The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 217 Shuttle (4.4k)

The shuttle in front of us is about 25 meters long and is designed for short to medium-distance manned transport. While enhancing the comfort of the interior, it sacrifices the attack module and some defense modules.

Bradley approached the short, stout wizard and carefully examined the hole at the bottom of the shuttle.

"M-Sir, is there anything I can do to help you?" the short, stout wizard asked again, his expression extremely respectful.

Even if the wizard in front of me is only a second-tier wizard, his Silver Ring Enforcement Team uniform alone is enough to command respect.

In this land, Silver Ring Academy is the only king.

Bradley glanced at him, a faint smile playing on his lips, seemingly gentle and approachable, but a closer look revealed cold indifference in his eyes.

The short, stout wizard was very nervous, sweat beading on his forehead. After a long pause, Bradley finally spoke slowly:

"Have you discovered anything about this shuttle and the hole?"

The short, stout wizard breathed a sigh of relief and quickly spilled out all the information he knew: "Yes, sir! First of all, the shuttle, well, the shuttle only has this one broken part, the power module was not damaged, the control system is also basically normal, only the defense module is abnormal and cannot start normally at present."

"Normally, this level of bulkhead damage shouldn't have caused the defense modules to fail. However, the wizard who caused this damage used extremely destructive lightning-type magic, so the shuttle was damaged more severely than expected."

Bradley remained noncommittal, then asked, "What do you think that wizard's strength was?"

"What kind of strength... Judging from the intensity of the attack, it has reached the advanced level of the first ring. I speculate that it should be a first-level high-level wizard, sir," the short, stout wizard replied.

"A first-tier high-level wizard..." Bradley's smile widened, his eyes half-closed, seemingly lost in thought.

Bradley quickly stopped laughing, and with his officers, he floated into the shuttle, saying calmly:
“Tell me the details of the shuttle’s construction,”

"Yes." The short, stout wizard quickly followed.

About half an hour later, Bradley carefully inspected the shuttle from beginning to end, still with that smile on his face, but with some regret in his heart.

The shuttle was clean, just as clean as the corpse of the Black Moon Exploration Association wizard.

In recent days, Bradley, as an enforcement wizard, has led his team to capture more than a dozen members of the Black Moon Exploration Association. Five of them are first-tier wizards, but they are all "clean" like the member of the Exploration Association discovered today.

'I wonder when we'll get any useful information.' After taking one last look at the shuttle, Bradley calmly ordered, 'Fall back. Notify me immediately if we find anything.'

After saying that, Bradley flew away.

But he wasn't going back to rest; instead, he continued his patrol and search.

Such dedication was certainly not for the secrets of Silver Ring Academy, nor for the so-called opportunity of Black Moon Academy.

With the glory of the Holy Ring at his fingertips, Bradley had no interest in the so-called opportunity at the Black Moon Academy!

All he wanted was to obtain more information about the Glory of the Holy Ring from these Exploration Association wizards who emerged from the ruins of the Black Moon Academy!

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In the familiar meditation room.

Lynn stood in front of the table, raising his hand to examine himself.

Just now, he successfully perfected the first-circle sorcery concealment thread through the Insightful Principle, and is now testing its effects.

With a thought, Lynn activated his Secondary Reality Vision, which he had mastered to a high degree.

The effectiveness of this reconnaissance spell speaks for itself. Although its learning threshold is only intermediate level 1, its difficulty and strength are among the highest in the entire first-level spells.

'In the perception of the secondary true vision, the aura on my body is only at the intermediate level of the first rank, without the slightest flaw.' Lynn observed carefully for a long time, then adjusted his aura to the initial level of the first rank, but still could not find any flaws.

"With such an effect, even a second-tier wizard wouldn't be able to discern my true level without thorough investigation!"

In terms of strength and realm, concealment is always easier than detection, and this is especially true at higher levels.

Because the path of a wizard is a process of continuous spiritual and spiritual elevation.

During this process, the wizard's control over their own mind will continuously increase, making it increasingly difficult to discern their true strength.

Furthermore, since the Hidden Trace Weaving technique is a type of witchcraft specifically designed to conceal one's true strength, Lynn's estimate was already relatively conservative.

In fact, even a typical third-tier wizard who isn't skilled in reconnaissance would likely find it difficult to see through Lynn's disguise.

After canceling the spell, Lynn summoned the Visionary Light Screen and looked at the first-level spells on it, which were either mastered or perfected, and felt somewhat dazed.

The ability to perceive principles under a sufficient supply of secondary energy is truly terrifying!
Lynn can now glimpse the principles every day, and each glimpse is equivalent to several months of painstaking study of this knowledge, and several months of single-minded dedication with all his energy devoted to it!

