Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

"You still dare to come out?"

Franz stared intently at Bernal, his cold voice echoing in the room.

That's not something you should worry about.

Bernal chuckled and shook his head, saying, "You haven't changed a bit, Franz, still as reckless... and stupid as ever."

"you!!"

Franz's face twisted slightly, his gaze shifting back and forth between D'Ago and Bernal, as if he suddenly understood something, and quickly turned cold.

"No wonder, good, very good."

Franz sneered, "Benard, I really hope to see that proud and fearless look on your face inside."

After saying that, Franz turned and left.

Bernal's smile faded, and he said curtly, "Have you forgotten that you were supposed to leave something behind?"

Franz paused slightly, then quickly tossed a gleaming object at him without turning around.

Bernal caught it casually, didn't even look at it, and tossed it directly to Dago.

Dago caught it, looked down and saw that it was a beautiful gold badge with a pattern of thorny magic rings printed on it, and a small rune crystal underneath the pattern.

"This is the core token of the magic ring. With this, you can freely enter and exit any wizard tower below the magic ring."

Bernal casually said, "I'll take Serena back to the castle first, and Dago can go in and explore the Ring Tower first."

Dago was speechless at Bernal's irresponsibility, but he had no objection to his arrangements.

The deal between the two was considered complete after Dago obtained his official membership certificate in the French Circle; all that remained was for Dago to pay his share.

Serena's eyes flickered; she wanted to go inside with Dago and explore the French Ring Tower together, but Bernal tapped her on the head. She winced in pain, clutching her head, tears welling in her eyes.

"Stop looking. I can see your heart is already with that kid. When we get back, I'll teach you cultivation properly so you can join the Thorn Ring as soon as possible."

Bernal said with a sour face, looking disappointed in Serena, and then pulled her out.

In a corner unseen by them, Campbell watched Dargo enter the French Ring aisle, his chest heaving violently.

I wouldn't say I regretted it, but I felt a strange sense of humiliation.

Campbell took a deep breath, his eyes flashing rapidly.

"Benaar! So he is Bernar! No wonder I almost forgot that there was such a person in the Thorn Ring, despite his identity as 'Three Knots'."

He slowly took out a communication crystal from his belt and whispered into it, "Remember Bernal? The genius wizard who was driven out of the Thorn Ring by the combined forces of the Painful Thorns. Today, he recommended a wizard to enter the Ring."

"Hasn't Jareden been coveting their family's soul seal? Tell him for me to use this opportunity to exploit that wizard's betrayal of Bernal and get what he wants."

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Dago stood in the empty square shrouded in a huge runic array of light, with a towering silver tower that seemed within reach of him.

The tower is surrounded by floating islands of all sizes. Some of the smaller islands have a classical castle built on them, while the larger ones even have gardens, pools, and several castles. Countless rune-inscribed flying boats shuttle between the islands, forming a dense network of paths.

Beneath the tower, amidst the various exquisite buildings, wizards who were formal members of the Magic Circle came and went, chatting and laughing.

Fortunately, Dago's robes were blue, so they didn't stand out too much among the row of silver robes.

Looking at everything before him, he was filled with a sense of satisfaction and relief that his wish had finally come true. Every step he had taken had been difficult, and he had once felt despair.

But he firmly believed that the light would eventually shine upon him, and he too would have his moment of brilliance.

"No one dares to bully or humiliate me; I have everything I ask for and everything I desire."

He will climb step by step until he reaches the highest point; he will strive to reach the pinnacle.

Dago casually brought up his system panel, mainly to check the progress of his two skills.

[Basic Swordsmanship (Transformation 2030/10000); Soul Sign [Winter Star] (Transformation 121/10000)]

In the three days of preparation following his agreement with Bernal, he barely managed to push his Soul Seal [Winter Star] into the Transformation Stage.

[Winter Star] was affected by the Black Sea of ​​Despair in the spiritual space, which imbued it with the power of despair.

Under the influence of the soul seal [Winter Star], the "Frost Domain" directly transformed into the "Despair Frost Domain" with its own surging "aura of despair"!

