Wizard's Journey

Chapter 320 The Ice Field on the Surface (Part 11)

Grimm's breath hitched under the mask of truth.

In this world, is the Thousand-Eyed Cancer completely subservient to me? Am I supposed to protect my own life? Will the Demon Hunter Expedition entrust me with a special mission before it ends?

This world is truly extraordinary!

The young wizard no longer treated Green with the same casual attitude as before; a slight hint of respect appeared on his face.

This mysterious wizard, wielding a ram's horn and skull magic wand and wearing a white spiral-patterned mask, has actually caught the attention of the great Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard. Therefore, he must possess something beyond that of an ordinary wizard!

The task information of Green was quickly assessed.

A moment later, the male wizard smoothed his short black hair from his forehead and said in a deep voice, "Grimm Hunter Wizard, you have found a total of 145 mission targets. You are ranked 89th out of the 178 people who have submitted missions at this time. You are not eligible for the Hunter Medal reward and will not be notified separately."

Green nodded silently.

The task objectives I discovered were indeed only at a medium level.

As for the other demon hunters who have not yet returned, they should be heading in a direction that is further away from the edge of the world, since the space fortress did not land in the very center of the world.

Statistically speaking, these witch hunters who travel further will have a greater chance of finding more mission targets.

Based on this calculation, I would place myself in the lower-middle range for this mission.

"Hehe, how many of the demon hunters who went on special missions haven't returned yet?" the myna bird suddenly chimed in.

The short-haired black wizard looked down and checked for a moment before saying in a deep voice, "There are still ninety-six people."

"Um."

After nodding, Green made a single gesture in the air and retrieved five specimens collected during the mission from the dimensional gap.

A five-meter-long ice pillar cut into three sections, a skeleton named "Locust Man" by Green, an energy crystal core exuding a fragrant aura of death, a condensed and concentrated soul gel, and the physical and spiritual specimens of an ice bat.

Beneath the surface of truth, their gazes were solemn.

Pointing to the first three items, Green said, "These are clues I found in a canyon during a mission. Perhaps a humanoid intelligent race is hiding in this world, and they commit massacres every few years, judging from the timeline of this icicle..."

Green gave a detailed account of his findings in the canyon and some personal speculations.

The short-haired black wizard appears to be sending Grimm's special intelligence to the operations command.

A moment later, the short-haired black wizard raised his head and calmly said, "The operations command has recorded this information and decided to award two spirit stones as a reward. This kind of information is already under our control; it's a normal phenomenon in this world's intelligence records."

Is this normal?

Green took a deep breath to calm himself down.

It is now certain that the Black Sota Stigmata Wizards must have thoroughly investigated this world before their expedition and invasion. This world is definitely not a simple nest world inhabited only by primitive creatures!

After taking a deep breath, Green pointed to the last two specimens he had collected.

"I discovered this concentrated, condensed soul-like substance in the canopy of a strange, dark red tree, utterly contrary to the rules and rhythms of this world. What's truly strange is that the guardians of this bizarre tree, these ice bats, are actually a group of soul slaves..."

Similarly, Green reported on the second special location he had discovered.

The black-haired wizard kept bowing his head and reporting this information to the command center. A short while later, the wizard suddenly mobilized the power of nature and took the ice bat corpse that Green had handed over.

hum...

Six red light threads crossed and scanned the ice bat corpse that Green had handed over. At the same time, the crystal ball that Green had used to collect the ice bat's soul was transmitted to the combat command center amidst a spatial fluctuation.

This time, after working for a full five minutes, the short-haired black wizard finally looked up and asked, "The operations command needs you to confirm the number of these ice bats."

quantity……

After thinking for a moment, Green estimated the extent of the ice bats that he had glimpsed in his memory, which seemed to be an overwhelming torrent.

"Due to the hasty escape at the time, we were unable to see the full size of the swarm of ice bats, but a rough estimate would be between 200,000 and 300,000, and it cannot be ruled out that there is a leader or king among them."

The myna bird whispered in Green's ear, "Young master, I think it's at least half a million!"

Green shook his head, ignoring the myna bird.

Even if Green's estimate is wrong, the maximum he can get is 400,000, and it can't be more than that.

