A noun entry: Wizard

"What?!"

A gasp of surprise erupted from the wizard fortress below.

Lord August actually used a spell to kill two unfinished Nightmare Kings on himself?

What's going on?

Could it be that it has been controlled by the power of the Nightmare King?

August felt his body gradually withering away, as the power that seemed capable of corrupting everything surged through his body.

It took away his life.

"Heh, as expected of my magic, this feeling is really unpleasant," August muttered to himself.

"Next, I'll have to trouble you to hold off the Nightmare King."

He continued to decay, eventually turning into a cloud of ashes that floated in the air.

Bernard covered his forehead, feeling quite troubled by dealing with such a capricious old man.

The Nightmare King, who had originally intended to attack, was also bewildered by the scene before him.

What's going on?

His limited intelligence was completely unable to analyze the situation before him, and his mental core was almost shut down.

He committed suicide?

Weren't these two trying to get back at me? Why did one of them commit suicide?

Forget it.

do not care.

Dealing with just one is easier.

The Nightmare King mobilized his mental energy and blasted it directly at Bernard.

He doesn't know any special techniques; like ordinary Dream Clan members, he relies entirely on his own mental fluctuations to unleash a barrage of attacks.

But the Nightmare King is only at the fifth rank.

Even without any special techniques, Bernard found it somewhat difficult to defend himself.

Of course, this was just Bernard's disguise.

He didn't intend to exert too much effort, in case he provoked the Nightmare King's rage and had to reveal a few more of his trump cards.

Bernard had not forgotten the unknown enemy he had always been wary of.

Just like now, give the Nightmare King the feeling that you can take him down with a little effort.

They were stalling for time, waiting for August's return.

The two of them will work together to defeat the Nightmare King later.

"The clump of ashes left behind by August." Russell's gaze fell on the ever-floating ashes.

Sparks appeared in the ashes left after the decay and decomposition, as if the dead had been rekindled.

Bernard even abandoned his preferred soul magic, summoning flames that filled the sky with a single gesture.

To conceal August's unusual condition.

When the Nightmare King first saw this, he was very careful to avoid it.

Then I found that when these flames landed on my body, I only felt a little warm, and then it was gone.

This greatly boosted his confidence, and he ignored the flames, launching a full-scale attack on Bernard.

Sure enough, what kind of trouble could a mere fourth-tier wizard stir up?

Bernard maneuvered continuously in mid-air, defending against the Nightmare King's mental fluctuations, and manipulating flames to sweep towards his opponent.

"What is Lord Bernard doing? This flame, formed purely from the elements of heaven and earth, is something even I can't kill!"

In the wizard fortress, some wizards were on the verge of collapse.

I don't understand August and Bernard's behavior.

One committed suicide, the other was playing with fire.

The wizards saw no hope of surviving.

Haimer noticed something amiss, looking around with a puzzled expression.

He didn't believe August would commit suicide.

They're definitely preparing some big move in the dark.

"call!"

Hidden by the raging flames, amidst the ashes, August opened his eyes.

He reconstructed his body from ashes, his skin still bearing traces of sparks.

"A body of embers, a tenacious rebirth, the opposite of decay."

"By the power of the embers, I have been reborn."

August's newly formed body was no different from before, except that his skin bore the marks of sparks.

The remnants of an ancient wizard, "Embers".

It is unknown what was burned, but the remaining embers can allow wizards below the seventh rank to be "reborn from the ashes" and transformed into ember bodies.

August once tried to use this property to break through to the fifth order.

Even when facing the Nightmare King and needing to use the Embers, he was still somewhat unwilling to give up and wanted to try again.

The result, naturally, was failure.

August's horizontal strength has become stronger, but he is still unable to break through to the fifth rank.

"With the help of the embers, I have returned to my peak condition."

"You've mastered the power of the embers, and before you've even delved deeper, you're already close to my 'soul's withering'?"

"With such immense power, why can't I advance to the fifth rank?"

August was puzzled. He looked at Bernard, sensing that the other might know something.

Just now, the other party asserted that the embers could not enable him to advance to the fifth rank.

"Forget it, let's deal with the Nightmare King first, then we can question Bernard properly."

With a swift movement, August transformed into swirling embers, carrying specks of sparks and dust, like a hurricane approaching the Nightmare King.

The Nightmare King glanced sideways at the embers that August had become, sensing an intense threat.

Just as he was about to make a move, the Ember Body solidified beside the Nightmare King, and a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Sizzle~"

The terrifyingly high temperature scorched the Nightmare King, who angrily released a mental wave that shattered August's ash body.

It turned into embers that drifted away and then reformed not far away.

On the shoulder of the Nightmare King, there was a bright red handprint that radiated a terrifying heat.

"The body of embers." Bernard looked at August.

He was well aware of the power of the Ember Body.

Even with his lingering body, August was still only at the fourth rank, and the Nightmare King was powerless against him.

Putting everything else aside, the move of transforming the Ember Body into Ember is extremely difficult to counter.

Even if the opponent's embers are destroyed, as long as a little ember remains, the body can be quickly reformed.

The only problem is that the body will constantly emit high temperatures, so you need to be careful.

They wear special shamanic robes or isolate themselves using their mental power.

Of course, for a wizard, this little trouble is nothing compared to his immense power.

After obtaining the embers, August did not use them immediately, intending to use them to advance to the fifth rank.

The result was that nothing was gained.

"It's still a problem of lacking a successor," Bernard sighed inwardly.

For other races and alchemical beings on the Wizarding Continent, the inability to break through to the fifth rank is a flaw created by their own design, as well as a matter of innate talent.

But for wizards, it's all about "legacy".

The limit for a wizard is the fourth rank.

Or rather, this is the limit of human capability.

Ancient wizards also spent countless years creating "inheritance," which led to the emergence of fifth and sixth tiers of wizards.

Even the seventh rank, comparable to gods, and higher levels.

This allowed them to conquer the Wizarding Continent in one fell swoop.

"The current situation is somewhat similar to that of back then. Unfortunately, without guidance, how can one become a true spirit wizard and create a 'legacy'?"

Bernard's gaze fell on Russell.

Could this chosen one of the wizarding world be a true spirit wizard?