The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 248 Hope (4k)

The newly appearing text on the Visionary Light Screen startled Lynn slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of ecstasy swept over him, and Lynn burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"I've finally got it! I've finally gotten it!"

It's no wonder Lynn was so excited; the Black Moon Rune was arguably the knowledge he had spent the most time and effort exploring to date.

Now that we've entered the door, let's handle everything properly. Every subsequent glimpse into the principles will bring progress many times greater than what we've achieved so far!

The Seer's Insight is an extremely sharp pickaxe; no matter how solid the vein of knowledge, Lynn can easily mine it with it.

However, even so, if one has not even grasped the basics of a subject, there is no concrete content to be learned.

Lynn was essentially digging randomly on the vast earth with a pickaxe.

It goes without saying that under such circumstances, even with the sharpest pickaxe, the chances of finding a valuable ore vein are extremely low.

But once you get started, it's like having a specific location for a mineral vein.

At that time, with the pickaxe of Insight, Lynn will be able to advance unimpeded and excavate countless precious veins of knowledge!

'Unfortunately, I've only just used up my chance to observe the principles of things. The next time I can do so will probably be another two weeks.'

Lynn, still somewhat greedy, leaned back in his chair, let out a long sigh, and suddenly thought of the Mossy World.

'If only I could have so many more blessings from the world.'

After experiencing such a "wealthy" period, Lynn felt somewhat unaccustomed to returning to the present day when he could only accumulate enough of his own source energy once every two weeks.

Although World Blessing is classified as a secondary world energy on the Insight panel, Lynn felt that using this readily available secondary world energy for Insight was the true way to unlock his talent, compared to using his own energy, which could only be fully accumulated once every half month.

However, the current situation does not support Lynn doing so.

'Whether or not the Greywood Ruins will become as prosperous as Silverring City in the future, it is still too desolate and remote at the moment.'

Lynn stood up and decided to go for a walk.

After working so hard for so long, he has finally made a breakthrough and deserves a rest. After all, he is not an iron man.

Lynn stepped out of the Black Falcon; it was early morning outside.

The sun rises from the distant horizon, its golden rays seemingly igniting the surrounding clouds, giving them a molten gold-like texture.

However, when this incredibly bright and vibrant light reached the area of ​​the Gray Forest Ruins, it seemed to be disturbed by something, losing its dazzling and energetic appearance and becoming dim and faded.

The gray forest ruins it illuminated were also shrouded in a hazy yellow hue.

'The Gray Forest Ruins should probably be renamed the Black Forest Ruins, or the Forestless Ruins...'

Lynn looked around and thought to himself.

When they first arrived at the Gray Forest Ruins, the forest was withered, but at least it was still alive, with its pale branches and leaves stubbornly stretching out.

But after that night's gray-white catastrophe, almost all the creatures in the gray forest perished completely.

Countless trees rotted and collapsed, and bushes and grasses turned into black ash, mixed with the carcasses of wild animals, melting into black ash.

It was precisely for this reason that when Lynn and his group were repairing the camp after the disaster, they couldn't find any new timber and could only piece together a few buildings from the ruins of the camp for the apprentices to rest in.

It wasn't until later, when they acquired some materials from those caravans, that the camp was finally able to be completely restored.

The camp was quiet at this moment, and there was not a single person in sight.

Lynn wasn't surprised. After thinking for a moment, he walked toward the conspicuous two-story wooden house next to the watchtower.

As Lynn drew closer, a slight commotion arose from the cabin.

"...I believe the key to the Green Vine Technique lies in speed. It must be cast quickly enough and formed quickly enough to be effective in actual combat."

“I have a different opinion. I think speed should come after firmness. Only when the growing vines are tough enough can they truly be effective in actual combat! Otherwise, even if the spell is cast, what's the use if it doesn't hinder the opponent at all? It's just a waste of mana!”

"..."

The energetic voices of the Golden Thorn apprentices dispelled the gloomy and decaying atmosphere of the Graywood Ruins, putting Lynn in a good mood.

Since the Silver Ring Academy released its new notice, the Golden Thorn apprentices have become more energetic because they have something to look forward to.

