The Wizard: From Zero-Ring Wizard to Almighty Lord.

Chapter 239 Finally Free
Chapter 239

"Greetings, Sirius."

"Long time no see, Green. The last time I saw you was at your Morning Star celebration."

In mid-air, the four Morning Star Wizards stood facing each other, despite the tense situation.

However, since both the Wizard of Grimm and Sirius belong to the Forgestone system, they still retain some of the old politeness and courtesy between them.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Green got straight to the point, his tone calm yet sharp:
"Lord Sirius, why have you appeared in this remote kingdom of Eluria, and why have you attacked this Temple of Life below?"

Sensing a hint of questioning in his words, Sirius raised an eyebrow. Though displeased, he did not react.

The other party is inferior to me in both status and ability, but what can I do when they have a good teacher?

He responded in a flat tone:

"This trip was not a decision I made alone; the law enforcement wizard Ald beside me is the one in charge of this trip."

At this point, he turned slightly to the side and gestured to Olde in an introducing manner:

"We received a request for assistance from Aquila regarding information about the [Landscape] anomaly, so we came here together to investigate."

Standing beside him, Ald nodded slightly without saying a word. His long robe, shimmering with stars, fluttered gently in the mountain breeze, its hem swaying as if silently proclaiming his identity: an enforcer of the Wizarding Council.

The four Morning Star Wizards were no ordinary beings; they naturally understood the truth hidden behind the so-called "landscape":
That was a virus left behind by the civilization of gods when they invaded the wizarding world, posing a serious threat to the entire wizarding system.

Therefore, the Wizarding Council had already issued an emergency order, commanding all wizards to assist in controlling and investigating all variables of the "landscape".

From a moral standpoint, Sirius's position is indeed justifiable.

But Green simply smiled slightly, the corners of his lips turning up, his tone leisurely yet carrying a hint of profound meaning:

"I see. However... Sirius, there's something I wonder if you still remember?"

Sirius turned to look at him, a hint of wariness in his eyes.

Green remained calm, continuing as if in casual conversation:
"When the Forgestone received the urgent mission from the Wizarding Council, Her Majesty the Moon personally took action to track down all the 'landscape' clues and handed them over to the various constellation lords to handle separately."

He paused slightly, his gaze sweeping lightly over the Hall of Life below, before leisurely adding:
"And the [landscape] located in the land of the Three Kingdoms, inside the Emerald Island Great Forest, is managed by His Excellency Aquila."

Upon hearing this, Sirius's brow twitched almost imperceptibly, clearly indicating that he had already guessed the deeper meaning behind Wizard Grimm's words.

Each constellation wizard has a clear division of labor and responsibility in the "landscape" event.

The rulers at the Radiant Moon level personally took action, precisely locking down the coordinates of each [landscape], after which the constellation wizards each received their orders and carried them out.

Although the "landscape" itself is indeed complex and fraught with hidden dangers, it is not an insurmountable problem for the constellation wizards of the Furnace Stone.

Furthermore, this matter not only involves the safety of the Forgestone's territory but also attracts the attention of the Wizarding Council. Therefore, all the constellation wizards dared not slack off and devoted considerable energy and resources to it.

Even Sirius, known for its greed, once set aside a portion of its private resources to deal with the "landscapes" it received.

The problem is that the "Emerald Isle Great Forest [Landscape]" under the jurisdiction of Aquila had been reported to the Furnace Stone and the Council a long time ago that it had been "cleared".

Logically speaking, since he personally stepped in to resolve the issue, there should have been no mistakes.

However, reality proved them wrong.

In recent years, this "landscape" area has experienced a series of unusual riots. Even if the Spirit Eye Wizard played a role in the disturbances, Aquila cannot shirk its responsibility for "failing to thoroughly clean up" the area.

Not to mention, this time the "landscape" has gone out of control again, triggering a chain reaction, which is beyond dispute.

In other words, Aquila did not complete the task assigned to him at all!

