Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 13 Lake Bottom

"Deep Blue, activate combat support."

Herag was unsure of the skeleton warriors' strength and was extremely cautious, also prepared to flee at any moment.

The skeleton warrior opened and closed its mouth rapidly, holding a rusty longsword in its hand, and sped towards Herag.

"Fortunately, they're not moving fast." Herag constantly assessed the strength of these inanimate objects.

The skeleton warrior rushed forward, raised his longsword high, and slashed it down at Hrag's head.

Its movements were as slow as a tortoise in Hrag's eyes; the slash missed the air.

After the skeleton warrior finished his slash, his movements were quite stiff.

Herag naturally wouldn't let this opening slip by; with a swing of his longsword, he easily shattered the skull's head.

The entire skeleton warrior froze on the spot, then fell apart into a pile of broken bones, making a sound as bones collided with armor.

Herag turned his head and saw that Emil had also dealt with the skeleton warriors, with bones scattered on the ground.

"That's it?" Herag hadn't expected the skeleton to be so weak, shattering at the slightest touch.

Three skeleton warriors emerged from the lake and charged after them, but the two of them quickly dispatched them.

Emil looked at the bones on the ground and said, "These are the guards of the castle, our ancestors. Let's collect them and bury them."

Herag nodded and bent down to pick up the bones from the ground.

Just then, the bones on the ground began to move on their own.

The broken bones floated up automatically, reassembled in mid-air, and formed a complete skeleton. Then, it picked up a longsword and charged at Herag.

"Watch out, he's not quite dead yet," Herag warned Emil as he blocked the blow with his sword.

The skeletons on Emil's side have also been resurrected, but their combat power is too weak; they are no match for knights.

These skeletons are impossible to kill. Even after Hellagur killed them five or six times, they would still resurrect on the spot.

"Deep Blue, detect skeletons!"

"The target is covered by an unknown radiation energy line."

"Lines?" Herag didn't see any lines. "Mark them in blue."

"Labeling complete."

In Hrag's view, each of these skeletons had a long blue line behind it, the end of which was at the bottom of the lake.

"Deep Blue, analyze this lake."

"Detection complete. An unknown source of radiation energy has been found at the bottom of the lake," Deep Blue reported.

Herag casually cleaved the skeleton that had just risen into the air with a single sword stroke, then gazed at the bottom of the lake, pondering, "An unknown source of radiant energy?"

Looking down at the lake, a bold idea suddenly came to him.

"Emir, I'm going to go to the bottom of the lake," Herag said.

"Go to the bottom of the lake? Are you crazy? There's clearly something weird down there."

Herag said seriously, "This thing might not be as scary as we think."

"Are you sure?" Emil asked.

Helag was unsure either: "We can only give it a try."

He had reached the end of his path as a knight, with no further progress possible. The strange and mysterious things at the bottom of this lake might be the key to his escape, and it was worth the risk.

"Deep Blue, block my hearing." After making up his mind, Herag took off his heavy armor, walked to the lakeside, and jumped in.

The lake water was bone-chillingly cold, but thanks to his formidable physique, Herag gritted his teeth and persevered.

In the field of vision, five blue lines extend from the depths of the lake.

After determining the target location, Helag swam deeper into the water.

The five lines eventually converged into one, and there was a blue light at the bottom of the lake.

"Deep Blue, monitor your physical condition at all times, and notify me immediately if there are any abnormalities."

"Comprehensive monitoring has begun, and no abnormalities have been detected so far."

Relieved, Herag continued swimming towards the bottom of the lake. Blue light stretched out beside him towards the surface, and the blue dot gradually grew larger.

"A pocket watch?" After swimming to the bottom of the lake, he found a pocket watch lying quietly on the bottom of the lake. The entire pocket watch was wrapped in blue, which was the source of the unknown radiant energy.

Herag picked up the pocket watch, and the pale face reappeared before his eyes.

The man's face was clearly filled with anger, and his mouth was wide open as if he were howling.

The howling had no effect on Herag, because he had already blocked his hearing.

"Unknown radiation energy has been detected and is being absorbed and stored in the body."

Herag saw blue, unknown radiant energy migrating from the pocket watch into his body.

The pale face showed a human-like expression of panic, which gradually turned into extreme fear.

Herag even saw a hint of pleading in its eyes, but he remained unmoved and continued to absorb the unknown radiation energy.

All five guards died at the bottom of the lake, and even Emil almost fell victim to it. It was definitely not a good thing, and Herag would show no mercy.

He swam toward the lake while absorbing the unknown radiation energy.

"Absorption complete, mental strength increased by 1.0." By the time Hellagur swam to the surface of the lake, the energy absorption was complete.

The blue lines behind the five skeleton warriors disappeared, turning into piles of withered bones scattered on the ground. This time, they did not get up again.

Emil breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hrag swim out of the lake.

"I found this at the bottom of the lake." Herag swam to the lakeside, climbed ashore, and showed Emil the exquisite pocket watch in his hand.

The pocket watch is mainly gold and blue, and has a solid gold chain.

"A pocket watch? Is this the thing causing all this trouble down there?" Emil never expected that the source of such a bizarre event would be a pocket watch that looked quite valuable.

As he approached, he exclaimed, "This is pure gold, and I can't tell what the blue material is. But I don't know how this pocket watch was made; it's a seamless piece without any gaps."

Herag searched the pocket watch for a while and found a tiny gold button on the bottom. He pressed it and the pocket watch opened.

The internal structure of the pocket watch was no different from other pocket watches, and the golden hands were still turning.

Herag checked the time and found that the pocket watch was very accurate.

The background of the pocket watch case is a painting, depicting a hexagonal tower; I wonder what its symbolic meaning is.

At the same time, a message entered Hrag's mind.

"This pocket watch was the first enchanted item I made during my wizarding apprenticeship, so it's very meaningful to me. I enchanted it with Healing Hands, which can heal most injuries and dispel most curses and nightmares. You only need to input a little magic to use it. Good luck, my friend."

The signature reads: "Nicholas Carlos Camby".

This message is not transmitted in any form of language, but rather its meaning is directly understood by the recipient.

His heart raced after reading the message; he gleaned so much information from it.

"Wizard Apprentice, Enchanted Items, Magic, Healing Hands..."

(End of this chapter)