Lord Wizard

Chapter 20 The Mysterious One

"Wizards are at the top of the food chain! Based on Blue Flame Company's job titles, a Grand Knight can become a squad leader or vice-captain, and outstanding individuals like Kailin can even become the head of the game department. But once they become a formal wizard, they will directly enter the board of directors and become part of the decision-making body..."

Lin Meng wants to take down the Rising Sun Group in the wizarding world, and the only hope is to become a wizard.

Although he firmly believed that with the World Fragment, his future was not something that the Sunrise Group could destroy, his experience with Zero Point Group truly gave him hope of avenging his previous defeat and destroying the Sunrise Group.

"Take it one step at a time, don't rush."

Lin Meng stood on the balcony, looking at another building across from the apartment.

That's the apartment building where the employees of the Sunrise Group live.

Lin Meng looked for a moment and seemed to have discovered something.

His eyesight was excellent, and since his apartment wasn't on a high floor, he happened to see a beautifully dressed young woman carrying an expensive handbag walk out of the shopping mall next to his apartment building.

"She... seems to be Lin Luo's best friend?"

The girl walked out of the mall, got into an orange sports car parked on the road, and sped away with a roar of its engine.

"I remember Lin Luo saying that her family didn't seem to be very wealthy."

Lin Meng thought for a moment and frowned slightly.

After a moment, he banished the thought from his mind.

Although Lin Luo seemed to intend to introduce this woman named Alice to him at the time, but...

Even if there's nothing between them, and even if they have a good relationship, he has no right to speak up unless things have reached that point.

Everyone has the right to choose their own lifestyle.

"Girls should be raised in comfort... When that girl is on vacation, I'll take her to the mall so she won't be tricked away by some young man with a small gift."

Lin Meng muttered to himself.

……

The outer perimeter of the Muya Mountains.

In a huge valley, two white streams of water cascaded down vertically like waterfalls, creating a thunderous roar.

Below the waterfall is a huge pool of water, so clear that small fish can be seen swimming in it. The water continues to flow downstream, and on both sides, a path can be vaguely seen extending outwards, winding through the mountain stream and forest.

On the other side of the forest is a fence made of oak, which encloses the area for hundreds of meters, forming a mountain stronghold. In the center of the stronghold stands a huge ginkgo tree that is tens of meters tall.

It is the time when ginkgo trees shed their leaves, and the falling leaves paint the ground in a golden hue, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

"What a pity, such a beautiful place has been occupied by a group of bandits."

Lin Meng, standing under the tree, reached out and caught a ginkgo leaf.

Not far ahead of him lay a field of corpses, with crimson bloodstains scattered across the land carpeted with golden fallen leaves.

After conquering Ubabo territory, Lin Meng immediately began a crackdown on bandits in the Muya Mountains.

In the past month, nine similar illegal settlements in Linmeng have been wiped out.

The Muya Mountains are so vast that Jelac originally estimated the population of Ubabo to be only around 36,000. However, since the sweeping of these mountain strongholds, no fewer than 5,000 people have been identified, and these are all unrecorded individuals.

"My lord, Ginkgo Village has been successfully captured."

A guard came to Lin Meng to report.

Lin Meng nodded: "According to the previous rules, those who are willing to surrender and whose crimes are relatively minor will be added to the army, while those who have committed serious crimes will be used as a suicide squad to attack the next mountain stronghold. Those who survive ten battles will be exempted from punishment. After that, we will move the population from the foot of the mountain to replenish the territory's population."

"Yes."

The guard acknowledged and quickly withdrew.

At this moment, Noah quickly walked up to Lin Meng and said, "My lord, I just received some news from the bandit leader. Hundreds of years ago, this valley was the hermitage of a mysterious person. That mysterious person lived in seclusion in the valley for several years and then disappeared, but left some things behind at his former residence. Would you like to take a look, my lord?"

"The Mysterious One?"

Ordinary people in this world, unaware of wizards and their classifications, are collectively referred to as mystics.

Upon hearing Noah's words, Lin Meng glanced at the bandit leader being escorted by two guards behind him: "Let him lead the way!"

The bandit leader, timid and hesitant, led Lin Meng and the others through the narrow path between the valleys toward the waterfall.

After passing the waterfall and walking through a thicket of bushes, a small grove of trees in the valley came into view.

The bandit leader pointed to a dilapidated wooden hut in the woods and said, "My lords, it's just ahead!"

"Let's go take a look."

Noah called the two men and they walked towards the cabin.

"etc!"

Lin Meng looked at the dilapidated little wooden house in front of him.

The house was very ordinary; many wooden houses like this exist in the mountains and forests, and there was nothing special about it, but it gave him an ominous feeling.

Lin Meng suddenly realized that since the cabin was so close to the mountain stronghold, why didn't the bandit leader take out the contents of the cabin? Moreover, the area in front of the grove was covered with bushes, indicating that no one had been around for a long time. He didn't believe that these bandits would remain indifferent knowing that there was treasure inside.

unless……

"If there's a problem, please log out!"

Lin Meng shouted and immediately retreated.

But as Lin Meng turned his head, a thin layer of mist rose from the valley and grove, covering the path the group had come from.

Looking into the distance, the Ginkgo Village, which could still be faintly seen before, had completely disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving only a vast expanse of white mist. In just a moment, the mist in front of them had thickened and remained, reducing visibility to only a few meters.

"What is this?"

"Let's look for other ways back."

Lin Meng gave the order.

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, the thief leader, who had been meek and submissive, finally burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Bang!"

Seeing this, Noah kicked the bandit leader to the ground and held his sword to his neck: "Tell me, where is this place? Take us away from here now, or I'll kill you."

The bandit leader, kicked to the ground, paid no heed to the sword at his neck. Instead, he laughed maniacally, "The reason my Ginkgo Village has been able to stand here for so long is because of this mysterious hut. Whenever a great enemy comes, the village chief has the duty to lead the enemy to this hut, trapping them in the mist and starving to death. You ask me how to get out? Hahaha!"

"you……"

Noah raised his sword to strike, but Lin Meng waved his hand to stop him: "There's no point in killing him now."

"grown ups……"

"During the interrogation, I don't believe anyone is truly unafraid of death."

Lin Meng gave an instruction and then carefully examined the surrounding environment.

After several rounds of maneuvering, the fog has now completely blocked off the area around the wooden house, limiting the effective field of vision to only the house and the earthen platform in front of it.

Lin Meng looked around for a moment, then landed on a garden in front of the wooden house.

Because it had been neglected for many years, the garden was overgrown with weeds, and there were some remains of corpses nearby.

Lin Meng was good at rote memorization. After scanning the garden for a moment, he quickly spotted something, picked out a few plants from the weeds, and exclaimed with a hint of surprise, "Mind-Concentrating Flower!? Blue Silver Grass?"

This is one of the main ingredients for preparing a calming potion.

Concentration potions are quite helpful in enhancing a wizard's mental attributes.

Based on this, it can be inferred that this is indeed the secluded place of a wizard's apprentice or a formal wizard.

(End of this chapter)