Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 62 Goodbye Linus, Corpse Garden
"I'm here to participate in the mission selection."

Ronan walked up to several wizards from the academy and handed over the bronze medal he had received when he registered.

The latter took a quick glance, then detected Ronan's spiritual power, and quickly nodded and said, "Okay, level seven apprentice. Go over there and wait."

Ronan hummed and walked aside quietly.

Under the robe, his slender five fingers were casually playing with a broken mirror-like magic tool, and his mood at the moment was quite strange.

This was the first time Ronan used the effect of the mirror magic fragment.

Unlike the two men named "Francois" who deliberately disguised themselves as high-level apprentice wizards to scare people, he instead replicated the aura of an ordinary seventh-level apprentice wizard and hid the mental fluctuations of his ninth-level apprentice.

Ronan didn't know whether this action would work, but it was always a good idea to keep a low profile when going out.

Just like the day when the town fell into chaos, the reason why he was targeted by the two black-robed people was because among the lower-level gray-robed people on Water Drop Street, his strength as a senior apprentice was as conspicuous as a light bulb in the dark night.

After waiting for a while, a faint voice was heard from the direction of the college.

"coming."

The wizards from the academy present reminded everyone, and those who came to see him off immediately stepped aside.

Soon, a group of people appeared in front of everyone.

They were all dressed like wizards from the academy. The leader was wearing a silk robe with the Hoddam green vine logo. He had fair skin and handsome features. His hair was meticulously combed back and he had an exquisite silver ornament on his forehead.

In Ronan's eyes, this handsome middle-aged wizard was like the sun in the sky, emitting "dazzling" light all the time.

Compared with his aura, everyone in the field seemed "pale".

"A formally powerful wizard!"

Although he was mentally prepared for the difficulty of this mission, Ronan couldn't help but look grim when he saw that it was a formal wizard-level expert from the academy leading the team.

"Lord Fao!"

When the handsome middle-aged wizard appeared, the academy wizards in gray robes immediately and respectfully stepped forward to greet him.

Ronan took the opportunity to look behind the official wizard named Faol. There were five academy wizards, all of whom were senior apprentices. They had the temperament of "chosen ones" which was different from the wandering wizards.

Suddenly, Ronan's eyes paused and stopped on a wizard from the academy.

He was a young man with an indifferent expression. He was quite handsome, but the arrogance that occasionally revealed between his brows gave people the feeling that he was difficult to get along with.

Linus

Ronan started, surprised.

The person in front of him turned out to be the young wizard Linus who had left alone after coming out of the forest.

After such a long time, Linus actually joined the Hoddam College. Not only did his strength rise from level five apprentice to level nine apprentice, but even his broken arm was reattached.

When Ronan recognized Linus, the other party obviously recognized him as well.

There was an obvious disturbance on his face, but he quickly regained his composure and turned away indifferently.

Ronan naturally had no intention of going up to him to reminisce about the past, and there was not much for the two of them to reminisce about.

After all, Linus's departure was not glorious.

Ronan lowered his head and thought silently for a while, and suddenly felt some inquiring eyes falling on him.

He looked up suddenly and was met with a pair of eyes as bright as gems, which almost made Ronan cry.

When the "light" faded away, Ronan saw Linus looking at him indifferently and whispering something in the ear of the official wizard Faol. Faol gave him an ambiguous smile, glanced at him, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.

At this moment, Ronan felt as if he was being stared at by something, and for a moment he even had the urge to quit the mission immediately.

He didn't know what Linus said to the wizard Faol, but he always felt that it was not something good.

Did he want Fao to help him take revenge on himself?
Why should he, a mere apprentice wizard, order a formal wizard around?
Ronan didn't think he had ever offended Linus. To be honest, he had even saved Linus' life.
He can't just try to kill himself just because he knows his true character, right?
For a moment, countless thoughts rolled through Ronan's mind, and his thoughts were in a mess.

Just as he was weighing the pros and cons, Fao's voice rang out on the field.

"Since everyone is here, there is no problem, let's set off."

Fao's voice was like a spring breeze, and it carried an unquestionable majesty, and the entire team followed suit.

Ronan's expression changed, but he finally moved forward with the crowd.

The chances of obtaining the God-Burning Potion were too rare, and he couldn't just give up because of a little concern about the truth.

Otherwise, the investment in these five days of preparation will be wasted.

The group walked forward for a while and came to a small empty square where a magic airship was parked. Led by Fao, everyone boarded the airship.

Most of the wandering wizards in the team were riding on this small magic airship for the first time in their lives. They were all more or less unable to suppress their excitement and agitation. It did not look like they were about to carry out a dangerous mission full of unknowns, but rather like a group outing.

