The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 187 Strange Thanks

It had been a long time since Lynn last saw this second-tier wizard, and he had almost forgotten about him.

But seeing it now, I immediately remembered it.

Lynn recalled that terrifying night in Silver Ring Prison.

That day, he had just been promoted to the next rank and was overjoyed, looking forward to leaving the prison.

However, in the evening, Bradley returned to Silver Ring Prison with several Capeson School wizard apprentices he had previously taken away, and that very night, a magical corruption broke out in Silver Ring Prison.

If it weren't for the good fortune that the cell above his head didn't have any apprentice mutations, Lynn, who had just been promoted, might have died on the spot.

Most importantly, Lynn clearly discovered that the wizard apprentice Bradley had brought back was already a corpse...

If these two things had happened separately, Lynn wouldn't have found it strange.

But the two things happened to come together, which made Lynn have a very deep impression of Bradley, the second-tier wizard.

Similarly, Bradley also remembered Lynn, but he didn't show it, instead smilingly asking his companion beside him:

"Is this the 'key' wizard who handed over the Black Moon relics?"

“Yes,” his companion replied.

Bradley then looked at Lynn, scrutinized him for a few seconds, and said, "You look familiar. Haven't we met before?"

“Yes, Your Excellency, I met you a few times when I was imprisoned in Silver Ring Prison.” Lynn, unsure of Bradley’s intentions, answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

“I remember now, you were the first apprentice to advance a level in the prison.” Bradley nodded and approached with a smile. “It’s fortunate that you successfully advanced back then, otherwise we probably wouldn’t have been able to make such a big breakthrough in demonic corruption today.”

Seeing that Lynn seemed a little confused, the second-tier wizard next to Bradley helped explain: "The wizarding tool I used to check whether you were contaminated by magic when I brought you in earlier was one of the breakthroughs achieved by the adults."

"That's precisely why Mr. Bradley asked me to come and find you."

“You may not know this, but your pendant did Bradley a huge favor.”

Bradley picked up the conversation and laughed, "If it weren't for the appearance of the magic contamination detection tool, my wife would probably still be imprisoned... So, I'm here to thank you."

Bradley's smile was genuine, revealing his white and smooth teeth.

Lynn felt something was off. He felt that Bradley seemed to emphasize the word "thank you," and the white teeth in his smile seemed to be shining with a sinister light.

"Your Excellency need not do this. I was merely doing my duty." Lynn suppressed his unease and said with a smile, while silently activating the Green Shadow Mark talent, attempting to borrow Qianya's Mind Observation talent.

Whether Bradley's claims are true or not, the gift of mind reading doesn't lie.

Bradley waved his hand and handed him a magical artifact: "This is a high-grade defensive artifact I used when I was young, the Curse-Eating Armor. It has a strong protective effect against curse-type attacks. I'm giving it to you now."

“This is too much, Your Excellency,” Lynn tried to decline.

"Just accept it without worry. It's just a level 1 wizarding tool. You have no idea what Lina means to Bradley..." the second-tier wizard next to Bradley chimed in.

Linn was silent.

He appeared to be hesitating and deliberating, but in reality, he was using his ability to read minds to observe Bradley in front of him.

The Mind Observation talent is quite effective at observing first-tier wizards, but when used to observe second-tier wizards, it's like looking through a thick layer of glass; you can't see them clearly at all.

'It seems that the second tier is currently the upper limit of the Mind Observation talent.' However, not being able to see clearly doesn't mean not being able to see at all. After some effort, Lynn finally determined the attitudes of the two wizards in front of him.

'...It wasn't even malicious?!'

Surprisingly, Bradley didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him!
Lynn was taken aback.

“Take it. This is something my wife Lina asked me to do... If you don’t accept it, I don’t know how I’ll explain myself.” Bradley smiled, and with a flick of his right hand, the rhomboid-shaped magical tool appeared in the front pocket of Lynn’s robe.

Having done all that, he gave Lynn no further chances to refuse, and decisively took his leave, leaving through the door behind him and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Let's go, it's time to take you out, otherwise if we delay too long, we'll have to reopen the covered bridge." The second-tier wizard who stayed behind waved his hand, signaling Lynn to follow.

Feeling the cursed armor in his front pocket, Lynn hesitated for a moment but still didn't reach out to touch it. He carefully used witchcraft to isolate the area around the front pocket and left Silver Ring Prison with the second-tier wizard.

Lynn first ruled out the possibility that the Mind Observation talent was malfunctioning.

The Mind-Reading talent is like extrasensory perception, providing him with a very unique perceptual vision.

Lynn was able to perceive a wealth of information through mind-reading.

In theory, as long as Bradley is unaware of the relevant knowledge about this field of vision, and does not possess the ability to perceive information like Lynn does with mind perception, then he will be unable to disguise that information.

This is similar to how blind people, who have never had sight and do not know anything about it, cannot properly disguise their appearance.

'The Silver Ring wizards have now developed magical tools to detect magical contamination. I also reported Bradley's unusual behavior to Horsens back then... and now my Mind Reading ability shows that Bradley harbors no ill will towards me.'

Lynn gradually breathed a sigh of relief. 'It seems I was probably just being paranoid.'

The Silver Ring Wizard didn't find anything wrong, Horsens didn't find anything wrong, and the Mind Insight talent didn't find anything wrong either... so Lynn had no reason to doubt anything anymore.

Even so, Lynn did not directly touch the witchcraft tools given to him by Bradley, nor did he intend to use them.

Bradley was, after all, a stranger, and Lynn felt the reason for the gift was somewhat far-fetched, so she remained cautious.

So after leaving Silver Ring Prison, Lynn went straight to the nearby auction house and consigned the Cursed Armor for sale on the spot.

'This magical artifact is expected to bring me a profit of over ten thousand to twenty thousand magic stones... enough to buy another batch of World Blessings.'

When I left the auction house, it was already evening, and the sky was overcast, threatening rain again.

Lynn took a deep breath of the cool, moist air and suddenly thought of the wizard Bai Tong.

The wizard possessed such great talent, yet he still managed to fool him.

While there was some advantage to his unpreparedness, it was mostly due to Bai Tong's overconfidence in his talent...

'No malice does not mean no goodwill.'

"Human nature is unpredictable and fickle... It is not uncommon for people to commit murder even without the intention to kill."

'I also cannot rely solely on my innate ability to observe the mind and lose my vigilance.'

Lynn continued walking towards Felicity's residence.

(End of this chapter)