Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

It didn't matter to the apprentices, but he was worried that some formal wizards might become curious and investigate.

Although they estimated that their secret would not be revealed, Hughes still wanted to be as cautious as possible in the face of any unforeseen circumstances.

Just as Hughes was pondering how to negotiate with Missy or deal with her directly, a voice with an extremely unfriendly tone caught his attention—"Oh! I recognize you, isn't this Heleto's apprentice? It's been a long time."

A tall apprentice stepped forward and said.

He was completely wrapped in that thick black robe, and even wore a black vengeful ghost mask on his face, as if there was something shameful growing on his body.

Heleto frowned, clearly recognizing the voice of the man in black before him, and replied coldly, "Long time no see, Busley."

The visitor was clearly hostile; judging from Heleto's expression, the two seemed to have a grudge.

Hughes glanced at Rock, who was standing to the side grinning maliciously. When the two teams arrived earlier, Rock had been showering Elena with attention, only to be flatly rejected by her.

It seems that the trouble this time was clearly caused with his tacit approval.

"How come your skin is still so clean? A good apprentice is indeed different. But I remember Thorne is almost out of apprentices, right? Then your good days are probably coming to an end, hehe."

Busley walked up to Hleto and confronted him, his tone extremely provocative.

Busley and Heleto were wizarding apprentices who came to Everfrost Spire in the same batch, and like Heleto, he was also lured in by Thorne’s extremely tempting new student benefits and became Thorne’s apprentice.

It was originally supposed to be Busley and Heleto's turn to be asked to "assist in the experiment," but the clever Heleto somehow demonstrated his usefulness and kept dealing with Thorne.

As a result, Busley went to conduct the experiment alone. The painful process of constantly rubbing and carving runes on his body distorted Busley's mind, and he also resented Heleto, who had managed to escape.

He even once thought that originally only Heleto would be taken to do experiments, and that he had used a little trick to make himself fall victim to Thorne's poison.

Later, he joined Rock's crew, agreeing to become his "loyal dog" on the condition that he help him leave Thorne.

Although Busley's attributes had become extremely unstable due to the experiment, Busley's entire body had been strengthened by Thorne's experiment, so Rock reluctantly agreed to the request.

The Rock family is a fourth-ring family, which means there must be a second-level wizard in the family. Thorne let Booth go out of consideration for the heir of a fourth-ring family.

In reality, Busley had already been used up by him as an experimental subject and was no longer of any use. Busley himself was unaware of this. Today, he realized the young master's thoughts and volunteered himself.

The people around them all looked on with amusement. They knew more or less about Thorne's rumors and could imagine what Busley looked like now. They wanted to see what would happen to the two apprentices next.

As for Harrogan, who had just been preparing to take charge of the overall situation, he was standing not far away discussing the next plan with Missy. He couldn't be bothered with these trivial matters.

Sensing the hostility in the other's words, Heleto frowned, then retorted sarcastically, "At least I'm not as shameful as I thought. Hopefully, when you visit a brothel, you'll find an orc with rather unique tastes."

"you!"

Herleto's words clearly angered Busley, but this also achieved Busley's goal, giving him a chance to teach Herleto a lesson.

With a roar, Busley unleashed a torrent of fiery flames that instantly enveloped his massive fist before stabbing it toward Heleto.

Busley and Heleto were very close, and Heleto had no chance of dodging the oncoming punch.

Hughes stopped Jovin, who was about to help Heleto. Jovin looked at him with a puzzled expression. Hughes remained silent and simply looked in the direction of Heleto.

Busley's fist effortlessly pierced through Heleto's body, but the bloody scene he had expected did not appear. Instead, Heleto suddenly disappeared.

What's in front of me is just a phantom created by the illusion array beneath my feet. As the fake Heleto disappears, the real Heleto has quietly appeared to the side of Busley.

He swiftly extended one index finger, and a blazing light bullet formed at his fingertip. Under Heleto's control, the light bullet shot towards Busley's mask.

"Bang—Crack"

"Ahhhhh—"

The light blast caused a minor explosion, but the blinding light temporarily blinded Busley, and the vengeful mask on his face shattered, revealing his horrifying face.

Busley's face was covered with dense red runes, and even the pupils of his eyes had lost their original color, leaving only two runes embedded in them.

It is conceivable that his body, shrouded in a black robe, must also be covered with the same dense runes.

The surrounding apprentices all focused their attention on Busley's face, and even the two people who were discussing the plan stopped talking and looked over—at this moment, they finally witnessed Thorne's cruelty.

Busley pulled a mask from his storage bag and put it on. He had already lost face, and now all he could think about was getting revenge on Heleto.

But Rock stopped him first—"That's embarrassing enough, Boothley."

As soon as he finished speaking, Busley seemed to be attacked from nowhere. His body jolted violently, and he collapsed to his knees in pain.

Hughes glanced at the two men and immediately understood—Busley and Rock had signed a slave contract, and with a single thought from Rock, Busley would die instantly.

The farce was over, and Rock was in a terrible mood. He had intended to teach Elena and the others a lesson for what happened that morning, and had specifically chosen Busley, who had a conflict with Herleto, to attack him. However, he hadn't expected to lose face as well.

Hughes and Heleto exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with seriousness—because Heleto had planned to use this mission to fake his death and escape.

Their original plan was to use the furnace of this mission to create a clever accident, giving the illusion that Heleto had been burned to death.

Schuster deliberately burned Bos's body beyond recognition to pass it off as Heleto's. The stronghold did not conduct a detailed autopsy, since war inevitably kills many people.

But unexpectedly, a former enemy of Heleto suddenly appeared, and judging from the looks of it, he might keep a close eye on Heleto during the battle and try to trip him up.

This would make it difficult to carry out the plan for the two of them to act alone.