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Chapter 225: The Turning Point (2)

Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe

As a contracted potion master in the Six Ring High Tower, the life mark was planted into Ander's body. If the rumor was to be spread out, the organization could track him down easily.

The organization would sacrifice him just for his blood and the perfected method of extracting harpy's ancient blood.

Wizards specializing in prophesying could cast spells to visualize events that had happened at a certain time and certain location. Angele had experienced something similar before.

Only wizards above rank 2 could completely remove the trace of their energy waves. There was no way for Ander to escape this.

"Alright. Master Ander, you're a wise man. I didn't expect you to be one of the elders in the Bennis Family. I look forward to our future dealings." Angele's words made Ander feel even worse.

The Bennis Family was as strong as the Jones Family. They were the third in the ranking and had a significant amount of power in their hand. The council of the elders had similar rights to the family head. There were ten elders in the Bennis Family and most of them were chosen from within the family. The family had more than a hundred wizards and more than a thousand wizard apprentices as its members.

Ander had a share of the council's rights. Although he was a light wizard, he was probably a talented potion master. He also said that he was in charge of this branch.

Ander initially thought that he had nothing to fear and decided to confront Angele right after finding out the young man's secret.

After having a conversation with Ander, Angele acquired some of the information he needed for the ancient blood extraction. However, Ander was still trying to hide the critical part of the extraction method and he did not want to get along with Angele at all.

Ander had to fulfill Angele's request for now and decided to find a solution later.

Angele would not die if his ancient blood was extracted, but he would still take severe damage. Ander thought that he still had hope if he could dig out more secrets about the young man.

Ander left the potions lab quickly after Angele got what he needed.

Angele stood in the room alone with the old man's pouch in his hand.

"Sunstone, earthworm's veins, the seed of Hark, and then crystal cards…" Angele was satisfied with what he acquired. "All these materials can be exchanged for more than 100,000 regular magic stones…"

As a potion master of the tower, Ander also carried special potions and formulas with him but Angele took them all.

It was almost like the old man was here to help Angele.

Most importantly, Angele acquired some important information on how to extract the ancient blood properly. He had one more way to back himself up if his ancient bloodline were to be noticed by other wizards again.

Furthermore, Ander was an elder of a family that had similar power and authority as the Jones Family. Angele was expecting something else from him in the future.

Angele's position in the potions department was granted without facing any problem.

He left the potions lab and followed a wizard apprentice to a private meeting room. There should be someone to check his identity here but with the help from Ander, most of the procedures were skipped.

Angele went straight to the registration table for potion masters.

He needed to pick the division or the school he wanted to join.

Inside a tiny room, the light from the crystal lamp only brought minimum visibility to the table.

Sitting opposite to Angele was an old wizard with a white beard who looked like Santa Claus.

"Philip, ask master Parrot to come here. We need him." The white beard stared at the wizard apprentice standing near the door.

"Sorry, master Vincent. Master Parrot went to the Forgotten Forest for the materials. He hasn't come back yet," the wizard apprentice responded politely.

"Where's Kenny then?"

"Master Kenny asked for a leave. He needed to visit some old friend."

"Damn it, so I'm the only one in charge right now? Seriously?" the old man cursed and turned to Angele.

"Alright, let's get this over with. You've been recommended by master Ander, right? Just write down where you want to be sent to. Like, which division, or do you want to go to the school? Pick one and I'll give you a letter that will prove your identity." The wizard handed a long yellow list to Angele.

Angele took the paper and checked its contents.

'Southwest Branch, Parrot, biological potion master.'

'East Branch, Thunder, explosive potion master.'

'North Branch, Kandre, healing potion master.'

...

Each of the rows listed the directors of different divisions and their specializations.

The Six Ring School was listed in the last row.

"You get to choose the place you want to go as a benefit of joining the Six Ring High Tower," the old man rubbed his long white beard and explained.

"Can't I just stay at my home and study?" Angele smiled and questioned him.

"Well, you need to follow the rules. You need to contribute to the organization." The old man knitted his eyebrows.

Angele activated the communication rune on his nail and a flower-shaped rune flashed upon his right hand.

"Master Ander…I really don't want to bother you with something like this but…" He sent the message through the rune.

Ander responded within seconds.

It seemed like he was monitoring the situation in the room.

The old wizard in front of him hesitated for a second before he slightly nodded.

"Alright, I just got a message from master Ander. Your request will be fulfilled. However, the knowledge and materials of the tower won't be provided to you for free. You must send a research report to me and make a certain number of potions for the organization every month. Also, you need to report to the school of the divisions every five years. A life mark will be planted in your body to make sure you don't betray us."

"You know what? Master Ander said he'll take care of all these for me." Angele stood up and chuckled.

"But it's the rule. I don't know how you're related to master Ander…" Angele turned around and left the room before the old man could finish his words.

Crack*

Inside a hidden chamber of a basement.

Ander was furiously pounding the crystal orb so hard that it cracked.

"Little bastard…He wants me to do everything for him?!"

Sending research report to the directors and making potions for the organization was required to all the potion masters in the organization, including Ander. Ander needed to prepare everything for Angele since he could not refuse this request.

Apart from those, the implanting of the life mark was the biggest problem. It was almost impossible for Angele to ask for resources from the tower if there was no life mark planted in his body. Ander needed to rely on his family to somehow make it possible. It would cost him a lot of money and time.

It was easy for Angele to ask Ander to do the favor for him, but Ander needed to work much harder to fulfill the request. Although he had power in the potions department, it was still a big trouble to him.

"I'll show you what I'm capable of!" Ander started drawing runes in the air quickly but stopped after several seconds.

He calmed down as he thought of the consequences.

Ander did not want to mess with Angele at the moment, but it was getting ridiculous to him.

A dark snake-shaped rune shined upon his nails as he raised his right hand.

"That's the last thing I'll do for you!" He sent the message using the rune.

Angele responded quickly.

"Don't worry. We're still in the same boat. This is the last thing I want you to help me with. Oh, just ask if you need my help."

"Remember, this is the last time!" Ander shook his head. "Otherwise, I'll just let the boat sink!"

"Don't worry, master Ander. I know when to stop."

Ander felt better after the conversation and he decided to work on the life mark matter first.

Angele walked out of the registration room as the flower-shaped rune faded from his nail.

A slight smile appeared on his face.

Angele was certain that the old man had no gut to send people to assassinate him, however, he was not sure if Ander had some strong backup plans.

Ander was a greedy man but it seemed like he was not good at backstabbing his enemies. As long as Angele knew his secret, he would not fight back.

'The last time? Ha…' Angele sneered and shook his head.

'Ander is too naïve…Who would believe in words like his?'

Angele wanted much more from the old man. It was a great opportunity for him to gather materials and knowledge.

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Chapter 226: Exploring (1)

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After leaving the registration room, Angele went straight into the library.

All the divisions of the Six Ring High Tower had libraries to store the important books.

The library here was built in a separate building beside the main one.

The building was surrounded by grasses.

Sitting in the center of the grassland was a lonely black stone house. Large mysterious runes were painted on the surface of its walls.

The sun was setting and the orange light illuminated on the runes.

No entrance could be found on any side of the stone house.

Angele followed a wizard apprentice and walked to the library slowly.

Several light wizards were walking out of one of the walls. It almost looked like they appeared in the air from nowhere.

Angele narrowed his eyes.

"Those walls…are illusions?" he asked in a light tone.

"Yes, master." The apprentice responded politely, "They were set up by a wizard from the headquarters."

The two walked past the white robes and arrived in front of the stone house shortly.

Angele walked straight into the wall without any hesitation.

CHI*

As expected, he passed through the wall without hitting anything. The black wall distorted for a second and revealed a tall arched stone gate as Angele approached.

The wizard apprentice waited outside the gate.

Inside the house, there were three bookshelves. There was no window, no ceiling, no carpet, and no glowing crystals.

Clean books lined up on the three red wooden bookshelves. These were glowing and its produced light illuminated the whole room.

Angele smelled a flowery fragrance as he walked to the bookshelves, making him feel comfortable and relaxed.

Two white robes were checking the books on the same bookshelf. One was a male, while the other one was a female.

They had no interest in Angele's presence. Both of them were completely focused on the books in their hands.

The three bookshelves divided the room into four areas and two were occupied by the light wizards.

Angele walked around the shelves and checked the labels.

'Basic Knowledge.'

'Spell Models.'

He walked passed two shelves and stared at the label of the last shelf. It was labeled, 'Rare Books'.

The other two wizards were checking this shelf as well.

Angele took a glance at the books and saw the titles of the various types of books in this shelf.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Biological Modification, The Horn of Akraham, The Water of Seal, The Cursed Wizard Books, The Light of the Eternal Night…

He had never heard of any of the books but the glows surrounding the books were much stronger than the ones on the other shelves. It meant that the wizards who wrote those books were much stronger.

Angele walked to the shelf that was labeled as 'Spell Models' first and started searching for the information he needed.

Most of the spells in the library were basic. Only some of them were slightly modified, but they were still weaker than the ones improved by Angele. Although the numbers and figures on paper looked better, he doubted if those spells would be more effective.

Angele grabbed one of the random books. Each book recorded one certain spell model and it also indicated the method of casting the spell properly. Wizards could die if they failed to follow the correct procedures when casting the spells. Furthermore, the hardest part was creating the mentality model. Some spells even required supporting materials.

He was trying to find strong damage spells to replace the heart bombs and he could make those spells even more powerful after improvements.

The Lesser Fireball was his most used spell during battles, and he had been relying on his Metal Mastery way too much. Angele barely cast other spells he knew but combining the Metal Mastery with the Electric Rune was the most effective way to execute the enemies.

The illusion signet and heart bombs were helpful but there could be situations that he was restricted from using them.

Angele had recorded so many spell models back in Ramsoda. He wanted to master the better ones after reaching the Liquid stage.

'I need Fire and Wind spells. I can also check out illusion spells since I have the great harpy's blood in my veins.' Angele had a plan in his mind.

The High-Temperature Field and the Evaporate spells were the best choices for him, as he could use these two to damage his opponents during close combat.

Angele had been improving these two spells for years after acquiring them from Ramsoda.

Both spells were of the Fire category. For the Wind category, he only found the Light Weight spell practical but if the battle got intense, it would be nearly impossible for him to prepare the spell. Most of the time, fights would happen randomly in the wild.

Angele was thinking with great efforts to figure out a way to solve the problem.

He had many fights with dark wizards and learned one critical thing from his experiences: one must finish his incantation faster than his opponent. In a kill-or-be-killed situation, one extra second could change the outcome of the battle.

Angele thought that the spells that needed long preparation should be used for ambushes.

He wanted to store one powerful spell in the chip so he could cast it instantly when necessary.

For a very long time, Angele had been storing the Lesser Fireball in his chip, but he wanted something better as he advanced to the next stage.

He also wanted to find high-level enchanted items, or even magic devices, as these objects would aid him in battles greatly.

High-level enchanted items and magic devices could be used instantly, but they were extremely difficult to find. It was said that only the strongest wizards had access to such high-quality gears.

Angele found a spell called the Breath of Nature after searching for a while on the shelf.

The spell was simulating the breaths of some magic beasts. It was basically creating wind in front of the caster, which could knock back the target and slow them down. The wind produced was also infused with acid damage.

It was not a powerful spell but its effects lasted long and it had a great range.

The wind could cover a shell-shaped area in front of the caster. Its effective radius was more than 20 meters and could last for about three hours.

However, the model was hard to learn considering how it was complicated.

Angele realized that the book in his hand was just the part one of the spell. In total, the spell comprised of 20 parts.

He sighed with mixed emotions. The spell would be a great addition to the Metal Mastery. When the enemies became impaired by the negative effects, it would be easier for him to find the right timing to strike. Average wizards would have a hard time trying to dodge the spell due to its range.

The creator of the spell explained why the spell was so complicated. The energy particles were arranged in a certain structure that was completely different from average Wind spells. Those energy particles would change the energy flows in the air within the effective range in order to deliver the negative impact to the enemy.

The only hard part of the spell was in learning and mastering it.

Meanwhile, the mentality required to cast the spell was nigh insignificant.

Angele calmed down and started reading those books. He also scanned everything into the database.

Time flew by.

The sun was sinking into the horizon.

Suddenly, he heard an eagle soaring through the sky.

Angele put down the book and leaned to the door, moving his lips slightly.

He saw the wizard apprentice who brought him here walking toward him. The wizard apprentice lowered his head while avoiding in looking at the book in Angele's hand. His mentality level was not high enough to read the strong wizard's books and he could get injured if he read it by accident.

"What happened?" Angele questioned.

"Master, the new wizard apprentices have just arrived at the area. The noise you heard was from the eagles they rode," the apprentice responded politely. "They'll stay here for the second test and if they can pass it, they'll be sent to the school or other departments."

"Newbies, huh?" Angele closed the book and walked out of the library. The other two wizards were still standing there reading the books, not concerned about the situation outside.

Warm wind blew over Angele's face as he raised his head. He saw a convocation of black eagles slowly landing on the empty ground in front of the main building.

"Since master Tyler is leading the group today, those apprentices must be talented," the wizard apprentice said in a light tone. "Master, the test will start soon and you can meet the leader of this branch's hunting team, master Robin, there. Would you like to go take a look? It only happens once every four years."

Angele stared at the building. He could hear people chatting and eagles shaking their wings. It seemed like the atmosphere there was phenomenal.

"I'll pass. You may go if you want. I prefer quiet places." He scrunched his eyebrows.

"I'm in charge of assisting you, master. I won't go if you don't want to go," the apprentice quickly responded.

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Chapter 227: Exploring (2)

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Angele saw a white robe being welcomed as he stepped out of the gate. He led the apprentices and wizards that had just landed into the building. Angele noticed that it seemed like there were two extremely talented apprentices that were being surrounded by the rest of the students.

The two entered the building before the other apprentices.

Angele was not interested in attending such events. He turned around and returned to the library.

He noticed that someone else was grabbing books from the one with spell books. It was a male light wizard.

The man had gray short hair with a pair of silver eyes. He had a blank expression on his face. It looked he was still in his early twenties.

Angele hesitated for a second before starting to record the spell again.

The wizard apprentice waited outside the library quietly.

After a while, he heard footsteps and two people entered the room.

Angele knew the two wizards. They were inside the same arena as Angele.

It was the bald man and the pretty lady with black hair, who almost started a fight with the others back in the arena.

"Oh…" The bald man recognized Angele right away after entering the room. "You finished all the procedures already?!" He looked surprised.

The man turned around and looked at the female wizard. "Hey, Vivian. He's much better than us, right?"

"Stop bitching, or I'll cut your tongue off!" Vivian responded in a cold tone. She glared at Angele before walking to the bookshelf labeled, 'Basic Knowledge'.

The bald man shook his head. It seemed like he was not angry about her words. He walked to Angele and started checking the spell books as well.

"Hey, so you successfully joined the potions department? Was everything smooth for you?"

Angele glanced at the man. "Yeah, you two both joined the hunting team?"

"Yeah, five people passed the test. I and that lady were assigned to the same group. We'll be completing missions together." He smiled. It seemed like the man was satisfied with the result.

Angele slightly shook his head. He was not sure why the man was so happy, but he decided not to ask.

"Good for you. I wanted to join the hunting team as well, but I'm too weak for that."

"Don't give up. Improve yourself, and one day you'll be just like us." The man patted Angele on the shoulder. "We're in charge of the security of the southern border. My name is Karl, by the way. If you need any help when you're visiting the south branch, just let me know. I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you. My potions department branch is in the south, too. Come find me if you need to purchase potions. I'll give you a discount for sure. We joined the organization together, so we should look after each other." Angele smiled. He had plans in his mind.

"That'll be great." Karl chuckled. "But I heard a rumor that one of the wizards from the hunting team went missing during a mission in the public market. That's the reason why they're recruiting new blood. You live in the south, right? Do you know what happened?"

"I heard the rumor too, but I'm not sure about the truth. You're talking about the captain of the patrol team, right?" Angele questioned.

"Yeah, that one." Karl licked his lips. "I heard that the captain was strong and was a representative of a large family. I guess someone assassinated him. There must be something going on. The three large families are now investigating that incident. I'm really interested."

The bald man named Karl was not hiding his mentality waves at all. Thus, Angele knew that he was a Liquid stage wizard. Angele could sense the curses of deceased wizards from the man's mentality wave. It was possible that Karl was a dark wizard.

Most dark wizards dealt with dead bodies all day and most of them were cursed by the wizards they had killed. That was one of the reasons why the white robes despised them.

The library was silent, Angele chatted with Karl using energy particles as he scanned the spell books he needed. He acquired some valuable information about the hunting team from the bald man.

There were two types of members in the hunting team of the Six Ring High Tower.

People that were doing the dirty work such as collecting intel and tracking down targets were called ants. They were everywhere. Some of them were just apprentices and Knights, yet they did not even know they were working for the hunting team.

The number of core members was much smaller and all of them were strong formal wizards. They were elites that passed the tough test, though some of them were just trying to get rid of their criminal record.

The total number of the core members in the southwest division was around 30. When they were killed in the mission, the leader would start recruiting because a certain number of people was needed to keep everything in order.

Only several of the core members survived all the missions and they were promoted as leaders of the teams.

The structure of the whole hunting team was simple.

The president, the vice president, the leaders of divisions, the core members, and the ants.

The higher one's position was, the more missions he had survived. Most of the missions for the core members were dangerous, so completing and surviving many of them would be hard.

The core members usually acted in groups during their missions. They were usually sent to track down wanted criminals and eliminate them when necessary. They were allowed to hire no more than 15 followers and their salaries would be paid by the tower when the contracts were validated.

There were many resource points to guard in Nola, and more people were needed to solve the incident happened around the public market. That was the reason why Karl and Vivian were assigned to the south.

Karl said that they would be guarding the southern border so that the more experienced members would be free to join the investigation. There were many small wizard families around the border. It would be a great opportunity for them to build a community there.

After their conversation, Angele exchanged communication runes with Karl, thinking that Karl might be able to help him in the future.

Angele had been living in the south area since he entered the Six Ring area. His home was close to the border and the public market that was guarded by a small team led by Kuirman.

He knew that there were small wizard families living in the towns around his territory, but he did not want to build relationships with them.

Angele just wanted to live close to the trading tower and stay out of people's sight.

However, he realized that he would be staying in the Six Ring area longer than he had initially thought. Angele decided to make friends with people like Karl and build a small network that could back him up when he was in trouble. By communicating with Karl, he would be able to know the latest happenings in the areas around him. The old man with red eyebrows from the Labyrinth College was still going after him, therefore he needed to be prepared for it.

Angele also learned that he could acquire the basic knowledge for rank 2 wizard after becoming a core member of the hunting team. Some of the knowledge could help him progress to the Crystal stage. He was a member of the potions department and in order to get that knowledge, he would have to submit a request form to the director.

It was not a big problem as he knew Ander. The old man could likely help approve his request.

It was getting darker outside. The female light wizard had already left the room, but the male light wizard was still reading a book.

Angele finished scanning everything and left the library after saying goodbye to Karl.

The glowing crystals on the main building brought minimum visibility to the area around the stone house. He walked to the narrow path beside the forest, which was the only way out.

Beside the path was a small area with unicorns for rent.

Angele walked to an oil lamp that was hanging on the branch of a large tree. Under the dim light, there were several unicorns eating the grasses.

He took out a regular magic stone from his pouch and threw it into a black unicorn's mouth. Suddenly, he looked over his left shoulder with surprise in his eyes. A familiar feeling emerged onto his mind.

A distorted image flashed in front of Angele. It was the great harpy, who had long black wings and the tail of a snake. The harpy slowly climbed up his shoulders and stuck her tongue out. A wet and warm fragrance rushed into Angele's nose.

The great harpy finally woke up.

Angele calmed down, then he decided to explore the Nightmare Realm after returning to his home.

The black unicorn chewed the magic stone several times and swallowed it.

He then jumped on its back.

"Thanks." Angele grabbed the unicorn's spiraling horn tight.

"You're welcome," the unicorn responded. "Same location, right?" It was a male unicorn that had a deep and attractive voice.

"Of course, if you can take me there before six in the morning, I'll give you two more magic stones."

"Sit tight then." The unicorn slightly shook its body.

Its body was then surrounded by a green glow and tiny vortexes appeared around its hooves.

The unicorn started moving forward. It started at a slow pace but after several seconds, it turned into a distorted shadow that stormed into the deep forest. The noise made by the hooves echoed in the area.

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Chapter 228: The Nightmare Realm (1)

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Angele successfully arrived at his house before six in the morning after traveling for a while. He changed his mind right before jumping off the unicorn and asked it instead to take him to the trading tower beside.

It was still dark outside and the area was deadly silent.

The glowing crystals on the tip of the tower were bringing light to the surroundings but there was no one around.

The chilling wind blew the dried leaves and grasses into the air.

Angele felt refreshed traveling on the back of the unicorn. The only thing he could hear was the noises made by the hooves.

He asked the unicorn to stop by the trading tower and jumped off its back.

"Great job." He took out two magic stones and threw into the unicorn's mouth.

Crack*

The unicorn chewed the magic stones and swallowed them right away.

"I'll be leaving then," the unicorn said.

"Sure." Angele nodded slightly, then he pulled his collar up and put on his hood.

The unicorn turned around quickly and disappeared into the dark forest.

Angele glanced around. After confirming that he was the only one here, he walked toward his house.

He saw a black carriage parked on the right side of the path. The carriage was shaking slightly, and Angele could hear people breathing heavily.

Obviously, someone was having fun here. This was a common occurrence in the peaceful Nola. The forest was nice and safe, so they did not need to worry about being ambushed by others.

Angele shook his head and increased his speed, quickly vanishing into the undergrowth.

After about half an hour, he saw a guarding post sitting quietly beside the lake. Crystal lamps were hung on top of the watchtower that brightened up the surroundings.

Rays of white light were coming out of the crystal surface of the lamps and there were some flies wondering around them. Some of the lamps were covered with dead flies and the light it was giving off was fading.

Beside the watchtower, there was a campfire and its flame was dancing. A male Knight in a leather armor suit was yawning by the fire while adding firewood into it.

Angele walked out of the forest and headed toward the tower.

"Who's there?!" The Knight suddenly yelled then grabbed his longbow and nocked a white-feathered arrow on the bowstring, aiming toward the direction Angele was coming from.

"Easy, it's me." Angele walked into the light and removed the hood.

"Ah, master Green." The Knight lowered his bow immediately. "Glad you're back."

"Good reaction there." Angele nodded and walked past the guard post, heading to his home.

He pushed the gate open and used the key to unlock the door of the house.

Everything looked same inside, nice and clean.

The doors of two bedrooms were opened as Angele stepped inside. It seemed like he had woken some people up.

Two girls rushed out of the rooms with white pajamas on their bodies.

"Welcome back, master." Amy opened her mouth first. "Would you like us to make you some food?"

"It's fine. Go sleep," Angele responded in a light tone. "Where's Nancy? Is she in your room?" He noticed that someone else was inside Alice's bedroom.

"Yes…" Alice replied as she lowered her head, "The house is too big and we're scared…"

"Alright." Angele nodded. "You can return to your bedrooms now. I need to go to the basement. Make sure no one disturbs me."

"Understood!" The twins bowed to Angele politely and returned to their rooms.

Angele knew Nancy was awake, but she was just being shy. He saw the clothes on the floor inside Alice's room and Nancy was probably naked. Nancy was pretending to sleep, so she did not have to leave the room.

The twins were trained in the slave market and knew how to bring sexual pleasure to their owners. Angele was not interested in kids but Nancy spent quite a lot of time with the two girls. They knew how to use special tools and techniques to bring happiness to her daily life. Furthermore, it seemed like Nancy was enjoying it.

Angele was not sure what Nancy was thinking, but he was not too concerned about it.

He took off his white robe and hung it on the back of the door.

Angele then walked to the staircase and pressed his palms against the wall.

A door appeared on the surface of the wall quickly, then he pushed it open.

After sealing the gaps around the door, Angele walked down the stone stairs and entered the spell lab.

He locked the door and sat down in the middle of the room with his legs crossed. He started meditating after closing his eyes.

Time flew by. Angele wanted to make sure that he was well rested before proceeding to the realm.

"Let's do it," he muttered.

CHI*

He could feel the great harpy rubbing her chest against his back while giggling and moving around Angele's body. Angele covered his skin with a thin layer of metal to prepare for possible encounters.

After several minutes, he felt tired and dizzy. It felt like someone was forcing him to fall asleep.

Angele did not resist the strange feeling. Instead, he relaxed himself and fell into slumber.

His body was surrounded by some distorted waves that became translucent. After several seconds, Angele disappeared from the spell lab.

HA*

Someone was breathing beside Angele's ear.

He opened his eyes again.

It was dark. The small great harpy lay on his left shoulder with a tired look. Angele could see her wings and tail moving clearly.

It seemed like bringing Angele to the Nightmare Realm was not an easy task. A bright smile appeared the harpy's face after she noticed that Angele was waking up.

Angele was having a hard time to check the surroundings, but he could feel that the harpy was leaving him. Her body was getting lighter and lighter.

About ten seconds later, the harpy was no longer breathing beside his ear. She just disappeared.

PA*

With a flick of his finger, a tiny fireball appeared in front of him and its light illuminated the place.

Angele looked at his left shoulder and confirmed that the harpy already left. It seemed like she started recovering again just like the last time she used up all the energy. Furthermore, the stronger Angele became, the more energy she needed to consume to bring him into the realm. Angele assumed that the harpy needed a much longer time this time.

He calmed down and glanced around. He was still sitting in the spell room. Everything looked the same except for the floor that was now covered with a thick layer of gray dust.

Some of the dust was floating in the air and the visibility inside the room was low.

Angele stood up and walked to the door. He noticed something strange as he put his hand on the handle.

"Huh?" He suddenly released the handle and checked his palm. It was coated with some green moss mixed with dust.

It almost looked like the room had not been used for years.

Angele decided to proceed with caution. He grabbed the handle again and started turning it slowly.

Creak*

The door of the spell lab was pushed open.

The main hall was empty and dark.

Only two of the glowing crystals on the walls were still bringing dim light to the hall, while the rest had already stopped working.

Angele slowly stepped into the main hall without making any noise.

The floor in the main hall was covered with thick dust as well. He left a trail of footsteps as he moved onward.

Angele stayed calm and he started checking the surroundings carefully.

The walls and the floor were dirty. The two working glowing crystals had cracks all over their surfaces.

It felt like the basement had been abandoned a long time ago.

Angele opened all the rooms one by one—the materials room, the potions room, etc. He checked all of them, but the materials and items were no longer there. The only things left were the chairs and tables.

He turned around and left the potions room, heading to the exit of the basement.

Angele slowed down when going upstairs. He reached the exit without making much noise.

He used the stealth technique and pressed his palms onto the door.

KA*

The door was pushed open.

Several rays of pale light beamed into the living room from outside. He was not sure if it was the sunlight or the moonlight.

Angele closed the door carefully and stepped out of the basement.

The dust in the air blurred his sight and the place smelled like rotten vegetables.

A heart bomb slid onto Angele's right hand from his right sleeve, and he held it tight.

No one was in the living room and the floor was also covered in dust.

Angele pushed the twins' bedrooms open but they were empty.

The whole place was deadly silent.

Angele's brows furrowed. He turned around and walked to the main door.

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Chapter 229: The Nightmare Realm (2)

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Every object in the living room was covered with thick dust, such as the control panel, the sofas, table, and the paint. They looked old and their color was fading.

Creak*

Angele opened the door carefully.

The light outside was orange that illuminated on Angele's body and brightened up the whole living room.

He stood beside the door and looked around. The sky was covered by clouds. Angele could barely see what was around him due to the thick fog.

Angele raised his hand and aimed at the sky. Some green light dots flashed on his palm and formed a tiny vortex. However, he hesitated and decided not to cast any spell.

The flowers and plants in the garden all died. What was left in the mud were the rotten petals.

Angele walked across the garden. When he was about to leave the area, he detected some movements on his right.

He narrowed his eyes, then he lowered his footsteps and slowly walked along the fences.

After turning the corner, Angele noticed a strange relief sculpture on the wall of the house. It was a child's face and it appeared from nowhere.

It was a boy with a short, curly hair. He had no eyes yet his mouth was moving. Angele was wondering if the boy was trying to say something but nothing was coming out of his mouth.

Angele narrowed his eyes and stepped back trying to observe the changes happening to the boy's face.

After several seconds, the sculpture sank into the gray wall but immediately appeared on another wall. The boy's mouth was still moving but Angele just could not hear anything.

It seemed like the sculpture was not a threat. He slowly lowered the heart bomb in his hand, then he turned around and jumped over the fence, landing beside the lake safely.

Blop*

It sounded like something jumped out of the surface of the water.

Angele turned around and stared at the lake.

He walked to the lake slowly, and the clean surface of the water reflected the image of his body.

Short brown hair, pale skin with a silver glint, and a pair of golden glowing eyes. Angele stared at the image and he knitted his eyebrows.

Splash*

A tiny silver fish opened its mouth as it rushed toward the image in the water.

"What the…!" Angele suddenly stepped back and held the back of his left hand tight. Blood was dripping down his wrist.

The fish bit the image in the water but the damage reflected on Angele's physical body. It felt like the fish had bitten a large piece of meat off the back of his left hand.

Angele moved away from the lake quickly. Cold sweat covered his forehead. He took out the healing gel from the potion and applied it on the wound. White steam rose from the back of his hand immediately. After several seconds, the bleeding was stopped by the formation of a scab.

Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes. He felt relieved after Zero confirmed that the wound was not infected by any poison.

He turned to the lake again and saw the silver fish swimming around the surface of the water. There was blood around its mouth, and it stayed there for several minutes before swimming away.

After the silver fish left, a five-meter-long black fish appeared on the surface of the water.

