its arrowhead was dipped with flames.
CHI*
The arrow disappeared from the bow and drew a red line in the air before hitting Calello accurately.
Calello's body started burning again with the arrow penetrating his heart. The man kneeled down on the back of the whale while screaming in pain.
"No!" he shouted in despair. The man's voice sounded like a dying lion.
Angele spat out some blood again and watched Calello's body exploding in the air. Pieces of his burning flesh dropped into the sea.
Angele put his hand on the railing and slowly walked back to his cabin. He still had some mentality left, but he used up most of his mana, including the part stored in the chip. Also, it seemed that activating the signet had consequences. Only harpies had enough resistance that they would not see any hallucinations. Angele's organs were still hurt although it was him who released the wave.
"A Liquid Stage Dark Wizard… If he was more careful during the fight, I would already be dead." Angele shook his head. He had a bitter smile on his face. He carried the two Wizards of Light's bodies to a random empty room and left some energy particles by the door to set up an alarm before lying down the bed.
'Organs are damaged. Cell activities reduced. What the hell was that Minotaur? I thought I was fighting against a Grand Knight.' Angele looked at the blue hologram of his body.
Rows of information were listed beside the model.
The last line told him the estimated amount of time needed for him to recover and it said, 'One month'.
'I checked the two Wizards of Light's belongings, but they had nothing that indicated who they were working for. They shared the same Talent Spell, so I'm sure they were from the same organization. I didn't get the chance to check Calello's robe, but why did his organization send a Liquid Stage Wizard to assassinate two Wizard of Lights that lacked practice experiences… What did I just get myself into…'
Angele sighed and laid on his back.
After the fight, he knew the signet would bring him the advantage in a fight against Liquid Stage Wizards, but that was it. The outcome of the battle would be different had Calello taken it more seriously.
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Chapter 158: Aftermath (1)
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Without the harpy's signet, Angele would not have been able to win the battle against Calello so easily. There would be a lot more trouble had Calello successfully escaped.
The signet changed the outcome of the battle. It helped Angele hit Calello with the Lesser Fireball directly. Not all the spells could track down an enemy automatically.
Angele checked his body condition again and fell asleep. He had no idea how much time passed after he woke up.
Angele grunted and got out of the bed while rubbing his temples. He finally had the time to check the surroundings.
The room was decorated with gray accessories. Rays of golden sunlight brought warmth to it after passing through the thick glasses.
He could see the two corpses lying in the corner quietly.
Angele wanted to take out his crystal clock and check the time, but he realized it was not his cabin. Instead, he was inside a random room.
The ship was silent, deadly silent that he could not hear the waves of the sea.
The sunlight left a golden spot on the floor and the fishy smell of blood pervaded through the air in the room.
Angele stood up. He walked to the bodies and pulled the male Wizard's body to him. A deep wound was left on the center of his chest and his white robe was soaked in the blood.
He checked the dead man's belt and found a white leather pouch. It was full of random items.
Angele moved his hands to the body's right side of the chest and found a hidden pocket that was sewn to the inner side of the robe.
He tore the pocket off and threw it on the bed before he kicked the body away. He then grabbed the female Wizard's body.
The woman looked young, about twenty years old. Her skin was elastic and smooth, but her face was just average. Most Wizards had their special methods that would make themselves look younger than they were, so Angele had no idea how old this woman actually was.
Again, Angele grabbed her pouch from the belt first and searched her robe.
The only valuable item he found was a black necklace on the woman's neck.
Angele furrowed his eyebrows and was about to throw the body away.
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes and found something strange.
He quickly laid the body on the floor and took her white robe off.
Angele saw a white tight leather armor piece under her robe. The robe was covered in complex silver patterns and for some reason, the woman did not wear any underwear.
He found a row of buttons on the left side of the armor and unfastened it quickly. The silver armor piece dropped to the ground after it was unfastened.
Angele picked it up and started observing the patterns with excitement in his eyes.
"Interesting… So, maybe Calello was trying to get this armor…?" Angele guessed.
The armor was specially designed for females to wear, but Angele was still happy that he just found a treasure.
