Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

"Shut up!"

Serena's eyes were red, and she was holding onto Dago as if she was about to cry at any moment. "I should have known better than to text my brother."

"Don't talk nonsense, don't worry, I'm fine."

Dago comforted Serena, saying that after drinking several bottles of healing potions, he could feel the itching on his back, which meant the medicine was working.

At this moment, he felt a slight fluctuation of energy particles on the lake behind him. He turned around and looked at the water surface where he had emerged, and found that the previous entrance to the secret realm had completely disappeared and had randomly moved to some unknown location.

"I'll take you back to the Kroger family's secret realm; my brother's healing skills are very strong."

Seeing that Dago was feeling better, Serena offered to take him back to the secret base for treatment, and helped Dago as they headed toward the base.

Inside the base, Bernal was engrossed in his experiment when suddenly, ripples appeared at the entrance. Serena was helping Dago slowly walk in. Bernal immediately stopped his experiment and ran over.

"Old Bei, I've done my mission and brought your sister back. You'd better thank me properly this time, because I almost lost my life there."

Dago raised his pale face and smiled at Bernal.

Seeing Dago's miserable state, Bernal nodded solemnly, produced a high-quality, blood-red healing potion from his hand, and handed it to Dago.

Without any hesitation, Dagger took it, unscrewed the cap, and downed it in one gulp.

A massive amount of life energy instantly filled his entire body. Dago's cells greedily devoured this life energy, and he even felt that his physical strength had increased by a small level.

"It seems that Old Bei still has quite a few good stuff hidden away."

With a rosy complexion, Dago broke free from Serena's warm embrace and went to the fitness area to move his body, hoping the medicine would take effect more quickly.

After a while, when he looked at his back in the mirror in the living area, the injury there had basically healed, leaving only a long line of blood running down his spine.

The bloodline still contained dense spatial energy particles, like irregularly shaped, sharp-edged shards of mirror left in his flesh, occasionally causing him a slight stinging sensation.

Seeing this, Dago immediately activated [Ice Flame Blue Demon Body], unleashing a surge of intense blue ice flames to focus on dealing with the remaining spatial energy within the bloodline. Before long, the spatial energy was completely annihilated by the encirclement of the ice flames, turning into ice particles and dust that drifted into the air.

At this moment, Bernal and Serena were chatting on a soft sofa. He was quite surprised by the unexpected opening of the trial in the Garden Secret Realm, and what surprised him even more was Dago's amazing strength.

Bernalmo rubbed his short stubble, his expression serious as he pondered something.

After clearing away the remaining fragments of spatial energy from his back, Dago walked leisurely into the living area. He plopped down on the sofa, his body sinking in and then bouncing back up, which finally pulled Bernal out of his thoughts.

"The Krogg family discovered this secret realm a hundred years ago, so it's impossible for them to know about this trial. It seems that there have been some changes in the Mirror Forest ruins. According to Serena's description, the monster seems to be a product of alchemy using spatial and mirror magic, similar to a guardian of the ruins."

Bernal said to Dago with a worried expression.

Dago nodded solemnly; that thing was indeed terrifyingly powerful.

That eerie garden secret space looked like just the back garden of a wizard's private mansion, a place for him to relax and unwind.

The guards of the ruins who attacked him seemed more like gardeners responsible for looking after the garden. If even the gardeners who grew flowers and plants were so terrifying, Dagger couldn't imagine what kind of powerful wizard the owner of the garden was.

This shows the glorious scene of the Mirror Forest at its peak. If something really happened to the ruins of the Mirror Forest, the situation I face in the Thorn Ring will be even more dangerous.

I will definitely be sent to develop the ruins and secret realms at that time.

After saying goodbye to the two at the base, Dago returned to the Rose Inn.

He lay in the bathtub with his eyes closed, the warm water slowly washing away the mental fatigue left after the series of battles.

About half an hour later, Dago dried the water stains from his hair, put on a bathrobe, and slowly walked out of the bathroom. He sat down on the sofa in the living room and then took out the things he had risked his life to obtain during this garden trial from his storage ring.

A crystal sphere the size of a fist appeared in Dago's hand.

The surface of the crystal ball is as smooth and bright as a mirror, yet it cannot reflect any images of objects; only its white mist can be seen swirling inside the crystal ball.

During the trial in the garden, there were three items on the small white table. In the nick of time, Dago only had time to grab one of them, and this white mist crystal ball was the one closest to him.

Dago held the crystal ball in his hand and examined it carefully. He couldn't see anything with the naked eye, so he decisively infused it with his mental energy.

Soon, a fragment of information was fed back into Dago's mind.

"The Dream Sphere of the Phantom Glass..."

Dargo softly read the message aloud, his eyes flashing slightly. Was this the name of the crystal ball?

He easily found the Everlasting Mantra, which served as its mysterious core, inside the crystal ball.

It was a three-dimensional pattern resembling an eye, a perpetual incantation, with the pupil of the "eye" composed of densely packed tadpole-like characters forming a soul seal.

He carefully observed the ever-changing incantation in the shape of an "eye," his mind captivated by the countless lines and patterns that made it up, just as a child gazing up at the night sky on a summer day is naturally drawn to the mysterious vastness and profundity of the Milky Way.

Having broken free from his exploration and curiosity about the Soul Seal, Dago, filled with anticipation and trepidation, attempted to use his mental power to guide and activate the Dream Orb in his hand.

The "Phantom Dream Sphere" is of a very high grade, and he is not sure if his current mental strength is sufficient to activate it.

Generally speaking, the higher the grade of a magical artifact, the greater the mental energy required to activate it.

But to Dago's surprise, the Dream Sphere was activated with almost no mental effort.

Immediately afterward, the Dream Sphere activated and emitted a soft and mysterious purple light, and the white mist inside began to slowly rotate.

The air rippled like water, and Dago realized that everything around him was rapidly moving away from him.

The sunlight in the room, the living room, the carpet, the round table, and the vase gradually diffused like the moon's reflection in water.

A tranquil, deep blue sky, like a mirage, filled the entire world in Dago's vision. Countless colorful lights shimmered around him, as if a giant river flowed slowly and calmly around him.

Dago's gaze became unfocused as he stared blankly at the scene before him.

At the same time, he heard a young, bright voice, seemingly full of boundless enthusiasm and vitality, joyfully ringing out under the mysterious, vast, and profound deep blue night sky.

"Welcome, newcomer wielding the Dream Pearl—to Melville's dreamlike realm! Please feel free to leave your footprints of exploration!"