Angele was surprised. He could see the white triangle on the back of the fish, which was the rune he used as the mark for the creatures that were kept in the biological lab.

He checked the room yesterday and the black fish only had the size of an index finger.

Angele swallowed his own spit loudly and pursed his lips. The things that were happening were not making any sense.

He walked to the other side of the lake and stopped by one of the guard posts.

Croak*

Something was moving around his feet.

Angele lowered his head and saw a green frog jumping around on the ground.

Strangely enough, there were two human faces on the back of the frog. It looked like they were having a conversation, though he could not hear anything.

Angele crouched and took a closer look. The two human faces were twitching and their voices suddenly echoed in his ears after he stared at them for a while.

'I broke my father's vase yesterday. He'll blame me. What should I do?' The face on the left had the voice of a young boy. Angele did not know what language it was but for some reason, he could understand their words.

'He'll hit you hard with a mace. Wait for it.' The face on the right had the voice of a young girl's voice.

'I also poured dirty water onto my father's clothes. He'll blame me. What should I do?' The boy continued.

'He'll stab your eyes with a burning hot needle,' the girl responded quickly.

The two faces just kept talking on the back of a green frog.

The green frog started jumping away and the voices finally disappeared into the air after several minutes.

Angele shook his head. Everything in the Nightmare Realm was weird and mysterious. The strike from the fish ignored his forcefield and metal barrier, and a large piece of flesh was bitten off his hand.

"Young man, why are you here? And what are you looking for?" A deep and hoarse voice came from the direction of the lake.

Angele stood up and looked over.

A one-meter-long black turtle was slowly moving out of the water. But instead of legs, it had four human arms to support its body.

The turtle was walking on its four 'palms' slowly but steadily.

Wrinkles covered the skin of the turtle's head. Angele was trying to figure out what was happening. The turtle was staring at him in the eyes.

"Do you live here?" Angele could not help asking this question.

The turtle shook its head.

"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" He felt a bit relieved.

"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" The turtle spoke again, but it was imitating the way Angele was talking, that even the voice sounded identical.

Angele shuddered.

"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" The turtle started moving toward Angele while repeating the sentence. There was a horrifying expression on its face.

"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…"

The turtle was walking slowly but steadily.

Angele's skull numbed. He tried to step back as soon as the old turtle approached. However, he immediately realized that his legs were frozen.

The bottom half of Angele's body was being petrified. The part below his knees had already turned into gray stone and the petrification was spreading. He could not feel any pain, but the situation was getting worse.

"F*cking hell!"

Angele gritted his teeth and threw a red heart bomb into the air.

The bomb drew a red arc in the air and landed directly on the turtle.

BOOM*

The explosion was intense and red flames were flying everywhere.

Angele was hit by the heat waves and his ears were ringing. The metal forcefield created a silver metal shield that helped absorb the remaining shockwave. The heated waves were rushing in all directions from the center of the explosion and the leaves from the trees were being blown into the air.

PA*

Pieces of red flesh dropped on the ground beside Angele's feet, which were still steaming hot.

He lowered his head and saw his petrified legs recovering quickly. He could finally move again.

The fire extinguished quickly in the thick fog, what left on the ground was a pile of burnt meat and broken pieces of its carapace.

Angele walked to the remaining of the turtle and crouched. He found three pieces of flesh that were still usable, while the rest was almost burnt to ashes.

He thought for a while and threw the meat into one of his pouches.

Angele stood up and walked to the stone watchtower.

He peeked inside through the window. It was empty; the chairs, the table, and the bed had all disappeared.

'This place must be related to the real world. Everything looks identical to my home, but it feels like I'm trapped in a different time dimension." Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes.

The chip was scanning and analyzing the whole time.

However, it seemed like in the Nightmare Realm, the rules of nature were different so Zero had to recollect basic information.

Angele checked all the reports but found nothing valuable.

"Time is up," Angele muttered as he was hit by a familiar feeling.

He raised his right hand that was now translucent.

Angele knew that he was an outsider to this realm and could only spend a certain amount of time here. The bloodline of the great harpy could connect him with the realm, but it could not help him stay in it forever.

"Damn…if only I can stay here for a bit longer…There are many mysteries waiting for me ahead…" Angele's eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

Seconds later, he lost his consciousness.

Suddenly, Angele opened his eyes.

He was still sitting in the spell lab with his legs crossed.

He raised his left hand immediately and confirmed that the wound was still there. The intense pain indicated that everything that had happened in the realm was not his imagination.

'I need to wait for the next time the harpy wakes up.' Angele took out the flesh of the turtle from the pouch.

He lined up the three pieces of fresh meat on his right palm.

"So I actually did take these back here…how…?" Angele recalled the events happened in the Nightmare Realm, wherein he was almost killed by the turtle.

"Well, let me see what I can do with its meat." He had a plan in mind.

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Chapter 230: Experiment (1)

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With three pieces of warm flesh in hand, Angele stood up and left the spell room.

He left the basement and sealed the door. He then walked upstairs to the second floor.

Angele stopped by the end of the hallway and tapped on the door several times with his right hand.

PA*

A red handprint appeared in the center of the door which faded after several seconds.

Creak*

The door opened by itself when the handprint disappeared.

The room was brightened up by white glowing crystals. On the shell-shaped table in the center, there were surgery tools and special potions. There were also many colorful crystal bottles that were covered with bloodstains.

Large boxes varying in sizes piled up in the corner and were covered by a large piece of black cloth.

Angele closed the door and walked to a large box on the right, grabbing the edge of the black cloth.

He pulled the cloth off quickly, revealing what was hiding under it.

It was a translucent crystal box and there were many small birds with black feathers inside. Each bird was about the size of a human's palm. They got noisy when the black blanket was pulled off the crystal box, jumping and chirping.

Angele slightly lifted the lid and quickly grabbed one of the birds. He then picked up the bowl and refilled its food.

After everything was done, he closed the lid and covered the box with the blanket again.

"The Night Sparrow…Let's see what's going to happen." Angele had high expectations.

Night Sparrow was a common species in Nola that were nocturnal and had a high resistance. The residents in the area had many different ways of capturing them. Angele purchased a box of Night Sparrows for just one regular magic stone.

These birds were easy to capture and their meat was tasty, thus it was commonly used for stews or barbeque.

Angele held the bird in hand and brought it to the white table.

He then swung his left hand in the air.

CHI*

A ray of red light appeared in the air. It looked like a red stick that was standing on the surface of the table.

The light came from a '$'-shaped dark red rune on the table and the light cylinder was about half a meter tall.

The light cylinder was making a strange sparkling noise due to the unstable energy flow.

Angele threw the Night Sparrow into the light.

The red light paralyzed the bird quickly, though it was still chirping as the light did not kill it.

Angele grabbed the flesh of the turtle and threw it into a tiny crystal bottle. He raised his right hand and the nail on his index turned into a silver metal needle.

CHI*

The long needle reached into the bottle and penetrated the flesh. It then returned with a bloodstain on its tip.

Angele sealed the bottle and put it aside.

He pointed the needle at the Night Sparrow in the red light and pricked the left side of its body, just like an injection in the hospital.

After removing the needle from the bird's body, Angele grabbed a bottle with clean translucent liquid from the drawer and dipped the needle into it.

Several seconds later, the needle was cleaned and it returned into his skin.

'Create the task and record the reaction,' Angele ordered.

'Task created. Document created. Recording the reactions…' Zero quickly displayed rows of data in front of Angele's eyes.

The entire data were shown on the left in Angele's sight. It was being refreshed every second. The heart rate, body temperature, brain condition, blood pressure, and breathing rate of the bird were all being updated.

The chip's main functions were analysis and storage, but by scanning the energy waves from the creature, the chip could also provide detailed real-time information to Angele.

Most of the magic creatures would release their energy waves without any disguise. If the wave was protected by something like a force shield, the chip would have a hard time gathering the detailed information.

The chip's function improved again after Angele advanced to the Liquid stage. It could use the stored energy particles to radiate the target in order to gather data, but it still could not deal with forcefields. Zero needed to catch the leaking energy waves from the forcefield and try to do basic analyses.

Time flew.

Something was happening to the Night Sparrow. Inside the red light cylinder, the bird's body started trembling intensively. It almost looked someone was blowing chilling wind over its head.

The left part of the bird's body started swelling slowly.

Several minutes later, a large bump the size of the bird's head appeared on its body.

The feathers on the bump dropped to the table, revealing the purple skin.

CHI*

Suddenly, the center of the bump was cracked open and a large wet black wing spurted out of it.

At the same time, a similar bump appeared on the other side of the bird's body.

CHI*

The bump cracked as well, spurting out another wet black wing.

The bird only initially had two wings but after being injected with the turtle blood, two more wings grew on its body.

Suddenly, the Night Sparrow in the light chirped several times in a high-pitched tone.

CHI*

The bird disappeared into the air.

Angele had no idea what just happened. But at the next second, he saw the bird exploding beside the wall, turning into blood mist.

Black feathers and fresh meat splashed everywhere.

The remaining of the four-wing sparrow slid down the wall and stopped moving. Most of its body was destroyed completely.

'Mutation completed. Four-wing Night Sparrow. Speed burst: 125.76 meters per second.' Zero's mechanical voice echoed in Angele's ears.

Angele stared at the data recorded right before the bird rushed out.

"Incredible, that meets my expectation." Angele slightly nodded and laughed.

The maximum flying speed of an original Night Sparrow was around eight to ten meters per second, but the mutated bird with four wings made it to 125.76 meters per second. Angele was not sure if it was the maximum speed when the sparrow died right after hitting the wall.

The bird usually needed several seconds before it could reach the maximum flying speed. However, the mutated bird just disappeared from the light while being paralyzed, which meant its initial speed was already at a very high level.

Within the tenth of a second, the Four-wing Night Sparrow reached the speed of 125 meters per second and the acceleration was horrifying.

The bird's brain had not yet adopted the changes. After leaving the red light, it failed to turn before hitting the wall. If it was an open field, Angele was not sure if he could capture it again.

He glanced at the blood and the carcass of the bird and decided to clean it up later.

Angele walked to the box and grabbed another Night Sparrow.

Learning from the last experience, he tripled the strength of the rune on the table as he wanted to make sure that the bird could not move.

The light from the rune almost blinded Angele's eyes.

Angele repeated the process and waited for the bird to mutate. Again, from both sides of its body, the bumps rose up and two black wings spurted out of them.

This time, the bird failed to escape the light. It was struggling and trembling.

Angele was checking the updated data in his sight quietly.

The heart rate of the bird doubled, the blood pressure also doubled, and the speed of blood flow tripled. The bird's body temperature increased from 40 degrees to 60 degrees.

'Analysis of the mutated Night Sparrow finished,' Zero reported.

'Start planting the puppet rune.' Angele ordered.

'Puppet rune planting started. 128 times simulated, success rate, 98.54%. Do you want to create a record for the process?'

'No, it's fine.' Silver metal liquid covered Angele's right fingers and turned into five tiny metal balls. Between each of the balls, there were several silver metal strings.

"Pera!" Angele chanted the short incantation.

CHI*

In the center of the circle formed by the five metal balls, a gray hoof-shaped rune slowly appeared.

Angele kept the rune on his palm and carefully applied it onto the mutated bird's body.

The noise it made sounded like meat being grilled.

After about two minutes, Angele lowered his hand and the silver metal balls were absorbed by his skin.

The hoof-shaped rune was planted into the bird's body, which flashed several times before fading away.

Angele could feel the connection between him and the Four-wing Night Sparrow. It felt like the bird became part of his body, and he could move it however he wanted.

The puppet rune was widely used by dark wizards. It could be easily planted into weak magic creatures, and Angele learned this rune from one of the books in the Ramsoda school's library.

It was just a basic application of the energy particles. Creating the puppet rune was not a complicated process.

Angele modified the technique recently while recovering and learning the enchantment system. After the modification, he created a unique version of the puppet rune, so the other wizards would not know how to gain control of his creatures.

It was a commonly used way to secure their own creatures among the dark wizards. The order of the energy particles acted like a password. By changing the order, the other wizards would have to try more than a thousand times before they could find the right combination.

For that reason, although the puppet rune was simple, it was still the most used method to gain control of a creature.

Angele knocked on the surface of the table.

The red light cylinder disappeared as the rune faded.

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Chapter 231: Experiment (2)

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The Four-wing Night Sparrow struggled and stood up on the table with its feet shaking.

The bird still retained its own brain and it could do anything it wanted normally. Angele would only control its body when necessary.

"The only disadvantage of this rune is that it'll be consuming my Mentality constantly as long as it's still activated. The higher my mentality is, the more creatures I'll be able to control. But if I have too many runes activated at the same time, I'll have trouble casting high-cost spells. I need to plan it carefully…"

Angele did the calculations. He had around 40 units of Mentality at the moment and he could activate two runes at the same time with 1 unit of Mentality, which meant he could control more than 80 Four-wing Night Sparrows if he wanted to.

He knitted his eyebrows and grabbed the bird. He then walked to the window and pushed it open.

Angele could see the stone watchtower from the experimentation room.

The watchtower stood beside the forest quietly. Two wizard apprentices he hired were chatting beside it. They noticed that Angele opened the window and bowed immediately before returning to their patrol duty.

Angele waited for the two to leave and carefully put down the sparrow on the windowsill.

"Fly." He gave the simplest order.

CHI*

The Four-wing Night Sparrow disappeared from the windowsill. Angele only saw a black string flying into the sky at an incredible speed.

Under the gray clouds, the black string was traveling with no hesitation.

Angele took out some black powder from the pouch and rubbed it with both hands. The black powder started burning and smoking.

"The creature shall serve as my eyes," he invoked the incantation.

Slowly, his eyes were surrounded by red glows.

Angele's sight blurred for a second and found himself staring at the clouds the next second.

He could feel the wind blowing over his face and below him was the sea of trees.

Quickly, a human's town appeared ahead. Angele asked the bird to approach the town and fly through it.

DANG DANG DANG*

The bell tower was ringing.

Angele could see the houses lined up below from the sky. They all had red roofs and gray walls. The Knights patrolling on the street were wearing leather armor suits. A small twisted river went past the town and in the center, there was a tall bronze statue of a wizard.

The town disappeared from Angele's sight after several seconds.

'The Greenwood Town, 15 kilometers from my house.' Angele knew the place. It was a tiny town by the border controlled by several small wizard families. Towns like Greenwood were very common in the area.

"Come back to me."

Angele gave the order after stopping the vision synchronization.

The Four-wing Night Sparrow rotated once in the sky and started flying back to his house.

A tiny black dot appeared in Angele's sight after about two minutes.

It seemed like the bird already got used to the two new wings it acquired. The sparrow slowed down easily and landed on the windowsill in front of Angele.

"The speed is incredible," Angele praised.

He did the calculation for the last trip and the bird was traveling at about 110 meters per second.

The mutated sparrow was almost faster than the Peregrine Falcon from Earth. Furthermore, according to the chip, the Four-wing Night Sparrow's peak speed was higher than 125 meters per second.

It was the fastest creature Angele had ever found in this world.

Angele carefully patted the back of the sparrow.

Its feather was clean and smooth. Touching the sparrow calmed his mind down.

For just one second, he felt confused about his future.

It was a thought he never had before.

He was no longer a mortal the moment he became a wizard apprentice. Angele broke the limit at a very young age and he had the opportunity to explore the most mysterious field in this world. During this process, he had never stopped for one single second.

At the beginning, he wanted to gain power because he wanted to protect himself and his family.

However, after exploring many areas of the world, he started to seek the greatest knowledge of this land.

Angele carefully rubbed the feathers of the bird as he thought of this.

His achievement was incredible and he was definitely one of the most talented modern wizards in history. Angele was wondering if he should take some time and enjoy his life. For some reason, he was losing the motivation to keep progressing and he felt empty inside.

Angele's relationship with his father and the family was no longer the same. His life expectancy was much longer than mortals, and one day, the inheritors might not even know that he was a son of the Baron.

Angele started to understand why most of the old wizards were acting crazy and some of them even developed sick hobbies.

Time would change everything. Wizards like Angele came from mortal families and when their relatives all passed away, they would feel that they lost all the connection to the world. Angele felt scared just thinking about that moment.

Isabel's grandmother, Flan, was seeking comfort by monitoring the daily life of her granddaughter. She loved Isabel a lot since she was a kid but the love just changed into something twisted.

Angele reincarnated to this world. The only person he developed a special bond with was his father, but he realized that the bond was no longer there after his last visit. He started to face the problem the old wizards were facing.

"Maybe I should get some rest before trying to advance to the next stage. I just reached the Liquid stage and I can use this period to absorb new knowledge," Angele muttered. He was certain that he could win a fight against any Liquid stage wizard at this point.

It took time for his body to get used to the liquified mentality. He needed to acquire the basic knowledge for the rank 2 wizard and wait for his body to adapt to all the changes before trying to do any modification.

It was impossible for him to speed up the process using special techniques so he had to wait.

Angele thought for a long time. It was now getting dark outside.

Thud thud*

Someone knocked on the door.

Angele carefully patted the back of the Night Sparrow again. The bird jumped off the windowsill quickly and vanished into the forest beside the house. He then walked to the door and opened it.

Alice was waiting outside with a silver plate in hand. She was wearing a white maid suit.

The food on the plate was still steaming hot.

"I'll have dinner downstairs." Angele closed the door and looked at the dish.

"Mushroom and deer stew with toasted potato buns? Nice combination. It'll be even better if I can pair the bread with some coconut jam."

"Understood, I'll prepare the jam for you right now."

Alice responded politely.

Angele walked down the stairs and sat on the sofa.

Nancy was waiting quietly beside the sofa.

"Master, there's a letter for you." She handed over a black wooden cylinder over to Angele.

"My letter? It finally arrived…" Angele wondered for a second and realized where it came from.

About one year ago, he sent several letters to Lennon City.

They were for Tia, Harland, and Tinos. The three people he communicated the most with back in the city.

Especially Tinos, the man who had a prettier face than the ladies and left a deep impression in Angele's mind.

Angele removed the seal and opened the lid. A yellow leather scroll slid out of the cylinder.

He opened the scroll carefully. The words written on it were stylish and clean.

'To my dearest teacher, Angele. From Tia Rio.'

It was the salutation.

'Right after you left the city, the horrifying plague arrived. People began begging the god for the cure. Piles of dead bodies were being burnt to ashes every day on the streets. The situation is getting worse and worse. Grand Knight Harland answered the call of the empire and joined the war against the invaders, so he had no time to help the city. Knight Tinos and I were planning to leave the city.

However, the south of the empire was suffering from the plague and we weren't allowed to leave the area. I wish you are here, Master. I'm certain that you can help all the people in the city. Even the lord of Lennon City has been killed by the plague.

Later, Harland was ordered to guard the northern border. I don't think he'll come back anytime soon. The King gave him a large territory there.

Tinos was almost killed during an assassination attempt. Politics is destroying the city since no one is in charge. Although he was saved by a great doctor, his eyes are severely hurt and he'll never be able to see the light again. I was asked to help defend the city since Tinos couldn't fight anymore.

Ah, by the way, Master. The darkest time has already passed. I'm now sitting in a warm room writing this letter to you and I already read the letter you sent to Tinos for him. He's sitting in a chair with a red blanket thinking about something.

Right now, Tinos is the lord of the Lennon City. He says that he misses the days you were still here. We're very happy that you sent letters to us.

Also, after training for years, I have already become a Knight. You'll be surprised to see how much I improved the next time you come to visit. The life energy seed you planted in my body is much stronger than the ones other Knights have.

I asked the workers to keep the manors you purchased clean. I didn't change anything since you left. Please pay us a visit when you have time…

I'm training the kids in the city recently, and some of them have the tenacity to endure all the hard training. They're just like me…Master, without you, I might be still working at the pancake house.

Tinos is blaming me for talking like an old lady again…He never treats me like a young girl.

Oh, and due to some special reasons, many trees in the forest were cut down…'

Tia's letter was more than 10,000 words long and she almost listed everything that had happened since Angele left.

Angele read the letter several times. A relaxed smile appeared on his face.

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Chapter 232: A Simple Day (1)

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Angele closed the scroll and returned it to the wooden cylinder.

"Pen and paper for me, please," he asked upon turning his head to Nancy.

"Sure." Nancy walked upstairs and fetched the pen, the paper, and the candle for Angele.

Angele finished his food quickly and started writing a reply to the letter sent by Tia. But before he continued, he asked Nancy to leave him alone for a moment.

The sun had already started to set when he finished writing his letter.

He then grabbed a wooden cylinder and put the letter in. The cylinder was sealed with wax, and Angele labeled it with the address.

"Amy."

Amy was watering the plants in the garden so she was able to immediately hear Angele's voice, then she quickly entered the house answering his summons.

"How can I help you, master?"

"Give this to the postal office and ask them to send it by means of flying courier." Angele handed the wooden cylinder over to Amy.

"Sure." Amy grabbed the cylinder and left the house.

He stayed on the sofa and checked the messages from the communication runes. Angele finished replying to the messages after about half an hour.

He suddenly realized that he still needed to check something.

Angele summoned the Four-wing Night Sparrow. Immediately, it rushed into the living room through the opened window and landed on his shoulder.

The sparrow silently stood on Angele's shoulder cleaning its feathers with its beak.

Angele patted the back of the bird and tried to figure out a way to maximize the value of the turtle's flesh.

The creature that was infected by the flesh would mutate just like the bird and the mutation came with special new abilities, he wanted to test that if the flesh could be used on himself.

Angele needed to proceed with caution when dealing with something that was collected from the Nightmare Realm. The damage done by the heart bomb was enough to blow up the turtle and the only things left were the three pieces of flesh.

He recalled seeing other creatures near the lake.

Angele stood up right away and walked out of the house, soon arriving at the lakeside.

He stood within the bush beside the lake, staring at the peaceful surface of the water.

The place was quiet. The wind was blowing over Angele's face from time to time. Several pieces of yellow leaves fell to the water and floated on the surface.

Angele slowly raised his right hand, aiming toward the lake.

CHI*

A silver needle shot out of his nail and flew into the water.

Blop*

A small black fish was impaled by the needle and brought into the air.

The silver needle than returned to Angele, dropping the black fish on his palm. It was a black fish with a rune mark on its back.

"It's the same fish I saw in the realm…" Angele muttered as he slightly shook his palm.

CHI CHI CHI*

Countless silver needles appeared above the fish and penetrated its body. Its red blood dripped down to the ground from Angele's hand.

"Now that the fish is dead, let's see what will happen the next time I go into the Nightmare Realm." Angele knew that the realm had special connections to the real world, as it felt as though he had just experienced time travel the last time he went there.

He dropped the fish to the ground and cleaned the needles using the water from the lake before absorbing them back into his body.

Angele turned around and saw a black carriage with silver edges traveling toward his house. The carriage slowed down and stopped under the road sign that indicated that the area was owned by wizard Green.

A burly man wearing a yellow robe opened the door of the carriage and jumped off it.

Two patrolling Knights noticed the situation and walked over to question the man.

They talked for a minute and the two Knights bowed to the man politely, then one of them walked to Angele to report back.

Angele knitted his eyebrows. It seemed like the man in the yellow robe was a formal wizard, but he had no idea who it was.

The Knight quickly ran to Angele and bowed to him.

"So, who's that guy?" Angele questioned.

"Master, it's a wizard from the division. He said that he is here to deliver you something," the Knight responded politely.

"Huh?" Angele contemplated for a second before realizing something.

"Invite him to my house." He smiled.

"For sure."

Angele returned to the living room. He asked Amy to prepare the tea for the guest and sat down on the sofa.

After several minutes, the muscular man in a yellow robe arrived.

"Greetings, wizard Green. My name is Peter." Peter slightly nodded his head.

"Please, have a seat." Angele smiled in response.

Amy, Alice, and Nancy were still waiting on the side.

"Leave the house for now. We have something to discuss," Angele ordered.

"Yes, master."

The three left the house together and closed the door.

The living room became quiet.

The muscular man, now sitting on the sofa, grabbed the teacup and gingerly sipped on it.

Angele glare at the man with a deadpan face.

"Let's start then. You have been sent by master Ander, right?" he questioned.

"Yes, master Ander asked me to deliver the records of potions and compilation of potion concoction knowledge to you." Peter took out a crystal orb from his sleeve. Inside the crystal orb, there was a floating red rune.

He put down the crystal orb on the table in front of the two.

"Master Ander said that you can contact him directly through the orb."

Angele nodded and scanned the crystal orb using Zero. Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.

He hesitated for a second and put his right hand on the orb with both eyes closed.

'Contacting the communication device. Mentality connection detected. Do you want to connect?' Zero's voice echoed in his ears.

'Start.' Angele ordered.

CHI*

It sounded like gas leaking out of a balloon.

The crystal orb was surrounded by a red glow. This bright light came from the rune inside. After several seconds, the rune started spinning.

At the same time, old man Ander's voice entered Angele's ears.

"Ha…impressive. You actually know how to activate this orb? It seems like Peter delivered it to you on time."

"What's the matter?"

Ander stopped for a second and continued. "The potion concoction knowledge is stored in the orb. It's provided by the organization. Parts of the basic knowledge for rank 2 wizards are also recorded."

"Great. Thank you for the help."

"Happy? We're even now, right? That'll be the last thing I do for you." Ander was speaking in a serious tone.

"Even? You really think it can be solved that easily? You should've never come to confront me." Angele chuckled.

"What else do you want me to do?" Ander gravely questioned. "You can threaten me all you want but remember, you have the bloodline too. I'll just let the boat sink if necessary."

"Come on." Angele shook his head. "Don't you think we can aid each other in many ways? We can totally obtain great achievements together."

Ander suddenly sneered. "You? A Gas stage wizard? What can you even do?"

"Plenty." Angele was not angry at all. "It's a win-win situation if we can work together. You're from the Bennis Family, though you're merely one of the elders. But you don't have that much power in hand, right? Otherwise, why would you work in a division? Instead of the headquarters?"

"What're you trying to say?" Ander was getting impatient.

"Live subject experimentation and human experimentation are forbidden in Nola, which means you're basically not allowed to kill a large number of creatures in order to extract ancient bloodlines. However, you have the perfect method of extracting harpies' ancient bloodline, right? Don't you want to test that method on other creatures? A secret lab will solve all the problems for you."

"Well, I do want to test it, but so what?" Ander had nothing to hide. He had joined the Bennis Family as an outsider, thus he did not have the bloodline of an inheritor so he had never been considered as an important member of the organization.

He did have the intention to build a secret lab, but it was too hard a task to accomplish.

"I can be the director of your lab. What do you think? You and I both have the bloodline in our bodies and we need to keep it as a secret. That means, we can't betray each other. Otherwise, we'll be captured by the hunting team."

Ander hesitated. Knowing that Angele's idea was quite reasonable to him, asking the young man to be the director of the lab would be an excellent choice. However, he just could not trust Angele and he did not want to give the complete version of his ancient bloodline extraction technique to the young man.

Ander knew that Angele was different from other light wizards. Nevertheless, he had not understood what Angele was planning.

"If you still need some time to think, we can just start working together first. I know your secret and you know mine, so we're in the same boat. You can trust me. I also have the signet and I still need to do research on it." Angele chuckled.

"The signet? Are you saying that we can work on the signet together? If so, I'm down for that." The old man sounded surprised.

"Of course." Angele stopped for a second. "My signet has the true power of the ancient bloodline. With the signet, it'll be much easier for me to extract the harpy's bloodline. Although there'll be impurities, we can save a lot of time."

"Sounds too good to be true but sure, I'll take the risk." Ander was satisfied with Angele's offer. He had never thought of using the signet at all. If Angele could transplant the signet to him, he would have no need to rely on this young man anymore.

"And one more thing, I heard someone purchased a few white centaurs from the last slave auction…"

Ander interrupted before Angele could finish.

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Chapter 233: A Simple Day (2)

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"The wizard who purchased the centaurs was ambushed and killed. Those centaurs escaped from their cages and ran away. Rumors told that it was the dark wizards who did it. Are you looking for those centaurs?"

"Yeah, but I need your assistance," Angele said in a low voice. "The intel said that there are many wizards going after those centaurs. It's very likely that the wizard was ambushed because someone wanted his goods. Some people will do anything to continue their lineage and those centaurs are perfect for that."

"Don't worry about it. My family has already sent people for that." The old man lowered his voice. "If we find them, I can send two to you." The old man thought that Angele was going to transplant the signet to him and was happily cooperating with him.

"Thank you so much," Angele responded with a smile on his face.

The white centaur's ancient bloodline was harder to extract than that of the harpies'. But with two centaurs, Angele could still extract a small amount of the bloodline. He could accomplish that only because he had the help from the chip. Zero could control the energy particles and find the hidden bloodline accurately. The only thing he needed to do after was to try to get rid of its impurities.

It was nearly impossible for other wizards to have such precise control of the energy particles. If they were to try to do so, they would need an extremely high level of mentality to perform a similar operation.

The two chatted for a while, with the tension between them almost disappearing bit by bit.

It seemed like the old man felt much better after Angele spoke of sharing the signet with him. After their conversation, he realized that Angele knew a lot more things than he had expected.

At first, Ander thought Angele was just an average Gas stage wizard, but he soon realized that several of the young man's theories were interesting and complicated. He decided to swallow his pride and then asked Angele some questions regarding ancient bloodline research.

Wizards were all knowledgeable. However, most of them needed to keep revising the knowledge they had learned. Basically, the more a wizard knew, the slower it would be for him to absorb new information.

Unless one had the photographic memory, it was nearly impossible for them to memorize everything they studied.

Only a small number of wizards had developed some special techniques to memorize information they obtained much faster than others and they were given the title called 'Master Scholar'.

Ander's impression of Angele changed during the conversation. Now, he was certain that Angele was very close to the level of a Master Scholar. Most of the time, it was him listening to Angele's theories regarding the extraction method. Never did he manage to think some of the theories the young man mentioned in the past.

