Wizard Immortal

Chapter 114 News from the Academy

"If you think about it, it's been more than a year since I left the academy."

Standing still, silently calculating the time, Adir's expression remained calm: "I wonder how the academy is doing now."

Before he left, Uraldor Academy was negotiating with several other wizarding organizations to jointly develop the secret realm. Now, more than a year later, there should be preliminary results.

"According to the information I gathered last time, the secret realm has already opened. Now so much time has passed, I wonder what stage of progress it has reached," Adir thought to himself.

While in Ancient Armor City, Adir would occasionally leave to exchange resources at distant resource points and gather information. However, due to his focus on bloodline experiments, he hadn't left for a long time.

It's been at least half a year since the last time I went to gather information.

According to what Adir learned during his last intelligence gathering, the secret realm has undoubtedly begun to open, and various academies have even achieved many important results. Remnants of ancient wizards are frequently unearthed, which makes many wizards in the surrounding area eager to participate in the exploration of the secret realm.

Taking into account the time and the distance from the Kingdom of Ancient Modo to the Southern Plains, this news is at least a year old, and it's hard to know how things have changed since then.

"It's probably still under development."

Standing still, silently cleaning up some things in the laboratory, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

According to the information that his mentor Edith told him before he left the academy, this secret realm, although only a small one, originated from the end of the Glorious Age and contained many relics of ancient wizards.

The artifacts left behind by ancient wizards are not so easily obtained; they undoubtedly contain many powerful spell arrays and traps that would be difficult for modern wizards to overcome. Otherwise, the various academies wouldn't have ordered other wizards to enter the secret realm.

"In any case, the promotion to third-class apprentice can't wait any longer; we must return to the academy as soon as possible."

Standing there, Adir muttered to himself, "It will take at least several months to travel from Ancient Armor City to the academy. This time will be just enough for me to strengthen my spiritual sea. Once I arrive at the academy and have prepared the necessary resources, I can immediately begin my advancement."

"But before that, there are some things in the city that need to be dealt with properly."

With that thought in mind, he put down what he was holding and walked out of the dark laboratory.

As he stepped out of the lab, the sunlight shining on his face made him feel slightly uncomfortable.

After standing silently in place for a while, and waiting until he had fully adjusted, Adir walked outside.

After finishing his long experiment, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he rested for a few days before starting to deal with the things he had left behind.

First, there were the orcs who served as test subjects.

After such a long time, the number of orcs in the manor has accumulated to over a hundred, all of whom are individuals who successfully survived Adir's experiments.

These orcs were not only much stronger than other orcs, but there were also several bloodthirsty orcs among them, as well as a terrifying orc that was seven or eight meters tall with a silvery sheen on its skin.

That was the first bloodthirsty orc created by Adir. In the past six months, Adir had tried to infuse some of the purified bloodline of the Bronze Behemoth into its body.

Although it seems that due to insufficient bloodline being injected, this bloodthirsty orc did not completely transform into a Behemoth, it at least retained its sanity and possessed about 70-80% of the power of the original Bronze Behemoth.

With this level of strength, as long as they don't attract the siege of many apprentices in the surrounding area, they will basically not encounter any danger.

After Adir left, these hundreds of orcs were essentially out of control and naturally could not easily remain in the city.

Therefore, he directly transferred these hundreds of orcs outside the city, letting them go deep into the mountains to survive on their own.

Once these orcs were dealt with, arranging other matters became much easier.

In the year or so that followed him, most of the people who had initially followed him were settled, given land and a stable life, and no longer needed his intervention.

Edel had by then become a Grand Knight, possessing the title of Baron and some land granted by Adir. He had settled down and started a family in the Ancient Armor City, and thus no longer needed Adir's help in settling down.

He entrusted his estate to the elderly steward Baglou and asked Kosis and several familiar apprentices to look after it. Then he packed some things, took a few horses, and prepared to leave the city.

In the early morning, sunlight shines on the earth.

In the ancient path, Adir walked alone in the wilderness, with no one else beside him except for two black horses.

He left without telling anyone, riding his horse directly out of the city without asking anyone to see him off.

Compared to the group of dozens that came with him, this time Adir left alone, walking alone in the deserted wilderness, his thin figure appearing somewhat desolate.

Reaching a fork in the road, he glanced at the map in his hand and then walked in a certain direction.

More than two months later.