He indirectly mobilized the power of the Despair Black Sea. After the construction of the "Despair Ice Domain", the power it displayed far exceeded Dago's expectations, allowing him to instantly kill the giant beast in the assessment space.

Now that he's considered a figure in the wizarding world, he's naturally become much more confident.

He began to wander among the various buildings beneath the tower, observing and learning about the runic technology he had never seen before.

Soon, he arrived at a building that enclosed a vast forest within glass. After showing his gold core member badge, he easily entered.

Just when Dagger thought it was some kind of botanical or zoological garden, he learned from the building's receptionist that it was actually a library, which completely surprised him.

The library is themed around a tranquil forest. From the outside, it looks like a lush forest with streams, rabbits mating, and squirrels munching on pine cones.

The forest is filled with a comfortable breeze, benches, treehouses, and even magical beasts—yes, there are very friendly magical beasts like Snorlax, and you can lean against their bellies to read.

However, for Dago, the most amazing thing about the Forest Library is that it has no mosquitoes.

The receptionist told me that there is an even more fantastical Flower Library on the top of the tower, filled with all kinds of wonderful and beautiful flowers from around the world, which is incredibly enchanting. Unfortunately, it is the paradise of high-ranking wizards in the tower and is not open to the public.

Dago borrowed two books: the Chronicle of the Wizarding Alliance and the History of the Thorn Ring. He had always had only a superficial understanding of the history of this world.

What's even stranger is that the wizarding world seems to have been constantly blocking humanity's exploration of knowledge about the outside world.

Sitting in a hanging chair in the trees, Dargo opened the Wizarding League Chronicle and began to read it carefully.

According to ancient records, in ancient times, humans came from the Huan Shi continent. During that time, every time humans set foot on the Huan Shi continent, they would bring great ancient disasters to the world.

Therefore, more than two thousand years ago, the seven strongest organizations in the wizarding world concluded a treaty that made the world inviolable and formed the Wizarding Alliance in order to prevent the calamity of the past from descending.

The year the Wizarding Alliance was founded is also known as the first year of the Silver Age. This book was written ten years ago, the second millennium plus six hundred and twenty years of the Silver Age.

The Wizarding League holds an absolutely exalted position in the world's politics, military, and beliefs. Non-wizards can only obediently become the fuel of civilization. Although Muggles are qualified to participate in this game, they are only qualified.

Dago paused for a moment when he saw this. For many wizards of average talent and background, becoming an apprentice wizard was already the pinnacle they could reach.

There's a saying that goes, "Why should someone's family's centuries of accumulation lose to your decades of hard study?"

Continuing to read, more than 600 years ago, an unknown wizard successfully returned alive from the continent of the Ringed World and wrote a travelogue of the Ringed World. This travelogue caused a great sensation among the seven seats of the UMNO.

The travelogue records all sorts of extraordinary species and the ancient evil gods they worship, and more importantly, the incredibly tempting wealth of the world continent, and even relics left behind by gods in the real world.

One of the divine relics is called the Sacred Gem, which grants immortality to a sentient being. It is said to be the highest-level reward bestowed upon its followers by the Blood Queen.

Upon seeing this, Dago was taken aback. He recognized the name: Blood Queen Erzog. It seemed that Erzog was quite famous and a notorious troublemaker.

The wizards of that time had lived in peace for a thousand years and had forgotten the horrors of the world. Countless wizards embarked on adventures, breaking through the barrier left by the legendary great wizards on the outer edge of the wizarding world and rushing toward the fantasy of immortality and invincibility.

Thus began the era of the Wizarding World's grand exploration across the globe. During this period, eighty percent of the Wizarding World's wizards died, and the Wizarding Civilization nearly came to an end.

Nevertheless, the wizards who returned alive brought back a large number of divine relics, gold, silver and gemstones, wizard runes and signs, and ancient beliefs.

It was an era that was both glorious and tragic, the most beautiful and the most miserable of times.

Until two hundred years ago, the Wizarding Alliance prohibited any travel to the Pan-World, focusing instead on eliminating the problems of the ancient evil gods left over from the Pan-World exploration era and the exploitation of divine relics.