Wizard Immortal

Chapter 246 Black Soil

"A formal wizard..."

Standing in front of Adir and listening to his words, Thor and Yana were startled.

Although they didn't understand at first, after knowing Adir for so long, they naturally knew what a formal wizard represented.

Although the wizarding civilization in the Maison region is far more prosperous than in Adir's hometown, becoming a formal wizard is still not easy.

To become a full-fledged wizard, one must normally possess at least a third-class aptitude. Even for an ordinary person, the chances of becoming a full-fledged wizard are still very low, even if they have the talent to do so.

Don't worry.

Standing still, looking at the expressions on Thor's and the other person's faces, Adir smiled and said, "This child has quite good aptitude. If he puts in the effort in the future, becoming a formal wizard shouldn't be a problem."

Adir seemed quite confident about the child's advancement to a formal wizard.

The bloodline of a wizard can influence the aptitude of their offspring.

Thor's ancestor was clearly an extremely powerful ancient wizard, whose power extended through his bloodline to his descendants, and has remained even after a long period of time.

The child in Adir's arms is proof of this. Possessing a bloodline far stronger than his father's, this child's talent will definitely be exceptional, and may even surpass Adir's in the past.

Thinking of this, Adir had a sudden thought, and a black stone ball appeared in his hand.

This stone sphere was obtained by him from the ruins of the Elf King. It has the ability to detect a wizard's talent and is considered a very good treasure.

Because of this treasure, Adir also obtained the coordinates of another world.

Gently placing the black stone ball in his palm onto the baby's forehead, Adir's magical power flowed gently, infusing the stone ball.

Suddenly, a wisp of purple light emanated, accompanied by an intense heat, and traveled into Adir's heart.

"Fifth-class qualification!"

Seeing the light shimmering on the stone sphere and feeling its unique heat, Adir was startled and this thought quickly flashed through his mind.

Fifth-class aptitude is almost the strongest aptitude under normal circumstances. According to the wizarding world, only the direct descendants of certain powerful wizards can possess it.

Neither of the child's parents were wizards, so although Adir had some idea of ​​the child's potential beforehand, he did not expect it to be this high.

"It seems that her bloodline has undergone a partial atavistic reaction, causing her soul's aptitude to become much stronger, far surpassing that of her parents..."

Looking at the baby in his arms, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

"Lord Adir, what is this?"

Opposite Adir, looking at the stone sphere emitting a purple glow in Adir's hand, Thor spoke with some doubt and trepidation in his eyes.

"don’t worry."

Adir smiled and said, "This shows the child's great talent; he will definitely become an excellent wizard in the future."

"That's good."

Hearing Adir's words, Thor and the other person opposite him both breathed a sigh of relief.

"The child's problems aren't too serious yet. What's more important now is the two of you."

Placing Solana in his arms onto the soft bed beside him, Adir looked at Sol and the other man in front of him and said, "She won't last much longer."

Upon hearing this, the two people present immediately fell silent.

"How much longer do I have?" the weak voice rang out again.

Yana walked to the bedside, looking gently at Solana lying on the wooden bed, and asked.

"If nothing is done, the curse on you will break out in two months."

Adir didn't hide anything and said bluntly, "Even if I use every possible method, I can only extend this time by a factor of two at most, and after that, there's nothing I can do."

That's four months.

Yana's face was somewhat pale, but she still turned around and sincerely thanked Adir: "Thank you, Lord Adir."

Saul stood silently to the side, his hands clenching involuntarily as he looked at his wife and children.

Don't be sad.

Seemingly sensing Thor's emotions, Yana turned to look at him, a gentle smile on her face: "We've had some wonderful times. If it weren't for that accident, I would have died. Now I have you and my child."

"Don't be too pessimistic, we can still try."

Looking at his wife, Thor forced a smile, then turned to Adir: "Lord Adir, now that you've returned, it's time for us to set off as agreed."

"There's no need to rush for now."

Looking at the people in front of him, Adir's expression gradually calmed down.

When Adir suppressed the curse on Yana, he made a pact with Thor.

Thor agreed to lead them to their ancestral lands, while Adir promised to protect them and do his best to break the seal on their ancestral lands.

Now, the curse on Yana is almost uncontrollable, and Thor and Yana's child has been born. It's time to go to their ancestral land.

"I will go to the surrounding cities to prepare the carriage and servants; it will probably take a few days."

Adir stood up and looked at Thor in front of him: "You can spend more time with them during this period."

"After all, the curse on you, although it hasn't erupted yet, is approaching its critical point after so much time has passed."

He looked at Thor in front of him, left those words, and then walked away.

Behind him, Thor listened blankly to Adir's words, his expression somewhat bitter, and his right hand involuntarily reached towards his forehead.

In that direction, a faint black mark has begun to appear. Although it is not yet obvious, the trace can already be seen.

After leaving Thor's residence, Adir did not arrange a carriage in a nearby city as previously stated, but went directly to a village in the vicinity.

In fact, Adir had already prepared the carriage and everything else needed for the journey before they arrived. The reason for leaving a few days was simply to give Thor and his companion time to prepare and buffer.

Hopefully, this time I can get what I want.

As he walked along the road, reflecting on his journey, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

The reason for going to Thor's hometown is that there might be a way to obtain the boundary energy there.

When Adir first met Thor, a purple stone that Thor brought from his homeland granted Adir some elemental energy.

