Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 367: Destiny Stone Trial, Stealing

Ronan took a cursory look.

Among the five-member team of the Astronomical Society, the leader Ivan and another mid-level fourth-level wizard named Ferg are the strongest and are mainly responsible for clearing wandering monsters along the way.

Astrologer Anand is the team's "navigator", another fourth-level wizard is responsible for reconnaissance, and there is a female wizard who acts as "logistics".

The five-man Dawn Wizard Team had a fairly complete configuration and they cooperated well with each other, but except for Ivan, the other four seriously lacked actual combat experience. Under normal circumstances, it might be okay, but if they encountered the slightest "headwind", the entire team's thin formation would probably be broken up immediately.

The person who will be most troubled by then will definitely be the leader Ivan. You can tell from his appearance that he is a man with a strong sense of responsibility and certain ambitions. No wonder he chooses to "cooperate" with them without hesitation. He has probably always acted as the "babysitter" of the team and feels that he has reached the limit of his ability, but is unwilling to give up.

Ronan gave Hathaway a look, and Hathaway obediently ran to the front of the team.

Ronan chanted a low spell, and circular ripples appeared in the void around him like water waves. Elemental life forms walked out of the ripples one after another.

The life force is mainly composed of water element, supplemented by fire element. Each of them emits a powerful energy fluctuation comparable to that of a fourth-level mid-level wizard.

Control of the water element was shared with Hathaway, while the fire element was controlled by Ronan himself and spread around the entire team. While dispelling the corruption, dampness and darkness in the waterways, it also provided early warning.

Ronan had earlier thrown all the monster corpses that Hathaway had "accumulated" during this period into the Elemental Pool. After the Elemental Pool was slightly upgraded, it could already create mid-level fourth-level elemental life without much effort.

The upper limit of the elemental life that the Crown of Deep Knowledge can produce is linked to the number of ancient spiritual texts mastered by the user. Theoretically, Ronan can create an elemental life force of tens of thousands!

But the prerequisite is that the elemental pool must have a sufficient amount of reserve energy, and his mental power must be high enough to command so many elemental lives to act simultaneously.

Ronan estimated that with the current energy accumulated in his elemental pool, if he used it all to create fourth-order elemental life forms, he could summon between two hundred and three hundred.

This force was more than enough to crush him and allow him to push through the ancient waterway ruins, but the price was that all the energy in the elemental pool that had been accumulated with great difficulty was drained out in one breath.

This is naturally not what Ronan wants.

So Ronan only summoned twenty fourth-level water elements and ten fire elemental creatures.

With the effect of the Crown of Deep Knowledge, the actions and vision of a total of thirty elemental creatures were all under Ronan's control, as easy as commanding them with his own arms or observing the lines on their palms.

Mental strength flows back and forth like the tides on a moonlit night. Even if this state is maintained for a long time, there is no loss at all, and there is even a tendency to increase slightly.

On the character panel, the proficiency of the [Tidal Meditation Method], which he had not taken seriously, would automatically increase a little every once in a while.

Ronan's elemental guards and Hathaway's strong participation greatly reduced the physical and psychological pressure on the Astronomical Society team.

It was obvious that everyone, including Ivan, "breathe a sigh of relief" and were even a little excited. Their attitude towards Ronan and the other man also began to change, from being cold and distant to becoming closer.

For a group of "trial rookies", there is no better way to win their favor than to relieve their pressure in time and allow them to return to their own "comfort zone".

Including Ivan, everyone gave Ronan a look of "gratefulness".

Leading such a "troublesome" team to participate in the trial, he must be "mentally exhausted".

With the presence of the elemental guards and Hathaway, the task of clearing the monsters along the way no longer required Ivan and the others. Ivan deliberately slowed down his pace, landed next to Ronan, and took the initiative to talk to him.

"Is this the effect of the Crown of Deep Knowledge?"

Ivan attributed the ability to summon thirty elemental creatures in one breath to the crystal crown on Ronan's head, and exclaimed softly: "I once read about this legendary magic tool in an ancient book. It is said that it is the crystallization of the wisdom of the wizards of the Deep Sea School of Linghu. Among the three inherited magic tools of Linghu, it has always firmly occupied the first place."

"You are more knowledgeable than I expected..."

Ronan showed a surprised expression on his face, and asked, "How much do you know about this selection? Can you tell me in detail?
To be honest, I still don’t know what I should do. I am completely forced to do it.”

Ronan showed a helpless bitter smile on his face, as if it contained many unspeakable stories. What he said was not entirely false, because the position that originally belonged to Misha was taken away. Apart from a rune stone with the basic process written on it, the deep-sea wizard who led the way did not reveal any additional content about the selection to him.

"You mean the Trial of the Stone of Destiny?"

The Trial of the Stone of Destiny.

Ronan's eyes flickered slightly. Well, he even knew the real name of this trial only now.

“Actually, I don’t know much.”

Ivan thought for a moment and said, “Finding the entrance to Quevada Oasis and heading to Quevada Oasis is the goal of the first stage of the trial.

