The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 252 Corrupted Beasts and Strange Spirits (4k)

The moment that crisp sound rang out, the four of them, who were on high alert, reacted immediately.

They all turned to look at the direction the sound came from on their right, their hands poised to unleash their magic!

However, there was nothing unusual in sight. There were no ghosts, no decaying beasts, nothing at all... only huge, decaying, and dilapidated buildings.

Just then, Lynn's intuition suddenly gave him a sense of foreboding, and he was startled, his hair standing on end!

Bang!
The next second, a muffled sound rang out along with Charles's exclamation!
"What the hell is this!"

Boom!

Everyone turned around and saw a fiery shockwave suddenly erupt in front of Charles, blasting a strange-looking, rotting beast away.

The rotting beast was completely engulfed in flames and was sent flying backward by the impact, until it crashed into the outer wall of a ruined tower before falling heavily to the ground.

A moment later, it managed to stand up, its rotting maw splitting open as it let out a painful roar.

However, the strange roar came from the opposite right side.

Weiss instinctively looked to his right again, but his vision was just as empty as before, with nothing unusual in sight.

Vivian watched this scene with half-closed eyes, and with a guess in her mind, she warned, "Be careful, this rotten beast seems to have the ability to confuse sounds."

At the same time, the witch didn't forget to check on Chartre, asking softly, "Are you alright, Chartre?"

“It’s alright, I’ve been using protective magic the whole time.” Chalt shook his head, feeling a little embarrassed that he had been frightened, and tried to make amends, “This rotten beast’s ability is really strange. It moves silently and can even confuse sounds. I didn’t notice it until it ran into the protective magic. So… I was caught off guard and got a fright.”

During the conversation, the rotten beast that had been knocked away stood up again.

This rotten monster has an irregular shape. At first glance, it looks like a huge, gray-black rock piled up haphazardly and covered in filth, with rough edges, an uneven surface, and a faint black smoke drifting from it.

However, upon closer inspection, one can discover that the rock on its surface is not real rock, but a thick, grayish-white bony shell covered with cracks. From these cracks, a sticky liquid, either brownish-yellow or dark green, constantly seeps out, which quickly turns into grayish-black smoke upon contact with air.

Occasionally, through a glimpse through a crack, one can see the dark red and black, slowly wriggling, decaying flesh inside.

If Lynn were to describe it, he would say that the rotting beast was like... the earth's morbid vomit.

At this moment, the "Stone-Skinned Rotten Monster" had turned blackened by Chalt's attack, but there was no sign of injury. It charged at Lynn and his group again!

As it moved, a rustling sound came from the opposite right side.

"Hmph, don't even think about misleading me again!" Charles snorted coldly, and perhaps to save face, he took the initiative to greet him.

"This rotten monster's attack strength barely reaches the first tier, but its movements are slow. You don't need to make a move; let me test it out again!"

Since Charles had said so, Lynn and the other two were happy to agree and carefully observed the Stone-Skinned Rotten Monster.

As Chalt said, this rotten monster was quite slow, at most comparable to a second-class wizard apprentice. Although its attack strength could reach the first rank and it had the ability to create strange, confusing sounds, it posed almost no threat to these formal wizards.

Even if some first-class wizard apprentices were sent over, as long as their ability to confuse sounds is taken into account, they could probably be dealt with easily.

boom!
Boom!

Boom boom boom!
However, Lynn and his two companions soon learned why Silver Ring Academy had only recruited formal wizards for this mission.

Charles attacked continuously for dozens of seconds, casting more than ten first-level attack spells, but still failed to kill the Stone-Skinned Rotten Monster completely!
Keep in mind that the same attack would be enough to kill a weaker first-tier novice wizard!

However, this stone-skinned monster only shrank by more than half, from being twice the height of a person to the size of an infant.

Chartreau was also determined to compete with him, holding his breath and casting increasingly rapid and powerful spells!

Finally, after a burst of fireballs, the Stone-Skinned Corruptor completely vanished, leaving not a trace of ash behind.

Charles grinned, about to turn around and say something, when he heard another crisp sound from the left!

"Watch out!" Vivian's voice followed shortly after.

