Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Just as the merman apprentice was leaving, an extremely eerie voice suddenly came from the west.

"Prius...it's been a long time, hehehe..."

Suddenly, a pale-faced young man appeared in the previously deserted western part of the square.

His tattered robes were adorned with a few dried bone fragments, which, upon closer inspection, were all from powerful creatures such as dragons and giants.

However, what is most eye-catching is the strange skull he is holding in his hands.

Inside, several soul cores were bound, and within each soul core was a vengeful spirit that had been cultivated to the level of a formal wizard.

Prius looked up at the sound and, upon seeing the person who had arrived, exclaimed in surprise:

"Hmm? 'The Vengeful One' Salen!"

At the same time, the apprentices of the other three branches in the square were all startled upon hearing this and looked up towards the sky to the west.

The visitor was none other than the current dean of the Howling Spire—"The Bonesman" Salen Feringbus.

His fame was renowned throughout the entire continent, and the title "Wraith" originated from the Bone-Eating Wasteland, a gathering place for the dead that he established, which was as famous as the Ling Shu Workshop.

"What are you doing here?! This warp portal can't withstand the fluctuations of a level two wizard!"

The stronger the wizard, the stronger the energy fluctuations emanating from them.

Therefore, even if this teleportation portal was opened by a level two wizard, it is not easy to teleport wizards of the same level.

This is also why high-level wizards rarely descend frequently during interdimensional wars.

"Hehe, don't worry, there are fewer people from our college this time."

Salen forced a stiff smile.

"As for why I arrived first, it's to trouble you all to hold the jump tunnel a little longer, because some of my junior apprentices have several 'big guys' on their way, making their movements quite difficult."

"..."

"Fine, for your sake, you two! Hold on for two more minutes!"

After a moment's thought, Prius agreed to Salen's request. He then used a telepathic spell to send a message to the space wizards who were maintaining the western light gate.

At this time, as the official wizards sent by the other colleges arrived one after another, all the passageways of the three colleges were closed.

Only the light gate on the west side remained standing quietly, maintained with difficulty by the two official wizards.

"Then I'll be going now. I hope your trial goes smoothly, hehe."

Seeing that Prius had agreed to buy time, Salen did not linger there any longer. Before leaving, he glanced indifferently at the crowd below, then his figure flashed and he shot off into the distance.

"..."

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Soon after, as a chilling aura surged out from the portal, the necromancers of the Howling Spire finally arrived one after another.

Most of them had cold, sinister faces, because they lived year-round in places filled with necromantic energy, and their bodies would occasionally emanate a faint aura of death.

Unlike the three major divisions, most of them were followed by several undead creatures, but they were just the lowest-level corpses and skeletons.

"Why were they summoned before the trial even started?"

Looking at the group of corpses weaving through the crowd ahead, Hughes frowned slightly, his eyes filled with confusion.

After being promoted to a formal wizard, wizards of the necromancy faction can open up a space specifically for storing undead creatures. This space can generate necromancy energy to nourish the undead creatures.

(I remember that necromancers and undead are two different concepts. It seems that the former is related to death magic, while the latter is a creature that has escaped death. But for convenience, I will just call them necromancers.)

Necromancer apprentices typically store the materials used to summon necromancers in their storage bags, using them only when needed.

The actions of the apprentices at the Howling Spire were truly perplexing to everyone. Putting aside the fact that they were feeding the undead creatures with necromantic energy all the way, the impact of that spatial energy was something that even low-level undead could not withstand.

"Click—click—click-click!"

"Slap slap—"

Soon, a ridiculous scene unfolded: the skeletons that had just stepped out of the portal shattered on the ground with a "crack" after only a few steps.

The corpses also collapsed to the ground, turning into tiny pieces.

But the next moment, a bizarre scene unfolded.

From the remains of those shattered undead creatures, streaks of luminous green light flew out, like green torrents surging towards the portal behind them.

As all the light points poured into the portal, the "big guy" that Salen had mentioned was finally revealed.

Behind the crowd, several large figures quietly appeared.

Those were several small giants that had already turned into skeletons. Silver runes were deliberately engraved on their thick bones, indicating that they were prepared for the spatial impact. Several broken pieces of bone armor were also attached to their tall skeletons.

They had been transformed into controllable undead creatures, their eye sockets churning with raging soul fire, sending chills down one's spine.

Clearly, their puzzling behavior just now was a ritual to awaken the giant skeleton.

The skeletal giants, once awakened, all raised their heads. They slowly rose and stepped down from the heavy bone carts that had carried them, each step causing the ground to tremble dully.

"Thump!! Thump!!"

Once the skeletal giant had settled, all the apprentices of the Howling Spire had arrived. With a wave of the hands of the two wizards, the last gate of light lost its magical support and slowly disappeared.

At this moment, the official wizard of the Howling Spire bowed to Prius above and then respectfully spoke:

"Lord Prius, as you can see, these skeletal giants were awakened by our apprentices themselves. Surely they can be used for the trials?"

To be fair, the methods used in the trial must be limited to the apprentice level. However, the origin of those giant skeletons and who inscribed those silver runes remain unknown.

Upon hearing this, Prius glanced briefly at the several skeletal giants below, and after a moment's thought, slowly spoke:

"Can."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wizards leading the other three divisions all showed solemn expressions.

Prius naturally wouldn't favor either side, and those skeletal giants were indeed still in the apprentice level.

However, the giant's skeleton alone was enough to withstand most of the bombardment of level zero magic.

Although they were unwilling, they dared not refute the decision of a second-level wizard, and could only slowly retreat, returning to the crowds above their respective academies.

Upon seeing the several enormous skeletal giants on the west side, the apprentices from the three departments all wore solemn expressions.

They naturally didn't want to face the troublesome skeletal giant, and if the trial involved one-on-one duels, they would surely die.

……

At the feet of a skeletal giant, an apprentice dressed in black robes was constantly scanning the crowd on the east side of the square.

Suddenly, as his gaze swept across a corner, it abruptly stopped, finally settling on Hughes's face deep within the corner.

"Hughes Craig!!"