Wizard's Journey

Chapter 529 Reunion

Outside the Seven Rings Tower, Green, along with Vivian and Xiao Ba, flew towards Peranos and his group.

"Mentor, mentor's wife, senior brother Varo, Gahei... um!?"

After greeting Peranos and his companions atop a giant bird with wingspans exceeding forty meters, Green stared in disbelief at the enormous figure behind his mentor, Peranos.

"Lord Grin!"

A hoarse voice came from behind, and it turned out to be the Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab flying over with its mentor, Peranos. However, one of its claws had not yet fully regenerated and recovered; it had only grown a bulge.

"Thousand-Eyed Crab, what brings you here?"

Green asked in surprise, after all, this was the soul slave of the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard, and with the fall of the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard, his souls should have also perished and died.

"The great master of Black Tower has fallen. In an instant, all the soul slaves in the Black Tower's secret realm and the wizarding world perished. The reason I survived is because Lord Grin's Key of Friendship saved me. Because my master needed to complete the contract, it was the contract of the Key of Friendship in Lord Grin's hands that saved me from suffering the same fate as them. Alas..."

The Thousand-Eyed Crab sighed.

So that's why it's the Key of Friendship!

As for the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard's extreme adherence to contracts and promises, Grimm had already experienced it firsthand. Before his fall, he even forcibly summoned Grimm to his side, offering the Book of Grimm as compensation, which Grimm then renamed the Book of Truth.

Green looked at Peranos, who sighed and nodded.

"The Black Tower Saint Mark Wizard has indeed fallen. It has been confirmed by the Seven Rings Saint Tower that he fell in the Flame Soul World. A Level 6 Purgatory Giant who crossed over from another world into the Flame Soul World defeated the Black Tower Saint Mark Wizard. Now the magic source of the Academy Wizard Tower has been temporarily taken over by the Seven Rings Saint Tower."

Peranos learned about Green's First Class Medal of Honor from the Black Tower Stigmata Wizard when Green last returned to the Wizarding World.

Therefore, Peranos assumed that Grin already knew about the fall of the Black Tower Stigmata Wizard.

After a moment of silence, Green asked, "What about the wizards at the academy?"

"Some left, weakening the magic source of the Academy's Wizard Tower considerably, but most chose to stay. As for the future of the Academy, it depends on the methods of the wizard who takes over. However, compared to the Dark Realm Wizard Academy, the situation of the Black Tower Wizard Academy is relatively good."

Nodding, Green felt a pang of disappointment.

Whether it was the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard or the Black Sota Wizard who grew up alongside Grimm during his apprenticeship, seeing Grimm's undisguised disappointment, Peranos's ugly face, like a stitched-together ball, showed a thoughtful expression for a moment before he suddenly said, "For us, the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard is indeed a very deep affection for the Black Sota Wizard Academy and Grimm; it is a profound memory in our life journey."

He has fallen, but in the context of the wizarding world and the life journey of the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard himself, he still lives on; this is merely one experience in his life's journey.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Ge raised his head and looked at his mentor, Peranos, in surprise, somewhat unable to understand what his mentor was saying.

He is dead to others, but still alive to himself?

Peranos slowly said, "This all started with the origins of the Black Tower Wizarding Academy. You ask... why would the Black Tower Saint-Stigma Wizards, as ancient wizards, build their wizarding tower within the Seventh Ring Saint Tower area, which was established after the Second Civilization War?"

Green paused for a moment, then shook his head; he hadn't thought about that question.

Yes, why would the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard, an ancient wizard, still have his Academy Wizard Tower within the Seventh Ring Holy Tower area? This seems somewhat illogical. Could it be that the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard abandoned his former wizard tower and moved here?

This seems a bit unreasonable.

"Grimm, do you remember the Regional Academy Wars during your wizarding apprenticeship?"

Green nodded: "Of course I remember. Back then, the six dark wizard academies of District 12 and the nine bright wizard academies of District 19 of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower underwent a selection and training process in a Holy Mark crater."

Centuries have passed, and after several demon-hunting expeditions, Green has gained a rational understanding of the so-called "regional academy war" between the apprentices of the Light and Dark Wizards.

Only in real war, when the apprentices of both light and dark wizards gamble with death and their future as wizards, can they most quickly unleash their ferocity and potential.

Only in this way can the wizards on the Demon Hunting Expedition adapt to real warfare more quickly, demonstrate the high level of awareness and competence of demon hunter wizards, and prevent the entire Demon Hunting Expedition from becoming a drama, where the whole army is routed and all perishes under the sharp claws of alien creatures.

It's not that the Wizarding World doesn't want to use a gentler solution, but rather that it doesn't have much time left to be "gentle."

Only through continuous demon-hunting expeditions, growing stronger like hungry wolves, and regrouping to find the original coordinates of the Wizarding World in those distant memories, can the Wizarding World have a chance to be pried back to its original coordinates and change its fate of destruction.

