Wizard's Journey

Chapter 262 The Trial of Thorns

Seven days later.

Green suddenly stopped flying in mid-air. The myna bird, which had been squinting, opened its eyes and asked boredly, "What's wrong? Did we get lost again? Didn't you confirm five days ago that this was the Thorn Forest?"

"Look down there," Green whispered.

under?

The myna bird, perched on Green's shoulder, glanced down and scoffed, "A bunch of wizard apprentices playing a bloody game? What's so interesting about that?"

Green shook his head.

The myna bird would never understand what this once-a-decade "battle game" means to each new generation of wizard apprentices.

Coincidentally, the area that Green passed through today was hosting the new recruit trials of the six major academies.

Given the flight altitude of a fully-fledged wizard, coupled with a layer of magical restrictions, these were only a very small number of wizard apprentices with the ability to fly, and it was impossible for them to detect Grimm's presence.

In Green's eyes, these wizard apprentices with natural dust implanted on their foreheads were like scattered stars in the night sky, everywhere on the ground.

Moreover, because the amount of natural dust on each wizard apprentice's forehead is different, the brightness of the starlight is also different.

Looking back to his early days as a wizarding apprentice, the mysterious ability of the mark on his forehead to suppress other wizarding apprentices, as Green sees it now, is nothing more than a wizard's influence on the forces of nature. But to Green back then, it was so mysterious.

It seems unimaginable in this lifetime how such a powerful wizard could master this ability.

That's what witchcraft knowledge is all about.

When you don't have a grasp of it, it seems unattainable, something you can only dream of but never get, something unknown and mysterious.

However, when a wizard truly masters all the knowledge of this kind of witchcraft, he will find that everything is just a thin veil. The principle seems so simple, but it requires an unimaginable amount of time, resources, and energy to experiment and reason.

Really stupid.

Even when future wizards follow the knowledge paths explored by wizards in the past to learn again, they will not understand that such a simple step, which may only be enough to read a few magic books of time hourglasses, may have taken a wizard decades or hundreds of years to explore, experiment and summarize.

For example, a wizard's apprentice can use the magic within his body to draw upon the forces of nature, thereby performing a simple natural phenomenon like witchcraft.

Who could have imagined...

This is the basic elemental magic of the wizarding world, developed by a great ancient true spirit wizard in order to allow for a smooth transition between wizards and ordinary humans, reduce the difficulty of advancing to the wizarding world, increase the number of wizards, and spend a time that ordinary people can hardly imagine summarizing the laws of natural forces in the wizarding world.

In other words, in ancient times, the wizarding world consisted of only two groups: ordinary humans and formal wizards; there were no wizarding apprentices at all.

Ok?

While Green was deep in thought, a "fierce" battle broke out between two wizard apprentices on the ground.

A tree giant, about five meters tall, with dense vines swirling all over its body, roared, "Haha, what's wrong! You genius of Ivory Castle, weren't you so arrogant just now? Why are you running away now! Are you frightened by my tree demon bloodline talent, little genius?"

On the other side, in the low sky, a wizard apprentice wearing a wizard's robe, holding a magic wand, with faint lightning power swirling around him, was completely unable to confront this wizard apprentice with the talent of the tree demon bloodline, and his face turned red.

Green noticed that the wizard apprentice in the sky had a mark on his forehead that looked to be around sixty, while the wizard apprentice on the ground with the bloodline talent of a tree demon only had a mark that looked to be thirteen.

"Hmm, both of them are quite talented, having reached the 'Desperate' level from the rookie trials back then," Green thought to himself.

"Gaga, gaga gaga..."

The myna suddenly burst into laughter, as if it had discovered something amusing. It couldn't stop laughing, one wing covering its belly, the other pointing at the wizard apprentice who had transformed into a tree demon.

"Green, did you hear that? That little guy was actually proud of having tree spirit blood! It's hilarious. I bet he doesn't even know that tree spirits are just ancient wizards' bonsai trees, used to guard laboratories and repel mosquitoes, and he's actually proud of it. It's absolutely hilarious."

Green shook his head and said calmly, "There's nothing funny about it. With evolution, the physical bodies of modern humans have become weaker and weaker, while their mental talents have become stronger and stronger. These tree spirits are indeed very powerful to ordinary humans."

