Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Neytir did not tell Hughes where to find her, so Hughes leisurely strolled around the Coral Oath.

After all, he knew that no place within the Coral Oath could escape Netil's watchful eye.

"Buzz..."

Sure enough, just as he was strolling along and arrived at Vaka's former laboratory, Dorati suddenly appeared in front of him.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Lord Hughes."

Whether it was because he sensed the significantly stronger aura emanating from Hughes, or because the other party had accepted his master's appointment, Dorati's tone became somewhat more polite.

"The procedure remains the same as before; we hope you will not resist."

After saying that, he quickly stepped forward and put his hand on Hughes' shoulder.

Hughes, naturally, did not resist as he had last time, and then teleported to Netil's palace with Dorati.

"call out--!"

Hughes felt a sudden white light before his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, the scenery around him changed to the palace of Netil.

Ahead stood the familiar coral throne, and Netil was leaning against it, looking languid.

"Dorati, you can wait here."

Noticing their arrival, she casually glanced over, her gaze lingering slightly on Hughes.

"As for you, Hughes Craig..."

Upon hearing this, Hughes thought that Netil was calling him over, but as soon as he took a step, a flash of blue light appeared before his eyes.

"call out--"

The next moment, he was forcibly teleported by Netil to the front of the throne.

"You've actually advanced to a half-pool wizard?"

Nietil withdrew his hand from the spell, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, Lord Netil."

Hughes nodded.

"Because I just completed an experiment by a tower master a few days ago and received a considerable reward from her."

He didn't intend to hide his promotion from the other party, since any pretense would be meaningless in front of a wizard who was one level higher than him.

As for why he mentioned participating in the Tower Master's experiment, it was actually because he planned to use this opportunity to subtly reveal to Nettil that he "had" the Tower Master behind him.

That way, at least in the matters we'll discuss later, the other party will be somewhat more considerate.

"..."

As expected, after Hughes finished speaking, a thoughtful look flashed in Netil's eyes.

Originally, since Hughes had already interacted with Vaka, she planned to take this opportunity to bring him under her wing and have him participate in the plan to seize the teleporter.

Of course, she was mainly attracted by the potion-making talent the other party had shown, after all, the other party had successfully concocted a combination potion.

There are very few smuggled wizards who know potions, and those with high talent are even rarer.

If she can bring Hughes into the fold, she can ensure that her side will not be inferior to the cooperating Fourth Ring family in terms of potions in the future.

At the very least, she could confidently entrust the part of the plan that required potions to her own people, instead of relying on those fourth-ring families.

Unfortunately, it seems that the other party has already been "beaten to it" by one of the tower masters belonging to the Ten Thousand Peaks Spire...

With that thought in mind, Netir narrowed his eyes and temporarily suppressed his desire to recruit Hughes.

Seizing the teleporter would undoubtedly be the easiest way to be attacked from both sides.

Therefore, she had to proceed with extreme caution, and apart from the families she was cooperating with, she could not risk letting any wizards in the center of the continent know about this matter.

Moreover, he is a tower master.

"Well, so regarding what I said yesterday... what's your decision?"

Although the decision was changed at the last minute, on the surface, Netil remained calm and showed no intention of taking back his position.

Ultimately, she wouldn't completely abandon the idea of ​​recruiting just because she was wary of a tower master.

Moreover, she was certain that Hughes, who came from the outskirts of the continent, would definitely yearn for the opportunity to go to the wizarding plane.

"Lord Netil, I have no reason to refuse such a rare position."

On the other side, Hughes immediately replied:

"I am willing to take over as Wizard of Wakka and become the new Key Administrator of the Coral Oath branch."

Netir was not surprised by his answer.

She simply tapped the armrest of the throne lightly with her fingertips, the crisp sound echoing throughout the palace.

"They do know how to adapt to the times."

The next moment, a milky white seashell appeared out of thin air in his hand and then slowly floated to Hughes's front.

"From now on, you will be the key administrator of our Coral Oath branch, managing the access methods for all important passages."

Having said that, Netil waved his hand and lazily leaned back on the throne.

"Alright, as for the rest, you can talk to Dorati. He has Vaka's belongings, including the original set of keys."

"I have other things to take care of, so we'll end our conversation here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of blue light appeared before Hughes' eyes again.

The next moment, he was back beside Dorati.

"Come with me, Lord Hughes. There are certainly many things you don't understand."

At the same time, Dorati, who was standing next to him, reached out and placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Same here, please do not resist."

"call out--!"

Soon, the two were teleported back to their original location.

"Congratulations on becoming our key manager. However, I imagine you haven't yet explored the entire ruins."

"Dorati said calmly."

"So I'll first show you around this entire ruin, and familiarize you with all the main paths and the activation codes, except for Lord Netil's palace, of course."

Having said that, Hughes followed behind Dorati, and under the latter's guidance, began exploring the entire ruins...

After exploring the site, he discovered that the interior was much larger than he had imagined, so he had a lot to remember.

The key keeper certainly doesn't only keep the keys to the treasury; the material storage, the magic tool storage, the potion storage, and the teleportation array that leads directly to certain places in the center of Maransel all require keys.

At the same time, the so-called "key" does not simply refer to the string of runic shells that Wakka wore on his body.

Various codes, mechanisms, and even specific witchcraft are all "keys".

Hughes was to record all of these things.

When necessary, he would need to represent Nettir and open these channels for the organization's members.

"By the way, there's a communication mark on the seashell that Lord Netil gave you."

At this moment, Dorati suddenly turned around and said.

"Everyone uses this communication token to request the use of the 'key' from you."

Upon hearing this, Hughes nodded thoughtfully.