"The Light of Thor! A legendary chest armor that was enchanted with water energy particles. This is a compelling enchanted gear…"
Suddenly, Angele found something weird on the side of the armor. He turned the armor piece around and saw a circle of blue crystals inserted into one of the buttons. The circle was about the size of a fingernail.
Angele's expression changed.
"Damn, it's a counterfeit." He shook his head and chuckled.
"Well, they will send someone stronger to guard it if it's real…"
He threw the armor piece to the floor and started checking the female Wizard's body again.
There was a black belt on her right leg and the slots were filled up with random metal knives that looked like surgery equipment. He also found a white box that was about the size of a finger. Angele took the belt off her leg and removed most of the random items from the slots.
He then grabbed the white box and opened it by twisting the tiny lock. A white leather scroll dropped out of the box right after it was unlocked.
Angele picked the scroll up and opened it. He saw formulas and data written all over it. There was also a graph of a ring and the information marked beside it looked complex.
There was a title on top of the scroll and it said: 'Ring of Tranquility. When the moonlight shines, the gate of the forest will be opened for you.'
"Blueprint of an enchanted gear." Angele recognized the format.
"Well, useless to me, but I can trade it for something else." He carefully sealed the scroll and locked it inside the white metal box.
He turned the box around and saw a tiny line of words engraved into the center.
'Noupogson, Ring of Tranquility.'
Angele collected all the valuable items and stood up. He kicked the bodies to the side and wiped his hands with a piece of white cloth.
"So, they're from Noupogson," Angele mumbled.
He knew the organization.
It was once a strong Wizard organization that was famous for its Water enchanted items and gears. However, their strength deteriorated over the years due to various reasons.
First, their spells and meditation methods were hard to study, so the organization only took in a small number of Wizard apprentices that met the requirements into the school. The number of contracted Wizards in Noupogson also declined due to the lack of new blood. They must have only one or two Liquid Stage Wizards at present. It was almost impossible for them to track Angele down.
Noupogson's situation was similar to Ramsoda. However, Ramsoda College had the incredible treasure, Shadow Pearl, and outsiders still feared its name.
In the Wizard's world, there were many Wizard organizations that were similar to Noupogson. Some of them were created by Wizards who shared the same research projects.
Angele already left the school and he did not sign any contract, so he was free to join any Wizard organization he wanted.
Most of the decaying Wizard organizations lacked Wizard apprentices because the requirement of studying their spells or meditation method was too high. Angele's plan was to join as many smaller organizations as he could and acquire their knowledge.
The enhancement function of the chip would similarly become stronger if Angele could store more knowledge in the database. Also, the more special spells he knew, the easier the chip could compare the various types of spell models.
Although Angele still needed to modify the spells enhanced by the chip to obtain the best results, Zero could still save him some time in experiments. The risk of getting hurt during experiments was also greatly lowered.
Master Liliana was hurt during a spell experiment and her strength was weakened. Also, her face and body had been permanently damaged. She needed to get treated every time the clock in her eye reached a certain time.
Angele rubbed his chin.
'Joining other Wizard organizations is indeed a good idea. The biggest difference between Wizards of Light and Dark Wizards is the spell type. They hate each other because Wizards of Light don't like how Dark Wizards treat others. Also, If I can get my hands on a complete white robe, I can just tell them I'm a Wizard of Light. My potion concocting skill is also a plus.'
Wizards all wore white robes in the ancient times. The only difference was the pattern on their sleeves. Those patterns indicated their ranks as Wizards.
When the war with the underground races waged on, the Wizards decided to enter the underground area and fight back. They changed their white robes to black robes, so they could hide in the dark during the war.
The Wizards that were good at damage spells were given the black robes and they started to spend more time researching on spells that were designed to kill. Also, they developed the Shadow spells and Necromantic spells because they were stronger when they were cast underground. The white robes stayed on the surface and kept doing other research since they were not good at fighting.
The Dark Wizards spent too much time dealing with the negative energy particles and damage spells, so their personality changed after the war ended. They had too much blood on their hands and they could not help but kept modifying the incredible damage spells they created.
The Dark Wizards moved back to the surface after the treaty was signed, but their lives had completely changed.
They considered the Wizards who still wore white robes cowards because they thought the white robes did not contribute to the victory of the war. They decided to keep the black robes as a sign of honor.
