Wizard's Journey

Chapter 589 A Layer of Cold Sweat

Even from a great distance, Green noticed the extensive ruins of the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizarding Academy and the faint smell of blood floating in the sky.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Five wizards flew into the sky to greet them, followed by more than ten two-headed snake academy guardians with an attack power of around 250. It was as if if the Shadow Meteor that Grimm rode made the slightest move, the wizarding academy, which was in a state of high alert and tension, would be on the verge of war!

This shows that the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizarding Academy is indeed in an extremely precarious situation.

Even the bustling cities near the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Academy, such as Mothfrog City, were powerless to protect it. The academy itself was even attacked by the enemy. Even if they managed to defend the Wizard Tower, how many wizard apprentices could they recruit in the ten-year recruitment period?

Without fresh blood to replenish the ranks of wizard apprentices, it becomes difficult to compete for dominance in the city. As a result, the source of wizard apprentices is almost entirely controlled by the enemy!

In wars between wizarding apprentices, the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizarding Academy is at a disadvantage, and it's likely the same will be true in wars between formal wizards!

In academy wars, if the enemy's wizard tower's magical source cannot be destroyed in a direct and overwhelming manner, then a large number of wizard apprentices and their respective knights must be used to conquer the enemy's cities. By continuously curbing the number of enemy wizard apprentices and reducing the number of new blood, the source of magical power can be indirectly eroded.

The rules of the Holy Tower stipulate that wizarding apprentices can only stay in the academy for one hundred years.

Typically, most wizard apprentices leave the wizarding academy after the Holy Tower Qualifying Battle. As a result, the weaker wizarding academy often loses the ability to acquire new talent after the Holy Tower Qualifying Battle, and the wizarding academy gradually becomes an isolated island, which is gradually defeated by the opponent.

The role that formal wizards play in the Academy Wars is the same as the role that Endless Overlords and True Spirit Wizards play in the World Wars!

The difference lies in locking down a city versus locking down the entire world.

Once a wizard apprentice leaves the city area locked by a formal wizard, he will be mercilessly killed by the formal wizard. It is extremely difficult to resist, so he can only be passively trapped inside the city to fight, facing the endless waves of new troops that the enemy may launch.

The role of wizard apprentices in the Academy Wars is that of witch-hunting wizards who fight within the alien world.

Five wizards surrounded the Shadow Starfall, on high alert. One of them was a level two wizard, and more than ten two-headed snakes hissed and flicked their tongues, ready to launch a fatal attack at any moment.

With a creak, the hatch of the Shadow Starfall hatch opened, and one of the wizards seemed to sense something, exclaiming in disbelief, "First Class Medal of Honor?!"

Beneath the black aura swirling around his body, his robe of appearance was half-distorted and concealed. Xiao Ba stood on his shoulder, looking around. Black flames emanated from the eye sockets of his ram-horned skull, and beneath the mask of truth, a pair of elemental eyes were deep, cold, and mysterious.

Green looked at the exclaiming Level 1 wizard. He had a wizard's aura emanating from him, so he was probably just an ordinary demon hunter wizard, one of the demon hunter wizards the academy had trained over the past few hundred years.

"Green?"

It was the leading second-level wizard who recognized Green. This person was one of the disciples and students of the Nine-Headed Wrath Master Uncle. Green had a brief encounter with him during the assessment two hundred years ago.

"Senior Brother Izema."

When Green called out the other party's name, the tense atmosphere immediately eased, and Izema and the four first-level wizards put down their magic wands.

"You've advanced to the second level of wizardry? Hahaha, that's wonderful! Uncle Peranos will be very happy to see you."

Izema said with delight.

Green Truth nodded with a smile and said, "There was a lot of luck involved in my successful advancement to level two wizard this time."

Greeted by several wizards, Green flew slowly at low altitude toward the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Tower, while the wizard apprentices could only walk or fly at extremely low altitudes above the eaves of the building.

The guardians of the Two-Headed Serpent Academy dispersed, each one carrying a trace of the Nine-Headed Wrath Saint Mark Wizard's aura, capable of "summoning" a portion of this Saint Mark Wizard's power at crucial moments.

Several nearby dilapidated buildings stood out conspicuously, clearly damaged by the powerful magic of a formal wizard.

Otherwise, given that every building in the wizarding academy is protected by magical enchantments, it would be impossible for a few hundred or even a few thousand wizarding apprentices to inflict such a large-scale and devastating attack on these buildings.

After taking a closer look at these places, Green said in a deep voice, "This was caused by the all-out attack launched by the wizards of the Shadow Thousand Eyes Academy during the ten-year cycle of recruiting wizard apprentices nine years ago."

Izema gritted his teeth, clearly unwilling to accept defeat.

"The enemy's power is simply too great. Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Academy can hardly contend with them. Although we managed to keep the academy's wizard tower from being destroyed thanks to the academy's large magic array, the academy's guardians, the covert support from several nearby academies, and the full-scale defense of the twenty-eight academy deans and the abundant magical energy within the Level One Wush Tower, that's all we could do. In the battles for wizard apprentice resources in the cities outside the academy, we simply don't have the ability to confront them on a full scale."

Twenty-eight college deans!

It seems that in addition to the mentor, the other two senior uncles, and the three descendants of the Netherworld Heart lineage, the Nine-Headed Wrath Master Uncle has also brought in a number of powerful level three great wizards to guard the academy.

It's a pity that the Shadow Thousand-Eyed Saint Mark Wizard, who had an irreconcilable conflict with the Nine-Headed Wrath Master Uncle, probably summoned more Level 3 Grand Wizards than the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Academy for this academy war. And in other aspects, whether it's low-level wizards or wizard apprentices, the opposing side far surpasses the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Academy.

