Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 240 My patience has run out.
Click!

A dark figure flew backward and landed lightly on another tree. Before it could regain its footing, it frantically tried to swat at the flames spreading from the corner of its clothes.

Breaking through the gradually dissipating sparks, Yaro, as nimble as a monkey, darted to the side of the reclining delicate body before sheathing his sword. With a light flick of his heavy sword, he easily cut through the blood-red rope, but seeing that she did not react, he took advantage of the situation and scooped up the soft, cloud-like white deer.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

The tattered strips of cloth rustled softly, and the wounded and silly deer herd excitedly bleated incessantly. The white deer's beautiful eyes, as clear as a blue lake, rippled with emotion as it lay obediently in the cold embrace.

At this moment, Yaro focused all his attention on being wary of the strange man.

Although Yaro's main intention was to save Bailu, he deliberately avoided him with his heavy sword, intentionally striking the empty space between the two. However, he also intended to intimidate him, unleashing all his pent-up power like a giant flaming hammer, slamming it down on the man.

Unexpectedly, he avoided them all, only igniting a small part of his clothes!
"Stop!" Seeing his chance to make a fortune about to be snatched away, Edmund was frantic. With a roar, he unleashed a series of shadowy attacks and swiftly launched his assault.

Five hundred magic stones would be enough to drive him mad!
"Blood Shadow Clone!"

Each blurry figure's claw tip was covered with five blood-red light spots. Yaro couldn't tell the difference between the real and the fake. He first used his sword to defend himself and quickly activated the power core.

"Basic Sword Technique - Parry!"

Om-!
The sword hilt rapidly draws in the surrounding air and then quickly releases the airflow in the direction required by Yaro.

"Fiery Sword Technique - Assault!"

call!
The airflow was released, and the sparkling, crystalline greatsword swept across all directions!

Ta-da!
A series of rapid sounds erupted, and the red dots on all the phantoms' hands actually had a tangible feel to them!
Just as the sword's momentum slowed, a pale face suddenly burst out from among the many afterimages. He glared with scarlet eyes, grinned wildly, and roared loudly, "Die!"

He gathered the viscous blood into an enormous scarlet scimitar, and taking advantage of the moment when the sword's momentum slowed down, he made a move to cleave Yaro in two!
And below the blood-red scimitar, a thin, blood-red snake followed closely.

One strikes from the light, the other from the shadows; both are aimed at delivering a fatal blow!

With his attention already focused, everything seemed to move incredibly slowly to Yaro.

Looking into those bloodthirsty eyes, Yaro narrowed his own, quickly activated a spell, and extended its effect to the crystalline heavy sword in his hand.

"Sun Fist!"

Swish-!
A blinding ball of light suddenly exploded in the jungle, catching Edmund completely off guard, just like staring intently at an incandescent light bulb that had suddenly been turned on at the closest distance!
"what!"

Edmund screamed in agony as the blinding light pierced through the layers of afterimages, leaving his vision completely white!
With limited space to dodge on the branches, Yaro had no choice but to cross his legs and let his body fall. At the same time, his greatsword quickly sucked in the air and used the Fiery Sword Technique - Assault again, as if to disembowel Edmund. But then he suddenly saw the tiny snake that flashed by.

Startled, he switched from offense to defense, and swiftly slashed at the thin snake with his sword.

when!
Just like playing tennis, the slightly tilted sword tip swiftly deflected the not-so-fast snake.

In that brief moment, Edmund, realizing his attack had missed, swiftly flew to another tree, relying on his memory.

bump!
The twig struck his crotch, and Yaro's expression changed slightly, but he forced himself to endure it, using his greatsword to prop himself up again. In that brief moment, Edmund finally recovered and turned to look at Yaro once more.

Yaro took a few deep breaths, suppressing the lingering pain in his body, and sincerely praised, "Very good spell!"

Yaro didn't want to escalate the conflict too much and wanted to give him a way out so that he could easily find out the location of the Extraordinary Market later.

"What a powerful alchemical artifact!" Edmund, however, looked greedily at the now-extinguished blazing greatsword.

Yaro raised an eyebrow: "Do we really have to fight to the death? Viscount Corey wouldn't have sent you here to kill me, would he?"

The point of specifically mentioning Viscount Corey was to hope that Edmund would come to his senses and stop doing meaningless things.

Since Yaro and Viscount Corey had never met, it was unlikely that Viscount Corey would send someone to kill him without knowing anything about him.

Anyone with a modicum of sense wouldn't do something so reckless.

