Wizard's Journey

Chapter 113 The Partially Covered Veil

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Green slowly turned his head, his pale mask concealing a strange look, as he gazed at the iceberg with a crack in it.

"This feeling... could it be a sealing technique?"

Green was puzzled.

"But logically speaking, it's impossible for a wizard apprentice to master sealing techniques, because the energy involved involves the stability and conservation of energy... No, if it's combined with her innate talent for manifesting, plus the dedicated training of some high-level wizards, then it's somewhat possible."

Crack, snap, smack...

As Green pondered, two more cracks spread across the giant iceberg, as if a terrifying monster was awakening within it, and the small iceberg was gradually becoming too small to contain the size of that monster.

"What a coincidence, the battle actually happened right above my own hidden burrow. It seems I accidentally broke the sealing spell when I came out. No wonder these people were so observant..."

As Green was deep in thought, a hateful roar erupted.

"Pale Mask Grimm! You filthy worm, thieving rat, disgusting cockroach! How could you... Do you know the enormity of your actions? Do you know how many wizarding apprentices in District 12 will lose their witch-hunting qualifications because of this? Do you know what kind of monster you unleashed? You don't know, you know nothing, you would never understand, you're just an ignorant and weak wizarding apprentice..."

In the end, Mina, the Son of the Sun, supporting Millie, roared through tears, "The powerful warrior from District 15 that my sister sealed away with all her might, and yet you..."

"Mina..."

The cold light of the Ice Age had long since vanished. He sighed, shook his head, and said softly, "Never mind. I'm not the only strong one in District Twelve. There's also the Primal Curse, Aliro. We still have a chance!"

At this point, Millie looked at Green, who still had that mysterious look on his face, only now he seemed even more imposing, powerful, and mysterious than during the Regional Academy War.

However, at this moment, this could no longer attract Millie's attention.

Millie said regretfully, "It's a pity... I promised you I would look forward to your performance in the Holy Tower Qualifying Tournament, but now you won't have the chance to show it. Leave the secret realm as soon as possible, otherwise, with that guy's superb sonic magic, you might not even have a chance to crush the badge. I wonder how many wizard apprentices in District 12 will be killed or eliminated by this guy."

Millie closed her eyes and sighed.

"I was really looking forward to seeing how your Grimm's Three Secret Great Sorcery would perform, but now..."

Finally, Millie glanced at Green, a hint of disappointment on her face, before slowly taking a clear crystal bottle from her waist pouch.

After gently unscrewing the bottle cap, a mosquito-like creature emitted a low buzzing sound, then flew off in one direction and disappeared.

"Brother Grimm, what are you doing here? Get out of here! Run! There's an incredibly powerful wizard apprentice in that iceberg, a monster that even all of us combined can't defeat!"

Yorkriana looked at Green's bewildered expression and called out anxiously.

Soram shook his head and sighed softly, "Let's hurry. Green is not weak; he should be able to buy us some time. He's stronger than you think; he's probably close to my level. Now, we must try our best to avoid encountering that wizard apprentice who's about to break free in District Twelve."

squeak...

The white mouse on Yunli's shoulder squealed twice.

Yun Li shook his head and murmured, "I never expected that the wizard apprentice in the Hidden Rift would be him. I originally planned to show him my witchcraft in this Holy Tower qualification battle and turn the tide after that defeat, but it turned out like this."

"That sharp-tongued queen has been expelled from the secret realm, so he can go out and keep that wicked woman company."

Bibi Leona smiled slightly, a hint of joy in her eyes.

Looking at the white mask, Luo Jia recalled the unsung figure he had encountered during his attack on Raffi, and murmured, "It was him?"

Further away, Yatz, his hunched back pounding with rage, stomped his feet and screamed hoarsely, "Damn it! Just one step away..."

"Ah! Ah! That bastard Green, yes, his name is Green, that coward hiding behind Raffi at Blacksota Wizarding Academy!"

Hey……

With a sigh, Yaz glared at Green with resentment, preparing to get as far away as possible before the monster in the iceberg completely broke the seal.

After all, the legendary battle between wizard apprentices has ended, the show is over, and there's no reason to stay here any longer.

Apart from Yokliana, everyone looked at Grimm with disappointment. Looking at Grimm, who was wearing bright metal armor, wielding the domineering Hydra greatsword, and wearing a mysterious pale mask, he "seemed" to be a very burly, wild, and mysterious wizard apprentice. Deep down, they sighed again.

What good is the aura that comes from such preparation, dressing up, and embellishment?

The weak will always be weak, and the strong will always be strong.

Hey……

A silent sigh.

…………

Everyone unconsciously looked at Green with emotion, as if Green's increasingly imposing and powerful aura was due to his deliberate charade, even though he was always like that.

The outfit that Green had never cared about before was now starting to attract the attention of these people.

Because no one realized that they had begun to be unwilling to accept the Green they perceived as having an oppressive aura, because at this moment they were actually feeling the oppressive force that a weak person feels when facing a strong person.

After they subconsciously refuse to admit it, they begin to numb and blind themselves with excuses that they themselves find laughable during their rational phase.

This……

It is that layer of foolishness between truth and falsehood, between wisdom and folly, between truth and absurdity, called self-comfort, self-escape, and self-anesthesia—the foolishness of human nature.

Green looked at everyone, standing silently on the empty, white ice, quietly observing the rich and varied expressions on everyone's faces, experiencing the different inner worlds of everyone at this moment. A feeling of indifference and loneliness, as if he had just entered the ship and was in the many cabins on the fifth floor, as people shouted at the beaten Yokris, reappeared once again.

