Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The teardrop passed through the protective shield in front of Dago, creating a ripple on the light membrane, before striking Dago directly in the chest.

This happened so fast that Dago had no time to react. He could only close his eyes and wait for his death sentence. After a while, he felt fine and nothing happened.

He slowly opened his eyes, touched his chest, and found no wounds, only a mole the size of a teardrop on the spot where he had been hit.

Dago didn't care about these strange things; as long as everyone was safe, that was enough.

He snapped his fingers, and Viser's death ice sculpture instantly shattered into pieces more mushy than meat sauce, leaving only his head on the ground.

Amidst the shattered ice, he found two rings and a wand, but felt no joy at his discovery, only endless sorrow for the death of old Maric.

They had come all the way from the forest, and their relationship had become that of mentor and friend, almost like family.

He intended to put all three magical artifacts into his storage bag, but one of them, a ring the size of a pigeon egg with a pigeon-blood ruby ​​set at the top, was so clear that the intricate runes inside could be seen clearly, could not be put into the storage bag.

Dago immediately knew that this was a high-end item, a storage ring, and he examined it carefully in his hand.

The ring face was not a flat piece, but was carved with intricate cloud patterns. The patterns were as fine as hair, yet each stroke was strong and neat. The swirling clouds resembled an imperceptible family crest.

He put the ring on his middle finger, picked up Viser's frozen head, and, to the young wizard's astonishment, placed it before old Maric's corpse as a tribute to his spirit.

Dago knelt down and kowtowed three times. The young wizard came over, knelt down in front of old Marico's body, and kowtowed three times like Dago.

He said to Dago, "I won't betray you. I understand what you did. The team leader is a really good person. He sacrificed himself to save others until the very end. He will live forever in our hearts."

Dago remained silent, thinking to himself, "Perhaps I'll be going up to join him soon."

Before he died, Viser activated the communication crystal. Soon the academy's mobile patrol team would arrive, and the news that he had killed the academy's genius wizard Viser would spread throughout the entire academy.

At that time, he would face a full-scale manhunt and bounty from the Wizarding Alliance, and be caught in an endless pursuit.

Perhaps I will become a black-robed wizard.

But he will never regret any of this; he is willing to give everything for his family.

Dago thought for a moment and said to him, "You go first. I'll tell the patrol that everything is going to happen here. If they don't believe me, we might have to fight."

After he finished speaking, the young wizard stood up, looked at Dagger with a determined gaze, and said, "I will become as strong as you in the future, and I will no longer be manipulated by the world."

Dago smiled at him and made an encouraging gesture.

The young wizard returned his wizardly salute and slowly walked toward the town.

Dago had to wait for Serena here, otherwise Viser's death would implicate her.

Before long, Serena's group of three and Dago's group of two arrived breathlessly at the small cabin that was about to burn down and collapse.

Serena witnessed this scene and stood there motionless, as if her soul had been ripped out. All the strength in her body was instantly drained, and her legs gave way, causing her to collapse to the ground.

Her gaze was fixed on that familiar body, and the light in her pupils gradually dimmed, like a candle flame suddenly extinguished by a strong wind.

Tears fell like broken beads to the ground, but she was oblivious, staring intently as if if she looked any longer, the man would suddenly sit up and smile at her.

"No..." She finally managed to squeeze out a single word, her voice hoarse and unlike her own, with a broken tremor, like glass being crushed into shards.

She walked over and knelt down before old Marico's body, just like Dago, ready to send him off on his final journey.

Her hair was disheveled and stuck to her tear-stained face. Her eyes were swollen and red like walnuts, filled with bloodshot veins, yet she kept crying, as if she wanted to cry out all the tears she had in her life at this moment.

The other hired wizards stared at Dago in horror as if they had seen a ghost when they saw Viser's ice sculpture head.

Unaware of the truth, what they saw was that Dago had killed his comrade, a grave crime, and a very heinous one at that.

The four hired wizards scattered in panic, as if they would be silenced at any moment.

Just as they had run a dozen meters, fireballs the size of human heads flew toward them one after another in a short period of time, burning them to ashes.

Finally, two fireballs flew towards him and Serena at extremely high speed. Dago instantly activated the protective ring on his hand to generate a protective light shield.

Two fireballs struck the protective light shield one after the other, exploding with a deafening roar.

The runes within the protective ring on his hand flickered in and out of focus, emitting a humming sound as if they were about to burst under the strain.

Dago saw two sparks fly in the air, turning into a rain of fire that fell from the sky. The center of the protective shield, where it met the fireball, was already burning with two dazzling orange-red marks, as if it would melt through at any moment.

The rain of fire struck the ground, and the corpse of old Marico and the head of Viser burst into flames.

His pupils contracted sharply, and he grabbed Serena, who was still in a daze, and quickly ran in the opposite direction from where the fireball had come from.

As he ran, Dago activated his detection spell and looked toward the outskirts of the town.

Because the fireball shot out from that direction, an immense surge of spiritual energy was felt.

A mental strength several times stronger than one's own, both in quality and quantity.

Dago shouted at Serena, "You have to get as far away as possible this time. The enemy this time is very powerful. Don't take the same risks as last time."

Serena nodded solemnly and ran alone into the dark fields.

Dago drew his ice crystal wand, a halo of light swirling in his eyes. He whispered an ice crystal spell, and a ball of blue energy rapidly gathered before the pearl at the tip of the wand.

The pale skin on the body began to shimmer with energy, indicating a semi-activated state.

In the distance, a figure wearing a hooded black robe slowly emerged, holding a huge red fireball in his hand.

He said to Dago, "I got rid of those troublesome guys for you, aren't you going to thank me?"

"You're thinking of eliminating everyone present."

"Oh, by the way, on my way here I also dealt with a young apprentice wizard, a wizard full of dreams, how wonderful, exactly like me when I was young."

Dargo's heart sank. This wizard wanted to wipe out their entire patrol, including the young wizard from before.

"What exactly is your purpose? Why did you have to be so ruthless?"

"My goal is simple: just hand over the storage ring you got from Viser."

The hooded man in the black robe stared intently at Dago, which gave Dago a strong sense of familiarity.

"It's you, Raymond."

Dago looked at the hooded black robe. "Why did you do this? You had plenty of opportunities to take the ring from him."

The hooded figure slowly pulled down the hood with his free hand, revealing himself to be none other than Raymond, Viser's mentor.

"I'd like to too. Do you know about the Tears of Helam? When a member of the Helam family dies, a tear-like substance condenses at the moment of death and will stain the person who killed them. Anyone below the level of a formal wizard will be affected."

Dago was greatly shocked; it seemed he had fallen into the trap of Hailam's Tears.

"This is a curse that exists in the bloodline of the Helam wizard family. You can't break it until you reach the stage of becoming a formal wizard."

"Viser's father was a certified wizard and passed on a certified wizarding legacy to Viser."

"I've been urging you two to do missions together, and this is the day I've been waiting for. My dream of becoming a full-fledged wizard is about to be fulfilled, and this drama should come to an end."

"The communication crystal that Viser activated before he died leads to me. You don't need to worry about today's events being exposed. Only the two of us will know about this."

"You're a smart man, Dago. You know what to choose. You don't have much time left."