Yaro never forgot his primary objective: now that the white deer had been rescued, finding the extraordinary marketplace was the key.

Edmund raised his thumb and forefinger to his palm, pulled a handkerchief from his upper left pocket, and elegantly wiped his stained palm with a mocking smile. "Corey is just a mortal nobleman who cooperates with us. What right does he have to order me around?"

“A mere immature fairy is enough for me to completely ignore him…” Edmund said, then looked at the crystalline greatsword in Yaro’s hand with a hint of apprehension, his gaze burning even more intensely, “Not to mention, there’s also an alchemical treasure of extraordinary power!”

Yaro couldn't possibly explain how the Fiery Greatsword worked, nor would he tell him that even if he were given the Fiery Greatsword, he wouldn't be able to use it.

After hearing Edmund's words, Yaro realized that he had revealed too little of his strength, and Edmund seemed to have a feeling that he had him completely under his control.

Yaro sneered, "Since you know the great power of the alchemical greatsword, do you still dare to dream here? If I hadn't held back a bit just now, you would probably be dead already!"

Om-!
The Eye of Lava suddenly spun.

boom!
A flash of light appeared, and the scorching flames roared back to life!

Edmund fell silent upon seeing this, a flicker of panic crossing his blood-red eyes as he recalled the overwhelming, powerful flames that had just engulfed the area.

Fire has a strong restraining effect on both undead and blood/shadow types. If Yaro had used a huge flame to strike Edmund again, Edmund could not guarantee that he would have escaped unscathed.

I thought it was a powerful move that required a long preparation period before it could be used once, but looking at the appearance of that alchemical greatsword now, my previous guess might have been wrong.
“We have no enmity, why should we fight to the death? Hahaha…” Edmund repeated Ayrault’s words, shifting his feet slightly, covering his face and laughing, using laughter to mask the embarrassment in his heart.

“Indeed.” Yaro glanced at him a few times, and after confirming that he had temporarily suppressed his thoughts of attack, he quickly exerted a little force forward and jumped directly off the tree before Yaro could react.

—The space on the branches is too narrow; whether you're fighting or trying to escape, staying on them isn't a good option.

As soon as his toes touched the ground, he used his toes, ankles, and knees to cushion the impact, leaned his body to the right front, completely protecting the white deer in his arms, gripped his heavy sword to the side and stared intently at the man in the high-collared black clothes. The moment the heavy armor on the back of his shoulder touched the ground, he quickly rolled forward.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth, and with Yaro's constant vigilance, Edmund had barely taken a half step and hadn't even figured out whether to seize the opportunity to strike when Yaro had already stood up.

Now that Yaro has regained his footing, the danger he faces is many times greater than when he was still on the branch!
Yaro breathed a slight sigh of relief, then asked the white deer beside him, "Can we walk?"

The white deer shook its head weakly.

“Bring those silly deer over!” Yaro warned Edmund warily.

"Stop!" Edmund shouted urgently. "Don't let her go! She's worth five hundred magic stones, five hundred!"

Edmund said expectantly, "How about we split it in half?"

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Yaro's face as he coldly said, "This is my friend!"

friend?

Edmund gritted his teeth: "I understand... then it's 40/60! You get 60, I get 40!"

Yaro couldn't help but roll his eyes.

So that's how you all understand this word?

Noticing Yaro's expression, Edmund frowned: "You're not planning to hog all the food, are you?"

Ignoring everything else, Yaro waited until the surrounding deer herd had dealt with their problems before helping to send the white deer up.

Swish!
With multiple afterimages, Yaro loosened his grip, and the flames on the Fiery Greatsword rapidly expanded!

Edmund stopped a few steps away, staring warily at the greatsword in Yarrow's hand, and said earnestly, "What kind of friend is worth hundreds of magic stones?" "Don't you know what magic stones represent?"

"You'll have enough healing potions to drink like water!"

"Enchanted artifacts, alchemical implements, spiritual potions, breakthrough potions..."

"With these hundreds of magic stones, what can't you buy!"

Yaro remained unmoved, even finding it somewhat amusing.

Since you like magic stones so much, why don't you go explore the strange space?

Why don't you go and search for traces of the monster?

Along the way, Yaro encountered several monsters, and then came to the eerie shadow space. In his opinion, earning magic stones was not too difficult.

Only a few hundred magic stones.

With talent, where can't you make money?
Edmund, unaware of all this, glanced at the white stag sitting on the ground, noticed its peerless face, and made a guess in his mind.