He did not despise Angele anymore and he realized that he was a much weaker wizard than the young man in regard to theoretical knowledge. Ander had even begun considering Angele as the most talented wizard he had ever met.

They chatted for two more hours and finally stopped when Angele realized that it was already nighttime.

Angele learned a significant amount of information regarding the fundamentals of potion concoction system from Ander. Similarly, it seemed like the old man was satisfied with the new information he acquired.

"It's late. Let's stop it from here," Angele suggested.

"Sure, I learned a lot from you today. Sorry, but I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable." Ander's attitude had changed a lot. Although the two still did not trust each other, the atmosphere between them was not intense anymore.

"Not a problem. Thank you for enlightening me on the potion concocting techniques."

They praised each other before cutting the connection.

The light from the crystal orb slowly faded.

"Are you done? Master?"

Peter was waiting on the sofa patiently the whole time.

"Yeah, you can leave now. Thank you, wizard Peter. It's a pleasure meeting you." Angele smiled.

"You're welcome, I'll see you later."

Peter said goodbye to Angele and left the house. Angele sat on the sofa with eyes blinking, thinking about his future plans.

He stood up after about half an hour, then he carried the crystal orb and headed to the biological lab on the second floor.

Angele walked straight to the table and grabbed the crystal bottle with the turtle flesh inside. The special crystal bottle would preserve the meat for a certain amount of time.

'I should try to inject more of its blood into the creatures.' Angele stared at the bottle and made his decision.

Several months later, in the morning.

BOOM*

Something exploded inside the biological lab.

Creak*

The door was pushed open. Dark thick smoke rushed out of the room, and a man covered in black ashes stepped into the hallway.

"Crap!" Angele coughed several times. A thin layer of metal barrier dropped to the ground, which was coated with the black ashes.

"Master Green, towel." Alice had already gotten used to such situations, so she calmly handed a wet towel to Angele.

"Thanks." Angele grabbed the towel and wiped his face with it.

"Prepare the carriage for me. I need to visit someone," Angele ordered.

"Understood."

15 minutes later.

Angele left the house inside the carriage. The coachman was a male human he purchased from the slave market.

The carriage advanced slowly along a narrow path in the forest.

About half an hour later, he arrived at wizard Shiva's manor.

"Finally, you're here." Shiva, who stood by the door of his residence, walked to Angele's carriage.

Angele quickly jumped off the carriage and gave Shiva a big hug.

"It's been a while."

"Yeah," Shiva responded then chuckled right after. There were two people standing behind him.

It was a boy and a girl and both of them were around 11 years old.

"Morrow, Sophie, this is the young man I told you about." Shiva pointed at Angele.

The two stared at Angele for several seconds.

"Hi guys, how are you doing?" Angele was not sure what else to say. "You look great."

"Thank you!" the boy and the girl both responded at the same time.

Angele looked at them.

The boy named Morrow had a handsome face with short red hair and was wearing a brown leather armor suit. There was also an ornamental silver dagger hanging from his belt. He looked just like a young swordsman.

The girl's name was Sophie, who looked cute and elegant. Her long blonde hair trailed over her shoulders and was staring at Angele curiously with a pair of large blue eyes. She was wearing a red one piece with red boots and black tights.

After greeting Angele, Shiva led him into the manor.

The two children followed after them and they were observing Angele.

Their first impression of Angele was good, as he looked like a kind and friendly man to them.

"We can probably make friends with him." Morrow communicated with Sophie using just his lips. It seemed like they knew how to read each other's lips.

"I hear he's our grandfather's neighbor, a smart and talented wizard," Sophie responded.

"I like him. I wonder if he will give us any gift." Morrow had an adorable smile on his face.

"I'll try act cute and see if he gives me something I like." Sophie turned to Morrow and smiled as well.

"We can probably visit his house later," Morrow added.

The two wizards in front did not notice the two kids' plan.

Angele entered the living room with Shiva and saw wines and fruits already prepared on the dining table.

Shiva sat down and asked Angele to sit on the opposite side. The two children sat down as well and they started eating fruits right away.

"I think you already know that they are my grandson and granddaughter. Both of them are studying in the school and has spent most of the time playing with my students. I'll teach them to recognize different materials when they come to visit." Shiva looked at his grandchildren and slightly nodded.

"I know that Nola is a peaceful land, but I don't think you should let them wander around in the school…" Angele stared at Shiva.

"Don't worry. I'm fully prepared. I know some special tricks to prevent bad things from happening." Shiva chuckled.

"Well…alright." Angele was a bit speechless. He turned to the two kids.

"You're Morrow and you're Sophie, right?"

"Yeah." The two nodded at the same time.

"Tell me, what do you want to become when you grow up?" Angele pursed his lips into a smile.

"I want to be a sailor and I want to design robes for wizards," Sophie answered first.

"I want to be a Knight, so I can win fights against the students in the school!" Morrow patted his dagger.

"You're not even exercising everyday…" Sophie rolled her eyes.

"Come on, don't expose me…"

Angele felt a bit speechless. It seemed like they had been spoiled and mostly protected by their grandfather from the moment they were born.

Nola was a safe place. Since they grew up in the school, they must have never met any bad guys before.

On the other side of the Gem Sea, a boy at Morrow's age would already start learning to hunt in the forest with his father. However, the two kids in front of him did not seem to know how dangerous this world was.

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Chapter 234: The School (1)

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Angele took out two tiny red eggs and handed them over to the two children.

"Here are some small gifts for you. Take care of them for me, will you?"

"Woah, the eggs of a Lulu Bird! Thank you!" Sophie took one of the eggs. "I have always wanted a lulu bird!"

Morrow held the egg in hand tight, looking joyful.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome. Come by my place the next time you visit your grandpa." Angele smiled and pinched the girl's cheek playfully.

"Ah, master, your hand is so cold!" Sophie stepped back and put her hands on the cheek.

"So, what do you say? You have time today, right? I just finished some of my tasks so I can introduce the school to you," Shiva turned to Angele and said.

"Sure, I just finished my experiment," Angele responded in a relaxed manner.

"There's an anniversary festival going on in the school and my grandchildren joined one of the exhibitions. They asked me to be an audience." Shiva patted Morrow's head.

"No worries. I'll take my time and explore the school." Angele nodded.

They stayed in the living room and chatted for a while.

"Let's go. Our flying mounts have arrived." Shiva stood up upon hearing the noise made the eagles.

Angele and the two kids followed after the old man.

On the grasses outside, three humongous eagles' reins were held tight by several fire spirits. Their wings were several meters long and all of them looked grand and majestic.

Shiva stepped forward and jumped on one of the eagles.

Angele and the two kids followed after him.

He sat on the back of the black eagle and held the saddle tight. The eagle rushed forward as it swung its wings and left the ground.

The three black eagles formed a triangle in the air.

Angele looked down and saw the fire spirits watching them leave. The chilling wind was blowing across the trees and the leaves were dancing in the air.

It was early in the morning. The sky was blue but the gentle sunlight did not bring enough warmth to Angele's body.

He pulled his collar up and lowered his body. His eagle was the slowest among the three. It seemed like the eagle was having some trouble trying to speed up.

They went past the forest. Angele started seeing rivers, lakes, and several wizards' territories hidden among tiny trees. There were also several towns built by the wizard families around.

The black eagles finally left the Six Ring Area after passing by two towns and there was a long twisted black wall right below them.

"Public area is right ahead. Let's lower the altitude and prepare for landing." Shiva buffed his voice with energy particles.

"Got it," Angele responded right away.

The two black eagles slowly lowered the attitude and Angele saw a city that was not surrounded by city walls below.

The city was built on the top of a hill in the plains and the distance between each building was relatively large when compared to other cities that were similar in size.

He heard the noise made by the crowd on the street as the eagle approached the city.

There was a parade going on the streets. People were throwing diced up green leaves to the air on the back of boars and buffalos. There were also kids chasing each other beside the bards and the clowns.

Small vendors were giving people food and drinks for free.

BAM*

Something exploded down there and the crowd started cheering.

The blue fireworks were shot into the sky and exploded. They were created using energy particles and were popular during festivals.

The three eagles slowly landed on top of the tallest building in the center of the city.

The light-yellow roof of the building looked like the top of a portabella mushroom and there were around five people waiting there.

A middle-aged man with a black mustache approached them as the eagles landed.

"Master Shiva, you're finally here. Master Singerad has been questioning me for hours…" The man looked helpless.

Shiva jumped off the eagle and patted its head. "What's the matter? I have already finished all my tasks, I believe."

"Well, it's the security of the parade. We need you to set up defensive magic circles in certain areas. It's the priority right now."

"Really? Fine…" Shiva turned to Angele. "Sorry, Green, there's something I have to take care of. You can explore the school with my grandchildren first. I'll come find you later."

"It's fine, grandpa, we know the way! Don't worry about it," Morrow interrupted.

"We'll show the school to the kind and generous master Green!" Sophie emphasized on the word 'generous'.

Angele shook his head and chuckled. "Well, I'm counting on you."

"Take care of my guest for me." Shiva found a wizard apprentice and ordered him. He then quickly left the roof with the man with a mustache and started chatting about the security issue as they walked.

Angele jumped off the back of the eagle and landed on the ground.

"Huh? Is this really a building…?" It felt like he was standing on something soft but elastic.

Sophie walked to Angele and answered loudly, "It's a mushroom, master Green!"

"You can just call me Green. For real? This is a mushroom?" Angele was surprised. He stomped his feet several times, and it did feel like stomping on a soft blanket.

The wizard apprentice waiting on the side was a cool beauty with short hair. She walked to Angele quickly.

"Master, my name is Fir. Where do you want to go first? It's the 100th anniversary of the school and there are many interesting events going on."

"I'll let them decide. Let's go to the streets first." Angele pointed at Sophie and Morrow.

Morrow walked in the front and the two left the mushroom building. A light wizard accompanied by two wizard apprentices behind him approached them right away.

"Master Green, master Shiva asked me to give you a tour of the school. My name is Merrat."

In front of the group, there was a shell-shaped open platform that was decorated with red, blue, and yellow flowers. The banner over the platform said: 100th Anniversary Award Ceremony.

There were more than a hundred Knights and wizard apprentices sitting in front of the platform and on the first row, there were two light wizards. All of them were staring at the platform without making any noise.

A female wizard apprentice in a red dress was reading people's names from a piece of leather paper. Angele had no idea why they were being awarded.

"Just tell me some general information about your school first." Angele stood by the exit of the mushroom building and started talking to Merrat.

"Sure." Merrat started introducing, "The name of the school is Cross. Our organization has a very long history and we also have the 4th largest underground library in the whole Nola. It's what we're proud of.

"The school is divided into three major areas—the dorms, the classrooms, and the library. There are only five big buildings in the area, including this mushroom building. The members of the organization don't have to stay in the school all the time. They just need to complete their shifts in the three major areas." Merrat stopped for a second and continued, "There are 19 formal wizards in the school and around 6 of them spend most of their time in the school. The number of the wizard apprentices is around 200 and most of them are from the local wizard families."

Angele was wearing a white robe and he was a stranger to the students here. Some of the wizard apprentices on the seats started whispering after seeing the unfamiliar face.

The wizards on the first row also noticed Angele's presence. One of them turned around and greeted Merrat. He then realized Merrat was taking care of the guest so he decided to focus on the award ceremony.

"Thanks. Let's get moving then. The school doesn't sound that big." Angele slightly nodded. He had collected some information about the school before coming here.

A Gas stage wizard like Shiva was rare in the school and the only Liquid stage wizard was the president. The school had a long history and strong background, but it was not very famous in Nola.

Angele raised his head slightly.

The enormous mushroom buildings were the signature features of the school.

All the mushroom buildings had doors and windows on their surfaces. They looked the buildings from the fairy tale.

Five mushroom buildings formed a circle around the city and in the middle, there were several white stone houses.

Merrat showed Angele all the mushroom buildings quickly.

It was not a large school and it had the similar size as the school in Marua Harbor.

There were many young wizard apprentices reading books on the street. Stone chairs and patios were built in the small gardens alongside the main street.

All the wizard apprentices bowed to Angele as they passed by, it seemed like they were well-educated.

Angele's main purpose of his visit was the World Stone Shiva had mentioned before.

He had just created something interesting with the flesh acquired from the Nightmare Realm. Although he was not sure how effective it would be, it should be better than the illusion signet.

Angele wanted to visit the Nightmare Realm as many times as possible so he could collect more extremely rare resources.

However, the great harpy was losing its energy after Angele came back from the Nightmare Realm. It seemed like there was a limitation on entering the realm using this way. Angele thought that the reason was he was not a true inheritor of the harpy and he could not resupply the harpy with the proper energy. The great harpy would lose all her energy sooner or later.

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Chapter 235: The School (2)

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The great harpy's bloodline evolved from the regular ancient harpy bloodline. Angele had only acquired it by luck, therefore it was nearly impossible for him to duplicate the process.

If he wanted to access the Nightmare Realm anytime he wanted, the World Stone would be his only hope. Legends said that the World Stone was a portal to other realms.

It was the main reason why Angele decided to visit the school.

After finishing the tour around the school, the wizard apprentice named Fir took the two kids to the events, and Merrat led Angele to the school's main building.

Although Angele was still disguising his mentality waves, he was still a high-rank wizard here.

In the president's meeting room.

A young-looking blonde man put down his pen and stood up, staring at Angele with a smile.

"Welcome to the Cross, master Shiva already introduced you to me. Wizard Green." The man shook hands with Angele. "Nice to meet you. My name is Medivh, president of the school. Thank you for bringing wizard Green here, wizard Merrat."

"It's my pleasure." Merrat smiled. "I'll leave you two alone."

Medivh nodded slightly.

Creak*

The door was closed.

"Please, take a seat." Medivh walked to the sofa on the left and sat down with Angele.

"Shiva has already told me why you decided to come here. For the World Stone, right?" He put his hands on the handles of the teacups on the table and heated the dark drink inside with fire energy particles.

"Of course. I don't think I'm the only one here. People will fight for it, literally." Angele remained calm.

"You're correct." Medivh was not concerned about what Angele just said. He just continued, "The Cross is dying. Without the World Stone, no one will come here. Since you're a Gas stage wizard, I'll honor you with the title of school professor. Your access to the World Stone research project is granted and you're allowed to read the rare books in the underground library. There's only one thing I need you to do. Recruit at least three wizard apprentices for the school and they'll be taken in as your students. You will also need to teach at least two public lessons each year and the money you earned from those lessons will be shared with the school. You need to be the leader of the field trips once every ten years."

Medivh looked at Angele after finishing telling him the rules. "Are the rules acceptable to you?"

"I'm fine with them." Angele nodded. "How long do I need to stay in the organization?"

"Ten years. However, you need to be prepared. We have spent dozens of years doing researches on the stone, but we learned nothing," Medivh warned.

"I understand. It's an ancient artifact and we don't have enough information on how to activate it." Angele nodded. "Did you perform any experiments with it?"

"The structure of the World Stone is extremely complicated and it can't be moved in any way. There are usually unstable energy waves surrounding the stone so we have to be cautious. Although the three major organizations are trying to figure out how to use it as well, they still haven't made any progress," Medivh explained. "If you're fine with that, we can sign the contract. It's a contract that's protected by the three major organizations."

"For sure." Even if Angele could not activate the World Stone, he would still be able to gain a lot of knowledge from the library.

Medivh handed over a contract specially prepared for Angele. The contract was only valid when the World Stone was real.

The contract would be effective for ten years.

"There are three major research subjects in the school: The Theory of Everything, the Basic Calculation, and the Fundamentals of Spell Models. You can assign yourself as a teacher to those courses. And if you want to teach something else, just inform the registration office first." Medivh smiled. "Also, thank you for joining us!"

Angele responded with a smile. He finished checking the contract and signed his name on it.

He then tapped the bottom of the page.

A twisted black snake mark appeared on the contract right away.

Someone knocked on the door as they finished signing the contract.

"Please come in."

Creak*

A female wizard apprentice pushed the door open.

"Master Medivh, master Reyline is here. The supply from the east also has arrived and we need someone to pick it up. One more thing, master Gloria wants me to ask you if the charts are finished. She needs it urgently."

"Got it. I'll finish them as soon as possible." Medivh's brows furrowed.

"I'll go meet up with master Shiva then. I'll inform the registration office about the course I'll be teaching too." Angele stood up.

"I have plenty of time, don't worry. Have a drink first. We can go check the festival out together. I think professor Shiva has already finished organizing the security department."

"Sure, thanks."

"You're welcome. One of the alumni from our school will attend the event as well and the most talented young wizard in the Six Ring High Tower is here too, Wizard Reyline. I can introduce you to him."

"Reyline?" Angele stopped for a second. "The Perfect Wizard of the younger generation, Reyline?"

"Yeah."

The teaching area.

In one of the classrooms, a group of young students was chatting with each other.

"You know what? We met a generous wizard when visiting our grandpa. He gave each of us one egg of the Lulu Bird," Morrow held a red bird egg in his hand and said.

"I want Cococia to see our Lulu eggs…He only has a dream bird's egg and he showed it to everyone."

"Lucky you…We went to the Tora Lake last time but we found nothing." A boy sitting next to Morrow was jealous.

"Monkarito's aunt's house is right beside the Tora Lake. Someone killed his aunt's purple bees one day and Monkarito was punished hard by his mother. I hope you it wasn't you." Morrow shook his head.

"Hey Tori, where did you go during the vacation?"

"The Mist Forest, my father took me there and we caught two tri-colored chicken. We also collected many different materials." Tori was a young boy with freckles all over his face. He was waving his hands while speaking.

"Nice, I had grilled tri-colored chicken once and it was very tasty." Sophie looked at Tori.

"You got any plan for your next location?" a girl asked.

"Grandpa said he'll visit wizard Green's house with us. His house is beside a small lake so we can swim there," Sophie answered. "However, we need to pass the test first."

"I'm so jealous…I failed the Theory of Everything test again. Master Van's questions are way too hard. I think I'll have to stay at home and study."

"Go talk to Barbara. She has a feather pen that'll write the answer for you," Tori interrupted.

"Cheating is wrong." The girl shook her head.

"Come on." Tori pursed his lips.

"Well, let's move. Master Reyline is here. Our event is also starting soon," Morrow yelled.

All the students rushed out of the classroom and headed to where the award ceremony was being held.

Angele sat among a whole row of light wizards and the people beside him were chatting about music, painting, gardening, and sculptures. Some were talking about the things they had accomplished recently and the events that had happened in the organizations.

The things they were talking about were not important at all but it seemed like they were enjoying the topics. The two light wizards behind him were even arguing about what would make a perfect painting.

These white robes had lived in the peaceful Nola for too long, that they did need not worry about being ambushed every day. The biggest challenge to them was probably the political wars going on in their organizations. Some of them had developed these hobbies after realizing that they could not progress any further.

The white robes were enjoying their lives since they had no pressure and no restrictions. They just needed to follow the rules made by the three major organizations.

Angele forced a smile on his face. He was sitting in the first row, but it was boring as hell.

"The president must have begged master Reyline to come here. The school is under a lot of pressure right now so they need a way to attract students. The situation is getting worse every day since the organizations around the area are developing quickly recently," a light wizard whispered to the wizard beside him.

"You mean the River Arrow? Yeah, that organization is expanding like crazy. I was told that they recruited a lot of formal wizards due to the benefits they could provide."

About half an hour later, a young man with blonde hair walked to the stage. Medivh and two other light wizards followed after him.

The man was handsome and he was wearing a white robe with golden edges. It seemed like he was the Perfect Wizard everyone was talking about.

The host started introducing the man.

Based on the mentality wave Reyline was releasing, Angele could tell that the man was very close to the Crystal stage. He was weaker than Reyline at the moment.

Reyline suddenly looked at Angele when Angele was still observing the Perfect Wizard.

They stared at each other for a second and they were both surprised.

Reyline had some special techniques and he knew Angele was trying to hide his true power the instant he looked at him. However, Angele was not concerned. He did not detect any wizard curse on the young man's body, which meant Reyline had never killed any wizard. He doubted if Reyline had any practical fighting experience.

The president started giving a speech after the host finished the introduction. Reyline was awarded a medal and gave a short speech to thank the school before he left the stage.

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Chapter 236: Pulse (1)

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Angele memorized the man's name in his mind. He was certain that Reyline was hiding something from the public.

He shook his head slightly and remained quiet in the first row.

The anniversary event in the Cross was short. After all the awards had been given out, some students played several songs and danced for a while. There were also stage shows from young students.

The event ended right when the sun started setting.

The president then led Angele to the registration office and finished all the necessary documents and the two then walked to the large mushroom building in the research area of the school.

The orange sunlight shined upon the enormous black mushroom building. The building was surrounded by metal walls and the walls were coated with electric pulses.

On the left side of the gate, there was a black sign saying: 'Permission Required'.

"This is it." Medivh entered through the gate first.

Angele glanced around. There were several guards patrolling the area constantly and the place was deadly silent. They were the only two wizards here.

He followed after the president and entered the mushroom building.

They walked down the dark spiral staircase.

A brown wooden door appeared by the end of the stairs.

Medivh raised his right hand and knocked on the door twice.

CHI*

The wooden door vanished into the darkness and a spacious hall was revealed.

Angele saw blue water waves illuminating on the walls as he stepped forward.

In the center of the hall, there was a large blue pool and that was where the shadows of waves came from. The air in the place was wet and cold.

Medivh walked past the pool and stopped by a gray stone gate on the other side. He pressed his palms together and invoked the incantation.

KA*

The gate lifted itself up.

The two entered the gate together.

Inside it was a large room that was painted in light yellow. There was an area surrounded by metal railings in the center of the room and a humongous stone was kept in the middle. The stone was about one meter wide and two meters tall. It looked like a normal stone that could be found anywhere in the mountains.

The stone was protected by a crystal barrier. There were several light wizards walking around it, and some of them were really old. They were writing down data from time to time, though Angele was not sure what study they were doing. He also saw two wizards meditating beside a table.

The wizards heard the stone gate open but it seemed like they were not concerned. Only a female wizard raised her head, glancing at the president and Angele.

"Master Medivh, isn't the anniversary celebration still going on?" the female wizard questioned in a light tone.

Medivh shook his head. "I have a new friend here who just joined the World Stone project."

"Is that so?" The female wizard responded but then lowered her head and stopped talking.

Medivh was not mad since that was seemingly how they communicated. He turned around and smiled. "Don't worry about them. They're just trying to focus on the study so they don't really care about the things happening around them."

Angele nodded slightly. "Understandable. I'm here just for the stone too."

"Help yourself." The president pointed at the large stone in the center. "You can exit through the tunnel on the opposite side. Just one more thing, the forcefield around the stone is unstable, thus any minor change will make the energy waves around it explode. Please proceed with caution."

"For sure."

"Alright, I'll leave you to it."

"Thank you, master Medivh, I'll start working on it right away." Angele smiled.

Medivh nodded, then he turned around and left the room through the stone gate.

Angele stood by the gate and glanced around.

There were five wizards in the room. Three of them were at the Gas stage and two normal wizards. He decided not to waste any time and walked to the crystal barrier in the center.

He pressed his palms onto the surface of the crystal. It was cold and smooth. Angele could see the rough surface of the World Stone through the translucent barrier and on the stone, he noticed something that looked like fingerprints.

Tear-shaped glowing crystals lined up on the walls and they brightened up the whole room.

Angele hesitated for a second and glanced at the other wizards around the barrier. Two female wizards were doing the calculations on their notebooks and a male wizard was thinking about something with furrowed eyebrows.

None of them was interested in communicating with Angele.

"I'm sorry…" Someone interrupted him before Angele could finish.

"If I were you, I wouldn't waste any second talking to people," The female wizard raised her head and said. She was the one who chatted with Medivh.

"Why?"

"The wizards here can only stay in the room for two hours. After that, you need to leave the building for a while, because the unstable forcefield will damage your body from the long-term exposure. You can stay longer if you want but don't risk your life," she advised in a light tone.

"For real?" Angele's expression turned serious and asked Zero to check the energy waves in the room. Although the energy was unstable here, it would not do any actual damage to his body, that was the reason why Zero did not warn him.

"Much appreciated." He smiled politely but the female wizard had already lowered her head.

Angele shook his head slightly and turned around. He started observing the World Stone closely.

'Create the task and analyze the World Stone for me.'

'Task created, scanning the World Stone.'

'The target is surrounded by unstable force fields so it can't be scanned. Task failed," the chip reported quickly.

Angele knitted his eyebrows.

'Create the task, scan the unstable energy around the stone and create a basic model.'

'Task created. Scanning the energy radiation. Time needed to create the model: 13 days, 21 hours, and 45 minutes.'

Angele shook his head slightly. 'The model of the energy flow takes more than 13 days to create…The World Stone is not a joke. I can't even scan it directly using the chip.'

Legends said that the World Stones were the portals to other realms and different World Stone would bring one to a different realm. The modern wizards spent a long time trying to activate them but none had ever succeeded.

Angele was not in a hurry. He still needed some time to learn the basic knowledge and he decided to proceed slowly with caution.

Several months later…

Inside the underground research lab.

There were only three light wizards remaining in the lab.

The three were all standing around the World Stone. Two of them were male and one of them was female. There was a man with brown short hair wearing a long white robe and a tight leather suit inside. His eyes were surrounded by golden glows and there was a silver glint on his skin.

It was Angele, who had already stayed in the lab for a long time.

"Did you get anything? Green," The female wizard suddenly asked.

"I have some trouble here. The results I get are different from Glue's." Angele creased his forehead.

The handsome man with blue pupils and hair beside Angele nodded slowly. "Yeah, the difference is huge, over 0.5."

"So this model won't work. We need to start over again…" The female wizard looked depressed. She put down the pen and paper as she took a deep breath.

"Alright, let's stop for the day. Let's head back together?"

"Sure." Angele and the man called Glue nodded together.

Angele spent months trying to study the World Stone but he only made friends with two wizards.

The two joined the school because they wanted to study the World Stone. Angele pointed out a critical error for them when they were arguing and they started communicating after that. The three formed a small group and they would trade opinions regarding the World Stone research.

Angele followed Glue and left the room. The chip only helped him create the correct model of the energy flow around the stone but he had no idea how to make the basic model for the whole stone and he did not understand why the forcefield was unstable.

Angele was progressing much faster than the other wizards here. Glue and the female wizard had already spent years in the lab but their progression was the same as Angele's.

They left the room and the stone gate closed itself. The three stood in front of the pool.

"Sherry, you go first," Glue said in a light tone.

"Alright then." The female wizard named Sherry untied her hair and jumped into the pool.

Her white robe was then soaked by the water, unraveling her attractive body.

Angele and Glue stood beside the pool, staring at the lady moving around in the pool and was almost naked.

Sherry did not seem concerned about the watching her and she would not mind having some fun with them to relax. Most female wizards knew the techniques to stop the shape of their bodies from changing because of age.

She rubbed her chest slowly, trying to seduce Angele and Glue.

Angele and Glue were not interested at all. They would rather spend the time studying the World Stone.

"Come on, finish your shower. We need to use the pool too."

"Don't you want to have some fun with me?" There was an attractive smile on her face.

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Chapter 237: Pulse (2)

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"Come on…I need to meet someone soon." Angele was speechless. He checked the time using the chip. "It's almost 7 o'clock. Your young sister is still waiting for you, right?"

Sherry slapped her forehead. "I almost forgot." She quickly finished showering and black liquid spurted out of her body. It dissolved in the blue water within seconds.

She quickly left the pool, then she pressed her right hand on her chest and used the fire energy particles to dry her clothes.

Angele and Glue jumped into the pool. Black liquid spurted out of their bodies as well.

"The energy pollution from the World Stone is ridiculous. Without the purifying pool, it'll take us much longer to deal with the pollution." Sherry chuckled.

"I agree that building the pool was a brilliant idea." Glue nodded slightly.

The three left the hall together after purifying their body. They walked up the spiral staircase and left the black mushroom building.

It was dark outside. Angele said goodbye to Glue and Sherry, then headed to the parking lot. He walked to the platform and there was a black eagle waiting for him quietly.

A wizard apprentice was feeding the eagle carefully with some fist-sized black beetles.

"Ah, you're here." It was the wizard apprentice named Fir. She was assigned to Angele as a personal assistant. Her family was not wealthy so she was doing many part-time jobs in the school, which included feeding the eagles.

"Thank you." Angele smiled politely and jumped on the back of the eagle. -

The eagle raised its wings and rushed forward as it jumped off the platform. It slid for a while and drew an arc in the air before increasing the altitude.

The eagle flew straight to the east and after about twenty minutes, it started hovering above a public forest.

Angele looked down and noticed an empty ground hiding among the countless green trees. There was a black dot in the center of the empty area with nothing around it.

"That's the place." Angele pulled the reins and guided the eagle to the landing area.

The eagle started lowering the altitude and landed on the empty ground after several minutes.

A humongous vulture was parked on the empty ground and beside it, there was a female wizard wearing a white robe with a silver edge. The lady's long black hair draped over her shoulder and she smiled after seeing Angele landing on the ground.

Angele jumped off the eagle right after it stopped moving.

"Long time no see. How's everything going for you? Is your grandmother still asking you to get married?" Angele smiled.

"It's not a problem although I don't know what she is thinking…I asked you to come here because…" Isabel bit her lips and hesitated.

"Talk to me. What happened?" Angele noticed that something was different this time. Isabel was a good friend of his and they had communicated many times using the runes. However, it seemed like Isabel was struggling.

Isabel finally raised her head and looked at Angele.

"Well, actually, my grandmother is pressuring me a lot recently. I'm just imagining what it'll be like if you're…my partner."

"Haha, that's not going to happen I think. Alright, how's your progress? Do you have enough rhino blood?" Angele shook his head slightly.

