Wizard's Journey

Chapter 261 Ordinary Humans

Two months later.

The airship can only take Green to the edge of the Seventh Ring's interior. After passing the Human Will Mountain, Green will have to proceed on his own.

The regions they passed through on their journey were all referred to by the Seven Rings Holy Tower as the Outer Wasteland or the Academy Land.

The land of the academy is not peaceful.

This area is where the Holy Mark Wizards, after accepting a portion of human 'resources,' carefully nurtured and propagated their species. As their population gradually grew, they eventually established wizard academies and wizard towers.

Here, population is the wizarding academy's resource; only with a large enough population can enough wizards be born to support the energy operation of the wizarding tower.

The most basic concept of "population resources" in the Wizarding Continent is no different from that in the Black Wizarding, except that one focuses on superior development while the other focuses on inferior development.

In the Land of Academies, the wars between wizarding academies are the greatest fear of the arcane wizards in this desolate outer region.

Once an academy war begins, some deans of third-level wizard academies, a large number of academy guardians, and even demon hunter wizards of the Holy Tower will join the war under the lure of the Holy Mark wizards, with the ultimate goal of destroying the wizard towers of the opposing Holy Mark wizards.

Although the Stigmata Wizards do not personally participate in the war, the brutality of the war is no less than the most intense slaughter in a small world's demon-hunting expedition. Even the occasional declaration of war between allied wizard towers requires the intervention of the True Spirit Wizards!

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After crossing the towering, cloud-piercing Human Will Mountain Range, the roar of turbulent water curtains and rushing torrents above was deafening, and the void layer unique to the wizarding world replaced the chaotic layer that should have been there.

Even now, though Green has become a formal wizard, crossing this majestic and imposing mountain range of human will still be somewhat strenuous.

Thinking about it this way, compared to when his mentor Peranos led him, who was still a wizard apprentice, to cross the chasm, Green was still quite lacking.

They hastily descended into the inner space of the world, panting heavily.

With ample elemental energy replenished, Grimm regained some of his magic power and began to rapidly traverse the ancient battlefield of bones between humans and sea creatures, drawing upon the power of nature. Gradually, vast primeval forests and expansive inland seas began to appear, and wild beasts multiplied in herds…

A month later.

"Finally, a city has appeared. I wonder where we are now. Let's see if there are any wizards or wizarding apprentices in this human settlement."

Ordinary humans in the Academy Land wouldn't even know the concept of the ruling class in the Wizarding Continent.

In their eyes, all wizards are great, and it's impossible for Green to get the information he wants from them.

After a transformation in the sky, Green transformed into the appearance of an ordinary bard. At the same time, he mobilized the power of nature to form a birdcage around the myna bird, landed on the ground in an inconspicuous place, and slowly walked forward.

"Young Master Green, I think we should remove this tattered cage. If other ancient, surviving Steel-Emblem Mynahs see it, where will I put my old face? You…"

Green ignored the myna bird.

Like a curious bard, Green looked around and followed a merchant in a carriage into the city.

The city is small, with only a neat and bright white castle in the very center. The main street is lined with messy shops, and the stone-paved streets are in disrepair and full of potholes. The wheels of carriages creak and groan as they drive over them, and occasionally a puddle splashes out large amounts of mud and dirty water.

The city's environment was somewhat harsh, just like the city of Biselt on the eastern coral island that Green remembered from his childhood.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! You damned scum!"

A fine noble carriage sped past, its driver shouting and several knights escorting it. Pedestrians and merchants on both sides of the street gave way and bowed respectfully.

It wasn't until the noble carriages had gone quite a distance that the pedestrians resumed their journey, as if nothing had happened.

"Pah, you country bumpkin."

On the merchant's carriage next to Green, the old man with triangular eyes wiped the mud that had just splattered on him and cursed in the direction the noble carriage was heading. Suddenly, the old man noticed that Green was looking at his disheveled appearance and scolded, "You filthy beggar, what are you looking at? I'll gouge your eyes out."

A knight beside him drew his greatsword with a "whoosh," chuckled, and gestured for Green to get out of the way.

They are all ordinary human beings, just like the ordinary people I remember from my childhood.

Green ignored them and turned to walk away. Suddenly, the myna bird in the cage in Green's arms exclaimed in surprise, "Young Master, even if you're disguising yourself, they actually said that you, carrying such a noble, beautiful, and magnificent steel-crowned myna, are a beggar? Don't they have brains? Has the intelligence of ordinary humans become negative?"

