Wizard's Journey

Chapter 139 Delicious Captive

After Peranos and the white-robed wizard put away their contracts, they glanced at each other and immediately changed their expressions from relief to sadness followed by disappointment and surprise followed by emotion.

After the special emotional exchange between the two subsided, their expressions gradually returned to calm.

The white-robed wizard suddenly hesitated and said, "Third Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother has been inviting me to serve as the Dean of his Wizard Tower Academy for years. Although I find it troublesome and don't want to go, the conditions he offered are really..."

Peranos raised an eyebrow, casually glanced around at the beautiful and peaceful castle gardens, and sighed, "It's up to you. Your mentor has already informed you about that distant, unknown world and its unknown civilization. If you're not confident about advancing to the Saintly Mark Wizard level, it's good to cultivate some fresh blood for the wizarding world."

"Um."

The white-robed wizard nodded, and two chasing butterflies flew past the white-robed wizard and Peranos.

Suddenly, the white-robed wizard seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, how did the Black Tower Wizarding Academy in District Twelve, where you are now the dean, perform in this year's Holy Tower Qualification Battle? How many of the youngsters obtained the qualification to become prospective Demon Hunter Wizards?"

puff...

Upon hearing his junior brother's question, Peranos, who had just been looking sentimental, couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if he had thought of something extremely ridiculous.

The white-robed wizard asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Ahem, it's nothing. This year, a total of sixteen wizarding apprentices from the Black Tower Wizarding Academy have obtained the qualification of prospective witch hunter wizards, which is the best result since I became the headmaster of the Black Tower Academy." Although Peranos spoke so calmly, the suppressed smile deep in his eyes revealed that this explanation was just a cover for something else.

The white-robed wizard, oblivious to Peranos's unusual behavior, exclaimed in surprise, "So many? It seems the wizards holding positions in the academy really do reap the rewards faster... sigh..."

After sighing, the white-robed wizard curled his lip and said, "Twenty years ago, I spent three years chasing a dark wizard's trail in a remote sea area of ​​the Wizarding Continent before I finally found him. In addition, my apprentice Cameron obtained the qualification of the Bright Wizard Guard, and the amount of wizard essence he gained was not even half of what you earned."

Shaking his head, the white-robed wizard fell into a brief moment of thought, seemingly considering the possibility of becoming the academy's dean.

Suddenly, the castle gate was pushed open, and a chubby little girl, only half a meter tall, wearing a colorful flower wreath on her head and with baby fat on her face, ran out happily. She was holding a decorative magic wand and wearing an exquisitely decorated wizard's robe. She was extremely cute.

"Grandpa Wutong, Daddy's back! Daddy's back!" the little girl exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down.

Oh?

Surprised and excited, the voice came from Peranos. He picked up the chubby, adorable little girl. The little girl wasn't shy at all and didn't seem uncomfortable being held by Peranos. She just looked up at the sky.

The white-robed wizard known as Wutong looked up and glanced at the dragon before saying to Peranos, "Yes, Cameron is back. He tamed that dragon from the abyss ten years ago, and it has pretty good potential."

A shadow fell from the sky.

Peranos smiled mysteriously and then asked, "It seems he's decided to follow the same path as Youquan. How's it going? Has he broken through the first level of his wild instincts?"

"Hmm, his instincts are very strong; he broke through twenty years ago. Of course, he can't compare to Youquan," Wu Tong added unhappily.

woohoo...

The shadow slowly descended from the sky. It was a flying creature with wingspans of five or six meters, its flapping wings creating a gust of wind.

It has enormous, bat-like fleshy wings, a body covered in hard, cold scales like a crocodile, a thick tail, two pairs of eagle-like claws on its hind feet and wings, and a massive mouth full of ferocious fangs at the end of its thick, meter-long neck. Thick smoke with a pungent sulfurous smell billows from its nostrils, and its eyes are strangely narrowed like those of a serpent, with a cold gleam, as if it too observes the world through the radiation of hot and cold temperatures.

This is the dragon from the deepest abyss of the wizarding world, and also the "symbiotic worm" of the dragon-training wizard.

At that very moment, on the back of this strong, ferocious, and mighty dragon, a man in armor jumped down, looked at Peranos with slight surprise for a moment, and then, as if remembering something, exclaimed in surprise, "Taoist Peranos."

As he spoke, the handsome man with sharp features performed standard wizarding rituals toward Peranos.

Roar!

Suddenly, the enormous dragon roared and, as if by illusion, gradually shrank, shrinking to the size of a little finger in just a few breaths. Then, with incredible agility, it climbed up the man's thigh to his shoulder and then burrowed into his ear.

It turns out that the dragons of the Flying Dragon Body Refining Wizard also possess such abilities.