They not only patrolled more enthusiastically every day, but also had the capacity to hold seminars and gatherings.

Samuel later discovered this and, after discussing it with Lynn, decided to designate the building as a dedicated seminar venue.

The habit of holding weekly seminars among the Goldenthorn apprentices back in Silver Ring City has continued in the Ashwood Ruins.

Lynn paused at the door for a moment, but did not go in. He turned around and continued walking toward the watchtower.

Good morning, Lynn.

Samuel was currently in the watchtower. Ever since experiencing the Gray-White Catastrophe, the wizard had become exceptionally cautious, and he would come to the watchtower to check the surrounding situation whenever he had free time.

"Good morning, Samuel," Lynn greeted him, then asked, "Have you received a reply?"

“I just arrived too, I haven’t seen anything yet,” Samuel replied.

Lynn nodded, reached out and summoned the light screen, then opened the message.

An unread letter suddenly appeared before my eyes.

Lynn recognized the personal insignia on it and was secretly pleased.

This is a letter from Daphne.

After experiencing the gray-white calamity, most of the watchtowers suffered varying degrees of damage.

However, Silver Ring Academy dispatched a large number of people and completed the repair and upgrade of all the watchtowers in just one week.

In addition, Silver Ring Academy has added many large communication magic arrays around the Ashwood Ruins, and has also established a special communication magic team to Silver Ring Academy.

The main body of this witch team is a witch ship carrying a large communication witch array, which can receive and store information sent by the Gray Forest Ruins when it gets close to them.

Then it will head towards Silver Ring College, and once it enters Silver Ring College's communication range, it can send the stored information to the corresponding recipient at Silver Ring College.

Of course, this message transmission is bidirectional; on the return trip, the message from Silver Ring Academy can also be transmitted to Graywood Ruins.

To put it simply, it's basically a large mobile messenger team.

However, he doesn't send information to any specific person; instead, he acts as a relay communication array.

This can greatly improve efficiency.

Because there is more than one such messenger team, and they are far apart from each other, they form a long snake that moves back and forth along the route. Each team only needs to travel a shorter distance to achieve the effect of delivering the message.

Currently, it appears that the message originating from the Graywood Ruins will reach Silver Ring Academy in just two days.

Of course, if you want to receive a reply or send another message, you will have to wait two more days.

Lynn sent the message to Daphne four days ago and is only now receiving a reply.

However, it is said that Silver Ring Academy is constantly increasing the number of teleportation teams and expanding its scale. Therefore, the time for message transmission is constantly decreasing.

When the teleportation teams are long enough to cover the entire route from the Ashwood Ruins to Silver Ring City, these mobile teleportation teams will remove the communication arrays from the ships and install them as fixed communication towers.

On that day, Silver Ring City will officially establish a communication channel with the Ashwood Ruins without delay.

It would likely attract even more wizards to the Ashwood Ruins at that time.

Getting back to the main point, Daphne's message wasn't long because communication fees are quite high these days.

"I'm glad you're still alive, Lynn. I've been worried about your safety ever since I learned about the gray-white cataclysm that broke out at the Graywood Ruins."

"Unfortunately, I haven't been able to buy World's Blessing for you yet. It's out of stock everywhere, or people are waiting for it to be auctioned off."

"However, I have entrusted the caravan to deliver the recent dividends from the Tilo shop to you. You should receive them in a couple of days after receiving the message."

"Because of the recent events at the Graywood Ruins, I anticipated that the price of the witch's robes might drop, and I made a fortune from it through the Tilo shop. You can look forward to this dividend."

Lynn felt a pang of regret after reading the message.

Didn't manage to buy World Blessing...?

After the Greywood Ruins officially established communication with Silver Ring City, Lynn received a message from Daphne.

The witch inquired about his safety in the letter, clearly showing great concern.

While Lynn was touched, he also thought of asking Daphne, who was far away in Silver Ring City, to help him buy some World Blessings.

But now it seems that World Blessing is indeed not so easy to buy.

When he was in Silver Ring City, he could only acquire about ten World Blessings on a good month, and only a few on a bad month. On average, he could only find one World Blessing every three to five days.

