The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 144: Inform (12)

"Mr. Lin, is there anything I can help you with?"

In the Silver Ring Prison office, Whitaker, with a smile on his face, asked Lynn who suddenly found him.

"Don't be nervous." Lin En smiled gently, "I came here to thank you."

"You're welcome, Mr. Lynn. It's my honor to work for you." Whitaker replied quickly.

However, feeling the envious gazes of his colleagues behind him, Whitaker couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Whitaker has learned everything from the prison warden Vincent. At first he thought something was wrong, but Vincent said frankly that he would not blame him because Lynn asked for it.

So this matter immediately turned from a bad thing into a good thing - not because Whitaker could gain any benefits, but not being punished was already a good thing for Whitaker.

However, if we have to say something good, it is that Lynn came to his office again to thank him specifically, which made Whitaker very proud.

"Come on, Whittaker, find a quiet place. I want to talk to you again." Lynn looked around at the wizard apprentices in the office and continued.

"No need, Mr. Lin..." Whitaker wanted to refuse. He understood his own status and did not dare to ask for Lin's real gratitude. That would be too much and would damage this unexpected favor.

Lynn said nothing, but motioned for Whitaker to lead the way.

He didn't come to Whitaker to thank him.

Whitaker naturally didn't dare to refuse. After thinking about it, he took Lynn to a separate office.

The two men sat opposite each other, and Lynn took out a box of freshly bought tobacco and handed it to Whitaker.

"This is...Sunset Mist." Whitaker recognized the box of tobacco, and the words of rejection he had prepared were stuck in his throat and he could no longer say them.

This box of tobacco is of the best quality, and its value is estimated to be 3 intermediate magic stones.

Although Whitaker loved tobacco, he had never bought such high-end goods.

It's not a question of whether or not one can afford it, but consumables that have reached this price are no longer something that the average wizard apprentice can afford.

Whitaker struggled for a moment, but couldn't resist the desire in his heart and reached out to take the tobacco.

“Looking back now, I am really lucky. I was promoted to a first-level wizard just before the incident in the Silver Ring Prison happened.

"So, thanks to your 'cooperation', I was able to get the seed of talent in time." Lin En said.

"Mr. Lin En, you are overpraising me. I am just lucky. Also, no one in your cell or the cell above has been mutated. Even if you are not promoted, there will be no danger."

Perhaps because of the gift, Whitaker remained respectful, but he was obviously less distant and talked more.

"That's true, but relying on luck and relying on yourself for safety are two different things." Lin En said with a smile, and then asked inconspicuously,

"The investigation of the entire incident has basically been completed. I am a little curious, how many apprentices have been transformed this time?"

Lynn's mind recalled the scene in the Capeson apprentice's cell that he saw with his supersensory vision.

Before the partition above their heads was shattered by the mutated Silver Ring Apprentice above, only three Knowledge Auras were still lit in the cell.

However, alienation can also cause the aura of knowledge to disappear, so Lynn is not sure what is going on.

This is also the reason why he deliberately returned to the Silver Ring Prison now.

Lynn needed to find out what exactly happened in the cell where the Capeson School apprentices were held.

"A total of 32 apprentices were alienated, 102 apprentices were killed, and a total of 134 apprentices died." Whitaker answered truthfully.

Although he was just a small wizard apprentice, he was very familiar with the incident due to his position.

"32? I noticed that all the alienated apprentices were dead. How did you come up with such an accurate number?"

"By looking at whether there are wounds on the bodies, we can tell that the defenses of those alienated apprentices are very strong. The attacks of ordinary wizard apprentices can basically not cause any harm to them, so we can make a judgment based on this."

Whitaker continued, saying that Lynn was an eyewitness to the incident after all, and he felt that there was nothing to hide from her. After thinking for a while, he added,

"However, I heard from Lord Vincent that this alienation incident is a little different from the previous ones. The wizard apprentices who were attacked and fatally injured by the alienated apprentices before would also be alienated, but this time those wizard apprentices died directly without being contaminated and alienated." "This may be because they have been contaminated but have not had time to alienate. Those apprentices who were alienated at the beginning also died not long after, and those apprentices who were attacked and contaminated by them did not have time to alienate and died with them." Lin En speculated.

"That's a possibility. I heard Warden Vincent mention it as well."

Lynn nodded and very smoothly asked Whitaker for more detailed information, such as which cells the alienated apprentices were in.

Whitaker didn't think it was strange for Lynn to ask these questions. On the contrary, since he had received Lynn's gift, he wanted to give something back, so he told her everything he knew.

Soon, Lin En learned a key piece of information -

There was not a single alienated apprentice in the Capeson cell.

This also means that the scene he saw at the time did not represent the alienation of a Capeson apprentice in the cell, but the death of a Capeson apprentice.

'He died before the entire alienation incident began...'

Lynn said goodbye to Whitaker. He walked out of Silver Ring Prison, with a name constantly echoing in his mind.

Bradley.

"No wonder they asked me when I became a first-class wizard..."

Lynn pondered silently, the cause of the Capeson apprentice's death was obviously related to Bradley.

But the key now is whether the death of the Capeson apprentice is related to this alienation incident?
Or, is Bradley related to this alienation incident?

If it was just a coincidence, then everything would be fine.

It's just a second-level wizard killing a wizard apprentice. It's not a big deal.

But if it wasn't a coincidence...

Lin En's expression gradually became grim as he realized the seriousness of the matter.

A few hours later.

Lynn found Horsens Thorn and briefly explained what he saw at the time.

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Horsens frowned.

"I'm sure." Lynn replied.

Huosens was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice:
"I understand. I will keep it a secret for you, and you should not tell anyone about this."

"it is good."

Lynn said goodbye to Horsens.

He sat on the public shuttle, gazing through the porthole at the quiet and peaceful Silver Ring City below.

There were tall towers everywhere and it was bustling and bustling, but Lynn seemed to have seen it reduced to a sea of ​​fire and ruins.

'But that's all I can do.'

Taking a deep breath, Lin En tried to suppress the uneasiness in his heart.

After all, he was just a first-level wizard. Not to mention getting involved in this matter, he was not even able to deal with Bradley, a second-level wizard.

All I can do is to tell the information I know to more capable and trustworthy wizards, and then hope that the tall man can hold on...

Even though he thought so, Lin En found it difficult to comfort himself.

'It's still not strong enough.'

He withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes silently, and thought about his next arrangements.

(End of this chapter)