Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

——!

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed simultaneously.

Before this, they all thought it was just an accident.

It was simply because... it just so happened that the Cold Cave Worm King's lair, which they had chosen, was invaded by this unnamed crystal.

However, the specially made communication crystals are currently unable to send out crisis signals, leaving them completely isolated and helpless.

All of this makes one shudder to think about.

"What do we do now? Should we go help Lord Clotilde?"

Bilim had already woken up. He stared at the collapsed passageway at both ends with an extremely solemn expression.

"There's not much we can do to help; what we need to do now is to reopen the channels."

With that, Lapris thrust his hands forward with a sudden burst of flames that slammed into the boulder blocking his path.

"boom--!!!"

Seeing this, everyone came forward, some clearing away the boulders blocking the passage, others manipulating earth elementals to prop up the collapsed roof.

Monsters have relatively simple attack methods, but in return, they possess powerful physical bodies.

For example, even a level two wizard would try to avoid level one magic and would not dare to confront it with their physical body.

However, except for their weak points, level two magical beasts can almost completely defend against magic spells of a lower level than themselves due to their physical strength.

For example, the Cold Cave Worm King in front of us has an extremely hard shell all over its body.

Level one sorcery leaves almost no trace on it, and the damage was caused by Clotilde using level two sorcery.

This is why many wizards use parts of magical beasts to forge armor and weapons.

Therefore, if they join the battle, they will not only be unable to inflict much effective damage on the Cold Cave Worm King, but will also crowd out Clotilde's movement space and hinder the opponent's performance.

However, the Cold Cave Worm King was not blind, and it naturally noticed the "little mouse" that was trying to dig through the wall to escape not far away.

Upon seeing this, all eight of its eyes lit up simultaneously.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh x8——!!!"

The magic of the eight eyes converged and poured into the very center eye.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling, icy blue shockwave burst forth.

"Buzz—!!"

The entire space seemed to be distorted by this icy blue impact, and even the surrounding air currents were frozen.

Seeing this, Clotilde felt a chill run down his spine.

He immediately activated his magic, summoning countless black ice blades that rapidly condensed in front of him, forming an incredibly thick black ice barrier in the blink of an eye.

"Thump—!"

The impact slammed heavily against the ramparts, producing a dull, resounding boom.

But strangely, the seemingly solid ice barrier began to ripple.

—It has softened.

The originally incredibly hard ice instantly changed its structure, becoming incredibly soft, which perfectly absorbed the impact.

This is the ice element that Klotir modified, which can perfectly counter one of the Cold Cave Worm King's ultimate attacks, and is also one of the reasons why the Koya Spire sent him to capture the opponent alive.

However, the purpose of the Cold Cave Worm King releasing its shockwave was not to attack Clotilde.

"Boom—Rumble!!"

Taking advantage of the moment when Clotilde was defending against the attack, the enormous body of the Cold Cave Worm King twisted violently and charged straight toward Hughes and his group.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

Its ferocious mouth opened instantly, scraping against the surrounding rock walls and emitting a piercing hiss.

"Oh no—"

Clotilde seemed to realize something, and his expression suddenly changed.

But he is currently battling the impact and is unable to spare the time to provide support.

"The Cold Cave Worm King is about to release a gas that controls all life! Seal yourselves up quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Hughes immediately looked at the surface of the Cold Storage Worm King.

Sure enough, countless tiny pores had quietly opened on the surface of the white carapace.

He could even see wisps of barely perceptible bluish-white gas seeping out from those tiny holes.

These must be the gases that are supposedly able to control living organisms.

They can be inhaled not only through the mouth and nose, but also through the skin. Only by completely sealing oneself off can one isolate these gases.

but--

As the Cold Cave Worm King drew ever closer, Hughes' heart sank.

This gas spreads very quickly, and the Cold Cave Worm King could release it while fighting Clotilde.

However, the other party deliberately rushed towards them, and even opened its mouthparts, which were powerful enough to sever the defensive magic, indicating that it did not intend to let them isolate themselves with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Hughes looked up at Clotilde, who was resisting the impact, and compared his position with that of the Cold Cave Worm King.

Immediately, he hardened his heart, moved lightly, and moved himself toward one of the worm king's mouthparts.

"Boom—Rumble!!"

In an instant, the Cold Cave Worm King had already crawled in front of everyone, and one of its giant mouthparts "just happened" to stab Hughes hard.

"Buzz—!"

But at the critical moment, Hughes's silver suit suddenly lit up.

Immediately afterwards, a blinding silver light surged from his robes, enveloping his body.

In an instant, Hughes vanished from the spot.

……

Somewhere in the Kudo Snow Mountain, a flash of silver light suddenly appeared.

"Buzz—!"

The next moment, Hughes fell from the silver light and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Thump—!"

He groaned, then rolled over and lay on his back on the snow.

Looking at the sky he could see again, he ignored the biting cold around him and immediately took deep breaths of the fresh air.

"Hoo-ha! Hoo-ha!"

Even though the cold air had entered his lungs and he was experiencing sharp pains, he didn't care.

"Phew! Finally out..."

With his "superb" acting skills, Hughes finally teleported himself back to Mount Kudo in full view of everyone.

However, instead of using the Blink spell from the set, he used his own Boundary Anchor.

He only made his robes look triggered to put on an act.

That way, he could easily explain when he got back that he was lucky and that the teleportation spell had accidentally transported him to the Kudo Snow Mountain.

"..."

After a while, Hughes finally sat up slowly.

Looking around, fortunately, Mount Kudo was not invaded by those strange crystals.

He first tried to sense it and found that because this place was located at the border of two areas, it was far away from the academy, far beyond the normal teleportation range of a level one teleportation spell.

Since things have come to this point, in order to conceal the existence of the boundary anchor.

He abandoned his plan to return to the academy via the teleportation point and instead used the communication crystal to inform the academy's information hall of the situation from where he was.