Wizard's Journey

Chapter 295 Bang!

"Lord Green, as instructed by the Master, you have three chances to summon me to the wizarding world. This is the first time. Should I go and kill that wizard from before?"

"No."

Green immediately rejected the idea.

Assisting a dark wizard to escape is already a heinous crime, and if he were to kill a witch hunter as a result, the crime would be compounded, and Green might end up in prison for a thousand years.

Such punishment is unimaginable even for a formal wizard.

Standing atop the over thirty-meter-long, thousand-eyed giant crab's shell, Green flew in the direction that Kuyak and Loki were pursuing Hattori's secret hideout amidst howling winds.

"Lord Grin, although my master instructed me to obey your summons after descending into the Wizarding World, I must say that according to the rules of the Key of Friendship, I can only stay in the Wizarding World for a maximum of one hourglass."

The Thousand-Eyed Crab's eight legs kept stomping in mid-air, accelerating its flight.

What made Green slightly uncomfortable was that the Thousand-Eyed Crab had to fly sideways and was somewhat sluggish when turning, even though it was very fast.

"Understood, one hourglass period is enough."

This sea area is already the outermost edge of the Gem Sea, which is ruled by the Wizarding Continent. If we fly further forward, we will enter the territory of the Black Domain.

That's why the Three Pepper Demons intervened to trap Hattori Mizo; otherwise, if Kuyak and Lokiru had been allowed to continue their pursuit, Hattori Mizo would have been in trouble once he escaped to the Black Domain.

Who knows what exactly happened to these witch-hunting wizards in that world of expeditions...

After a while.

"Where... is the Three-Pepper Ghost?"

Kuyak, aboard the pyramid-shaped flying machine, stared in disbelief and shock at Green standing atop the colossal thousand-eyed crab.

On the other side, Hattori Mizo and Lokirou, who were locked in a fierce battle, also turned to look at the enormous creature rushing towards them from the distant sky and stopped in their tracks.

"Has the Three-Pepper Demon been defeated?"

Luo Qilu, clad in bone armor, murmured to himself with vacant eyes.

call out!

The massive body of the Thousand-Eyed Crab cast a huge shadow from high above, obscuring the three of them and standing between Hattori Mizo, Kuyak, and Lokiru.

At the top of the Thousand-Eyed Crab, Grimm, dressed in tattered wizard robes, was so injured that he could only stand steadily by relying on the power of nature to support his body.

Beneath the surface of truth, Green said in a deep voice that left no room for doubt: "Give up."

Kuyak, aboard the pyramid-shaped flying machine, looked extremely grim at that moment.

After going through countless hardships, deceiving the two guys who might cause trouble, and bribing the man to hold off Gabire, he thought that with his combination with Lokiru, he would be able to defeat the Three Pepper Demons and take Hattori Mizo's head.

But she miscalculated a few points.

Firstly, Hattori Mizo's ability to escape is simply superb, and secondly, the despair he has collected from humanity has given him considerable combat capabilities.

Secondly, the Three Pepper Demon is simply too terrifying; even if the two of them joined forces, they were no match for it.

Thirdly, there's Green, that troublemaker!

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and with a "ding," Kuyak stretched out his palm, revealing a rapidly spinning cyan key.

"Grimm? Get out of the way! This Key of Friendship, a sacred mark, was also bestowed upon me by a great sacred mark wizard. If I were to summon the Dark Wolf Spider Mother..."

Pfft...

Grimm burst into laughter, saying, "You want to complete the mission but don't want to waste a chance to use the Key of Friendship? And now you're threatening me? How ridiculous!"

After saying this, Green turned to his head and said, "Hattori Mizo, you should know that there is no benefit in offending me, and saving Raffi is just a side thing for you."

"Hmph, Grin, dark wizards are just graduate students whose ideas about the mysteries of death differ from those of elemental wizards. The reputation and dignity among wizards cannot be slandered or questioned."

Hattori Mizo actually spoke up like that.

From a human perspective, dark wizards are undoubtedly extremely evil, a malignant tumor in the wizarding world, which is impossible to eradicate simply because it is so deeply rooted.

However, from an academic perspective, dark wizards do indeed have their own set of ideals and are truth-seeking wizards who have existed since ancient times, alongside mechanical wizards.

He nodded solemnly.

Green said, "You can go now. The area ahead is under the control of the Dark Domain. Even if she activates the Key of Friendship with the Holy Mark, I will hold her up for the time it takes to hold an hourglass."

"Haha, one hourglass is enough time, Grin, I'll be waiting for you in the Dark Domain." With that, Hattori Mizo flew off into the distance without looking back.

Click, click!

The giant crab's two pairs of enormous claws open and close like scissors.

Green looked at Kuyak and said, "Put away your Key of Friendship with the Holy Mark. You should know that there is no longer any chance."

Lokilu flew to the high platform of the Kuyak pyramid with the three-headed dog fairy and sighed, "It seems we can only wait for the next Demon Hunter achievement quota."