"I'm fully prepared thanks to you. I want to invite you to the ritual. It'll be held on February 15 next year." Isabel nodded.

"So you have all the necessary resources, right? Do you need my help?"

"No, it's fine. My grandmother said that my success rate should be high. I prepared so many years for it and my family has collected countless rare resources to aid me. I think I'll be fine," Isabel responded in a serious tone.

"Sounds good." Angele nodded. He assumed that Isabel had more than 50% of chance to successfully advance to the next stage. The Crystal stage was the highest stage in rank 1 and the required mentality level was much higher than the Liquid stage. Isabel had a strong family to back him up so he was not too worried about it.

Angele had the help from the chip so he could find the best way to increase his success rate. Ordinary wizards had to rely on rare materials and test their effects one by one.

"But…there's still a chance that I'll fail. If I fail to advance to the next stage, my life energy and potential will be drained. That's the reason why my grandmother is trying to find me a partner…" Isabel did not continue to speak but Angele knew what she was trying to imply.

"If your potential is burnt out, you won't be able to bear a child with high potential, right?" Angele shook his head again. "Master Flan is doing this for the future of your family."

"Yes, I understand." Isabel nodded.

The two stood on the empty ground and chatted with each other face to face.

Isabel jumped onto the back of her vulture as the sky got darker and darker. She vanished into the dark night with the vulture within seconds.

Angele stood on the ground alone and watched the black dot disappear from the sky. He then started walking back to his eagle. The eagle belonged to the school but he applied for the permit to use it for personal reasons.

He took several steps forward and realized someone was hiding in the dark.

"Reveal yourself!" he suddenly shouted.

A dark shadow walked out of the bush behind the eagle, yet Angele did not hear any footsteps.

"Great. It seems like I made a wise decision. You should be Isabel's husband. You're a much better choice." The man removed his hood, revealing a pretty face without any eyebrows.

"Master Flan?!" Angele was surprised. He involuntarily stepped back immediately and kept a safe distance from her.

"Why are you here, master Flan? You want me to marry Isabel? Are you serious?" He took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Flan stood beside the eagle. She looked like a white mask floating in the air as her body blended into the darkness perfectly.

She kept looking at Angele.

"I'm not joking. Isabel's ritual is coming. You two should get married within two months. I'll send Isabel to your home. Reproduce at least two children for me within a year. I don't care what technique you use, but you must meet my requirement." It sounded like Flan was giving orders.

"Within a year?" Angele was speechless. "I like Isabel but…it's nearly impossible for us wizards to have two kids in such a short period of time…I think you know the reason too."

"One year is a long time. How much time do you need then? Just tell me." Flan creased her forehead.

Angele suddenly turned his head around and stared at the sky before he answered the question. He heard an infant crying.

His heart was beating intensely. It was a special feeling that brought by the connection between two people with same blood.

"It's…my child…My child is born." It would only happen when a wizard's child was born. Angele visualized the scene that a tired woman just gave birth to an infant in a dark room on the other side of the Gem Sea. There was still some umbilical cord left on the baby.

"What happened?" Flan was not sure what was going on and she looked at the sky as well, but the only thing she could see was the night sky. "Whatever, I have already made the decision. You better follow my plan." She shook her head, then turned around and walked into the shadows. The lady turned into white fog and disappeared into the air.

Angele lowered his head and deeply whispered under his breath, "It's my son…My son is born…"

A blue communication flashed on his right hand.

He remained silent for several seconds and held his fist tight.

"Nancy, hire the best Knight and rank 3 wizard apprentice you can find. Send them to our homeland and find two people for me."

"Sure. Who are you looking for, master?" Nancy responded to the message immediately.

"A woman named Caitlyn and a boy that was just born. If that boy has potential, bring both of them back to me. If not…give them money…make sure they can live a good life there."

Angele raised his head and stared at the sky again. Several seconds later, he jumped onto the eagle and flew into the air.

In the night sky.

Isabel was on the back of her flying mount and was chatting with someone using the communication rune.

"I went to meet an old friend." She smiled.

"Oh? How did it go? You don't really have a real friend, do you?" A clear male voice responded to the message.

"It went well. He's my only friend."

"So, did you tell him that…"

"No, I didn't. I don't want to trouble him too much. It's my problem." Isabel lowered her voice.

"…Well, not a big problem. Although it'll be hard, we still have hope." The man stopped for a second and chuckled. "Actually, without him, you won't be able to leave the family for so many times and we'll never meet each other. I should thank him too."

"I'm glad you understand, Raymond."

"I'll try to break my limit as soon as possible so your grandmother will agree on our marriage," the man said in a serious tone.

"Best of luck." Isabel nodded. "I love you, Raymond."

"I love you too, Isabel." The man cut the connection afterward.

(ED Note: I'm sorry, what?)

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Chapter 238: Drama (1)

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Caitlyn was pregnant. That was something Angele had never expected.

It had been years since he left his homeland. The child stayed in Caitlyn's body for so long. Angele knew that she was likely not treated well by the locals, as people just liked to spread rumors. Maybe she stayed in her family territory the whole time but it was lucky that she survived the plague.

Angele was not sure why it took so long for the child to be born. Perhaps it was due to his special bloodline.

His mother was a tree elf, and tree elves usually chose to reproduce with a human due to the higher fertility rate.

Angele wondered if he failed to control himself during the intercourse with Caitlyn and some of his special bloodlines went inside her body. That was probably the reason why it took years for her to give birth to the child.

However, he was certain that it was his child. As wizards had special mental connections to their inheritors, they themselves would know when their child was born.

If the child had talent, he wanted to bring it to Nola but if the child was not gifted, the radiation in Nola would be too much for the child to handle.

It was Angele's plan and the decision he made. He could understand why Caitlyn decided to keep the child. After all, having an inheritor of a wizard in the family could bring her anything she wanted.

CHI*

A purple fireball exploded on top of an oil lamp. The light from the fireball illuminated on Angele's face and the walls.

He removed his right hand from the top of the oil lamp and stared at it. It was steaming hot and that was the result of the explosion.

'I need to ignite my right hand once a day now… The implant of the turtle flesh might be a huge mistake.' Angele shook his head and extinguished the remaining purple flame.

He stood up and walked to the window of the biological lab to peek outside.

It was 9 o'clock in the morning. The eye-blinding sunlight had already warmed up the land. The air was hot and dry.

The warm wind entered through the window and blew over Angele's face. It helped lighten up the mood a little bit.

'I haven't made a lot of progress on the study of the World Stone and now I suddenly have a child. Also, the marriage with Isabel…Misfortunes never come singly…' Angele's brows furrowed.

Suddenly, light blue smoke rose from the tip of his finger and a blue rune started flashing on the back of his nail.

"Green, do you have time right now?" Isabel's voice echoed in his ear.

"Isabel? What happened?" Angele responded right away.

"Well, do you know that my grandmother wants you to marry me?" Isabel was speaking in a shaky tone.

"Yeah, she told me the day before yesterday. Master Flan came to me right after you left. For the marriage, if you don't want to, I can go talk to her. We are good friends but there's no intimate love between us." Angele smiled. To be honest, Isabel was a good girl but Angele did not like her personality. Isabel was way too naïve, and Angele would not have the time to protect her all the time.

"Yeah, I'm sorry but I don't think we'll be a good couple too." Isabel hesitated for a second and responded, "Actually, there's someone that I fall in love with right now…My grandmother probably noticed it but she did not like my choice."

"Huh? That's the first time I heard you talk about it." Angele was surprised. "Who's the lucky guy? Can you tell me more about him?"

"His name is Raymond. I met him on the third time that I left my family's territory," Isabel was speaking in a gentle tone. She sounded a bit shy when talking about her man.

Angele shook his head. Although Isabel looked like she was lacking in emotions, she still had a pure heart, and it sounded like they were deeply in love. He recalled the words Flan said to him that night and he suddenly felt a bit depressed.

"How's he treating you? I mean…" Angele regretted right after speaking.

"He's a great guy and he's treating me very well…" Isabel lowered her voice. "Alright, let's stop talking about him. I contacted you because I want to apologize for my grandmother."

"Don't worry about it. I wish you two the best," Angele responded in a light tone.

"Thank you."

The communication was cut off here.

Angele stood by the window with his eyes narrowed and he started thinking. He could smell something fishy in the whole incident but he couldn't make tails or heads about the reason why. There was also no evidence supporting his assumptions so he decided to give up and focus on the World Stone project instead.

Isabel never contacted him again after the short conversation they had.

He spent most of his time studying the World Stone and testing the basic models. Angele was still meditating every day but his mentality was barely growing. He also made some basic potions for daily use.

Several days passed.

At noon of the fifth day.

It was dark outside. The thick clouds blocked the bright sunlight and it looked like it was about to rain.

Angele was collecting some material samples by the lake and he wanted to grow plants that were polluted by the turtle flesh in the area.

He suddenly heard a noise that sounded like a sheep bleating.

Angele leaned to the side and saw an enormous white sheep slowly stopping by the road sign that indicated that the area was wizard Green's territory. A fully geared Knight jumped off the sheep quickly.

Two patrolling Knight walked to the sheep and the man handed a brown wooden cylinder to them. They then quickly delivered it to Angele.

"Master, a letter from the Jones Family delivered by the post office." The Knight handed over the brown wooden cylinder.

"Thanks." Angele grabbed the wooden cylinder and unsealed. Inside it was a light-yellow leather scroll.

He unfurled the scroll and read it through. His expression changed afterward.

The letter was from the Jones Family but there was no name on it. It seemed like the sender did not want to leave any trace so he chose to send it by means of the postal office.

The information on the letter was simple. It listed the things Isabel did recently.

Angele put down the letter and he knew something was not right. He tried to talk to Isabel using the communication rune but no one responded.

"Amy, prepare the eagle for me."

"Yes, master."

Several minutes later, a black eagle took off from the house and flew toward the location where Isabel was last seen.

Angele was not sure if he had enough power to help Isabel this time.

He found it hard to believe that Isabel did so many wrong things just in several days.

First, she sent out a part of her family resources to someone without permission and then she stole one of the most important family heirlooms before sneaking out of the territory. Second, she rushed into the Bennis Family's territory and stole two more important family heirlooms. The report said that Isabel was injured by the guards of the Bennis Family before she escaped. The Bennis Family had been pressuring the Jones Family intensely after the incident and Flan had to put a price on Isabel's head.

Flan had no idea how her granddaughter found a way to destroy the runes that she set up for monitoring the girl's daily life. She was the leader of the family so she needed to give the council an account for what Isabel did. The council of the elders was still voting for the best solution at the moment.

No one expected that Isabel would become a criminal. After all, she was a good girl.

The letter also said that a team had been formed tasked to track Isabel down. The two families wanted to capture her and question her as soon as possible.

The Six Ring High Tower paid a lot of attention to the events and the organization was also pressuring the Jones Family for an answer.

Angele tried to look for Isabel before the team captured her. However, he failed.

Inside a black castle that was built in a sea of trees.

Angele finally met Isabel in a prison with heavy defense. The prison was called the Eye of the Dark Forest and it was controlled by the Six Ring High Tower. Countless defensive magic circles were set up around it and wizards inside could not cast any spells due to the special energy barrier.

A team of on-duty wizard apprentices guided Angele through the hallway and headed to the underground cells. The place was dirty and it smelled like rotten meat.

Isabel was kept in an individual cell with only one entrance.

There was nothing inside the dark room. Isabel was sitting on a chair, staring at the black ceiling. It almost looked like she had lost her soul.

CLANG*

The metal door of the cell was slammed closed.

Angele glanced around after entering the room.

The only things he saw was a chair and a female wizard.

"Hey, Green, it's you." Isabel stood up. She looked depressed and tired. Her cheeks were thin and there two dark circles surrounded her eyes.

"I don't understand. Why did you do this?" Angele knitted his eyebrows.

"My family didn't like Raymond." Isabel forced a smile on her face.

"Raymond, huh?" Angele shook his head. "It seems like many things have happened between you two but I know nothing about it. You need to know that advancing to the next stage should be your priority right now and what you did was against the rules. I can talk to master Flan and try to make her change her mind but all these things you did…You're just looking for trouble."

"I know the consequences…" Isabel remained calm. "But I trust him. He'll never lie to me…!" Isabel suddenly started coughing after speaking and she covered her mouth with both hands, but Angele saw blood leaking out through the gaps between her fingers.

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Chapter 239: Drama (2)

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Angele's expression turned serious. He stared at Isabel in the eyes and saw a hint of purple glint inside.

"You were hurt by the wizards from the Bennis Family?"

Isabel nodded.

"It was my fault. I took their treasure, the Claw of the Billow."

"Did Raymond ask you to do it?" Angele questioned in a deep tone.

"No, I made the decision myself." Isabel shook her head slightly.

Angele looked at Isabel and he felt like the things happened on Angele were much more complicated than he thought.

"Isabel…What have you done? Your grandmother tried everything she could to protect but you still ended up in a place like the Eye of the Dark Forest. This is a place for people who have committed serious crimes. Do you know what's going to happen next?"

"Tell me then, what's the purpose of life? What are you fighting for? Power? Or fame?" Isabel suddenly asked.

"I don't regret the decisions I made."

"Are you really the Isabel I know? I talked to you not so long ago." Angele shook his head. The girl in front of him felt like a stranger to him. "You're right. There are things and people you can be willing to die for but I'm certain that Raymond isn't one."

"You don't understand, Green."

"I can see that you already consumed the Pearl of the Deep Sea."

Isabel remained silent.

Angele continued, "You betrayed your family but master Flan didn't kill you. She loves you, Isabel. After consuming the Pearl of the Deep Sea, your body will start turning into pure energy. You had a bright future in front of you."

"I'll wait for my Raymond. No matter how long it'll be," Isabel muttered.

"Why are you so stubborn?! Isabel?" Angele was speechless. "I came to help you because we're friends. Why are you not listening to my words?"

"I'm sorry."

"Saying sorry won't do anything for you. We're not engaged and you have the right to choose your partner on your own will but think about what master Flan will do after she finds out that Raymond started all this?" Angele tried to stay calm.

Isabel bit her lips but did not say anything.

KA*

The metal door was pushed open.

"Green is right. The family guards are already sent out. As long as Raymond is still in Nola, the council will hunt him down." Flan slowly walked in wearing a white dress, staring at Isabel with a blank expression on her face. Her mentality wave was hidden, so Angele did not sense anything.

"Master Flan." Angele stood up and bowed to her.

"I apologize for what Isabel did. I was going to make you her husband." Angele was surprised to see Flan apologizing to him.

"It's not a problem. The priority right now is to find the man who tricked Isabel," Angele said calmly.

"You're right. Don't worry too much about it. Isabel is still a good girl and I'll send her to you after we capture Raymond." Flan nodded slightly.

Isabel did not say anything but just lowered her head.

Angele knitted his eyebrows.

"To be honest, master Flan, Isabel is a good girl but she's not the type of wife I want."

"I thought you two would get along…" Flan sighed with mixed emotions. "I didn't expect her to fall in love with a rank 3 wizard apprentice."

"Isabel is way too naive. I think that man tricked her," Angele added.

"You're correct. It's all Raymond's fault. Isabel did nothing wrong. All he wanted were the resources and the superior enchanted items…" Flan gritted her teeth. "I'll capture him for sure."

Isabel chuckled after hearing Flan's world.

"Grandmother, you'll never capture him, never."

"Is that so? We'll see." Flan shook her head again and left the room.

Angele narrowed his eyes, he had one final glance at Isabel before stepping out of the door.

She had a pure smile on her face. It seemed like she truly believed that Raymond would never be captured.

Angele sighed and walked down the hallway.

Flan was waiting for him ahead, she still had something to say.

"Sorry again, Green, about Isabel," She apologized again. "No one expected something like this to happen."

"It's fine. Just find the man named Raymond and we'll know what exactly happened," Angele responded in a light tone.

"Isabel found a way to destroy the runes I placed in her room and she had already left the territory when I found out about it. I was too confident." She sighed again. "I'll send you more information after everything is clear."

"Thank you, master Flan."

Angele bowed to her politely and left.

Angele knew that his words would not get through Isabel's head and thus, he returned to his home. He spent most of his time studying the World Stone and modifying spell models.

Two weeks later, a letter from the Jones Family was delivered to Angele.

It was a sunny day.

Angele was watering the mutated plants in the small farm he set up by the lake. He put down the hoe and grabbed the wooden cylinder handed to him by Amy.

"Master, the letter is from master Mei from the Jones Family," Amy explained politely.

"Master Mei?" Angele hesitated for a second. "Isabel's mother sent this letter?"

He unsealed the cylinder and took out the scroll.

His expression changed several times as he read the letter.

Raymond sneaked into the Eye of the Dark Forest and saved Isabel. Moreover, according to the intel, Raymond's real name was Raymonlia, a berserk wizard's daughter from the White Tooth Castle.

Raymond was trained like a boy since she was young. She was the only girl in the family and her first pet was a white tiger. Raymond had never considered herself a lady after she grew up. She dressed like a charming man and approached Isabel in a forest.

Angele put down the letter and there was a strange feeling in his mind.

In Nola, same-gender marriage was permitted. One rumor stated that master Flan's partner was a female wizard from the headquarters, whom she married after her husband passed away.

Angele was a bit speechless. He tapped on the scroll with his finger.

CHI*

A ray of light shot out of the scroll and turned into a white light screen. A lady with long blonde hair trailing over her shoulders appeared on the screen, standing on top of a tall black pine tree. She was laughing with confidence written all over her face. The lady had a high-quality long sword in her hand and her white cloak was flying in the air.

"So she must be Raymonlia…I really want to know how she sneaked into that well-guarded prison." Angele stared at the light screen. The lady's background was what brought Isabel the confidence. There were only three berserk wizards in White Tooth Castle and they were the reason why people feared the organization. No one knew that she was a female and that was probably the reason why the team failed to track her down.

"Flan Jones, huh? You sick bitch! Isabel is mine now. If you want her back, come talk to my grandfather in the White Tooth Castle," Raymonlia spoke. She sounded like a man with a feminine voice.

CHI*

The image disappeared as the light screen exploded into countless white light dots.

Angele threw the scroll into the air and lighted it up with a yellow fireball. The scroll was burned to ashes within seconds and blown away by the wind.

"Should I join the team…?" Angele rubbed his chin and hesitated.

In the letter, master Mei also invited Angele to join the hunting team that was specially created just for Raymond. Angele was a member of the Six Ring High Tower and he was a friend of Isabel so he had the intentions to join the team. However, it seemed like Raymond disguised herself as a rank 3 wizard apprentice and she was just testing Isabel to see if she really loved her. Everything went as Raymond planned.

She saved Isabel and they wanted to return to White Tooth Castle so her grandfather would protect them.

'The whole thing is a joke.' Angele finally understood what had happened.

To Flan, the things Raymond did put shame on the name of Six Ring High Tower, but at least she confirmed that Isabel was safe.

Isabel probably already knew who Raymond was when she was captured and that was why she stayed calm.

Angele thought for a while and decided not to join the team.

He still needed to worry about the World Stone and his child overseas. He wanted to know if his child was safe and sound.

Although the ship would only dock on this land once every four years, the tiny signal obelisks in the Six Ring Area would be able to deliver messages within a certain distance. He was a member of the organization and he was granted the access to the special feature.

There were many signal obelisks built upon the islands of the Gem Sea but using them to deliver messages was not cost-effective. The organization's name came from the six enormous signal obelisks they built on the west coast.

After the people Nancy hired arrived at the other side of the Gem Sea, he needed to pay a big price for that, but it was worth it. He was dying to get the information about his child.

However, based on the data recorded by the chip, Angele was not sure if the child would have the perfect wizard bloodline. But he wanted the child back as long as he was talented.

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Chapter 240: Death and Gift (1)

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Angele did not think that his first child would have the talent to become a formal wizard.

However, everything would still depend on the actual situation.

He grabbed the hoe again and started loosening the soil again.

Nancy was waiting on the side. She had a bucket of water beside her feet.

"Master, we have just received a letter from the division. Do you want to read it now?" Nancy asked. She was wearing a gray wool one-piece and black cotton tights. She looked elegant and sexy in the outfit.

Nancy had various types of tights and Angele found her charming wearing them. The tights in this world were usually worn in cold weather and they were loved by the noble girls and female wizards.

Angele's forehead creased. "The division? Not the school? There are so many things going on recently."

"Yes, most of the letters we received are from the division and the school. And the president of the Cross wants you to start recruiting wizard apprentices," Nancy added.

Angele gave her the right to read the unsealed letters as most of them were not important.

"Fine…" Angele pointed toward the water bucket beside Nancy's feet. The translucent water was pulled out of the bucket by energy particles and landed on the loose soil with a black seed already planted in it.

CHI*

The water was absorbed by the black soil quickly.

After watering the seed, Angele put down the hoe and checked the time.

"Show me the letters," he ordered as he headed back to the house.

"For sure."

Nancy answered politely.

The two returned to the house. Angele sat down on the sofa in the living room, and Amy served him with a glass of warm milk.

"Master, the dwarfs reported that the dorms for the slaves were completed. Do you want them to start building the botanical garden now?" Amy asked as she put down the milk.

There were too many things going on recently, Angele had almost forgotten that he asked the dwarfs to build the dorms and the botanical garden.

"Yeah, of course. Just follow the original plan. I have more than enough magic stones to pay for their work. Nancy oversees this, so ask her the next time you have questions," he responded in a deep tone.

Amy went to talk to the dwarfs right away.

Nancy found the letters and handed them over to Angele. They were written on two pieces of wooden boards.

Angele read through the letter and confirmed that the seal was left by the president himself.

The president was asking him to start teaching a class and recruit wizard apprentices. Each professor needed to recruit at least two wizard apprentices according to the contract.

The other letter was from Shiva, who said he was still working on a defensive magic circle that could stop students from cheating during tests by monitoring their communication messages.

It also mentioned that he wanted to visit Angele with his grandchildren during vacation. Shiva had to take care of the kids as their parents left the area for a mission. He wanted to visit Angele and discuss his recent findings in his research.

Angele replied to Shiva right away immediately and said that he would wait for them to come.

He created a schedule and listed the things he needed to do.

Angele leaned his back against the sofa and took a deep breath.

'So many things to do…' He shook his head slightly.

"Nancy, how long have you been serving me?" He stared at the girl.

"Several years, master," Nancy lowered her head and responded calmly.

Angele nodded. "Don't worry, I'll propose to you one day." He stood up and walked to Nancy, slowly moving his hand into her dress.

Nancy's skin was warm, soft, and elastic.

He rubbed her butt and legs for a while before moving to the crotch.

Her body could barely handle the excitement that she almost fell into Angele's arms.

"Master Green…at least do it in the bedroom, please…"

Angele smiled, then he carefully lifted her up and headed to the second floor.

"Don't worry. I promised you that I won't touch you before we get married, but we can still have some fun, right?"

He slowly rubbed Nancy's private area, which resulted in her being able to barely talk at the moment. Angele could see that her face was flushed red. Nancy's body was sensitive. She rested her head on Angele's shoulder, whose eyes then narrowed. It seemed like she was enjoying the moment.

Everything was progressing as Angele planned.

He went to the signal obelisk and filled out the application at the message desk. He paid a lot of magic stones and finally got his request approved. The only thing Angele needed to do was to wait for the people he hired to travel to the other side of the Gem Sea.

The dwarfs spent about half a month to build a large botanical garden in Angele's territory. It had the size of a soccer field. It looked like a large white worm that was lying on the ground. He also used the trading tower to purchase plant seeds and he wanted to hire professional gardeners to look after the plants for him.

The crops and plants in the botanical garden could provide enough food for the slaves he purchased. Angele had already spent a lot of money on taking care of the slaves' daily lives. Furthermore, the daily supplies could only be purchased from the Bennis family. He could save some money in the long term if the botanical garden could be maintained properly.

It would take about one year for the botanical garden to start producing food for the territory. Angele had also asked the dwarfs to build him the basic processing factories around the garden, such as the mill and the oil mill.

Angele recruited two wizard apprentices from the school as his students. Both apprentices were male and they were well-educated. The two were both from the other side of the Gem Sea. Although their talent level was average, he still took them in.

The two wizard apprentices needed to pay a certain number of magic stones to the school if they wanted to do their research with the professors. However, Angele gave them a big discount. It was just like in Ramsoda when master Liliana sold him the Black Lead Potion for a discounted price because Angele was her student.

They would study much harder if they paid for the knowledge and that was the reason why everything in the school had a price.

Angele finished most of the things listed on his schedule and he spent the rest of his time concocting potions and reading the books sent to him by the potions department of the organization.

He scanned all the books into the database using Zero and returned them right away. Ander did most of the work for Angele in the organization and he was not complaining.

Time flew by. Nothing exciting happened. Angele barely had any time to rest.

One year later…

The bright sunlight of early morning shined upon the land.

Beside the white house, there was a small wooden dock and a brown wooden boat was tied to the leg-sized stake.

Several green leaves were floating on the surface of the water beside the boat.

A young man wearing a black swordsman's suit was fishing on the boat quietly.

The place was deadly silent. A pretty girl with blonde hair trailing over her shoulders was walking to the man quickly.

After several seconds, the girl arrived at the dock.

"Master Green, there's a message from the signal obelisk."

"Huh?" The young man was Angele, who then put down the fishing rod and stood up slowly.

His brown hair was much longer than before and the golden glow around his eyes was almost faded, revealing a pair of black pupils.

There was still a silver glint on his skin and his body was protected by a thin layer of metal barrier.

"When did the message arrive?" He jumped to the dock from the boat and walked to the lake shore.

"Just now. I brought it to you right away," Nancy responded then she handed a small crystal orb over to him.

The crystal orb was about the size of a fist and there was a nail-sized red rune spinning inside it.

Angele grabbed the crystal orb and threw it into the air, releasing a distorted wave.

The crystal floated in the air and the red rune inside stopped spinning.

CHI*

A white light screen was displayed in front of Angele.

A clear image visualized on the surface of the screen within seconds.

A blonde man wearing a silver heavy armor suit was standing in a tiny room. A black greatsword was held in his right hand and a helmet in his left.

"I'm sorry, master. We arrived at the land in the second year of the mission safely and we found the people you wanted right away. Sadly, the child had birth defects and passed away about three months ago. The lady named Caitlyn is still here," the man pursed his lips and said.

"Passed away?" Angele was surprised. He sighed and felt depressed. It was his first child after all.

The image on the light screen changed and a dark room showed up.

The walls of the room were made of black stone and they were covered with relief sculptures.

A pretty lady with blonde hair was lying on a bed in the center of the room.

It seemed like she was in a coma.

The lady was around thirty years old, and Angele could see the crow's feet around her eyes. The black collar around the lady's neck caught his attention.

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Chapter 241: Death and Gift (2)

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"It's Caitlyn." Angele recognized the lady right away.

The male Knight spoke again although he was not inside the image.

"This lady named Caitlyn has been in a coma for more than a month already. The wizard apprentice in our team checked her body condition and it seems like most of her life energy has been consumed while giving birth to the child. We have tried everything to wake her up but she's just dying."

Angele remained silent as he stared at the blonde girl in the light screen with his eyes blinking.

Suddenly, the image on the screen flashed several times and the room appeared in front of him again.

"Half a month later, we returned to her place. We did everything we could. Please forgive us." The voice came from a female wizard apprentice.

Caitlyn looked much weaker than the time she was last seen, like a skeleton covered by a thin layer of skin.

"She's…dying." The female wizard apprentice explained in a calm tone, "Sadly, our mission will be finished here. We'll record everything using the orb you gave us."

About 15 minutes later.

Caitlyn was no longer breathing.

"She passed away."

PA*

Angele grabbed the crystal orb and the light screen disappeared.

He shook his head and looked at Nancy.

"Ask the Six Ring division over the sea to take care of Caitlyn's family for me. Political rights, money, houses, whatever they want."

Nancy nodded slightly. "Got it. You're a member of the potions department. I think the organization can easily fulfill your request."

Angele turned around and said, "I'm also working on solving your problem. The Labyrinth College has removed the bounty on my head after I joined the Six Ring High Tower. Since you're my servant, they won't try to kill you anymore and the rest of your family members will be saved as well."

Nancy looked excited. "Thank you so much, master!" After giving her thanks, she lowered her head.

Angele nodded and returned to his house with the crystal orb.

The gentle wind was blowing across his face and the fragrance of the flowers permeated the air.

Chirp*

Suddenly, a black bird flew over Angele's head.

With a flick of his finger.

CHI*

A silver needle hit the black bird.

He caught the bird with his right hand when it fell down.

The bird was about the size of Angele's palm and was struggling in pain. The silver metal needle penetrated the bird's head and blood was dripping down its black feathers.

Angele watched the bird lose its strength after struggling for a while. The fishy smell of blood rushed into his nose.

"Life is so fragile…Perhaps one day, I'll die in a corner quietly just like this bird…"

The silver needle melted and was absorbed into his skin.

Angele threw the body of the bird to the ground and walked back to the house.

Nancy was chatting with two female flame spirits that came to report on the daily tasks.

Nancy had a lot of things to do recently. Matters regarding the new botanical garden, the maintenance of the buildings, the acquisition of supplies, and the checking the progress of the oil mill and the wine factory. She also needed to mediate the fights between the slaves.

She spent most of her time checking the dorm area, the botanical garden, the trading tower, and talking to the wizard apprentice from the Bennis Family.

Angele had already created a manor with multiple facilities inside. His house sat in the center of his territory quietly. The whole area was patrolled by the Knights and wizard apprentices he hired.

Most of the people working in the area communicated a lot with Nancy. Although they knew that Angele was the owner, some of them had never talked to the mysterious master wizard.

Nancy picked two smart female slaves to do some of her simpler jobs in the area.

She stopped Angele as he was about to enter the house.

"Master, the potions department has delivered the items you asked for."

"Great." Angele checked the schedule using Zero and thought that it was about time.

