Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Suddenly, Marcus seemed to remember something, and grinned at Shireenville:

"Heh heh, that brat who was an apprentice of the Eternal Frost has already been killed by Moken. My son is so smart, he'll definitely know how to avenge me!"

"Your ridiculous lies, father and daughter, will soon be exposed by the Everfrost Spire! Leviathan will be torn to shreds by them! Hehehehehe..."

Shireenville stared at him coldly, while the others looked worried upon hearing this.

"Thump!"

Hughes kicked open the heavy door and walked slowly toward the crowd with an icy expression, followed by the fearful eyes of the villagers of Levis.

His clothes were tattered, his robes torn in countless places, and his body was covered in dried dark red blood. Even the light armor on his chest was broken. In his right hand, he was holding a bloody head, which was none other than the recently deceased Moken Arian.

Hughes walked to a suitable distance and gently tossed the head in his hand forward. Moken's head rolled wobbly to Marcus's legs.

Marcus was dumbfounded. He slowly picked up his son's head. Moken's expression was ferocious, as if he could not believe that he would die at the hands of a mere second-class apprentice.

There was a large hole in his forehead, and his brain had long since drained out. The cut below his neck was clean, as if it had been carefully made. The wound was still fresh, and blood kept dripping down. It had been dripping all the way down when Hughes held it in his hand.

Marcus stroked Moken's long, dry hair in a daze, gently caressing his cheek. His son was his hope, the only bloodline left by Sera...

"Aaaaaah!!"

Marcus screamed, glaring fiercely at Hughes, and bit off his own tongue...

With Marcus's suicide, the events of Levise came to an end.

During this time, Shireenville spoke with Hughes alone for a while, hoping that Hughes would keep what happened a secret after he returned.

It turns out that a hundred years ago, after the Arian family escaped from the Academy of Nature Speakers, the entire clan hid in the Ice Ridge Mountains. Aethery, despite being a Level 2 Wizard, negotiated with the headmaster of the local Everfrost Spire.

A level two wizard, if he were to risk his life, could cause terrifying destruction. In addition, the Frost Elves' knowledge and craftsmanship were also very valuable, so they agreed to let him choose a piece of land in the Ice Ridge Mountains to rebuild his family.

Everfrost Spire made a few more attempts afterward, but managed to get through each time. In recent years, Everfrost Spire has been too busy dealing with the Frostskin Dwarves to pay attention to this place.

However, since Shireenville's father has passed away, it's impossible to keep it a secret anytime soon. So she asked Hughes to keep it a secret after he returned. The most important thing is his identity as a mentor and potion master. Otherwise, the academy wouldn't care even if he died.

In return, Shirinville gave Hughes a large amount of Moon Soul Beast Dewdrops and the witchcraft she invented—Frostfeather Pursuit. In addition, having heard that Hughes had a good talent for alchemy, she gave him the recipe for grinding medicine with Frost Tree Whispers.

It's important to know that Frostfeather Pursuit is a level one sorcery spell! It can generate a large number of ice birds made of solid, cold material that automatically track and thrust at targets, and can attack single targets or groups of enemies.

This surprised Hughes. First-level witchcraft is very expensive, let alone self-created witchcraft. A wizard's knowledge is the most valuable thing.

With such a generous reward, Hughes had no choice but to agree. Moreover, he was quite certain that he wouldn't be able to leave if he didn't. The deal was done, and Hughes decided to stay a few more days to collect the materials unique to the Collector Box Spirits.

After Hughes left, Shireenville glanced at the Tree of Life and returned to her treehouse. She didn't even notice that the special pattern on her forehead had increased from one to two.

"Add two grams of the Ink Slug's slime for the first round... add a drop of the Rotten Poison Ivy's sap for each round... add one Rot Worm for each bubble it makes... Yes, you have a real talent for potion making, human apprentice."

The speaker was Clyde Arian, a frost elf with a noble monocle and slicked-back hair. He was a mid-level potion master in Levisser.

Of course, it was Moken who secretly dipped his dagger in the poison. Xiu Si was very interested in this poison, as it could be used as a trump card in a critical moment.

So, during Levis's "recovery" period, he "accidentally" met Clyde making potions and discussed a few questions with him.

Considering that Xiu Si helped them eliminate the traitor in Levither and gave him a lot of materials and the Soul Healing Dew recipe (Xiu Si had signed a contract with Serafina, forbidding her from revealing her improved recipe), they decided to do this.

Clyde reluctantly agreed to give Hughes his improved formula and allowed Hughes to use magic stones to buy poison, since the entire potion-making process required the skills of a mid-level potion master, and he had only assisted him.

Hughes practically emptied his magic stones to buy these poisons, after all, he was still a long way from becoming a mid-level potion master.

The refining process of the Blazing Ointment has been quite advanced in the past few days, and it is now ready to produce waste liquid.

As for the storage bag I took from Mokena a few days ago, it only contained a few magic stones, a rock, and a leaf.

The leaves are the key to opening the Frostwhisper Gate; he found them one by one by the items in his storage bag when he brought Moken's head to the Frostwhisper Gate.

There was an unfamiliar script carved on the stone, which Hughes couldn't understand for the time being.

Hughes suffered heavy losses in this battle. His light armor was completely destroyed by the venom, and his most important Light Barrier rune was corroded, rendering it completely useless.

Hughes asked Clyde about the slime mass in Moken; it was an elemental creature that Marcus had cultivated himself, and the specific cultivation method had already been stored in the treasury after the frost elves swept through Marcus's house.

Because some of the knowledge contained within was bestowed by the Tree of Life and involved the secrets of the Elven race, Hughes couldn't purchase it and could only study it himself later by extracting a small amount of the sap.

"Bang!"

An ice arrow collided with an ice spike, shattering the arrow. Immediately afterward, another ice spike hurtled past, grazing Keller's pointed ear.

"The witchcraft needs to be prepared in advance, and also, don't just cast whatever comes to mind..."

Seemingly seeing that Hughes had killed the traitor Moken and avenged himself, Keller and Hughes began to talk more, and Keller would often seek him out to discuss witchcraft.

That night, the two went to a mountaintop to watch the shooting stars. However, to Hughes' surprise, the Moon Soul Beast that he had been longing for appeared on the mountaintop.

This is a moon spirit beast in the form of a giant whale. Its enormous body is composed of dazzling streams of light, illuminating the mountaintop.

The "giant whale" swam in the night sky, sometimes leaping and splashing like it was on the sea, and a little moonlight was absorbed into its body.

The two stared at the breathtaking scene, their hearts still reeling. Hughes didn't bother collecting the Moon Soul Beast's dew, as Shirinville had given them far too much.