Charles's expression hardened, and he immediately turned his head to the right!

The sound came from the left, and the rotting monster is on the right!

But when he turned his head, there was nothing in his field of vision; there was no sign of the Stone-Skinned Monster!

boom!
An invisible force field swept past Chalt's left, knocking away the new rotting beast that was approaching him.

"Watch your left," Weiss's voice came slowly.

Charles was startled and quickly turned his head, only to see a rotting beast, completely different from the one he had just seen, flying backwards in the distance. His face flushed red and then turned pale.

This rotting beast was made entirely of withered branches and dark brown mud and rocks. Its body was humanoid, but exceptionally slender and three meters tall... It was hardly a stone-skinned rotting monster.

"Damn it!" Chartre was furious. He raised his right hand, and azure lightning flew out like a dragon, striking the corrupt beast squarely!

This time, Chalt clearly used his full strength; his face turned slightly pale after casting the spell, indicating that he was under great pressure.

The mud-branch beast, which had been flying backward, had managed to stand up, but under Chalt's furious attack, it knelt down again, its body crackling with lightning as it continued to shrink and destroy itself.

Seeing this, Charles felt a little relieved.

click-

At that moment, another crisp sound came from the right.

"Again?!"

The anger that had been extinguished in Charles's heart reignited. He quickly looked to the right, then to the left, his expression gradually turning astonished.

“So many…so many rotten monsters!” Vivian’s voice came.

Click, click——

The act of completely killing the Stone-Skinned Rotten Monster was like flipping a switch. Three Rotten Monsters appeared one after another around the four of them, each with a different appearance, but all of them moved silently.

"Let's attack together," Weiss said in a deep voice.

These rotten monsters, though not strong, were exceptionally troublesome. Four of them were no longer a number that Chartreau could easily handle.

“Okay,” Vivian replied, and Lynn nodded in agreement.

Although Chalt was impulsive, he wasn't stupid. He nodded in agreement and didn't try to show off at this moment.

But at this moment, a question suddenly arose in Lynn's mind, and he frowned and said:
"All we're seeing now are rotten monsters. Where did the aberrant spirits go? The quest crystal clearly stated that the number of aberrant spirits far exceeded the number of rotten beasts."

"Who knows? Maybe there aren't many spirits in our area," Chartre replied casually, taking a deep breath and continuing to fire his thunder dragon at the initial mud-branch monster!
However, Vivian and Weiss, who were standing nearby, became more wary after hearing what Lynn said.

Vivian even cast a reconnaissance spell on herself.

However, she had just finished casting the spell when she heard Lynn behind her say in a deep voice, "Look around at the air!"

Vivian looked up, her face filled with horror!

To the naked eye, the airspace appears empty, but according to the detective magic, a large number of unusual spirits are gathered in the airspace around them!

These strange spirits surrounded Lynn and his companions one after another!

boom!
Weiss unleashed a powerful strike at the nearest target!

An invisible hand grasped the alien spirit in its palm, squeezed it tightly, and crushed it into powder.

Ordinary ghosts would have been reduced to ashes in such circumstances, but the scattered spirits reassembled in the blink of an eye, as if they had not been harmed at all.

This outcome weighed heavily on Weiss's heart. He decisively rose to his feet and said in a deep voice:

"There are too many of them; we must temporarily avoid a direct confrontation!"

These alien spirits are no less powerful than the rotten beasts. If they were surrounded by them, even if the four first-level wizards joined forces, they would probably be at risk of perishing!

Weiss's leap to escape was quite abrupt, but all the wizards present took to the air immediately. Vivian even took off at the same time as Weiss, while only Charles was a beat slower because he had exerted too much force earlier.

It was precisely for this reason that he lagged behind the other three wizards by several steps, and the surrounding spirits seemed to have sensed that the wizards were fleeing, and quickened their pace of encirclement!

"No no no no!"

Seeing that the alien spirits were about to surround him, Chalt panicked and tried his best to activate his flying magic.

However, his previous exertion was enormous, and he was currently mentally exhausted, so he couldn't increase his magic output for the time being.

At this critical moment, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, exploding in the gap where the alien spirits were about to close in, widening the gap and slowing down their encirclement.

