The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 143 Demon (22)

"Yesterday, early yesterday morning."

Lynn answered truthfully and calmly, without dodging her gaze towards Bradley.

There is no way to hide the timing of promotion.

The reason why Lin En was able to hide temporarily was that at the beginning no one thought that he could be promoted to a first-level wizard.

Therefore, some abnormalities in appearance and temperament brought about by advancement are often subconsciously ignored, and the slight fluctuations caused by advancement are also considered normal and ignored.

But once you know that he has been promoted to a first-level wizard.

Whether it is Gray, Samuel, or the patrolling prison guards, they can always find some clues when recalling the past.

For example, at this moment, Gray next to him suddenly said, "No wonder you stayed in the toilet until early yesterday morning..."

Lynn smiled back, but her peripheral vision was watching Bradley's expression.

Bradley didn't look unusual, just nodded slightly.

The warden Vincent next to him asked at this time:
"How did you bring the seeds of talent in? You were all searched carefully before entering. The seeds of talent are prohibited items and are absolutely not allowed to be brought in."

“We did go through a thorough search.” Lin En smiled, “But the prison guards on duty here don’t go through such rigorous searches every day.”

"So, I used some tricks and brought in the seeds of talent that I bought earlier through the Whickett prison guard."

At this point, Lin En added, "Sir Vincent, I want to ask you a favor."

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Don't blame the prison guard who knew nothing about it."

Vincent nodded without hesitation and said:
“It’s not his fault.

"It is his honor to be able to help a first-level wizard."

After Lin En was promoted to a first-level wizard, he was destined to be released.

There is no point in pursuing the issues of past prison guards, so it is better to do Lin En a favor.

Then we can plug this loophole in the prison.

Vincent roughly understood the situation and turned around to answer Bradley's original question.

“Mr. Bradley, it was indeed our negligence that we did not notice Mr. Lynn’s promotion.

"When a first-level wizard is promoted, it is mainly the fluctuation of the spirit that occurs. And because it is the promotion of one's own spirit, it does not require external energy supply, so even the mental fluctuation is not large.

"The monitoring magic array of the Silver Ring Prison is better at capturing magical fluctuations, and the patrolling prison guards are only wizard apprentices, so they failed to discover it in time."

Bradley nodded, the doubt on his face gradually disappeared, and he smiled and said:

"Now that I've figured out the reason, I don't have any more doubts. This is not a bad thing, and it didn't cause any bad consequences."

At this point, Bradley paused briefly, looked at Lynn, and said with emotion,
"Besides, this is not your fault. I come to the Silver Ring Prison for patrols several times a day, and I also did not find Lin En's promotion..."

If you don't use detection magic or activate your extrasensory perception, it's basically impossible to judge a wizard's strength simply by his appearance.

Unless there are unusual circumstances, the use of witchcraft is not allowed in the Silver Ring Prison.

As for super senses, wizards will not activate them casually. After all, it is a dangerous thing. The longer the super senses are maintained, the higher the risk.

Bradley still had a smile on his face, but in his heart he regretted not discovering earlier that Lin En had been promoted to a first-level wizard.

After all, if Lynn had successfully been promoted to a first-level wizard before those apprentices were alienated, it would also mean that there was a fatal loophole in Bradley's perfect plan!

After returning from visiting his wife that day, Bradley decided to create the alienation incident that happened in the Silver Ring Prison today in order to cover up the death of a Capeson wizard apprentice!

He used puppet witchcraft to stitch together the flesh and blood of the dead Capeson wizard apprentice and disguised a temporary aura of knowledge for him.

However, it is extremely difficult to forge the knowledge aura. Even Bradley, who is a second-level wizard, only disguised the puppet before passing through the Silver Ring Prison to inspect the wizard formation.

And this disguise can only last for about ten minutes.

The reason why Lin En did not find anything unusual when he activated his supersensory vision was because Bradley had just left and the disguise of the Capeson apprentice had not yet expired. Bradley was sure that no first-level wizard would go to the second underground floor of the Silver Ring Prison after he left, so he was not worried about being discovered.

However, as a first-level wizard, Lin En always stayed on the second underground floor...

'Lynn Kent...did you find anything?'

Bradley had no way of knowing whether Lynn had used his extrasensory vision to observe the four Capeson apprentices.

He couldn't ask now, not even in a veiled way.

If asked, whether Lin En said yes or no, it would increase the suspicion on him and increase the possibility of him being exposed.

'Damn...'

The suspicion and uneasiness in his heart made Bradley gloomy and irritable, and he silently kept Lynn in his heart.

Lin En's promotion was just an episode. What is more important now is the pollution of the Holy Mi Ring.

Not long after, Stephens, the third-level wizard who was the chief director of the Saint Mihuan Pollution Laboratory and a student of the Silver Ring Wizard, also arrived at the Silver Ring Prison with a large group of formal wizards.

They joined up with Hosens and together they carefully examined the bodies of the alienated apprentices.

The scale of this alienation incident is not large compared to the number of wizard apprentices imprisoned here.

Only about thirty wizard apprentices were alienated, and nearly a hundred wizard apprentices died.

So the inspection does not take long.

About an hour later, Hossens and Stephens had completely checked the bodies of all the alienated apprentices.

Stephens dismissed most of the wizards and brought only a few core members and Hossens to an office.

After setting up the shielding magic array, Stephens sat next to Horsens with a heavy face:
"The 'demons' have mutated again... According to previous research, they should not 'wake up' when in an 'uncomfortable' environment, but now they have abnormally exited their 'dormant' state."

The so-called "devil" is the name that Yinhuan Academy currently uses to refer to the strange power behind these alienated apprentices.

The more they studied, the more they realized that the force could not be simply described as pollution.

Demons are very smart and possess a certain level of intelligence. When they are in an unsuitable environment, such as a prison, where they cannot grow stronger or infect more wizards, they will fall into a dormant state.

In the dormant state, they are almost impossible to detect - at least, Silver Ring Academy has not found any method to detect "demons" so far.

Huo Sensi also sighed, which was rare: "The Black Moon script cannot be deciphered. We know too little information."

During his early exploration of the Black Moon Ruins in the Blood Red World, Hosens accidentally obtained some vague information about the 'Devil'.

He was about to forget it, but after the pollution incident of Shengmi Ring happened, he remembered it again.

It was for this reason that Huo Sens was arranged by the Silver Ring Wizard to join the Holy Mi Ring Pollution Laboratory.

However, Hosens learned very little information. Apart from knowing some characteristics of the devil and knowing that it was extremely dangerous, he knew nothing else.

“We can only hope that Teacher Yinhuan can gain something in the Saint Mihuan world.” Stephens sighed, feeling a little uneasy.

After a moment's silence, Stephens continued the discussion:

"Is it possible that demons are a kind of swarming creatures, and because they cannot accurately judge whether the external environment is suitable, they actively awaken a group of them to serve as pioneers for exploration?"

"... This possibility cannot be ruled out." Hosens nodded and added based on his previous experience.

"If this is possible, it can explain why all those alienated apprentices died."

Just like when he was sleeping, no traces of 'demon' could be detected on the dead alienated apprentice.

So if the demons were intelligent, doing this would prevent the wizards from noticing anything unusual.

Stephens nodded and continued his discussion with Horsens.

At the same time, Lin En also cooperated with the investigation, retrieved all the things he had deposited, and officially left the Silver Ring Prison.

He stood at the door, but for a moment hesitant about where to go.

(End of this chapter)