"Could it be... that you are attracted to her beauty?"

Edmund earnestly advised, "Don't think about possessing her forever. Once you sell her and get a few hundred magic stones, have you thought about how many beautiful mortals you could exchange for them?"

"If you offer ten thousand gold coins, you can buy even the princess of a broken kingdom!"

"How many magic stones are ten thousand gold coins worth? Only fifty!"

Fifty pieces?
Yaro's expression shifted slightly.

This quantity is wrong!

Inside the academy... that's true, you can't really use the prices in the academy as a general guideline.

Moreover, now that we're outside the Jungle House's sphere of influence, it's normal for prices to vary from place to place.

Noticing the change in Yaro's expression, Edmund was secretly delighted and quickened his pace: "If you want to buy beautiful women, I can introduce you to some, I guarantee you'll be satisfied, like nobles, royalty, and other high-ranking officials..."

"Several hundred magic stones! Even my parents aren't worth that much!"

"Shut up!"

Enraged by the endless chatter, Yaro unleashed a burst of flames from his crystalline greatsword and roared, "So, you sold your parents?"

Before Yaro could finish speaking, Edmund readily agreed, "Yes!"

Forehead!
Yaro was speechless.

Edmund, however, was lost in memories: "My parents loved me so much. Back then, I couldn't break through to the rank of Viscount, so they robbed a merchant guild's caravan. As a result, they were wanted by the guild, and I reported them, thus completing the necessary steps..."

Instantaneous technique!
Yaro made his move without warning!
"Blazing Sword Technique - Charged Flame!"

He was enraged by Edmund's incessant foul language, and the pent-up flames shot directly at him!

However, the Fiery Greatsword did not move to charge up its power. With only the heat of 500 degrees Celsius from the Heat Melting Technique and the slightly burning Fire Melting Stone, it could not accumulate much heat in a short time.

Even when Aro struck in anger, Edmund was no longer unprepared.

"Blood Protection!"

Swish!
The blood flowing on the ground surged up instantly, quickly congealing into a deep red sphere.

Snapped!
The viscous blood was easily pierced by the crystalline blade, which, carrying scorching flames, struck forward... but missed.

Just as he turned his head, he saw the blood that had exploded earlier gather together again, gradually congealing into Edmund's pale face, which was filled with ecstatic joy.

"Hahaha! So that kind of attack really can only be used once by this alchemical artifact!"

Only intense light and heat, and a powerful flame capable of illuminating all shadows and directly evaporating all blood, could easily kill Edmund, a viscount.

Having already accumulated enough power over a distance of over a thousand meters, this short period of time is simply not enough.

This also restored Edmund's confidence, making him feel capable again, and he no longer wanted to share the magic stone with Yarrow.

"Blood Bat!"

Clap, clap...

The viscous blood suddenly rose into the air, transforming into a swarm of jet-black bats that scattered in all directions, circled halfway in the sky, and then charged straight at the white deer in unison.

Faced with the scattered swarm of bats, Yaro really didn't have a good solution.

However... Yaro can be faster than them!

"Instant Technique!"

Yaro flashed past, and when he arrived beside the white deer, he used the 'Trip Spell' again.

"Double Instantaneous Movement!"

This time, Yaro didn't use the second Instantaneous Body Technique to accelerate himself. Instead, he released it in front of his feet, creating a slightly sloping ladder to provide ample friction for his body.

bass!
His right foot slid across a semi-circle, and Yaro's body moved quickly and stopped abruptly.

call--!
The power core on the sword hilt rapidly sucked in air, and with the swinging of both hands, Yaro arrived first despite being behind.

"Fiery Sword Technique - Assault!"

when!
One bat was shot down.

Crash-!
A swarm of bats is attacking!
Om-!
The Fiery Greatsword ignited with intense flames once more.

"Blazing Sword Technique - Blazing Fire!"

boom!
A burst of intense flame shot skyward, instantly igniting the swarm of bats!

Even a mere blazing flame contains a rich amount of fire magic, enough to ignite a swarm of bats.

"Squeak..."

The fiery bats flew backward in a panic, quickly gathered, and reformed Edmund's figure. At the same time, the flames also gathered on his high-necked trench coat, and were then swiftly extinguished by a ball of blood that he controlled.

"You're asking for it!" Edmund gritted his teeth as he glared at Yaro.

He also realized that if he didn't deal with Yaro, he might not be able to take the fairy away.

Yaro gently brandished his greatsword and calmly stated, "My patience has run out."

(End of this chapter)