However, there were much more Wizards of Light than Dark Wizards, so the remaining Dark Wizards had been driven away to the remote area of the land.
Angele read about the history in the school's library.
'Black robes hate the white robes because when the land is in peaceful, no one needs powerful damage spells… The Dark Wizards will only shine when there's a war going around, as their black robes are the symbols of power and strength.'
Angele stopped thinking and opened the pouches obtained from the two Wizards of Light.
He only found some cheap spell materials and the female Wizard had several relatively valuable magic stones.
'What are they doing here…' Angele shook his head.
The only valuable items Angele collected was the black necklace and Ring of Tranquility's blueprint.
The fake Light of Thor was worthless. It was powered by the energy particles stored in the blue crystals. Angele thought that these two Wizards of Light were mere baits, here to cover for the carrier of the true Light of Thor.
Angele shook his head again. He stood up and put everything into his pouch. After everything was done, he carried the two bodies to the deck.
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Chapter 159: Aftermath (2)
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In the afternoon, the golden sunlight coated the deck with a shiny glow. The sea glinted under the sun and waves kept hitting the body of the ship.
Angele carried the bodies to the railing, inserted two heavy metal blocks into their mouths, and dropped them into the sea.
PLOP*
The bodies sank into the sea within a second. Angele cleaned his hands with a piece of cloth and left the railings. He walked around the deck but did not see anyone around.
He furrowed his brows as he looked at the stairs, then he quickly walked down to the cabin area.
The oil lamps on the walls were still bringing light to the hallway, but the place was deadly silent.
Angele's footsteps echoed in the hallways and a chill climbed up his spine.
The cabin area had five levels. Angele was on the first level and the Wizard apprentices were on the fourth or fifth level. Those levels were reserved for sailors and Wizard apprentices.
Angele smelled the stench of blood in the air after walking down the stairs.
He walked down the hallway and saw a pile of bodies by the end. All the Wizard apprentices were killed. A large pool of blood gathered on the floor and the color of the blood indicated that they had been killed at least several hours ago.
Angele knew it was Calello's doing.
'So, his plan was to eliminate everyone on the ship. Calello killed all the Wizard apprentices while I was fighting the two Wizards of Light, he knew that it would take me a while to finish the battle.' Although Angele was a Dark Wizard as well, he refrained from killing innocent people.
Angele walked to bodies and started observing. It seemed that those bodies were all missing parts of their bodies.
The male Wizard apprentices had their arms and chest muscles missing, while the female Wizard apprentices had their breasts missing. It was almost like they were partially devoured by a strong beast. Angele checked the wounds and realized something.
'Calello's body was zombified… That's why the needles did not work.' Although Angele's damaged his body, he still almost escaped by turning himself into some strange gas, 'My Lesser Fireball did 40 degrees of damage to him. I think even a Grand Knight won't be able to handle it. It's probably his Talent Spell… Sadly, my Metal Mastery only has moderate physical and magical resistances.'
Angele searched the bodies. He wanted to collect evidence. Moreover, he also found the body of the girl who talked to him earlier.
However, it seemed that Calello had already taken the girl's enchanted items away.
Angele checked other levels after and confirmed that all other people in this ship were eliminated by Calello.
The zombified Calello ate most of the corpses' muscles and cut their arms to make meat jerkies or something. However, he did not expect for Angele to have such absurd power.
Angele checked the whole ship again and confirmed that he was the only one left alive at present.
He found some leftover bread and cheese before going back to his cabin. He killed Calello and two Wizards of Light, so he had to find a way to avoid their organizations.
Most of the organizations or Wizard families would avenge their members. Although the Wizards of Light came from a weak organization, Angele still decided to be careful. He planned to get off the ship one dock earlier and travel to the Six Ring High Tower on land.
The ship would arrive at the destination on its own, so it was fine for Angele to get off earlier. The whales in the engine room would move on their own.
Several months later…
In the evening.
A huge ship slowly advanced on the dark, endless sea, shaking in the strong waves.
Angele stood on the bow of the ship and it felt like the whole world was shaking. He tied himself to the main mast that was tall and wide.