After a pause, Green continued, "Strictly speaking, he should be considered a half-human from the wizarding world. During his apprenticeship as a wizard, he was indeed stronger due to his other half of his bloodline. However, the difficulty for him to advance to a full-fledged wizard was far greater than that for an ordinary wizard apprentice."

"Honestly, there are countless powerful creatures in this other world. Although bloodline magic has its drawbacks, overall the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, especially for those higher beings. This guy is actually proud of possessing such a bonsai-like bloodline. How ignorant! He'll never be able to fuse with higher bloodlines again."

The myna bird, tired of laughing, turned its head away, no longer watching the "farce" on the ground.

Green's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself, "They're just in a larger 'world laboratory' of the Saintly Stigmata Wizards. Because their vision is narrow, their knowledge is limited. Just like those Rain and Dew Flower Spirits who thought I was going to seize their world..."

Recalling his own time as a wizard apprentice, Green did not mock these wizard apprentices.

Suddenly, Green, who was looking down at the new recruits' trials, turned around and looked at the two wizards flying rapidly from a distance.

Neither of the two wizards, a man and a woman, had Grimm seen before.

The male wizard looked withered and old, wearing a blue wizard's robe and holding a magic wand with orange-gray flames. He didn't seem to have anything unusual about him, but his cloudy, dead-fish-like eyes were wide open.

The witch wore exquisite soft metal armor, had short hair, and a cheetah-like flowery tail that peeked out from behind her. She was very agile, and her body was surrounded by a layer of white energy like smoke.

"Wizard, you have now entered the selection area for the wizard apprentice test of the six major wizarding academies in District 12 of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower. We hope you can identify yourself and leave this area."

The witch stared intently at the eyes beneath the Grimm mask, a smirk playing on her lips, and said bluntly.

Although the mysterious wizard with long golden hair, wearing a gray-white spiral mask, and a myna bird perched on his shoulder, exuded a great sense of oppression in the witch's eyes, there were more than ten official wizards from the six major wizarding academies guarding the area around the trial grounds. The witch was not afraid of having any conflict with this unfamiliar wizard.

"That's right, I use the Mirror of Darkness..."

The old male wizard stopped mid-sentence, and he and the female wizard beside him, startled, quickly performed a wizarding ritual on Green.

All because Green suddenly revealed his wizard's shield, which was adorned with a Level 3 Demon Hunter Honor Badge!

Demon Hunter Wizards represent the highest level of combat power among elemental wizards on the Wizarding Continent. They are wizards who have survived brutal wars and bloodshed in other worlds, where combat has become second nature. They are combat specialists among elemental wizards.

If this medal of honor is added, Green's status in the Wizarding Continent is now comparable to that of a typical second-level arcane wizard.

Green returned the greeting to the two arcane wizards. His expression was hidden beneath the Mask of Truth, and he said in a low voice, "I have returned this time hoping to visit my mentor at the Black Tower Wizarding Academy. I was just passing through and hope I haven't disturbed the wizard apprentice elimination trial."

The two arcane wizards showed respect and smiled, saying, "How could we possibly disturb them? They're just some children."

"So you're a master from the Blacksota Wizarding Academy, huh? We happen to have three wizards from the Blacksota Wizarding Academy here. Would you like to...?"

Green shook his head: "No need, I prefer to travel alone, I'll go back now."

After saying that, Green turned around and flew quickly towards the Black Tower Wizarding Academy, leaving two arcane wizards watching him go.

A Level 3 Honor Medal Demon Hunter is a combat elite that ordinary arcane wizards might not encounter.

The two arcane wizards suddenly exchanged a glance, and the witch couldn't help but ask, "Could this demon hunter wizard be related to that Hattori secret black wizard?"

"Perhaps. I heard that the Bone Bell Tower mobilized all its high-ranking wizards and even brought back two demon hunter wizards from the Holy Tower to purge this disgrace from the academy. Sigh..."

The old male wizard sighed.

The new wizard apprentices undergoing the trials were unaware of what was happening outside the restricted area. The selection trials continued, and they relentlessly competed for Imprint Points.

In the eyes of these new wizarding apprentices, Imprint Points are their only goal at this moment; Dark Wizard, Seventh Ring Tower, Witcher Wizard, and the like are simply too far away.

(End of this chapter)