Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"A cursed creature?!"

"Is this guy crazy?" Leila couldn't help but mutter under her breath, feeling nauseous.

Transforming oneself into a cursed creature is not the same as biological modification. Ordinary biological modification may still retain human characteristics, but a cursed creature directly transforms its own race.

Once you integrate yourself into the realm of cursed creatures, it means you have completely severed your last connection with humanity.

The symbolic blood that represents human identity will be completely eroded and replaced by the power of the curse, truly turning oneself into a demonic creature.

Billy subconsciously touched his fangs; they had grown several centimeters in half a day without being honed. He was already frightened by this small change in his body, but he never expected that Rice would actually…

Finally, Bosch pointed to the last parchment, which had Heleto's portrait printed on it.

"The last one is Heleto Padild, a second-class wizarding apprentice with a third-class affinity for both light and dark elements, and also a runebook apprentice."

Bosch glanced at Reber, who was staring at the portrait of Heleto, and said:

"I personally believe he is our breakthrough point in this mission—because he is an apprentice of Thorne Calent."

"Thorn Calent?!"

Reber's pupils suddenly contracted. The name was like a lightning bolt, shattering the composure he had been forcibly maintaining in front of everyone and instantly igniting the anger that had been building up in his chest for days.

"Thump—Snap!"

His fist slammed heavily on the table, cracking the old surface and sending wood chips flying from underneath.

No one was surprised. Ever since Reber was pressured by Thorne a while ago, he would smash things around him at the drop of a hat, let alone mention this name directly in front of him this time.

However, Boss, who had been stationed at Outpost 5, was taken aback. He was used to seeing Reber's calm demeanor when handling difficult tasks, but he had never seen him so angry. At the same time, he felt a little guilty, since it was Boss who had mentioned the name to his face.

A few seconds later, Reber calmed down, and the spark within the scar began to ignite. Wisps of white smoke began to rise from the blue substance, and a hissing sound came from Reber's body—this time it was heat.

Enduring the burning of the flames on his wounds, Reber took out a bottle of blue potion from his storage bag, poured the blue liquid into his mouth, and the flames in Reber's scars finally dimmed.

This is a relief potion that Thorne provided to Reber, which can temporarily alleviate the torment caused by the fire. However, the amount of potion Thorne provided is only enough for one month, which means that he has to complete the mission within a month.

"Could that Herreto possibly join us?" asked an ordinary-looking apprentice.

He was Glenn Orenley, the last wizarding apprentice to join Reber's organization, or rather, he didn't join the organization to follow Reber.

After asking the question, he glanced almost imperceptibly in Leila's direction. Seeing that she wasn't looking at him, he felt a pang of disappointment.

"Based on my observation, this Heleto doesn't get along well with anyone. I guess we could try to make contact with him. Also, he's particularly obsessed with runic literature. Last time we..."

Bos didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was already quite clear: it was up to the boss, Reber, to decide.

"...Thorn doesn't have much time left for us, and we can't afford to mess with Hughes's captain, Elena," Reber said calmly.

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present, finally settling on Green, who had been silent in the corner.

"Grin, do you have the rubbing of the 'Dragon Language Runes' we have?"

Green nodded, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, then understanding dawned on him: "You mean... use this as a bargaining chip?"

"It's not just about chips," Reber said, a sinister smile flashing across his face.

"We'll only give him the first half. Go tell Heleto that Hughes has the second half of the Dragon Language runes."

A hunt for Hughes Craig is about to begin.

……

As the Frosty Dwarves' plan was exposed, the Frosty Dwarf squads that intended to launch a sneak attack were gradually eliminated by the wizard apprentices of Everfrost Spire, and the balance of power in the battle gradually tilted towards Everfrost Spire.

Elena's team successfully completed many missions, while Hughes continued to improve the medicine.

Inside the tavern at Outpost Five, Heleto sat in a private room on the second floor, a glass of low-alcohol liquor on the table in front of him.

He's been frequenting the tavern lately, sometimes sitting there all night. He looks haggard, as if the arduous tasks of the day have disrupted his routine.

"Knock knock, Wizard, there's a wizard named Green outside who wants to see you," the waiter asked cautiously.

Heleto raised an eyebrow in confusion, but without giving it much thought, he slowly said, "Let him in, and bring him a glass of ale."

"Yes... Wizard, the wizard inside has agreed. You may go in."

"Creak—"

The wooden door opened, and an ordinary-looking male apprentice walked in, turned around and closed the door, then sat down opposite Heleto.

Heleto lazily looked up at the man opposite him, his gaze lingering on the man's dazzling blond hair before returning to his icy blue eyes.

The flattery in his eyes was too deliberate, and he couldn't hide the scheming in them. He didn't say anything, but simply picked up the half-finished glass of wine and took a small sip.

After a long pause, Heleto finally spoke first, asking:

"Whose side are you on? Why are you targeting me?"

Seeing that the other party had finally broken the deadlock, Green also spoke up:

"Hello, Wizard Herreto, my name is Grin Orenley, you can just call me Grin. I recently transferred from Outpost Seven." Grin stood up and gave Herreto a wizard's salute as a sign of respect.

Then he specifically looked behind the door, and after confirming that no one was there, he slowly leaned forward and deliberately lowered his voice to say to Heleto:

Do you know about "Dragon Language Runes"?

"Dragon Language Runes?!" Heleto stared in shock.

The runes drawn by the wizards are Esso, but Esso is universal and is the common magical language used by wizards.

Different races also have their own magical languages.

Aside from those that were modified and incorporated into Esso by wizards, many other races retain magical language runes that could not be incorporated into Esso.

Among these, one of the most difficult runes to be incorporated into Esso is the Dragon Language rune. Dragon Language is the language of communication and magic of dragons and dragonborn, and one can use Dragon Language to communicate magic and cast dragon magic.

However, Esso is a magical language invented jointly by wizards of several races, and it consumes magic power. Using other races' languages ​​to perform magic, on the other hand, consumes the blood of that race.

The Oren plane is not the prime plane, so there is not much knowledge about the magical languages ​​of other races. Therefore, it is clear how tempting this dragon language rune is to a runemaster.