Honestly, this phase is hard enough.

But it is said that the truly cruel selection is still to come."

There was a slight solemnity in Ivan's eyes, as if he himself did not have much hope for the future.

Ronan asked, "How much do you know about the Lost Land?" "The Lost Land?"

Ivan shook his head and said, "When the disaster of Kel'dimu's national destruction broke out, under the protracted war, a small part of the huge Kel'dimu Empire sank into the ground and broke into many hidden space layers.

It is said that the Lost Land has far more than one layer. The waterway area we are in now and the Quevada Oasis we want to go to are both relatively stable and safe places in the Lost Land."

"I see."

Ronan was thoughtful. He suspected that the gray wilderness space where he and Jason explored the goblin treasure house and encountered the wizards of the Tangista Empire might be a "mezzanine" in the Lost Lands.

He wanted to ask Alvin more, but the sound of fighting came from the front of the team, accompanied by the exclamations of several wizards from the Astronomical Society and Hathaway's voice full of contempt and disgust. Driven by his natural sense of responsibility, Alvin looked solemn and rushed over without saying a word.

Ronan had no choice but to give up.

This small group formed temporarily stopped to rest on the second day of the hourglass timing.

It was not because of the obstacles ahead or the fatigue of fighting, but because astrologer Anand needed to stop for a while and deduce the next walking route.

"Would you like to try it?"

Next to the burning campfire, Ivan handed Ronan a small black cloth package. Everyone was resting, drinking water, eating, or meditating. The gray-haired young man Anand hid far away alone. Under the protection of five elemental creatures, he was studying the star map in a mystical manner.

"Thank you."

Ronan took the cloth bag handed to him by Ivan, opened it, and found some black stuff that looked like dried meat inside.

"Wind snake jerky."

Ivan specifically explained: "It tastes good, is very helpful for restoring physical strength, and also has a certain effect in assisting meditation. If you feel it's hard, you can use wind spells to 'blow' it a little, and it will taste better."

Ronan nodded and casually took out a long piece of wind snake jerky. The "Storm Bloodline" in his body was slightly activated, and some free wind energy particles gathered and gently brushed across the surface of the jerky.

Just as Alvin said, the wind snake jerky that had been "soaked" in the wind element went from being so hard that it could almost be used as a weapon to soon becoming as soft as noodles.

Ronan gently tore off a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it. It tasted extremely fresh and fragrant, indeed a rare delicacy.

He suddenly recalled his apprenticeship period, when he relied on the flesh and blood of magical beasts to help build his body. At that time, he knew very little about magic and magical beasts. It was an experience that made him smile and miss it.

"Hathaway baked the pie herself. Would you like to try it?"

After tasting the wind snake jerky given by Ivan, Ronan naturally "generously" took out the pie that Hathaway had baked a few days ago and shared it with the people in the Astronomy Club.

When Ivan saw the pie, his eyes lit up. He subconsciously glanced at Hathaway who was not far away, then whispered, "Then I won't be polite," and then he took the pie "excitedly" back to share with the other people.

Ronan was really looking forward to their expressions when they bit into the live frogs and bats in the pie. Oh, several days have passed, and the ones that were originally alive should have been suffocated to death by now.
While everyone was enjoying the "delicious" food, Ronan's eyes flickered, and he stood up with some food and slowly walked towards Anand at the far end of the crowd.

During this time, Ivan's gaze lingered on him for a moment, but he quickly retracted his gaze and did not say anything to stop him.

"Star track..tidal cycle Polma coefficient 13."

When I approached Anand, I heard him mumbling some words that ordinary people could not understand at all.

Anand was half-crouching on the ground in a rather inelegant posture. In front of him was a crystal-projected star map and a mercury blackboard. With the surging light naturally emitted by the fire element, he could clearly see that the mercury blackboard and the ground beneath his feet were already densely covered with various calculation formulas.

Anand's hair was messy like a chicken coop, his brows were furrowed, and he looked very anxious and irritated.

Ronan deliberately made a little noise. Anand turned his head suddenly, saw Ronan, and subconsciously used his body to cover the calculation formula under his feet.

"What do you want to do?"

"Let's eat something first."

Ronan casually threw the food in his hand to him and replied nonchalantly, “Star map deduction is a very energy-consuming task.

You can’t do it without filling your stomach.”

Anand was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the astronomy club. He found that several of his companions were chatting and eating, and no one paid any attention to him.

She pursed her lips immediately, and when she looked at Ronan again, her eyes became less vigilant.

"Thank you."

Anand thanked Ronan quickly and in a low voice, then lowered his head and began to tear into the pie and jerky in his hand, eating them voraciously, and it seemed that he was really hungry.

Ronan squatted down beside him naturally, pretending to casually glance at the calculation formulas under Anand's feet. With his eyes flickering, the messy text symbols on the ground seemed to come alive, quickly passing through his eyes and pouring into his mind.
(End of this chapter)