Wizard Immortal

Chapter 613 Request

waste.

This is Adir's assessment of the monsters before him, not only of Him, but of everyone present, or rather, of the monsters.

The essence of the Soul Stone is the materialized soul power it contains. It devours soul power, and its main purpose is to absorb the soul power contained within the Soul Stone in order to enhance its own power.

However, the way these monsters use the Soul Stone is incredibly wasteful.

While directly consuming a Soul Stone would allow one to absorb its contained soul power, the majority of its power would likely dissipate slowly after being swallowed, leaving very little soul power that could be absorbed through the body – a tremendous waste.

More importantly, these Soul Stones are not pure; they contain the emotions of the living person in their previous life. If swallowed directly without purification, impurities will gradually accumulate in the body, directly affecting future potential and even one's emotions, slowly causing a drastic change in personality, leading to madness and paranoia.

"Having absorbed so many Soul Stones, Him is probably affected by the impurities contained within them by now..."

Looking at Him in the distance, Adir said softly to himself, then turned around and looked at the woman in front of him.

"Want it?" In front of Adir, most of the woman's body was covered by a black dress, and her face was also covered by a mask. However, the bulge in the sleeves of her clothes still revealed the woman's full figure.

Seeing Adir looking at her, she didn't say much, but looked at Adir with her eyes and spoke softly.

"A white one."

Standing still, Adir pondered for a while, then slowly nodded and took out a white soul stone from in front of him.

Having followed Gruul for so long, he hadn't gotten nothing; on the contrary, Gruul had bestowed upon him quite a few things in order to win over this Silver Knight.

Of the gold coins awarded, most of them were used up during the day, but there are still quite a few other good items left.

He casually took out some items from his person to exchange for the white soul stone, and was about to leave.

"Just a friendly reminder..." the gentle voice rang out again.

Before her, watching Adir turn to leave, the woman spoke again, her voice gentle: "If you intend to continue operating in the Kingdom of Tamru, try not to reveal your identity and location."

"The person who attacked you just now enjoys great power and status in the Kingdom of Tamru. Once his location is exposed, your fate will probably not be good."

She looked at Adir and, for reasons unknown, gave him a reminder.

"Thanks for the reminder." Adir glanced at the woman with some surprise, nodded, then stood up, supporting himself on the wooden table with one hand, and walked towards the door.

Outside the door, the beautiful woman who had welcomed Adir was still standing there, wearing that black uniform, exuding a strong sense of allure.

She saw Adir come out from inside, but didn't react much. She simply said, "We hold a gathering here on the first day of every month. If you're interested, you can come again then."

Adir nodded without replying, and walked past her without uttering a word, appearing unusually silent.

As he was about to leave the tavern, he paused, hesitated for a moment, then looked at the woman and said, "Aren't you afraid the church will find out you're holding a party here?"

"So what if we find out?" The woman raised her head, put down the broom, and retorted, "Everyone here is, on the surface, a nobleman of the kingdom..."

After saying that, she picked up the broom again and went to clean another room.

"They are all nobles and dignitaries of the kingdom..."

Standing there, gazing at the woman's retreating figure, pondering her words, Adir seemed lost in thought. Then, he took a step and walked out of the tavern.

The tavern seemed to be under some kind of unique spell. After Adir took a step out, he found that he could no longer see the tavern beside him. Instead, he had arrived in another part of Tam City, having been forcibly teleported here.

Clearly, this was a random teleportation mechanism, and a very clever one at that, so much so that Adir hadn't noticed it much before.

This certainly takes into account the privacy of guests, making them less likely to be tracked or have their identities exposed, but it has also brought some trouble to Adir.

At least, Adir's previous plan to catch up with those vampires and kill them all, including Him, can no longer be easily realized.

"Never mind, it's just a little more trouble."

Quietly raising his head, Adir silently granted Him a reprieve, put away his black clothes, and quickly walked towards his residence.

The night passed quickly.

On the second day of destiny, an outsider came to visit Adir's residence.

In the spacious hall, a middle-aged man with a respectful expression, wearing a long black robe and with long black and white hair sat quietly, his face calm, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

After a while, light footsteps were heard outside the hall, and then a figure walked in from the door.

Adir was wearing a white robe today, his long hair was a little wet, as if he had just taken a bath, and he was still steaming, his skin looked fair and rosy.

He wasn't carrying anything, only Wendy beside him. Upon seeing the middle-aged man, he asked, "Are you Kolon, the president of the Thorn Merchant Guild?"

"Yes." Upon hearing Adir's words, Koron quickly stood up, his smile respectful and humble.

In fact, the fact that they were placed here meant that their identities had already been verified, and Adir was just asking again casually.

After confirming his identity again, Adir nodded and waved to the middle-aged man with slightly graying long hair in front of him. Wendy, who was beside him, stepped forward and placed a small bag she was carrying on the table.

"This is the three hundred gold coins that the Bakuru family still owes you. You can settle it." Adir's voice rang out on time.

"My lord, I dare not accept your gold coins." Looking at the gold coins laid out on the wooden table in front of him, Kolon showed no intention of accepting them. The smile on his face became even more humble and respectful: "Yesterday, my subordinate did not understand your identity, my lord, so he dared to cause trouble for the Bakuru family. I apologize to you on his behalf."

"I have already handed over the five hundred gold coins I received yesterday to your steward."

After a day of investigation, he naturally understood who the young knight in front of him was. That's why he reacted this way. Not only did he not intend to accept the remaining money, but he also returned the money he had already accepted.