"Ask them to carry the items to the living room."

"Got it."

He stepped into the living room and walked to the potted plants, starting to trim it with the scissors.

Four muscular men entered the door quickly. They were wearing thick leather armor suits with silver scimitars on their back. They carried two huge boxes into the living room.

The four were breathing heavily. Angele looked at their necks and saw a purple flower-shaped pattern.

"Ah, it's you. Carry them to my basement then." He narrowed his eyes.

The four men nodded without saying a world. The tattoo on their necks indicated that they were the slaves of wizard Ander. They were the people who delivered the books to him.

Angele walked to the staircase and pressed his hands against the wall. A small door opened itself quickly.

The whole wall was made of metal, so Angele could use his Metal Mastery to control it easily.

They carried the huge black boxes to the hall of the basement and left right away.

After the four left, Angele asked Nancy to keep the others away from the house.

He then entered the basement after sealing the door.

He quickly walked down the stairs and started observing the two huge boxes.

The surface of the boxes was smooth and they were painted with spiral patterns. On top of the boxes, there was an egg-sized ruby and the edges were decorated with silver strings.

Elegant and luxurious.

Angele stood in front of the box on the left and tapped its lid.

A red glint flashed upon the surface of the lid.

Crack*

The ruby in the center started cracking.

Angele remained calm, then he put his hands on the lid and lifted it up.

The lid was pushed to the side and slid to the ground. White smoke rose from the box.

Angele's forehead creased and he created some wind to blow the smoke away.

Inside it was a creature covered by a black blanket. It was half-human and half-horse.

The creature's upper body looked like the body of a girl, clean and elegant. Long blonde hair trailed over her shoulder. Its nose was cute and its lips were attractive. The girl's chest area was covered by a piece of brown linen. That was the only clothes she was wearing.

The bottom half of her body looked identical to a white horse.

'The centaur from the auction market.' Angele was satisfied. 'She was put down by the sleeping gas that was released from a Sleep Gem.'

He then opened the other box and found another centaur inside. The two centaurs' face looked identical to each other. It seemed like they were twins.

Angele was depressed ever since Caitlyn and his child died but the two centaurs somehow cheered him up slightly.

He raised his right and activated the communication rune.

White light flashed on the back of his hand and a rose-shaped rune slowly appeared his nail.

"Master Ander, thank you for the gift. I love them." He sent the message.

Several minutes later, Ander replied

"Glad you liked it. No one has touched the two centaurs I sent you. Their stamina is great. Go ahead if you want to reproduce with them."

"Haha, I'll see what I can do with them." Angele stopped for a second. "Alright, have you decided on the secret laboratory we discussed?"

Ander coughed several times and responded, "Well, I thought for a while but I have a better choice in my mind."

"That's sad." Angele made himself sound depressed. "One more thing, do you have a detailed information on why wizards have low fertility rate? I didn't find any detailed data in books."

Ander remained silent for several seconds.

"Actually, I once heard the truth from a wandering wizard. Normal creatures and mortals can't handle formal wizards' bloodlines. And female wizards' bodies naturally consider our semen as an impurity and they would try to expel it from their system. The stronger a female wizard is, the harder it will be for her to get pregnant. Male wizards have tested various methods on different creatures and realized that giving birth to a wizard's child will consume most of the mother's life energy. The mother will die if she's not strong enough."

Angele remained silent after listening to the old man.

The bloodline of a male wizard was so strong that his semen would kill the weak eggs in the female mate, and female wizards considered the semen as an impurity that would do harm to their body so the energy particles would try to expel it from the system.

"But male wizards and female wizards still have a higher chance, right?" he wondered.

"Well, that depends. It's hard to find two wizards that are at the exact same level, but yeah, the chances will be higher."

"Understood." Angele sighed. "So the reason why the white centaurs can give birth to wizards' children is due to their incredible life energy."

"Correct," Ander confirmed Angele's assumption.

"Thank for answering my questions. Thank you once again for the gift."

"We're in the same boat, right?" Ander chuckled.

Angele had a blank expression on his face as he stood beside the boxes, staring at the white centaurs after finishing the conversation. He sighed again with mixed emotions.

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Chapter 242: Mutation (1)

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Angele raised his hand and pressed it onto the centaur's neck carefully.

"Morria (Wake up)!" Angele invoked the incantation.

A red glow surrounded his hand that illuminated his face and the centaur inside the box.

The red light slowly disappeared after about ten seconds.

Angele lowered his hand.

"Huh…" The centaur slowly opened her eyes and woke up. She stared at Angele with a pair of bright big eyes and glanced around, looking confused.

"Ah…" She opened her mouth and yelled unconsciously.

Angele creased his forehead, then he held the centaur's head with his left hand and checked her eyes.

Her green eyes were soulless.

"Can you understand my words?" Angele asked in Anmag.

The centaur looked at Angele for several seconds and turned around. She grabbed the edge of the box and tried to stand up but it seemed she did not have enough strength to support her body.

"Do you know what I'm saying?" Angele switched to the ancient language that was commonly used among magical creatures.

The centaur still had no reaction to his words.

Angele tried several other languages, including the chaos language that he barely knew, but nothing worked.

He stared at the centaur in the box and suddenly pulled the blanket off her body, revealing her large white chest.

CHI*

"Ah…" The centaur looked at her naked body but did not say anything meaningful and began struggling in the box.

In the middle of her chest, Angele noticed a bloody red rune.

The rune looked like an anchor with a red snake twisted around it.

"I knew it." Angele shook his head and walked to the other box, pulling the blanket off the other centaur's body. He found the same rune between her chest.

Angele pursed his lips and stared at the two centaurs, looking disappointed.

"So the Red Snake Anchor had their hands on those centaurs. That's why they were sent to the auction market. Two white centaurs that have lost their souls…I'll just try to extract the ancient bloodline from them."

He raised his hand and silver metal liquid came out of the tips of his fingers, turning into five strong silver strings. The strings tied the two centaurs up and lifted them into the air.

Angele controlled the forcefield and continued to use the strings to support the centaurs. He brought them to the spell lab.

Creak*

The door of the spell lab was pushed open.

The two centaurs were dropped to the dark floor that was covered with complicated runes. They looked around the dark room and ran into one of the corners together. Fear was written all over their faces.

Angele was not concerned at all. He took a few pieces of the special equipment from the potions room.

He had always wanted to dissect a centaur's body as he was curious about their bodily structure and now he had the opportunity.

There was a gentle smile on Angele's face.

He closed the door of the spell lab as he stared at the two centaurs. Red light flashed on the door and it was locked right away.

The signet on his left hand was activated and the wings of the great harpy swung slightly.

A strange high-pitched noise echoed in the room as the effect of the illusion signet was triggered.

Both centaurs calmed down immediately. Their eyes lost all focus and they just stayed at the corner.

"Here…come to me…" Angele whispered.

However, none of the centaurs reacted to his command.

He assumed the reason was that they could not understand the language.

Angele walked to the centaur on the left and dragged her to the center of the room.

The naked female centaur stood in the center of the room without making any noise. Her arms were drooped as if she had no control over them. The area below her waist looked exactly like the body of a horse. Angele noticed that there was some white fur covering her belly.

He raised his hand and rubbed the fur around her stomach.

It was soft and fluffy. He did not notice anything strange. He then touched the centaur's skin, which was elastic like jelly.

Angele moved his hand to the horse part of the centaur's body. The skin was not as smooth as the area around the stomach.

He moved to the back of the centaur and saw a long blonde tail hanging over her ramp.

'The bottom half of her body looks exactly like a horse's body…The centaur's body structure is really interesting. I wonder if the horse part and human part share the same organs…'

Angele did a quick check on the centaur's muscles.

He carefully took out a translucent glass syringe from the toolbox on the side and the syringe was about the size of a finger.

The needle of the syringe was made of silver metal.

Angele pushed the air out of the barrel and walked to the right side of the center, slightly pressing her neck.

He raised his right hand, creating a tiny metal needle on the tip of his index finger.

CHI*

Some red light dots flashed around the needle and he ignited it.

Angele carefully pressed the neck of the centaur with the burning needle.

She did not feel any pain.

The centaur just stood there staring at nothing.

Angele knitted his eyebrows and the silver needle returned into his skin. He realized that the fire elemental attack failed to penetrate the centaur's skin.

'So they do have high fire resistance.' He was satisfied with the result. Angele walked to the toolbox and took out a cigar-sized brown stick.

He returned to the centaur and rubbed the tip of the short stick.

CHI*

The stick was ignited and bright yellow light appeared on its tip.

As time passed, half of the stick turned red which now looked like heated iron.

Angele extinguished the flame and pressed on the centaur's neck with the heated stick.

CHI*

The centaur's body trembled and some of its hair on the neck was burnt to ashes. The skin area that touched the stick started to turn red.

Angele lowered the stick and he saw a red dot left on the surface of the centaur's neck.

He grabbed the syringe and stabbed it into the red dot.

CHI*

He slowly pulled the plunger up and a whole barrel of shiny red blood was extracted from the centaur's body. It looked like red wine.

Angele took a glass tube from the toolbox and removed the stopper, pushing the blood into the tube with the syringe.

He repeated the procedure four times and acquired four tubes of blood from the two centaurs.

Angele deactivated the illusion signet and grabbed some walnuts from the material room, throwing them to the centaurs. He wanted to keep those two centaurs in his basement.

With four tubes of fresh blood, Angele entered the potion room and started extracting the bloodline.

Three days later…

Angele walked out of the potion room with a small tube of green liquid in his hand. The crystal tube was about the size of a finger and it was half filled.

"Finally, it's done!" He was satisfied with the result. Angele failed many times while trying to get the ancient bloodline and he had to extract blood from the centaurs many times. This was possible only because their stamina was so strong that they could recover within hours. After many tries, he had finally acquired the purified ancient bloodline of the centaur.

The ancient bloodline of white centaurs was the combination of the centaur chieftain and the legendary unicorn.

Angele was uncertain as to what special ability the inheritor of the centaur chieftain and the unicorn had but the ancient bloodline was extremely valuable.

He held the tube in hand and hesitated for a second.

Angele opened the spell lab as he sealed the tube with a stopper.

He fed the two centaurs with various types of nuts these days and the floor was covered in their feces and the broken nut shells. The two centaurs looked excited after seeing Angele open the door, they ran to him while yelling happily.

Angele's brow furrowed, he opened the door and let the centaurs come out. He decided to keep them in the main hall.

He raised his right hand and activated the communication rune.

"Nancy, ask someone to clean the basement."

"Understood," Nancy replied within seconds.

Angele walked upstairs with the tube. He only left the spell lab open and he was certain that the slaves in his territory would not be able to break into the other important rooms. All doors were sealed by the special alloy created by his Metal Mastery. If someone tried to break in using force, the three defensive matrices would be triggered and it would alert Angele right away.

Amy was already waiting beside the staircase as he stepped out of the door. She bowed to Angele right away with the dustpan and the broom in her hands.

Angele nodded slightly, then he walked to the second floor and entered the biological lab.

A black shadow flew toward Angele and landed on his shoulder. It was the black Four-wing Night Sparrow.

He walked to the shell-shaped table quickly after locking the door.

"Come here, Korby," He whispered to the sparrow on his shoulder and pointed at the table. Angele had long decided to name it as Korby.

Korby understood Angele's order and it jumped to the table. It then raised its head and stared at Angele. The small bird looked quite adorable.

Angele smiled and walked to the corner. He grabbed a tiny turtle that he captured not so long ago from the water tank.

The turtle's carapace had black-yellow patterns mixed together and it looked dirty. Its four tiny legs were moving slowly. It seemed the turtle was trying to escape.

It was a Barry Turtle that could be found in any lake.

Angele returned to the table with the turtle and held the tube with green liquid in his hand.

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Chapter 243: Mutation (2)

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"One way of checking the side effects and special features of the bloodline is to conduct a biological experiment."

Angele put down the turtle on the table. He inserted the crystal tube into the rack and put a syringe into a beaker on the side, which was filled with bubbling yellow liquid.

He raised his palm and silver metal liquid spurted out of his skin, turning into five metal balls on the tips of his five fingers. The metal balls were then connected by multiple silver strings, creating a metal web above his palm.

"Palu!" Angele uttered the incantation in a whisper.

In the center of the silver web, a white hoof-shaped rune slowly appeared in the air.

He applied the rune on the stomach of the turtle just like what he did to the four-wing sparrow, the rune would help him gain control of the Barry Turtle's body.

'Zero, show me the attributes and basic information of the turtle.'

'Initializing…'

'Barry Turtle, Strength 0.07, Agility 0.4, Stamina 0.05, Mentality 0.06. Special Talent, none. 3 years old. Can be found around small lakes.'

Zero quickly displayed the information of the turtle in Angele's sight. It only took seconds for the chip to scan the creature.

Angele wondered what would happen if he injected the ancient bloodline into a normal turtle.

He took out the sterilized syringe from the beaker. The yellow liquid was a special mixture that was commonly used for cleaning surgery equipment.

Angele extracted some green blood from the crystal tube and turned the Barry Turtle's body around.

He pushed the remaining air out of the barrel and carefully stabbed the needle into the turtle's head.

The green blood was pushed into the turtle's body within a second.

'Legend says that the centaur chieftain has the strength of a God and its speed is extremely fast and that the legendary unicorn has insane defense and recovery. I want to know what I can get from the combination of the two.'

The Barry Turtle lay on the table quietly, with Angele still waiting for the mutation to happen.

He scanned the turtle's body with Zero and the report indicated that the energy inside the turtle's body was changing rapidly every second.

Suddenly, Angele noticed that the turtle was seeking food through the control rune he applied on its body.

He quickly pulled the drawer open and took out a huge bottle with dark purple liquid inside. It was a bottle of highly concentrated nutrient solution and a bottle's worth could easily feed a male adult for seven days.

Angele removed the stopper and threw the Barry Turtle into the solution.

Blop*

The turtle sank into the liquid and the water level started dropping quickly.

About ten seconds later, the whole bottle was consumed by the tiny turtle.

Angele turned the bottle upside down and the turtle dropped to the table.

It started growing at an insanely rapid rate. The edge of the turtle's carapace turned serrated and gray thorns began emerging out of the surface of the shell.

About ten minutes later.

Initially, the Barry Turtle was about the size of a palm. But after the mutation, its body was now more than half a meter long. Its hardened skin already turned gray.

'Ha…'

The turtle opened its mouth and made some strange noise.

Angele was surprised as he stared at the mutated turtle. It was only 20 centimeters long not so long ago but it now looked like a monster that was packed with power.

He carefully pressed on the turtle's neck with his right index finger after the mutation process was completed.

It felt like pressing on a hard rock or the surface of an old tree.

Angele activated the rune and made sure the turtle was not moving.

'Zero, scan the mutated turtle and show me the results.'

'Task created, scanning…'

'Mutated Barry Turtle. Strength 0.7, Agility 0.5, Stamina 1.2, Mentality 0.09. Skill: Bite. Special Talent: Hardened Skin. Thorn Carapace.'

'Its Stamina was increased by more than one point…' Angele pursed his lips. 'And it gained two special talents. The increase in stamina and the hardened skin are within my expectations. They probably came from the traits of the centaur and unicorn, but what about the thorn carapace?'

He observed the appearance of the turtle and started thinking.

'Maybe the ancient bloodline activated part of the traits from the Barry Turtle's ancestor and that's where the thorns came from.' A thought came to his mind.

'Zero, can you do reverse check for the Barry Turtle's DNA?'

'Insufficient amount of data, task can't be created.'

'Can you scan the turtle's mutated body parts and check if some of the new traits came from its ancestor?'

'Task created…Analyzing…'

Zero reported back after about five minutes.

'Task completed: Atavism has occurred. Specific ancient DNA of the Barry Turtle was activated.'

'So I was right…' Angele stared at the mutated turtle and slightly nodded.

'It seems that the combined ancient bloodlines can activate creature's ancient genes…Plus the strong ability it acquired after the mutation. I can produce a decent number of biological weapons if I want to…but not all creatures have strong ancestors. Let me check the bloodline signet first.'

Although Angele had low expectation for the signet, he still wanted to give it a try as he wanted to collect data for future bloodline extractions. Burning the potential of the ancient bloodline was never a good idea and it was possible that the signet came with strong side effects.

Ten more days later…

Angele had stayed in the biological lab the whole time and he successfully created the bloodline signet. However, as he had expected, the ability of the signet was weak. It could only boost his stamina, recovery, and defense for a short duration. The ability sounded useful but it could only increase two points of stamina and the recovery effect could only be triggered when Angele consumed a large amount of food. Furthermore, the atavism effect did not apply to him. He decided to keep the bloodline of the great harpy till he could find something better as he still wanted to explore other realms.

Angele removed the signet of the centaur after trying it once and he managed to extract the bloodline from his body. He then added it back to the crystal test tube.

He named the mutated turtle as thorn turtle and he dropped it into the lake beside the house. Angele planned to observe it when he had the time and he could control it to defend the house if any enemy sneaked into his territory.

After discovering the atavism effect of the ancient bloodline, Angele wanted to create more mutated creatures and insects that he could easily control using a rune.

After staying in the lab for more than ten days, he finally walked out of the house after Nancy notified him about the upcoming event.

"Master Shiva and his grandchildren are waiting on the other side of the lake," Nancy reported to Angele politely.

In the living room, Angele just finished changing his clothes.

"Prepare the snacks and drinks. Ask the dwarf knight to protect the two kids and to play with them."

Angele hired the dwarf knight several years ago and they visited Shiva together.

"Any area you don't want the kids to enter?" Nancy questioned.

"The Botanical Garden and the basement. I don't care about the other areas, ah, and the creatures in the biological lab. Be careful with them."

"Understood."

Angele walked out of the door after talking to Nancy. He walked to the narrow path beside the lake and saw Shiva's black carriage slowly arriving.

Two horses were pulling the carriage forward and the coachman was still a fire spirit.

The two kids stuck their heads out of the window before the carriage stopped. Sophie was wearing double buns today and she was shouting something while waving her hands.

"Master Green, we're here!" she yelled. It almost looked like she was trying to jump out of the window.

"Come on, be careful." Shiva's voice came out of the carriage.

Angele watched the carriage stop in front of the house with a smile on his face.

KA*

The door of the carriage was pushed open, Sophie jumped out of it first and Morrow followed after her.

Shiva was the last one that left the carriage.

"Green, teach your students yourself. I don't have that much time." The old man shook his head. "You have barely visited the school and you're an esteemed professor…"

"It's just some basic knowledge, right? You're much more knowledgeable than me and you're also a great teacher." Angele chuckled.

"Yeah, yeah…" Shiva shook his head again, speechless.

"Well, I have something serious to tell you this time," Shiva cleared his throat and spoke in a grave tone.

"What?" Angele stopped laughing. He knew that when Shiva was serious there must be severe trouble.

"The lab area for the World Stone exploded."

"Exploded?" Angele could not believe what he had just heard.

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Chapter 244: Getting Ready (1)

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"What happened?" Angele asked Nancy to take the two kids to the house first.

Shiva started explaining after the kids left.

"I think the unstable forcefield was the reason but I haven't gotten the report yet. If you have time, you can go check it out."

Angele narrowed his eyes and thought for a second. "I know the force field is unstable but I don't think it'll explode on its own. I'll go take a look later. Was any wizard there when it exploded?"

"Not sure. It has just happened." Shiva shrugged.

"Alright. We can talk about this later." Angele led Shiva into the house.

The two sat in the living room and talked about the research Shiva was doing recently. The two kids played with the dwarf knight around the house and they caught some fish from the lake.

When the sun started setting, Shiva and his grandchildren left the house after having dinner with Angele.

Angele changed into another robe after the three left and headed toward the school right away by means of the flying mount.

He landed on top of the mushroom building after traveling across the border of the Six Ring area.

There were several other eagles already parked on the platform, there must be other wizards who were contacted about the explosion of the World Stone.

Angele walked straight to the lab area after leaving the mushroom building.

He saw several wizards chatting beside the mushroom building above the World Stone lab.

They glanced at Angele for a second but they did not greet him and they just continued their conversation with their brows furrowed.

Angele only had two friends in the school, Sherry and Glue, while the other wizards formed their own research groups. Although he knew their names and backgrounds, he barely talked to them.

He pursed his lips and walked past them, entering the door of the mushroom building. He walked down the stairs and quickly arrived at the gate of the World Stone lab.

The gate was wide open, and Angele saw the blue pool.

He stepped into the gate and felt the warm wind blowing over his face.

'Check if the air is normal,' he ordered.

Several rows of data appeared on the left side of his sight.

'You're being affected by the polluting radiation. 18.15 degrees per second.'

The number started increasing rapidly as Angele advanced further.

It felt like walking toward a humongous stove. His skin started burning as he got closer.

He unleashed frigid wind to reduce the temperature of the metal barrier that covered his body.

'Build the forcefield model for the World Stone.'

'Task created…Analyzing the force field and radiation energy around you…' Zero reported right away.

Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes, he stood beside the pool and stopped advancing. The radiation was too strong for him to handle.

About ten minutes later.

The blue light dots disappeared.

'Analysis stopped, more mentality needed…' Zero reported back.

'How much mentality do I need?'

'More than 75.'

Angele stood by the pool quietly staring at the exploded gate on the other side. There were stone pieces everywhere.

He could see that most of the object was destroyed through the broken gate and the World Stone was surrounded by some black fog.

Several minutes later, Angele heard footsteps coming from behind.

He turned his head around.

It was Glue, the Gas stage wizard with blue eyes and blue hair. He walked to Angele and put up a blue light barrier to help reduce the radiation.

"How's the situation?" Glue asked.

"No idea. I got the information not so long ago." Angele shook his head. "According to Shiva, the stone exploded about two days ago."

"It too happened to the one in the Six Ring's school area," Glue muttered as he stared at the World Stone through the broken door.

Angele looked at Glue. "So what happened to that one?"

"The unstable forcefield and radiation pollution lasted for 12 years. The World Stone became extremely unstable after that and it was sealed in the lab by the wizards from the school." Glue knitted his eyebrows.

Angele bit his lips. If it needed that much time to recover, his plan would have to be halted.

"Where's Sherry?" he questioned.

"She's the one who told me about this actually. Sherry was sent to the Monti Empire by her family. She will be back in three years." Glue shook his head. "Well, the only thing we can do is to wait right now. No one has expected the explosion."

Angele nodded. "Yeah. Master Shiva said that the explosion injured three wizards that were in the lab and they are now being treated by wizard Marina. We'll have to stop our study."

"Alright, I'll be leaving now. Talk to you later." Glue shook his head and left.

"I'm leaving too." Angele sighed with mixed feelings and left with Glue.

The chip could not do the analysis him as his mentality was not high enough and it was impossible for him to determine the reason why the World Stone exploded at the moment.

Angele saw two men with black hair waiting for them as he stepped out of the door of the mushroom building.

"Greetings, master Glue." The two bowed to Glue.

They saw Angele standing beside Glue and bowed to him as well.

"Professor, Fir just told us that you're here."

The two were Angele's students, Glenn and Baren, and they were from the other side of the Gem Sea as well.

"Yeah, how are your missions?" Angele asked a random question as he walked alongside them.

"Pretty good. We're here to talk to you," Glenn lowered his head and responded politely. "I want to purchase the basic knowledge of the Fundamentals of Negative Energy Particles from you, master."

"I want to purchase the basic knowledge for Electric Energy Particles," Baren spoke after Glenn.

"So the reward for the missions was pretty good?" Angele slightly nodded and smiled.

"Just enough magic stones for the knowledge."

"Alright, come with me." Angele left the lab area with them.

There were not many students in the school. Most of the wizard apprentices were either out for missions or studying in the dorms, so the place was quiet and empty.

The wizards or wizard apprentices he met on the path were all walking quickly, not wanting to dally around.

Angele led the two wizard apprentices to his office in the mushroom building of the teaching area. Each of them paid 20 regular magic stones for the basic knowledge they wanted. The price was discounted as they were Angele's students. He stored the required information in two crystal orbs and gave them to the students.

Using crystal orbs to store information was common among the wizards and wizard apprentices. Transferring the knowledge into the crystal only required a small amount of mentality and the information would disappear after about two years. If a wizard wanted to keep the information for a longer duration, he would have to purchase special potions, but those potions were expensive and could only be used once.

After saying goodbye to the two wizard apprentices, Angele went straight to the underground library.

The library was what brought the Cross fame in Nola.

Angele had already scanned a large number of books into the database using the chip. Although Zero filtered out the duplicated or falsified information, it would still take him a long time to completely study all of them.

If he could record all the books into the database, his future research might become much easier.

There were no spell books in the library but he had found the knowledge of enchantment, crafting, potion concoction, arts, music, and philosophy. The knowledge helped Angele understand the culture of the world better.

He finally finished scanning all the books after three days.

Angele left the school right away and returned to his territory.

He started doing experiments on ancient bloodlines again. He was also waiting for the news on the World Stone.

Sadly, nothing changed after about one month. The forcefield around the World Stone was still unstable. Angele visited the school twice during the time and taught one public class but he still could not get close to the World Stone.

Time flew by. Angele received a message that he did not expect while waiting for the World Stone to stabilize.

Warm water was splashing over Angele's head.

He was taking a shower in the bathroom. He raised his head and tried to clean his brown hair.

The water dripped down his chin and hit the stone floor.

The bathroom was small and it was filled up with steam.

Thud thud*

Someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Master Green, here's a letter for you." Alice's voice came from outside the door.

"Huh? Is it in a cylinder?" Angele questioned.

"Yes, and it's from the east." Angele could barely hear Alice's voice.

He had built the shower room by himself using Metal Mastery. The water it let out came from a special showerhead on the ceiling. With a flick of his finger, the water stopped.

Angele grabbed a white towel that was hanging on the wall and wiped the remaining water off his body. He then quickly covered his private part with the towel and opened the door.

Alice was wearing a white one piece with her long black hair trailing over her shoulders. The twin's bodies had already stopped growing after several years. Their bodies were well balanced, and they had long legs, slim waists, and average-sized breasts.

Angele stepped out of the bathroom and took the black wooden cylinder that Alice handed to him. He glanced at Alice and then patted her head.

"You look great, Alice. Thank you for bringing me the letter. You may leave now."

"Yes, master." Alice blushed. She then turned around and walked away quickly.

Angele opened the wooden cylinder carefully after Alice left.

Inside it was a translucent crystal orb and there was a black rune flowing in the center.

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Chapter 245: Getting Ready (2)

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Angele threw the crystal orb in the air.

The orb floated above him and released several rays of white light that created a white screen in the front.

The image became distorted for a second and slowly displayed the scene.

In a dark forest, white mist was expanding in the air and the shadows under the trees were silent but horrifying.

One of the shadows suddenly flashed for a second and stood up, turning into a black, human-shaped living being.

Ka*

The black robe covering the man turned into a cloak and dropped to the ground.

It was an old woman with wrinkles all over her face. One of her eyes was replaced by a bronze pocket watch. Her face, neck, and hands were connected by countless strings. She looked like a dead body that was brought back to life.

"Long time no see, Angele."

"It has been a while, master Liliana." Although it was just a recorded message, Angele still responded to her. He never expected for a letter to come from master Liliana.

Liliana stopped for a second and continued.

"I have learned that you're now a member of the Six Ring High Tower from one of my students. To be honest, I didn't have high expectations for you. However, you're now one of the strongest students I have.

"I spent years recovering from my injury. Within that span of time, my students have helped me create an organization called the Night's Hand. We're now part of the underground world, and I'm no longer associated with Ramsoda. I have a favor to ask. I want you to help the members of Night's Hand in Nola if possible. I'll send you rare resources from the underground world. I'm certain you'll need them."

Liliana stored the address of the Night's Hand in the orb using a special encryption and she also told Angele how to enter the underground world.

The light from the crystal orb slowly faded away and the orb started dropping.

Angele caught the orb before it hit the ground and he noticed that the black rune inside was breaking.

After about ten seconds, the black rune completely disappeared.

He held the crystal orb in his hand and started thinking.

It seemed that master Liliana was somewhat related to the underground world. However, the unique resources of the underground world were extremely hard for him to get under normal circumstances. If Angele managed to fulfill her request, he could earn a lot of money by selling those materials in the black market.

Angele had already acquired the basic knowledge for body modification but there were several things that needed to be prepared first.

He had also successfully modified two relatively helpful spells in order to aid him during possible fights. One or two strong spells would be much more useful than five weak spells.

If he wanted to keep progressing to the next stage, he would have to start modifying his body. Increasing the attributes and resistances was required before Angele could advance to the Crystal stage. His body must be able to handle the extra mentality brought by the Crystal stage and he needed to do many calculations before trying to increase his mentality level.

The major difference between a Liquid stage wizard and a Crystal stage wizard was the mentality level. The spell power would increase as the mentality level increased. However, Crystal stage wizards harnessed higher rank spells.

Most of the Crystal stage wizards were strong because they lived much longer than the average wizards. They had many practical experiences and possessed many high-level enchanted items or even magic devices. Crystal stage dark wizards could cast level 2 damage spells and the power was incredible.

It was nearly impossible for any rank 1 wizard to kill a Crystal stage wizard using just one or two spells even if it was a sneak attack. And if the Crystal stage wizard survived the initial attack, he would fight back using the unpredictable level two spells.

Angele knew that a small difference between mentality level would not affect the outcome of a battle. Rather, it was the high-level spell that the high-rank wizards could cast.

Angele needed to figure out how high his attributes and mentality should be before making any attempt to advance to the Crystal stage.

"I don't really need the resources from the underground world at the moment, so I'll leave that aside…But my mentality is not increasing at all using the current technique. Do I have to rely on rare items and potions?" Angele muttered.

He never switched the meditation technique after becoming a formal wizard. Angele checked with other wizards before, but it seemed that they all stuck with what they were using when they were still apprentices. Most of them were relying on low-level potions or rare enchanted items to speed up the mentality increasing process during meditation. However, they failed to find the required rare resources after reaching the Gas stage and they just stopped progressing.

