Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 257 The Truth from Two Thousand Years Ago

The spirit tower, which had been hidden, has reappeared in the town of the dead.

To Mary's surprise, Tia, who had been standing beside her in fear, suddenly changed her expression and looked at everyone present with a complicated expression.

Then, two people appeared beside Tia: one was the soul of the necromancer Anthony, and the other was the necromancer Brutus, who was the drunkard they had seen sleeping at the town gate in the surface undead town.

Clearly, after Myrcart was sealed away by Sunan again, and the snowflake-like soot that had been drifting year-round over the town of the dead disappeared, the magic on the three of them was also lifted.

Brutus's spirit spoke to Tia, saying, "It seems a lot has happened, Tia."

"But now... it's all over. Myrcart, who has troubled us for over two thousand years, has been sealed away by a young wizard more than two thousand years later. He has not repeated the mistakes we made in the past."

Tears welled up in Tia's eyes as she stepped forward and embraced Brutus.

Anthony, standing to the side, looked somewhat embarrassed. He then said, "I remember now. More than two thousand years ago, I seized the Ring of Myrcart and wore it. This gave me a tremendous boost in magical power, allowing me to reach the limit of a first-ring wizard."

"But I gradually realized that Mylcarter didn't want me to become a second-circle wizard at all. Because if I became a second-circle wizard... he would no longer be able to draw entropy from my Permanent Defensive Field magic."

"It wasn't until then that I realized how terrible my mistakes had been. I found the two souls of Tia and Brutus and begged for forgiveness. We set a trap to completely seal away Myrcart and prevent him from harming other wizards."

"In the end, we both failed and succeeded. I lost my memory and was killed by the enraged Myrcart. As a result, I forgot all my past repentance and returned to the state before I obtained the Myrcart Ring, mistakenly believing that my wish for more than two thousand years was to obtain the ring. I was even misled by Myrcart into thinking that I was still searching for the location of the Wizard's Tower."

Anthony tapped his ghostly head. "Isn't this a complete mistake? It was I who joined forces with Brutus and Tia, combining the wisdom of the three of us first-ring wizards—even though we didn't have much power left at the time, most of it had been taken by Myrcart—we still set up this wizarding town trap against him."

"This dead town is like a giant suction cup, drawing Myrcart in and preventing him from leaving. Therefore, this dead town also involuntarily draws in the souls of Corfu from the outside world."

"However, only energy creatures cannot leave."

"I'm clearly a good person, how did I end up looking like a villain? Tia, you have to forgive me. You know, more than two thousand years ago, I wept and begged for your forgiveness, which is why we were able to successfully frame Myrcart later."

Tia snorted coldly. "You've tormented me quite a bit these past two thousand years."

Brutus scratched the back of his head. "And me, I remember now, for over two thousand years, you've often come before me, mocking my muddled state."

"However, I didn't expect that you were just a puppet manipulated by Mylcart, not much better than me and Tia."

Brutus looked at Su Nan, then bowed and said, "Thank you, new wizard. Your character allowed you to refuse to be used by Myrcart. And your talent truly defeated Myrcart, who usurped the power of the three of us first-ring wizards."

"You are an excellent wizard. Before our obsession dissipates, I must thank you for allowing Tia and me to meet again."

Tia also bowed to Sunan. "Thank you."

"Thank you for freeing me from two thousand years of slavery."

Anthony sighed and said to Su Nan, "I only realized later that it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on external forces."

"The only one who can help me is myself."

"Being so focused on becoming a second-circle wizard with the Ring of Myrcart has actually made me lose the ability to go any further. I have lost the desire to seek knowledge."

"But if a person regrets their actions and changes their mind, can their past mistakes simply disappear? This is a question worth exploring, but it's no longer within my purview. Our souls have already traversed thousands of years; if our attachments have dissipated, they naturally cannot be maintained for long."

"Back then, we devised a plan to seal away Mylcat, but he turned the tables and killed us all, resulting in our mutual destruction. Moreover, the souls of the three of us are constantly being manipulated by him."

Brutus looked apologetically at Marie Palerío and said, "I'm sorry, I no longer have the ability to break the curse on you."

"But there should be a lot of information about my black magic in my wizard tower. If this ridiculously young first-ring wizard beside you is the one, he should be able to find a way to break your curse very quickly through that information."

"That curse was to prevent Myrcart from attracting outside wizards and finding a way to break the seal."

Mary smiled somewhat helplessly.

After all, as long as she doesn't break the curse, she will remain constrained by her current situation.

She will only feel at ease once the curse is lifted.

Su Nan understood. "So the core of the seal is in that hidden wizard tower. The reason Mylcart wanted me to find that wizard tower wasn't for any treasure, but to break the seal and let him leave this place."

Su Nan looked at Anthony. "Myrcart has made you tell me several times that the treasure that can break through the first-circle wizard's limit and make you a second-circle wizard is in the Wizard Tower, just to mislead me."

"But he didn't expect that I could capture you directly. Even more unexpectedly, even after he underwent three progressive transformations through the abyss network, he was still no match for me and was unable to escape."

Anthony nodded and said, "That's right, he took advantage of my obsession."

"That guy, if he leaves this warp and enters the real world, he'll truly thrive. Foreign wizard, you've solved a huge problem for the world."

Su Nan realized that Melkat had the intention to cause trouble, but lacked the ability to do so.

Of course, if you are just an ordinary, newly initiated first-ring wizard, it would be a different story if you entered this undead town.

Logically speaking, Anthony, who was secretly manipulated by Mycarter, should at least have been able to escape.

According to Mylcarter's calculations, he should start looking for the location of the Wizard's Tower and then unintentionally break the seal for him.

Who knew that he would directly destroy and seal it, and even bring out its ring itself.

Su Nan looked at Anthony and Brutus and said, "Now I have two questions, consider them payment for solving a big problem for you."

"Question one, Anthony, you said you reached the mental limit of a first-ring wizard. Could you describe that limit to me?"

"Question two, what exactly is Myrcart, and how much do you know about the Abyss?"

"How did you obtain the Myrcaturanga Ring?"

(End of this chapter)