His long hair and black robe were flying in the howling wind. The coldness and wetness left him with an unpleasant feeling. His body was leaning to the side as the ship was hit by the waves.
"F*cking storm!" he cursed. Nothing else happened after the battle with the three Wizards. The ship was now getting close to the next dock.
Angele stood on the bow most of the time recently. He wanted to meet those harpies again as he arrived at the area the Future was attacked. His plan was to collect more harpy blood, and this was the best chance he had.
Sadly, the harpies did not come, but a storm struck the ship.
The power of the signet exceeded Angele's expectation, but he did not see a single harpy these days. They must have remembered the shape of the ship and decided not to attack it after the massacre.
Angele stopped thinking. He grabbed the railings and leaned forward to check the situation ahead.
Crackle*
A furious lightning brightened up the surface of the sea.
A bean-sized raindrop hit the back of Angele's head.
After several seconds of pouring down chaotically, it started freezing Angele's skin.
The heavy rain kept hammering down and beat a violent tattoo on the deck.
Angele's black robe was soaked in water. Although the rain left a frosty feel on his body, he was not worried about catching a cold.
He held the railing tight as he looked ahead.
The dark sea looked like a seemingly endless floor. It sometimes leaned to the left and to the right. The world was almost turning upside down.
Angele stayed on the bow and found something unusual in the front.
A humongous back of some creature slowly appeared on the surface of the sea.
It was a thousand-meter long whale that had rows of black spines on its back, which were about the size of an average spear and were extremely sharp. The whale's eyes were narrow and were coated in a yellow glow.
The ship looked like a small box comparing to the creature.
Angele was breathing heavily. It felt as if a heavy stone had just struck his chest.
He stared at the whale, his face slowly turning pale.
"Echinate Whale! How is that even possible…" Angele recognized this horrifying monstrosity.
"A whale that is a thousand meters long… I thought the book was joking…" He could not believe what he just saw. He never took the data of the Echinate Whale on the book seriously.
The whale slowly passed by. Luckily, the spikes did not hit the ship. The ship was probably just a plankton to the whale as it did not seem to care about it.
The rain was pouring down the sea, Angele stood on the bow and watched the whale passing by. The ship was far from the center of its back, but the waves it brought still made the ship turn several times.
Two hours later, the whale finally disappeared in Angele's sight, He inhaled once and felt relieved. He was worried that the whale would crush the ship.
Also, the storm left together with the whale quickly and the surface of the sea calmed down as well. Even the wind had weakened.
'So, the legend is true. The Echinate whale can absorb the power of the storm. I didn't take it seriously…' he mumbled.
The ship was protected by the Merfolk's buff and there was an energy barrier keeping all the normal sea monsters away. However, a horrifying creature like Echinate whale could easily break the barrier and capsize the ship if it wanted to.
He learned in a book about an incident that a Wizard apprentice once offended the whale and the ship got smashed into smithereens. This humongous whale had the most ancient blood among the ancient creatures. Although they were strong, they usually would not initiate any attack. The Wizard apprentice attacked a smaller whale that was a relative of an Echinate Whale, and the Echinate Whale killed everyone on the ship, including several formal Wizards.
After the sky became clear, two crescent moons poured white light onto the deck. The sea was also peaceful and quiet.
It was almost as if the storm never happened. Angele felt relieved. He had no idea what would've happened had the whale targeted the ship.
Angele realized that there were many people or creatures much stronger than him in this world. He needed to keep improving.
Three days later.
In the afternoon.
The ship stopped by a desolate dock slowly.
A young man with long brown hair jumped off the ship with a large bag in his hand.
BAM*
He landed on the beach that was covered in stones steadily. Metallic silver glint reflected on his hands and feet.
Angele made two small depressions on the beach with his feet.
He turned his head around and looked at the ship for a second before he walked to the forest quickly.
After several seconds, intense black smoke rose upon the deck and flames sparked in the cabins. The masts and sails all started burning. The flames streaked into the sky.
The fire illuminated the entire dock.
Angele did not look back. He climbed up the hill and vanished into the shrubbery ahead.
Angele planned to travel to the dock he stopped by when he was on the Future first. The dock's name was Sea Hawk and was close to the Six Ring High Tower.
