Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

(Something happened these past few days, but I personally don't associate it with the characters involved. After all, it was part of many people's childhood memories, and mine too.)

(Important: But this reminded me of something, that is, I discovered that my dragon race has the ability to "transform" into human form.)

In other words, in dragon form, wouldn't I become someone else's mount? You won't scold me for that, will you? (There's absolutely no main character. First of all, I've said it's a single female lead (although it seems almost like there isn't one yet), and secondly, even if there are beautiful dragon girl characters later on, I definitely won't pair them with a dragon knight.)

(But even if there's no plot element, I'm sure many readers will make connections. Of course, I also thank you for immersing yourself in the world I've created and making your own connections, making me feel like the world I've built is real, and that everyone has a storyline.)

(Anyway, I'll just mention it briefly and see what you think.)

From its transformation into an assassin organization a century ago, the Black Ring has now made a comeback after being purged.

The five supreme leaders of the Golden Ring traced the major events of the other organization over the past century, eventually identifying several suspects.

The most suspicious and the most shocking of them all is undoubtedly Valerius Soyavaren, the current mainstay of the Soyavaren family.

What's chilling is that since the Black Ring Crown officially became an assassin organization after its second appearance, the presence of Valerius can be seen behind a series of large-scale and heinous events that have occurred among them.

More or less, directly or indirectly.

While these clues cannot lead to a direct conclusion, they undoubtedly aroused suspicion among the five leaders.

(Note: The second appearance mentioned here does not refer to the final trial where the champion was defeated.)

(As mentioned in Chapter 32: The Black Ring Crown was originally an organization that fought against the Golden Ring Nobles. After being destroyed, it reappeared a hundred years ago and became an assassin organization. This refers to the Black Ring Crown.)

(Then it is mentioned in Chapters 59 and 382: What appeared twice a hundred years ago was actually the Black Ring Crown that was taken over by the vampires.)

Therefore, despite their reluctance to believe it, these five supreme rulers still listed Valerius as the prime suspect.

"..."

Soon after, seeing that the two had calmed down, Frossis spoke first:

"Rhoda, if I remember correctly, Valerius has already taken up residence at the Spire of Ten Thousand Edges, right?"

Upon hearing this, Rhoda snorted coldly and said:

"Yes, it was Prius who introduced them, and Ramius was also very willing to obtain some research on vampires."

"Then why did he move into the Vientiane Spire? What is his purpose?" Frossis asked again.

"He explained the reason to me, saying it was to facilitate future collaborations with researchers from the Bloodbone Secret Realm and the Tower of Ten Thousand Ridges."

The Myriad-Peak is the only academy besides the Golden Ring Crown that possesses the technology to seal Osiris's flesh and blood, and the manifestation of that technology is the Blood and Bone Secret Realm.

Thinking of this, Frossis's illusory figure swayed and said in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, every one of us here is acquainted with Valerius, so I'd like to ask you a question first... Do you believe that child could be connected to the Black Ringed Crown?"

"..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

"Valellius is someone I watched grow up... and I personally assessed his talent."

After a long silence, Rhoda, a member of Valerius's own family, was the first to speak.

"It's fair to say that I was involved in every step of his life, so in my eyes, there was absolutely no possibility that he had any contact with the Black Ring Crown."

Immediately afterward, Theonier, who was standing nearby, also spoke up:

"His potential is very high, and he may even surpass us and be promoted to a third-level wizard."

"And it cannot be denied that he made a huge contribution to the study of vampires. Without him, we probably would not have been able to discover the symbolic blood of the vampires."

Vampires are born with the ability to manipulate blood, and Osiris, the king of vampires, imprinted an encrypted seal on the symbolic blood of each vampire before his death.

With this curse mark, the symbolic blood within them can be completely concealed within their ordinary blood, making it difficult for even the most advanced bio-modifiers in the Oren plane to detect.

It wasn't until Valerius took over the research that the cursed seal was successfully deciphered, which greatly advanced the Golden Ring's research on vampires.

They even deciphered the flesh and blood left behind by Osiris.

However, this also led to the proliferation of a large number of blood witches in the Oren plane...

Upon hearing this, Frossis on the other side seemed to suddenly remember something, and then said in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, I think we've all overlooked one thing... that is the vampires."

"Vampires?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other four illusory figures all reacted in unison, showing no interest in the matter.

Pusil went even further, saying:

"Vampires? Ever since we wiped out Osiris, those bloodworms seem to have become our experimental subjects, haven't they?"

He scoffed, his words full of disdain.

"As for that so-called underground stronghold? Even if you crammed vampires and the Black Ring Crown into such a small, enclosed space, what resources could they possibly cultivate?"

They also saw the results of the Pillars of Quetzalcoatl's exploration of the Blood Domain's underground.

Disappointingly, it was just an ordinary underground structure.

Even in several extremely large cavities, little magical energy fluctuation was detected.

Therefore, the idea of ​​an underground stronghold proposed by that wizard has been completely rejected, at least in Pusil's mind.

Therefore, he agrees more with this conclusion:

That is the vampire race of today, now reduced to only the weaker groups on the surface of the earth.

The Black Ring Crown either created a separate alternate dimension to hide somewhere, or it mingled among the people of Maransel.

As for whether the two were secretly cooperating, he couldn't be sure, but he was convinced that even if they formed an alliance, these two former defeated opponents would be absolutely no match for them.

"But the Black Ring Crown did indeed employ many vampire techniques, which we cannot deny."

Frossis ignored Pusil's questioning and continued on his own.

"Whether it's the mark called 'Bevic's Brand,' or the methods displayed by certain Black Ring assassins, they are all related to blood energy, and another thing..."

He paused, then said meaningfully:

"Remember? We originally planned to use those champions, who carried the flesh and blood of Osiris, as bait, right?"

"Yes, but the result was that the Black Ring Crown knew about our plan all along, and as a result, they directly sent three Level Twos to kill almost everyone there."

Rhoda chimed in at the opportune moment.

"But there's no denying that the Black Ringed Crown did appear, isn't there? We did successfully lure them out, but we didn't catch them."

Frossis smiled and then said.

"We only believe that someone provided intelligence, which led the Black Ring Crown to send out forces superior to ours for a sneak attack, but what if we put it another way..."

"For example, the Black Ring Crown did indeed join forces with the vampires, or rather, our initial guess was correct: they wanted to resurrect Osiris."

"Is it possible that they originally intended to lure us into releasing the materials so they could then seize the materials for a series of resurrection rituals?"

"After all, those champions, including the Ausilian flesh and blood they carried, are all gone, aren't they?"

Upon hearing this, Rhoda couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Even if your assumption is correct, what does that have to do with Valerius, whom we are discussing now?"

"Although he was present at the time, we have all tested him. He was not lying, and he did not have any vampire or black ring aura on him."