Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The bald wizard hurried along the transport tunnel, which led to a dimly lit, pillar-like mining chamber.

The enormous cavern was filled with huge logs supporting the ceiling, and he went inside.

As he got closer to Dago, he gradually felt an incredibly cold wind blowing from deep within.

Along with the violent energy fluctuations, the faint roars and howls of magical beasts could also be heard.

He quickened his pace and finally arrived at the depths of the mining chamber, where a battle group came into view, and his target was clearly among them.

A handsome young man dressed in a blue robe floated in mid-air. Exquisite light blue patterns grew on his delicate, brocade-like cheeks and neck. He was surrounded by surging, icy energy, and billowing cold air radiated outwards from him.

He wielded an ice crystal longsword, continuously unleashing whistling sword winds and massive ice spheres resembling spiraling ice vortices, turning the entire battlefield into a land of ice and snow.

Below, a strange magical beast resembling an oversized bat was so heavily suppressed by the boy's barrage of spells that it could barely lift its head.

Its two black and red fleshy wings were covered with thick frost, making it unable to fly, and most of its body was covered by ice and snow.

Occasionally, it would spit out a few red blood spheres that flew into the air, but before they could get close to the boy's body, they were blocked by the frost-covered armor and thick protective shield, unable to advance an inch.

This was a completely one-sided battle.

The bald wizard watched this scene from a distance, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He had witnessed similar battles more than once during the days he had been following the boy. Although the boy was only a mid-stage first-ring wizard, his strength was terrifying. He dealt with late-stage first-ring magical beasts as easily as eating and drinking.

This is also the main reason why he has only been monitoring and tracking them these past few days, without taking the initiative to launch a sneak attack.

Once the fight really starts, even with his late-stage first ring, he might not be able to defeat Dago without taking any damage.

"No wonder you dared to provoke the adults. You can indeed be considered a genius, but so what if you're a genius? Countless geniuses have died in the Law Ring."

The bald wizard didn't take it seriously. Before they fully matured, they had plenty of ways to slowly subdue their opponent.

Every step he takes from here on out will be meticulously planned, genius?

Bernal was also a genius back then, his brilliance surpassing this guy's by ten times, but in the end he still ended up as a stray dog.

A cold light flashed in the bald wizard's eyes as he began to wander along the edge of the field.

What he needs to do next is very simple: just kill the opponent when his mental energy is depleted after the battle ends.

"boom!"

A tremendous roar of magic filled the air, and the Night Owl Beast let out a mournful cry as its massive body swayed precariously, seemingly about to collapse at any moment.

"That's about it, now's the time!"

A glint flashed in the bald wizard's eyes; it was time for him to end his days of playing around with this mid-stage first-ring player.

The venomous snake phantoms behind him seemed to come alive, transforming into countless snakes that clung to his hand, and all he needed to do was deliver the most fatal blow to his enemy.

He could almost picture what the other person would look like in the future—caught off guard by his most vicious attack, and then reduced to a pool of blood by his deadly poison.

What a magnificent scene it was! Every time he watched the wizards he had killed gradually transform from vibrant lives into dead dogs, he felt inexplicably excited.

The bald wizard, who was hiding, was having a wonderful time when he was shocked to find that everything was completely different from what he had expected.

The boy, who had just finished fighting the monster, kept looking in his direction, as if watching him—no, he was indeed watching him.

Almost as soon as he got close, the phantom of Winter Star behind the other party suddenly shone brightly, as if it had been waiting for this moment to arrive.

A terrifying chill, more than ten times stronger than before, suddenly erupted in the area, and an overwhelming sense of despair swept through the entire mining chamber.

The bald wizard's retreating figure seemed to freeze, becoming incredibly slow in an instant.

At the same time, a cold voice whispered in his ear.

"You guys couldn't hold back anymore? Well, I can't either!"

next second.

"boom!"

The sound of air collapsing and exploding filled the bald wizard's heart with an unprecedented sense of crisis.