He had talked with the navigator of the Future before and learned that he only needed to go across two medium-sized countries before reaching the Sea Hawk dock.
Also, there were several Wizard organizations around here.
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Chapter 160: Encounter in the Woods (1)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
Angele spent three years concentrating his mentality by the coastline and he already reached the Gas Stage. However, he was still far from reaching the Liquid Stage, so he decided to spend his time on preparing for the support materials first.
He returned to the land of Wizards because there was barely any rare material around Marua City.
There were many Wizard Rifts here, and he could only find the necessary potions in certain Wizard organizations. The potion he needed was called The Tree Killer. There was no way for him find it in the markets.
The only thing Angele knew about the potion was its name. He did not have the formula and he had no idea what the materials were.
His original plan was to travel to the Six Ring High Tower. He thought it would be nice if he could find the secret of the concept gear and the formula of the potion there. However, things changed after he killed three Wizards on the ship.
Although it was self-defense, Angele knew the black robe's organization would go after him sooner or later. The two white robes were from a small organization; thus, he was not so concerned about them.
Inside a gloomy forest.
The morning mist spread throughout out the trees, and there were creatures howling.
A tall and strong man was slowly advancing on a twisted path. He was wearing a dark red hunting suit and there was a 2-meter-long metal bow on his back. The man held a black bag in one hand and a crossguard sword in the other. There was still hint of blood on the blade. His long brown hair was soaked wet by the mist, which trailed all over his shoulders.
It was the fourth day since Angele entered the forest.
He followed the traces of the footprints from other people on the way, but he did not see anyone around.
The mud on the ground was wet and sticky.
Blue light dots kept flashing in front of Angele's eyes
Suddenly, a high-pitched sound came from Angele's left side.
He turned to the left and immediately slashed with the sword.
BAM*
A small animal was blown away by the impact and hit a tree on the side, it struggled for several seconds and died.
Angele walked to the tree and skewered the animal on his blade.
It was a fat white rabbit.
The rabbit was about the size of a human's head and its eyes were bloody red, also, two snake-like long teeth could be seen around the lips.
Angele scrunched up his brows and pulled the rabbit off the sword.
He put down the rabbit by the tree, collected some dried branches, and set up a small campfire.
With a flick of his finger.
The campfire was lit and the flame looked blurry in the mist.
Angele sat down by the campfire and grabbed the rabbit. He skinned it quickly and removed the organs.
The mist cleared a bit after Angele set up the campfire. He finished cleaning the rabbit and skewered it with his crossguard sword again. He held the handle in hand tight and started rotating the sword to roast the whole rabbit.
Angele took off a large water pouch from his belt and drank some water. It was almost empty.
Oil was dripping down the meat and the skin of the rabbit was already golden brown.
Angele glanced around. He was surrounded by enormous trees, but there were not many bushes around. The dark ground was covered by dried leaves and branches. He could also see grasses on the area ahead.
The tree trunks were wide and tall. They stood there like guardians of the forest.
Angele cut a piece of the roasted rabbit with a dagger and threw it into his mouth after it cooled down a bit.
The texture was smooth and tender, tasting somewhat like roasted chicken. However, Angele did not carry any spice, and he would appreciate some salt.
Angele suddenly put the roasted rabbit down and turned around. Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
Zero detected an unknown target approaching. Angele saw a blurry black shadow moving toward him. It seemed that the man was wearing a black robe.
He stood up and grabbed his bow, starting to prepare for a possible fight while staring at the black shadow.
The man stepped on leaves and made some noise. He was getting closer.
Angele inhaled once and the smell of a rotten corpse already pervaded through the air.
His expression changed. He quickly took out a piece of red leaf and covered his nose with it.
"The Light of Thor. Where is it?" The clean voice from the shadow sounded like it was from a young lady.
Angele dropped the leaf to the ground. He pulled the bowstring to full and created a black metal arrow.
"Light of Thor? What is that? And who are you? I have no idea what you're talking about," Angele answered in a calm voice.
"You killed Calello on the ship, right? Hand the Light of Thor over to me and I'll let you leave," The female Wizard spoke with a confident voice.
"Calello is at the Liquid stage. You backstabbed him while he was fighting with the two Wizards of Light, right?"
