Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The importance of the Flower of Solomon to his cultivation improvement is one aspect, but the mission itself is also quite rare, a public mission of the Dharma Ring that Jareden and others cannot tamper with.

If he succeeds, he will get a precious "breathing period".

At this moment, a large amount of ice elemental energy was dormant within Dago's body, bringing him an even more surging and magnificent vitality.

Of course, the biggest improvement is in his physical elemental resistance. If you look closely at Dago's skin now, you will find that there seems to be an extremely thin layer of transparent ice on the surface of his skin. This is the "ice white skin" that was naturally formed under countless spells.

Behind the series of tremendous physical enhancements brought about by the "Elemental Resonance Technique" is Dago's complete disregard for cost in consuming potions.

For the past month, he has been drinking low-level healing potions almost like water in order to accelerate the fusion and coexistence of ice energy and physical life force.

This also nearly depleted Dago's savings. After searching through his storage ring, apart from some essential items that couldn't be sold, the rest of his belongings were estimated to be worth less than a few dozen mid-level magic stones.

"Mastering 'Elemental Resonance' in depth is a bottomless pit of resources!"

Dago couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for Jareden and the others interfering, he could have bought the treatment through the platform within the French Ring, and the cost would probably have been much lower.

The following morning, in the quest hall of the Silver Tower in Cletam City, Thorn Ring, Dago stood in front of a quest window and pointed out a quest with a particularly prominent mark on the quest book to the Ring Wizard in charge of quest registration.

"Please help me register for this task."

As a public quest in the French Ring, it is usually highlighted, and Dago easily found the "Flower of Solomon" quest that Bernal had mentioned.

Of course, the mission did not mention anything about the "Flower of Solomon," and on the surface it only encouraged the wizards of the Ring of Law to explore a secret space called the "Wet Forest."

Only wizards with inside information knew that the rare potion Solomon's Flower existed in the Wet Forest.

"Okay, go to the airship platform outside and wait. An airship will take you there."

After the mission registration was completed, the wizard at the window handed Dago a runestone the size of an egg. This served as proof of the mission and also as the key to enter the "Wet Forest" secret realm.

Without accepting a quest, Dargo has no way to bypass the magic circle and enter the Wet Forest. Unauthorized exploration of a claimed secret realm is considered a serious act of trespassing in the entire wizarding world and can be killed at any time.

As Dago accepted the voucher and left the mission hall, he habitually glanced around at the various mission windows, but this time he didn't see the short-haired witch Dave.

He composed himself, walked to the airship platform, and waited quietly. There were several other wizards waiting with him, but they were not very strong. Like him, they were all around the mid-stage of the first ring and were just ordinary members of the magic ring.

After waiting for a while, another wizard with a core identity marked as "One Ring" arrived, emanating mental energy fluctuations belonging to the late stage of the first ring.

The other mid-stage first-ring wizards who were waiting with Dago immediately surrounded him enthusiastically. Judging from their harmonious interaction, it seemed that the arrangement had been made in advance.

At that moment, a young man from the small group opposite came out and asked Dago if he wanted to join them.

"So you weren't going to the White Wasteland Secret Realm after all?"

After a brief exchange, it was learned that Dago was waiting for the airship to the secret realm of "Wet Forest," and the young magic-ring wizard who came to recruit people shook his head in disappointment.

"Never mind then."

Before leaving, he couldn't help but kindly remind Dago, "The Damp Forest is a publicly available quest in the Arcane Realm. If you go alone without teammates, you might not get anything. Even if you're lucky and manage to get something, it will most likely be snatched away by wizards from other Arcane Realms."

"Why not come with us to the 'White Wasteland'? It's much better than going to the 'Wet Forest' on your own, both in terms of risk and reward."

Dago shook his head indifferently.

When the young wizard saw that he couldn't persuade Dago, his attitude immediately turned cold.

Just then, a small airship landed, and he hurriedly returned to his original group, boarded the airship with the others, and left.

After the brief incident, Dago waited a while longer before a magnificent and even larger airship slowly appeared in the sky above the tower and finally hovered above the platform.

The ship has a streamlined metal hull covered with silvery rune array patterns. Behind the distorted energy shield, one can see shadowy figures along the hull.

Dago took off and flew towards the airship. He took out the rune stone as a mission token in advance. A ray of spiritual power emanated from the stern of the airship. After testing the token in his hand, a crack slowly appeared on the protective shield at the stern of the airship.

Just as Dago was about to enter the airship, an indescribable and terrifying mental scanning wave suddenly descended upon him like a void storm.

Dark, cold, and with a metallic sharpness, Dago suddenly turned around, but the spiritual force quickly retreated and disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if it had never appeared at all.

Are you going to go or not?

A wizard on the airship shouted impatiently at Dago.

Dago remained calm as his robes billowed as he landed lightly on the airship's wide deck.

The opening on the energy shield at the stern of the airship closed, and it quickly took off.

"Who is it? Jareden?"

On the deck of the airship, Dago stood on the edge of the ship, looking down at the city of Cletam, which was getting farther and farther away from him, his eyes gleaming.

Not many of Bernal's former rivals would actually transfer their "hatred" for Bernal to him.

Most people, who are at the third level of the ranking system, already have a lot to deal with. Who would bother to spare a bit of energy to pay attention to a mere first-level wizard?

Even Chaplin, who was gloomy and harbored the deepest "resentment" towards Bernal, would not show such obvious hostility towards him because of his status as a member of the Four Gates.

The only person Dargo could think of who would be so eager to "crush" him was Jareden, someone who had been defeated by him several times.

Not only did Bernal have a grudge against him, but he also formed a deep "friendship" with him.

"Will he attack me directly during this mission?"

Dago pondered for a moment, but quickly rejected the idea. "I'm not even a Tier 3 rank right now, and the Damp Forest is a quest instance mainly open to Tier 1 wizards. Jareden wouldn't be so stupid as to leave such an obvious flaw. Most likely, he's using someone else to achieve his own goals."

Jaredon is a level 3 wizard, and the connections he can mobilize are at most at the level of a second-circle wizard, and even then, only at the level of an ordinary second-circle wizard.

"For a first-ring wizard, there's no such thing as an ordinary or extraordinary second-ring wizard."

Dago shook his head. A second-ring wizard, his mental energy field was condensed into cotton-like strands. The mental energy of a wizard who had just entered the second ring was at least ten times that of a wizard in the late stage of the first ring.

What does this mean? It means that a second-circle wizard can wear down a late-stage first-circle wizard simply by grinding them down.

This doesn't even include bonuses based on the sophistication of the spell or the enhancement of the soul seal.

The difference in three-dimensional attributes is an insurmountable barrier between first and second-ring wizards, but after a month of arduous training, Dago now has a strong desire to try and break through this barrier.

Dago looked down at his palms. His long, slender, and well-proportioned fingers were so white and beautiful that they almost didn't look like a man's hands—the hands that held the sword.

But no one knows what kind of terrifying, surging power flows beneath, not even he himself.

He desperately wanted to test this power. After a month of arduous training, the pain from countless spells had accumulated in his body and desperately needed an outlet.

"If I can't even get past this hurdle, then I shouldn't even talk about what qualifications I have to challenge one of these genius wizards within six months."

Dago murmured softly, gently clenching his fist.