Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 356 Deals and Demons

Glug glug!
A bottle of wine was gulped down in front of them.

The bearded man let out a burp and casually wiped the wine off his chest hair and beard.

"not bad."

The bearded man snapped his fingers.

A strange fluctuation of mental energy appeared, startling the four half-dead people on the ground awake.

Ruger had been watching closely. Mahama, this seemingly burly fellow, seemed to have more restraint in his attacks than Ruger, and the men he brought only suffered minor injuries.

The savage demonic aura emanating from this large figure was slightly stronger than before, suggesting it had been used in battle.

"grown ups."

The four people woke up, finished their own tasks, such as coughing up blood, straightening their legs, supporting their heads, and then immediately realized the situation, supporting themselves to get up and bow.

To Ruger's surprise, the bearded man did not reveal his identity as a witch hunter.

"These two are new apprentice demon hunters; you should already know them."

The bearded, hairy man sat on a rock, speaking casually.

Ruge noticed that Mahama's expression had undergone a subtle change, and not a good one.

"My lord, we did not rely on the power of the demons this time. Although we also very much want to win, we want to be victorious, but..."

The short male apprentice, clutching the blood gushing from his mouth, forced himself to speak.

"Ok?"

The bearded wizard seemed somewhat displeased, and exhaled a breath full of the smell of alcohol.

The already swaying little guy was blown over by a single breath.

The other three wizard apprentices, seeing this, remained silent. They looked at each other and then made similar movements, each taking out a small bag, including the short apprentice who was sitting on the ground trying to get up. The four of them had four small bags.

The four men respectfully raised the bag.

The bearded wizard smiled, waved his alcohol-smelling hand, and took the bag.

Luger was stunned.

He had imagined countless scenarios beforehand: where he would return, what difficulties he would face, what would happen with demons and wizard apprentices, how he would walk his path, and how those experiences would affect his path. He had thought about all of these things countless times in his pre-sleep musings, on the road, and on his way to the teleportation array, but he never expected such a scenario.

He pursed his lips, but considering the environment of the Endless Sea, it seemed reasonable.

At the same time, another guess was made about the identity of this bearded man. During the time when he met Miss Nana Erz in Blackhorn City, they talked about it several times when they ate together. In addition to normal examinees like him, there are also people who first become prisoners captured by the Holy Inquisition Wizards and then become Witch Hunter Wizards with sins on their hands after being judged by the Holy Inquisition.

"You don't understand demons enough. Do you think demons only trade with you? Put away your wizard arrogance. If a maggot can communicate, the demon won't despise its lowliness. Instead, it will celebrate finding a suitable target with a piercing laugh, and patiently use the sweetest language to describe to the maggot's simple brain what it craves but cannot obtain... Note, it craves but cannot obtain..."

The bearded man raised his hand as he spoke, startling the four men.

But he only pointed at the distant battlefield where the fighting was still raging.

Blood red burst forth.

Like a rising cloud of blood mist, a young man with a terrified expression and a scream floated into the air and flew rapidly toward the cliff.

The man, dressed in exquisite leather armor, screamed all the way and quickly flew in front of the crowd.

But the bearded wizard did not let it fall; instead, he kept his arm raised, allowing it to remain under his control.

"A messenger? A messenger! A messenger from God!"

After his initial shock, the young man actually knelt down and worshipped the wizard apprentices by the cliff.

The bearded wizard looked at the four men, as if to say that he had not asked for their money or made any slander.

Seeing that the four were still somewhat dazed, the wizard, who reeked of alcohol, wiped the alcohol off his beard and squeezed his raised hand hard.

The young man, still kneeling in worship, let out a bloodcurdling scream, followed by a hoarse laugh.

"Hehehe," the young man's eyes began to melt, and blood of a unique color flowed down his empty eye sockets. "Oh? A witch hunter wizard? You have a keen sense of smell. Don't rush into anything. Perhaps we can make a deal. Wizards are great, and demons are great too... We also have some wizards on our side who have become demons. I like dealing with those guys. I like those with brains, not those idiots who only know how to use brute force. Hehehe..."