It can be said that every day that goes by, Lynn's strength will increase by a level!
'Unfortunately, the World's Blessing is a scarce commodity. After this, I'll be lucky to acquire three to five pieces a month; I doubt I'll be able to continue my daily practice like I am now.'

Based on his normal self-energy recovery rate, Lynn can only accumulate one opportunity for insight into principles about every two weeks. Adding the three to five World Blessings he acquires each month, he should be able to guarantee one insight into principles per week, which is already quite good.

'However, even if one masters both Lightning Bolt and Lightning Storm techniques to perfection, it's difficult to achieve the same level of combat ability as the Void Lightning technique they once mastered… This is mainly because the gap between first and second tiers is far greater than that between a first-class apprentice and a first-class wizard, but it still feels very insecure.'

Lynn suddenly realized that he had searched the entire Silver Ring Tower before choosing the final sorcery to practice, but he had not been able to find a sorcery that would give him the ability to fight across ranks.

'I don't know if Silver Ring Academy has another, more hidden book tower, or if they classify this kind of witchcraft as second-tier knowledge, which is why I couldn't find it in first-tier knowledge.'

Lynn silently speculated that the latter reason was more likely.

'In a few days, all first-level sorcery will be at least mastered to a high level. At that time, perhaps I can keep an eye out for sorcery or non-spell knowledge that possesses the ability to fight across ranks, like Void Lightning…'

Standing up, Lynn had no urge to continue exploring the principles, and instead left the meditation room.

He has important business to attend to today.

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About half an hour later, Lynn arrived at the outside of a unique building in the central district of Silver Ring.

The building itself is nothing special, just an ordinary two-story building, but its left side is directly connected to a huge warehouse.

Above the warehouse stands a huge sign that reads "Kira's Wizarding Tools".

Lynn pressed the communication array by the door, and after a moment, Kira's voice came through:

“Mr. Lynn, please come in by yourself. I’m in the warehouse and can’t get away for the time being.”

After Kira finished speaking, she hung up the call, sounding very busy.

'They're probably busy making final adjustments to my shuttle,' Lynn guessed, stepping into the automatically opening factory door.

Lynn went out today to test his flying shuttle.

It has to be said, Kira is extremely efficient!

Lynn originally thought he would have to wait at least another week before his shuttle was officially completed, since Kira had told him a week ago that it would probably take another half month for the shuttle to be finished.

Unexpectedly, it ended up being a week ahead of schedule.

Upon entering the warehouse, Lynn immediately spotted the gray-black shuttle parked in the center. The shuttle was considerably smaller than the one Lynn had piloted yesterday, measuring only about 15 meters – which is the standard size for a single-person shuttle.

This size ensures relatively excellent performance in combat, defense, stealth, and reconnaissance modules while also providing ample space for movement. Typically, it's available in single-bedroom and double-bedroom versions, depending on individual needs.

Lynn opted for the one-bedroom version, which had the advantage of upgrading the original guest bedroom into a separate meditation room. This meditation room was significantly better equipped than the small meditation rooms that came with the two bedrooms in the two-bedroom version, while the price difference wasn't substantial.

Lynn walked slowly closer, glanced left and right, and not seeing Kira outside the shuttle, he called out:
"Lady Kira, are you inside the shuttle?"

"..." After a rustling sound, Kira's voice came: "Yes, I'm at the bottom of the shuttle."

Lynn stepped into the shuttle and just then saw the witch fly up from the floor of the central activity area.

The witch's hair was loose and somewhat disheveled, and her face showed signs of fatigue. She greeted Lynn, "Good afternoon, Lord Lynn."

"Good afternoon, Lady Kira," Lynn replied, but the witch's voice sounded somewhat weak and listless.

'She's probably too tired,' Lynn thought to himself. Kira had clearly worked hard to complete the shuttle a week ahead of schedule.

"Where shall we begin, Lady Kira?" Lynn asked.

"Of course, it's at the very bottom; that's where some of the witchcraft formations haven't been completed yet."

Kira's words startled Lynn instinctively.

'Wasn't it already finished...? How come now they're saying only some of the magic array at the bottom needs to be completed?'

He turned his head in confusion, intending to ask a question, but met the witch's gaze, which held a hint of fear and pleading.

Almost simultaneously, Lynn noticed that in the empty space behind the witch, the Black Moon Relic suddenly emitted fluctuations.

The thought flashed through his mind for only a moment. Lynn's expression remained unchanged as he smiled and nodded in response, "Okay."

Kira breathed a sigh of relief and gave Lynn a grateful look.

The fluctuations from the Black Moon relic were still approaching and would soon reach the two of them.

