The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 246 New Notice (4k)

"Good day, Lord Karls," Lynn replied with a smile, his perpetually furrowed brows relaxing for the first time, indicating he was in a good mood.

Karls noticed this and said with a smile, "You look radiant today, sir. Has something good happened?"

Lynn's expression remained unchanged as he shook his head and said, "There's no good news. If I had to say something, the fact that we survived last night's disaster is a good thing."

“That’s true.” Kars nodded seriously and sighed. “I’ve seen many surviving outposts and camps along the way, but very few surviving watchtowers.”

Karls looked somewhat regretful and wistful, but the regret quickly disappeared.

The merchant continued to inquire, "I wonder if there have been any casualties among the Horsens School. I brought some medicines and supplies, all of which are being sold at 80% of their usual price."

"20% off the original price?" Lynn and Samuel were both somewhat surprised.

Although the price Carls mentioned is usually high compared to other places.

However, considering the remote location and the current special circumstances, it would be very reasonable for Carls to sell at the usual price, let alone with a 20% discount!

This wizard was so kind; instead of profiting from the disaster, he chose to lower the price!
Karls didn't explain anything, but continued to ask, "Would you two like some medicine or supplies?"

Lynn and Samuel exchanged a glance and shook their heads: "The Horsens School suffered no casualties, and since most of the supplies were stored in storage rings, the losses were not significant. However, we do need to replenish some daily necessities."

This time it was Karls's turn to be surprised. He confirmed, "No one from the Horsens School was injured or killed?"

Seemingly realizing that his words were somewhat inappropriate, Karls added, "Sorry, I was just a little surprised..."

“It’s okay.” Lynn shook her head.

Karls smiled, paused, and lowered his voice, saying, "After the gray-white catastrophe ended last night, did you two visit any other watchtowers?"

"Have you been to other watchtowers?"

Perhaps feeling he hadn't been direct enough, Karls continued, "This time, the Rankin caravan came not only to sell medicines and other supplies, but also to purchase some witchcraft tools, materials, and so on that you all no longer need."

Upon hearing this, Lynn and Samuel immediately understood.

Karls was not as selfless as he seemed. His eagerness and the great risks he took to come here must have been for benefits commensurate with the disaster!
And this benefit is the legacy of those dead wizards!

“I did go out on patrol last night, but I didn’t go to any other watchtowers.” Lynn shook his head. Only now, after Karls’ reminder, did he realize that he could also collect other wizards’ relics.

"And what about Lord Samuel?"

“I have never left the watchtower,” Samuel shook his head.

Karls understood what the two meant, shook his head regretfully, and decided not to continue the conversation. He concluded by saying:
"What supplies do you two need? I'll arrange for someone to fetch them right away."

Karls came here specifically to acquire wizard relics. His original destination was only the watchtower and the camp, but he came to Watchtower 16-8 because he knew there were two official wizards there.

In the chaos of last night, anyone bold enough wouldn't care whether the wizards' relics were taken or not. In other words, if you took them then, they were yours.

After that, apart from the legacy of some special wizard apprentices, it is highly likely that no one will pursue it, nor will it be possible to pursue it.

However, neither Lynn nor Samuel had considered this at the time.

Samuel had no intention of leaving because he was injured and had to lead the Golden Thorn Apprentices in rebuilding the camp.

Lynn, however, was focused entirely on the Black Moon relics on Gobert and Benjamin. By the time he finished dealing with those, the wizards at the outpost had arrived, so he didn't even think about it.

It's just that we missed out.

However, Lynn didn't care much; obtaining those magic stones wouldn't significantly improve his strength. In other words, missing out wouldn't have any impact.

What's more important to Lynn now are those two Black Moon relics.

After Karls finished speaking, he prepared to get up and leave, but Samuel, who was very curious about something, asked again:
"Lord Karls, before Lynn came over, you told me... on the way here, you saw some wizard apprentices secretly escaping from the Greywood Heritage. What exactly happened?"

"Your Excellency should be able to guess that it's because of last night's gray-white disaster. Those wizard apprentices are probably worried that they might encounter such a disaster again."

