Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 219 Keys and Sleep

"Just take this," Rabbit Tuzel said, raising the golden key in his hand, then suddenly lowering his voice, "Yes, like this... just take it lightly, and you can walk into my house ahead of time, without having to wait outside for that silly well that never pays any attention to me. You can come to my house as a guest, and I can even bring you a comfortable chair so you can sit by the well and take a nap. But when you remember that there's a bunch of idiots outside waiting to fight over it, I promise you, you'll wake up laughing from your nap!"

Rabbit Tuzel stretched out two fingers, pinched the golden key, and held it high above his head, even scratching his long ears as he did so.

Ruger sensed a sudden shift in the atmosphere around the woods where no one was to be seen, though the atmosphere was heavy.

Even though there was no strong sunlight, the golden key dangling in the rabbit's hand was exceptionally dazzling.

Ruger looked to his side. Although the two guys weren't breathing heavily, they were staring intently. Strictly speaking, they were the two who were about to advance to the fifth level of the ultimate apprentice. Ruger hadn't reached that door yet, nor had he hesitated or lingered there. So he couldn't fully understand the anxiety of someone about to face change, the fear of failure, and the fear of making the wrong choice.

Tuzel the rabbit grinned silently.

"Look how beautiful it is!"

As it spoke, it held up the golden key and walked around the house in a circle, just like an auctioneer displaying merchandise.

Ruger thought that someone was about to lose their temper.

Especially those with mental deficiencies, such as some apprentices whose temperaments have been affected, who are pursuing the path of bloodline wizards. Since so many people have gathered, it's impossible that there aren't any bloodline wizard apprentices.

Tuzel the rabbit circled around, then lifted the recliner again, and lay down in the same spot. The only difference this time was that it now held a golden key in its hand.

It crossed its legs, seemingly unperturbed.

It was right about only one thing: it was already great-great-great-grandfather to these people. Having witnessed the wizard apprentices behave in front of its door countless times, it might not understand human nature, but it certainly understood the wizard apprentices' longing for that well.

Time passed by minute by minute.

At the edge of the quiet woods, a series of dignified footsteps finally rang out.

He was a short man who was not at all strong, wearing a black wizard's robe. He had short, neat black hair, a half-smile on his face, and cold eyes. He looked to be around thirty years old. As he walked, you could see a faint dark red pattern around the hem of his black robe.

But things are often interesting like this: when no one steps forward, no one wants to be the first, but once someone steps forward to claim the spoils, a second, a third, or even a fourth or fifth person will soon appear.

"Who is this person?" Ruger asked, hiding behind a tree.

“Judging from that robe, he must be a student of that demon wizard…” Vito said in a low voice.

As the man in black robes stood in front of the strange rabbit's recliner, a figure that suddenly appeared in a daze also appeared beside him.

He was a male wizard apprentice with shoulder-length, somewhat dry and yellowish hair, wearing an old, dark yellow wizard's robe. His slightly tall figure stood there, exuding a strange sense of desolation and solemnity in his silence.

This time, without Vito speaking, Ruger judged from his intuition that this was a Nightmare Wizard apprentice, and probably the same apprentice who was also on the path of the Beast King Wizard and had a half-finished Nightmare Demon pet.

“Oh dear! How did it come to this?” said Rabbit Tuzel. “This is really troublesome…” Rabbit suddenly sat up straight from the recliner and clapped his hands.

“Boring, you can’t understand my boredom. I’m getting sleepy,” it said, its rabbit face beaming with a smile. “I’m going to take a nap soon, a good nap. You guys have a contest… Hmm, let’s see who hunts the most before I wake up. The key is his! Hunt what? Of course, them! Yes, them. Look, tsk tsk tsk, they’re hiding behind the tree drooling.”

The rabbit pointed around.

"It'll be a few more days before that stupid well glows. I've seen too much of this, you know, too many times... so there will be some very skilled wizard apprentices coming. And if you can finish this while I'm awake, you'll get the chance. Isn't that wonderful?" the rabbit chuckled. "If you, oh, or you... well, whoever it is, refuse now, then the key will immediately belong to someone else. He can come back inside with me for a chat, or take a nap by the well, but then there will only be two of the three spots left..."

The edge of the woods, which had been slightly agitated by the appearance of the two, fell silent again at the sound of the rabbit's words.

The rabbit lay back down on the recliner, waved the golden key in front of the two of them, stuffed it into its mouth, and even made a swallowing motion.

“I’m not just any rabbit. I have noble spirit blood. You bunch of ignorant fools, how dare you hesitate in the face of a request from a noble spirit creature,” said Tuzel the rabbit, dissatisfied. “Spirit creatures don’t lie! That’s common sense, understand? Common sense! Because what we say is like a contract, and a damned self-imposed constraint! Understand? A contract, so we can’t sign such a low-level thing.”

After saying that, the rabbit ignored everyone and put its hands behind its head again, seemingly intending to go to sleep.

Ruger glanced at his side.

“They won’t agree, will they?” he said.

The three exchanged a glance and quietly retreated.

Ruger, however, was more curious about one thing: what are spirit beings? Do they really not lie?
Moreover, is this rabbit really a spirit creature?

He saw that Leiden and Vito's expressions clearly showed they were also puzzled.

Suddenly, the sky, which had just begun to brighten, gradually darkened in the blink of an eye, accompanied by the snoring of the rabbit.

With a strange howl, Luger quickened his pace and looked back. He saw a pale, hairless, canine-like creature appear beside the dark yellow robe. It seemed to have no eyes, nose, or ears, only a mouth. But it seemed to sense Luger's gaze from afar and turned its head in this direction, but quickly turned it away again.

At this time, many people must be observing it with various emotions.

“Come with me, I know a good place…” Vito said.

Seeing Leiden nod slightly to him, Ruger strode after him.

Leiden seemed to have guessed what kind of good place Vito was talking about.

As Vito ran, he would occasionally adjust his hat as if listening intently, and sometimes even change direction.

Ruger felt that the way these wizard apprentices scattered and fled was no different from when they faced the golden key earlier; it was more about not wanting to be the first to step forward. And now, in the direction Vito was leading, there was probably a fool who, in the eyes of ordinary people, would step forward.

(End of this chapter)