As Green walked along the muddy street, he said calmly, "They can't see this cage; only wizards can."

After a few hourglasses.

On the street, a small group of wizard apprentices on a noble carriage looked toward the cage in Green's hand. Green was delighted and walked over with the birdcage in his hand.

These wizarding apprentices had already become the focus of attention on the street.

The wizard apprentices were being courted by a nobleman, and eight elite knights stood in neat rows in front of them. All the passersby bowed their heads and stood respectfully on both sides of the road. But then Green walked over, so abruptly.

"Halt! You lowly commoner, who gave you permission to approach? Guards, give him a hundred lashes..."

The chubby-cheeked nobleman was scolding someone when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. He turned around and saw that the three esteemed "wizards" beside him were all looking terrified, bowing to the approaching commoner in a wizarding manner.

"Respected wizard, what can I do for you?" the three wizard apprentices asked in unison after bowing, completely ignoring the ignorant nobleman.

wizard!?

The chubby-cheeked nobleman opened his mouth wide in surprise, wide enough to fit an apple.

Before the nobleman could even react, he was shoved off the carriage by a tremendous force, fell into a muddy puddle, and fainted, his face covered in filth.

The two knights who were supposed to flog Grind according to the nobleman's orders were instead thrown more than ten meters away by Grind using the power of nature.

Green wouldn't bother with trivial matters concerning ordinary people with short lives. In Green's eyes at this moment, ordinary humans...

However, the wealth of Stigmata Wizards or their descendants is the foundation for cultivating the wizarding lineage. Their lives are as short as summer insects, and are not even worth worrying about.

The wizard apprentice glanced at the nobleman, and upon realizing he had merely fainted, looked at Green in surprise.

When did wizards become so good-natured?

If any wizard apprentice dared to offend a wizard like that, the three wizard apprentices would bet they would never see him again the next day.

Ignoring the others, Green asked the three wizard apprentices directly, "Where is this?"

"Shadowclaw Wizarding Academy, this is Shadowclaw Wizarding Academy, District 13, Seventh Ring Holy Tower." A female wizarding apprentice wearing an exquisite earring answered respectfully, her beautiful green eyes looking at Grimm expectantly.

As someone who's been through it all, Green certainly knows what these kids are thinking. Their biggest dream is probably to have a formal wizard as their mentor.

At this moment, in Green's eyes, these wizard apprentices really had no resistance at all, only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

As long as Green mobilizes the power of nature, they will find it difficult to successfully perform even the most basic witchcraft.

Wizard apprentices use their own magic to manipulate the natural forces of the wizarding world; while full wizards use the forces of nature to manipulate the rules of the world!

Green lowered his head in thought. Thirteenth District?

It seemed the direction was slightly off. With a single gesture, the ragged Green pulled out a crystal ball from the dimensional gap and tapped it repeatedly on the map screen to adjust the direction.

This scene appears so discordant to ordinary humans who can only see the surface, but to wizards who seek the essence, it is nothing to be concerned about.

Everything outwardly is just for show, for others to see.

Aesthetic sense?

The higher the level of a wizard, the more they tend to forget these things that ordinary humans pursue in their short lives.

……

Grimm casually tossed a mid-level magic stone to the little witch apprentice. What was a negligible fortune to Grimm was a considerable sum for the girl, leaving her with a mixture of disappointment and delight.

In fact, this witch apprentice already looked like she was thirty years old, but in Green's eyes, she was just a little girl, just like himself back in the wizarding academy.

Having grasped the geographical coordinates in his mind, Green was about to leave when he suddenly asked, "What are you doing in this remote little town?"

This time, another boy wizard apprentice chimed in, "The academy has issued a mandatory mission, requiring us to come here to investigate whether there are any traces of dark wizard apprentices from District 12. An evil dark wizard who is hiding and on the run in District 12 has developed a large number of dark wizard apprentices to confuse bounty hunters. These dark wizard apprentices have even spread from District 12 to District 11."

Green was taken aback. A ghost thief?

After nodding, Green casually tossed a mid-level magic stone to the wizard apprentice, and then, under the awe-inspiring gazes of the other wizard apprentices, flew away at lightning speed from the unknown human town in District 13.

In the days that followed, rumors began to circulate that a wizard had punished the viscount of the small town.

(End of this chapter)