Wizard Immortal

Chapter 153 Town

"Speaking of which, this world does seem to have some problems."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, thinking about the information he had gathered over the past few days, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

During this time, through exchanges with the nobles around him, Adir gained some understanding of the history of this world.

This world was originally just a normal world. Although there were no powerful beings like wizards and knights, there were also no terrifying, bizarre, or mutated creatures.

But seven years ago, a natural disaster suddenly occurred, erupting in a bizarre and insane way, directly affecting various kingdoms and turning the once peaceful world into what it is today.

The bizarre erupted everywhere, and its remnants formed terrifying forbidden zones in various places. Those creatures directly affected by the bizarre were transformed into ghosts and corpses, wandering around.

Apart from the terrorist outbreak seven years ago, some areas occasionally experience outbreaks.

During the outbreak period, a large number of strange creatures will proliferate in a short period of time, and may even cause some strange creatures in the surrounding area to gather together, forming a strange outbreak wave in a short time, which will directly extinguish the vitality of a certain area.

The village area where Adir was last time was clearly in an outbreak zone. Not only were all the terrifying creatures in the surrounding area attracted in a short period of time, but some corpses were also affected and directly mutated into corpse spirits.

Even now, several years later, although the period of the bizarre outbreak has passed, that area has fallen into a state of desolation, with few normal creatures surviving except for some mutated monsters.

"This situation is clearly very abnormal."

Silently standing up, Adir thought to himself as he considered the information he had gathered.

The strange occurrences that suddenly appeared in this world, the pollution and radiation left behind after the outbreak of these strange events, and the unknown power and crystal cores that appeared after killing those mutated monsters—all these things clearly indicate that this world is abnormal.

However, matters at the global level are beyond Adir's reach for the time being.

Even in ancient times, conquering other worlds required at least a level four wizard. Within the Uraldor Academy, records and knowledge related to the world level are scarce, with much accessible only to formally appointed wizards—a long way off for Adir.

However, for Adir, he didn't need to know that much for the time being; he just needed to reap enough benefits in this world.

"After two months of rest and recuperation, some things have been mostly dealt with. It's time to go out and take a look at those forbidden areas."

Standing still, Adir looked towards the gate and muttered to himself.

As a base in this world, Adir has been quite concerned about this territory and has done some things during this period.

He and his men had basically cleared out the dangerous lairs of mutated monsters in the surrounding area, and the frequency of their appearance had decreased significantly recently.

In addition to Sidru and a few others with knightly qualifications, he also recruited a group of dozens of ordinary guards. During this period, they also began training under the guidance of several veterans. Although their combat strength was negligible, under the leadership of Sidru and the others, they had no problem driving away some ordinary mutated monsters.

After this period of training, practicing the knight's breathing technique passed down by Adir, Sidm and the others have become knight apprentices. Moreover, in order to accelerate the formation of their combat power, they usually eat Adir's sterilized and corrosive crow meat, and in addition, they have used bloodlust potions in advance, so their combat power is already quite good.

If things continue at the current pace, with the aid of the potions refined by Adir, it is possible that one of these four will activate their life seed and become a formal knight within a year.

Having made up his mind, Adir walked towards the gate.

After walking to the main hall, he gave a few instructions to the servants beside him before sitting down.

After a while, a series of hurried footsteps could be heard from outside.

Under Adir's gaze, Sidm and his three companions, dressed in black bodysuits, quickly approached Adir.

"Sir, you were looking for us?"

Upon reaching Adir, the four men bowed respectfully.

I'm planning to go out tomorrow.

Looking at the four people in front of him, Adir's gaze softened slightly as he asked them a question.

Upon hearing this, the four people below were startled and couldn't help but look up at Adir.

"This trip may take some time. Besides a few attendants, I plan to choose two of you four to accompany me."

Sitting on the wooden chair, he looked at the four people in front of him and spoke.

"My lord, I am willing to follow you!" A firm and loud voice rang out as soon as the words were spoken.

Standing in front of Adir, Sidem's expression was resolute as he looked at Adir and spoke.

"My lord, I am willing too." At the same time, another, gentler voice rang out from the side.