As the young man spoke, his leather armor, clothing, and even his tongue began to melt, yet his voice still rang out. Ruger noticed that the bearded wizard was listening with great interest.

"Demon hunter, you possess an aura I find appealing. You should be an excellent trading partner, hehehe..." The young man chuckled, his hair and ears beginning to melt, turning into a strange, mixed flow of blood. "Here's a little gift for you, hehehehe, it's what you need. It shouldn't disappoint you..."

The demon chuckled, and the young man seemed to melt away completely.

Although Ruger still looked bewildered, he was observing the others.

The four wizard apprentices, who had spent years in the Endless Sea, looked extremely pale, their eyes filled with fear, and they were now looking at the wizard with gratitude.

This doesn't seem to be a common scene, nor does it seem to be a common demon.

The young man, whose neck had become crooked and swaying from melting, suddenly opened his mouth, which was riddled with holes. An eyeball appeared out of thin air from his throat and slowly flew out toward the bearded wizard.

Ruger instinctively stepped back.

The same goes for Mahama.

The wizard, reeking of alcohol, simply smiled and actually caught the eye-like object.

"Hehehe, as long as you... kill these wizard apprentices around you, I can give you another one... You should know its value, learned wizard who knows enough about demons..." The young man laughed strangely, his jaw fell off, and his whole body was no longer recognizable.

Everyone present slowly backed away.

Unlike before, when I instinctively avoided that eye-like object, now I'm distancing myself from this wizard who reeks of alcohol.

Ruger looked up and saw that Mahama was somewhat in sync with him, retreating in a different direction, but after taking a couple of steps, they both stopped.

Only those four guys remained, still retreating.

"Hehehehe, this is what you've always needed, isn't it? This—"

Click!

As the bearded man carefully put the eyeball he had obtained into a square bottle, he also closed his hand, which had been raised for a long time.

Strange blood and bones were kneaded into a ball, while flames burned.

Since that person stirred up a cloud of blood and flew into the sky, the battlefield in the distance has fallen silent. The sounds of fighting gradually subsided. Now, the burning thing in the air in front of the cliff is so conspicuous that the battlefield has become completely quiet.

The bearded man ignored the four wizard apprentices who were retreating and had already run far away.

"This is yours."

The bearded man casually tossed two bags over.

Ruge and Mahama each took one.

The bearded man glanced at the burning object, when suddenly a strange, enormous subterranean beast with curved horns leaped out from his chest, swallowed the filthy thing whole, licked its tongue, glanced at Mahama and Rug, and then burrowed back into the man's hairy chest and disappeared.

Ruger blinked and rummaged through the contents of the bag. Besides some magic stones, there were also ten merit stones.

But his mind was no longer on these things.

That strange, robust monster was no ordinary subterranean beast. It gave him an extremely strong sense of oppression and should be a creature at the level of a formal wizard. Moreover, its robust body was full of demonic aura.

"Come on up, welcome to the Chaotic Star Sea. This is how things are here. You can usually find some magic stones and merit stones, and occasionally you can even fish up some powerful demons. Although they are powerful, the power they can unleash is limited..."

The bearded man snapped his fingers, and another monster full of demonic aura sprang out from his chest, the hairy area resembling a hidden portal.

This time it's a black creature with two pairs of wings.

Luger and his companion exchanged a glance, then leaped onto the wizard's strange magical pet.

At this moment, the wizard, whose name is still unknown, seems to be in a very good mood.

It seems that was indeed what he needed.

However, I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Ruger sensed that Mahama seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the wizard, and that he didn't seem particularly pleased when he received the small bag. After climbing onto the beast's back and getting closer, Ruger could sense through the golden key that Mahama was troubled.

(End of this chapter)