Wizard Immortal

Chapter 416 Return

One morning, a light rain slowly sprinkled across the land, gently washing away the blood that stained it, letting it flow deep into the earth.

Standing before an ancient building, Adir gazed at the distant scenery, the countless ruins and mangled corpses, and was momentarily speechless.

Beside him, Venus stood stunned, her eyes filled with an indelible fear and awe.

Just yesterday, Adir arrived at the battlefield where the allied forces were fighting the Kingdom of Karadis, and then the entire battlefield was instantly overturned.

With just one strike, all the enemy camps were destroyed. The corpses of hundreds of thousands of soldiers lay on the ground, washed away by the elemental particles of the Great Cataclysm, and died instantly.

This single blow rewrote the entire battle, averting the crisis for the Kingdom of Karadis, and revealing Adir's terrifying power to the world.

The impact of a remote live stream and watching in person are completely different. Even though they had witnessed some footage of Adir's battle with the Silent Ones, Venus and the others still lacked a clear understanding of Adir's power. Although they knew he was very strong, they still didn't know exactly how far he could go.

But now they know.

With a single blow, the heavens and the earth shattered. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers armed with guns and cannons collapsed in an instant, not even a ripple could be made.

But all of this was nothing more than a casual strike to Adir.

Thinking of this, Venus lowered her head involuntarily, her awe deepening.

Standing beside Venus, Adir paid little attention to the awe and fear of those around him.

As a wizard, he had become accustomed to this attitude and was numb to it, so he would not react at all.

More than these attitudes, what he cared about was the battlefield before him.

Thinking of this, he looked up at the sky. In the sky, specks of black energy were slowly rising from the earth, gradually ascending into the heavens, slowly gathering into one huge, ferocious human face after another, carrying a trace of eeriness.

This is a combination of death energy, resentment, blood energy, and even the power of the soul.

The impact of hundreds of thousands of people dying in a single day is staggering, especially in a world where death energy and resentment can take form, a place most prone to giving birth to curses.

Countless corpses lay on the ground, their deaths at Adir's hands. The resentment and death energy they possessed in life rose up, supported by the blood and soul within their bodies, and together they easily gave birth to curses.

Given the sheer number of corpses here, given enough time, it's not impossible for a smaller forbidden zone to emerge.

Quietly raising his head to look into the distance, Adir silently reached out and, without anyone else seeing, grabbed a giant ghost face from the sky.

In the instant of mental contact, a massive flow of information surged into my mind.

"I don't want to die!!"

"Mother!"

"Led, my child, I will definitely come home..."

Voices echoed in my mind, carrying the last thoughts of some people before they died.

Some were unwilling to die in humility, some had elderly mothers at home, some missed their children... All these things were constantly eroding Adir's spiritual sea, gradually staining it with a light black hue.

Adir's expression remained calm. With a sweep of immense mental power, all sounds in his mind vanished, and not a ripple arose in his heart.

If Adir had been the young wizard he once was, sensing the sorrow and anxieties of these people, he might have been moved and felt regret. But now, having experienced so many worlds and witnessed so many tragic stories, he no longer cared about such matters.

It has nothing to do with nature or cruelty; it's just a habit.

Looking at the ruins before him, he stood there for a moment, then decided to walk forward.

This place before us is a natural breeding ground for curses. If it weren't for his interference, it would most likely give birth to a powerful curse.

Therefore, on the other hand, this place is also a good experimental base for Adir. By observing the situation here, he can learn in detail about the entire process of the curse's formation.

After explaining the situation to Venus, he quickly settled down in this place, built a new wooden house nearby, and lived there.

For the next two decades, he lived there until the experiment was completed, then moved to another location to continue his experiments.

Thanks to the world entering a period of recovery, this continent is filled with curses and war.

While the curse wreaked havoc, many kingdoms quickly perished, and armies from all over the country waged war, creating one breeding ground after another for the curse.

Adir wandered across the continent, helping Leon resolve troubles on several occasions and accelerating his efforts to unify the land.

Finally, sixty years later, this continent was largely unified by Lyon, and the remaining kingdoms were either forced to submit or directly controlled by Lyon.

