Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Meanwhile, several apprentice squads in Everfrost Spire were attacked by "monsters." Fortunately, not all apprentice squads were ambushed after running out of magic like Tommy and his group, but most of the apprentice squads suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, many apprentices managed to escape and return. Most of them looked horrified. According to the news they brought back, some of the older wizards had solemn expressions, clearly knowing something.

……

Forest at the foot of a mountain somewhere in the Ice Ridge Mountains

Members of the Shadow Weavers are fighting the Frozen Skeletons in the forest. The Frozen Skeletons are undead creatures that appear as fully armed skeletons, with most of their bones transformed into ice.

Having been tempered by countless missions, the members of the Shadow Weaver Society are no longer what they used to be. Their combat experience and magical reserves have become much richer, and each of them possesses at least one magical tool.

Valerie wore a short robe that allowed for easy movement, and the runes on the robe flickered, forming a black protective shield around her.

Holding a dagger made of dark elements in each hand, she sank her feet deep into the ground and disappeared into the shadows, moving swiftly across the ground and reaping the Frozen Skeleton Guards with her daggers.

Renault sported a wolf-tail hairstyle, and the longbow in his hand was an elven craft that could enchant arrows with natural elements.

He stood not far away, and under his control, the longbow fired arrows made of fine steel imbued with fire element, each arrow accurately piercing the head of the Frozen Skeleton Guardian.

Some of the Frozen Skeleton Guardians spotted the "sniper" and fired ice arrows at Reno. The moment the piercing ice arrows touched his chest, he became eerily translucent, and the ice arrows pierced through his body and shot into the distance.

Clad in a black robe, Mor unleashed terrifying black flames from his hands, which corroded the bones of the Frozen Skeleton Guardians until they met their "true" death.

Rice cast a slowing curse in the center of the battlefield, and a gray ripple appeared under the feet of the Frozen Skeleton Guardians within the area, which significantly slowed their movements and greatly reduced the pressure on their companions in battle.

Facing the oncoming Frozen Skeleton Crystal Guardian, Rice cast the Bone-Crushing Curse. The white light in his hand struck the Frozen Skeleton Crystal Guardian, and with a single, light kick, he shattered the bones that would have required a full-force strike from a full-fledged knight...

The Shadow Weavers successfully eliminated the last Frozen Skeleton Guardian. Their bones were their most valuable material. After collecting the materials, the group prepared to return.

The group walked toward the academy when suddenly, the apprentice at the front sensed something with his perception magic. He abruptly knelt on the ground, gagging repeatedly in fear.

Everyone was startled by the situation, and Rice quickly ordered everyone to prepare. Then, heavy footsteps began to sound.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The footsteps grew closer, and even the trees in front of them trembled.

The wizard apprentice did not give up using his perception magic; he sensed its arrival and its oppressive aura.

"It's here! It's here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge figure emerged from the dense forest. It was a "mutated" frost-skinned dwarf, whose body was enormous, like a small giant.

His upper body was covered with dark blue scales, and his pupils had turned into eerie vertical pupils. But what was most special were the two ice-blue horns on his head. The two horns were not asymmetrical and were a bit twisted, making him look like a "freak".

However, he was no freak; the well-informed Rice immediately recognized what it was, muttering to himself:

"That's... a dragon—a dragon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the mutated frost-skinned dwarf opened his massive mouth and spat out a huge frost ball towards the crowd. The frost ball landed in the crowd and exploded, spewing out dense, frigid air that froze everything around it.

Although everyone was prepared, they did not expect the frost ball to be so powerful, and some people were still frostbitten by the cold.

With a determined look, the runes in his hand lit up, and the great knight beside him, his eyes bulging with black blood, twisted as he ran toward the mutated dwarf.

The mutated dwarf spotted the great knight and was about to open his massive maw and devour him.

Suddenly—"Bang!"

The Great Knight self-destructed, along with a large number of slime bullets covering his body. Because of the close proximity, the elastic green slime covered his entire body, and he was unable to break free for a while.

"Run! Run!"

Rice hurriedly shouted at the crowd.

Everyone quickly used all means to escape from this place.

……

Frosty Hall

This is where the upper echelons of the Everfrost Spire hold meetings.

The hall floor was paved with smooth, ice-blue crystal, and the stone surface reflected everything in the hall, like a giant mirror.

The hall features many exquisite glass windows on the ceiling and sides, making the entire space appear more spacious and bright.

In the center of the Frost Whisper Hall stands a round ice jade table with a diameter of nearly ten meters. Its edges are carved with frost patterns as fine as hair. Around the round table are twelve ice-sculpted chairs, with the three chairs closest to the center being the most ornately decorated.

At this moment, the three chairs were occupied by the two vice-principals of Everfrost Spire: "Snow-Haired Sorcerer" Finn Caleb and "Light-Eroding Sorcerer" Richard Stephen, while in the center sat the wizard from Everfrost Spire, "The Eye of the Sun" Jon Sox.

After intimidating the Frostskin Dwarves, he went to the various branch academies to continue the conquest missions assigned to him by headquarters, only returning a few days ago to fulfill his promise and eliminate Dulink.

The other seats were occupied by the nine most senior official wizards of Everfrost Spire, including Hughes's mentor, Seraphina Canningt.

"Dragonborn!"

Upon hearing the information from the apprentices, Richard blurted out, causing everyone to show expressions of shock. Even Jon, who was sitting in the main seat, turned his head to look at Richard.

Since the advent of bloodline transplantation technology, the status of biological modification has risen sharply, which has led to the emergence of the path of bloodline wizards.

Transplanting the bloodline of a powerful magical creature like a dragon is the lifelong dream of countless wizards. Once the transplant is successful, it signifies having powerful magical talent and vigorous vitality. Creatures that have received the bloodline of a dragon are called dragonborn.

Dragons are indeed very rare in the Oren plane, but what shocked everyone present was not that, but rather...

"Wasn't that frost dragon dealt with by Dean Nord a long time ago?" Finn asked, puzzled.

Previously, an adult frost dragon had emerged from Everfrost Spire. Although it was only at the level of a first-level wizard, it left many first-level wizards helpless. Its scales were too hard, and even first-level wizardry could hardly break them.

Not to mention the frequent frost breaths and powerful dragon language magic (some powerful races have unique magic that requires the corresponding racial bloodline and language to use; of course, most of it has been deciphered by wizards and incorporated into their knowledge).

Just as the group was struggling against it, Dean Nord suddenly appeared and killed the frost dragon. After that, he frequently conducted experiments, supposedly to study the symbolic blood of the frost dragon.

The head of that frost dragon was later mounted on the airship of Everfrost Spire to demonstrate its power, and the headmaster of Everfrost Spire, Nord Mellonlos, was thus known as the "Frost Dragon Dissector".