"As for other things, I don't know much." Kars wasn't in a good mood and was only thinking about leaving as soon as possible to get to the next place.

“I know all this, but… I thought you knew more,” Samuel said.

Karls pondered for a moment and said, "I wouldn't call it inside story, but I think those wizard apprentices might have made a wrong choice."

"What do you mean?" Samuel asked.

Karls said, "Although Silver Ring Academy forcibly conscripted you all to come here to guard the Graywood Ruins, it will not disregard your lives, at least... it will not disregard the lives of any wizard."

"They will not stand idly by and watch such a disaster happen again, otherwise, where would any wizards be willing to stay here?"

"So I suspect that Silver Ring Academy will take some action next. And it won't just be to strengthen defenses, but there will probably also be compensation for this disaster... at the very least, they will try to find a way to recruit new personnel."

After saying this, Karls left.

He was clearly in a hurry. Instead of waiting for the Golden Thorn Apprentices to replenish their supplies, he left one cargo ship for them to purchase supplies, while he himself took the other two cargo ships to the next outpost.

After seeing off the Rankin caravan, Lynn immediately returned to the meditation room.

On the metal table in the center of the meditation room, two belt-shaped Black Moon relics are neatly arranged.

Through the Black Moon Spirit Body, Lynn learned that the two belts were named Flying Serpent Type I and Flying Serpent Type II, respectively.

Both Black Moon relics have the effect of assisting wizards in flying, but each has its own emphasis.

Lynn is so happy today because she discovered this.

Since the Flying Serpent Type I and Flying Serpent Type II belong to the same series, and their appearance and effects are so similar, and both are Rank 1 artifacts, this undoubtedly means that the core Black Moon runes of these two artifacts must be slightly different, but extremely similar.

The best material for Lynn's research on the Black Moon runes is similar but different Black Moon runes like these.

Therefore, Lynn had high expectations for these two magical artifacts.

Furthermore, the effects of these two magical artifacts are to assist in flight, which overlaps to some extent with the effects of the Traceless Rune. Perhaps this time he really can find the Black Moon Rune, the sub-rune of the Traceless Rune.

Of course, it's also possible to find the same sub-rune.

However, Lynn needs to conduct further research to determine the specifics of the situation.

……

……

As Karl said, it was just as Karl had predicted.

Two days later, Silver Ring Academy made a new move.

That day, Lynn was still engrossed in studying the Black Moon runes when Samuel suddenly sent an urgent message, saying that Silver Ring Fortress had sent a notification. By the time Lynn had packed his things and rushed to the watchtower, all the Golden Thorn apprentices had already been summoned there by Samuel.

Samuel stood at the gate of the watchtower, a joyful smile on his face, his expression jubilant.

Upon seeing Lynn approach, he smiled and said, "We can finally go back."

Lynn was slightly taken aback and asked in confusion, "Has Silver Ring Academy finished its recruitment?"

“I suppose so.” Samuel stepped aside and controlled the watchtower to broadcast the announcement issued by Silver Ring Fortress.

Lynn and the Golden Thorn apprentice examined the matter together and finally understood Samuel's meaning.

Samuel said it was true because Silver Ring Academy gave them the option to leave.

The notice clearly stated that wizards who survived the Gray Forest Catastrophe could apply to leave the Gray Forest Ruins if they continued to stay for another three months.

Silver Ring Academy has finally clarified their specific stationing period.

But Lynn doesn't really want to leave right now.

"And three months later, any wizard willing to remain in the Graywood Ruins, after another three months of stay, will gain the right to explore the core area of ​​the Graywood Ruins?!"

It must be said that Karls is indeed an exceptionally shrewd businessman; most of his predictions have come true.

As expected, the Silver Ring Academy will open up exploration rights for the Greywood Ruins in the future.

Moreover, it seems that priority will be given to opening up the area to wizards who choose to continue their stay.

If not, then the exploration qualification must be quite valuable.

Otherwise, the wizards stationed there wouldn't choose to stay any longer.

'The qualification to explore the Gray Forest Ruins...' Lynn pondered silently.