"In fact, that crater is the crater left behind by the predecessor of the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard during the Second Civilization War in the ancient wizarding world!"

Peranos said in a deep voice.

Predecessor?

What does that mean?

Green stared blankly at Peranos beneath the mask of truth, as if a wizard could die twice, in both his past and future forms.

"As for its specific abilities, that's the terminal intelligence of the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard, and I don't know either. But I do know that Black Sota actually advanced to Saint Mark Wizard after the Second Civilization War. It wasn't until after Black Sota advanced to Saint Mark Wizard that he suddenly recalled the ancient memories of his predecessor, which allowed him to advance to a Level 6 Saint Mark Grand Wizard in such a short time!"

Green's heart was pounding, as if he had suddenly thought of some possibilities.

"So... one day in the future, if a wizard in the wizarding world advances to the Saint Mark level, they will very likely recall all the memories belonging to the Black Sota Saint Mark wizard?"

"Yes."

Peranos nodded, but then added, "However, for the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard of that time, both his current fall and his fall in ancient times are merely memories. He will complete his life's journey with a new identity. Of course, this is just speculation. Perhaps the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard will no longer be able to advance to the Stigmata level, in which case he will truly have fallen..."

Green suddenly recalled the scene when he was pulled into the Black Tower's illusory mental realm in the Flame Soul World.

At that time, the phantom of the Black Tower Saint Mark Wizard's soul was being chewed up by a twisted tree tens of meters tall. Along a huge and complex magic circle at the base of the giant tree, the soul power was drawn into a thread and poured in.

Perhaps, this ability is the true trump card of the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard?

Upon receiving this news from his mentor Peranos, Green felt his mood instantly improve, and even his body felt a little lighter without him realizing it.

Hope is good!

What sustains all wizards in their relentless pursuit of the arduous and thorny path of wizardry is that elusive and magical truth and hope!

Even if the future Black Sota Stigmata Wizard is no longer the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard, but has become someone else, so what does it matter?

At least he is still a wizard in the wizarding world, striving forward on his own unique wizarding path.

Peranos stood in front of his teacher Alice and his senior brother Varo, holding the lazy, dozing Gahe in his arms, and grooming its fur with one hand.

"Hey, Green, Vivian, you stinky bird."

Lazily nestled in Peranos's arms, Gahei opened his eyes and greeted Green and the others.

"Gah? Stinky bird!! You damn black cat, who are you calling a stinky bird? You're the stinky bird, your whole family are stinky birds, Eighth Master, I...I'll fight you to the death today!"

Green quickly grabbed Hachi and pulled it back, then smiled at Gahei and said, "Gahei, just let Hachi have its way. I persuaded it to get along with you for a whole month, and Hachi has already agreed."

"Waaaaah, young master, don't stop me! Eighth Master will never again get along with any bats or black cats! Waaaaah..."

Gahei licked its paws and stretched.

"Alright, alright, Green, I'll let it slide for your sake, I won't argue with this... well, this steel-striped myna."

"Eighth Master doesn't need your help because of the young master! Besides! Eighth Master is the great Steel Emblem Myna!"

Little Eight shouted.

On the back of the giant bird behind Alice and Varro stood two soul slaves of different shapes.

With the fall of the Black Tower Stigmata Wizard, Peranos can no longer store soul slaves in the Black Tower Secret Realm and summon them at any time within the wizarding world as he once did.

Varo flew to Green's side.

"Haha, Green, you seem to have aged quite a bit lately, but your wisdom seems to have grown stronger. Are you trying to advance to the second level of wizardry?"

After Varo became a full-fledged wizard, he had a withered and aged appearance. His left mechanical eye made a "creaking" sound, as if there were some minor problems with the modification, while the elemental light sphere that seemed to have a life force appeared to have grown a bit.

"Yes, it failed."

Green nodded.

"Phew! It's a good thing you failed, otherwise my mentor would have given me a good scolding when you weren't around. She would have said, 'Look at Green, and then look at you. If you were even half as good as him...' Hmph, my mentor doesn't even consider what kind of genius you are. How many geniuses are there in the entire wizarding world? Comparing me to you."

Varo mimicked Peranos's tone as he spoke to Green.

Green smiled. His mentor had been very kind to him, but he hadn't expected to treat his senior brother Varo the same way. But thinking about it, it made sense; his mentor's temper was indeed like that.

On the other side, Mrs. Alice stood with Vivian, gently comforting her. Vivian nodded repeatedly as tears streamed down her face at Mrs. Alice's soft voice.

A moment later, Green landed with Little Eight on the red hairs on the back of the Thousand-Eyed Crab's shell.

"Set off!"

As Peranos steered the giant bird toward the Sixth Ring Tower, the Thousand-Eyed Crab, carrying Grimm on its back, followed, the two shadows swiftly streaking across the ground.

(End of this chapter)