At that moment, an indescribable feeling of loneliness permeated Green's heart.

It seems that as one gets closer and closer to the summit of the mountain, to the moment of fulfilling one's dream, a powerful heart looks down at the many people at the foot of the mountain, but there are no companions above one's head who are equal to oneself. One's goal is about to be achieved, and all that remains for the future is confusion and loneliness.

Green didn't know what his future goals would be after reaching this peak.

Could it be that he has become weak-willed and, like the Ming Wizard, is leading the people at the foot of the mountain forward in search of so-called companions?

Do not……

This is not what Green wants. Green is always rational and in control of himself, and he will never allow such weakness to appear in his heart!

After his disappointment and dejection, Green suddenly gave a soft laugh.

What nonsense am I thinking? Right now, I'm just a member of one of the five factions in the Seven Rings Holy Tower qualifying battle!

What peak? I've never even seen any of the other wizard apprentices from the five regions in this Dark Wizard faction qualification battle. I haven't even won the highest reward yet, and I'm already experiencing this kind of ignorant, foolish loneliness...

Green's chuckle was actually a mockery of his own ignorance.

but……

Green's chuckle was interpreted by others as his ignorance of the situation, as if he were a fool who didn't understand the situation, and that he saw everyone's expressions as just making a fuss, and that he was actually mocking everyone's cowardice and fear.

At this moment, everyone began to feel a slight aversion to Green.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Green gently shook his head, still disdainful of using pale words to explain anything. During his wizarding apprenticeship, Green always wore a pale mask.

Suddenly, in a blur, Green punched the summit of the glacier!

boom!

With a violent tremor, seemingly in response to Green, the inside of the iceberg also shook violently!

Then, a series of "creaking" sounds erupted like a death symphony. Countless cracks spread outwards from the iceberg like the bared teeth and claws of a ferocious monster, accompanied by a low roar, as if a terrifying monster was about to appear and descend upon the world!

"Ah! Green..."

Just as she was about to run away, Yorkriana turned around and screamed in disbelief. The people next to her, including Yunli, Solem, and Roga, were also horrified. Yorkriana's face was extremely pale.

"He's gone mad! He's completely insane!"

Yaz's hunched body howled hoarsely, but the cold, numbness in his legs prevented him from escaping any faster.

Ice Age Millie trembled, clutching the badge tightly in one hand and pulling back the Sun Child who was trying to rush out with the other, her face filled with incomprehensible sorrow.

Millie demanded, "Why did this happen? Why did you do this... In such a short time, there's no way District Twelve's only hope could have gotten here. District Twelve has no hope in this Holy Tower Qualifying Battle..."

Mina screamed, "Grin... since you're so eager to be eliminated, let me personally deal with you, you pseudo-Phoenix Body! What kind of destined enemy are you? You don't deserve to be called that! Because you shouldn't even exist in this world; your existence is an insult to the great and unique Phoenix Body!"

Ding!

A faint, invisible sound wave emanated from within the iceberg. The Son of the Sun, who had rushed out, changed his expression drastically. No longer caring about Grin, he instantly unleashed endless crimson flames to protect the weakened Millie with a boom.

Crack! Crack!

boom!

Under a surging and violent invisible sonic wave, countless ice cone fragments exploded and flew everywhere in sight, just like countless small ice elements.

At the center of countless exploding ice spikes, a terrifying monster was born, as if an unparalleled ferocious beast from an unknown world had descended. Accompanied by a low, excited, and evil laugh, a curled-up figure slowly stood up from the broken ice mountain.

Amidst the swirling frost and mist, a pair of burning eyes gradually brightened as the head slowly rose.

"Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hahahaha! Yes, this feeling of being alive, this feeling of excitement, this feeling of every cell in my body cheering and jumping for joy, it's this feeling of being reborn and having my life sublimated..."

Slowly, the figure floated up, and the swirling, icy mist was pushed away by an invisible force.

Its unparalleled power was like the sun's rays in the sky, bursting forth with unstoppable, incomparable, and absolute majesty.

At this moment, this mysterious wizard apprentice from District 15 actually gave people an absolute sense of oppression that was impossible to resist, just like an ordinary civilian trying to defy the sun in the sky!

Hiding weakly behind the Son of the Sun, Ice Age Millie slowly closed her eyes and murmured, "It's... over..."

Beneath a black robe in space, a pair of eyes silently swept over the terrified wizard apprentices. Then, the fifteenth district wizard apprentice looked down at Grimm, who stood silently on the ground beneath his feet, his eyes filled with a playful and mocking excitement.

The powerful wizard apprentice said in a low voice, "So it was you, a wizard apprentice from District 12, who released me? What a wonderful experience! Thank you, thank you for giving me such a wonderful experience! Heh heh heh heh heh! Well... in return, you are entitled to know my name. I am Hillwoods, who has been feared by all wizard apprentices in District 15 for a hundred years! Now, you will receive the highest honor, for the great Hillwoods will personally deliver it to you..."

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the ice layer where Green stood cracked open, and his body became a blur in the sky. The Hydra Greatsword fell with unparalleled power, but was blocked by a strange short blade.

The sky fell silent, and an invisible sound wave erupted!

boom!

Under the relentless, brutal force of the Green, accompanied by an irresistible repulsive force, the wizard apprentice from District 15, with his pupils shrinking and a shriek of disbelief, was reduced to a blur as he plummeted onto the newly risen hillside and embedded himself within it.

Countless cracks spread out again from the center of the ice cave, and large pieces of ice shards flew everywhere.

"There's just too much boring talk..."

In the sky, Green coldly glanced at the ice cave.

(End of this chapter)