Wizard Immortal

Chapter 93 Choice (Seeking monthly votes!!)

Sitting quietly on the edge of the bed, Adir silently took stock of his belongings.

Adir didn't hesitate for long before making his decision regarding the two choices given to him by his mentor, Edith.

The secret realm left by the ancient wizards may be wonderful, but nothing is more important than one's own life.

From his mentor Edith's description, Adir had already foreseen the bloodshed that was about to engulf this region.

The allure of the ancient secret realm is extremely strong for wizards. It is foreseeable that various wizard families and wandering apprentices will be drawn to this realm in the future. Coupled with the apprentices of several wizard organizations, the competition and danger will be too intense.

While the secret realm may contain a wealth of valuable resources and knowledge, it is not of great importance to Adir.

His current strength is only second-class, and because he has mastered the art of potion making, he is not short of magic stones for the time being, so there is no need for him to risk his life to venture into the secret realm.

"Furthermore, in terms of resources, how can a mere secret realm compare to an entire new world?"

Turning to look out the window, Adir thought calmly to himself.

Adir possesses the talent to travel between worlds. As long as he waits patiently for the energy to accumulate, he can travel to other worlds and directly obtain resources and knowledge from them when the time comes.

With such prospects, he was naturally unwilling to risk his life for the resources in a mere secret realm.

"Nearly one hundred healing potions, over two hundred magic stones, and some other miscellaneous items..."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Adir quietly took stock of the things he had accumulated over this period of time.

On the bed, there was a pile of odds and ends. But the most important items were nearly a hundred doses of healing potions and the two hundred-plus magic stones he had saved up over this period.

With the aid of the chip, Adir's success rate in refining potions far exceeded others' expectations. Now, due to his increasing purity, his success rate in refining healing potions alone has increased to nearly one-third.

The potions in front of him were what he had accumulated over this period of time. In order to conceal his success rate in refining them, he had not chosen to sell them before, but had slowly saved them up.

"The conscription is about to begin. Although the academy has not yet issued an official notice, the atmosphere in the academy is already a bit strange. The prices of various potions and enchanted items are skyrocketing."

Sitting on the bed, Adir quietly pondered: "If I sell these potions now, I can definitely make a lot of magic stones. And under the current circumstances, even if it attracts the attention of some people, they definitely won't have time to investigate in detail."

"In addition, of the materials that Grace gave us before, only half have been used so far, and a lot are still left in the laboratory and cannot be taken away."

"These materials shouldn't be wasted either. As Instructor Edith said, there's still a month until the academy's mandatory conscription, which gives us some free time to refine some potions to replenish our supplies."

Thinking about his next move, Adir got up, picked up some things from the bed, and walked straight into the distance.

After leaving the dormitory building, he stopped on the road and chatted with some apprentices he knew well.

After a brief probing, Adir discovered a pattern.

Those apprentices with mentors seem to have already been notified by their respective mentors, while those without mentors or backgrounds are still being kept in the dark. Although they can sense that something is amiss in the academy's atmosphere, they do not know the reason behind it.

"Indeed, discrimination exists everywhere."

Standing there, looking at the apprentices in the distance, Adir sighed with emotion.

After a while, he arrived at the familiar underground market.

Compared to before, there are significantly more apprentices here, and they are all walking around in a hurry, constantly moving back and forth.

As he walked around, Adir casually looked around.

Compared to the past, the prices of some materials have dropped significantly, but few apprentices are willing to buy them. In contrast, the prices of potions and enchanted items are skyrocketing, and they are often snapped up as soon as they appear.

After standing still for a moment and thinking it over, Adir walked to a corner.

There, he saw Ella, dressed in a gray robe, the same person who had sold the equipment for making potions to Adir.

"Adir, what brings you here?"

Standing in the corner, Ella looked at Adir, who had suddenly appeared, with some surprise: "Have you also chosen to stay?"

"As expected, you received the message too."

Looking at the old man in front of him, Adir remained calm and quietly observed him.

"Heh." Ella raised her right hand and pointed to herself: "Although I'm practically a useless person now, I've known some people after all these years at the academy."

"But you, now that you've become a pharmacist, why do you want to go on this adventure with us?"

He gave a self-deprecating look and asked Adir with a puzzled expression.

Adir shook his head, offering no explanation, but instead asked, "And you? Knowing the risks were immense, why did you still go in?"

"I am different from you."