Daphne seems to have had bad luck this time. Of course, it could also be because she is not familiar with purchasing World Blessings and did not find any World Blessings.

'But it doesn't matter...' Lynn shook his head, his gaze returning to the latter part of the message.

'Dividends from the Tilo shop...'

Lynn hadn't expected Daphne to have such a business acumen, predicting the market fluctuations caused by the Graywood Ruins disaster, and even being willing to share a portion of the profits with him.

Although Daphne earned this amount of magic stones mostly through Tilo's shop, strictly speaking, she could still have earned these magic stones without Tilo's shop, it would just have been more troublesome.

Therefore, Lynn was not really entitled to this sum of magic stones.

However, Daphne had already sent the magic stone, and Lynn knew the witch's personality, so he could only keep these things to himself.

Delete the message and turn off the light screen.

Lynn then found Kars's contact information from the Rankin Caravan and sent him a message.

"Lord Karls, is there any news regarding the Blessing of the World that I asked you to inquire about?"

Perhaps because the Rankin caravan was currently at the Graywood Ruins, Lynn received a reply very quickly.

"That's exactly what I was going to talk to you about."

Immediately afterwards, a communication request popped up.

As soon as Lynn answered the call, a cheerful voice came through.

Good day, Your Excellency Lynn.

Good day, Your Excellency Karls.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Karls got straight to the point. He cleared his throat and said, "To be honest, I've just found a World Blessing, but..."

Lynn was slightly pleased when he heard the first half of his sentence, but when the last three words came out, he couldn't help but frown:

"only?"

“However, the seller refuses to sell on credit and insists that I pay in full, so I may not be able to bring it directly to you,” Karls said in a low voice.

Like the Black Moon relics, he bought them directly and then sold them to Lynn.

However, he cannot do that with the Blessing of the World now. Instead, he plans to sign a contract with the seller to take the Blessing of the World directly first, and then pay the seller with magic stones after successfully selling it to Lynn.

The difference in how they are handled is mainly because the markets for these two items are different.

Rare items like the Black Moon Relics have never been hard to sell, especially now that the Graywood Ruins have appeared, making them even more scarce and expensive.

But World Blessing is different. Strictly speaking, World Blessing is of no use to ordinary wizards—this is common knowledge among all wizards.

Only a few wealthy and leisurely wizards would purchase them for research purposes, or they would be sold to slaves from the corresponding world.

Therefore, the market for buyers of World Blessing is quite small, and those who rashly hoard it are likely to end up with nothing to show for it.

Most importantly, Karls does not have the ability to authenticate World Blessings, so there is also the risk of buying counterfeit goods.

Therefore, he was no longer willing to pay for the magic stones in advance.

Lynn understood Karl's concerns and fell silent for a moment.

He could, of course, simply give the magic stone to Kars and have him help him buy the Blessing of the World.

But the question is, is that world blessing truly a world blessing?
If it's true, then of course it doesn't matter; he certainly needs the world's blessing anyway.

But if it's fake, then the magic stones will be wasted.

'...Now, I am ultimately trapped in the Gray Forest Ruins, trapped in this watchtower.'

After a moment's hesitation, Lynn remembered Daphne's news and the bonus he was owed, and finally, without further hesitation, readily agreed:
"Please help me buy it directly. We can sign a contract, and I will pay for the required magic stones directly."

"You are truly generous!" Karls laughed, and immediately presented a pre-prepared contract.

Lynn looked at the contract, then hesitated, adding, "Before signing the contract, I need to learn more about that world."

“Of course.” Kars was prepared for this and sent over an objective report as well.

Lynn looked at it carefully and felt a little relieved.

Based on his experience buying World Blessings, it's unlikely that this World Blessing is a fake.

'It's a pity I can't see it for myself; otherwise, why would I take such a risk?'

Although Lynn thought this way, he did not hesitate any longer and immediately signed the contract.

Two days later.

Lynn received the magic stone sent by Daphne.

They also received the world's blessing from Karls.

There are a whopping 20,000 magic stones!

And that World Blessing is also genuine!
(End of this chapter)