Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Buzzing—"

Soon, mental fluctuations reappeared around Hughes.

Even now, every meditation he performs still steadily increases his mental strength ceiling by a considerable margin, showing no signs of reaching a bottleneck.

This is not only because his soul is of a higher level, but also because of the help of that advanced meditation method.

"..."

Shortly after, just as the clock struck one in the morning.

Sudden.

——!

Suddenly, without warning, two crimson lights appeared in the shadows of the corner of the room.

Those were a pair of eerie, scarlet eyes, fixed on Hughes with a beast-like oppressive aura.

The air suddenly froze.

"clatter--"

The next moment, a slender figure slowly stepped out of the shadows.

The newcomer was Iluya, her scarlet pupils shifting slightly in the darkness as she looked at Hughes, who was lost in meditation, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

However, the moment she appeared, Hughes's mental fluctuations suddenly relaxed slightly, indicating that he had ended his meditation.

"It's been a long time, Miss Iluya."

Hughes slowly opened his eyes, his crimson gaze turning to the girl who had quietly appeared in the corner of his room.

She was still wearing that black, fitted long dress, which made her skin appear even whiter in the pitch-black room.

"I thought you were so engrossed in your meditation that you forgot our agreement."

Upon hearing this, Iluya slowly stepped out from the corner and came to stand in front of Hughes.

The moonlight streaming in through the window shone directly on her, allowing Hughes to see her figure clearly.

Iluya has obviously already

Then, Hughes smiled slightly and said:

"I can control the duration of my meditation; my consciousness will automatically awaken at the designated time."

Perhaps it was because he had been seeing Irene frequently lately, but in his eyes, Iluya in front of him seemed to look more and more like her.

If the resemblance was only five or six points before, it is now seven or eight points.

Of course, unless he saw Iluya transform into Elena with his own eyes, Hughes wouldn't believe that the two could be the same person.

After all, Elena is the sole heir of the Morsold family, and it seems unlikely that she would have any connection with vampires.

At the same time, Iluya slightly turned her head and looked out the window, saying:

"I did find out something about Valerius’s purpose in coming to the Vallée dell’Hall, which you previously asked me to investigate."

Upon hearing this, Hughes's eyes flickered slightly, then he said calmly:

"I would like to hear the details."

"The good news is that he came to the Myriad Peaks not to investigate the people who broke into his secret realm during the trial."

Iluya withdrew her gaze, her crimson eyes once again falling on Hughes.

"But the bad news is that his purpose in coming to the Tower of Ten Thousand Edges is indeed impure, and it is very likely to affect everyone in the academy, including you."

What is his purpose?

"The flesh and blood of the former vampire king Osiris, which is the vampire treasure I told you about back then, is hidden in the Blood Bone Secret Realm of the Myriad Spire."

(Although the corpse was Viser, Osiris had infused it with a large amount of his own symbolic blood and flesh.)

Elena paused, her previously calm tone turning somewhat cold, and a hint of seriousness appeared in her scarlet pupils.

"And Valerius, or rather the entire vampire race, wants it too, and they want more than just the energy points in the hands of the champion—the whole thing."

"all!"

Hughes was startled upon hearing this, not expecting that Valerius had his eye on the secret realm of the Tower of Ten Thousand Spires.

But what surprised him even more was that the Blood Bone Secret Realm actually contained such a thing.

"What do you vampires need that for? To eat it yourselves? Or to resurrect Osiris?"

He frowned, several possibilities flashing across his face in an instant.

Iluya's eyes flickered, but she did not answer, or rather, she did not want to answer.

"Anyway, in short... whether it's stealing or going straight into the Bloodbone Secret Realm to rob, as long as Valerius succeeds, I reckon your Myriad Spire is doomed too."

As she spoke, her tone became more sarcastic, even somewhat gloating.

"The flesh and blood of Osiris is something that the Golden Crown Emblem values ​​highly, but it is stored there by the Myriad Spire, which has a close working relationship with them."

"If the whole thing is gone, not only will the Blood Bone Secret Realm collapse, but your Myriad Edge Spire will also have to bear the wrath of the Golden Ring Crown no matter what."

Upon hearing this, Hughes' heart sank instantly.

Although the Myriad Spire is backed by the forces of the Wizarding World, even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake; in the Oren World, the Golden Crown still holds sway.

So if it really comes to that, the overall resources of the Myriad Peaks will probably be affected, and—the ones who will be most severely punished might just be the ordinary students like them.

"So...do you hope Valerius, or rather the vampires, will succeed?"

Suddenly, Hughes changed the subject, his words carrying a hidden meaning.

"Why tell me? You could have easily bluffed it off."

"Oh--"

Iluya immediately saw through Hughes's probing of her stance. A slight smile played on her lips as she chuckled softly:

"The only person I care about is myself."

She walked slowly toward Hughes, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression.

"Whether you wizards or my own vampires—whoever gets in my way, I will make them disappear completely."

"..."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

But then, Iluya's tone softened slightly, and she said:

"I really don't want the vampires to succeed, or rather—I don't really want the Tower of Trials to collapse for the time being."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around gently and quickly returned to the corner of the room, disappearing into the shadows once again.

"I'll try to handle this first... but I might need your help later. I just wanted to let you know so you can be mentally prepared."

"After all—you don't want to see the Spire of Ten Thousand Peaks decline because of this, right?"

As she finished speaking, the surrounding shadows seemed to come alive and swirled around Iluya, and her figure gradually disappeared into the shadows.

"Of course, there's no need to rush this. Valerius hasn't noticed you yet, and I don't want Valerius to die anytime soon."

Hughes remained noncommittal. He had not yet learned much from the academy about the knowledge found only in the heart of the continent, and naturally did not want to see the Myriad Spire, to which he currently depended, decline.

"Oh, right—"

Suddenly, Iluya spoke up again:

"Watch out for that student next to Valerius—Barossa."

Her figure had long since vanished, leaving only her voice echoing in Hughes's room:

"That student's identity—I can't verify it for now, but in any case, he's definitely in cahoots with Valerius, and his motives are equally impure."