Wizard's Journey

Chapter 154 Demon Hunter Benefits

One month later, in the central area of ​​the Tree of Life under the Seven Rings of Defense.

Naturally, Green chose to fight against witch hunters, which is also the final choice for most witch hunters.

Becoming a guardian of the wizarding world seems to offer more and better benefits, and more possibilities for future advancement, but the fact that one can never leave the wizarding world is something Grimm cannot tolerate.

Not to mention, before becoming guardians, these internal witch hunters spent most of their time selflessly dedicating themselves to the wizarding world and competing with each other after delaying the acquisition of certain qualifications.

Of course, generally speaking, once a witcher becomes a guardian of the wizarding world, the strength of these guardians will at least reach the level of the top-level third-tier witcher due to certain connections in the chains of rules. They are basically humanoid spaceships within the wizarding world.

As for the guardians of the higher-level wizarding world beneath the Black Sea vortex, they are estimated to be at least at the level of Saint Mark Wizards.

Moreover, the closer these guardians get to the heart of the world, the stronger they become.

Green even suspected that the black-robed witch with a small snowflake with curved eyelashes floating behind her on the seven-colored spacetime seal spell at the end of the World Heart Rift at the end of the lever of fate might have already reached the strength of a true spirit witch if she had not left the World Heart.

Life forms at this level can cause cataclysmic destruction with the slightest movement!

If it weren't for the fact that Green and his fellow wizarding apprentices were protected by the aura of peak wizarding apprentices, and that they were creatures of the wizarding world, embraced and protected by the Heart of the World, they might have been unconsciously killed by the power of the witch guardian the moment they saw her.

Of course, nowadays, the protective aura that Grimm had during his apprenticeship has completely disappeared after he became a full wizard.

These so-called top wizard apprentices, including Green, simply had a higher starting point than other wizard apprentices: an absolute and faster advancement to become a formal wizard, the protection of the original will of the wizarding world, and resources obtained through exchanging wizard essence.

Besides, Green and other top wizard apprentices who advanced to become demon hunters are just ordinary level one demon hunters, no different from other demon hunters.

At this moment.

Inside a towering building shaped like a giant skull, Naro, Yubo, and Grin officially became members of the Demon Hunter Wizards, participating in a simple ceremony along with other newly promoted Dark Side Demon Hunter Wizards.

Unlike open-world wizards, dark-world demon hunters don't engage in prolonged exchanges, communication, or social interactions. For them, the purpose of this ceremony is singular: to receive the most basic benefits of being a demon hunter—the Seven Rings Castle Laboratory under the Tree of Life and the once-in-a-hundred-years basic benefit of 10 magic essences.

A level one Demon Hunter Wizard receives a bonus of only 10 Wizard Essences once every hundred years. This isn't particularly significant for Green, who currently possesses 63 Wizard Essences. However, it is extremely valuable to newly promoted Demon Hunter Wizards.

Although both Philosopher's Stones and Wizard Essences are used as currencies in the Wizarding World, within the defensive shield of the Seventh Ring Tower, any item that can be purchased with Philosopher's Stones can also be traded with Wizard Essences, but the reverse is not true.

In this way, the importance of these 10 Witch Essences to a newly promoted Demon Hunter Wizard is no less than that of the Holy Tower Basic Training Course and Crystal Ball reward that an ordinary person receives when they first enter the Wizarding Academy.

Even Mina, the Son of the Sun, only has 10 Witch Essence in her low-level Demon Hunter Armor. Ordinary Arcane Wizards who train Demon Hunter Wizard disciples only receive 30 Witch Essence as a reward from the Holy Tower. Outer-level Demon Hunter Wizards and prospective Demon Hunter Wizards will receive even less.

Want to use the Holy Tower to leverage the rules of fate and travel to conquer alien worlds in the wizarding world?

Both are witch spirits...

As for the Holy Tower Residential Laboratory reward for the Witcher, it would be a big mistake to think that it is just a house that functions as both a residence and a laboratory.

Leaving aside the rich elemental environment inside the Holy Tower's defensive shield, the ease and comprehensiveness of acquiring basic knowledge, and the novelty and affordability of magical items and materials, the sheer value of these houses as fundamental coordinates connecting a small fragment of world space is already unimaginable!

Even a third-level archmage like Peranos, the academy's dean, doesn't possess a single genuine spatial magical artifact.

Of course, these houses are fundamentally different from the small world fragments and spatial artifacts they connect to.

First of all.

Once the right to use these castle laboratories is obtained, as long as the Witcher's soul imprint does not dissipate, the world fragments connected to these castles will forever be the Witcher's private property. However, once the Witcher dies, the world space fragments will be returned to the Witcher World Holy Tower.

If the Witcher's personal belongings are in the World Fragment, a Seven-Ring Contract will be signed before the Witcher obtains the right to use the castle. There are first and second heirs. If both heirs die at the same time, there will be first and second inheritance organizations.

As for the spatial artifact, it is essentially an enlarged version of a spatial pocket that can be used infinitely repeatedly.

Second.

The small world fragment within the coordinates of the Witcher Castle is a real world space within the Endless World, and its owner can freely enter and exit it. As for those so-called space artifacts, regardless of whether they utilize spacetime rifts, dimensional gaps, or various bizarre sealing abilities, they are merely spaces that cannot objectively exist within the Endless World, and witches cannot enter them.

