A noun entry: Wizard

Generous!

This is definitely a big investment.

While the wizard apprentices in Panlong City cannot compare to those in Panlong Mountain in terms of quality, their numbers are definitely several times greater.

If everyone is treated equally, not to mention other aspects, the monthly expenditure of Originium alone is a huge number.

"What exactly does Schilling want? To make him go to such lengths?"

Russell muttered to himself, then, seeing the little time left, took out the highly sophisticated instrument from his bracelet and placed it on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, many wizard apprentices began to input their mental energy into the device.

Streams of pale silver spiritual energy, like bolts of silk, flowed into the instrument.

Russell glanced around, then focused his mental energy at the level of a typical second-level wizard apprentice and channeled it into the device.

At the same time, the Ring of Rilot was activated, controlling the convergence of the elements of heaven and earth, which were also injected into the instrument.

Although they didn't know what Schilly was going to do, they had no choice but to go along with Schilly's wishes for the time being.

The instrument placed on the ground absorbed the spiritual energy of dozens of wizard apprentices, yet remained unchanged.

After a few minutes, the total mental energy of the first-level wizard apprentices was nearly exhausted.

They had to stop.

Regardless, my mental energy is completely depleted; no matter how much I try to stimulate it, it's useless...

"what!"

One of the wizard's apprentices let out a scream.

Russell looked in the direction of the voice and saw a first-level wizard apprentice.

His mental energy was exhausted, but the instrument was still drawing on his mental energy!

The first-level wizard apprentice was visibly wasting away.

"His life force is being depleted!" Russell thought in alarm.

If this device cannot absorb spiritual energy, it will forcibly convert the life force of the wizard apprentice into spiritual energy and continue to absorb it!

"No! No! My body can't move!" another wizard apprentice cried out in pain.

Schilling had already thought everything through.

Once the connection between mental energy and the instrument is established, it cannot be separated.

The ordeal will not end until the wizard apprentice is completely drained.

In this process, as time goes by, wizard apprentices may even be controlled by the instruments.

This rendered it unable to move.

None of the wizarding apprentices present, except Russell, expected Schilling to harm them, so they paid no attention to it.

Several minutes passed, and his mental energy was almost exhausted, before he realized it was too late.

"There was definitely a problem."

Russell was always wary of Schilling, so when he first sensed something was wrong, he immediately severed his mental connection with the device.

His spiritual energy later just hovered around the instrument and didn't connect with it at all!

Therefore, Russell's mental state was slightly disturbed, but it was not a major problem.

"Schilling actually wants to kill me?" Russell was somewhat surprised.

Shillien entrusted him with the Ring of Rilot and asked him to complete this task.

He remained silent and observed quietly.

In the end, all the first-level wizard apprentices were drained of their spiritual energy and life force, and died on the spot.

The second-level wizard apprentices fared much better, with only most of their life force being drained.

A very small number of second-level wizard apprentices, although their life force is drained and their aura is weak, are not going to die.

However, they all collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Correspondingly, the instruments placed on the ground emitted a dazzling purple light.

Seeing this, Russell also took the initiative to stop the Ring of Lilott, preventing it from gathering the elements of heaven and earth, and silently observed.

It seems that Shilling wanted him to fall into a quiet coma, just like the other second-level wizard apprentices.

In any case, the Ring of Rilot can operate on its own after being activated with mental power.

Similar to status spells like Swiftness.

Once it's activated, you don't need to worry about it anymore; it will automatically maintain its effect for a period of time.

"What exactly does Schilling want to do?"

Russell examined the unconscious second-level wizard apprentices and found that their second-level meditation core models were near perfect.

Similar to him.

Schilling may have set the threshold based on this to ensure that Russell would not be drained of his life force and die.

He frowned slightly as he collected the items from the dead wizard apprentice one by one and stuffed them into his storage artifact.

As for the few who were still alive, Russell didn't touch them.

The dead wizard apprentices need others to carry their burdens, but Russell couldn't bring himself to kill the living wizard apprentices.

"If only they hadn't been so respectful to me back then, and instead questioned why I was able to become Shilling Wizard's disciple, that would have been better."

Russell imagined a bunch of scenes of second-rate villains in slap-in-the-face novels, and finally sighed slightly.

If that's the case, he won't have any psychological burden, and Russell will finish off all the unconscious wizard apprentices one by one.

Then take their Originium and other items.

"The item I got the most was actually my spell scrolls, which is not surprising."

Russell counted the spoils, occasionally glancing at the instruments on the ground.

It still shines with a purple light there.

"What's next? Schilling killed so many wizard apprentices, surely not just to create an ambient light?"

Russell sat there for a full five minutes, but nothing seemed to happen.

"Could it be because I interrupted the supply of elements from heaven and earth?"

Russell considered one possibility.

Under normal circumstances, he would fall into a coma, and then the Ring of Rilot would continue to maintain its function of drawing in the elements of heaven and earth.

But now, Russell has taken the initiative to interrupt it.

"Uh, they died too."

Russell suddenly noticed that the remaining level two wizard apprentices' auras were steadily weakening, and they eventually lost all signs of life.

"Could it be related to the fact that I didn't inject enough spiritual energy?" Russell thought to himself, feeling ashamed.

Then they collected all their belongings and stuffed them into the storage artifact.

These wizard apprentices also died, and like the previous group of wizard apprentices, someone needs to carry their burdens.

Russell sat on the ground, hesitated for a long time, but finally reactivated the Ring of Lilott, drawing in the elements of heaven and earth and pouring them into the instrument.

One minute later, a purple light shot into the sky.

"Besides me, there are three other level three wizard apprentices, Gus and the others, leading the team."

Russell looked up at the sky. "What caused this delay? Failure to activate the instrument?"

"Is it related to you, or rather, to the wizard Willis behind you?"

He looked into the air beside him and said softly.

"As expected of a wizarding prodigy favored by both Lord Willis and Lord Shilling, he actually managed to discover me."

The sound of applause filled the air.

The transparent air distorted slightly, outlining the shape of a human, which then deepened to reveal a wizard apprentice.

"As you can see, this thing produces such a spectacular sight when it's activated."

The wizard apprentice pointed to the instruments on the ground, "Those three guys have all been dealt with, and this magic array can no longer be activated."

"Therefore, this soaring purple light is the best explanation that I, or rather the wizard Willis, have no malicious intent."

"There's no future in following Lord Shilling. Why not ally with Lord Willis instead?"

"I believe you are a smart person and will make a wise choice."