It was because of this discovery that Adir became so devoted to the homeland of Thor and his companion.

With the ability to travel through time, the importance of boundary energy to Adir, as the power required to activate it, is self-evident.

However, for Adir, the ways to obtain boundary energy are currently too few.

While it is safe to accumulate boundary energy honestly over time, this method is too slow.

Absorbing the power directly from the Worldstone is fast enough, but given the Worldstone's importance and the Black Wizard Leader's protection, Adir rarely has the opportunity to access that stone.

Besides these two methods, there's another place in Thor's homeland that could potentially grant Adir more Boundary Energy. Even though there might be a curse left by ancient wizards there, Adir decided to give it a try.

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Several days passed quickly while we waited.

Several days later, one morning, as the caravan slowly came to a stop on the road outside the town, Saul put Yana and the children into the carriage, then mounted his horse, seemingly preparing to go on an inspection tour.

"Are you sure you don't want to leave the child in town?"

Sitting silently in front of the carriage, watching Thor riding a horse beside him and looking quite energetic, Adir said, "You know, we're not going to a nice place this time."

Thor smiled. "I know."

"But I hope that the child can spend this final leg of the journey with her mother."

He said with a smile, his gaze softening as he looked at the other carriage.

"Whatever you want."

Seeing his appearance, Adir laughed and said, "From now on, you will lead the caravan. If we encounter bandits or wild beasts on the road, you and the mercenaries will be in charge."

"Please leave it to me."

Thor nodded seriously, looking very confident.

Even if he wasn't a wizard, with his excellent bloodline and strong physique, he was equivalent to a top-level knight.

This level of strength is certainly not enough to deal with wizards, but it's more than enough to deal with some wild beasts and bandits.

Adir was well aware of this, so he simply returned to the carriage, quietly closed his eyes, and prepared to continue learning the vast amount of new knowledge that he had not yet fully grasped.

In the Jade World, through the influence of the Gao Luo Kingdom and the Ten Star School, he had exchanged for much advanced knowledge of the Jade World.

This knowledge is very difficult, much of it is ancient wizarding knowledge that has been lost in the Maison region. Even with Adir's learning ability, he cannot fully grasp it in a short time. He can only forcibly record it through the chip and leave it for him to understand slowly in the future.

The cramped space of the carriage made it impossible to do many things, which was a perfect opportunity to review those subjects.

Soon, led by the guide, the carriage quickly headed north, only coming to a stop a month later.

"Lord Adir."

At night, in a campsite, Thor looked at Adir standing ahead and said respectfully, "Now that we've arrived, we're about to enter the forest. From here on out, we'll have to walk the rest of the way on our own."

"How long will it take to walk?"

Hearing Thor's words, Adir turned around, looked at him, and asked.

"If everything goes smoothly, it should take about a month."

Thor lowered his head and thought for a while before giving this answer.

He walked up to the map that Adir had acquired at a high price and pointed to the topographical map on it: "To reach my homeland, you must first cross this forest, and then traverse part of the Swamp Kingdom's territory before you can arrive."

"What kind of place is that?"

Hearing his words, Adir asked with great interest.

"A desolate desert, a polluted oasis, and a ruined altar and temple."

Thor's face showed a look of reminiscence and nostalgia: "In fact, once we got to this area, the number of wild beasts we encountered along the way began to decrease. After we passed through the territory of the Swamp Kingdom and reached the desert, it was completely desolate."

"Aside from a few oases and some polluted black soil, there is almost nothing to see there."

"Then what about the temple and altar?" Adir asked again, seemingly very interested in Thor's homeland.

"Those are things left over from the past. According to the legends of our clan, they were built to suppress the source of the curse. They are things that our family has been guarding and suppressing for generations."

Thor replied earnestly, "That is also our home, where we are said to be able to mobilize some of the power left by our ancestors to defend against invasions from others."

"Others?" Adir noticed the word precisely.

"Some local indigenous people."

Thor replied, "In that desert, besides our tribe, there are many savages living there, scattered in various oases."

"Those savages were very backward and looked very strange. It seemed that because they had lived in the desert for a long time, their whole bodies looked black."

Sol recounted the information about the natives to Adir in front of him in detail.

"Why does it sound so much like a Black person?"

As Adir listened to Thor's story, sitting on a wooden chair, he couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

They were discussing things, and beside them, Yana was holding her child, carefully coaxing the child to sleep.

The next morning, after daybreak, they set off again.

There were no good roads in the forest, but Adir hired some people at a high price to take them away by boat.

After another month of walking, they finally approached their destination.

It was a black land.

Unlike normal black soil, the soil here is very hard, almost solidified into one piece, like a whole black stone, incapable of supporting any life.

Standing on this land, looking at this land where almost nothing grows, even Adir couldn't help but frown.

"This is the local black soil, which is also a unique feature of our area."

Looking at the black earth beneath his feet, Thor sighed, "There's still relatively little here. We'll see much more once we get to our destination."

How were these lands formed?

Silently grabbing a handful of soil from the ground, feeling its hardness and weight, which was even stronger than rock, Adir couldn't help but ask.

"have no idea."

Thor shook his head at the question, indicating that he did not know.

"However, there are some local legends about these things."

He began, "Legend has it that long ago, two terrifying demon kings fought here. The force of their battle struck the earth, leaving black scars that formed this black soil."

Hearing this legend, Adir lowered his head and pondered seriously.

(End of this chapter)