Journey to the Wizarding World

Chapter 387 Mining Area Monster
On the spacious road, a cavalry team is advancing.

"This is the royal city of Steel Fort Kingdom."

Not long after, the cavalry team arrived outside a city with the words "Steel City" hanging above it, which was the royal city of the Kingdom of Steel Castle.

The Steel Fort Kingdom is a small border country. Although it belongs to the kingdom in name, its actual territory is pitifully small. If it weren't for the possession of several mining areas within its borders, it wouldn't even be eligible to pay tribute to the academy.

"Two wizards, please follow me."

Cavalier Dylan rode his mount and walked in the front, welcoming Caroline and Enzo into the Iron City. After passing through a city, they arrived at a castle.

"His Royal Highness, the wizards of the Phantom of Crows have arrived in the Kingdom of Steel Castle, and these two are them."

Knight Dylan ordered his cavalry to stop, and then took Enzo and Caroline into the castle. In the hall, he saw a young man with a sad face in fine clothes.

"What? The wizard is here?"

Hearing what Knight Dylan said, the young man in fancy clothes suddenly raised his head, saw the two men in long robes, and hurriedly stood up to salute.

"Good day, two wizard lords."

The young man in Chinese clothes introduced himself with the etiquette of the wizarding world, "I am Bukai, a third-level apprentice, and I am also the new king of the Kingdom of Steel Castle."

Enzo looked over and looked at Bukai.

The magical aura emanating from his body showed that the other party was indeed a third-level apprentice, but his strength was average. It seemed that he was a third-level apprentice who had relied on too much external force to be promoted.

"Is that what you asked for help from the academy?"

Caroline looked indifferently, glanced at the respectful Buquet, and asked softly.

"I'm sorry, my lord wizard."

Bukai looked nervous, and said, "Father's death was too sudden, and I didn't expect those untouchables to rebel and occupy the mining area so quickly!"

The opportunity for Steel Castle Kingdom's rebellion was the death of Budina as the old king. Even though the founder of the country was an official wizard, he was finally unable to resist the erosion of time.

Therefore, after the death of the old king, a rebellion broke out in the mining area. Perhaps it was the previous two hundred years of rule. The kingdom brought too much oppression to the people, and the rebels quickly formed an insurgent army to get the situation out of control.

At the beginning of the rebellion in the mining area, Buquet did not intend to ask the academy for help, because it was difficult for this weak kingdom to pay the rewards. It was not until the situation got out of control that Buquet had no choice but to send out a signal for help.

"I hope the Phantom of Crows will not hold me accountable..." Bukai looked at Caroline nervously, praying silently in his heart.

The Kingdom of Steel Castle is the territory of the Phantom of Crows. While enjoying the rights, the king must also maintain his own rule. No matter how you say it, the rebellion in the mining area formed an insurgent army, and Bouquet has an unshirkable responsibility.

"You just took over the throne, and there was such a serious rebellion in the territory. How did you become the king?" Caroline said quietly, looking at Bukai with indifferent eyes.

Bukai's heart skipped a beat, and his thoughts flickered quickly.

"I am indeed responsible for the rebellion in the mining area." Under Caroline's gaze, a few drops of cold sweat dripped from Buquet's forehead. He quickly took out a metal ring and begged, "But, please read it, Mr. Wizard." For my father's sake, put a few nice words for me when writing the mission report!"

Caroline frowned and took the metal ring.

Taking a casual look, Caroline saw that it was a high-grade magic item of poor quality, worth no more than a thousand magic stones at most, but it should be extremely precious to Buquet.

"It's not too bad." Caroline said lightly, and then put away the metal ring.

Next to him, Bukai breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Caroline has accepted her own bribe, when everything is over, she will show mercy and reduce her responsibility when writing the mission report.

"A magical item, are you going to let us share it?" At this moment, Caroline said quietly again.

Bukai's face turned pale immediately, and then he remembered that there was a wizard beside him, but he only prepared a gift.

"What can we do?" Bukai was anxious.

Enzo didn't pay attention to these things. He seemed to have noticed something, frowned slightly, and looked around the castle hall.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped in one place.

"What's the matter, Enzo?" Caroline was a little surprised.

Enzo's eyes were fixed, and then his mind moved.