The higher a wizard's rank was, the more expensive resources he would need.

Angele found that ideology a bit unreasonable.

He was certain that there must be another way for wizards to increase their mentality as he had read from the books that there were advanced meditation techniques for wizards.

Angele thought for a while, then he changed into a long white robe.

He opened the door and stepped into the living room.

A glass of warm milk was prepared for him on the table beside the sofa.

Angele walked to the sofa and was about to have some milk but suddenly a white light flashed upon the back of his right hand. It was coming from a communication rune that looked like a flower.

"Green, I have a great news for you." Ander's voice was transmitted to his ears.

Angele modified his communication rune so it would display the message right after receiving.

Majority of wizards only check their messages once a day so that they would not be disturbed while doing research.

"What's the good news?" He sat down and responded right away.

"Our organization is sending wizards to the headquarters next year. I put your name up for the recommendation."

"The headquarters?" Angele was surprised. "Where is it?"

"Somewhere far from here. I'm sure you've never been there. The divisions need to send high-quality magic stones and many other rare resources to the headquarters each year and only 30 people will be selected this time. I have one recommendation slot. I thought of you right away," Ander was speaking in a strange tone.

"I appreciate it…a lot." Angele knew that if he was sent to the headquarters, Ander would be freed from doing tasks for him. And although the relationship of the two had improved recently, Ander still wanted to make sure Angele did not spread any rumor in Nola.

"One more thing, Green, don't you think that normal mediation techniques are no longer effective to us?" Ander asked this question that Angele was similarly thinking about just several minutes ago.

"Do you why there are so many wizards researching on ancient bloodline in the west coast? We want to find out how the ancient wizards were not affected by the bottleneck. The ancient wizards with ancient bloodline in their bodies could progress without worrying about limitations."

"What does it have to do with the headquarters?" Angele wondered.

"There are several high-rank wizards on the west coast. However, the secrets of the ancient wizards became history and rank 2 wizards are almost considered the top brass right now. Most importantly, the rumor says that the method to activate the World Stone is stored somewhere in Omandis, the center of this land, and the headquarters of Six Ring High Tower is located there. You'll find rank 2, rank 3, rank 4, and even rank 5 wizards in that area. Although they're weaker than the ancient wizards that were at the same rank, they're still much stronger than those wizards in the divisions.

"We can only build resource points by ourselves but at the headquarters, they can simply gather those rare resources in the area. The quality and quantity of the resources are much higher than what we have here. The headquarters also has advanced meditation techniques, so the wizards there are not progressing just simply by using rare resources. The wizards sent to the headquarters by the divisions will have access to those privileges. The only problem is the high mountains between the east and the west. The magical beasts, mutated creatures, and natural disasters are stopping people from crossing the line, so the only way to get there is to use the flying mounts. If you want to speed up your progress, accepting the offer is your best choice." Ander gave a long explanation. Clearly enough, he really wanted to send Angele to the headquarters.

Angele himself had never expected such a great opportunity to come to him. He remained silent and started thinking.

Ander waited for his response patiently.

Angele sighed after thinking for a long time.

"I still need some time."

"For sure, just reply to me by January." Ander chuckled and cut the connection. He knew that Angele had the intention to accept the offer.

It was a great opportunity for Angele if it was true. Angele hesitated because he wanted to dig deeper into this since old man Ander never mentioned any disadvantages of being sent to the headquarters.

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Chapter 246: Settle an Old Grudge (1)

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Angele lowered his hand as the flower-shaped rune disappeared.

He sat on the sofa, then he brought the glass to his mouth and sipped some milk. The warm white liquid left a sweet and creamy taste on his tongue.

"Alice, grab me the pen and paper," he yelled at the door.

"Got it," Alice had no problem hearing Angele's voice outside the house.

Several minutes later, Alice brought him a yellow leather scroll, a bottle of ink, and a feather pen.

Angele grabbed the feather pen, opened the ink bottle, and dipped the pen in it. He flattened the scroll and started writing a reply to master Liliana's letter.

He accepted Liliana's offer and showed that he was happy about her recovery. Angele also wrote that he wanted to talk to Liliana directly using the telescope.

He wrote down the address on the bottom of the scroll and encrypted it.

Half an hour later, he rolled the scroll up and tapped on it, then a black twisted snake pattern flashed on its surface for a second.

Alice had already brought him the wooden cylinder, so Angele threw the scroll into the cylinder and sealed it with wax.

"Take it to the postal office and tell them to just drop it at the proper location. Someone will pick it up." Angele handed the cylinder to Alice.

"Understood."

"Thanks."

"I'll be leaving now."

Angele stood up after Alice stepped out of the door.

He walked to the second floor and entered the study, then took out a black telescope from a black case under the desk.

He put the telescope on the bookshelf and used several silver strings to bind it in one of the slots.

CHI*

The telescope pointed at the floor and released a ray of white light.

It stopped moving after releasing the light.

Angele waited for the response patiently.

About ten minutes later, a tall person walked into the light and their body took form.

That person was wearing a long yellow robe with long black hair trailing over her shoulders. It was Isabel.

"What's the matter?" Isabel asked in a light tone. "We just talked to each other not so long ago."

"Well, how's your life? In the White Tooth Castle?" Angele stared at Isabel calmly.

"Raymond is treating me very well." Isabel had a gentle smile on her face.

"Good then. I have just one question. Do you know that Six Ring High Tower's headquarters will recruit wizards from the divisions?" Angele went straight to the question.

"To the headquarters?" The smile disappeared from Isabel's face.

"Oh, are you being sent to the headquarters?" Suddenly, a feminine voice joined the conversation. A blonde lady wearing a white silky shirt entered the scene.

It was a lady with a clean face. She had a confident smile on her face and she was scratching her head.

"I'm Raymond. So, you're the only friend Isabel has? You don't look…special."

She was mocking Angele.

Angele stayed calm and observed the woman called Raymond. He did not expect to talk to her during his conversation with Isabel.

"You're Raymond?" His eyebrow furrowed. "Don't you think that interrupting our conversation is rude?"

"Huh? Did you just say that I'm rude?" Raymond chuckled. "Ha, people don't usually talk to me like that. I thought you were just using Isabel for her resources. It seems like you have guts."

"I don't care what you think about me." Angele remained calm. Although Raymond was Isabel's partner, he never liked her. The challenges that Raymond had put Isabel through were ridiculous.

Angele also thought that Raymond was just playing with Isabel. But never had she expected Isabel to treat the relationship seriously. However, Isabel passed through all the impossible challenges Raymond set up and Raymond decided to pay her back. That was the reason why Raymond fell in love with Isabel.

Angele remembered the days that Isabel supported him with all the resources she had. It moved him a lot.

"Well, I apologize for what I just said. I'm just curious about you." Raymond bowed slightly. "I can tell you about the headquarters of the Six Ring High Tower."

"Huh? Thanks, master Raymond." Angele shook his head and smiled.

He knew that Raymond's intention was just to see what Isabel's only friend looked like. Also, it was very likely that Isabel had already told her about the rhino blood.

"The headquarters of the Six Ring High Tower sits in the center of the land, Omandis. The road to Omandis is blocked by mountains. You can only travel to that place with flying mounts. It'll cost people a lot of money and time, so the headquarters only communicates with the divisions when necessary."

"Only a few of the wizards that were sent to the headquarters returned to the divisions. They caught the opportunity and wanted to advance to the next rank or division. You can find much better resources in Omandis. There were wizards that declined the offer because they wanted to save money and enjoy their lives in Nola."

Raymond stopped for a second, then she continued, "Most importantly, there are many dangerous creatures living in the mountains. You may get killed even if you're on a flying mount. You need to prepare for that if you want to go there."

"Is there anything else I need to be careful with?" Angele knew the trip would not be easy.

"You'll be guarding the resources that are sent to the headquarters on your way there so you need to protect the resources. Ah, also…" Raymond pursed her lips. "You know the Perfect Wizard, right? The talented male wizard named Reyline is selected too. He's a bi*ch. I fought with him multiple times."

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind."

"That's all I know. The headquarters of Six Ring High Tower is a mystery since they barely make any announcements to the public. You're a member of their division but the wizards in the headquarters will just treat you like a stranger." Raymond shrugged and cut off the communication.

PA*

The light disappeared from the floor.

Angele closed his eyes and rethought the words Raymond said. He took down the telescope and returned it to the case.

He then took out a bronze telescope from the drawer.

Angele tapped on the telescope after stabilizing it with silver strings.

CHI*

The white light was released from the telescope right away and an old man in a white robe appeared in the light. He was standing in front of a large table and it seemed like he was drawing something.

The old man turned around after hearing the noise.

"Green, I'm doing an enchantment experiment right now. Say it quickly if you want something," Shiva raised his head and said, his hands not stopping.

"Sure, I just want to ask you about the headquarters of Six Ring High Tower." Angele got straight to the point.

"The headquarters? You want to go to Omandis?" Shiva was surprised. He stopped drawing runes and stared at Angele.

"I'm considering it. It seems like a great opportunity for me."

"Well, he's not your friend then. He wants you gone." Shiva shook his head. "A trip to the headquarters may sound exciting but weak wizards will die on the way there. You're not safe in the sky. Rumor says that only half of the wizards will make it to Omandis."

"I heard that Reyline will be going there too. He's the Perfect Wizard, right?"

"Reyline, huh? Well…it's dangerous. Just think twice before you make the decision. If the team is strong enough, you'll be able to survive the mountains. If the team is too weak, the magical creatures will target you." Shiva's expression turned serious. "I suggest you stay in Nola. It's nice and peaceful. The bastards in the headquarters won't treat you well."

"I understand. Thanks." Angele smiled but he did not argue with Shiva. It seemed that Shiva hated the headquarter for some reason and the trip was indeed dangerous.

"You won't be traveling there using flying mounts. They use hot air balloons. There'll be three balloons if there are enough members in the team. Don't pick the same balloon as Reyline. He has a short temper and he won't help you if you're in danger. I know him when he was still at the school. He's young but he's already ruling his family's hunting team. If you already made the decision, I have some advice for you. Be selfish and be careful. The ones you help may not pay you back when you're attacked. Don't die, Green. My grandchildren still want to play with you."

"I'll try to survive the trip. Don't worry." Angele chuckled. "Alright, thanks for the help."

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Chapter 247: Settle an Old Grudge (2)

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"Just come back in one piece, okay? I have never been to Omandis. Record some information using the crystal orb and bring it back to me if possible," Shiva muttered as he started drawing runes again.

The light from the telescope faded as Shiva cut the connection off. Angele carefully returned it to the drawer.

"I need to make sure that the people in my territory become settled." He walked to the window and looked down. Nancy and several guards were chatting beside a watchtower.

The communication rune he gave to the other wizards or wizard apprentices would not disappear as long as he was still alive so people would not invade his territory in a while.

Shiva, Glue, and several other people he knew could help take care of the matters in his territory if he asked. That was one benefit of having friends in Nola.

However, there was one more organization he needed to deal with.

Angele narrowed his eyes.

He barely knew anything about Wisp's organization. Although they had been doing businesses with each other for a long time, he did not even know the name of the organization.

Wisp's organization offered him a position in their potions department but if Angele decided to go to Omandis, he had to make sure that the mysterious organization did not go after him.

Wisp had helped him a lot before he advanced to the Liquid stage and the organization gave him many precious crystal leaves. Angele was worried that if he did not pay them back, the organization would attack him and the people around him.

Angele must make sure everything was dealt with.

It was possible that the organization had the power to remove him from the team to Omandis.

Furthermore, he had not contacted with Wisp in a while.

In a sea of maple trees, the noon sunlight went past through the gaps between the maple leaves and illuminated on the ground.

Between those trees, there was a small lake and the flaming red tree leaves reflected upon its silky-smooth surface. In the center of the lake was a small area with a brown wooden house built upon it. There was no path leading to the house around the lake and it just sat there quietly.

The gentle wind blew over the maple trees. Some dried leaves dropped to the surface of the water, creating ripples.

A young man with brown hair was walking toward the lake slowly.

His eyes were surrounded by a golden glow and there was a metallic silver glint on his skin.

The man raised his right head and a black raven rune flashed on the nail of his middle finger. The rune released a gentle red light and it was barely visible in the sunlight.

"Name is Green," the young man said in a low voice.

A lot of green vines emerged out of the red mud as soon as he finished speaking.

The vines twisted and moved toward the wooden house in the center of the lake, creating a path for him to walk on.

Angele stepped onto the vine bridge calmly and headed to the wooden house.

Kreek*

The door opened itself as Angele approached.

He entered the house and closed the door.

It was a small place. There were only a brown wooden table and two chairs. There was no wood in the fireplace on the wall and the only decoration in the house was a dried-up wreath.

Under the dim light, Angele saw a man in a black robe. He was wearing a hood with his head lowered.

"Green, welcome to my place."

Angele walked to the table and sat down on the opposite side.

"Where's Wisp?"

"He's dead," the man answered with a high-pitched male voice.

"Dead?" Angele was surprised. "Can you tell me what happened?"

"Sure. He was killed during a mission. It was an accident. His opponents were much stronger than he had thought." The man raised his head and removed the hood. It was a man with the head of a raven.

Black feathers, black eyes, and a human body. The raven man was surrounded by a mysterious aura.

The raven man shook its head slightly. His voice sounded just like a male human.

"That's…sad. Wisp has helped me a lot. How about his students?" Angele questioned.

"Who knows? They're on a mission to avenge their master. Come back in one piece or die during the mission. There are only two possibilities."

"How about his family?"

"Nothing has changed. Our organization will take care of the dead wizards' families for 200 years. Don't worry about it," the raven man explained in a light tone.

"Sounds good." Angele nodded.

"So you're the new representative? What should I call you?" Angele wanted to tell Wisp that he made the decision to go to Omandis but it seemed that his initial plan needed to be changed.

"My name is Nowi, you can just call me Raven," the raven man answered calmly. "I'm here to replace Wisp. You're here to inform us that you'll be going to the headquarters of Six Ring High Tower, right?"

"You already know?" Angele was surprised for a second but he understood the situation quickly. "Don't tell me you helped Ander to secure the position for me without him knowing it…"

"You're smart. Our headquarters is in Omandis as well.

"You're also worrying about your territory and the people close to you, right?"

"Yeah, you're right." Angele nodded as he had nothing to hide.

"Wizards are selfish. It's impossible for us to maintain a long relationship. Isabel will change, Nancy will change, and I will change. I don't remember every face I see and one day the people around won't stay there for me forever."

"Absolutely. So your best choice is to join us and we'll take care of your people for you," Raven said in a light tone.

"I didn't expect your headquarters to be in Omandis as well. If that's really the case, I'll accept the offer." Angele was not worried that the organization would threaten him through his friends. A dark wizard like him would never be compromised. He would always try to find the way to fight back.

"You're not joining us as a combatant but you need to complete one mission to show us that you're really a dark wizard." The Raven opened its beak and it looked he was smiling.

Angele narrowed his eyes but remained calm. "Interesting. How did you even find out that I'm a dark wizard? Tell me the mission then but I won't just kill people for no reason whatsoever."

"Everything has already been prepared for you. It's an easy mission. I'm sure you're interested."

"Huh? Tell me about it." Angele slightly nodded.

Raven stared at Angele in his eyes.

"Kill Red Beard."

Angele pursed his lips after hearing the word.

"What are you talking about? Red Beard is one of the three elders from the Labyrinth College. He's a Crystal stage wizard and he's getting close to rank 2. You want me to kill him?"

"No one will stop you." Raven cleared his throat. "I mean, no one can stop you."

"Why are you so sure?" Angele shook his head.

"The name of our organization is the Dark Wizard Tower."

Angele lowered his head. He was trying to search the name using the database.

"But how can I kill him? I'm not confident that I can defeat him in a one versus one situation."

"Well, you probably can't when he's at his optimal state. But what if he's betrayed by his own people and is severely injured?" Raven chuckled.

"Are you setting everything up for me? It doesn't sound possible."

"You'll understand when the day comes."

Half a month later…

Outside Nola, the Mist Forest.

Angele was overlooking the green sea of trees on a tall cliff, wearing a black leather armor suit.

The forest was endless, the only thing in his sight was the tree.

It was early in the morning and the sunlight had not yet brought the warmth to the land.

Angele scratched his head and turned around.

A blonde man with curly hair stepped forward and stood beside Angele, he was wearing a black swordsman's suit.

"According to our intel, Red Beard has been injured by the president of Labyrinth College, Narry, and he is hiding in the forest below us. I'll leave the job to you," the man spoke in a calm tone.

"Is he alone?" Angele wondered.

"There should be two people with him. A zombie he created and one of his students," the man explained. "Red Beard failed a mission and did some permanent damage to his organization…"

"Is he part of the Dark Wizard Tower?" Angele suddenly questioned.

"No, but Narry is."

"So the organization wants him gone? Why?"

The man shook his head. "The situation is complicated and I don't know how to explain it to you. Just go. There are other people going after him. There's a Crystal stage wizard named Olive that wants Red Beard dead. He and three other Liquid stage wizards have already been in pursuit of him for four days. Red Beard has many enemies and they all heard the information that he was hurt."

"Interesting, so I'm not the only one here?" Angele asked. "I thought you already cleared the path for me."

"Well, you're definitely not the only one here. We did try to clear the path for you but the situation changed."

The man took out a black plate from his pouch and handed it over to Angele.

"You can track the Red Beard down using the plate."

Angele looked at the plate, it was about the size of a palm. Its surface was smooth like a mirror. There was a white dot being displayed in the center and a red dot was slowly moving on the left side.

"Thanks." He held the plate with his left hand and raised his right arm, creating a long silver sword in his hand.

Angele checked the red dot on the plate and walked down the cliff.

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Chapter 248: Magic Device (1)

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Angele vanished into the forest after rushing down the cliff.

The trees were tall and large, its leaves almost blocking the sky. On the ground, there were many tiny green bushes and white mist was floating in the air.

Angele advanced slowly on the narrow path and made some noise between the bushes.

Angele could feel cold and wet grasses through his boots. An unpleasant smell permeated the air.

He held the black plate in hand and confirmed the location of the Red Beard, then he started heading toward that location quickly.

The red dot on the plate blinked as it moved and it also stopped several times.

Angele advanced for about ten minutes and heard incinerating sounds ahead of him.

The area that was about ten meters away from him was lit. The furious flames were still expanding. Branches were being burnt and trees were falling down.

The light from the flames brightened up the surroundings.

Angele checked the fire and glanced around. No one was here.

He crouched as blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.

Angele slashed down the bush in front and saw multiple footprints lying around. Whoever left them here was clearly in a hurry.

'They were here not so long ago. The patterns on their shoes indicated that they did not want to enter the Mist Forest. The fire is here to stop the people that are chasing after them.'

He came to this conclusion quickly.

Angele stood up and glanced around. He suddenly walked to another bush. The grasses here had been stomped on by people.

'They must be the one chasing after Red Beard.' Angele decided to proceed with caution. 'I need to hurry up or he'll be dead before I can reach him.'

He turned around and started running to the right.

After about one minute, he reached the edge of the burning area and headed to the deep forest.

He was not hiding his footsteps at all. Several minutes later, he heard people yelling and things exploding ahead.

Angele held his sword tight and increased his speed.

"Who's there?!"

Someone yelled ahead. It was a deep male voice.

The trees left Angele's sight, revealing a large empty area in the front.

Several trees were brought down by the explosion and surrounded the place.

A middle-aged man wearing a tight blue suit was standing in the center of the place and he supported his body with a large black mace. No one else, however, was around.

The man was deeply wounded and his left arm was broken.

The man stared at Angele as he walked out of the forest.

"Who are you?"

Angele glared at him and using the chip to scan his mentality wave. It showed that the man was a Gas stage wizard.

"Are you going after Red Beard?" He stepped forward and asked.

"You too? Head into that direction then, they just left." The man pointed at the right.

Angele nodded. Red Beard had only injured a Gas stage wizard. It seemed that his injury was getting worse every minute. It was great news for him.

He checked the black plate again. The red dot was very close and it already stopped moving.

He rushed to the red dot and heard someone screaming.

The scream stopped within a second. Angele saw a woman in a red robe that got pinned down by a tree. Her whole body was frozen in a large chunk of ice.

The woman had died right away.

He walked to the ice block and tapped on it.

Dang*

The metal barrier around Angele's hand did not leave any crack on the ice.

He suddenly heard people chatting between the bushes.

"That's it, Lando. You're a dead man. Give me that thing and I'll free you from your suffering," a woman was shouting.

Angele narrowed his eyes.

He checked the plate again. The red dot was very close to the white dot.

He put the plate into a pouch and grabbed some gray dust.

"Wind…heed my call…" he chanted in a whisper.

Several thin green strings appeared in the air and started spinning around Angele.

The strings vanished into the air after several seconds and everything returned to normal.

Gentle wind was blowing over his face and Angele threw the gray dust into the air. The shiny dust looked like silver light dots that were blown away by the wind quickly.

The wind stopped after all the dust was gone.

Angele grabbed a silver scimitar from his back. The scimitar had a sharp wavy blade and it was coated with a green glow. He twisted the handle of the scimitar slightly and a blade of similar length popped out of the bottom of the handle.

'Let me see what this cursed scimitar can do.' Angele spun the scimitar several times and tied it to his belt.

Angele held the long silver sword in hand and stepped forward.

Red Beard was sitting beside a large tree with blood leaking out of his mouth. Two corpses were lying in front of him, both cut into half from their waists. It was a terrible way of dying.

An old man with a white beard was staring at Red Beard calmly. He was wearing a red robe with a cane in hand.

A muscular woman wearing a black armor piece was standing behind the old man. The woman had messy blond hair and there was a black lightning pattern on her forehead. Her weapon was a red greatsword.

The three looked at Angele at the same time as he left the bush. No one looked surprised. They had noticed Angele's presence a while ago.

"Olive, I can give you the magic device, but it seems that this young man is interested too." Red Beard laughed.

Angele blinked his eyes. The magic device's power was higher than the high-rank enchanted item. It could help the owner cast certain spells instantly.

Red Beard brought up the magic device and wanted to see if the two would try to finish Angele off first.

Wizards would do anything to get their hands on the magic devices. Red Beard's plan was obvious but it was still effective.

"Friend, it's none of your business. I have just one advice for you. Leave! Now!" The woman with a greatsword yelled at Angele. She noticed that his expression changed after hearing about the magic device.

"It's a serious personal matter. I need to talk to the Red Beard first. Do you really think that I'll leave just because you said it?" Angele shook his head.

"Kill him then," The old man named Olive suddenly turned to Angele and said.

The woman nodded slightly and started walking toward Angele. She lowered her greatsword and prepared to fight.

"Actually, I don't care about the magic device. I just want Red Beard dead." Angele remained calm. "Red Beard is the strongest Crystal stage wizard I know. We should kill him first before he recovers."

He was not afraid of a fight. Angele was certain that he could slay Red Beard by himself as long as the old man did not have enough mentality to cast a level 2 spell. The biggest problem to him was Olive.

He tracked down the Red Beard and he must be a strong Crystal stage wizard.

"And I'm just a Gas stage wizard. I can't do anything to you, don't you think?" Angele shrugged and took two steps back.

"Master, I think he's right. We have already violated many rules recently. Let's just kill Red Beard." The woman turned her head around and talked to Olive.

"I don't carry the magic device with me. I already hid it in somewhere safe. If I die, you'll never be able to find it." Red Beard smiled.

Olive shook his head. "You have played too many tricks. My patience is running out."

"You know me for so many years. I have already proved myself back in Maple City…" Red Beard chuckled. He slightly shook his right index finger as he talked. The nail on the finger broke into pieces and vivid red blood dropped to the grasses.

Olive stopped for a second and continued, "Whatever. I'll let you leave if you give me the magic device. I have said it several times."

"Master Olive, obviously, Red Beard is not going to hand you the magic device. I advise you to kill him immediately. He's just wasting our time. It's possible that he can still fight back," Angele spoke quickly. "I also sensed some energy fluctuations around him while you two were talking."

Red Beard's expression changed.

Olive stared at Red Beard and raised his arm.

BOOM*

A distorted wave appeared around Red Beard. It almost looked like the air around him was turned into jelly. Angele's sight blurred and he could barely see what was going on.

Crack*

The large tree fell to the ground but it failed to hit Red Beard. Only a large hole was left beside the tree stump.

"Again!" Olive held the cane tight. "Track him down!" He yelled and rushed forward.

The woman followed after Olive and held her greatsword tight.

Angele walked to the tree stump and checked the hole. He took out the black plate and saw the red dot moving again.

He turned around and started running toward Red Beard's current location.

Angele saw Red Beard stopped by another large tree right away. Olive and the woman were standing right beside him.

"Well, it seems like my plan failed." Red Beard sighed and wiped the blood off his mouth. "Turning myself into pure energy will never be a good idea."

"Your mentality wave is interrupted by my spell." Olive sneered. "You can't trick me twice with the same crap."

"Well, you'll have a much easier time talking to him if you hit him harder." Angele smiled.

Olive and the woman looked at him at the same time after hearing him speak.

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Chapter 249: Magic Device (2)

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The two knew that it was the best choice they had but none of them were willing to attack first.

Red Beard was one of the strongest Crystal stage wizards and if he still had enough mentality to cast a level 2 spell, none of the three would be able to take it without dying.

Even Olive was not so confident with his force barrier.

Their original plan was to chase Red Beard down and force him to waste mentality on defensive spells.

"It's a great suggestion. You had some personal matters with Red Beard, right? Why don't you go beat him up?" The woman chuckled.

"Well, I'll pass. I want him dead but it's fine if you want to do the job for me." Angele coughed and stepped back.

Olive and the woman shook their heads. They did not think Angele was treating the situation seriously.

The three remained silent as they surrounded Red Beard.

After several minutes, Angele heard footsteps coming from behind.

"Right there! Hurry up! I'll take out that old bastard myself!" It sounded like an old man.

"More people are coming. Why are we still waiting? There's no time for us to hesitate." Angele was trying to stir things up.

Olive glared at Angele as his brow furrowed but he did not say anything.

Red Beard supported himself using the tree. His face was pale and his condition was getting worse.

Three old men wearing black robes jumped out of the bush. The old man in front walked straight toward Red Beard and threw a white ball toward him.

"You shall pay for what you have done!"

"Die!"

The two old men rushed toward Red Beard as well. A blue glow surrounded the man on the left and two dark fireballs appeared on the palms of the man on the right.

The three old men jumped onto Red Beard before Angele could do anything.

Olive and the woman stepped back right away.

The white ball turned into a huge web that surrounded Red Beard and the trees around him. A blue spider appeared from nowhere and it jumped onto Red Beard with two dark fireballs behind it.

Red Beard's expression changed. He raised both of his arms and conjured a golden plate in front of him.

The plate was covered in complicated runes.

Angele, Olive, and the woman just watched the attack from the side.

The three old wizards kept releasing white spider webs which stopped Red Beard from escaping. The flames from the fireballs were burning everything under the web while the blue spider moving toward Red Beard.

However, the golden plate in front of Red Beard blocked most of the attack.

Angele smiled as he watched the three old men keep casting spells.

"Masters, you're doing this wrong. The golden plate is absorbing the fire energy from the dark flames. It uses the energy to defend against the blue spiders. He has barely used any mentality. My suggestion is to break the golden plate first," he yelled.

BAM*

A black fireball flew toward him.

Angele's expression changed and he took several steps backed and dodged the attack.

"It's just a suggestion. Why are you mad?"

"Shut up!" One of them turned around and glared at Angele.

"Alright, alright…" Angele shrugged. "It's just my honest opinion."

The black flames extinguished after several seconds. The smell of dead body permeated the air. Angele inhaled some of the polluted air that made his head dizzy.

He stepped back again to avoid the polluted area. The remaining flames around were still sparking.

"You don't want the magic device anymore?" Red Beard's voice came from under the white webs.

Olive pursed his lips and stared at the three dark wizards without saying anything. Those wizards were preparing some magic circles. The muscular woman behind him was observing the situation on the battlefield.

There was a gentle smile on Angele's face. He focused on the golden plate created by Red Beard.

Suddenly, rays of golden light were released from the center of the plate. All the white webs, blue spiders, and dark flames were cleansed by the light.

Angele's sight was blinded for a second. He could feel the searing heat on his skin. He leaped to the left and stayed away from the golden light immediately.

"The Golden Amulet," Olive shouted in surprise.

He raised his hand and pointed at Red Beard.

BOOM*

A distorted energy wave exploded.

Blood spurted out of the three dark wizards' bodies. They were severely injured.

The distorted energy wave was preventing the golden light from spreading.

CHI*

A high-pitched noise echoed in the area as the two spells conflicted.

Crack*

The golden light suddenly faded.

"Ha…You want the magic device, right? Go for it!" Red Beard laughed.

He raised his arm and a white object was thrown into the forest at full speed.

"Hurry!" Olive bit his lips and rushed toward the white object. The three dark wizards struggled and stood up, then they started running toward the object as well.

It only took several seconds for them to reach the object.

"The Light of Thorns!" Red Beard sneered and shouted.

A golden light energy wave exploded around the white object.

The light brightened up the whole area. Countless rays of golden light penetrated the white mist and illuminated on the ground.

Angele held the sword in his hand and watched the energy wave explode. The three dark wizards were burnt into ashes within a second. It almost looked like they perished in an invisible flame.

The strong woman failed to dodge the attack as well. She created a light blue barrier in the front but the golden light went through the barrier and hit her body directly. Angele watched her fall to the ground and white smoke rose from her body.

Only Olive survived the attack. The distorted energy barrier around his body blocked all the golden light.

He walked out of the bush slowly with a white chest armor in hand and he looked disappointed.