Chalt seized the opportunity, charged forward with all his might, and finally broke through the encirclement with great difficulty!
He continued to climb until he caught up with the three people in front of him, at which point he gradually slowed down.

Chartre looked down at the dense swarm of otherworldly beings beneath his feet, still feeling lingering fear.

He took a deep breath and turned to look at Lynn, who was also staring at his feet, with a complicated expression.

After a long pause, Charles finally said slowly, "Thank you."

That bolt of lightning was unleashed by Lynn. Charter never expected that Lynn would lend him a helping hand at such a critical moment!
"You're welcome, it was nothing." Lynn looked away and smiled at Charles.

Among them, he might not be the strongest, but he was at least no weaker than Weiss, and he also possessed the ability to teleport short distances.

This strength gave Lynn great confidence, so even in such an urgent situation, he remained calm and even had the energy to observe the other three wizards.

And while ensuring his own safety, he casually cast a lightning spell to rescue Chalt.

This was just a matter of course for Lynn, but the results exceeded his expectations.

Chartreux, who was initially the most dismissive of the three wizards towards Lynn, has now clearly softened his attitude towards him considerably.

'Besides, when the lightning spell hit the alien spirit just now, I felt something was off...'

Lynn squinted, silently recalling the scene from just now.

"Are you alright, Chartre?" Vivian's concerned voice came from beside her.

Charles turned around, and Vivian's concerned expression was as sincere as ever, but he suddenly felt it was meaningless.

If Vivian really cared about me that much, then why did she run away so decisively just now?

Charles understands Vivian, and he understands Weiss even more, because he is that kind of person too.

In that situation, although taking action might not have affected his own escape, Charles wouldn't have thought of helping; he would only be concerned with escaping.

It seems that Vivian and Weiss were the same; they never even considered helping.

Only Lynn noticed him... You see, this wizard was only a mid-level first-tier wizard. In the situation just now, escaping was already difficult enough, let alone offering help.

But Lynn did it anyway, which greatly moved Charles.

"I'm fine." Charles' thoughts raced for a moment, and he smiled at Vivian as usual.

But Vivian still sensed Charles's emotions and was about to say something when she heard Weiss's voice from the side: "A few alien spirits are catching up. Be careful!"

After Lynn and his companions fled into the sky, the four rotten beasts gave up the chase, and most of the alien spirits did not pursue them either, but a few alien spirits still followed relentlessly.

However, their flight speed was only barely at the first level, which is why they had only just caught up with the group.

Lynn counted carefully and found that there were four alien spirits that had caught up with them. At this moment, they seemed to have given up their disguise and were now a slightly transparent, ghostly white color, like drifting mist, with an uncertain shape.

“Let’s each take one of them,” Weiss said, leading the charge against the foremost alien spirit.

Vivian looked at Chalt expectantly, but he seemed not to see her and flew towards the second alien spirit.

Vivian frowned slightly, then relaxed her brow, revealing a sweet smile, ready to fool Lynn.

But in the brief moment she hesitated, Lynn had already sped forward to meet the third alien spirit, and Vivian could only see its back.

Lynn approached the chosen spirit and observed it carefully.

The alien spirit in front of him was the smallest of the four that had come after him. Its appearance was sometimes like a tortoise and sometimes like a deer, but it was always grotesque and twisted, with its body disintegrating.

It's sizzling!

Lynn couldn't see anything unusual, so he fired a lightning bolt at the alien spirit.

The lightning ball, controlled by Lynn and possessing a medium power, shot straight at the alien spirit and exploded the instant it touched its body.

The streaks of lightning coiled and weaved around the alien spirit like long snakes.

It was at this moment that Lynn experienced the strange feeling he had felt before once again.

It was an extremely faint fluctuation that existed for only a moment before disappearing.

Lin En was puzzled and fired another bolt of lightning.

The same fluctuations occurred again.

Lynn repeated this process over and over, carefully experiencing the subtle fluctuations.

Finally, at a certain moment, when all the alien spirits had shrunk to only half their original size, Lynn suddenly realized something.

'This fluctuation... it feels somewhat similar to the fluctuations when the Black Moon Rune was being constructed?'

(End of this chapter)