Kuyak snorted coldly, put away the Key of Friendship, and his eyes under his long golden hair kept scrutinizing Green, looking at the mysterious demon hunter who wore a gray-white mask and was doing everything he could to help the black wizard escape.

"To be able to withstand the Three-Pepper Demon for even a minute and successfully summon this powerful creature, it seems you truly have a bright future. If you had chosen to kill Hattori Hizo, this spot in the Demon Hunting Records would have been yours."

After saying that, Kuyak shook his head and said sarcastically, "And you foolishly chose to help him escape. In the next few hundred years, if you don't want to be listed as a dark wizard by the Holy Tower, you'd better experience what the Seventh Ring Prison is like."

Green stood atop the Thousand-Eyed Crab's shell, feeling the cool sea breeze brush against his wizard's robes and tousle his long golden hair.

As the sun sets, wisps of evening glow appear.

Although Kuyak's taunts were quite oppressive, Green faced them with ease, gazing at the boundless scenery on the sea, feeling relaxed and refreshed.

"Dreams and beliefs outweigh interests, because...we are human beings."

Green smiled and said without regret, "Perhaps I have indeed lost a lot for this foolish choice, but I know that when I look back on the long years to come, it will all have been worth it."

"Hmph, it seems you should become a wise wizard, for being so weak." Kuyak resented Green's meddling and stupidity, and was also somewhat angry.

From Kuyak's perspective, everything Green did was harmful to others and himself, and was simply too foolish.

After a long, silent standoff, Kuyak finally realized he had no chance at all. He glanced at Green with regret and hatred, and prepared to turn and leave.

Green had a smile on his face.

This is the joy of victory, and the satisfaction of being able to make a contribution and a compensation in the final years of Raffi's life.

Green knew that this was the kind of love depicted in biographical novels, the selfless devotion of love, and that he had truly lived up to it.

Even though it was foolish and a loss, Green felt a warm happiness, as if some emptiness in his heart had been filled.

Life……

This must be fate, an infinitely unknown possibility. The reason I "defeated" the Three-Pepper Demon just now must also be due to the favor of fate.

At this moment, the scene of three witch hunters in an inconspicuous corner of the Gem Sea is insignificant to the progress of the entire wizarding world, and it seems that the story should be coming to an end here.

however……

The wind rose and the clouds surged with incredible speed. From a great distance, a demon hunter dressed in a wide black wizard's robe flew over. At that moment, the three demon hunters present couldn't help but look over.

"The demon-hunting performance test was a complete failure."

Kuyak and Loki were stunned, staring blankly at the demon hunter wizard, a level three demon hunter wizard.

Moreover, in his hands...

"what……"

On the Thousand-Eyed Crab, Green let out a heart-wrenching roar as if he had gone mad. He knelt on top of the crab shell, his hands tightly clutching his chest, which was struggling to breathe, and stared at the head in the hands of the Level 3 Demon Hunter Wizard.

This is Hattori Hisō's head!

It turns out that the Demon Hunter achievement test has proctors. This is just a selection task for the high-level dark wizards of the Demon Hunter achievement to absorb fresh blood, just like the Holy Tower qualification battle.

"Black Wizard! Dark Wizard! Demon-hunting achievements, demon-hunting achievements, demon-hunting achievements..."

Green closed his eyes, his voice trembling with heartache and despair.

After all that effort and struggle, is it really just a worm jumping around in a box?

Never before had Green hated the cruelty of the dark wizards, nor the cruelty of fate, as much as he had.

They were supposed to join the Lilith Wizarding Academy, but why, why, did fate play such a cruel trick on them?

If everyone on board the ship had joined Lilith's Hut Wizarding Academy back then, becoming trusted partners and jointly researching and exploring wizarding knowledge, then now...

"Green, you have violated the rules of the Holy Tower by assisting a dark wizard in his escape attempt, which failed. You should be grateful to me, as I have saved you from hundreds of years of imprisonment. Now, obediently come back to the Seventh Ring Holy Tower with me to receive your punishment."

A sea breeze blew, and the suddenly appearing level three demon hunter wizard spoke, looking both admiring and disappointed in Green.

Clearly, he had been secretly observing all the demon hunters' activities from behind the scenes all along the way.

tick...

As a tear fell from beneath Grimm's Mask of Truth, the spatial coordinates of the myna bird on the distant Eastern Coral Island stretched out like ramen noodles to Grimm's feet. The next moment, Grimm disappeared from the shell of the Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab in the Gem Sea.

"Oh no! Young master, something bad has happened! Just now, just now, the sealing device suddenly... I don't know what happened to Lafie..." Myna bird babbled incoherently, not knowing what it was trying to say.

Green looked at Raffi, who was looking at him with open eyes inside the crystal wall as if trying to express something, and quickly reached out to touch him through the crystal wall.

"Lafite, don't worry..."

Bang!

Suddenly, a bloody dark red burst open in the crystal vessel beneath the myna bird, mixed with specks of pale white, and slowly flowed down the crystal wall.

Left standing there, Green and the myna bird remained deathly silent, standing there blankly.

Green's hand remained frozen in mid-air forever...

(End of this chapter)