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Chapter 105 Unknown Witch Array

Richard leaned against the rock wall, not daring to swim directly to the shallows in the center of the cave. Instead, he stayed close to the rock wall and slowly poked his head out of the water to observe the situation first.

He found himself in a secluded, isolated cave on the other side of the underground river's rock wall, seemingly accessible only through the hidden underwater passage he had just swum through.

The cave is not large, with only one shallow beach. There are only two fishmen of average strength and one dual-wielding fishman patrolling the beach. Perhaps the fishmen are considering sufficient concealment, so the defense is not strong.

A six-pointed star magic array, five meters in diameter, was emitting a pale blue light. At each of the six corners was a medium-grade magic stone, about the size of a child's fist, much larger than an ordinary magic stone the size of a fingernail.

This immediately caught Richard's eye.

But as the gaze shifted, in the very center of the magic array, there was a larger and brighter magic stone, clearly a superior existence to the intermediate magic stone.

In an instant, Richard was shocked. A high-level magic stone! It was actually a high-level magic stone!

Although Richard had never owned one, he had at least seen it before, even if he hadn't eaten pork. Many books in the Academy Library mentioned high-level magic stones.

One high-grade magic stone can be exchanged for at least ten thousand ordinary magic stones or one hundred mid-grade magic stones, and even then, they are priceless!

Because high-level magic stones have such a wide range of uses, the most common one is as they are now, used as an energy source for high-level magic arrays.

Richard's heart immediately burned with excitement. He was determined to acquire the high-level magic stone. That way, even if this extermination mission ended here, his gains would definitely be among the top!

Although it may not be as glamorous as being among the top in points, making a fortune quietly is still quite enjoyable.

At this moment, Richard seemed to have a vague idea of ​​the whole situation. The old fishman summoned the ancient dark fishman, most likely to draw fire from above. Even if it could cause great losses to this group of wizard apprentices, once the three major schools reacted...

An ancient dark fishman would be crushed in a minute by the formal wizards of the three major schools. Therefore, the old fishman had already prepared an escape route, which was this wizard array in front of him. Judging from this, the wizard array should be a teleportation array without a doubt, but there is still a problem.

Since the teleportation array was prepared long ago, the old fishman should have left immediately. Why has he been delayed until now? Could it be that the magic array is missing something that prevents him from teleporting immediately?

Let's not think about that too much for now. Taking down these three mermen, getting the high-level magic stone, and leaving is definitely the right thing to do!

After a moment's thought, Richard devised a plan. He secretly summoned a sword and shield skeleton underwater. The murky dark river water obscured the pale green light of the summoning array, and the three fishmen on the shallows were completely unaware.

Suddenly, a sword and shield skeleton emerged from the water and stepped onto the shallows, startling the three murlocs. The dual-wielding murloc, sensing that the opponent's aura wasn't strong, immediately called to the other two murlocs, and they charged over to engage the sword and shield skeleton in battle.

Richard, meanwhile, crept out of the water from behind the three fishmen, silently chanting the Shadow Grip.

By the time the dual-wielding murlocs realized what was happening, a dark elemental hand, over two meters in diameter, slammed down like a fly. Instantly, the three murlocs were struck as if by a heavy hammer, with most of them submerged in the soft, shallow water, unable to move!

At this moment, the sword and shield skeleton stepped forward and quickly killed the three defenseless murlocs one by one with its sword.

After killing the three mermen, Richard did not rush forward to take the high-level magic stone.

He first circled the teleportation array, where various magical runes were intricately layered. He then took out the recording crystal ball given to him by Ophelia and copied the entire pattern of the teleportation array, intending to study it slowly when he returned.

The school's library did not have any books on teleportation arrays, so this was Richard's first time seeing one, making it quite valuable for research. In the wizarding knowledge system, it would certainly be considered advanced knowledge.

After completing the rubbing, Richard planned to first retrieve the most valuable high-grade magic stone in the center of the magic array. Although the teleportation array faintly fluctuated with energy, Richard also knew some common knowledge, namely that the activation of a magic array usually requires a long incantation.

Therefore, they are not worried about triggering the witch array and causing unpredictable consequences.

But as soon as Richard stepped into the teleportation array, he sensed something was wrong. The mysterious statue in his arms suddenly burst out with blue light, and at the same time, the huge teleportation array under his feet also shone brightly with blue light, and the two resonated with each other.

Oh no! Could the mysterious statue in my arms be some kind of medium for this teleportation array?

Richard leaped forward, desperately grabbing at the high-grade magic stone! It wasn't that Richard was greedy; rather, he realized that the high-grade magic stone was the energy source of the magic array, and removing it would naturally disconnect the teleportation array!

This line of thinking is definitely correct!

However, Richard was still a step too slow!

Instantly, the teleportation array burst forth with a dazzling blue light. The light was so intense that Richard had to close his eyes tightly. The next second, Richard disappeared into the magic array, along with the sword and shield skeleton, who vanished into thin air at the same time.

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When the teleportation array was activated, the intense energy fluctuations instantly alerted the elderly merman who was engaged in a fierce battle not far away.

The elderly merman stared in astonishment, his expression one of disbelief. He muttered to himself, "Braca dared not come to meet me and instead used the sacred artifact to teleport back to the Darkwater Lake? That shouldn't be happening!"

A few seconds later, the old merman's expression turned ashen. "No matter the reason, I have absolutely no way to go back now. Damn it, all that effort has come to nothing!"

The elderly merman, his bulging fish eyes fixed on the assembled wizard apprentices, gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because of you surface-dwelling human wizards! Go! Kill them all! Every one you kill is a bonus!"

With a wave of his hand, a hundred merman warriors rushed forward and began to surround and kill the wizard apprentices from the three academies.

This made things even worse for the students of the three academies. They were already struggling with just one ancient dark merman, but now with over a hundred merman warriors charging in, they were utterly routed.

Ophelia and Andrea ran for a while before realizing that Richard was nowhere to be seen behind them.

"Andrea, have you seen Richard?" Ophelia sensed something was wrong and immediately turned to ask.

"No, you didn't see him either?" Andrea was also surprised to find that Richard was not behind the two of them.

Richard had just reminded her and Ophelia, but now he was nowhere to be found, which greatly puzzled Andrea.

"Ophelia, keep running, I'm going back to check!" Just as Andrea was about to turn around to check, she saw another second-level wizard apprentice frantically running away. Seeing the two of them standing there dumbfounded, she immediately shouted, "Why aren't you running? What are you standing there for? There are ancient dark merfolk behind us. Stop and wait to die!"

This startled the two of them. The ancient dark fishmen were equivalent to the combat power of a formal wizard, so the two of them immediately ran towards the surface!

After all, even if they turned back now, they would just be easy prey. Moreover, Richard had many backup plans along the way, and both of them believed that Richard would not die so easily at the hands of the fishmen!

(End of this chapter)