Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The world is full of opportunities, but it just doesn't point them out.

Just like now, Dago is sitting on the sofa in the room, playing with Dean Jodes's legacy in his hands.

"Click~~~"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of gears colliding!

A complex rune on the silver metal box lit up briefly and then quickly went out. The lid opened automatically, revealing the contents to Dago.

The joyful smile on Dago's face came from the mysterious metal box he had obtained from Jodes, which he had been trying to crack ever since he got his hands on it.

It took more than a month to finally open it successfully.

Dargo curiously examined the contents of the box, only to find a three-dimensional character sealed inside a diamond-shaped, pure transparent crystal.

He thought for a moment, then picked up the crystal and examined it closely.

This was the most mysterious character he had ever seen. Unlike any other shamanic script, this character seemed to be changing within the crystal like a plasma flame.

When encountering something of unknown significance, he would directly probe it with his mind – this was Dago's consistent practice.

As his mental energy slowly seeped into the rhombus-shaped crystal and touched the characters, Dago's expression gradually became strange, as if his soul had been taken away.

After a long while, Dago finally came to his senses, looking utterly exhausted.

"This is the soul seal I have always longed for."

Looking at the ever-changing spell sealed within the soul crystal in his hand, Dago was momentarily at a loss for words to express the complex feelings he was experiencing.

The Constant Change Mantra is a spiritual symbol that transmits the seals of the soul.

The information it carried could be directly received by Dago's consciousness, as if it were a sudden enlightenment, stuffing everything into his mind at once.

The Ever-Changing Incantation originated from the Silver Sea and is a set of characters specifically designed to carry soul seals. Each soul seal has a different Ever-Changing Incantation.

The soul crystal is the only item for storing the sealed incantation; otherwise, the constant change incantation would disappear from the real world and return to the spirit world at any time, since it does not belong to reality.

It is a precious gift bestowed upon humankind by Artemis, the moon of origin, and a projection of human wisdom over millennia onto the Silver Sea.

The Constant Change Spell he obtained was no ordinary artifact; it contained the hand seals passed down through a wizarding organization.

Dago recalled the story recorded in the Everlasting Incantation.

Yakut is a land forever ruled by ice and snow, where the harsh winter winds cut through every inch of space like sharp blades.

Long ago, Kalida and her sister Mapel, two powerful sorceresses, founded the Frost Hell Palace. Like two brilliant stars, they guided the many tribes of Yakut.

At that time, their power was pure and strong, bringing order and hope to this icy land. Their heroic deeds were sung among the tribes, who regarded them as the guardian goddesses of the icy world.

However, beneath the calm surface, seeds of darkness had been quietly sown. Kalida's deep-seated thirst for power, like an inextinguishable flame, drove her onto a forbidden path.

During an exploration of the Silver Sea, she discovered Mamentos—a terrifying and ancient, greedy demon from the spirit world.

Mamentos promised her that if she helped bring Him into the real world, she would gain near-immortality.

Tempted by power and immortality, Kalida made an evil pact with Mamentos.

Her sister, Maper, was completely unaware of all this.

With the invasion of the greedy demon Mamentos, Yakut was instantly plunged into endless darkness. The earth trembled, the ice and snow melted and then condensed into terrifying shapes, and demons poured out from spatial rifts, wantonly slaughtering the tribesmen.

Kalida realized with horror that the disaster she had caused was far beyond her imagination.

In order to prevent the wizarding world from becoming Mamentos's plaything, she made an extremely cruel decision.

Kalida took advantage of Mapel's trust to set a trap. During what appeared to be an ordinary tribal gathering, she secretly unleashed a powerful ice spell, freezing Mapel and many of her loyal allies in place.

In that instant, the shock and despair in the sisters' eyes pierced Kalida's heart like sharp arrows, but she did not stop.

With unwavering resolve, she defied the evil pact and buried Mamentos and everything corrupted by the demon's claws deep beneath the Frost Prison Palace.

This sacrifice brought temporary peace, but also plunged Kalida into endless pain and madness.

Although Mamentos, frozen in ice, was temporarily asleep, he haunted her day and night like a nightmare. Mamentos's whispers slithered into her mind like venomous snakes, constantly eroding her sanity.

Throughout these long years, Kalida has always teetered on the edge of ice and darkness.

Mapel's soul recorded all of this in the Everlasting Spell and placed it back into the Silver Sea.

The story of Mapel in the Everlasting Curse ends here. The information is vast and complex. Dago barely manages to piece together a thread from the messy information—a greedy sister was corrupted by the Great Demon, betrayed everyone who loved her, and then received her due punishment.

This should have been a story full of sadness and resentment, but unfortunately, Dago couldn't empathize with it.

It's like the subway in my past life was full of people, with all sorts of shoes on their feet, all prepared to take different paths.

What truly concerns Dargo in the story is the question of who is stronger between Mamentos, one of the Seven Deadly Sins originating from the Silver Sea, and Erzog, the Queen of Blood!

There's no answer to this question now, so whatever, just live on, and you'll eventually find the answer!

Ultimately, by sheer chance, the academy's dean, Jodes, obtained this perpetual spell in the Sea of ​​Silver. Perhaps it was due to incompatibility, or perhaps it was out of fear of bearing the responsibility that came with this perpetual spell.

Yes, it is a responsibility. If one wants to inherit the seals in the Eternal Mantra, one must accept Mapel's commission to save her sister, or else one will suffer Mapel's curse.

This entrustment has a time limit of 100 years.

"Jodes went to such lengths to protect this Eternal Curse, apparently hoping to fetch a good price, but unfortunately, it ended up going to me for free."

"Life is truly unpredictable, like the large intestine enclosing the small intestine."

"Given away for free, completely given away for free. As expected of the kind-hearted Mapel, she couldn't let go of her sister even after death, and set such a long time limit. Seriously, I'm going to cry."

Dago thought to himself, with the help of the Progress System, he would dare to overthrow Yakut in less than ten years.

"【Winter Star】!"

He whispered the name of the soul seal.

This is an extremely powerful ice-type soul sign. The key is that it has growth potential. As we all know, in the wizarding world, anything related to growth potential is worth at least ten times more.

Dago put the soul crystal back into the silver rune box, strode to the windowsill, and swiftly pulled back the curtains.

Dazzling sunlight poured in, flooding the old Rose Inn's single room and dispelling the lingering gloom of the past.