The short-haired black wizard continued working with his head down for a while before looking up and handing Green a parchment scroll with a quest.

"Within three hourglasses, reach the coordinates on the mission scroll. The operations command has mobilized two spaceships, a legion of 5,700 slaves, and a legion of 655 Ming Wizards. You are responsible for leading this demon-hunting expeditionary force to the location where the Ice Bats were discovered."

Green looked at the quest scroll, which contained a total of five Witch Essence rewards.

After rolling up and putting away the parchment quest scroll, Grimm nodded and asked, "I wonder how the exploration of the World's Nest is going?"

The short-haired black wizard smiled and said, "Led personally by the great Black Sota Stigmata Wizard, the vanguard expedition has successfully explored the core of the World Nest, the Snowline Nest, but there is no further news for now."

"Gah!?"

"What!?"

Myna and Green exclaimed in surprise, "In just a few months, less than a year, the most core mystery of this world has already been explored?"

Does this mean that the world's ruler did not organize any resistance at all?

The short-haired black wizard chuckled and said, "You should hurry up and carry out your mission on the surface ice plains. That way, you might still have time to explore some branches of the World's Nest and try your luck."

After a pause, the wizard said meaningfully, "Although I don't know the specifics, judging from the situation at the command headquarters, this world is definitely not as simple as it seems. As you've seen, all the intelligence you've gathered is completely under the command headquarters' control, and they haven't reacted much. Moreover, many of the demon-hunting dark wizards these days are carrying similar information to yours."

Green took a deep breath, nodded, and without further hesitation, quickly turned and left.

Leaving the low wizard tower in the center of the fortress and standing in the bustling fortress square, Grimm suddenly stretched out a hand, and amidst the strange gazes of several passing witch hunters, a purple key appeared in his palm.

The reason these demon hunter wizards were strange was not because of the Key of Friendship, but because of the location where Grimm took out the Key of Friendship.

This place is now a distant, alien world, and the Key of Friendship with the Holy Mark can only work in the Wizarding World and surrounding fragments.

Grimm ignored the passing witch hunters and began to spin the purple key rapidly in the center of his palm.

With a faint call from the will, just a moment later, a huge shadow flew from afar over the fortress and appeared above Green's head.

Although the enormous shadow was insignificant compared to the 300-meter-long spaceship, its powerful aura as a level-three creature was undeniable.

"Lord Grin, I will obey your will completely in this world, as you command!"

This enormous shadow is the thousand-eyed giant crab that Grimm summoned to the wizarding world two hundred years ago.

It was through its arrival that Green caused the powerful Three-Pepper Demon Hunter Dark Wizard to flee without a fight.

"Um."

Holding the Ram Horned Skull Magic Staff, Green, accompanied by the myna bird, lightly flew up and landed at the very top of the Thousand-Eyed Crab's back, where he stood steadily.

"Gagaga, go over there!"

The myna bird pointed with its wings in the direction where Green was about to meet up with the Ming Wizard's demon-hunting team, and cried out.

The Thousand-Eyed Crab didn't move, completely ignoring the myna bird's intentions; its countless eyes were fixed intently on Green.

After Green nodded silently, the Thousand-Eyed Crab's massive body moved all eight legs together, cutting through the wind, and flew in the direction the myna bird pointed.

"Gah!? You stinky crab, didn't you see the relationship between Eighth Master and Young Master? You dare disobey Eighth Master? Damn it, one day you'll regret this!"

The myna bird was extremely displeased and started barking and threatening loudly.

The Thousand-Eyed Cancer simply ignored it.

With its tiny body, the myna bird wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap in the teeth of a thousand-eyed crab. In human terms, it wouldn't even be as big as a fly; it's practically a planktonic organism...

After an hourglass incident.

The Thousand-Eyed Crab flew to the location in the Grimm Quest scroll where it was to meet up with the Ming Wizard's demon-hunting team.

Holding a ram's horn and a skull magic staff, his black wizard robes fluttered in the wind, and his long golden hair spilled out from under the wide cloak of his robes. Beneath the gray-white spiral patterned mask of truth, a pair of luminous eyes remained calm, waiting quietly.

Click!

The Thousand-Eyed Crab closed one of its large pincers and scratched its slightly itchy shell, which was covered by long red hair.

(End of this chapter)