At last.

For a witcher to open a fragment of their own world space, they need to utilize certain rules and principles of fate in a place possessing the original will of the wizarding world, and they need a stable input of magic power for a long time, similar to the requirement of seven totem poles during the novice trial.

Spatial artifacts, on the other hand, are carried by wizards and can be opened instantly, without any requirements from the original will of the wizarding world.

In short, the world space fragments obtained by the witcher and the real space artifacts each have their advantages and disadvantages, but for the witcher himself, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

After all, this is just a free benefit, and if the Demon Hunter Wizard loses the Origin Space Fortress while conquering other worlds, it means the war has failed. At that time, who would still consider opening their own space fragments?

Of course, it's unrealistic for witchers to think they can escape war by hiding in the world rifts.

The most important duty of a witch hunter is to protect the space fortress of the original will. As long as the space fortress exists, no witch hunter can escape. Otherwise, they will be the same as black wizards who harm the interests of humanity. Although they will not be officially recognized as black wizards, they will still face the death penalty.

If the space of the primordial will is destroyed, it means the war has been lost, and all the demon hunters will have to use their own abilities to escape.

However, without the original space fortress, the other worlds they conquer would lack the original will of the wizarding world, so how could the demon hunter wizards open their own world space fragments?

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The bustling hall was filled with about fifty or sixty people, all of whom were witch hunters who had successfully advanced from wizard apprentices to full wizards within the past month.

Among these wizards were not only members of regional academies, but also some members of the Central Arcane Wizarding Family and seeds specially cultivated within the Seven Rings Holy Tower.

Upon entering the hall, Nairo, Yubo, and Grin automatically separated.

Nairo, whose entire body was wrapped in black chains, attracted the attention of many wizards in the hall, but they were not too surprised. After all, there were several other strangely dressed dark wizards here, who were also very eye-catching.

Green stood tall in his three-piece armor. His eyes, hidden behind his pale mask, scanned the hall and then he suddenly spotted a familiar wizard. He had also advanced to become a formal wizard.

After thinking for a moment, Green still went over.

This wizard turned out to be Victor, the Mechanical Heart, whom Green had met several times during his time as a rookie.

Of course, if it were any other witcher with whom he had a normal relationship, Grimm wouldn't have taken the initiative to go over and strike up a conversation. But Victor was different, because Grimm had personally seen him playing with a Mech Heart in the second secret realm during the witcher apprentice trial. Although Grimm didn't know at the time that the small metal ball was the Mech Heart.

Now, however, Green wants to confirm the value of the Mech Heart through Victor. In fact, if Victor can offer a higher price, Green might as well trade the Mech Heart he accidentally obtained to Victor after referring to the price given by the Mingbu Demon Hunter witch, Guli Ni.

Viktor, the mechanical heart, naturally saw Green walking towards him wearing a pale mask.

Viktor's pupils contracted. Even now, Viktor still felt a sense of unbelievable fantasy about Grin, who had become a terrifying legend during the Holy Tower Qualifying Tournament!

Although Victor did not witness Grin's power firsthand during the trials, the various terrifying legends alone were enough to terrify Victor and other wizard apprentices of the same level, causing them to hide themselves as much as possible during the qualifying battles.

The feeling was as if a heavy shadow was constantly looming over my head; it was a nightmare-like feeling.

Viktor simply couldn't believe that a "pseudo-desperate" who had seemed somewhat ridiculous during the rookie trials would become the nightmare of all wizard apprentices in the Holy Tower Qualification Battle just over a decade later.

What terrifying ancient sorcery did he practice? What wondrous abilities did his mentor impart to him? What powerful, unknown talents does he possess?

All of this...

That's really unbelievable!

Even those wizarding apprentices who were hailed as legends were filled with fear upon hearing the name Grimm, which Viktor found utterly incomprehensible.

Viktor watched Green approach quietly, suppressing his subconscious resistance due to the various legends surrounding the other. The mechanical tail behind him, which had been in an instinctive defensive posture, slowly descended, and he calmly said, "Pale Nightmare, Green."

Shaking his head, Green said calmly, "Let's not talk about that boring title of wizard apprentice anymore, or we'll only be ridiculed. Right now, I'm just Green."

Victor's eyes flickered, and he nodded, his gaze fixed on Green's eyes beneath his robes. "Is there something you need?" he asked, puzzled.

Green glanced at the dark wizards queuing up to sign the seventh-ring contract; the process seemed very quick. He then said, "I have an ancient mecha heart that you might be interested in. Give me your crystal ball imprint, and I'll contact you later."

"The Heart of the Mech!" Victor's eyes lit up.

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After a while.

On the Seven Rings Contract, Green looked at the terms and conditions, his mind racing.

After a brief moment of thought, Green added Raffi and Peranos as the first and second heirs to the estate on the contract. He also listed the Bloodsail League and the Blacksor Tower Wizarding Academy as the organizations to be inherited.

After a strong magical fluctuation appeared on the contract, an unknown, hidden connection appeared in Grimm's soul.

After putting away the ten witch essences, Green left the hall alone.

(End of this chapter)