Wizard Immortal

Chapter 180 Familiar People

At noon, the sun shines on a mountain range, bringing warmth to the earth.

Traveling through the desolate mountains, sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, Adir soon arrived at the town ahead.

Similar to the information we had seen before, the place appeared very desolate, the surrounding buildings were dilapidated, and the residents were dressed in very worn clothes, suggesting that they were not living a good life.

Upon arriving, Adir was led by the coachman to the only inn in town.

"What? The middle floor has already been reserved?"

At the hotel counter, Adir's coachman stood arguing with a bald, middle-aged man: "Is there not a single room left?"

"I'm really sorry."

Standing in front of the counter, the bald man, dressed in coarse cloth, looked at the driver with a troubled expression: "We don't know what's going on, but recently there have been a sudden increase in the number of people coming here. Just a couple of days ago, a VIP booked all the rooms."

"Or, you can stay in the top-floor rooms; I guarantee they'll be just as comfortable as the middle rooms."

"Come on, it gets cold here at night. How could living on the top floor be the same as living in the middle?"

Looking at the bald man, the coachman was about to argue with him when he suddenly heard Adir's voice from the side.

"Stu, forget it, we'll just stay on the top floor."

Looking at the coachmen ahead, Adir immediately stopped their argument.

For him, there was no difference between living on the top floor and living in the middle; a little bit of cold was nothing to a formal wizard.

Just then, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from afar.

Looking casually in that direction, Adir suddenly paused in surprise.

A figure suddenly appeared on the stairs ahead.

She was a tall girl wearing a black and red robe. She looked very young and had long red hair, which made her very eye-catching.

However, her appearance was very familiar to Adir; she was none other than Cisti, with whom he had once left the Bal Islands.

Five or six years have passed, and she has changed quite a bit. Although her face still has a touch of youthfulness, she is much more mature than before.

Adir could also sense faint fluctuations of energy particles on her, indicating that she had already reached the level of a second-class apprentice.

"What is she doing here?"

Standing there, watching Cisti walk down the stairs in the distance, Adir frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.

He sensed a strange aura emanating from the other person, and the other person's movements also appeared very stiff.

"Chip, detect the other party's physical data!"

Looking at the other person, Adir seemed to speak to the chip in his mind.

"Name: Cisti. Strength: 2.7. Agility: 3.3. Constitution: 3.1."

"Unknown aura detected. Database comparison... Morra Parasitism 84.1%, Advanced Control 78.4%, Berserker Potion 75.6%..." The chip-based mechanical notification sounded again in his mind.

"None of them are any good..."

Hearing the notification from the chip in his mind, Adir muttered to himself.

Both advanced control spells and the Morra parasite are among the most troublesome control methods in the wizarding world, capable of forcibly controlling others to a certain extent.

If a formal wizard casts a spell on someone who is unable to resist, even a third-class apprentice can be controlled.

However, both of these spells are quite difficult to use. The Morra Parasite spell requires cultivating a rare parasite, while the High Control spell requires inscribing a complex magic circle on the target to ensure control. Neither of these are spells that a typical professional wizard would use.

The way Cisti looked before us clearly indicated that she was being controlled, which was why she was emanating that unique aura.

Standing there, watching Cisti walk out the door in the distance, Adir hesitated for a moment. Instead of going forward, he turned his back to her and glanced at that corner out of the corner of his eye.

Under Adir's watchful gaze, Cisti, dressed in red, walked directly to the door.

Outside the door, a group of people were walking in. Leading them was a female apprentice dressed in a black robe with black hair, but her eyes looked sinister and cold, like the eyes of a snake.

Her aura was very strong, already reaching the level of a third-class apprentice. Behind him, several other apprentices, whose movements were also somewhat stiff, followed silently.

At the very back of the line, a handsome young man with leather armor and shiny blond hair followed silently, his movements equally stiff.

This is Andrew, also an acquaintance of Adir's from back then. Like Cisti, he was one of Adir's few friends.

At this moment, his movements looked stiff, as if he was also being controlled. His face was expressionless, and he simply nodded at Cisti waiting in front of him.

"Where is Lord Raman?" A sharp voice rang out from the spot.

The black-haired female apprentice in front of Andrew looked at Cisti and asked, her face expressionless.

"Lord Raman and Lord Meldor are together, currently discussing matters upstairs..."

Looking at the female apprentice in front of her, Cisti's face was blank as she spoke softly.

They exchanged a few words there, then the dark-haired female apprentice went straight up the stairs, leaving the rest of the apprentices there.

"What are you looking at?"

Finally, after the other apprentices had left, Andrew looked at Sisti and asked.

"That person's back view... seems a little familiar."

Staring blankly at a corner, gazing at the back of a figure dressed in a black robe, Cisti whispered, "It looks a bit like Adir."

Under her gaze, in the distance, the thin man in black robes suddenly turned around, revealing a broad, bearded middle-aged face.

"Uh... okay."

Seeing this, Andrew shrugged and gave a somewhat strained smile: "Speaking of which, I wonder how Adir is doing now... We've received very little news from him since he accepted the mission to investigate the mutated orcs."

"But with his talent, he should be close to becoming a third-class apprentice by now, unlike us..."

At this point, Andrew's eyes darkened, and he looked somewhat dejected.

Time has changed a lot of things. In Adir's past impression, Andrew had always been a confident and proud person, but now he looked very decadent, and even somewhat numb.

Cisti, standing beside her, felt the same way. Thinking about everything that had happened in the past and her current situation, her eyes dimmed.

Unbeknownst to them, in the corner they had been watching, the moment their gaze left and no one was looking, the middle-aged man in black robes suddenly transformed back into a handsome young man.

Silently walking to a corner, Adir frowned as he observed Andrew and the other person's condition through the chip.

Clearly, not only Sisti, but also Andrew and his group of apprentices have been controlled by someone, and this person is quite powerful, possibly reaching the level of a formal wizard.

This discovery immediately put Adir in a bit of a predicament.

He certainly didn't think that a formal wizard, leading such a large group of apprentices to this remote corner, was just for sightseeing and relaxation.

The other party must have their own purpose, and it is very likely that it is the same as Adir's goal this time.

With this thought in mind, after a while, Adir went upstairs and headed towards his room.

Several hours later, he came downstairs and sat alone in a corner of the hotel, having his dinner.

Dinner looked very plentiful, featuring not only locally made green bread but also some local wild game, which tasted quite good.

However, sitting at the wooden table, Adir's attention was not on dinner at all.

Beside him sat a man in black robes and a man in red robes, each emanating a distinct aura.

(End of this chapter)