At this point, Ella's face showed a bitter expression: "I've tried twice to become a formal wizard, and my mental energy is almost gone. I can't even construct a spell template, let alone advance to a formal wizard."

"The academy is offering generous rewards for this recruitment. If I can find some resources among them, I might be able to exchange them for a bottle of activating potion and try to make another attempt."

Hearing his words, Adir stood there and shook his head inwardly.

"I have some healing potions on hand, I hope you can help me get rid of them."

He looked at the other person, said nothing more, and went straight to the point.

"A healing potion?"

Ella was taken aback: "These things are easy to sell right now. How many do you have?"

"About a hundred portions," Adir said calmly.

"Cough...cough..."

Opposite Adir, listening to his words, Ella looked at him with some disbelief: "How much did you say?"

"Okay... this number is indeed a bit too much, but in the current environment, it's perfectly fine to deal with it."

After confirming with Adir several times, Ella's expression barely returned to calm as she looked at Adir and said, "Moreover, because of the price increase of potions, even if we sell in large quantities, the price of each potion can rise to about eight magic stones."

Hearing the price, Adir calmly nodded: "If possible, I hope you can help me find some potion recipes, ancient potions or incomplete recipes are fine."

"As a trade-off, when the formula is used as a trade-off, the price of each potion can be reduced to six magic stones."

Upon hearing this, Ella's eyes lit up: "If that's the case, I can help you get it done."

"We'll have results in just three days."

"Then let's set a time to meet in three days." Hearing the other person's words, Adir nodded and agreed to the suggestion.

After agreeing on the time and place for the transaction, Adir turned and walked away to other places.

The first place we went to was the mission lobby.

Upon entering, one could see some apprentices moving around, though there weren't many of them.

Upon arriving here, Adir did not hesitate and immediately looked at the missions that had long time limits and were far away from the academy.

"Inspect the southern mountains; mission duration: two years."

"Suppress the sea creatures in the waters of Lyondo. The mission has a three-year timeframe."

Adir frowned as he glanced at the tasks. "I was careless. There are only a limited number of tasks in the academy that are far from this area. Most of the tasks that meet the requirements have already been taken by people who are preparing to leave the academy."

"Fortunately, the academy instructors have only just notified their apprentices, and many are still considering it, which is why they haven't all taken all the tasks."

"However, judging from the situation, if I had arrived a day or two later, I might have faced the predicament of being unable to leave."

Uraldor Academy is, after all, a wizarding organization, and the academy itself is located in a dangerous area with only a few safe roads accessible.

Without a legitimate reason, the guardians of the academy gates would not allow apprentices to pass through, leaving them locked inside the academy in vain.

"With this buffer period, by the time those ordinary apprentices without connections realize what's happening, all the suitable tasks will have already been taken, and they can only stay in the academy waiting to be recruited."

Thinking of this, Adir shook his head and then continued to look at the stone slab in front of him.

"Investigate the mutated, bloodthirsty orcs that have appeared near the Kingdom of Gumodo, with a two-year timeframe..."

After a while, he looked up at a task displayed on a stone slab in the distance, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"The Kingdom of Gumodo is far from here, and the mission gives us a lot of time, which is more than enough to meet my requirements."

"Moreover, that area is different from where the academy is located. Although there are supposedly some scattered wizards there, most of them are from small schools of wizards, and there are no powerful wizarding organizations stationed there. With my strength, I only need to be careful of some possible third-class apprentices, and I won't be in too much danger."

Standing there, looking at the task before him, Adir quietly pondered: "Besides, although that place is remote and backward, since there are wizard activities there, there should still be some basic resources and spellcasting materials available, so we shouldn't have to worry about some basic materials."

Wizards need a lot of resources to learn, including not only various potions, but also materials needed for various experiments, including spellcasting materials, all of which are indispensable.

While in the academy, Adir doesn't have to worry about these things, but if he goes to other regions, he will have to worry about these resources.

On islands like the Baru Archipelago where Adir used to live, wizards have almost disappeared. Apart from other factors, the harsh environment and the extinction of various wizard resources are definitely the biggest reasons.

Having made up his mind, Adir stood still, composed himself, and walked to a corner to the side.

"What kind of mission do you want to take?"

A voice came from ahead, asking Adir.

After Adir confirmed the mission and registered some information on paper, the grey-robed apprentice in charge of mission assignment glanced at Adir and then handed him a jet-black ring.

That concludes today's update! Happy National Day everyone!

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