He was greatly alarmed and hurriedly activated his magical artifacts to quickly erect an energy protective barrier.

The transparent substance flowing around his body also coalesced, forming a thick, semi-transparent defensive layer in front of him.

Several defensive measures were unleashed in one go. Before the bald wizard could even catch his breath, he felt as if he had been hit head-on by some terrifying object moving at high speed.

The outermost layer of energy shield on the body caved in almost instantly, like a balloon that had been squeezed to its limit and deformed.

He watched helplessly as the protective shield exploded before his eyes, including the innermost transparent layer, which was pierced through in less than half a second.

The last enormous five-fingered ice claw rapidly enlarged before his eyes, grabbed his Mediterranean-looking head, and slammed it into the ground!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

The bald wizard clearly felt as if he were some kind of plowing tool, with an overwhelming and terrifying force pressing down on him, constantly pushing him forward and down the hard mud.

He felt as if he were about to die, with waves of despair and pain engulfing him.

Finally, the thrust stopped, loosening his Mediterranean brain.

He struggled to open his eyes, and through the blood and dust, he could barely make out the figure that had just gripped his head so tightly.

The boy he had been following for the past few days now seemed completely unfamiliar.

The other person's short, dark black hair had turned completely white at some point, and his entire body was shrouded in the hazy light emitted by the blue sphere behind him, causing the air around him to slightly distort and collapse.

Deep blue runes grew eerily on his neck and cheeks, and his entire being exuded an unprecedentedly cold and powerful terrifying aura.

He stared down at me intently, his deep blue eyes radiating a cold, sharp light that seemed to pierce through me.

"Is this all the tricks you've got?"

Dago coldly looked at the bald wizards under his command, his tone calm yet icy. He had had enough of these guys who only knew how to play tricks.

The bald wizard, whose head he had been holding tightly and using as a human ploughing machine, struggled to turn over like a fish that had just jumped ashore, and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

"This was all Chaplin's doing! Please spare my life! I was just a lackey following orders!"

Chaplin!

Dago's eyes widened in surprise. Who was this? He had thought this guy was one of Jaredon's men.

Just as Dago was stunned, the kneeling bald wizard glared at him, took out a handful of powder from his storage pouch and sprinkled it into the air. Then he quickly activated a hand seal and disappeared into the air, attempting to escape.

Dago gave a cold laugh, and the Winter Star sign behind him generated a strong icy wind that dispersed the powder in the air, but the bald wizard was nowhere to be seen.

He decisively activated the "Dimensional Detection Technique," which, like a sophisticated radar, captured the energy changes in the real space. His azure eyes, surrounded by gray rings, scanned the densely packed round wooden pillars in front of him.

"Found you. You think you can get away?"

Dago turned slightly to the side, his right arm extending backward with an ice claw, and a wriggling, activated ice ball transformed into an ice spear in his palm.

He leaned the ice spear diagonally over his shoulder, the tip slightly raised, like an eagle about to take flight, poised to pounce.

Suddenly, he slammed his right leg into the ground, unleashing a burst of power from his entire body. The power traveled from his leg to his waist, then through his shoulders and arms, surging towards the ice spear like a tidal wave.

"Go!!" Dago shouted in a low voice.

The ice spear streaked through the air like a white lightning bolt, cutting through the darkness and flying into the distance, leaving a faint afterimage behind it. With a whistling sound, it rushed toward the bald wizard who had disappeared into the air at an extremely fast speed.

"Whoosh!" The ice spear pierced through the bald wizard's chest, instantly unleashing a fierce burst of cold air that froze him into an ice sculpture.

Dargo remained calmly, like a psychopath, as he removed his storage pouch and cleaned up the traces he had left behind when he killed the Ring Wizard.

He then returned to the city and the tower as if nothing had happened, and collected his mission reward. However, he was still a little unaccustomed to not feeling the shadowy gazes around him anymore!