Above the mage

Chapter 27 Earth Vein Creatures Appear

Having been startled by Master Seda, Gao De first took a shower before returning to his workspace.

"Luckily, this old man only made his move today." Gao De thought to himself, feeling fortunate after calming down.

At least I've used up all my savings and learned some new spells.

Fortunately, he was quick enough to prepare a lot of things in the first ten days or so.

The monk Seda's act of confining him to his quarters completely extinguished Gao De's desire to escape.

In that case, there's only one path left.

"Fuck him!"

Gao De said fiercely.

He refused to believe that he, a "high-achieving student from another world," would lose to a local old man who was practically on his deathbed.

While encouraging himself, Gao De took out the "Hidden Mist Fang" that he had bought with 4 Sean Gold Coins today from his pocket.

Gao De's limited knowledge of magic did not include the Concealing Mist spell, so he naturally did not know its specific effects.

However, Concealing Mist is a first-level spell.

This is enough to make Gaode have high expectations for him.

"The name doesn't sound like an offensive spell, but maybe not," Gao De guessed.

Regardless of all that, as long as the "Fang of Hidden Mist" is repaired, we'll know exactly what the Hidden Mist spell is.

Gao De gripped the Fang of Hidden Mist, focused intently, and cast [Repair+].

His magic began to overflow, and a faint glow flowed from his fingertips.

The severely worn runes on the surface of "Hidden Mist Fang" began to shimmer faintly, extending and healing as if an invisible pen were drawing on it.

After about five minutes of this process, Gao De's forehead broke out in a fine layer of sweat again.

With a gasp, the brilliance at Gaode's fingertips faded.

However, the "Fang of Hidden Mist" in his hand was not fully repaired.

Only a small portion of the worn runes on its surface have healed; the majority remain incomplete, awaiting further infusion of mana.

It wasn't that Gao De didn't want to continue; it was that the magical power within him had been completely exhausted.

"With my current magical power, repairing a first-level extraordinary item is definitely not something that can be done in a day or two." Gao De had expected this.

He had already put in a lot of effort to repair the Divine Ring, so the Hidden Mist Fang, being a first-level extraordinary item, would undoubtedly be even more difficult to repair.

Compared to this, he was more worried that the [Repair Technique+] wouldn't work.

After all, this was just a trick, while the Fang of Hidden Mist was a rare item.

It's a step up.

"Although the repair spell enhanced by Wind Spirit Moon Shadow is powerful, it must have its limits. It is impossible to say that a single trick can repair a high-level magical alchemical creation."

"But thankfully, at least a first-level magical alchemical creation isn't the limit of the Restoration spell." God secretly rejoiced.

"It will take about ten days," he estimated the progress and came to the answer. "There's no use rushing it, but ten days is still enough time."

He stopped thinking about it, carefully put away the Hidden Mist Fang, sat cross-legged, and began his training for the day!

After finishing his daily practice, Gao De returned to his bedroom and had just lain down to rest.

Before he could fall asleep, he heard an unusual sound.

Squeak!

Squeak!

It sounded like a mouse squeaking, but it was too shrill.

It stands out even more starkly against the backdrop of the overly quiet environment of the medicinal garden.

Gao De immediately stood up alertly.

Along with this strange sound, a faint, rotten, and foul smell wafted through the air.

"What is it?" Gao De's heart tightened.

The next moment, an extremely sharp and painful scream came from the apprentice's room not far away.

"ah!!!"

Immediately following was another scream, filled with horror and fear.

The sharp sound instantly woke everyone in the herb garden, including the sleeping Amy.

He woke up in a panic, immediately lit the oil lamp in the room, and then subconsciously looked at Gao De, "What's going on?"

"Something seems to have happened." Gao De's voice turned serious, and he swiftly cast [Hand of the Mage].

A ghostly hand appeared and silently extinguished the oil lamp that Amy had just lit.

After doing all this, Gao De got up and went to the door, carefully opening it a crack.

He peered through the crack in the door, using the dim candlelight in the corridor to look in the direction from which the sound came.

That was the room of the other two apprentices.

The door was still tightly closed, and it was impossible to know exactly what had happened inside that caused such painful sounds.

Just then, the continuous wailing from inside the room quietly stopped.

The herb garden fell silent again in an instant.

But it was only for a moment.

boom!

With a loud bang, the tightly closed door shattered into pieces and wood chips.

Immediately afterwards, a hideous shadow emerged from the dilapidated door.

Using the dim candlelight in the corridor, Gao De could roughly make out an outline.

Resembling both a wolf and a rat.

The rat-like creature is extremely similar in appearance, with distinctive head features.

A pair of brown eyes gleamed with a fierce light, and its ears were enormous.

Sharp, curved fangs protrude from its wide mouth, and its fur is a dark, swampy green that gleams with a cold and resilient sheen.

Beneath the fur, the muscle lines are clearly defined, revealing great strength and agility.

It resembles a wolf because its size is far greater than that of a normal rodent, with a body length of up to two meters and a shoulder height of nearly one meter, making it look more like a wild wolf.

"A creature from the earth's veins!" Gao De thought in shock.

This wasn't the first time he had encountered leyline creatures.

But the creatures he had seen before were all gray-eyed rats and dark swamp worms, which were "shameful creatures of the ley lines" because they had the bloodline of ley line creatures but were actually powerless. This kind of ley line creature with its extremely oppressive presence was indeed a first for him.

The giant rat's brown eyes darted around, then suddenly focused, taking on a new target:

The door to the room next door was now open, and two apprentices were looking out.

Gao De and Amy weren't the only ones awakened by the wailing; all the apprentices around them were also awakened.

However, not everyone is as cautious as Gaode.

"Squeak!"

Without hesitation, the giant rat pounced straight at the two apprentices who were peering out.

Gao De witnessed this scene firsthand and was even more horrified.

The giant rat moved so fast that the two apprentices seemed to be scared out of their wits, standing there dumbfounded as the giant rat pounced on them.

It's easy to imagine that this serious injury will leave him either dead or severely crippled.

"brute!"

Just as Gao De began to mourn for the two apprentices, a hoarse but fierce voice came from the end of the corridor.

The air was suddenly filled with intense energy fluctuations.

An arrow made of pure flame streaked through the air in a brilliant arc, as if igniting the air itself, and shot straight toward the giant rat that was pouncing on the apprentice.

Sensing danger, the giant rat immediately made the right choice: abandoning its "prey" which was within reach and choosing to hide instead.

However, the giant rat that failed to detect the flaming arrow immediately could not escape the fiery punishment.

The flaming arrow struck its waist accurately, and the flames instantly spread, engulfing the giant rat's body.

"squeak!"

The giant rat let out a painful scream, but its fur was so tough that it prevented the flames from spreading further and temporarily stabilized its injuries.

The intense heat emanating from its body caused it continuous pain, which fueled the giant rat's ferocity.

It let out another shriek and lunged ferociously toward the direction from which the flaming arrow had come.

There, a figure that wasn't particularly tall appeared.

Master Seda!

In the herb garden, only the mage Seda could cast such powerful spells!

(End of this chapter)