Wizard: Starting from Escaping Another World to Pioneering

Even after the terrifying aftershocks subsided, the flames still lingered in the surrounding area.

After an unknown amount of time, Lucien slowly got up.

He brushed the snow off his body, but still felt a dull ache in his muscles.

Lucian looked in horror toward the direction of the explosion.

The avalanche behemoth lay motionless on the ground, its massive body, tens of meters long, now blasted open with a bloody, mangled hole.

Countless pieces of flesh and blood flew everywhere and scattered on the ground.

The flames still danced and spread across its body, scorching it.

All the large trees within a dozen meters of the body were blown away.

The thick blanket of snow has now melted away, revealing the hard, gray-black earth.

Lucian felt ashamed when he thought about how his own sorcery, which required a long time to gather magic power, was inferior to Matthew's fire meteor that he could release at will.

At this moment, Matthew had walked up behind Lucien and patted him on the shoulder.

Are you alright?

Lucien was startled and turned his head sharply, looking at Matthew with a wary expression.

"N-nothing."

He glanced at the horrific state of the avalanche behemoth, then turned to look at Matthew.

"What kind of witchcraft did you just use? Why was it so terrifyingly powerful?"

"I estimate the potency of this witchcraft must be over 800 degrees..."

Matthew didn't intend to explain much about witchcraft; instead, he asked Lucien:

"Senior, you're also an advanced apprentice. Have you ever fought Angela?"

Lucien was somewhat surprised to hear this, not expecting Matthew to suddenly ask about it.

"Angela?"

"I've never fought her, but we've worked together on missions before."

"The power of your witchcraft is indeed terrifying."

"Based on my observations of her..." Lucien raised his hand to touch his chin, lost in thought.

"An 800-degree attack would probably only cause her minor injury."

"As expected..." Matthew thought gravely, his brows furrowed.

Even an 800-degree attack would only cause minor damage...

Angela truly deserves to be the most promising advanced apprentice to become a full-fledged wizard in this cohort.

With Matthew's current physique, even if he adds dragon scales and uses [Rock Body], he can only withstand 700 degrees of damage.

"My current strength is still quite far behind hers."

"We need to get back and complete the third fusion of the dragon bloodline as soon as possible."

"And create [Meteor Spell 3.0] as soon as possible!"

Matthew snapped out of his thoughts and began cleaning up the battlefield.

Because the Blood Rock Dragon Python is over ten meters long, it cannot be placed entirely into the storage bracelet.

Matthew had no choice but to divide it into multiple storage sections.

Fortunately, the Frosty Winter Realm was extremely cold, and a thin layer of frost quickly covered the cut of the Blood Rock Dragon Python's corpse, preventing a large amount of blood from flowing out.

As for the carcass of the avalanche behemoth, Matthew had Lucian take a pair of ferocious fangs, and the two of them split the rest of the materials equally.

Lucian was therefore quite grateful to Matthew.

Although he was not particularly outstanding among the advanced apprentices, he was skilled in alchemy.

His magical artifacts were quite well-regarded among his apprentices.

This was a major reason why Matthew shared the materials with him.

Sure enough, Lucien immediately promised Matthew that he would give him a 50% discount on any items he crafted in the future.

This can be considered a form of equivalent exchange.

Matthew was quite pleased with the deal.

In any case, the materials on the avalanche behemoth are useless to him; even if he obtains them all, he can only sell them for magic stones.

However, he has no shortage of ways to earn magic stones, so he might as well use them to exchange for a reduction in Lucian's alchemy fees.

After Matthew finished packing his things and said goodbye to Lucien, he quickly ran towards the cave where Todd was hiding.

……

Since there was no need to search for the Blood Rock Python's tracks, Matthew returned to the cave in less than half a day thanks to his all-out sprint.

The opening in front of them was exactly the same as when Matthew left.

Without thinking twice, he stepped inside.

But when Matthew entered the cave, he found that Todd was not inside.

There were only some crumbs of dry food and signs of activity on the ground; otherwise, it was empty.

"Strange, where did Todd go?"

"Could it be that his mad wolf bloodline has activated prematurely?"

Just as Matthew suppressed his doubts and was about to go out to search, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the cave.

"Todd, where did you go just now?"

Todd scratched his head awkwardly. "Ever since I absorbed the Mad Wolf bloodline, my appetite has increased dramatically, so I went out to find some food..."

Matthew looked at the fruit in the other person's hand, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"By the way, how's your research on the defensive barrier I modified for you coming along?"

Todd's face immediately broke into a smile.

"I was just about to tell you that, Matthew, you're a genius!"

"I never imagined that simply changing the arrangement of a few runes would produce such a different effect on the restriction!"

"I've modified it according to your ideas and created a completely new restriction!"

"Thank you, Matthew."

"Now I've finally completed the school's assessment!"

Todd's face was full of gratitude, and he stepped forward and patted Matthew heavily on the back with one arm.

The thought that he could finally escape the pioneering work of the Winterlands and return to the wizarding world weighed heavily on his heart.

However, Matthew's next words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Todd.

"Don't be too happy yet."

"Although you have completed the assessment, you are still considered one of the least qualified apprentices in the school's eyes."

"So you still need to accept the school's death mission every three months."

"What?" Todd's face turned pale instantly.

"Sigh, I'm really not cut out to be a wizard..."

Todd was originally the son of an earl in a kingdom. As a nobleman, he should have enjoyed wealth and luxury and lived a peaceful life.

But at the age of 14, he was found to have the aptitude to become a wizard apprentice.

He had also fantasized about becoming a wizard's apprentice and wielding immense power, commanding the winds and rains at will.

But he never expected that his apprenticeship, which he was so proud of, would be the beginning of his nightmare.

Because he soon witnessed the cruelty and bloodshed of the wizards, especially after being sent to the Winterlands to pioneer.

He watched as people he knew died one by one, and all he wanted was to go home.

Upon seeing this, Matthew immediately guessed what Todd was thinking.

If given the chance, he wouldn't mind taking his friend, who had saved him twice, home.

But now he is powerless to do anything...

Matthew took out two [Lightfall Spell Scrolls] from his storage bracelet and handed them to the other person.

"Take it; this should be enough to handle the school's death missions."

Todd's face lit up with gratitude again, and he accepted the scroll without refusing.

"Thank you, Matthew."

"I will definitely return the magic stone to you."

"If I can return home in the future, I will definitely marry my sister to you!"