The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 268 As Usual
Lynn and Daphne talked for the entire afternoon, covering everything from the mutual aid society to the Tilo shop, and their recent experiences.

Lynn also gained a clearer understanding of mutual aid societies.

This mysterious organization has now grown to a considerable size, and it is said that a third-tier wizard is in charge of it.

Moreover, unlike the Black Moon Exploration Society or the Elite Seminar that Lynn had joined, the members of the Mutual Aid Society are much more closely connected.

As the association's name suggests, it is a supportive association for wizards, and its members are all very friendly.

But the more this was the case, the stranger it seemed to Lynn.

True mutual assistance can only be established when both parties are of equal strength and status; otherwise, there will always be an imbalance, and someone will always suffer a loss.

In the end, conflicts will break out due to the unequal distribution of benefits.

It's strange that the mutual aid society that Daphne mentioned doesn't seem to have such problems at all.

As evening fell, after Lynn saw Daphne off, the Horsens School residence welcomed another new visitor.

—Chester, a first-tier high-level wizard, and also Samuel's father.

Good evening, Your Excellency Chester.

Lynn greeted the weary-looking middle-aged wizard at the door. He was dressed in a black robe and wore a hood, which shrouded him in shadow.

"Good evening, Lynn." Chester forced a smile and asked Lynn in a hoarse voice, "Tell me what happened."

Lynn nodded slowly and led him inside.

As for the wizard Zor, he was still busy with the formalities for becoming a wizard at the Silver Ring Academy.

The distance from the door to the meeting room wasn't far, but Lynn felt it was exceptionally long. Chester's footsteps behind him were very light, but each one seemed to echo throughout the entire corridor.

Neither in her past life nor in this one, Lynn had ever encountered such a situation before.

He hadn't felt sad about Samuel's departure before, only regret, but now he felt a heaviness in his heart, as if he were immersed in cold water.

Lynn couldn't help but think about his own death. If he died, would there be someone like Chester to remember him?
'Perhaps not,' Lynn thought, but she didn't feel sad.

He knew that he wasn't that closely connected to the world.

In the drawing room, Lynn answered all of Chester's questions in great detail.

Aside from asking questions, the father remained silent throughout, his only change in expression being a faint, bitter smile when he heard about the bonfire memorial service spontaneously organized by the apprentices.

At the end of the conversation, Chester added, "Earlier today, I met with His Excellency Horsens, and he asked me to inform you of something."

"What is it?" Lynn asked, somewhat puzzled. Most of the time, Horsens would contact him directly through the Silver Ring Badge, a method that was far more convenient and faster than having someone relay a message.

'This only shows that it's not suitable to spread this information using the Silver Ring Academy's communication array... Of course, it's also possible that he just happened to remember to instruct Chester. But Chester has just lost his son, and given Horsens' personality, he would probably do this...'

Chester continued, "Lord Horsens asked me to inform you and Zor that this year's Holy Ring Meeting will proceed as scheduled. Furthermore, because we are allied schools, we need to send official wizards to the Holy Ring Realm to assist in clearing the dangers of the Zero Ring layer."

"Furthermore, Lord Horsens has instructed me to entrust this perfectly quality Seed of Talent to you for temporary safekeeping. After the Holy Ring Gathering concludes, the most outstanding and suitable Golden Thorn Apprentice will be selected as the reward."

Lynn paused for a moment, somewhat surprised, as he accepted the Seed of Talent. He hadn't expected Horsens to delegate such power to him. But soon, Lynn frowned deeply.

'The Holy Ring Society...'

He hadn't expected that he would have to consider going to the Holy Ring so soon after returning from the Gray Forest Ruins.

The thought of the bizarre contamination of the Holy Ring made Lynn feel extremely troubled and filled with unease.

'I finally have a moment to catch my breath, and I have everything I need now, so I really don't want to...'

'Wait, it seems I can obtain the second-tier Black Moon Meditation Technique from the Holy Ring Society?' Lynn suddenly thought.

If I had to say what he lacks right now, it would only be meditation.

The first-tier Black Moon Meditation Technique he obtained was from the Holy Ring Realm. That Holy Ring Realm was originally a trial world prepared by the Black Moon Academy for its members. He had only explored a small part of it, so there must be a second-tier Black Moon Meditation Technique there!

Even with all this in mind, Lynn still hesitated.

He had considered the Holy Ring Realm before, but for various reasons, he had not included it in his choices. The biggest reason was that he was not qualified to enter the Holy Ring Realm.

Now that he has the qualifications to enter, it doesn't mean that this choice is wise; there are still many things he needs to consider.

However, there's no need to tell Chester these things, since the wizard is just a messenger and can't make the decisions.

After seeing Chester off, Lynn had just returned to his office when he saw Zol return to his post.

He found Zor and told him what Chester had said.

The latter immediately turned into a bitter face, sighing repeatedly: "Alas, how come I encountered such a thing as soon as I arrived? I should have stayed in Cuilin City!"

Lynn was also troubled. He returned to his meditation room alone and pondered for a long time until the moon was high in the sky, but he still couldn't figure it out.

So he decided to put it aside for the time being, took out the enforcement order, and continued to study the Black Moon Rune.

Whether we go to the Holy Ring Gathering or not, having more strength is always a good thing.

The following evening, after much research, Lynn finally gained some confidence and prepared to try to inscribe the core runes from the Enforcement Order onto the Black Moon Rune Plate.

Actually, when Lynn was studying the Black Moon Enforcement Order earlier, he already had a good understanding of its core rune areas. However, activating the Black Moon Rune Plate would also consume magic power. For complex Black Moon runes like the Enforcement Order, it would probably require additional magic stones. Therefore, Lynn prepared more.

'Hopefully, it will be a success on the first try.' Lynn took a deep breath and focused his mind on the Black Moon Symbol Point Plate.

If the difficulty of constructing Black Moon Runes in ordinary form is like building a skyscraper from scratch, then constructing Black Moon Runes using the Black Moon Rune Point Plate is like building a skyscraper model with user-friendly 3D software, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the difficulty.

So, just as Lynn had prayed, he succeeded on his first attempt in inscribing the "Enforcement" rune onto the rune disk!

'Speaking of which, I've never failed to inscribe the Black Moon Rune on the Rune Plate.'

Lynn smiled slightly and looked eagerly at the rune points displayed on the rune point disk.

(End of this chapter)