Red Beard stood beside the tree and sneered.

"What do you think? You now have the Light of Thorns. Although I used up all the stored energy in the armor, it's still a great magic device. Isn't this what you're looking for?"

A golden magic circle appeared below his feet and the runes on the circle started slowly spinning.

"Master Olive! He's trying to escape!" Angele yelled from the side.

Olive dropped the 'magic device' to the ground. "Give me the real one, you bastard!" He was enraged. "And you!" He turned around and pointed at Angele. "One more word and I'll kill you!"

With a flick of his finger, the magic circle under Red Beard's feet was destroyed.

"Ha, calm down." Angele shook his head and stopped talking.

After several minutes, the muscular woman slowly stood up and her damaged body parts started to recover at an unbelievable speed.

The three old dark wizards recreated their body from a dark fog.

However, all of them looked much weaker than before.

They surrounded Red Beard again.

Red Beard raised his right hand and there was a white rune ring on the middle finger.

"This is the real Light of Thorns. I no longer want it." He smiled as he cut off his middle finger and threw it into the air.

The ring and the finger drew a silver arc in the air.

The wizards all stared at the dropping ring.

"This is the real one. The energy wave around it is incredible." Olive eyed the strong woman and they went for the ring at the same time.

The three dark wizards also rushed to the ring.

Red Beard caught this chance to transform his body into a ray of golden light and vanish into the forest on the right. Angele followed after him right away.

Angele held the silver sword tight in hand. Red Beard's body returned to its original shape but he was still surrounded by a golden glow.

The chilling wind was blowing over Angele's face. The gap between the two was continuously shortening.

He suddenly slashed forward and the length of the blade increased.

CHI*

The tip of the sword hit the back of Red Beard.

The old man grunted and some blood spurted out of his long robe. He quickly stopped and raised his right hand.

KA*

A golden shield appeared in front of him.

Red Beard then quickly took out a triangular wooden amulet and threw it to the ground.

Something exploded behind Angele. He turned his head around and saw a humongous Golem that was created using the dark mud here. The Golem was about two meters tall. It held its fists tight and there was a golden flame burning on its head.

The Golem wasted no time as it struck Angele with its right fist.

Red Beard's face turned pale. He struggled for a while and took a deep breath. It seemed like creating the Golem cost him a lot of mentality and mana. He turned around and started running again.

BAM*

Angele leaped to the right and dodged the Golem's strike. The fist left a one-meter-deep hole in the ground.

He quickly turned around and stabbed the Golem in the arm. Angele went around the golden shield and started chasing after the old man again.

CHI*

The Golem stopped moving after being hit by the sword. It was being petrified for some reason. It then turned into a gray stone statue after several seconds.

Finally, Angele caught the old man beside a small lake.

"Do you remember me? Red Beard?" Angele smiled and stared at Red Beard. The old man was lying on the ground.

"Who're you? I have too many enemies." Red Beard pursed his lips. "I have known that this day will come. I knew it from the beginning…Just kill me. That magic device was the last valuable thing I had."

"However, why didn't you go for the magic device? I'm impressed," he added.

"The reason is simple. I need to kill you first." Angele walked to the old man slowly.

"The magic device is right there. They're already fighting for it. Someone else will take it before you can finish me off," Red Beard, who had lost his calm, said quickly.

"Don't worry. I have plenty of time. I can kill you first and go back for that." Angele shook his head.

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Chapter 250: Leaving (1)

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He untied the cursed scimitar from the belt, twisted its handle, and swung it like a silver metal fan.

Red Beard's expression changed after seeing the cursed scimitar. He raised his right hand and hit the ground.

BAM*

White steam rose from the mud and blocked Angele's sight. The old man started running to the left.

His face was pale and he was struggling to run in a straight line.

CHI*

Suddenly, he stopped moving and the silver blade pierced through his chest brutally. Blood spurted out of the wound right away.

Red Beard's body was ignited and he was turned into a human torch. The old man was melting like a candle in the yellow flames.

Angele pulled the scimitar out of Red Beard's body and took two steps back, watching the old man melt.

"It's over. You know who I am but it doesn't matter anymore," he spoke in a light tone.

He raised the scimitar high and cut off Red Beard's head.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, the head of the old man started screaming. Golden liquid was leaking out his mouth, eyes, ears. This viscous liquid created a tiny puddle on the ground.

There was a metallic glint on the surface of the pool. The screaming never stopped, and the face that looked like a younger Red Beard appeared in the golden puddle.

"Storm and Eclipse!" The face opened its mouth and chanted the incantation.

Red Beard's head rolled several times on the ground. Angele decided to leap away as he heard the incantation.

CHI*

Suddenly, a black iron arrow hit the golden face in the pool.

The face stopped invoking the incantation right away.

BOOM*

The golden liquid slowly disappeared and turned into golden energy waves.

The iron arrow released some strong wind and blew all the energy waves away. Some tree leaves were caught in the wind and dropped to the ground. The only thing left there was a dead body with no head.

Angele remained calm. He walked to the dead body, then crouched and started searching. After about ten minutes, he found a black pouch with several crystal cards inside.

Red Beard was indeed telling the truth. The magic device was truly the last valuable thing he had.

Angele stood up, then he turned around and glared at the cliff.

Through the gaps between the trees, he could see a blonde man with curly hair waving his longbow at him.

Angele grabbed the iron arrow and pulled it out of the ground.

He could feel an intense heat coming from the surface of the arrow.

It was covered in complicated runes and there were two tiny bat wings on both sides of the arrow. He also noticed that the fletching was melting.

"Definitely not an ordinary iron arrow…" Angele rubbed the arrow with his hands and detected the remaining energy from the enchantment. It must be a special arrow that was prepared for stopping the last strike from the Red Beard.

He held the cursed scimitar tight and stabbed into Red Beard's melting body.

CHI*

The noise sounded like the scimitar was sucking his flesh dry.

Angele could feel the mentality and energy being transferred into his body through the handle of the scimitar.

The energy was different from any types of energy particles that were stored in his body. It felt like there was a fire blazing in the center of his chest. He could feel that his body was filled up with this unfamiliar power.

His skin was being strengthened and his strength was increasing.

Angele raised his right arm and realized that his muscle size had almost doubled.

The Red Beard's corpse dried up and turned black.

The noise made by the scimitar slowly disappeared.

Angele stood up and pulled the blade out of the dead body.

'Zero, check my body condition.'

'Attributes have changed on a large scale.'

'Analyzing…'

'Done…Angele Rio: Strength, 7. Agility, 6.5. Stamina, 10. Mentality, 44. Mana, 31.'

Angele was surprised. He himself knew that his attributes increased, but the disparity was far greater than what he had expected.

The Strength stat increased from 4 to 7, the Agility increased by 1.5, the Stamina increased by 2, and the Mentality increased by 0.9.

The cursed scimitar had absorbed the power from a dead Crystal stage wizard. Although Red Beard was severely injured, the result was still incredible.

Kuirman must have killed many wizards to gain such horrifying attributes.

Angele swung the scimitar carefully.

CHI*

The blade drew a silver arc in the air.

He tied the scimitar to the belt again and started walking back. There was still something he wanted.

Angele killed a Crystal stage wizard easily as everything was set up and the blonde man helped him dodge the final strike. He wondered what he could do if someday the same thing happened to him.

Suddenly, the black iron arrow cracked in his hand.

KA*

It sounded like glasses being cracked.

The iron arrow broke into many pieces and dropped to the ground.

Angele looked at the broken arrow. The black metal pieces started melting and turned into black smoke, vanishing into the air.

Several seconds later, the whole arrow disappeared from the ground.

He wiped his hand with a piece of cloth and kept walking.

BAM*

A distorted wave exploded in the area.

Large trees were hit by the wave and cut down. They fell to the ground and there were broken pieces of branches everywhere.

Black smoke was hit by the wave, which then turned into an old man in a black robe. The old man was blown away by the impact and he rolled away on the grasses.

The dark wizard's face turned pale. He lay on the ground and watched Olive walk toward him.

Olive held the cane in hand. There was a blank expression on his face. The old man did not look like a cruel dark wizard. Instead, he looked like a great scholar from a wizard tower.

The muscular woman's greatsword broke in half. There was a deep wound around her waist. The wound was being healed by some white light. Her wound looked better each time the white light flashed. The woman just stood there and waited.

"The other two has already returned to the Palace of the Great Abyss. You're the last one. Give me the magic device and I won't make you suffer." A silver glow surrounded Olive's eyes and there were two distorted invisible balls floating over his shoulders. The balls were creating a strange static noise.

"I'll be revived in the Northland Alliance! My seed is there. You can't kill me and my brothers!" The dark wizard sneered.

"Insects…It'll take you more than ten years to recover to your energy form. Your mentality will be halved and you'll have become useless by then." Olive stayed calm and shook his head.

"Give me the magic device. You know you don't stand a chance against me."

"There's no turning back. I won't just hand it over to you!" The dark wizard sneered again and hit the ground with his hand.

A small protrusion rose from the mud and moved toward the forest quickly.

BOOM*

Olive's spell failed to stop the moving protruding mud.

CHI*

The bump cracked open and a white ring blasted out of it. The ring was then caught by a man in the bushes.

Angele had caught the ring without realizing it. He was still walking and he did not sense any energy wave from the object flying toward him.

Before he could check what was in his hand, a dangerous energy fluctuation appeared in front of him.

BOOM*

DANG*

Countless tree leaves dropped to the ground and the trees around were in a mess.

Angele untied the scimitar and blocked the strike. His face turned pale.

'The buff from the scimitar is really incredible. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to block this attack.' However, Angele's organs were slightly hurt and it would take him some time to recover. The power of the strike was over 40 degrees. He had the ability to handle 30 to 35 degrees of power but an unexpected strike with over 40 degrees of power still almost killed him.

"You're pretty good." A surprised voice came from the front.

Olive and the woman walked to Angele, looking surprised.

"Give me the ring and I'll let you leave in one piece."

Angele looked at the two strong wizards in front with no fear in his eyes. He felt like there was a fire burning in his mind. The dangerous situation was making him excited for some reason. It was a feeling he never had before.

Angele smiled as he could feel his blood boiling.

He had not fought a real battle in a long time. Nola was too peaceful and the light wizards there were weak like ants. No one would break the rules in Nola.

Finally, a chance had come. He wanted to test his new abilities.

Olive was weaker than Red Beard but he was still a Crystal stage wizard and the muscular woman was a strong Liquid stage wizard. They might be the strongest enemies Angele had ever met.

"You want the ring?" He smiled. The sunlight illuminated on the left side of his face. "Why should I give it to you?"

"You're just looking for trouble!" Olive raised his hand and waved at Angele.

Three silver scars appeared on the left side of Angele's face. He raised his hand and waved at Olive as well.

BOOM*

Two energy waves clashed in the air.

The translucent wave balls hit Angele's silver metal particles.

CHI*

The static noise mixed with the high-pitched noise created metal sounds like a car hitting a pole.

Translucent distorted waves spread into the air from Olive's body and blocked the countless silver needles flying toward him.

The earth started shaking as the two strong energy waves hit each other. The only thing Angele could hear was the high-pitched noise.

A translucent cylinder was blocking all of Angele's metal attacks.

He kept releasing the silver strings from his body. Those strings gathered together and formed a large shield. Invisible black patterns slowly appeared on the surface of his skin and they were spreading the illusion field in the area.

The muscular woman took several steps back. She held the broken greatsword tight in hand. The clash of the forcefields was a bit too much for her to handle that she could barely open her eyes.

"F*cking hell!" she cursed. The woman had initially thought Angele was just a weak wizard that only knew how to talk crap. It turned out that the young man was their strongest enemy.

She stomped on the ground and covered her legs with blue ice barriers. The ice barriers formed a pair of strong leg armor within seconds.

She raised the broken greatsword in the air and roared.

BAM*

The woman disappeared and appeared behind Angele. The greatsword in her hand was shining and she slashed forward with no hesitation.

Angele used his free hand to control the cursed scimitar and tried to block the strike.

He also threw the silver longsword to the back using the forcefield.

DANG*

The scimitar clashed with the broken greatsword and made a clean impact.

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Chapter 251: Leaving (2)

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DANG*

The woman created ice shields to block the incoming silver sword, but she did not notice the twisted black rune on the blade.

CHI*

The ice shield got petrified and turned into stone. The sword penetrated the stone easily and it went for the woman's neck.

The woman's expression changed. A blue rune flashed between her brow and blue flames appeared around her eyes.

She opened her mouth and was about to invoke the incantation, but Angele threw a tiny fireball toward her.

The incantation almost made it out of her mouth.

However, it was just one second late.

BOOM*

The fireball exploded.

The woman was blown away by the impact and her body sank into a large tree behind her. She fainted as her body was being petrified, starting from the neck.

Angele lowered his hand as the red glow disappeared. The cursed scimitar and the silver sword floated around his body. Countless metal strings were fighting against Olive's distorted forcefield.

Several seconds later, the metal strings were now coated with a green glow. They looked like tiny snakes flying around.

'The wind buff is great. After modification, it can increase my speed by 40%, including the metals under my control.

It took a lot of mana and mentality to cast all the spells, but Angele did not mind doing so.

KA*

Suddenly, all the silver metal strings and needles were crushed.

He grasped the scimitar with his right and the sword with his left, leaping to the side afterward.

BOOM*

A distorted energy ball went past his body and exploded about ten meters behind. The translucent energy waves were released from the center of the explosion and several large trees fell to the ground.

He quickly looked to the other side. Olive's body was surrounded by the translucent shield and there were silver flames burning in his eyes. The old man looked like a devil from the hell, who then raised his hands in the air, and it seemed like he was starting a ritual.

Olive suddenly lowered his head and stared at Angele.

Crack*

Angele narrowed his eyes. It felt as though he was trapped inside a large glass ball. The invisible energy waves were about to tear him apart with the ball, but he quickly raised both of his weapons and tried to block the waves.

Countless metal strings were unleashed out of his body and created a huge silver shield in the front.

BAM*

The noise sounded like glass being shattered with force.

Angele's body trembled as he was hit by the energy waves from all angles. The metal shield in the front only lasted for a second. The scimitar and the sword were pushed away like nothing.

His face turned pale and a twisted black rune flashed in his eyes. Angele was pushed back by the remaining force and he finally stopped after hitting a tree. Two deep holes made by his feet were left on the ground.

Olive sneered, and his burning eyes ferociously glared at Angele again. A huge amount of distorted energy waves surrounded him, and they were getting closer to Angele.

Angele had no mentality left.

His body was empty, and he felt dizzy, but he remained calm. There was still one thing he could rely on.

The evolved illusion signet could trap people in a nightmare. He had never fully activated the signet after its evolution, but he was certain that the effects would be incredible.

Angele assumed that the signet was somewhat related to the Nightmare Realm, as it was capable of turning illusions into reality.

This was the reason why he remained calm although he could no longer cast any spells.

The temperature around Angele increased as the energy waves approached. He knew that Olive needed to channel the spell and if he could fully activate the signet, the energy waves would stop. In reality, he still had another method to save himself in case of emergencies.

However, he was still waiting for the right time.

Angele raised his left hand. A black shadow started swinging its wings on the center of his palm. Several blurry shadows appeared around the wings. They looked like translucent birds mixed with some flies.

The rotated around the signet slowly.

KA*

The energy wave stopped right before hitting Angele's body.

A gentle smile appeared on his face as he looked at Olive.

"It's over. Master Olive." He lowered his left hand and deactivated the signet.

Angele turned around and saw the blonde man by a large tree with a black longbow in his hand waiting for him.

"I was going to help you." He lowered the black bow.

"You helped once already. The magic device is just a bonus of the mission. I can handle it myself." Angele smiled.

The two slowly vanished into the deep forest.

Olive stared at the back of the two. His upper body was still burning in silver flames, but his lower body had already been petrified and now had the texture of a stone statue.

The silver flames were slowly helping him recover but the speed was slow. He had used most of his energy to stop the petrification from spreading.

That was why Olive had stopped attacking. He would not have enough energy particles to stop the petrification if he did not stop controlling the translucent energy waves. The old man did not want to take the risk. Moreover, he was not sure what Angele did to him.

The old dark wizard had disappeared a while ago. He escaped the fight by turning his body into black smoke. The only thing left on the ground was a long black robe.

The golden sunlight penetrated the thick cloud in the air.

On a high platform of Six Ring area in Nola, a brown wooden house sat silently in the middle of the grasses.

The gentle wind was making the vivid greenery dance.

Three black gondolas were located beneath the three enormous envelopes. They floated in the air above the platform.

Three white airstairs made of wood were built on the platform and were used to help people get aboard.

It was crowded around the airstairs. Many strong centaur slaves and muscular men were carrying the baggage of the wizards to the boat. There were also many cargos that were filled with magic stones waiting to be transported.

The overseer kept yelling at the slaves in an attempt to make them move faster.

Some light wizards were climbing up the airstairs slowly.

Some wizards were still saying goodbye to their friends and family members on the ground.

The entire platform was covered with people.

Angele was wearing a white robe with a white belt. He was chatting with Shiva, Sherry, and Glue. Nancy was patiently waiting behind him.

"Please take care of Nancy for me if possible. She'll be my representative in Nola."

Angele grabbed Nancy's hand. They finally had sex last night and Angele had told her about his future plans.

But they were not real lovers. Their relationship was only based on reciprocity. Angele provided her a shelter while she wanted a strong master. Nancy was not really downcast about Angele's departure after hearing his explanation.

"Not a problem. I'll take care of her." Shiva nodded.

Glue looked at Angele. "We met each other not so long ago, but I believe you will survive the trip."

"Thanks. I'll try my best." Angele smiled.

Sherry handed over a brown notebook to him. The notebook had a leather cover and the edges were painted with rose patterns.

"It's a map I acquired from my family. I hope it will help you on the way there." Sherry came back from the border just to say goodbye.

"Much appreciated." Angele grabbed the notebook.

The three talked about the world stone for a while to lighten up the mood a bit.

Suddenly, the crowd got noisy.

"It's the three team captains." Shiva lowered his voice.

Angele turned his head around and glanced around.

Two white robes and a red robe walked toward the crowd. Everyone bowed to them as they walked passed.

At the front of the group was a handsome young wizard. His long white robe's edge was decorated with gold. There was a blank expression on his face.

There were two wizards behind him. The one on the right was a middle-aged woman wearing a white robe. Her long black hair trailed over her shoulders. There was a strange swelling on her right arm, but it was covered by the sleeve.

The other one was a man wearing a red robe. There were two white scimitars embroidered on his chest. The man had a long face with two long sharp ears, making him somehow look like an elf. However, unlike the pretty elves, his skin was rough, and his face was average.

The three walked to three different wooden airstairs.

"Reyline!" Suddenly, a crispy female voice came from the crowd.

Reyline already had one hand on the handle. He turned around after hearing someone calling his name.

A blonde girl wearing a white one piece. There was a long silver hairpin on her hair. She stared at Reyline as she yelled.

"You'll come back for me, right? You promised me!" the girl shouted.

Reyline looked at her with his brows furrowed.

"Sorry, but who are you?"

The smile disappeared from the girl's face. She covered her face with her hands and started crying. The girl then turned around and ran down the platform quickly.

The wizards, slaves, and family members started laughing after watching the scene.

Reyline watched the girl leave, then he sighed and shook his head as he climbed up the ladder.

"He didn't want the girl to wait for him since he could die on this trip. Maybe my thoughts about him are wrong…" Shiva looked at Reyline and sighed.

"It's about time. I'll be boarding the airship too."

Angele shook his head slightly and walked to the third airship.

"Don't forget about us!" Shiva yelled from behind.

"I won't." Angele waved his right hand.

The three just stood there quietly and watched Angele climb up the airstairs.

Angele stood by the railings after getting on the airship. He overlooked the crowd and put on the hood to cover his face.

He had already organized everything before leaving. Isabel would help him contact master Liliana. It seemed that the White Tooth Castle had no problem doing business with the underground world.

He waited for the wizards to board the boat. The chilling wind was blowing the lower hem of his robe into the air. It was early in the morning and the sunlight was not even warm.

Nola was a nice and peaceful place but for a better future, he chose to leave.

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Chapter 252: Critical Period (1)

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WOOO*

The steam whistles coming from the humongous airships echoed in the sky.

The three wooden airstairs were disconnected from the airships and dropped to the ground as soon as all the wizards completely boarded the boats.

The airships slowly flew away from the platform, leaving a trail of green energy particles behind.

They started moving toward the north of Nola. All the wizards were standing beside the railings without saying a word, looking at their friends and families that were still on the platform.

They just stood there. The only noise Angele could hear was due to the green energy particle flows that helped in propelling the airship upward.

The platform gradually looked smaller as the airship's altitude increased. The people standing on it now looked like countless tiny black dots.

Angele was standing beside the railings as well.

The platform was now the size of his palm in his eyes.

One of the six white signal obelisks was right up ahead that looked like a slim stick that was stabbed into the ground from the boat.

There was a relatively large city called Alava beside the obelisk, with about eight trading towers built around it. From the sky, its entirety looked like a piece of nail. (ED Note: Nailed it.)

The city was surrounded by a sea of vivid trees.

Angele looked to the north and saw the trees there that were covered by white snow.

Frigid gusts of wind blew across his face and the airship he was in had nearly reached the maximum altitude it could sustain.

He turned around and started observing the gondola.

The gondola was connected from below the envelope. It was painted in black and its size was average.

The gondola's appearance looked identical to the ones used by the fish men.

The cabins were built under the deck. Only wizards were allowed to board the airship, as others wouldn't be able to handle the radiation from the strong defensive magic matrix. Mortals, wizard apprentices, and even knights could easily die in the airship.

It was a problem brought by the extremely dense energy particles.

The deck was about 15 meters long and its surface was elastic for some reason.

There were several wizards standing beside him, including the tall slim man. His long sharp ears were eye-catching. He was standing at the right side of Angele.

The man was talking to a young female wizard using energy particles. The female wizard was very polite to him. It seemed like she was just answering the questions that he had asked.

"Three airships. Ten wizards on each airship. You're looking at the captain of our boat, master Baron." A deep male voice came from the left side.

Angele turned to the left quickly.

It was a middle-aged man with a long white beard. The man was about two meters away from him.

The man had a gentle smile on his face. He was wearing a thick white coat with a cloak on the back. His messy brown hair looked like a bird's nest.

"Master Baron?" Angele repeated the name twice. "Is he stubborn? I'm just judging him by the serious expression on his face."

"Stubborn? No, not just stubborn. The man's mind is dead, he won't accept any change." The man shook his head and communicated with Angele using energy particles.

"My name is Perry. I think we can be friends." He smiled at Angele and stopped using energy particles to communicate. "This trip is dangerous and not many wizards will survive it. We need to help each other so the chances of us making it to the other side will be higher, don't you think so?"

Angele glanced around. There were two other light wizards standing by the railings. One was male and the other was female.

Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.

'Scanning the mentality waves…'

Rows of data were displayed beside the three people in Angele's sight.

He looked at Perry first.

'Wizard. Weak force field. Breaking the forcefield for detailed information.'

The female wizard also did not reach the Gas stage, but the male one was at the Gas stage. However, Zero could not provide details due to the force shield. Nevertheless, he acquired the basic information by analyzing the mentality waves they were releasing.

"Nice to meet you." Angele put his right hand over the chest politely.

"Nice to meet you, too." Perry smiled. "Why don't you come have a chat with us? If you have time."

"For sure, thanks."

The two walked to the two light wizards.

They were chatting about how to increase the spell casting speed. They stopped talking as they saw Angele walking to them.

"Coach." The female wizard slightly nodded.

"I'm Nopel." The male wizard introduced himself as well.

Perry introduced Angele to them and the four wizards started chatting about simple spell models by the railings. They also exchanged information about the trip.

Angele was glancing toward the other wizards on the deck as they chatted.

The captain named Baron was still chatting with the female wizard.

There was also a couple on the opposite side that were communicating using energy particles.

The number did not add up to 10. Some might have already gone back to the cabins.

"Master Perry, I have a question, what if the airship is destroyed by some strong creature? Even the wizards can't survive a height like this," Coach asked in a low voice. "Sorry, I really don't know too much about those things. I just broke the limit about 40 years ago.

Coach was wearing a long white robe and a v-neck shirt, revealing her charming breast. Although the lady had an average-looking face, her sexy body was still eye-catching. Most of the female wizards would modify their bodies to fit their needs after breaking through, especially the light wizards. Dark wizards, on the other hand, would rather spend the time learning high-damage spells.

Perry smiled. "Don't worry about it. The envelopes were built with the best materials you can find in Nola and they are enhanced with multiple spells. Even the beaks of the strongest eagles can't penetrate them."

Perry looked like a gentleman with a handsome face. His long white beard made him look like a leader of a noble family.

"However, we still need to be careful if the Cloud Bees attack us," Nopel interrupted. "The envelopes will be fine, but we need to stay alert."

"Cloud Bees? What are those?" Angele had never heard of such creature.

"Let me explain." Perry turned to him. "There are five dangerous points during our trip. The Cloud Bees are the first one. They usually hunt birds in the sky and they appear in groups. A Cloud Bee is about two meters tall and one meter wide. They will attack with freezing breath and sonic waves. Cloud Bees are horrifying. It was created by the ancient wizards using the power from other realms by accident."

"Wait, there are five dangerous points? Is this the best route?" Nopel scrunched his eyebrows.

"Yes. This is already the safest route. You'll meet the vipers on most of the other routes. Trust me, you don't want to meet any of them," Perry explained in a light tone.

"The vipers…" Coach and Perry gasped at the same time.

Angele's expression turned serious as well.

"You mean the ones that live in the acid swamps on the mountains? They have black scales and they have only one eye on their foreheads."

"You're correct. That's the viper we're talking about." Perry nodded. "I read it on a book in my family library. They changed the route once and encountered a whole group of vipers. The viper had the size of a boat and its talent ability was to poison everything within its range. It's like firing countless acid bombs at you. Good thing is that they retreated successfully without anyone getting hurt. After that, the route has then been restricted to the one we're using now."

"They can wipe out the whole team easily, I believe." Angele nodded slightly.

His silver string strike could deal about 67 degrees of damage to one target and his defensive shield could take about 60 degrees of damage. Angele survived the fight against the Crystal stage wizard named Olive back in the forest and he injured the old man severely with the signet. He would lose the fight if he did not activate the signet at the right time. The amount of mentality and mana the Crystal stage wizards had was unbelievable.

The petrification caught Olive off guard. The old man had to use the energy particles to stop his body from being petrified. He did not even cast a level 2 spell yet. Angele doubted if a fully activated signet could help him win the fight.

He did not want the people from Dark Wizard Tower to find out about his secret, so he deactivated the signet quickly. The signet still had many limitations and the great harpy was losing its power. Entering the Nightmare Realm consumed the energy of the ancient bloodline.

"The vipers won't be a problem to us for now, but we need to prepare for the fight against the Cloud Bees," Perry advised. "One Cloud Bee by itself is weak but a whole swarm of Cloud Bees will be a huge problem. Those creatures also have the advantage since we're not familiar with the sky."

Coach took out a crystal orb from one of her pouches and threw it in the air.

CHI*

The crystal orb floated in the air and started spinning, creating a light screen in front of the four.

A map with a twisted route marked on it slowly appeared in the image.

Most areas on the map were white. Snow covered most of the trees. The route in the center was flashing and there were five black dots on it. Tiny characters were written beside each of the black dots.

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Chapter 253: Critical Period (2)

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"It's the only map I have in possession." Coach smiled. "It seems like I'm the weakest one here, but I've spent most of my time doing research on herbs. I'm a member of the school in Six Ring Area. I probably can't help you too much during fights, but I still want to assist you with all the information I know."

"Sounds great. You're gorgeous, by the way. Without you, this trip will be very boring…" Perry's eyes fell on Coach's cleavage.

"Thank you for the kind words." Coach covered her mouth with her right hand and chuckled.

Nopel shook his head slightly and said, "Well, let's focus on the trip. I think we'll encounter the Cloud Bees soon."

Angele, at the side, listened to the three's conversation with a smile on his face.

Coach looked at Angele for a second and continued, "It'll take us about four months to reach our destination if everything goes as planned." She pointed at the first black dot on the map.

"This is the northern highland. The Cloud Bees are very active in the snow-covered mountains." She then pointed at a white flashing dot. "This is us. It will take us about one month to get there. We have plenty of time to prepare.

"Next, it's the Human Snakes that have the bloodline of the ancient Siren. We'll encounter them by the Lake of Distortion. I will tell you the information about them later and discuss the details after surviving the attack from the Cloud Bees." She stopped for a second, then continued, "There will be about 500 of them in one Cloud Bee swarm. We need to be fully prepared. Kill them all once they enter our sights. Otherwise, they'll summon a larger swarm."

Angele was not concerned. The girl must be thinking that other wizards would protect her if they knew she had valuable information about the possible threats.

He noticed that the ten wizards on the boat had formed three small groups, excluding the missing ones.

Angele, Perry, Coach, and Nopel was one such group.

The captain named Baron and two other light wizards similarly formed one.

The couple also formed a group. Perry had tried to invite them, but they declined the offer. The two were also much stronger than Perry based on the mentality waves they were releasing.

Angele still disguised himself as a Gas stage wizard. It was a result of mentality compression. He could even disguise himself as a wizard apprentice if he wanted to. He did not trust anyone on the airship and he did not want the others to treat him as a threat.

Angele had done his homework before boarding the boat.

The wizards on the boats all had their own specializations, but the boats were not under any major organizations' control, and their backgrounds did not matter.

Perry invited Angele to his group because he knew that Angele was a strong wizard.

Wizards were selfish by nature. They would fight together for their lives but when there was still peace, they would only make decisions that were beneficial to themselves. Power would grant them the highest right on the airships after they left Nola. Coach's advantage was her knowledge and detailed information of the monsters. She could not fight like the others, but her knowledge was valuable to the team.