She was an ordinary-looking girl with red hair, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was quietly looking at Adir's face with a serious and earnest expression.

This girl was discovered by Adir in the wild; she was the child of wanderers, and her name was Lati.

In Adir's eyes, she was somewhat similar to Cisti, whom he had known before, with the same red hair and a similar temperament.

Nearby, the voices of two other people also rang out, both expressing their willingness to leave with Adir.

Sitting on the wooden chair, listening to the four people below, Adir's expression remained unchanged: "Sidem, Lati, you two come with me."

"El, after I leave, you will be in charge of leading the guards in the manor and protecting the entire manor."

He turned to the eldest knight apprentice and spoke to him.

Under Adir's gaze, the middle-aged man, who looked to be in his thirties, nodded hastily.

As for the last knight apprentice, Adir assigned him to be the manor guard's second-in-command.

After giving these instructions, he summoned Sid, Ariel, and the others, and gave them some more instructions.

After finishing these tasks, Adir turned around and returned to the laboratory he had been in before.

The next day, as the entourage began to assemble, more than a dozen horses had already been pulled out of the stables.

These horses were not originally owned by the manor, but rather were gifts from surrounding nobles during this period.

Even if they actually wished to kill more mutated monsters, on the surface they would still accept the reward they were entitled to.

Including Sol, the nobles in this region would give Adir a reward afterward if they wanted him to help them. These horses were one of the gains from this period.

After a while, they mounted their horses and slowly made their way out along the simple road leading to the outside world.

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More than half a month later.

Thin raindrops gently sprinkled across the earth, wetting it and bringing a chill.

A group of people were hurrying along a difficult path.

"It looks like the rain is going to get heavier."

Riding his horse along the road, sensing the changes around him, Adir looked at Sidru beside him: "Sidru, is there anywhere ahead where we can take shelter from the rain and spend the night?"

"I'm sorry, sir..."

Feeling the gentle breeze around him and struggling to keep his horse in check, Sidru said, "The map doesn't show the terrain of this area in detail."

"However, there are already some relatively intact roads here. Logically, there should be some abandoned villages or post stations ahead."

He hesitated for a moment before speaking to Adir.

Listening to his words and glancing at the sky, Adir nodded: "It's still early before dark, and it looks like the rain won't get heavy for a while. Let's walk a little further."

Hearing Adir's words, the surrounding guards nodded and carefully urged their horses forward, keeping an eye on the road ahead.

Among the crowd, Sidru and Latti appeared to be struggling to ride horses.

Before being discovered by Adir, they were all commoners or even slaves, and they had no access to valuable things like horses, so they would never ride horses.

However, during their time at the manor, in addition to the Knight's Breathing Technique, Adir also arranged for someone to teach them how to ride horses. After more than half a month of practice and bumpy rides, the knight apprentices had almost mastered it, but they were still relatively inexperienced compared to others.

After riding for a while, an hour later, some man-made traces began to appear in the distance.

There was even a conspicuous sign on the roadside with some words engraved on it.

"Kuru Town?"

Standing on the road, looking at the sign, Adir frowned slightly.

The sign in front of them was large, and the words on it were written in the local language. The chip had already analyzed the text, which was why Adir recognized it.

However, what made Adir frown was that the handwriting on the sign was not only crooked, but also a deep red color, like dried blood.

The overall impression is that someone used their own blood to write these words on it, carrying a strange and inexplicable meaning.

"Component analysis complete... 98.8% human blood..." The voice of the chip-based machine rang in his mind.

Let's keep going.

After a long while, Adir finally spoke again, leading the group of people around him forward, staring at the sign in front of him.

Not long after we started walking, a small town came into view in the distance.

"My lord, this town..." After walking for a while, Sidham's hesitant voice rang in his ears.

He looked at the town ahead and said hesitantly, "Something seems off here."

"It's too quiet..." At this moment, Lati spoke up, "And... it's a bit too clean."

Nearby, several guards nodded in agreement as they listened to the two men's conversation, their eyes also filled with surprise and doubt as they looked at the small town before them.

(End of this chapter)