Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"You didn't scream? Beautiful Ms. Flora."

At this moment, the wizard standing opposite Flora spoke.

"It seems you've gotten used to my hospitality."

The other person was wearing an exquisitely crafted purple robe, and his full head of silver hair was meticulously combed back.

His face was very handsome, but he had an almost ruthless indifference.

This is Mokat Dogurn, the contemporary master of the Koya Spire.

At this moment, he was looking at the ice elemental life form in front of him with his deep purple eyes, devoid of any emotion. The life form had been tortured to the point of numbness.

"This is the third time you've escaped from the tower, isn't it? And you almost succeeded."

Seeing that Flora did not reply, Mocat continued.

This time, however, he happened to touch the other person's heart.

"Splash, splash..."

Her body trembled slightly with anger, causing the chains to sway, which in turn stimulated the runes on their surface.

"Buzz—!"

The next moment, the force suppressing her grew even stronger, and even the surface of her body began to show fine cracks.

—Click click

"Well--!"

Mocart stepped forward slowly, his fingertips lightly brushing the runes on the chains, his tone laced with sarcasm.

Do you think I'll be as careless as I was the last two times?

He curled his lips slightly, displaying a smile that conveyed no warmth whatsoever.

"To track you down, I've disabled some of the Eye of Erdos's functions, so it can keep an eye on you all the time."

He paused, savoring the resentment that flashed in Flora's eyes, his tone becoming even more sarcastic:

"If it weren't for it keeping an eye on things, I'd probably be stuck here looking at the shattered ice you left behind, trying to track you down in the icy plane."

"..."

"Mocat..."

Suddenly, Flora spoke up.

"...I truly regret...accepting your summons in the first place!"

"Heh, regretting it?"

Mocart chuckled, reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look at him.

"You'll soon realize that instead of making futile resistance, you'd better obediently become my research subject—otherwise, something even more regrettable will happen."

After saying that, he released his grip, letting Flora's head droop limply.

"Get some rest, my little ice sculpture. When I get back, I'll personally start studying you."

After saying that, Mocat turned and left.

"Click—".

He gently closed the door, shutting out the last ray of light, leaving only Flora's furious face and that faint gaze—from the Eye of Erdos.

……

The exchange between the two colleges lasts a long time, usually at least one or two years at the Wanling Spire.

Soon, the Chelka family's exchange at the Koya Spire came to an end, and they prepared to travel to other knowledge spires within the academy for further exchanges.

The Spire's higher-ups also decided to attempt to transform an extremely troublesome monster as a way to clean up the mess.

The so-called extremely troublesome monster was the Cold Cave Worm that Hughes had seen before, or rather—the king of the Cold Cave Worms.

"Hughes, I truly didn't expect that the Wizard of Mena could even find the nest of the Cold Cave Worm?"

"In the top-floor laboratory," Bilim exclaimed in surprise.

"Indeed, her mental strength is beyond imagination."

Hughes nodded noncommittally.

The traces of the Cold Cave Worm were naturally discovered by the wizard Mena.

She joined the Koya Spire in recent years and was assigned to detect the magical beasts needed for the experiments because of her extremely strong perception.

It should be noted that the Cold Cave Worm is a level above the Tiritz Winterbird in intelligence, let alone the worm king.

This also means that its lair is not only located thousands of meters underground, but also equipped with witchcraft to isolate it from perception.

The fact that the witch Mena could sense the location shows how powerful her abilities are.

"So...we still have to go?"

Hughes stopped what he was doing and asked in confusion.

"I think so, but we are mainly responsible for dealing with the food storage of the Cold Cave Worms, while the Worm King will be dealt with by the wizard Clotilde."

"Bilim replied."

Unlike last time, this time Clotilde issued the announcement directly at the top of the entire spire.

This also means that all the top-level wizards must participate.

Koya Spire dispatched a large number of people to capture the Cold Cave Worm King.

They not only sent Klotir, a second-level wizard, but also sent almost all of the dozen or so official wizards with top-level authority in the tower.

This is mainly because they not only have to deal with the Cold Cave Worm King, a level two magical beast comparable to a level two wizard, but also with its food supply.

Compared to ordinary cold cave worms, the Cold Cave Worm King has an additional unique characteristic: it can release a special gas containing heart-sensing energy.

Among social monsters, there is a chance that one monster will awaken and transform into a monster king with the [royal] characteristic.

These monster kings are usually endowed with a characteristic due to the symbolic blood flowing through their veins—the ability to control monsters.

For example, the demonized nerves in the Frostwolf King's brain, or the exclusive sorcery bestowed upon the leader of the Tiriz Winterbirds that allows him to control his tribe.

The Cold Cave Worm King is endowed with the ability to control things by emitting a special gas containing spiritual energy.

What's terrifying is that the Cold Cave Worms are not social monsters. They mostly live alone in their underground nests and only gather together during mating season using special signals to reproduce.

This means that the Cold Cave Worm King was given abilities that went beyond controlling its own kind; it possessed a monstrous ability to control any living being.

The ice-attribute magical beasts stored in its food storehouse naturally became the most ideal targets for manipulation.

Therefore, in the lair of the Cold Cave Worm King, the food that was originally only used to store rations can be transformed into a puppet army in the blink of an eye.

It was precisely because the Koya Spire was aware of this that it dispatched a large number of formal wizards, along with the second-level wizard Clotilde, to the lair of the Cold Cave Worm King.

The purpose was to eliminate those staggering numbers of puppets.

……

The following day, Hughes, Bilim, and the other wizards of the Koya Spire reunited with the elves of the Chelka family.

Unlike last time, this time they gathered at the top of the Koya Spire.

This is because the Cold Cave Worms' nests are far from the Tower of Ten Thousand Edges, so they need to teleport there.

The location where they were teleported, which is also the location of the large teleportation array, is the top of the Koya Spire.