Because he was traveling alone and without anyone else to hold him back, Adir was moving very fast. He had already left the eastern part of the Kingdom of Gumodo and was about to reach the Duchy of Allen.

Occasionally, they would encounter wild beasts along the way, but these posed no threat to Adir. After half a month, a city was already in sight.

Riding on his horse and watching the increasing number of pedestrians around him, Adir took out a yellowed map from his pocket and began to survey the surrounding cities.

After observing for a while, he put the map away and then walked directly down another path.

He rode for several hours and soon came to the edge of a swamp.

Thick fog was slowly rising around them, carrying a faint fluctuation of magical power.

Sensing all this, Adir dismounted, tied the two horses to his side, and then walked into the depths of the swamp.

Upon reaching the edge of the swamp, Adir paused, and the magical energy emanating from his body spread outwards.

The next moment, the surrounding view began to change.

After sensing the magical fluctuations emanating from Adir, the surrounding mist began to dissipate, automatically revealing the view behind them.

Once the fog dissipated, Adir looked ahead again.

A stone-paved road, which had been lying in the swamp, was now clearly visible ahead.

Looking at the road, Adir didn't hesitate and stepped onto it.

A dozen minutes later, the stone-paved road began to disappear, and the road ahead turned into land.

In the distance, a market appeared ahead.

"Hello, this is the market managed by the Simi family. Please remember to keep order."

As I approached the market entrance, a voice came from the side.

Following the sound, Adir looked to the side and saw a small figure squatting quietly there.

It was a small gray cat, only as long as an adult's forearm, lying quietly on a stone slab, its gray eyes looking at Adir.

"Uh, hello."

Looking at the cat at his feet, Adir was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

He crouched down, looking at the kitten before him: "Are you the guardian of this place?"

"No, no, no, I'm not a guardian at all."

Upon hearing Adir's words, the kitten lazily sat up, looking quite adorable: "I'm just an employee of the Simi family, here to guard the gate."

Standing in front of the kitten and listening to its words, Adir dared not underestimate it at all.

Under the chip's detection, the other party was found to have strong high-energy radiation, the level of which was comparable to that of a third-class apprentice.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke again: "Where can I find out the latest news around here?"

As he spoke, he took out a magic stone and handed it directly to the person in front of him.

Upon seeing the magic stone, the kitten's eyes lit up, and it immediately bit into the magic stone.

"Not bad, you're much more generous than those gloomy-looking guys who won't even give me a single cat food."

Looking at Adir, the kitten complained as it chewed on the magic stone in its mouth.

"Just ask me whatever information you want to know. At least I'm the first to know a lot of things here," the kitten said to Adir after chewing the magic stone in its mouth.

"I want to know something about the secret realm."

Standing still, Adir smiled and said, "I heard that a secret realm from a glorious era appeared in the southern continent. I wonder how it is now."

This is a very common question.

News of the secret realm has already spread to various places, and wizards in many places already know about it, so asking this question is not strange at all.

However, upon hearing Adir's question, the kitten glanced at him and looked at him with a strange expression: "Your information is outdated; that secret realm is now sealed off."

"It's closed off?" Upon hearing this news, Adir was taken aback, then couldn't help but ask, "Why would it be closed off? It's only been about two years since that secret realm was discovered..."

Normally, it would take at least five or six years to thoroughly explore a wizarding secret realm, even a small one.

Not to mention that this secret realm is from the Glorious Era, and there are many ancient wizards who have set up magic arrays in the secret realm. It will only take longer to completely analyze it.

"Who knows..."

Looking at Adir, the kitten lay back down: "Maybe he discovered something incredible, or maybe something else happened. Who knows?"

Hearing this, Adir seemed thoughtful: "So, do you know how those academies that participated in developing the secret realm are doing now?"

As he spoke, he took out two more magic stones and quietly placed them in front of the kitten.

"I don't know, I heard they suffered heavy losses."

Looking at the magic stone in front of it, the kitten took a bite and chewed it while saying, "Those wizard organizations that participated in developing the secret realm are basically sealed off now. I wonder what they encountered."

I apologize to everyone... From the moment the protagonist enters the wizarding academy, the plot I wrote has indeed become too similar to other wizarding novels... I will try my best to adjust it and let the protagonist finish this part of the academy as soon as possible... Also, there will be no extra chapter tonight because I need to change the original pace. Now I need to think about how to speed up the plot (facepalm).

(End of this chapter)