Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Come with me."

Soon, Digpegi opened his eyes.

"We're lucky to have a route that's completely free of monsters, if we're fast enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, with a "whoosh," the boulder beneath his feet shot out, carrying him rapidly forward.

The others naturally didn't dare to delay either, and immediately activated their respective flying spells, transforming into several streaks of light to follow closely behind.

……

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

Under Digpegi's leadership, the group did not encounter any more monsters along the way.

Just then, Digpai, who was flying at the very front, suddenly turned around and said:

"There's a bend in the road soon! Everyone be careful!"

Rumble—rumble rumble rumble—!!!

Before he could finish speaking, the entire underground passage suddenly began to shake violently.

"Boom! Boom!!"

"Thump—! Thump thump—!!"

The vibrations grew closer, accompanied by the deafening crashes of rocks being violently struck, as if a giant beast was rampaging underground.

Upon seeing this, everyone's expression changed simultaneously.

The creature that could make such a huge commotion must be either a monster larger than a Frostback Troll or a creature that must exist in this underground lair.

—The Cold Cave Worm…King!

"quick!!"

The next moment, Digpegi shouted, and then his figure flashed, taking the boulder beneath him with him as he turned and went into another passage.

"Whoosh—! Whoosh whoosh—!!"

No one wanted to think about it that way, because if it were true, it would mean they were about to face a real level two magical beast!

What they need to do now is to abandon all thoughts and reach the open space leading to the outside world as soon as possible!

"Click—click click click click!!!"

Soon, the rock walls along their route began to crack with deafening sounds, and huge cracks continued to spread across their surfaces.

But the people in the passage paid no attention to what was happening around them. They gritted their teeth and focused all their energy on their speed.

They pushed their flying magic to its limit, and even as large and small rocks began to fall from above, they crashed straight into them.

"Buzz, buzz..."

In the crowd, Hughes dodged a boulder falling from above. He seemed to sense something and turned his head, his eyes suddenly narrowing.

Behind them, the entire passageway had begun to collapse.

The once spacious passageway has been blocked by layers of huge boulders, and the boulders are still falling, with the collapse rapidly approaching them.

"Buzz—!"

Seeing this, Hughes accelerated again, and the levitation force field surrounding him was operating at its limit, even emitting a piercing explosion.

Immediately, he gently touched his chest, and a bit of spatial energy flowed into his suit through his palm.

The next moment, the ice-blue magic patterns on the surface of his robes all faded away and transformed into silver-white magic patterns representing spatial energy.

- Om!

At the same time, a flashing mark quietly appeared behind him.

This was Hughes's final safeguard for himself.

If he were to find himself in a desperate situation he couldn't handle, he would immediately activate the Blink spell and use the Rift Anchor to escape the battlefield.

——！！！！

Soon, just as Hughes finished confirming the teleportation spell on the suit, a chilling pressure instantly swept over them, engulfing the fleeing group.

"Well--!"

"Oh no—!!"

The next moment, everyone froze, and their flight spells all failed.

Hughes felt his entire soul trembling, and suddenly the space around his body became empty, the lingering levitation field had quietly dissipated at some point.

"Thump, thump-thump, snap—"

Without the blessing of the flying magic, everyone instantly plummeted from the height and crashed heavily to the ground.

Hughes stood up in pain, his pupils trembling uncontrollably, his heart pounding wildly.

The symbolic blood within his body, and the depths of his soul, seemed to be telling him something.

Run!

No one was more familiar with this oppressive aura than Hughes, because only he had ever seen the Cold Cave Worm in the academy!

"Boom! Crash! Crash!!!!"

In an instant, before everyone could reactivate their magic, the entire rock wall in front of them shattered, sending rubble and ice shards flying everywhere.

"boom--!!!"

The next moment, a massive body burst through the wall, letting out a strange hiss:

"Eee-ee-ee-!!!"

Hughes looked up and saw that the other party was pure white, with a giant pillar-like body stretching across the entire passage without leaving any gaps.

Each segment of its shell is covered with huge, round vents, hissing out some kind of strange, pale white gas.

"Yes...it's definitely it!"

Jaeiro stared at the colossal creature before him, his eyes filled with despair.

This is the creator of this giant underground nest, a genuine level-two magical beast—the Cold Cave Worm King!

The Cold Cave Worm King was still injured, its shell was broken in many places, and it was constantly oozing an icy blue liquid.

That was clearly its blood, but even so, no one dared to move an inch, for fear of attracting its attention.

At this moment, they were caught in a dilemma. Not only was there a collapsed passage behind them, but there was also a magical beast comparable to a level two wizard lying in front of them. They were truly in dire straits!

At the same time, Hughes stared intently at the movement ahead, his mental energy quietly probing the solidified boundary to anchor the sorcery runes within his consciousness.

What lay before him was a genuine level-two magical beast, so if things went wrong, he would immediately teleport away, even if it revealed the nature of his teleportation technique.

"..."

After emerging from the Cold Cave Worm King, it remained motionless. Judging from the wounds on its body, it was clear that it had just experienced a major battle and was now recuperating.

As for who he was fighting? It's obvious without even thinking, it was the second-level wizard Clotilde.

But at this moment, Clotilde had vanished without a trace, and no one dared to think about his fate.

After all, if the only second-level wizard present were to perish, then what awaited them would undoubtedly be annihilation.

At this moment, they could only pray that Clotilde was not dead, but was just temporarily trapped somewhere.

Hopefully, the Cold Cave Worm King will arrive in time to provide support before they are targeted.

——！

Unfortunately, after catching its breath, the Cold Cave Worm King quickly opened its enormous eyes.

Its top has eight ice-blue single eyes, which are now all open and immediately lock onto the people in front of it.

Oh no!

This was the thought that flashed through the minds of most people present after being targeted by the Cold Cave Worm King.

What was even more despairing was that they realized their bodies were only about the size of one of the other's eyeballs.