Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Moments later, the sky brightened completely, and the war in Corella finally came to an end.

As the last orc's head slowly rolled off the ground, the once infamous Wasteland Hunters, who had roamed the outskirts of the continent, were now completely wiped out.

The light shone into the city of Corera, illuminating the ruins of the middle and lower districts, as well as the upper district that had been struck by the island.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the upper city, Hughes stood atop a tall tower, his gaze sweeping over the earth wizards who were flying through the air.

With them around, the reconstruction of the city is not a concern, but no matter how magnificent the reconstruction is, it cannot hide the fact that Corella has already fallen into decline.

Although the battle successfully annihilated all the Wasteland Hunters, the city of Corera itself also paid a heavy price.

Leaving aside the ruins scattered everywhere, what was truly fatal was that the protective barrier that had sheltered the entire city had been completely destroyed.

Without a doubt, the city of Corella will no longer be able to protect its residents.

But the most crucial thing is...

Thinking of this, Hughes suddenly turned his head and his gaze fell on the ruins at the very center.

By this time, Vok had already led his men to complete the survey of the crashed island, but unfortunately, they did not find the remains of the city lord and his daughter.

After all, those two were at the epicenter of the explosion, and even the wizard tower was mostly destroyed; they must have already turned to ashes.

Only then did everyone have no choice but to believe Hughes's story.

Moreover, the necromancer wizard behind him did indeed "see" the scene of him killing the orc outside the wizard tower through the orc's head.

And then, the explosion in the next second...

Thus, the deaths of Ross Mosold, the lord of Corella, and his daughter Elena Mosold were officially confirmed.

And this is undoubtedly the key to the decline of the entire city.

Corrilla is known as the "First City of the West" because the Mosold family, who control the Fourth Ring Road, is stationed there.

More precisely, it's because of the existence of a second-level wizard like Ross Morsold.

After all, on the outskirts of the continent, level two wizards usually only appear in higher wizarding academies, so it is already rare to see a level two wizard in Corera City.

Even many wizarding families in the upper city chose to settle in Corera City in order to attach themselves to the Morsold family, which had Ross.

But now, with Ross's death, it's uncertain whether the Mosold family can even retain its title as a fourth-ring family, let alone maintain its ties with so many other families...

Soon after, Hughes leaped from the top of the tower and flew towards where his family was.

Having already heard some rumors, he had sent his father and others to their residence in the upper city before the war even began.

Fortunately, they were neither persecuted by the orcs nor hit by the crashing island, and thus remained safe until after the war.

On the way, he also witnessed Vok personally executing a guard, who was the wizard who was in charge of observing the movements of the orcs in the upper city.

After all, it was this person's negligence that allowed "a group" of orcs to run onto the floating island.

Hughes simply looked away silently.

"..."

"Lauda, ​​Lord Ross's wizard tower... is it really completely gone?"

"Yes, at that time, almost all the magic power in the tower was used to strengthen the city's protective barrier, so it couldn't withstand that explosion."

"Huh?! Then what's inside the tower...?"

"Yes, what a pity..."

……

Meanwhile, somewhere on the mainland...

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

On the snow-covered plain, a slender figure wrapped in a black cloak was slowly making its way through the snow.

Suddenly, a roar from a colossal beast rang out:

"roar--!!"

The next second, a pair of huge, scarlet beast eyes lit up behind him.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!!"

The woman turned her head and saw a war behemoth slowly walking towards her from behind.

On the giant beast's broad forehead, a string of vampire words was clearly imprinted.

"Equivalent...exchange".

The man read it aloud once, and as his hood swayed gently, a few strands of silver-white hair quietly slipped out.

"Oh……"

……

Meanwhile, Hughes soon arrived at Craig's new residence.

It must be said that the area Ross allocated to them was quite good; it even had a small enchanted plant garden.

But now that the other party is dead, the Craig family has decided to move out of Corella City.

After discussing it with Murray, Hughes and his son decided to move their family to Cordia, the second largest wizarding city-state in the western part of the continent.

Although there are no level-two wizards guarding the place, it is a safe place because many rune masters live there and there is a protective barrier outside the city.

"..."

The next morning, the Craig family boarded the family's rune carriage.

Bathed in the morning light, the carriage slowly made its way towards the city of Kodia along the still relatively intact official road.

"well……"

A moment later, watching the city of Corella recede into the distance, Nora suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong? Are you reluctant to part with it?"

Hughes glanced to the side, then looked back at the city gate that was gradually disappearing from sight.

Although the Craig family had been rooted here from the beginning, he had no regrets about leaving.

In fact, regardless of race, most people who become wizards no longer cling to their family bloodline, and this becomes even more pronounced as they progress through the ranks.

Ultimately, as wizards advance in rank, they gain increasingly longer lifespans, potentially even spanning an entire era.

Friends, family... if you don't keep up, you'll only be a fleeting passerby.

Furthermore, the higher the level of the wizard, the stronger their life level will be... so strong that lower-level life levels cannot withstand it.

This also makes it more difficult for higher-level wizards to have children, and the continuation of offspring and the establishment of family bonds are naturally not as important.

Even in the Oren plane, where the highest level of wizards is only level two, the existence of so many wizard families was only due to the establishment of the "Golden Ring Family" system by the Golden Ring Crown...

"Oh, no..."

Nora shook her head.

"I'm just wondering if Lily and I... can maintain this kind of relationship forever."

Upon hearing this, Hughes paused for a moment, then said nothing more.

Senior Lily has exceptional potion-making talent, and as long as the newly promoted Level 2 member in her family doesn't pressure her, she will most likely be able to arrange her own marriage.

However, the two of them had been acting secretly, and although everyone probably already knew, there were still many hidden dangers.

(This isn't about starting a new side story; I'm just mentioning it here so that the later character endings might be explained in more detail.)

(Nora has a good ending. I've mentioned before that I imagined her appearance to be like Ciri's (in the game), my favorite game character.)

(Of course, this is just an appearance; Ciri didn't actually travel here, so please don't overthink it.)