As expected, Wizard Green spoke slowly at this moment, his voice unhurried but his attitude extremely clear:
"After internal deliberation within the Forgestone, the Emerald Isle Great Forest [landscape] has been officially removed from Lord Aquila's name. In its place, it has been taken over by my mentor, Lord Hercules."

He paused and then said:

"And this temple of life is the monitoring point that I set up here at the behest of my teacher, in order to continuously observe and control the movement of this 'landscape'."

Changing the subject, Green added with a smile:

"Therefore, it seems that you two will have made a wasted trip."

In his speech, Green recounted the whole story in great detail, leaving no room for error.

This move not only clarifies the legitimacy of the Temple of Life's background, but also reveals more profoundly:
Hercules has legitimately taken over the affairs here through internal procedures, and neither Aquila nor your law enforcement wizards have any reason to intervene now.

This is precisely Hercules's method.

As a high-ranking member of the Forgestone, if he wanted to protect someone, he wouldn't just casually say "I've got your back."

Instead, we need to thoroughly adjust the allocation of rights and responsibilities to cleanly and decisively resolve the core issue, namely, "who has the right to dispose of the matter," from its root.

Today, the "landscape" of Emerald Island nominally belongs to Hercules, while the Temple of Life is overseen by his disciples.

Not only did they do it openly and honestly, but they also conveniently completed the secret deal with Lynn.

Even within the realm of dark wizards, those truly powerful and influential dark wizards still value their reputation.

After all, at their level, losing face is easy, but regaining it is a real hassle.

The darkness in Black Wizarding only affects weaker wizards and wizarding factions.

After all, even the underworld in the mortal kingdoms follows certain rules. Once you reach a certain position, you start to care about your reputation. This is even more true for these high-ranking dark wizards.

After the wizard Grimm finished speaking, Sirius's expression finally softened.

Clearly, he has given up the idea of ​​taking action.

Green explained the whole story clearly and logically, leaving no loopholes.

If he continues to pester her, he will not only be disrespecting Hercules, but also angering this level six Morning Star Wizard.

Although Sirius is greedy, it is far from being foolish enough to provoke Hercules.

A wise man knows when to back down.

Moreover, this trip was not without its rewards.

For a constellation wizard of his caliber, the payment is already agreed upon before he takes action, and the income is stable regardless of the outcome.

In contrast, the law enforcement wizard Ald, who was standing to the side, had already vaguely realized the moment the Spirit-Eyed Wizard appeared that this operation was likely to be fruitless.

For him, the real target was the two nature wizards on the Aquila wanted list.

The Spirit-Eyed Wizard before him had never directly confronted him within the landscape; their only interaction was when he was controlled by the "Sequence Number One" Nature Wizard.

Although it's unclear how the other party escaped, they did find protection from Hercules, which somewhat cleared their name.

Under these circumstances, even though Ald is an enforcement wizard, he could no longer act rashly.

Moreover, he did not come with explicit authorization from the Wizarding Council; he merely took advantage of Aquila's request to come here.

However, even though he was destined to leave empty-handed, he still did not intend to leave immediately.

Ald turned to look at the Spirit-Eyed Wizard who remained standing still in mid-air, and spoke in a calm tone:
“Spirit-Eye Wizard, I believe the Forgestone will handle the riots in this landscape properly.”

These words indicated that he no longer wanted to pursue the Spirit Eye Wizard's past.

At this point, his gaze sharpened slightly, landing on the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's pale eyes, and his tone became more authoritative:

"I have only one request: I hope that you can cooperate with the investigation and tell me the specific situation inside the landscape, especially the information about the two nature wizards who are wanted by Aquila."

Meanwhile, deep within the Temple of Life, Lynn, inside the Wizard Tower, was leisurely lying on the sofa, ostensibly flipping through a wizarding book, but in reality, he was controlling the Spirit-Eyed Wizard's actions entirely through the "Scales."

Upon hearing Old's question, a mocking glint flashed in Lynn's eyes, and he sneered inwardly:
"You've remembered me... Ald, it seems you've already included both me and Qi in your list of those to be eliminated, a fight to the death, is that it?"

Although Qi has perished, Lynn is still alive and well.

He narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly:
"But you've come to the right person... Let Spirit Eye give you the answer..."

After a moment's thought, Lynn had already made up his mind.

Trying to fool the law enforcement wizard? It's impossible to succeed with lies alone. Older, that old fox, is knowledgeable and extremely vigilant; his lies would only expose his true nature.

Therefore, Lynn decisively adopted a "seven truths and three falsehoods" strategy.

He received a largely accurate but misleading answer from the Spirit Eye Wizard.

The vast majority of the content is consistent with the facts; only key clues and core details have been cleverly distorted and falsified.

In this mix of truth and falsehood, even Olde would find it difficult to discern the problem.

High in the sky, although the atmosphere between the four Morning Star Wizards was tense, their conversation was quite peaceful. After all, at this level, no one would risk their life for a mere disagreement.

What can't we talk about...?

call out!
As one figure after another vanished into light high in the sky, Lynn, inside the wizard tower, knew that the problem that had troubled him for so long had finally been solved...

Even if that Aquila returns to the wizarding world and learns of everything that has happened, he will not be able to cause him any trouble.

After all, the Temple of Life now has the responsibility of overseeing the Emerald Isle Great Forest [Landscape], which is directly under the jurisdiction of Hercules, a sixth-level Morning Star Wizard.

And Lynn can finally enjoy a period of relative freedom that truly belongs to her...

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A month later, Lynn, as the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, personally saw off Wizard Green.

The transaction has been completed. The Spirit-Eyed Wizard and Grimm have officially signed a detailed contract, and the complete body of the Goddess of the Magic Network has been taken away by Grimm.

Lynn had no regrets about the deal.

Although he lost a complete, formal divine body—a supernatural object of this level that even Hercules, a sixth-level Morning Star Wizard, would care about—he did not feel it was a loss at all.

After all, at his current level, if he wanted to truly study the secrets of that divine body, he would have to wait for countless centuries and countless transformations.

At this stage, he has only just stepped into the threshold of a level three archmage.

Right now, what he needs most is a stable environment for growth and enough time to settle down, accumulate experience, and make up for the gaps in his past.

Trading a divine body that might not be useful in the future for a long and peaceful window of development seems like a sure-fire deal.

Lynn was fully aware of this and had already formulated a clear plan for this "peaceful development period," mainly divided into three directions:

First, strengthen your own foundation.

Lynn had a very clear understanding of her own limitations.

Although he "lived for a long time," his life was largely fabricated.

The long 4,500 years of the Plane Expedition seemed glorious, but he accomplished almost nothing during that period.

The only gain was cultivating the extraordinary plant, Ivgrid, to an extremely high level.

However, this cannot conceal the fact that he was almost completely ignorant in the most important areas of witchcraft, knowledge, and theoretical accumulation.

Leaving aside those wasted years, if we count from the time when his soul truly awakened and he began to actively learn, he has only truly "lived" for twenty or thirty years.

He possessed very few magical arts, and his accumulated extraordinary knowledge was extremely shallow.

For a first-level wizard, this is barely acceptable.

However, at the level of a second-level wizard, this is practically considered "illiterate";
For his current status as a Level 3 Archmage, he is practically "illiterate among illiterates".

Although he could learn by borrowing the memories in the mind of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, that was ultimately knowledge from others, not personal understanding, and thus could not form a true foundation.

Therefore, he needs to catch up on his studies.

Comprehensive, systematic, and in-depth tutoring.

He had to start from scratch and work through the foundations that most wizards had laid in the early stages.

Second, rebuild the knowledge system.

Lynn's study plan was very extensive, but he was not afraid of exploring too much.

With the help of his innate talent that "heaven rewards diligence," he can gradually digest even the most extensive knowledge system as long as he is willing to put in the effort.

He could even, as a level three archmage, reverse-engineer the knowledge learned by novice wizards, and his progress was faster and more accurate than before.

He started with the most basic subjects:
He studied anatomy, neurology, the principles of spell models, the origin of spiritual power, the mechanism of negative energy, pharmacology, and the science of everything one by one.