The Kingdom of Calradis officially became an empire, becoming the seventh unified empire in the history of this continent.

Of course, compared to other empires, the Caddis Empire, in addition to unifying the territory of the entire continent, also possesses what is known as the world's number one Awakened One.

After the establishment of the new empire, Leon became increasingly wary of and covetous of Adir's power. If he could, he would surely choose to capture Adir and send him directly to the laboratory.

Unfortunately, due to the fear of Adir's power, this was destined to remain just a dream.

On the surface, Lyon bestowed upon Adir the title of Duke of Glory, establishing him as a small, independent duchy in the wild north of the continent. Among the common people, however, Adir's reputation grew daily, though not for good reasons.

He is known as the World Destroyer, corresponding to the Silent Killer God, both belonging to the infamous category.

This was naturally the result of Lyon's behind-the-scenes manipulation. Over the years, Adir had frequently annihilated enemy armies for him, and many enemy soldiers had died at his hands. Consequently, the families and nations behind these soldiers naturally harbored hatred towards Adir, their enemy.

With this foundation, and with King Lyon secretly fueling the flames, Adir's reputation naturally wouldn't be good. In the vast territory occupied by Calradis, his reputation was comparable to that of the Silent Ones, making him infamous.

Of course, Adir didn't care much about these things, and even sneered inwardly.

He was no saint, and he had already foreseen everything Leon was doing back when he helped him.

The reason they didn't react to these things was simply because Leon had already been given a trap.

Back in the Maison region, he had already used the Heart-Eating Potion extracted from the Heart-Eating Demon on Leon.

Perhaps Leon himself was unaware that he appeared to be quite normal on the surface, maintaining his rationality and independence well.

But in reality, if Adir wanted to, he could just utter a single thought and Leon's mind would be stripped away, completely controlled by Adir.

With this backup plan in place, he naturally wouldn't care about Lyon's actions over the years.

In fact, it wasn't just Lyon. Over the years, through the continuous expansion of the Calradis Empire, he had already laid countless hidden traps. Currently, he controls quite a few high-ranking officials within the Calradis Empire.

The same applies to the common people; several psychic families that secretly rebelled against the Caladis Empire have basically all submitted to him.

The same applies to the descendants of Coral and Tilly.

These hidden forces can be mobilized by him when necessary, and if he wants, replacing a king is not a problem at all.

The reason I did all this was to prepare for my return to this world in the future.

This world is rich in resources, far surpassing the worlds Adir has experienced in the past. Moreover, within this world, there is a curse that can continuously harvest world energy.

If one day in the future, Adir reaches a higher level, he will be able to build a world gate between the two worlds and truly take over this world.

It was for this purpose that he carried out these underhanded tactics, leaving them for the future.

Time continued to pass. More than twenty years passed after the war was quelled. In the heart of the Caladis Empire, within the former Kingdom of the Purple Gold Flower, an earthquake struck without warning, followed by the spread of a curse.

After more than eighty years of slumber, the dormant creature has revived and reappeared within the original Kingdom of Purple Gold Flowers.

The news sent shockwaves through the entire Caladis Empire.

Amidst the intense anticipation of the world, Sim, the world's first awakened being who had been in seclusion for many years, re-emerged and encountered the Silent Ones within the former Purple Gold Flower Kingdom, sparking another battle.

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A faint sense of haziness rose from the depths of his heart, and with a strange feeling, Adir opened his eyes.

Before him was a laboratory he hadn't seen in a long time. Inside, a familiar yet strange feeling wafted over, startling Adir and making him feel a distortion of time and space.

Feeling this sensation, he silently closed his eyes, and his experiences of over eighty years in the cursed world slowly flooded his mind.

From the initial reincarnation to the two battles with the Silent Ones, and finally the return... these scenes were recreated in my mind, as if I were reliving them all.

Finally, once his body had accepted everything, he opened his eyes again. His gaze was no longer blank and confused, but had returned to its former calmness, tinged with a touch of world-weariness.

"I'm back."

He looked around at the scene and spoke as such.

(End of this chapter)