He has never considered exploring the Grey Forest ruins in his future plans, mainly because the risks and rewards are disproportionate.

However, if Silver Ring Academy were to voluntarily open the Graywood Ruins, everything would be different.

Logically, it can be easily deduced that the Silver Ring Wizard would only choose to open the Ashwood Ruins under two circumstances.

One possibility is that he has already explored the Gray Forest ruins thoroughly, and there are no longer any resources of value to him inside.

In another scenario, the exploration of the Gray Forest ruins encountered some problems, requiring human lives to be sacrificed and tested.

If it's the latter case, then exploring the Greywood ruins is still an option where the risks far outweigh the rewards.

However, if it is the former, the risk may not outweigh the reward, especially for Lynn.

After all, although the Silver Ring Wizard has already explored the Ashwood Ruins, he is unlikely to completely empty out all the resources there in order to sell the exploration rights to the Ashwood Ruins.

Therefore, wizards who explore later are very likely to have good results, especially at the very beginning.

After all, many things may be insignificant to a fourth-tier silver ring wizard, but they are rare treasures to ordinary first-tier wizards or even second-tier wizards!

Moreover, the Silver Ring Wizard is not omnipotent; he too may overlook some treasures.

In addition to Lynn's unique characteristics, he is fully capable of obtaining considerable benefits from the Graywood Ruins!

Just thinking about it made Lynn's heart flutter.

In addition, the notice also stated that the potential dangers of the Gray Forest ruins have been completely eliminated and there will be no more Gray-White disasters.

Meanwhile, Silver Ring Academy recruited a new batch of full-fledged wizards and wizarding apprentices to guard the Graywood Ruins.

They will also be eligible to explore the Grey Forest ruins after a certain period of stay.

However, the time requirement will be two months longer than that of the first batch of stationed personnel like Lynn, and they will also need to pay a certain amount of magic stones, but not much.

This arrangement is clearly very reasonable, balancing the two different batches of resident wizards.

However, Silver Ring Academy is still quite stingy and has not yet arranged any substantial compensation such as magic stones.

Granting the exploration rights of the Greywood Ruins to the Silver Ring Academy is essentially a risk-free deal.

'So it seems that the earliest the Silver Ring Wizards will open the Graywood Ruins is about six months from now... No, not necessarily, all of us garrisoned wizards will be qualified to explore.'

'The second- and third-tier wizards within Silver Ring Academy must also be qualified to explore, and they should have been qualified even earlier than us,' Lynn suddenly thought, feeling a pang of emotion.

Perhaps this is true of all worlds: those who are stronger and have higher status always reap the rewards earlier and in greater quantities.

Even if... they didn't actually give anything.

The new announcement from Silver Ring Fortress made everyone very happy.

Previously stationed here, every wizard inevitably wondered how long this situation would last.

The endless patrols are worrying.

But now that the Silver Ring Fortress has a clear timeframe for its duty, although three months is not a short time, at least there is hope for the future.

"Will you stay after three months?" Samuel asked Lynn as the event was ending after delivering the announcement.

Lynn was more inclined to stay, not only for the qualification to explore the Graywood Ruins, but also because he remembered Karls saying that Silver Ring Academy might build a Graywood City here.

From the perspective of my past life, if Graywood City could become a city like Silver Ring City in the future, even if it only reaches half of its prosperity, the opportunities it contains would be astonishing.

Lynn was unwilling to miss out on the benefits of this city's development.

However, Lynn didn't like to speak too slowly, so he simply replied:
"I haven't decided yet, and there's no rush. After all, we'll be staying here for another three months."

"Too."

Life went on.

New personnel arrived at the destroyed watchtower next to it, but no new personnel were added to watchtower 16-8 because there were no casualties.

The daily routine remained the same as before. For the Golden Thorn apprentice, it consisted of patrolling and training, while for Samuel, it was training and handling camp affairs.

But for Lynn, aside from his daily meditation, his daily routine consisted of only one thing—

Research the Black Moon rune.

And just like that, a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Lynn has made an unprecedented discovery in his research on the Black Moon Rune!
(End of this chapter)