A tide-like shadow appeared under his feet, twisting and turning into a palm, grabbing forward like lightning, grabbing a black beetle.

"This is..." Caroline frowned.

Beside him, Bukai also changed his face slightly. The black beetle made him feel a little familiar, and a certain thought flashed in his heart, and he shook his head hastily.

"Eavesdropping bugs have been monitoring the palace."

With a calm face, Enzo pinched the black beetle in his hand, recorded the breath of the eavesdropping bug in his heart, and crushed it with a little force with two fingers.

"How could this be?" Caroline frowned. Eavesdropping bugs are generally only bred by wizards to monitor or steal information.

"It seems that the rebellion in Steel Fort Kingdom is not just a simple uprising of civilians." Enzo shook his head slightly.

Caroline's eyes flickered, and her thoughts changed.

"The mining area occupied by the rebel army is there, take us there now." Turning around, Enzo instructed Bukai next to him.

"Now... now?"

Bukai was slightly taken aback, but quickly reacted, leaned forward and said, "Follow your order, Master Wizard!"

……

Located in the south of Steel City, there is a large mountain range. The environment here is harsh, surrounded by large rocks, but it is the largest mining area in the kingdom.

About half a year ago, the old king Budina passed away suddenly. One night, a riot broke out in the mining area, and a large number of miners killed the guards here.

At that time, Bouquet had just succeeded to the throne.

He was busy stabilizing all parties in the Kingdom of Steel Fort, but he ignored the rebellion in the mining area, causing the situation to quickly get out of control. After the rebel army captured two small towns in succession, they formed a powerful force.

At this time, Bukai came back to his senses.

But it was too late. The rebel army that occupied the mining area and the two small towns as the base grew stronger and defeated the kingdom's army three times.

As a last resort, Buquet could only ask the academy for help.

"This is the largest mining area in the Kingdom of Steel Castle, and it is also the base of those untouchables!" Not far from the mine, Bukai pointed forward.

Enzo looked around, and there was a valley entrance in front of him.

There are mountains like dragon spines on both sides, forming narrow and long roads. In this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack environment, it seems that it is not surprising that the Kingdom's army was defeated three times.

Suddenly, Enzo frowned, and the tip of his nose moved.

"It seems like a smell of sulfur?" At this time, Caroline also smelled the faint pungent smell in the air, and said hesitantly.

Enzo nodded, it was indeed the smell of sulfur.

Turning on the scanning function of the chip, he found that there was a large amount of sulfur buried in this valley. It seemed that as long as a fire was lit, it could form a huge explosion and destroy the entire mining area.

"It seems that the rebel army here is very smart." Caroline frowned.

Burying a large amount of sulfur in the valley can make the kingdom's army fearful and dare not step into it in a large scale. Coupled with the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack environment, as long as the rebel army has sufficient supplies, it can completely stay here for a long time.

"In this case, there is no need for others to go in."

Enzo's tone was indifferent. There was a lot of sulfur buried under the valley. It would be as if the mortal soldiers of the Kingdom's army stepped into it, so the army could only stay outside the mining area.

Caroline nodded slightly and waved to Buquet.

The third-level apprentice immediately understood and ordered his army to retreat, but left Knight Dylan alone.

"The environment inside the mining area is complicated, and the two adults need a guide."

Bukai explained that Enzo had no objection, seeing that the sky was getting darker, so he didn't intend to waste time, and greeted Caroline and Knight Dylan to enter the valley together.

"Chip, turn on the scanning function!" Enzo ordered in his heart.

The rebel army of the Steel Fort Kingdom sounds like it is composed of only mortals, but the discovery of eavesdropping bugs in the palace made Enzo feel that the matter this time was not as simple as he imagined, so he decided to be more cautious.

The three of them rode their respective mounts and gradually went deep into the valley.

The surrounding environment began to become complicated. Near the mountains on both sides, deserted mines appeared one after another. The atmosphere was a little strangely quiet. After walking for a full ten minutes, the three of them did not see a single figure.

At this moment, Enzo suddenly stopped.

Even without the reminder of the chip, he could still feel the abnormalities around him. Caroline's eyes were fixed, and with a burst of chaotic shouts, many figures appeared in the mountains on both sides, holding longbows and crossbows.

shhhhhh!
The rebel army in the mining area seemed to have ambushed here for a long time. They aimed at the three people below and shot a round of arrows. Knight Dylan immediately drew out his cross sword nervously as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

However, Enzo and Caroline didn't care.