The young wizards from the academy looked at the reaction of the Wandering Gray Robe coldly, as if they were a group of bumpkins who had never seen the world.

The wizard Faol always had a smile on his face, giving people a very friendly feeling.

Only Ronan stood alone in the corner, observing everything that happened on the airship with an expressionless face.

There are a total of five senior apprentices in the academy, and including Ronan, the number of Wandering Gray Robes reaches twenty-five.

Those who have reached the level of advanced apprentices are considered the best among the group of wandering wizards.

The strongest among them is a ninth-level apprentice, followed by four eighth-level ones, and the rest are seventh-level wizard apprentices like Ronan.

The magic airship shuttled through the clouds and mist, across large tracts of wilderness and forests, and moved farther and farther away from the town.

At a certain moment, the official wizard Fao called everyone together and said gently: "Okay, there are some things about this mission that need to be explained to everyone..."

Everyone pricked up their ears.

“..Our main goal this time is to destroy a potion-breeding resource point in the Forest of Death, which is located in a small secret space.

At that time, we may encounter resistance from the Black Robes of the Deathrattle Forest, but don't worry, I will clear away those obvious obstacles.

All you have to do is... just destroy any potion resources you see..."

"Mission completed, gather at the designated location and return by airship. Each person will be rewarded with a Spirit Burning Potion."

"I hope that when we return, everyone here will be safe and sound."

The wizard Faol's tone was relaxed and humorous. The nervous apprentices on the airship relaxed and smiled.

Ronan watched coldly. He would never believe that a mission that would reward the extremely precious God-Burning Potion to all the wizards in the academy would be as easy as Faol said.

Everyone returns safely?
I'm afraid we'll be thankful if half of them can return safely by then.

Afterwards, Fao specifically explained the meaning of "small secret space" to a group of wandering wizards.

It is probably an independent space opened up by powerful wizards in the wizarding world through space spells. The principle is somewhat similar to a storage waist bag.

The purpose of secret spaces is generally to conduct magic experiments, cultivate resources, and live. Some secret spaces are formed naturally, and there are often many incredible things in them.

The existence of secret spaces is almost common sense to the wizards in the academy, but it amazes the wandering gray robes.

The magic airship landed in a hidden valley, and everyone got off the ship with Fao.

Ronan wasn't sure how far the airship had flown, but it should be quite far away from the town.

The landing point was facing a hole similar to the entrance of a tomb. Fao took the lead and strode forward to enter.

Five wizards from the academy followed closely behind, followed by Ronan and his group of wandering grey robes. Ronan quietly observed along the way and found that Linus had a particularly close relationship with Faol among the five wizards from the academy, and seemed to be highly valued by Faol.

I don’t know why, his personality is obviously not likable.

When walking into the entrance of the tomb, Ronan saw some stone fragments scattered on the ground at the entrance, with some strange and unfamiliar words engraved on the fragments.

Ronan couldn't make it out, but he heard someone in the team talking in a low voice.

"What's written on it?" read out the contents above.

"Well, it looks like a corpse garden."

The entire process of entering the secret space was completely different from what Ronan had imagined.

They just followed Fao along a long corridor and walked forward for a long time.

When they walked out of the corridor, they found that the sky outside had become dark without them knowing. In fact, they had entered the so-called secret space.

“Divide into groups of three and act separately.

Like I said before, you just need to try to destroy all the resources you see on the road that you think may be useful to the black robes."

Fao gave a few simple instructions, divided everyone into groups, and then watched each group leave with a smile.

Until now.

This mission felt just as Faol had said, not too demanding, not too dangerous, and everything would go smoothly, simply, and easily.

"You two must follow my instructions later."

Not long after they left the main group, an eighth-level apprentice wizard with a slightly hooked nose in the same group told Ronan and another person in a very forceful manner.

Ronan didn't say anything, but the young wizard Rennie, who happened to be in the same group with him, was quite dissatisfied.

"Why? I didn't say you have to lead the team!"

"Just because I am stronger than you."

The hook-nosed wizard sneered and said, "I don't want to be in danger or lose the reward because of your stupid behavior. If you don't want to, just leave the team. After the mission is over, I will report to Lord Fao that someone deliberately obstructed the operation."

"you"

Rennie's fair and handsome face turned red instantly, but after a few seconds he could only swallow his anger, acknowledging the fact that the hook-nosed wizard led the team.

The latter smiled contemptuously, glanced at Ronan who had been extremely "obedient and cooperative", then put away his expression with satisfaction and walked forward calmly.

The air in this space was filled with dust and the smell of decay. The three of them walked along the gray brick path covered with dead vines for a while and came to an empty cemetery.

The field of vision was filled with wandering phosphorescent lights, and there seemed to be the sound of souls chanting in the ears, and the atmosphere gradually became eerie and terrifying.