As they were flying, Green suddenly stopped.

Amid Izema's confusion, Grimm, beneath the Mask of Truth, suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Approximately how many second-level wizards are there in the academy?"

"There are only about twenty people. There's nothing we can do about it. The instructors can spend a lot of money to temporarily gather some powerful level three wizards, but it's very difficult to do so for level two wizards. And Nine-Headed Wrath Academy has only been established for a few hundred years. Among the formal wizards who have advanced in the academy, not a single one has advanced to level two yet. That's why level two wizards are even rarer than level three wizards."

Green understood Izema's explanation.

Green then tentatively asked, "Among these twenty people, is there a wizard skilled in the art of concealing himself in the shadows of the dark element?"

Ok?

Izema frowned, and after a moment of careful recollection, a hint of seriousness flashed deep in his eyes. He seemed to have realized something and affirmed, "There is indeed a second-level wizard who is good at hiding, but he is not the Dark Element Shadow Lurker."

As he spoke, Izema waved his hand, and the four first-level wizards beside him immediately dispersed with wary expressions. More than ten two-headed snake academy guardians flew over from afar and began to continuously summon nearby patrolling wizards to gather around.

"Hehehe, young master, what have you discovered?"

Xiao Ba asked excitedly.

Green nodded, then turned and sneered at the shadows of the ruins in the distance, "Aren't you coming out?"

A distorted ripple appeared in the shadow of the ruined building, which resembled a pool of water. A wizard emerged from within, revealing his upper body.

His skin and bones were withered and wrinkled, his hair was almost all gone, and his body was like a shadow, appearing as an illusory and distorted element.

"A wizard skilled in perception? In that case, consider yourself lucky today..."

boom!

The invading wizard had only spoken halfway when suddenly a flash of fire appeared and then a loud "boom" resounded. The earth cracked open, creating a crater several meters wide. The shockwave easily flattened the nearby ruins of buildings, and billowing smoke filled the sky.

"Hmph, you think you can take me on?"

A shadow streaked away at incredible speed into the distance, its speed indescribable. It seemed to be some kind of sorcery researched for a desperate escape, before disappearing back into the shadows into the distance.

With such escape speed combined with the wizard's Shadow Magic, Izema had no chance of catching him. The academy guardians and patrolling wizards who came to the scene hadn't even had time to react.

"hateful!"

As the smoke cleared, Izema's disappointed sigh was revealed, and the flames on his magic wand went out.

"No, he got away again. That guy is too fast, and his stealth abilities are terrifying. We need to have the patrolling wizards be extra careful from now on! By the way, Grin... um? Where's Grin?"

The place where Green was was empty, with only Little Eight pecking at its wings in mid-air, seemingly indifferent.

"Of course, we're going to hunt down that arrogant and stupid guy! How dare he be so cocky in front of Master Hachi's Mega Evolution Grimm? Hmph, that kind of guy is just a little sheep-like Premon, haha ​​...

Izema was still a little unaccustomed to Hachi's way of speaking, and after a moment of surprise, he said, "The opponent is extremely strong, has an amazing ability to escape, and also has very clever concealment magic. Can Grin handle it...?"

boom!

Just as Izema uttered the "ma?", a black arc of electricity appeared in the low sky far beyond the academy!

The invading wizard, lurking in the shadows, was unaware of the equally concealed Green following behind him. Before he could even let out a scream, he was struck by black arcs of electricity.

"Disappeared!?"

A level one Hawkeye wizard cried out in alarm. He witnessed black arcs of electricity twisting and turning, striking the invading level two wizard. The invading level two wizard vanished completely, as if evaporated from the face of the earth, leaving no trace of flesh or blood behind.

It was as if... it had been erased out of thin air by some unknown energy?

In the void, a blurry figure revealed a gray-white mask with spiral patterns.

Green reached out and grabbed a magic wand, examined it for a moment, and then threw it into the dimensional rift. The mask disappeared again the next moment.

Compared to the invading second-level wizard who could only lurk in the shadows, the seemingly completely invisible Grimm was like a demon wandering through the dimensional world, many times more terrifying!

This second-level wizard, skilled at hiding in the shadows, died without even knowing how he was killed in Green's hands; he was merely prey.

After a slight spatial fluctuation, as Green beneath Little Eight adjusted his Appearance Robe to a semi-invisible state, not only were the few Level One Wizards nearby startled by Green's unpredictable appearance, but even Izema felt a cold sweat break out on his back, as if a terrifying shadow of elusiveness had enveloped him.

"Hahaha, that's great! This guy has attacked patrolling wizards at the academy several times, and countless academy guardians have died at his hands. My second uncle, Dadalon, personally took action and managed to make him disappear for a long time, but he still couldn't do anything about him. I never expected that he would die at your hands today."

Although Izema was smiling, he felt that the smile on his face was so forced.

This Green is ten times more terrifying than that elusive shadow wizard!

Although the two were on the same side, a trace of fear still inevitably surfaced in their hearts.

This guy, as expected of the wizard valued by the master of the Netherworld Heart, is indeed a killing monster who crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in another world. He is not an existence that ordinary arcane wizards can understand. He is a demon hunter dark wizard who lives for killing, a wizard who once changed the entire demon hunter expedition!

It's a pity that he has only just advanced to the second level of wizard. If he were a well-established third-level archmage who had dominated the wizarding world, the situation in this academy war would probably be very different.

He alone could probably plunge the entire Shadow Thousand Eyes Academy into a terrifying nightmare!

(End of this chapter)