Lynn continued, "Lady Kira, you seem very tired. Inscribing the magic array later will require a high degree of concentration, so please take a break."

Kira paused, seemingly realizing something, and immediately suppressed any extra emotions on her face, slowly nodding: "Okay."

The two walked together into the bottom of the shuttle, where the space was narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time.

Kira walked in front, and Lynn followed behind.

Through the Black Moon Sensing, Lynn was able to clearly sense that the Black Moon Relic had also followed them into the bottom of the shuttle.

The Black Moon Spirit Body Sensing State has two states: passive and active activation. Lynn usually keeps it in the passive state.

Lynn verified that in a passive sensing state, it is basically impossible for any being to detect it, whether it is the Silver Ring Wizard, Horsens, or the Shadow Man encountered in the Mossy World.

Active activation state – Lynn initially thought it would be as difficult to detect as the passive state, since it could also fool the Silver Ring Wizard and Horsens, but it was still discovered when facing the Shadow People of the Mossy World.

Therefore, the stealth of the Black Moon Spirit Body in the active state is actually slightly worse than that in the passive state.

Whether actively or passively, Lynn can clearly sense any activated Black Moon Relics in the vicinity; the only difference lies in the sensing distance and whether he can control them.

While actively activating the Black Moon Spirit Body, Lynn could sense a distance of a full kilometer from the activated Black Moon Relic, and at the same time, he could forcibly control the activated Black Moon Relic.

Even in a passive state, Lynn could sense the activated Black Moon relics within ten meters, but he simply couldn't control them.

It was precisely because of this passive ability that Lynn was able to detect the wizard hiding around them.

Yes, it must be a wizard, after all, Black Moon relics don't grow legs and move on their own.

After a moment's consideration, Lynn quietly enhanced himself with a secondary vision of reality.

Secondary Reality Vision is a "passive reception" type of reconnaissance spell. Unlike reconnaissance spells such as Echo, it does not require emitting sound waves or anything else, so it basically does not cause any noise.

In addition, unlike techniques like Eagle Eye, it doesn't alter the appearance of the pupils, so it's basically undetectable.

A moment later, a tall, thin figure appeared in Lynn's perception.

"A first-tier high-level wizard... He looked somewhat tired."

'No wonder Kira was behaving so strangely; she was being coerced.'

Kira is skilled in crafting magical artifacts, and she has only recently advanced to the first tier. It is not surprising that she was coerced by a first tier advanced wizard.

“Lord Lynn, this is it.” Kira stopped and pointed to the exposed pipes in front of her. “By the way, did you bring any Cortel Mystic Gold? I don’t have any here.”

Lynn understood the implication behind Kira's words, paused deliberately, and slapped his forehead: "I really forgot to bring it, Lady Kira, shall I go back and get it now?"

“No, no need,” Kira said, feigning panic. “We can skip that and create the next area first.”

"Skip it?" Lynn looked puzzled. "But if we skip it, it will take at least twice as much effort to come back and do it later..."

“It’s okay…” Kira said again.

"Why?" Lynn asked with a puzzled expression. "Lady Kira, you seem a bit strange today?"

In the secondary reality field of vision, a hint of tension and ruthlessness flashed across the face of the tall, thin wizard behind him.

“…Then go back and get it, Lynn, I’m just a little too tired.” Kira paused, then quickly said.

Lynn nodded and said slowly, "I guessed so, Lady Kira. You should take this opportunity to rest while I go to get the Cortel Mystic Gold."

"Mm." Kira nodded.

Lynn turned around, looked straight ahead, and walked straight out of the shuttle.

The wizard who was hiding in the shadows quickly turned around and moved forward to make room for Lynn to move forward.

'It seems to be just a simple concealment spell to disguise one's appearance...'

Lynn silently memorized this information, quickly left the shuttle, and headed out of the warehouse, turning back to say loudly:
"Lady Kira, I will be back soon. Please wait a moment and rest."

After leaving the warehouse, Lynn did not linger outside. Instead, he continued forward until his activated Black Moon Spirit Body could no longer sense the Black Moon Relic.

“Carrying Black Moon relics and hiding in the shadows, seemingly escaping some kind of pursuit… and then he found Kira, the wizard who is skilled at making flying shuttles.” Lynn smiled slightly; he didn’t need to deduce much to guess the identity of the wizard hiding in the shadows.

'So they're members of the Black Moon Exploration Association.'

Leaning against the wall at the street corner, Lynn did not rush to act.

The sorcerer in the shadows won't do anything to Kira anytime soon, at least not until he returns.

So, should I call the enforcement team, or go back and deal with that wizard myself?

Lynn was caught in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)