He studied, memorized, and practiced the theories and practices of various first-level witchcrafts day after day, striving to master them thoroughly.

He meticulously studied every subject and every page of his notes, laying the most solid foundation for his studies.

Third, conduct a large number of experiments.

As the old saying goes, "What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand."

Knowledge from books is ultimately static; only by experimenting, constructing, and deduce with one's own hands can one truly understand the logic and power behind that knowledge.

Therefore, Lynn set up multiple experimental areas in the tower, personally overseeing the work every day, constructing spell models, concocting potions, correcting rune circuits, studying mental fluctuations, and verifying every extraordinary principle.

Aside from experiments in potions and mechanics, he failed many times, but he never gave up.

Every mistake is an accumulation; every explosion is progress.

Lynn knew very well that, not to mention compared to the world's top wizards, even among his peers, there was an insurmountable gap between him and many level three arch wizards.

This is not a lack of strength, but a gap in knowledge accumulation.

The profession of wizard has never been something built solely on strength, but rather a miracle forged by both spiritual power and a system of knowledge.

For wizards, knowledge is power—this ancient adage has never been outdated.

However, Lynn was not anxious.

He has time and a relatively stable environment.

He also has an advantage: his natural talent is rewarded by hard work. As long as he works hard, he will be rewarded.

He could catch up with, or even surpass, the knowledge that other third-level wizards would need to spend hundreds of years and go through countless trials and errors to accumulate in a much shorter time.

This is his greatest source of confidence.

Besides addressing the most crucial issue of self-improvement, Lynn had two other important tasks that were being pursued concurrently.

First, enhance your mental strength and reach the perfect state of a level three Grand Wizard as soon as possible.

He was not lacking in resources in this regard. During his exploration of the [Landscape], he had already obtained a large number of valuable crystals, spiritual materials and heterogeneous resources to enhance his spiritual power.

The only thing missing is time and the process of digestion.

Now, he finally has this time to settle down and reflect. What he needs to do is refine and internalize these resources into his own spiritual power points, and steadily move towards the peak of the Great Wizard.

Secondly, it allows them to gain early access to the mysteries of the "Morning Star Wizard" and prepare for future breakthroughs.

Although Lynn has not yet reached the limit of a level three wizard and is still some distance away from reaching the "Morning Star position", he does have a Morning Star puppet in his hands, the Spirit Eye Wizard.

Through the analysis and manipulation of the Spirit Eye Wizard, he was able to glimpse a higher level of extraordinary path and gain early access to many of the Morning Star Wizard's core secrets.

The key to becoming a Morning Star Wizard lies in exploring endless planes.

To truly embark on this path, one must first construct a passage to the astral plane—the Star Gate.

Building a Stargate from scratch would be incredibly difficult, requiring resources and treasures that would drain Lynn's entire fortune.

But he was not unprepared.

Within the core of the Spirit Eye Wizard's remaining furnace, a broken Star Gate still remains.

Although the damage is severe, at least the framework remains, which is far more time-saving, labor-saving, and resource-efficient than building from scratch.

Therefore, these three things became Lynn's three main tasks at this stage:

Complete yourself and lay a solid foundation.

Concentrate your spiritual power and strive for perfection.

Repair the Gate to the Stars, study the mysteries of the Morning Star, and plan ahead for the future.

Apart from that, he ignored all other matters.

Even the daily operations of a massive organization like the "Hall of Life" were completely left to his own devices, entrusted to three newly promoted Level 3 Archmages for overall management, and he himself became a hands-off manager.

Of course, these three major tasks also have different priorities:
The most important thing is to improve oneself; this is the most fundamental thing.

Secondly, enhancing one's mental strength is an essential step towards reaching a higher level.
Finally, there is the long-term exploration of the Morning Star Path, which is important but not urgent.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly and reasonable manner. Lynn has drawn up a clear blueprint for the future, and he is moving forward steadily step by step.

For Lynn, these years of peaceful growth gradually led him to become immersed in them, and time slipped away in the blink of an eye...

(End of this chapter)