The Wizard: Starting as a Corpse Burial Man - An Infinite Side Hustle

In an instant, all the rats turned their heads to look at where the giant octopus was.

Then, the mouse paws touched the ground and it ran wildly toward where the octopus was.

A new hostile pigment golem has appeared.

The giant octopus, as before, planned to first wave its shield-shaped tentacles.

This allows for the creation of even more energy shields.

But before the energy shield could take shape, a melodious flute tune rang out.

Who is playing the flute?

The group, who were focused on the rats and the giant octopus, all turned to look at the source of the sound.

Then we saw the source of the flute music.

【Painting-style Spell Scroll - Pied Piper】.

It is the bard depicted in the painting.

The other party had somehow come back to life.

The bard is playing his flute.

As the flute music continued to drift, the mice in the painting also began to dance joyfully, singing and dancing.

"It's already been brought to life, so how can it still remain on the painting?"

Upon seeing the painting created by Ansu, the multi-eyed wizard apprentice immediately realized that the painting was unusual.

He knew that if he had more resources and energy, he might be able to do something similar.

But besides that, it will definitely take more time.

It is absolutely impossible to do this in just two hours.

Moreover, the sound of the flute did not seem to be an ordinary sound.

There are also traces of ether and alchemical pigments.

Perhaps the artist also incorporated the effects of paint-based magic into the flute music.

With that thought in mind, the multi-eyed wizard apprentice used some of his eyes to look once again at the location of the swarm of rats and the giant octopus.

However, it was discovered that the giant octopus has yet to condense a shield.

Even so, the giant octopus did not create an energy shield by waving its tentacles as it had done before.

Instead, it followed the sound of the flute and rhythmically shook its octopus head, as if it were dancing.

While the other person was dancing, less than two seconds later, hundreds of rats rushed over.

Then it crawled all over the giant octopus's body.

"Click-clack click-clack..."

A series of faint, overlapping sounds rang out.

The rats used their sharp teeth to gnaw on the giant octopus's tentacles and head, while simultaneously inflicting wounds with their claws.

Feeling waves of pain throughout its body, the giant octopus realized something was wrong.

They immediately wanted to drive the rats away and recreate more shields.

But it can't do that.

Just hearing the Pied Piper's flute makes me want to keep dancing.

They danced endlessly.

Until soon after.

Amidst a series of cracking sounds and squeaks, the giant octopus disintegrated into numerous fragments of varying sizes.

Then it could no longer maintain the form of the paint puppet and turned back into a mess of colorful paint.

"The tentacles have all been destroyed, so I should have passed the test, right?"

Ansu thought to himself, then looked at Novak, the centaur who was a formal wizard.

Meanwhile, seeing that the battle was over, the others also turned their attention to the same spot.

Everyone was curious about how many points the other party would give Ansu.

Seeing this, the centaur Novak pondered for a moment.

Then he looked at Ansu, who had painted the picture:

"10 points, you passed the test."

10 point?

Ansu was somewhat surprised.

After all, the giant octopus summoned by the centaur Novak only had eight tentacles.

He thought the other party would only give him an 8 out of 10.

I didn't expect to get an extra 2 points.

"With the added bonuses from my mysterious attributes and secondary profession..."

The actual combat effect of the [Painting-type Spell Scroll - Pied Piper] is stronger than I expected.

It's estimated that once the summoned undead minions are loaded onto the special easel in the soul space, their power will increase significantly.

An Su thought to herself.

"As I said before, you will receive an additional reward."

The corresponding rewards will be issued together with the assessment bonus after the assessment is completed.

The assessment will now continue.

Novak said, then summoned wisps of ether particles and infused them into his painting.

A moment later, a faint light flashed.

Another brand new giant octopus has appeared nearby.

The centaur Novak also used this opportunity to continue testing the painting-style spell scrolls drawn by everyone present.

However, the other examiners did not bring the paint puppets to life in the form of paintings, unlike Ansu.

Among the remaining test subjects, some created paint golems capable of launching remote attacks.

It was then used to launch long-range missiles at the giant octopus.

However, the giant octopus simply held up one of its tentacles to block the first volley of missiles, sacrificing the tentacles in the process.

Then, just like in the previous assessment, the remaining seven layers of shields were created.

This prevents direct attacks on its main body.

The ranged paint golems had no choice but to abandon their attack on the giant octopus's main body.

Instead, just like many of the previous paint-type golems, it launched an attack on numerous energy shields.

Until the pigment puppet's duration ended and it slowly dissipated as it became transparent, it had only destroyed four shields.

Even including the tentacles destroyed before the shield was formed, they only barely scored 5 points.

Before long, after a series of tests, the paint golem generated from the last painting-type spell scroll disappeared.

The assessment for everyone then came to an end.

Among them, nearly ten people created paintings that summoned paint puppets and successfully broke through the giant octopus's seven-layer shield.

But apart from Anzu, there was no one else who could kill the giant octopus.

That's why Ansu's score still ranked first.

He is also the only holder of a 10.

After announcing the score of the last examinee, the centaur Novak had a thought.

One by one, the boxes flew into the air and then floated into the hands of the crowd.

Ansu had the highest score.

Therefore, the space gems set in the box, which can be used to expand the space, are also the largest.

The interior space is comparable to that of a house.

Upon opening it, a dazzling array of alchemical pigments and extraordinary knowledge related to painting-type spell scrolls immediately came into view.

"Another spatial alchemy item. It's unbelievable how many they give away so easily."

Ansu recalled that in the non-wizard dwelling area, which was once an abandoned laboratory, spatial artifacts were extremely rare and valuable.

Even so, the Extraordinary Materials Recycling Center, which is under the protection of a formal wizard, does not recycle such items.

At the time, Ansu was still somewhat puzzled.

But now I understand some of the reasons.

"Like Sandru, he can casually provide so many spatial items."

This thing is probably used in wizarding academies in a similar way to a plastic bag.

Ansu guessed.

At the same time, the centaur Novak took out two more crystal balls to carry information.

After entering the contents of the letter, it was handed over to two other people who had come here using their "audience attendance certificates".

This led them to bring the two crystal balls to the official wizard behind them.

In addition, they were each given a box that seemed to contain an inner space.

Ansu didn't know what was inside the box, but the box's surface wasn't inlaid with any space gems that could expand the inner space.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that the space inside the box cannot hold much.

So Ansu also suppressed her curiosity.

Like other wizarding apprentices, he put away the painting-style spell scrolls he had previously drawn.

Then they walked in a direction outside the teaching area.

Then prepare to return to the accommodation area through the portal.

"Once we return, we can try loading this painting onto the easel in the floating city of the Soul Space."

At the same time, you will receive a new companion with its own unique attributes.

I wonder how many stars this painting would be rated.

An Su thought to herself.

But before he could leave the teaching area, he was stopped from behind by the centaur Novak.