Wizard Immortality.

Chapter 99 Northern Town | An Encounter with Avilia

A month later.

A glorious old land, the far north.

Unlike the humid and warm environment of Death Rift Valley.

The area is bitterly cold, with numerous mountains and snow cover year-round.

There are many dragon beasts living in groups within the valley.

It was midday.

A caravan of a hundred people, wielding long whips to drive camels and oxen, struggled to move forward through the snow.

Vic modified his muscles and bones, completely suppressing the wizard's spiritual magnetic field. He adopted the alias Archie and accompanied the northward-bound caravan as a guard knight for over a month.

Along the way, he heard many rumors about the floating city.

After the battle against the wizarding organization, the Abyss.

lost heavily.

Although the high-end combat force remains intact and no one has perished, the apprentices within the city suffered heavy casualties, with nine Level 1 and two senior Level 1 members falling in this battle.

Most of the city's supplies and knowledge reserves were also looted.

After that.

The only good news for the Floating City is that the Cult of Kramar has announced its alliance with them, preparing to suppress the newly emerging criminal wizarding organization, the Abyss of Priests.

Moreover, there are rumors that...

The floating city has begun to request help from the outside world, but the veracity of this request is very low.

but.

These matters are no longer related to Vic.

His squire knight, Loken, was only taken in on a whim, for the convenience of doing business in the floating city, and he died without a second thought.

This time we've come to the wild north.

Besides collecting materials called "Cosmic Wind," Vic will also stay here for a period of time to build a knowledge system for the Ice Shield spell.

He seeks a quiet, ordinary town to escape Amiya Vergara's relentless search for him and quietly cultivates his spiritual practice.

Mention this person.

Vic is extremely murderous.

As long as Amiya lives, she is a threat to him, and invisibly, she hinders his path to becoming a wizard at every turn.

If he has the chance in the future, he will definitely kill this woman!

Braving the wind and snow.

The caravan struggled to enter a simple, ordinary town.

"Archie! Go tie the horses up! The rest of you help unload the cargo. We're going to the tavern later, it's on me!"

The leading guard was a burly, middle-aged man named Andrei.

He is warm and generous.

He was deeply loved by the caravan members and the knights.

The goods had been delivered, and the caravan's employer readily paid him a large bag of gold coins as payment.

but.

The employer's daughter would occasionally glance at Vic, who was busy working alone in front of the hitching post, and kept nudging her old father with her elbow.

Andrei, observing this, smiled and said, "Archie is a newcomer who recently joined us. He doesn't talk much, but he's a very nice person with a kind heart."

Archie had just reached the age to get married.

If Mr. Holden doesn't mind.

I can act as an intermediary and introduce him to your daughter.

The caravan's employer was older, slightly overweight, with gray hair, and wore a noble-style coat with gold buttons.

He glanced at Vic's retreating figure, his heart filled with disdain.

Although the guard knight was quite strong, the job was dangerous and didn't pay much. He wouldn't introduce his daughter to a penniless man.

He politely declined, saying, "I still plan to have Helena inherit my business in the future, and I don't want her to get married and start a family so early. I appreciate your kind offer."

Andrei shrugged and gave Helena a helpless smile.

The latter flung his arm and angrily returned to the carriage, never to get off again.

Vic knew all of these things.

He didn't care what the ants of the mortal world thought.

Because his spiritual body is always connected to the Lich's Life Box, learning knowledge and accumulating energy, he only retains a little perception of the outside world.

So he remained silent the whole way, like a mute.

In addition, in order to avoid Amiya's notice.

Vic's attire was unremarkable; none of his clothes were new, and they were all worn and tattered.

He even altered his facial features to make them look rather ugly.

I don't know what made that woman named Helena fall for him.

On the way to the tavern.

Through Andrei's introduction, Vic learned that the town was called "Smoke Town" and that the mayor was a retired knight.

There is a wizard apprentice in charge of the town.

They accept offerings from the townspeople.

Encountering a strange creature.

The apprentice would protect their safety, so it was a mutually beneficial relationship.

This is also the current living condition of apprentices at the bottom of the wizarding world.

Not all apprentices are willing to attach themselves to powerful wizarding organizations in search of opportunities.

During his previous life as an apprentice, Vic received offerings for varying periods in several small towns, accumulating wealth along the way.

but.

Vic came here merely to lie low.

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He doesn't care about interpersonal relationships with others.

late at night.

The guards, having eaten and drunk their fill, were now resting.

Vik told Andrei that he would stay in the town for a while. Instead of asking why, Andrei generously lent him ten gold coins so that he could buy a house in the town.

"Everyone has their own difficulties. I could tell you had something on your mind on the way here, but I won't ask too much. You can return these ten gold coins to me whenever you want."

If you need any help, please feel free to ask.

Vic wouldn't accept a gift from a mortal for no reason.

He pondered for a moment, then took out a small iron block from his pocket, applied a wizard's mark to it to erase its spiritual magnetic field properties, handed it over, and said indifferently, "This is a token given to me by an elder from my hometown. If you encounter danger, take it out and it will ensure your safety."

For a first-level wizard.

This is just a small trick.

Although a wizard's mark can only be used once, ordinary wizard apprentices and strange creatures will definitely feel fear upon sensing the power of a first-level wizard.

Andrei casually accepted the iron block, assuming it was a lie made up by Viktor because he was embarrassed to take it for free.

but.

He won't hold it against him.

His ten gold coins were well worth it for this friendship.

Throughout the journey, he sensed that the young knight was preoccupied, so he offered him much assistance.

The two then parted ways.

A week later.

The caravan set off to return.

Andrei wanted to see Viktor once to say goodbye, but the latter never showed up, so he had to give up.

After Vic bought a cheap property in the town.

They live deep within the village and rarely go out.

Time flies.

It's been two years.

During this period, Vic devoted himself to building the Ice Shield spell. Although the energy density of his spiritual body and flesh and bones did not increase rapidly, it was very stable.

Currently, more than two-thirds of the Ice Shield spells have been built.

It should take a year at most to complete the construction.

but.

this day.

A group of uninvited guests from outside the town disrupted the peace of the town.

At the very beginning.

The mayor and the townspeople believed the robbers were thieves, so they pleaded with the shaman apprentice who was receiving offerings to help them.

but.

The situation was completely different from what they had imagined.

After the wizard apprentice who was in charge appeared.

The three knights among the robbers suddenly revealed their identities as seasoned apprentices.

The hatred in one of them as he spoke almost made him grind his back teeth to pieces.