Wizard's Journey

Chapter 553 Luck?

Failure and success often require a bit of luck!

Grimm stared blankly at the broken branch. His unfocused eyes, hidden beneath the mask of truth, gradually regained focus, and all eyes were drawn to the severed finger.

This broken branch originated from a piece of scrap that Grimm's apprentice had inadvertently purchased from the Blacksor Tower Wizarding Academy for a mere few low-grade magic stones during the period when he had just invented Venus and gained profits from magic stones.

Later, Green accidentally discovered that the cut on the broken branch had a lightning symbol that flashed by at certain fixed times. Mistaking it for a rare elemental rune, Green treasured it and kept it. He continued to observe this rare rune, intending to obtain some kind of lightning attribute ability.

To this end, Green even briefly studied the knowledge of lightning during his wizarding apprenticeship.

But later, Green failed.

This is a failure that may have been forgotten. This strange lightning element rune did not give Green any new abilities. It was not a rare element rune outside of the twenty-six basic element runes. Green had invested a huge amount of time and energy in it during his wizarding apprenticeship, but it failed.

However, through the strange lightning patterns absorbed by his body, Green discovered that there were countless lightning patterns on the severed branch. If he were to absorb them all, he might be able to trigger a new lightning rule and thus change his physique to be similar to that of the severed branch.

In order to prevent a temporary setback from becoming a real failure, Green decided to continue studying the broken branch lightning pattern.

However, there are countless lightning patterns on this broken branch, and they only appear at certain fixed times. It took Green such a long time to absorb just one lightning pattern. It would be almost impossible to absorb all the countless lightning patterns on the broken branch and trigger a lightning bolt of the rule.

But Green did not give up his pursuit of unknown knowledge and continued to persevere. Luck finally came to the wizard who pursued it relentlessly.

Among the knowledge of the Endless Eye that Peranos imparted to Grin, dynamic vision has the ability to accelerate the absorption of lightning patterns!

From then on, observing the lightning patterns on broken branches became almost an instinct for Green, like breathing. After hundreds of years of this, in recent years Green has even come close to perfection, and he has begun to vaguely feel that some strange rule has begun to lock onto him.

Green knew that it was the mysterious lightning rule that had unintentionally changed the 'physical constitution' of this ordinary broken branch.

But now, Green has discovered that the secret that can bear the power of annihilation has always been by his side, always within him!

This is simply ironic.

"Haha, hahahahahaha..."

Green brushed his disheveled hair behind him, his tired eyes filled with self-mockery and helplessness at the cruel twist of fate, and slowly stood up from the ground.

If it weren't for this disaster, and this so-called but inevitable "luck," I probably wouldn't have been foolish enough to put that broken branch in and try it even after ten thousand years.

This disaster was Green's good luck!

But who knew that this so-called luck was actually the result of Green's repeated experiments, year after year, gradually damaging and eventually breaking down the "Eternal Annihilation Energy Observation Recorder"?

Nobody knows any of this. What people will know in the future is only Green's amazing luck at this moment.

The midday sun seemed not to glare at all to Green. He held the broken branch high, a satisfied smile on his lips, like the smile of a victor, and his eyes were moist with excitement.

"Young Master, this is...you succeeded!?"

Little Eight appeared on Green's shoulder. After a moment of bewilderment at Green's sudden change, it quickly realized what was happening and, looking at the broken branch in Green's hand, screamed excitedly.

"Yes, I did it! I found it, I finally found it!"

With a flick of his wrist, Green retracted the broken branch into the dimensional rift. He glanced with a relaxed and cheerful mood at the demon hunters who were staring at him strangely from all directions, and then leaped out of the giant pit where the power of annihilation had vanished.

Green smiled as he looked at the tall, seven-ringed snail messengers, having completely recovered from his earlier disappointment, failure, and despair.

"Let's go, to interrogate him, is that it? This disaster was caused by my lab, it's my personal fault, and I'm willing to make reasonable compensation under the fair judgment of Santa."

Meanwhile, Millie came over and asked with concern, "Green, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

Green's sudden change has indeed left many people puzzled.

Green looked at Millie and said calmly, "Of course I'm fine, better than ever!"

Her clothes were disheveled, her hair was messy, and her face was haggard, but Green's victorious smile at this moment left Millie at a loss for what to do.

"Hehehehe, Millie, you'd better work hard! My young master has taken a giant leap forward, hehehehe!"

Xiao Ba laughed excitedly.

It certainly knew what it meant for Green to have mastered the power of annihilation!

This means that Green is no longer a wizard who can be ignored. This means that Green has completed the energy transformation that is required for a Level 3 Elemental Archmage to advance to a Saint Mark Wizard!

Moreover, the power of annihilation is a high-level energy, and it is by no means a low-level energy.

This will cause Grimm's combat power to suddenly increase several times, reaching a level that the creatures whose combat power is currently equal to Grimm's cannot even imagine.

This is the elemental wizard, a wizard who uses knowledge as his fighting power.

Meanwhile, Green, who was following the Seven-Ring Snail Messenger, wondered where the strange lightning rules within the severed branch came from and why they could bear the power of annihilation.

It is not true that a higher level of energy can contain a lower level of energy; Grimm's mysterious power, the source of darkness, is an example of this.

The Source of Darkness, as a mysterious power, represents the rules of reproduction of a level nine being that transcends endless worlds. Undoubtedly, such a power should be higher than the Power of Annihilation.

However, in reality, the source of darkness cannot bear the power of annihilation.

What can bear the power of annihilation must have a basis, a reason that can be explained by wizarding knowledge.

It seems that this knowledge can only be studied through reverse reasoning after Green transforms into this bizarre thunderous rule body. Reasoning the cause from the result will be much easier.

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A month later.

A stigmata wizard under the command of a seventh-circle True Spirit Wizard served as an impartial observer, while more than twenty third-level archmages, each performing their respective duties, pronounced the verdict on Green.

"Wizard Grimm must compensate the Holy Tower for the loss of 1,750 spirit stones in repairing the Demon Hunter Castle. Wizard Grimm, you have two choices."

The old wizard who read out the verdict glanced at Green.

Since Green's actions were merely accidental and he was awarded the Medal of Honor First Class, he was not bound by any rules.

"First, you will make a 2,500-year offering under the arrangement of the Seven Rings Holy Tower, becoming a wizard offering member under the rules of the Seven Rings Holy Tower. Second, you have 100 years to collect the required wizard spirit punishment. If you fail to collect enough wizard spirit after 100 years, you will be imprisoned in the Seven Rings Prison according to the rule of one wizard spirit per year."

Green smiled.

Without a doubt, Green chose the second option.

So, let's begin a new demon-hunting expedition right away, and spend a hundred years earning and collecting 1,750 witch essences?

(End of this chapter)