“Dirty place.”

The leading hook-nosed wizard frowned and cursed, then kicked away a few bones under his feet with disgust, and walked cautiously towards the grave closest to the three people.

His eyes fell on the broken tombstone standing in front of the grave, as if he wanted to study the words on it.

The young wizard Rennie was always very alert, while Ronan moved his lips, a faint white light appeared in his eyes, and he began to look around.

The [Detection Technique] that he had mastered through hard work not only reduced the casting time to less than one second, but also allowed him to reveal a lot more information and traces after casting.

In Ronan's eyes, the cemetery at this moment turned completely black, and a large amount of negative energy particles belonging to the undead and darkness filled the entire tomb like black smoke.

In this black, bright green runs through it, like a transmission pipeline, faintly forming strange patterns.
Ronan squatted down, and his slender white fingers pushed aside the black soil of the tomb, and soon touched something hard.

His expression changed suddenly.

"Don't touch that thing..go!"

Ronan quickly stood up and shouted coldly to the hook-nosed wizard who was almost in front of the tombstone.

He had a lot of inherited knowledge on undead magic, including a detailed introduction to the process and materials required for refining and breeding undead slaves.

I noticed something was wrong when I used the detection technique just now. I cleared the soil under my feet and saw that there were all related things underneath!

When the hook-nosed wizard heard Ronan's reminder, he turned around and looked at him coldly, then continued walking forward.

Ronan glanced at Reni beside him and saw that he also looked unmoved. He shook his head and ran towards the other end of the cemetery at full speed.

That's just a matter of a few breaths.

"Click——"

A sound like something breaking was clearly heard in the quiet cemetery.

Immediately after the ground shook, the mounds of the graves began to rise upwards.
"Oh!"

The hook-nosed wizard had just approached the tombstone in front of him, and before he had time to study what was engraved on it, he saw the grave behind the tombstone explode with a loud bang, and a white bony hand stretched out from it.

His face changed instantly, and he realized that what Ronan said before was true. He quickly activated the magic tool, put up an energy shield, and then ran away.

Rennie's reaction was much faster than his, and he realized something was wrong when the ground shook.

But the tomb changed too quickly. Skeleton warriors crawled out one after another, with faint green fire burning in their empty eye sockets. They held rotten axes or swords in their hands and rushed towards the two of them in a surrounding manner.

"boom!"

The axe, shining with cold light, slammed heavily on the ground, and cracks appeared on the gray brick road.

Ronan held the staff in his hand, his robe flying up, and he jumped high on the axe handle like a nimble bird, dodging a heavy blow from the skeleton blocking his way, and landed on the ground easily and gracefully.

Looking back, he saw that Rennie and the hook-nosed wizard who were traveling with him were already in a tough fight.

In Rennie's hand, he held a scimitar with flashing runes, chanting spells continuously, and occasionally making slashing movements. Then, crescent-shaped yellow energy blades shot out from the scimitar, slashing at the surrounding skeletons, exploding into a bright yellow color and bone fragments.

The hook-nosed wizard kept waving his staff and chanting to summon strong winds. Although it had no killing power, it blew the skeletons around toppled.

As high-level wizard apprentices, the two men had decent fighting abilities and had obviously experienced some battles. At least they were not so panicked that they couldn't even cast spells in such a situation.

However, the methods used by the two lacked effective killing power against the skeleton warriors whose strength generally reached that of intermediate apprentices or above. After a series of operations, not only did they fail to escape, but the skeleton warriors around them gathered more and more, and they were about to be overwhelmed.

"call--"

Ronan exhaled, his brows furrowed and then unfolded.

The skeleton that had just dodged had now turned around, holding the axe high in both hands, making a chopping gesture at him.

Ronan seemed not to notice it at all, and there was only calmness in his lake blue eyes.

He raised the staff in his hand with one hand, his eyes penetrated the gaps between the white ribs of the skeleton warriors, and locked onto the position where Rennie and the hook-nosed wizard were locked in a bitter battle.
Forming a long straight line.

The next second, the air and light at the tip of his staff began to distort.

A large amount of energy particles gathered around and generated an invisible wind that blew the hem of Ronan's robe and his long hair tied with a silver rope behind his back.

A huge blue-black ball of light as big as several human heads condensed and formed.

"go with!"

"Bam—"

Following Ronan's quick, short sound, his robe suddenly fluttered back.

As if a terrifying artillery shell had been fired, a huge blue-black ball of light rushed out with a whistling sound, stirring up large waves of bricks, stones and mud along the way, smashing the bodies of white bones and skeletons one after another, and advancing rapidly forward with overwhelming force.
(End of this chapter)