Wizard: Starting from Escaping Another World to Pioneering

Matthew followed closely behind, arriving at the crevice in the canyon.

Inside, it was pitch black, and the bottom was nowhere in sight.

Just as he was sending out his spiritual energy to probe into it, he suddenly felt an obstruction, and his spiritual energy was blocked from entering.

It's obvious that a restriction has been placed here.

Matthew frowned as he looked at the entrance to the canyon. "An illusion again, a restriction again—they're quite cautious."

Given how much importance the other party places on this place, he absolutely wouldn't believe that there's nothing important inside.

Matthew guessed that Emmon and his lab were probably inside.

He carefully examined the restriction in front of him and discovered that it was a defensive restriction.

This barrier has a strong resistance to witchcraft. Although Matthew is strong enough to break it by force, it would inevitably alert the people inside.

After all, the other party is a family of wizard apprentices with a history of hundreds of years. They may have left some backup plans. It would be too reckless to forcibly break the restriction like this.

"It's better to be cautious."

Since Draven can freely enter, he must possess some kind of item that can unlock the barrier. We can try to find out more from him.

After a moment's thought, Matthew had an idea.

He slowly retreated into the dense forest and returned along the same route.

……

The next day, Matthew continued to the mine shaft.

After a night of deciphering, he unlocked several more layers of restrictions on the sorcery notebook of a formal wizard.

According to his estimation, if he could crack it in another three days, he would be able to completely destroy it.

He walked past the group of expressionless miners, mechanically maintaining the movements of their hands.

As he ventured deeper into the mine, he soon found a damaged rune node.

Taking out tools from his spatial bracelet, Matthew began the repair work.

He first filled in the missing parts of the rune nodes, and then used a rune engraving knife to re-carve out the broken magic circuits.

After repairing these rune nodes over the past two days, his technique has become much more proficient, and his speed has greatly improved.

This kind of repair work can be considered a form of enchanting practice.

Matthew had already gained a deep understanding of enchanting from Duarte's runebook notes. Enchanting and scroll making are similar in that they both involve inscribing runes.

The difference is that the scroll depicts the transformed spell model, while enchanting involves inscribing rune modules with beneficial effects onto the sorcery item.

However, enchanting requires inscribing runes on items of different materials, making it more difficult to control the intensity.

Matthew's mastery of the carving knife has become increasingly precise through repairing the rune nodes, and his control over the force can be described as meticulous.

If he returns to his school in the future, he might be able to expand his enchanting business.

Just as Matthew was thinking this, he suddenly heard a series of rapid footsteps.

Kaman rushed to him, panting heavily.

"Something terrible has happened, Lord Matthew."

Another group of crystal beasts burst out of the burrow...

"Huh? Another group?"

Before he could think it through, more than a dozen crystal beasts appeared at the bend in the mine tunnel.

Without any hesitation, Matthew immediately channeled his magic and unleashed several [Burning Hand] attacks in succession.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—"

After a loud explosion, more than a dozen crystal beasts suffered heavy casualties.

Matthew did what he always did: he deliberately let one of the crystal beasts escape, then slipped into the burrow and followed closely behind.

……

Soon, led by the crystal beast, he appeared in an underground space.

Matthew looked at the dozens of crystal beasts in front of him and his expression became solemn.

"There's a third nest... Something's not right, there's definitely something fishy going on."

At this moment, the crystal beasts in the nest also noticed this uninvited guest and launched an attack on him.

Without much thought, Matthew maneuvered through the underground space, unleashing a few [Burning Hands] attacks, turning the crystalline beast horde into dozens of charred remains.

Only one crystal beast survived. It looked at the human in front of it in terror and scurried into the nearest hole without looking back.

This time, Matthew did not completely wipe out the crystal beasts in the nest. He scanned the dozens of burrows in the nest and had a new idea in mind.

He cast a magical mark on the fleeing crystal beast and then gave chase.

After a chase, Matthew appeared in the fourth crystal beast's lair.

"really……"

Looking at the hundreds of crystal beasts in front of him, he was not surprised that this was in line with his expectations.

A moment later...

A crystal beast looked around at the hundreds of charred corpses of its companions, and it shuddered. Without hesitation, it burrowed into a hole in the ground.

Matthew cast another magic mark and followed.

In this way, by repeating the same trick time and time again, he cleared out more than a dozen crystal beast nests.

During this process, Matthew discovered that these crystal beast herds were closely connected, and it seemed that each beast's nest was linked to another.

He gradually came to the conclusion that these crystal beasts seemed to all come from the same herd.

Judging from the fact that Matthew killed over a thousand Crystal Beasts, this beast horde is definitely a large beast nest.

This makes sense in explaining why the school of thought provided the intelligence.

Why did they migrate, and why did they scatter so much? This doesn't seem to fit their habits...

There are also large crystal beast nests like these, which usually contain a beast king.

Matthew had a feeling that he wasn't too far from the Beast King, and perhaps finding it would lead to the answer.

……

Matthew sat cross-legged in an underground space, the colors of several magic fragments in his hand gradually dimming, as energy flowed continuously into his body, restoring his lost magic.

He had cleared out more than twenty crystal beast nests on this trip, and even though he had been promoted to intermediate apprentice, he had less than half left after this exertion.

Matthew slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and dusted himself off.

He sensed that his magical imprint had not disappeared. He carefully discerned the direction of the magical imprint and then slipped into the cave.

Matthew moved quickly through the underground passage. He noticed that the magical mark had stopped somewhere ahead for quite some time, which must be a crystal beast's nest.

Soon, he suddenly darted out from a hole in the ground.

This underground space is still a crystal beast's lair, the largest lair Matthew has ever encountered.

There are only about thirty crystal beasts here, but one of them is extremely large.

"Finally found it..."

【Name: Crystal Beast King】

【Mental Power: 3】

[Physical Fitness: 20]

[Unrefinable; the item possesses its own consciousness.]

The Crystal Beast King had thick, rough skin and flesh. The crystals on its back were large, hard, and light purple, while its skin underneath was covered with a thick layer of scales.

At this moment, it was surrounded by the herd of beasts, and the crystal beast marked by Matthew was chattering as if communicating with it.

Then, the Crystal Beast King's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and it turned its head to stare intently at Matthew.