The lady slowly appeared in Angele's sight. She had a pair of sharp, green eyes. Her lips, eyes, and her long robe were all black.
The female Wizard was covered in black. Her skin was pale, and she looked like she just came back from dead.
She stopped about ten meters away from Angele and stared at him quietly. Her face was pretty, but Angele could not see any emotion from her eyes.
"Name is Arisa, by the way."
"Again. I don't know what you're saying." Angele's eyebrows creased and looked at Arisa.
"Light of Thor, a silver chest armor. Stop hiding it, I can smell Calello's last breath from you." Arisa had no expression on her face.
Angele stopped for a while and chuckled.
"Fine. Yea, I killed Calello, but I didn't expect that you could track me down. I know you're not here to avenge Calello, but I have to be honest here. The Light of Thor I found was a counterfeit…"
"Fake or not, hand it over to me. Otherwise, I'll show you the power of my spells," Arisa interrupted.
"Whatever." Angele walked to the black bag beside the tree. "I'll show you the evidence."
He kicked the bag to Arisa.
The bag rolled on the ground for several seconds and stopped right in front of Arisa. Arisa picked it up and took out the fake Light of Thor.
She put her right hand on the back of the armor.
"This one is fake for sure."
"Good. There's no point for us to fight then." Angele smiled.
"So, where's the real one?" Arisa dropped the armor to the ground and asked.
Angele's eyes narrowed and his expression turned serious.
"I told you already. I acquired it on the ship and I have no clue where the real one is. Wait, do you really think you can win the fight against me?" He released some energy particles into the air.
There was an interesting look on Arisa's face.
"You just admitted you killed Calello, right? If that's true, I can put you into my new potion in development."
She smiled.
Hissssssss*
A strong sound started coming from her body.
Arisa lowered her hands and thick black smoke rose from her feet. The smoke was leaking out of her long black robe. The grasses, insects, everything it touched all turned into a pool of black pus. The black pus evaporated in seconds and became part of the smoke.
The ink-colored smoke quickly spread around the area and a dark circle covered all the trees, bushes, and grasses. Arisa was in the center of the circle.
It looked like a drop of ink started spreading after sinking into a large piece of green cloth.
Angele slowly stepped back and watched the smoke streaking into the air.
CHI*
He quickly shot an arrow.
The black arrow drew an arc in the air and hit Dark Wizard Arisa's body with great force.
However, Arisa had a mysterious smile on her face. Her body melted like a burning candle within seconds. Her face twisted, turned into drops of sticky black liquid, and fell into the black shadow under her feet.
Arisa vanished into the black smoke quickly. Only her long black robe was left on the ground.
Angele gritted his teeth and kept stepping back. The arrow he shot had already been swallowed by the smoke and turned into a small pool of black liquid.
The smoke separated before reaching him. Some of it blocked Angele's way.
The smaller trees already started melting. Most of the grasses and dried leaves already turned into a part of the smoke.
Angele took out a glowing green heart from his pouch.
He chanted some incantation.
BOOM*
An arm-sized ray of green flame spurted out of the heart and rushed into the black smoke.
The green flame sparked, but it was swallowed by the seemingly infinite dark smoke and disappeared right away.
Angele's expression changed. Suddenly, a ball of green smoke appeared behind him and turned into a human-shaped shadow. It was Arisa trying to seize Angele.
He suddenly turned around and brandished forward.
CHI*
The strike missed.
"Die!" Angele shouted. Silver metal liquid started leaking out of his skin and floated in the air around him.
The metal liquid gathered together and turned into tiny knives. Angele waved his hand in the air and coated those knives with electric pulses.
The electric spark noise was loud, and the bright blue light illuminated Angele's face.
All the knives started revolving around his body after he slightly waved his hand.
The knives were moving faster and faster. They created a barrier around Angele, which helped eliminate the incoming black smoke.
Some of the black smoke disappeared after making contact with the wall of knives, but the electricity applied to them weakened due to the loss of energy.
The black smoke was enraged after being blocked by the knives, it started jumping and rolling around.
Shadow tentacles suddenly jumped out of the smokescreen and rushed toward Angele. The blue knives kept flying to the tentacles, but only some of them were blocked.
Angele shook his head and sneered.
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