"Wind Dance!"

Caroline was expressionless, and raised her hand casually, a gust of wind was summoned immediately, blowing down the rain of arrows in mid-air, and at the same time controlled the gust of wind, turning the rebel army ambushed here to their feet.

"What a bunch of ridiculous mortals."

Caroline had a sneer on her face. After being promoted to a full-time wizard, she had a natural sense of superiority over ordinary people, just like a higher life treats a lower creature, full of indifference.

"Be careful, something is not right."

At this time, Enzo suddenly opened his mouth. His eyes turned to the right. There seemed to be an unusual aura in the ambushing rebel army. Under the scanning of the chip, several special humans were found.

The next moment, a terrifying roar came from the rebel army.

Several mortal rebels, black air gushed out of their bodies, their muscles swelled and tore their clothes, and their faces became distorted and hideous, as ugly as a demon crawling out of the abyss.

"Kill them all!"

Those deformed mortals landed on all fours, pounced down from above like wild beasts, their scarlet eyes were full of bloodthirsty luster, exuding an extremely chaotic atmosphere.

"Wind blade attack!"

Caroline frowned, waved her hand and summoned wind blades, and shot towards those deformed mortals. The wind blades cut on their bodies, but only scratched the skin, and black blood flowed out, without causing fatal damage.

"What's going on?" Caroline was taken aback.

Although the spell she released just now was only zero-ring witchcraft, as an official wizard, that level of spell was enough to kill an extraordinary knight, but it failed to cause substantial damage to those monsters.

At this time, several monsters had already rushed towards the three of them.

Enzo's eyes were calm, and with a thought, the shadow field spread suddenly, covering several monsters, and then shadow tentacles came out one by one, binding and entwining all the monsters.

"Eat them!"

"Go! Kill!!"

Even though they were restrained by the shadow tentacles, those monsters still let out manic roars, and the chaotic atmosphere continued to spread, which seemed to have a certain impact on the surroundings.

Next to him, Dylan Knight had an ugly face and was in a trance for a while.

"Could it be the breath of the abyss?" Feeling the chaotic breath emanating from several monsters, Caroline's eyes glowed solemnly.

Enzo stroked it too, a thought flashed in his eyes.

The chaotic aura that filled the monsters was very similar to the power of the abyss, as if these people were all attacked by the abyss, which caused distortion.

At this time, the mutation appeared again!
The monsters who were originally restrained by the shadow tentacles suddenly wailed in pain, their mouths were opened to an exaggerated level, and clouds of black air gushed out of their bodies and flew in one direction.

The next moment, several monsters returned to human form.

However, after losing the black mist, they all seemed to have lost their souls, their faces were extremely dull, and their bodies were limp, like shells.

Enzo raised his hand, and the shadow domain dissipated.

A few mortals fell to the ground and gradually lost their breath. At the same time, the surrounding rebels also fled one after another. They seemed to be very familiar with the surrounding environment and quickly disappeared into the depths of the mountains.

Enzo turned over and jumped off the magic horse, and stepped forward to check.

The several corpses on the ground had already become stiff, their skins were extremely pale, and when they were lightly touched with fingers, they sank deeply, as if they had been dead for a long time.

"How?" Caroline also came over.

"Without a soul, it should have been dead for a long time." Enzo shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "The black mist just now should come from the abyss, and it is the energy source that drives them."

Caroline frowned, her face was a little ugly.

Originally thought it was just a simple task, but now the wizard and the abyss, things suddenly became complicated, which made her feel a little bit of retreat. As a member of the Kendy family, even if the task fails, Caroline will not be punished too much.

"Or... just forget it?"

Caroline hesitated, and said tentatively, "This task is beyond the controllable range, why not report it to the academy and send a few more wizards to handle it?"

"It's not necessary."

Enzo shook his head and said, "Although it is more complicated than imagined, it has not yet reached the level where it needs to be reported to the academy. Since there have been mortals infected by the power of the abyss here, it means that the mastermind behind everything is here."

"Next, as long as we find him, we will be able to find out the reason behind this mission!"

(End of this chapter)