The sky cleared after about half an hour. The bright sunlight arrived at the deck and brought warmth to the wizards, but the wind was still cold as hell.

Angele stood on the deck. His upper body was cold while his lower body was hot, and that was a strange feeling.

They said goodbye to each other and returned to the cabins. Angele selected his room before he boarded the boat.

He walked down a short staircase and reached a long dark hallway. There were six brown wooden doors on both sides of the walls and there was a name tag on each of the doors.

Angele walked to the second room on the left.

He tapped on the door with his right hand, then a black snake-shaped rune flashed on its surface and the door opened itself quickly.

Angele entered the room whereas it was just a tiny bedroom. A white wooden bed was placed in the corner. There were several gears hanging on the wall as the decoration.

There were also a red table and a chair in the middle. Two large black cases were left beside the table.

Angele noticed that there was a window on the wall opposite to him.

The glass of the window was made of a special crystal and it would not be damaged easily.

Angele walked to the window and looked down.

There was a narrow river running down the forest.

There was no carriage moving between the trees. The area was probably not populated due to the dangerous beast living in the mountains.

"Nothing interesting." He sighed.

A group of blue flying snakes went passed the window. They had long, slim tails and large shiny wings.

Angele noticed that there was an elephant-sized golden lion drinking water from the river and two small lions running around behind it.

There was also a herd of yellow elks moving between the trees. The male elks had gray backs and enormous antlers that had the similar size as their bodies.

WOO*

The noise sounded like someone was blowing a horn.

It was a beast roaring in the forest, its voice deep but gentle.

Angele stood in front of the crystal window for a while and turned around. He started to check the large cases beside the table.

Click*

The first case was opened slowly.

A black shadow swung its wings and jumped out of the case. The shadow flew around in the room then landed on Angele's right shoulder.

It was a black night sparrow with four wings. The bird had a pair of dark red eyes; it was cleaning its feathers with its beak.

There were also dozens of black metal bottles inside the case and their sizes varied. White labels were stuck on the surface of the bottles.

Angele closed the first case and opened the second one.

KA*

The case was full of different potions and test tubes.

Golden liquid, red liquid, silver liquid, yellow dust, and brown pills…

Dozens of test tubes lined up on a large wooden rack and they were all made of vulcanized crystal.

The one in the center looked different. It was filled with red sticky liquid and was glowing.

"The essence of the mutated Barry Turtle…" Angele grabbed the test tube and shook it several times.

It was a byproduct of the ancient bloodline. Angele did not want to leave it in Nola, so he removed all the traces left by the ancient bloodline extraction before leaving the territory, including the two white centaurs.

The essence could be injected into creatures and make them mutate. It was a much safer method to use but its resulting effects were weaker.

Angele decided not to use it on himself as there might be conflicts between the two ancient bloodlines. In addition to that, the side-effect of the essence might also decrease his attributes.

He grabbed the two test tubes with brown pills inside after checking all the items.

Angele removed the stopper and threw a pill into his mouth, swallowing it right away.

It was tasteless, but he soon felt satiated.

"There's no cook on this boat…Damn, I hate these nutrition pills…" He shook his head and stood up.

There was a critical problem that needed to be dealt with immediately.

A 'captain' for the three airships was needed to be selected in order to determine who would be in charge of navigating direction and pace. The leader would also be given a crystal amulet that could be used to control all three airships.

The rare materials that could release energy waves would be collected after the fights. Once that happened, the leader would be able to decide how to split the reward.

Furthermore, the special amulet could expel a wizard from a certain airship when necessary.

However, the crystal amulet would be activated only when the three pieces of crystal runes from the three airships were assembled.

There would be a fight between the captains soon or later.

The amulet was the symbol of power in the whole team. It could cause great tragedy once acquired by the wrong person, and that was the reason why the governing wizards forged the crystal runes. Similarly, the wizards on the boat were all qualified to join the fight for the amulet. The captains would hand the crystal runes to the winner along with the amulet.

The trip was dangerous, and the leader must be strong enough to rule the wizards.

It was much safer when the symbol of rights was controlled by just one person.

The organization did not appoint a leader because they wanted the members to figure it out by themselves.

Since the airships had left the region, wizards were no longer under the jurisdiction of the laws of Nola and so, wizards might die during the competition. It was no problem as the airships were equipped with the best medical facilities, so most injuries could be healed quickly. The wizards, after all, would do anything just to obtain the amulet.

"The fight will start before we encounter the Cloud Bees," Angele muttered. He did not want others to control his destiny. The airships were about one thousand meters above the earth and being expelled from the boat would be the worst outcome in the trip.

Angele had already decided to join in the fight for the possession of the amulet. He himself knew that most of the wizards would not let this chance slide.

'Sadly, not all wizards here are releasing their mentality waves.' That was the main problem Angele was facing. Without the information on the mentality waves, Zero would not be able to tell him which stage his opponent was at. He had to find it out by himself during the fight.

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Chapter 254: Competition (1)

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Four days later…

Blop*

From within a translucent beaker.

A brown seed slowly sank into the water with purple petals from a flower.

Angele held the beaker in hand and observed the liquid.

"Nice flowering tea…" he muttered.

"Glad you like it."

A man sat opposite to Angele in the shadows answered in a light tone.

The shadow blurred the man's face. His long sleeves and hood covered every inch of his skin.

The two were sitting in Angele's room, face to face, enjoying a pot of warm tea.

The purple flower in their cups had already bloomed. The color was clean and vivid. The purple petals floated on the surface of the liquid; it looked fresh.

"I didn't bring my personal tea set with me this time. It would taste even better with my special teacups." Angele shook his head slightly.

"It's good enough for me." The man grabbed the beaker and took a sip from it. "So, what do you think about the matter we discussed? We only have two days left."

"I don't know too much about Baron, but we don't have to go for it right away."

"You know how the crystal runes work, right? It will absorb its owner's mentality waves. This is our best chance especially because no material that can be used to deactivate the rune is on the airship. Take it and carry it with you until it recognizes you as the owner. The longer we wait, the harder it'll become," the man explained. "I didn't interact with anyone else because Baron's Talent Skill will detect my presence if I'm in its range. I had to hide my mentality with spells just for that."

"Talent Skill, huh?" Angele repeated, "You mean his forcefield? What does it do?"

"He can monitor every wizard's location and condition on the airship if he wants to." The man lowered his voice.

"Interesting. I have one more question for you. Why did you come to me?" Angele smiled.

"I found out that you were out of Baron's forcefield range for some reason." The man's answer was straightforward.

Angele knew that someone was releasing the mentality wave in a different way when he boarded the airship. He did not want to waste too much time trying to figure out what was going on, so he decided to stay away from the source of the mentality wave and create a special barrier.

He doubted if Baron's forcefield was helpful during a battle.

"I thought everyone on the airship has noticed the special forcefield."

"They're not as smart as you think." The man shook his head. "We can work together and take the crystal rune from Baron. What do you think?"

"Sounds good to me. We can decide who will become the owner later." Angele nodded slightly.

"Alright then. Two days later, the crystal rune will recognize Baron as its owner." The man stopped for a second, then explained, "You need to carry it with you for seven days before it recognizes you as the real owner, so we need to do it before that happens. I think there are other people going after it too. Be prepared."

"For sure."

"I'll see you later." The man stood up and moved to the wall behind him. He slowly vanished into the shadows. It almost looked like he passed through the wall.

Angele narrowed his eyes, unsure of what spell the man had cast, but it was not surprising that wizards had their own special skills.

The man was the missing wizard on the airship, who had suddenly knocked on the door and asked Angele to help him fight against Baron.

Zero confirmed that the man was a Gas stage wizard based on the mentality wave he was releasing. However, Angele was certain that the man was a Liquid stage wizard after observing him during their conversation. He was extremely confident in winning the fight against Baron for some reason.

Angele grabbed the beaker and sipped some tea. He turned around and worked to the window.

Below the airship was the sea of trees.

The only things he could see were several flashing green dots, likely some luminous plants.

Angele enjoyed the night view for a while. The seed inside the beaker had already sprouted and it grew into a flower within seconds. The white petals looked vivid and soft.

During the four days, the only things he did was studying, researching and meditating. It was his basic daily routine.

It would take a long time for wizards to learn spells, and they needed to practice building the spell models a countless number of times to master them. Although they just needed to invoke the incantation once they mastered the spell, the learning process was hard and supporting materials were required to cast certain spells.

Angele had the help from the biochip, but he still needed to do the detailed modification by himself. It would take other wizards years just to master a modified spell.

Most of the wizards on the airship were light wizards. Angele doubted if they knew any powerful damage spells and as a dark wizard, he had many practical experiences from all the battles he had fought.

The man cast a special spell when he left but Angele was not concerned. He did not look like a great fighter, and Angele could take the crystal rune using force if they were unable to reach an agreement.

For a wizard like this, Angele could make him lose the ability to fight within minutes.

Dark wizards were used to engaging in battles and they could cast the needed spells quickly once the fight started.

However, the light wizards would not be able to react so fast even if they were prepared for the upcoming battle. They needed enough time to figure out which spell could be cast to counter the opponent's attack. Some of them even needed a longer time to finish the incantation than usually once they were under pressure.

Angele shook his head slightly. He was not the slightest bit interested in the competition. He had never considered light wizards as threats. They were like the fledgling birds—a tiny storm would easily destroy them all.

'I can just usurp the crystal rune from the winner of this so-called competition.'

Thud thud*

Someone knocked on the door as Angele finished thinking.

"Come in please, it's not locked," Angele answered the door.

Creak*

The door was pushed open.

Under the dim light, Angele saw a man wearing a large white robe stepping into the door quietly.

"Perry? It's late in the night. What's the matter?" Angele recognized the man right away. It was Perry, the first wizard to talk to him on the deck.

Perry had shaved his beard, but his hair was still messy.

He closed the door after entering Angele's room.

"Green, I already talked to the others. Let's fight Baron the day after tomorrow and take the rune from him. We need to focus on the strongest wizard on the airship, then we can decide who will become the owner of the rune."

"But it's just one of the three crystal runes, right? We still need to fight against the winners from the other airships…"

"It's different. Once you become the 'captain' of this airship, the rest of the members must help you fight against the other airships. You'll be able to acquire all three crystal runes one way or another." Perry smiled. "Even if you're not the strongest wizards in all of the airships, you can still win the fight with the help of the crew. It has happened more than once in history."

"Never heard of that." Angele pursed his lips. "How many people are on your side?"

"We're a group of four, right? The couple agreed to join us too. So, it's six versus three. I think we can win." There was a confident smile on Perry's face.

"What's the plan?"

"I'll raise my right fist when the time is ripe. You just go all in on Baron once you see the signal. He's the strongest one." Perry explained, "We'll figure out a peaceful way to decide on who to give the rune to. What do you say?"

"Sounds good." Angele nodded.

Perry told Angele about the details and left the room quickly.

Angele thought for a while and then lay on the bed, starting his daily meditation.

Although meditation would not increase his mentality anymore, Angele had already developed such habit, and it could replace sleep.

Nothing happened on the second day.

Angele walked around on the deck. The temperature was low, and the wind was strong in the sky. Baron was standing by the railings. It seemed like he was modifying the speed and the direction of the airship.

He was carrying an enchanted item that could warm up his body, so he only wore a long white robe.

Angele's Stamina was well above average. Nonetheless, he just did not like the cold air. He enjoyed the fresh air, but he did not stay too long on the deck.

Although he could just use fire energy particles to warm up his body, he did not want to waste any mentality on that.

Angele detected some mechanical movement from the room on the left. It was probably someone setting up a magic matrix or circle.

He did not know too much about the magic matrix or the magic circle, but he had learned a lot from the defensive matrices that Wisp had sent him back in Nola.

The most basic magic matrices on the airship were the ones in the cabin. They were used to warm up the rooms.

Angele returned to his own room and continued the study of enchantment.

He had finally found some practical ways to apply the Fire enchantment knowledge.

Angele finished studying more than 20 different basic courses, and seven different needed languages. After wasting a lot of materials, he successfully did some basic Fire enchantment on his own.

Although the success rate on enchanting level 0 spells was low, it was still a huge step forward for him. He spent about 30,000 regular magic stones to buy materials for the enchantment in recent years. The biochip hadn't been able to help him much during the process.

Enchantment was different from Potion Concocting. The simulations of the biochip could not be applied to the actual process. Angele needed to be extremely cautious when applying the enchantment and he also needed the experience to solve the possible problems that might happen during the procedure. A lot of mentality would be consumed when applying the enchantment, so Angele only did the test when the current environment he was in was relatively safe.

Not all materials were compatible with the fire energy particles. Moreover, there were also countless possible combinations. The density of the energy particles, the environment requirement, the mentality requirement, the compatibility, and the resistance—all were needed to be tested one by one.

It would take a long time and a lot of materials to actually make an enchanted item.

Even masters of Enchantment could not speed up the process. Although their success rate was higher, anything could happen during the procedure. That was precisely the reason why enchanted items were so difficult to find.

They were many wizards studying Enchantment but crafting enchanted items was a different story altogether.

Angele studied enchantment for a while, then decided to check the magic device he acquired from Red Beard.

He sat beside the table and took out a metal pouch. The pouch protected the magic device from being detected by other wizards.

Inside the pouch was a white ring.

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Chapter 255: Competition (2)

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Simple but elegant, it was a ring with tiny runes engraved on its surface.

'Zero, is the result out yet?' Angele had created the task days ago.

'Forcefield analysis completed. Modify your mentality wave to activate it. Damage can be increased by invoking the correct incantation.'

'What spell can the ring cast?'

'The Light of Thorns. Release golden lasers while reflecting the incoming attack. The ring can be activated once a day. Cooldown is around 21 hours,' Zero reported. The description reminded Angele of the spell Red Beard had cast that day.

Angele held the ring in his hand, then observed the runes engraved on it but could not recognize any of them.

'The Light of Thorns had injured four dark wizards within a second, which means the damage is over 50 degrees. The golden lasers also travel extremely fast in the air. It'll be hard for the opponent to defend against them.' Angele carefully returned the ring into the pouch. '

Angele doubted if he could unleash the full damage of the spell without similarly getting injured by it.

If the golden lasers could reach him before the forcefield could automatically create the metal barrier, Angele would have been injured severely.

That was the reason why the dark wizards were burnt into ashes back in the forest. They had the forcefields to create a barrier for them, but the lasers reached them before the barriers were put up. The muscular female wizard successfully created the barrier, but it was too weak.

Angele held the metal pouch in hand and it was absorbed by his skin within seconds. He quickly created some water using the water energy particles and brushed his teeth. Tomorrow would be a big day so he wanted to have some good rest.

The next day.

It was early in the morning.

Angele slowly opened his eyes and heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

He quickly got off the bed and wiped his face with a wet towel.

The cold towel was refreshing, and it quickly drove away his sleepiness.

Angele opened the door after putting down the towel.

Two light wizards were waiting for him in the hallway.

It was Perry and Nopel.

The two nodded slightly after seeing Angele stepping out of the door.

"Let's move. The others already went to the deck." Perry sent the words through energy particles.

Angele closed the door and walked to the staircase. The Four-wing Night Sparrow was looking for food in the forest down there. It could catch up with the airships easily.

The three arrived at the deck together.

There were already several wizards waiting there quietly.

Baron was standing beside the main mast and he had a blank expression his face. There were two light wizards following him, one male and the other female.

They just stood there and waited. The atmosphere on the deck was heavy.

Coach was already there. He walked to Perry and stood together with them. Perry then eyed the couple but did not say anything.

"I know why you're here. It's the last day. Step forward if you want the rune." Baron wasted no time and raised his right hand to the air, revealing a palm-sized crystal rune.

The S-shaped rune had two sharp edges that were covered by a red glow.

The wizards all stared at the crystal rune in his hand.

Boom*

It sounded like something exploded.

Angele was surprised. He turned to the direction of where the noise came from right away.

A large fireball exploded on the airship ahead of theirs and the shockwave induced made the whole airship shake.

The light from the red flame illuminated on everyone's faces.

The fireball quickly vanished into the air. Nothing was ignited for some reason. Countless white magic circles appeared on the surface of that airship. Angele then heard people roaring and the noise made by metal weaponry.

"It seems like the competition has already begun on that one. I think we should start too." Perry stepped forward and shouted while looking at Baron.

"Hand over the rune, Baron. You got no chance!" He raised his right fist in the air.

Suddenly, the six started invoking incantation before Baron could talk.

The six wizards released rays of red flames at the same time. It was a simple but effective way to initiate an attack.

The fire rays looked like six large petals that gathered together and formed a one-meter-tall fireball. The fireball drew a red arc in the air and flew toward Baron.

The deck was brightened up by the light from the flame.

Strangely, the fireball was surrounded by a distorted wave and it looked like the fireball was sucking all the air around into it, creating a magnetic force field.

Baron pursed his lips. The large fireball was only a meter away from him after about two seconds' time.

An egg-shaped black magic circle appeared under his feet. Several black cubes flew out of the circle and floated in front of him.

The black cubes spun quickly and released an invisible energy wave.

CHI*

The fireball was slowed down right away.

Its speed decreased quickly then it almost stopped.

Baron and the two light wizards quickly ran to the side and dodged the strike.

The invisible energy wave disappeared as they moved.

BOOM*

The noise was deafeningly loud like thunder.

The flames sparked after the explosion. The rain of fire landed on the deck, with the temperature around the airship increasing.

Baron's face turned pale. He raised his right hand and there was a cross-shaped silver accessory on the waist. The color of the cross changed from silver to black and it dropped to the floor, turning into a pile of ashes.

"Good…good!" He shook his head and drew the egg-shaped black magic circle again as he chanted the incantation.

The two light wizards finally started to prepare for battle. They stepped forward together, their bodies covered in a white glow. After several seconds, they created two white light balls and the balls started revolving around them.

"They're preparing for a strong spell. We need to move!" Perry shouted.

Angele nodded slightly. He gathered the energy particles around Baron's body just like what the other five wizards were doing. Everything was going as planned.

The electric, fire, and ice particles were gathered all together. It was the basic application of energy particle control but each of the strikes could deal over 40 degrees damage. Perry also used a special technique to increase the accuracy of their energy strikes.

However, the white light balls created by the two light wizards in Baron's team were blocking most of the attacks.

BAM BAM*

The white light balls were shrinking in size as the attack from Perry was getting stronger.

Finally, it disappeared after the sixth energy strike.

The light balls bought Baron enough time to finish the incantation.

He raised his arms.

Countless invisible vortices started spinning around his body.

Several seconds later, the vortices turned into two muscular men with gray skin. Their feet were replaced by some sparking electric pulse.

"Go!" Baron pointed Perry and his crew.

The two muscular men roared and raised their hands, creating countless purple electric pulses over their palms.

"Storm spirits!" Perry's expression changed as he looked at the dancing electric pulses. He took two steps back and took out a piece of yellow wood piece. The man's body vanished into the air after he tapped on the surface of the wood piece.

The light wizard couple turned around and ran away.

Angele pointed his right index finger in the air. A silver metal needle emerged out of his skin.

Some green energy particles flashed around his feet and he quickly moved away from the danger zone.

Coach and Nopel was just one second later. They had failed to escape the incoming attack.

CHI*

They were struck by two purple flashes of lightning.

A red cloud and several rays of white light appeared in front of their bodies, but they were still penetrated by the lightning. They fainted at the same time and fell to the floor, black smoke rising from their burnt skin.

The rest of the electric pulses were absorbed by the silver needle Angele left at his original location.

"Two gone." Baron looked relaxed.

"Take them off too!" He then pointed at the light wizard couple that was still running.

The storm spirits created some more electric pulses and the static noise echoed in the sky.

Angele took this opportunity to charge toward Baron at full speed. He drew the cursed scimitar and slashed forward.

At the same time, a black dagger that had a silver glint on its blade was flying to Baron's waist from the left.

The timing of the ambush was perfect, and the two weapons struck Baron together.

CHI*

A black energy wave was released from Baron's body. He opened his mouth and tried to yell but failed. The two light wizards right beside him finally understood the situation and tried to create a barrier, but it was already too late.

The scimitar and dagger broke through the energy wave, striking Baron's body savagely.

BAM*

Baron was blown away by the impact and his body drew a straight line the air and hit the railings with great force. He spat out some blood and fainted.

"The storm spirits are out of control! Goddamn it!" Someone yelled.

A dark shadow moved to the fainted Baron, trying to snatch the crystal rune from his hand.

Pa*

Angele stabbed the scimitar into the deck in front of Baron, creating a green light screen.

"F*ck off!"

BOOM*

The two traded hits and all stepped back.

Angele grabbed the scimitar and created a silver longsword in his other hand. He flipped back and landed on the railings.

The black shadow rolled several times on the floor and forcefully smashed at the entrance of the cabins. The hood dropped and showed the pale face of a young man.

The two stopped for a second and charged toward each other again.

CLANK*

"Ugh!"

The man grunted and fell to the floor. He stopped moving as blood spurted out of his chest.

Angele turned around and jumped to the two storm spirits on the side.

CHI CHI*

His body disappeared from the deck for two seconds. In the next moment he reappeared in the center of the deck, he already had the rune crystal in his possession.

WOO*

The two storm spirits dispersed and slowly vanished into the air.

"It's over!" Angele raised his right hand and waved it several times.

BAM*

Seemingly infinite silver strings emerged out of his hands and covered the whole deck.

One second later, the four fainted at the same time and lay on the surface of the deck.

CHI*

The silver metal strings returned into Angele's body.

PA*

Angele heard the noise and turned around.

Reyline was standing on the deck of the airship ahead. There was a large silver bow in his hand, and his long blonde hair was flying about in the wind.

There was a strange spiral rune flashing in the man's right eye. Reyline slowly pulled the bowstring to a full moon and aimed at Angele. Many blue electric pulses were drawn to the bow.

Angele raised his hands and gathered green energy particles on his palm, creating a large translucent hexagram in the air.

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Chapter 256: Result (1)

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The crystal hexagram slowly rotated in the air, releasing rays of green lights.

Clouds covered the sky and so it was dark.

The blue light and green light illuminated the deck of the two airships.

Reyline's arrow was created by electric pulses and he was aiming at Angele.

The crystal hexagram started cracking after several seconds and it turned into the green sand.

The sand was blown away by the chilling wind and several green strings were revolving around Angele's body.

"It seems like you're the winner of that airship." Reyline's voice came from the other side. His long blonde hair was flying about in the air.

"Ha, you saw the crystal rune in my hand, right?"

"It's all about the amulet now," Reyline released the bowstring as he spoke.

CHI*

The electric arrow left a blue trail in the air and flew to Angele.

BAM*

The arrow was blocked by a silver metal shield and it exploded in the air, turning into blue electric pulses.

Angele charged toward the electric pulses at full speed.

On the deck, a black shadow rushed toward Reyline.

The gap between the two airships was small. The black shadow failed to stop, and it ran into Reyline.

BAM*

The two rolled several times on the surface of the deck but no one was releasing any energy waves.

"That's repulsion effect! Your Talent Skill is actually the repulsive force field! How's that even possible!?" Angele was surprised. He held the silver longsword tight and slashed forward.

Clank*

Reyline blocked the strike using the longbow.

The spiral rune in his right eye was spinning faster and faster.

"Close combat, huh? Let's see who's better." He bent the longbow in half and it turned into two scimitars that were connected by a chain. There electric pulses sparking along the surface of the silver blades.

CLANK*

Angele drew the cursed scimitar after Reyline blocked the attack.

The electric pulses climbed up Angele's arm as Reyline fought back with his scimitars.

Angele wanted to slash forward again but his arms numbed for a second.

PA*

Reyline's was going for Angele's chest.

Angele stepped back quickly but his robe was cut open.

The repulsive force field was a passive Talent Skill and it could disable other wizards' force fields temporarily.

That was the reason why Angele did not use his Metal Mastery.

He had no idea how long the impact would last but he was confident in his close combat skills.

However, without the metal force field, Angele had trouble defending against the electric pulses coming from Reyline's dual scimitars. His body was still covered by the metal shield but without the force field, the metal's real weight was just slowing him down. The only thing keeping Angele in the fight was the attribute buff from the cursed scimitar.

Reyline charged toward him again and slashed forward. Angele leaped away quickly and barely dodged the attack.

Reyline's close combat skill was strong. He had the strength, agility, and techniques. However, the outcome of a battle was not only decided by those things.

Angele slashed forward with the cursed scimitar randomly as he stepped back. He sneakily activated the illusion signet on his left palm.

CHI*

Reyline grunted. He thought he had hit Angele in the face, but it was just a blurred illusion. The left side of his waist was cut open and blood spurted out of the wound.

"What the hell!" He applied more electric pulses to both scimitars and slashed forward ferociously.

KA*

It was an illusion again. The blade had only hit the deck.

Reyline just realized that Angele was about half a meter away from him. He was not sure what had just happened.

CHI*

Angele left another wound on his waist.

"Impressive!" Angele praised, "Your body is hard like a two-headed rhino."

He held the scimitar in right hand and created another silver longsword in left hand.

"What do you say? Just give me the crystal rune. I could've killed you with my sword." He stood by the railings and stared at Reyline.

"Illusions, huh?" There was a serious expression on his face. Majority of illusion spells were weak as wizards needed to channel it without moving but it seemed like the man in front of him could cast the spell anytime he wanted to.

Reyline knew that he was in trouble if he could not figure out a way to break the illusions.

He thought that Angele was a close-combat wizard that only practiced illusion spells. If he could find Angele's weak point, he would win the battle within seconds.

"You have the close-combat skills of a Grand Knight, but I have these illusions to support me. You'll lose once your repulsive force field is deactivated." Angele pursed his lips to a sneer.

"You're right. If you're a better close-combat wizard than me, I'll lose the fight for sure." Reyline straightened his back. "Actually, I'll just give you the crystal rune if you can handle my next skill."

He raised his left hand and took down a golden headband.

Reyline's long blonde hair looked like a blooming flower without the headband. The fragrance of flower permeated the air and it was not affected by the strong wind.

Angele's brow furrowed. A black rune flashed in his eyes, and he charged toward Reyline. He tightly held both the silver sword and scimitar in his hands.

CLANK*

Reyline blocked the strike with his dual scimitars. Fire sparks were created as the weapons clashed with each other. They traded hits so fast that they looked like two blurred shadows.

However, Angele's strength was much higher than Reyline and the only thing Reyline could do was to slowly move back.

Suddenly, Reyline's feet numbed for a second. He felt dizzy and uncomfortable.

The energy wave from the signet finally worked. Angele seized this opportunity as he stepped forward and jumped onto Reyline.

BAM*

He forcefully kicked the man in the waist.

Reyline was blown away by the impact. He lay on the floor and spat out some blood. He tried to support himself with the scimitars, but he did not have enough strength left.

It was just a competition and Angele had no intention to kill him. Reyline sighed and shook his head.

"You won." He raised his hand and threw the crystal rune to Angele.

PA*

Angele nodded as he caught the crystal rune.

"How did you manage to get such a strong body? We can do a trade if you don't mind."

He stared at Reyline. The man's feet were petrified for just one second. Only people with extremely high Stamina would be able to recover from the petrification so fast.

Angele wanted to buy Reyline's secret technique, so he could easily fight against ranged spells.

Olive was a Crystal stage wizard, but half of his body was petrified, and he had to use energy particles to heal himself. Reyline recovered from the petrification just because he had high Stamina, which made Angele curious about how he trained himself or if he had used some special enchanted items.

"Sorry, it's my family's secret so I can't just sell it to you." Reyline recovered from the injury quickly. He stood up and the spiral rune disappeared from his eyes. Furthermore, the repulsive force field was no longer influencing Angele's force field.

"It's fine." Angele shrugged. "Alright, I need to get the last crystal rune now."

"You'll be facing captain Hikari. She's not a strong wizard but she knows many dirty tricks." Reyline did not seem concerned about losing the fight. It seemed that the rumor about him was wrong.

"I heard you're short-tempered, but you seem like a nice guy to me." Angele smiled.

"Well, you're stronger than me. I don't want to get myself killed," Reyline responded in a light tone. "I'll go have some rest, good luck." It seemed that the secret skill cost him a lot of mentality.

Angele watched him walk down the staircases. He noticed that there were no fainted wizards on this airship and there were only some bloodstains on the railings. There was a great fight here but Reyline definitely had the advantage due to his repulsive force field. The airship was small and most of the wizards would rely on their barriers created by the force shields. He probably won the battle without a sweat.

Angele heard something exploding and people roaring when the battle started but it only lasted for several minutes.

He wiped the dust off his robe and walked to the main mast.

The airships were traveling in a line and this was the second airship. There was one more airship ahead of them.

It seemed that the fight had not yet finished on the first airship. He could still see spells being cast and things exploding.

Angele checked his condition quickly. He had used about a third of his mana, but the wind buff spell he stored in the chip was used when the fight against Reyline started. The buff would last for about 20 minutes. He was confident that he could finish the battle within the time limit.

He checked the green strings surrounding his body. The light they were releasing had already started fading away.

Angele walked to the stern and checked the situation.

Nine wizards were attacking the captain named Hikari together.

They surrounded the lady using a random formation.

It seemed like the wizards on the airship were treating the battle way too serious. They were casting high-damage spells and activating enchanted items.

Angele's expression turned serious.

He knew it was just a competition, so he had no intention to kill anyone. Reyline also stopped attacking after Angele defeated him. There were many dangerous creatures that needed to be dealt with on the trip. The wizards must work together for their future. There was no point on wasting too much mentality and mana in a competition.

However, the situation on the first airship was getting worse by the second.

Hikari defended against the attack from nine wizards and all the wizards were using their strongest spells. Angele even saw an acid energy ball that could deal more than 40 degrees of damage. There was also a snake-shaped flame ray and a white owl that was trying to catch Hikari off guard from behind.

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