Adir was somewhat speechless, looking at the middle-aged man with graying hair in front of him, and was also a little surprised.

Eight hundred gold coins—that's no small sum. Even if the person in front of him knew his identity, it took considerable courage to simply refuse such a large amount of money.

However, he didn't react particularly to this. He merely glanced at the middle-aged man in front of him, pondered for a moment, and then casually said, "You're just going to give up such a large sum of money like that? What do you want from me?"

He had only asked casually, but upon hearing his words, Kolon immediately replied, "It's our duty not to accept your gold coins, sir. I'll be satisfied as long as you don't hold yesterday's matter against me."

"However, speaking of difficult things, there really is one recently..."

In an instant, a look of sorrow appeared on his face, and a deep bitterness appeared on his lips: "About half a month ago, my child was kidnapped by a group of bandits from the east on his way to Tamm."

"These robbers sent men over in the blink of an eye to extort gold coins from me, but after I delivered the gold coins, there was no response whatsoever, so..."

"So you want me to go and get the person for you?" Adir's expression didn't change as he listened to the other party's explanation; he simply replied.

"I dare not trouble you, sir, to take action yourself." At this moment, Kolon knelt down, his face filled with sorrow and bitterness. "Sir, you are different from us. With your status, you do not need to take action yourself. You only need to send any local sheriff to get my woman back."

"Those bandits only dare to extort merchants like ours; they would never dare to offend a knight like you, sir."

He spoke slowly and deliberately, and by the end, tears were welling up in his eyes. Wendy, who was standing next to Adir, couldn't bear it and looked at Adir.

Adir didn't seem to feel anything.

The man before him, Koron, was being blackmailed and looked pitiful. But when he sent people to blackmail the Bakuru family, did he ever think of anyone else?

After entering the Bakuru family that day, Adir had already learned some things from his subordinates.

Him owed far less than eight hundred gold coins; it was only two hundred. Yet, when facing Cirimu, he kept calling out eight hundred gold coins.

This kind of behavior is probably no different from that of the bandits outside.

Shaking his head inwardly, Adir looked at Colon in front of him and felt Wendy's gaze beside him. He was too lazy to explain to her the wickedness of human nature and simply nodded in agreement with her expectations.

It's just a matter of shouting a word.

After staying there for a while, seeing that Adir was not in a good mood to talk, Koron quickly made an excuse to leave and walked out of Adir's residence.

A while after he left, the manor's butler hurried over.

"My lord, the purse that gentleman returned contained two thousand gold coins more than usual," he whispered to Adir.

"They've certainly gone all out." Adir shook his head slightly, somewhat surprised by the other party's boldness, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He simply waved his hand, instructing the butler in front of him to go and summon the local sheriff, before turning and walking towards the backyard.

"I'm almost back to my peak as a Sky Knight. Those Soul Stones are quite valuable."

Feeling the abundant power coursing through his body, Adir nodded.

Last night, Adir consumed the white soul stone.

Unlike those crudely mutated creatures, Adir, as a wizard, possessed a far deeper understanding of the soul and a more sophisticated command of its power, thus absorbing and acquiring far greater strength.

However, despite being more efficient, Adir couldn't absorb too many Soul Stones in a short period of time.

Unlike those demonic beings who don't care about being corrupted, he needs time to slowly settle after absorbing each Soul Stone in order to consume the large amount of negative emotions and other impurities contained in those Soul Stones, so as to ensure that his own emotions are not affected by external forces.

"The white one takes about a month to absorb one, while the black one, although it doesn't contain as much power as the white one, takes even longer because it has too much negative emotion and impurities in its soul before death."

After roughly considering the time required to digest a Soul Stone, Adir made this judgment.

Since his reincarnation, his strength has recovered rapidly.

Having reached that level before, even if they start over, their speed would be terrifying.

Without the support of the power derived from his original body, even relying solely on himself, Adir was confident that he could break through the heavens and ascend to Radiance within half a year, becoming the Golden Knight of this world.

With the aid of these soul stones, his speed will be even greater, and he'll probably surprise some people soon.

"Gruul has been in the palace for three whole days, it's about time he came out."

Standing still, Adir turned around and looked in a certain direction in the distance: "After he comes out, let's go and take a look at Tam's Knight Academy."

The resources of the Tam Knight Academy were also a condition promised by Gruul when he recruited Adir.

With Adir's current strength, he naturally doesn't need to go to this academy to study anymore; even if he did go, he would only be an instructor or something similar.

What he cared about was the valuable information contained in the academy, including some of the royal collection, which might contain something that Adir needed.

"Also, although that knight academy is called 'Knight Academy,' it seems to have some mage lineages within it..."

Thinking about the information about that knight academy in his mind, Adir smiled: "How about we try impersonating a mage from this world?"

There are mages in this world; this was something Adir knew from the beginning.

However, compared to wizards in the Wizarding World, mages in this world are relatively more fragile. Not only are their physical strength inferior to that of wizards, but their methods of advancement are also somewhat different.

At lower levels, it's alright, but at higher levels, you basically have to rely on all sorts of methods. Some schools even have to rely on gods. Compared to wizards, they are much more limited in terms of their abilities.

Nevertheless, due to the scarcity and powerful, unpredictable nature of magic, mages remain a rare and noble profession in this world, making it a perfect disguise for Adir, a former wizard.

(End of this chapter)