Wizard Immortal

Chapter 29 The Outbreak Period

The wind was still blowing gently outside.

Adir sheathed his sword, looked at his physical stats, and stood silently in place.

"Name: Adir Fakus. Strength: 4.9. Agility: 4.8. Constitution: 5."

A series of data points appeared before my eyes, showing an explosive increase compared to before.

These are all the gains I've made during this period.

No one knows what happened in this world in the past. There are many dangerous creatures in the wild, and they encounter many of them every day as they walk through the dangerous wilderness.

And all of these mutated insect beasts were eventually wiped out by Adir.

For each insectoid beast killed, Adir gains a certain buff. Although the buff isn't much, over several days, with dozens of insectoid beasts killed, it adds up to a considerable amount.

Of course, the most important one is the crystal core that Adir had previously acquired.

Thinking of this, Adir loosened his grip slightly on his left hand, revealing the black crystal inside.

After this period of depletion, the power within the crystal core has been continuously decreasing. Now, the crystal core, which was originally the size of a fingernail, has been reduced to the size of only a few grains of sand.

"It will be used up soon." Feeling the faint heat emanating from his body, Adir sighed inwardly, clenching his left fist to hide the black crystal core from others.

Footsteps sounded behind him.

The seven or eight people behind saw that the battle in front had ended and hurried over. They cheered when they saw the corpses of the two insect beasts, looking quite excited.

Adir ignored them and quietly walked to the side, waiting for them to continue walking forward.

"What a pity about these two insect beasts. If they could be transported to other noble territories, they would definitely be very popular. Now they're just being taken advantage of by these wild beasts."

Before leaving, the knight looked at the corpses of the two insect beasts and said with great regret, appearing very reluctant to part with them.

The others did the same. Looking at the two corpses in front of them, they would at most go up and collect some valuable materials before reluctantly leaving. Even the three of them, including Erri, did the same.

This has been a common occurrence these past few days. At first, they were excitedly pounced on the corpses of the insect beasts and scrambled for them, but by the end they had become almost numb to it.

They walked silently forward, and ahead, some signs of human habitation gradually appeared, though it still looked very desolate.

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"We'll be parting ways here."

At an intersection, the armored knight addressed the others, "Count Alar to the east is a distant relative of mine. I'm on my way to his castle. Would you like to come with me?"

He looked at Erri and the others, and said with some anticipation.

Feeling the expectant look in his eyes, Erri and the others exchanged glances, all feeling somewhat helpless.

They knew in their hearts that the other party's expectations were not directed at them, but at Adir.

Along the way, Adir's terrifying combat power was evident to all. He killed countless terrifying insect beasts that would slaughter villages at any moment and saved countless lives.

Adir couldn't speak the language and couldn't communicate normally with others. The three of them had been with Adir from the beginning, and they were the only ones who could barely communicate with him along the way. Naturally, the others thought they could influence him.

However, deep down, they did not want Adir to follow anyone else.

Given the strength that Adir has demonstrated, he is destined to be valued wherever he goes. If he can stay here, the relationship they are currently showing will undoubtedly bring them great benefits.

Seemingly sensing their thoughts, the middle-aged knight cursed inwardly but kept his expression unchanged, continuing to persuade them: "I understand your thoughts, but I still advise you to leave this place immediately."

"You may not know this now, but our region is about to enter a period of explosive growth."

"This is impossible!" In an instant, the expressions of Erri and the other two changed drastically. Looking at the knight's face, a trace of fear flashed in their eyes.

"Lord Aral, please don't utter such jokes and threats lightly. Our region hasn't been affected for a long time." Eri's face was ashen, and he looked extremely unwell.

"It's precisely because there hasn't been an outbreak for so long that this sudden outbreak isn't surprising at all, is it?"

Aral sneered, "Otherwise, why do you think I left my territory?"

"This matter has almost spread among the remaining nobles of the Kingdom of Boshe. The nobles of various territories have basically left this land with their people, leaving only you commoners who are still kept in the dark."

"If you come with me now, you can still avoid this outbreak. If you stay here, you will only experience another apocalypse. Let's see if you are lucky enough to survive this time."

Across from them, the three men's faces turned pale in an instant, as if they had thought of some scene, and a hint of fear flashed in their eyes.

They remained silent for a long time before finally making a decision.

Ernie stepped forward and said to the knight opposite him, "Thank you for telling us this, sir. However, we all have families here and cannot leave immediately."

His expression gradually calmed down, and finally he said cautiously, "Why don't you wait here for us for a while, and then we can move our family together once we're ready?"

"Impossible!" Across from him, Aladi waved his hand dismissively, his face turning grim. "I've already made myself perfectly clear. The outbreak is imminent, and the strange events could occur at any moment. I can't possibly die here with you."

After saying this, he didn't bother to say anything more and left with a few followers.

Behind him, watching the other person's decisive departure, Erri's face showed a hint of hesitation, which quickly disappeared.

"Could what he said be true? Is the outbreak really coming?" The young man asked Erri with a hint of fear and unease in his eyes.

"That's just to scare you," the woman in the tattered leather robe said dismissively. "Apart from that one time three years ago, we've never encountered anything strange here. How could it suddenly erupt?"

"Their target is clearly not us. Even if we move all our family members there, we may not be able to gain their attention, and our lives may not be as good as they are now."

"With that powerful knight here, and given our good relationship, life will be much easier from now on, and we won't have to face the dangers we used to."

She looked at Adir, who was standing quietly in the distance, and said excitedly.

"But..." The young man hesitated, but in the end he did not say anything in rebuttal.

(End of this chapter)