No wonder I didn't see Senior Sister Youquan's flying dragon back then, now I understand.

"Hmm, hehe, not bad! It's been decades since I last saw you. You've gotten quite strong, and you've even managed to get your hands on an abyssal dragon from the underground space," Peranos said with a smile.

"dad……"

Barbara ran into Cameron's arms and snuggled up to him. Cameron nodded shyly to the two wizards and then took the little girl aside to talk.

"Hehe, Cameron, you saw it too. That kid Varo has no chance of winning. Third Senior Brother, when do you want to renew our bet..." Wu Tong said with a laugh, as he took out the bet that had just been put away.

"Hmm? The bet can be completed anytime! Right now too." Peranos suppressed a strange laugh and said calmly.

"Haha, so you're saying that as the mentor, you're just admitting defeat? Haha, well then, I'm planning a trip soon, and I'll stop by your place to pick up those pufferfish..."

"Well……"

Peranos suddenly pulled Wutong aside with a serious expression, and asked with feigned doubt, "Junior brother, I never said that Varo would fight your disciple Cameron!"

Ok?

Wu Tong was taken aback, then sneered, "Third Brother Pei, we signed a contract. Look at this contract; it clearly states that you are our newly accepted disciple. What, do you dare to break the contract?"

Wu Tong sneered, and the title of Third Senior Brother immediately reverted to Pei Laosan.

"Ha, ha, ha ha..."

Peranos, laughing strangely as if he were twitching, threw out a small ball of light. The moment the ball touched the ground, it transformed into Grin. Only then did Peranos composed himself and say calmly, "Ahem, junior brother, come and see a disciple I took in from among my students seventeen years ago, Grin."

"Greetings, Lord Wutong." Green performed the wizard's greeting with some embarrassment.

"You, you, you..."

Wu Tong pointed at the halo above Green's head, staring dumbfounded at Peranos. After repeatedly uttering "You, you, you" several times, he suddenly screamed and roared, "Third Brother Peranos, you liar! You big liar! You really are still that same bastard! I knew it, I knew it! How could you, you cunning glutton, possibly return those delicious fish to me? You clearly only wanted my Seven-Flavor Fruit Tree... Ah, ah! You liar, liar!"

cough cough...

"Junior Brother Wutong, you need to be mindful of your elder's manners." With that, Peranos chuckled mischievously, "Junior Brother, you probably don't know this, but the top wizard apprentice in the Dark Wizard faction of Districts 11-15 of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower this time is my precious disciple. Haha, don't you think you, as the elder, should... show some appreciation?"

puff……

The white-robed wizard was nearly spitting blood with rage, and at the same time, he pointed at Green in utter shock, saying, "Him? The second Ghost Spring?"

Peranos nodded smugly, looking extremely satisfied with Green.

However, Green, who was already feeling awkward, felt a little disappointed when he heard the two seniors praise him as the second Senior Sister Youquan.

At this moment, in the eyes of these elders... am I just a shadow of my former senior sister?

"Uh, Junior Brother Green? Hello!" Cameron walked over carrying Barbara, looking at the halo above Green's head with some surprise, and at the same time feeling puzzled by his mentor Wu Tong's behavior.

Clearly, he was unaware of the bet his mentor had made.

However, when Cameron looked into the eyes beneath Green's pale mask—eyes that were gradually becoming as steady, calm, wise, and cruel as those of some older wizards—he instinctively felt a slight sense of oppression.

This Green is... terrifying!

This junior brother is definitely a more terrifying wizard apprentice than any of the guys I know!

Green also performed a wizarding ritual, saying, "Brother Cameron."

"Green!"

The white-robed wizard suddenly called out Green's name. Green quickly went over, bowed his head, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Wutong."

"Hmph, we're all wizards of the same lineage, so I won't waste time with your nonsense. I, as your senior, only have one request for you: don't become a glutton like your mentor!" Wu Tong glared at Peranos before pulling out a small ball made of about thirty meters of green silk thread and handing it to Green. "This is the Green Python Thread. It's not very effective against second-level wizards with elemental bodies, but it's a simple energy conservation sealing medium for some body-refining wizards, first-level wizards, and those physical alien creatures. Of course, you can only use it after you advance to a formal wizard and gain control over the power of nature."

Green took the ball of green python thread in surprise. This was the true magical artifact a wizard should possess!

As for foodies...

In Green's plan, after the Seven Rings Holy Tower advances to become a formal wizard, it will likely transform into a glutton, with the aim of enhancing its body's basic elemental energy resistance through evolution.

Of course, wizards call those who focus on savoring food as a form of mental relaxation "food captives," and the opposite is "gourmet," who can also be considered a type of arcane wizard.

Therefore, Green was destined to disappoint this "Uncle Wutong".

(End of this chapter)