Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Wakka's body is currently being guarded by two wizard apprentices.

Once the remaining merfolk have finished cleaning up the newborn land, they will send the corpse to the merfolk kingdom, which was originally ruled by the second prince, where the necromancers will search for the soul.

After all, no one knows what this half-fish man's purpose is in wanting to become a merman.

Is it simply to integrate into merfolk society? Or is it an attempt to infiltrate the merfolk kingdom and spy on its affairs?

Only when a necromancer searches his memories will he possibly know all this…

Hey, buddy.

Suddenly, one of the merman apprentices spoke up.

"I...I feel a little..."

"Thump—"

Before he could finish speaking, his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Upon seeing this, the merman beside him was startled. He instinctively reached out to help, but as soon as he made the movement, his body also began to act strangely.

"What...what happened to my hand...?"

His vision suddenly blurred, and the outstretched hand appeared as a blurry double image.

He waved his hand in a daze, but soon his body went limp and he too collapsed to the ground.

"Thump—"

"..."

"Buzz—"

At the same time, right next to them, an invisible ripple suddenly appeared, and the next moment, Dorati's figure was clearly visible.

He stepped over the two men lying on the ground, then snorted coldly, bent down, picked up Vaka's corpse, and vanished from the spot in an instant.

"call out--"

……

"Buzz—"

Soon after, Dorati carried Vaka's corpse and teleported to the coral reef, where Netil was standing in front of the Tree of Life.

She lowered her head, and faint light blue marks had appeared on her forehead.

Her eyes were filled with fervor, and she kept whispering obscure Elvish.

Upon noticing Dorati's arrival, she looked up and turned to face him.

"Dorati, you did a great job."

She glanced at him casually, and when her gaze fell on Vaka on his shoulder, a barely perceptible gleam of ecstasy flashed across her face.

"But now, please leave."

Upon hearing this, Dorati didn't say anything more.

He bent down and gently laid Vaka's body down, then respectfully performed a solemn wizard's salute to Netil.

"Then I shall take my leave. I wish Lord Netil's plan a complete success."

"Whoosh—"

As soon as he finished speaking, a portal suddenly opened behind Dorati.

He slowly retreated and went straight into the portal.

"..."

At the same time, after Dorati teleported away, Vaka's corpse slowly rose up and drifted towards Lord Netil.

"Waka, oh waka... we've known each other for a long time. If it weren't for that curse, I think you would have advanced to a level two wizard by now, right?"

Even so, Netir looked at the corpse of Vaka slowly drifting towards him from the opposite side with indifference in his eyes.

"Don't blame me for scheming against you; after all, you were the only one... most vulnerable to my curse back then."

Having said that, Vaka floated right in front of her.

But looking at the ugly half-fish man before her, she frowned:

"Sigh, considering we've known each other for so many years, I'll turn you back to your original form before your soul is devoured."

As he spoke, Nettier took out two greenish-blue seashells.

"In a way, it has fulfilled one of your wishes."

"Click—"

As soon as it was opened, a cloud of purple smoke surged out, instantly engulfing Vaka's corpse.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

Amidst the billowing smoke, purple particles relentlessly gnawed at his ugly skin, until a layer of pale skin was revealed beneath.

Then, the fish head was completely devoured, revealing a lifeless human face.

This face was exactly the same as the image that had appeared in Hughes's mind; it was Vaka's original appearance.

But now, his face has lost all color, and his eyes stare blankly at the woman in front of him, as if silently telling of years of sorrow.

Nietir looked at his old acquaintance who had returned to his original appearance, and gently brushed his fingertips across the light blue mark on his forehead.

The mark was glowing faintly, and even the surrounding seawater was tinged with an eerie, dark blue light.

Then, she raised her slender fingers and tapped them lightly. Runes flowed from her fingertips, wrapping around Wakka's corpse like water.

"Go."

With that, she waved her hand gently, and Vaka's corpse slowly floated toward the Tree of Life in front of her.

"Click-clack..."

Suddenly, just as the corpse approached, the Tree of Life seemed to come alive and began to tremble gently.

"Swish, swish..."

The next moment, its trunk stretched slightly, and a faint blue fluorescent light appeared on its surface.

The blue vines hanging from the branches grew wildly toward Waka the moment he got close.

At this moment, the Tree of Life is like a ravenous octopus, greedily capturing its prey.

But when they touched the corpse, the vines slowed down, like a loving mother's hand, carefully wrapping around Vaka's body.

"Click—buzzing..."

Immediately afterwards, a narrow crack suddenly appeared in the center of the tree trunk. As the crack slowly opened to both sides, only a deep, dark blue halo was visible inside.

The next moment, the vines slowly pulled the corpse toward the center of the tree trunk, sending it toward the crack filled with blue light.

As Vaka's body was sent into the rift, his long-wandering, weakened remnant soul slowly broke free from the constraints of his body.

His soul twisted and turned in the halo, yet he could only follow the flowing halo, slowly being absorbed into the veins of the Tree of Life, carrying endless resentment.

"Buzz—!"

Finally, a flash of blue light appeared from the crack, and Vaka's remaining soul was completely devoured by the Tree of Life, along with... all the knowledge he carried with him throughout his life.

"Click...click click."

Finally, the crack in the tree trunk slowly closed, and all the knowledge that Wakka had collected throughout his life found its eternal resting place.

They merged with the Tree of Life, becoming an ever-renewing part of the deep sea, becoming... eternal.

"What... what is this?"

Beside him, Nettil witnessed everything, his eyes filled with shock.

This was because she had never seen the Tree of Life appear in such a form before.

No one expected that the Tree of Life, which the elves revered as the supreme being, would have such a strange... even terrifying form.

"Just what kind of being are you?"

Netir walked slowly toward the Tree of Life, gently brushing her hand across its aquamarine bark, her eyes filled with bewilderment.