Inside the teleportation hall of the Blind Murloc Tribe.

A dazzling blue light flashed, and a beautiful woman with a graceful figure suddenly appeared on the teleportation array.

At this moment, a fishman holding a fishbone staff and wearing a gray robe opened the door of the teleportation hall and walked in hurriedly.

"(Akkadian) Great Master," the fishman saluted respectfully.

However, when Fingart saw that the figure in front of him was not his master Richard, but a strange and beautiful human woman, his compliments came to an abrupt end!

The two of them stared at each other, stunned where they were.

However, Fingart had already reached out and secretly grasped a spiral-shaped object, which seemed to be a communication device.

Seeing the other party's vigilance, Stephanie was the first to react and said:

"(Akkadian) Are you Fingart? I am Stephana, a follower of Master Richard. The master will be here soon."

This made Fingart feel relieved. He originally thought that the other party was an invader and was about to issue a warning and summon the senior fishmen warriors over.

Now it seems that it was a false alarm! It is not surprising that the other party knows the master's name. The enemy may also know it, but if he knows his own name, there is only one possibility, that is, the master took the initiative to tell the other party.

Before the two of them could chat for a few words, the teleportation array flashed a dazzling blue light again, and a man in a black robe appeared on the teleportation array.

"Master!" Stephanie and Fingart bowed quickly in greeting.

Richard nodded slightly and said to Fingart: "Finggart, close the teleportation array immediately!"

"Yes, Master!"

After Fingate recited a short spell, the originally flashing blue light of the teleportation array began to dim. A few seconds later, Fingate immediately removed all the intermediate and high-level magic stones around the teleportation array, and the energy surge of the entire teleportation array disappeared without a trace.

Only then did Richard feel relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he didn't know whether the bomb would be successfully triggered after he was teleported here. Even if it was successfully triggered, he didn't know what special defensive measures the other party had.

It would be fun if he wasn't seriously injured and was teleported here through the teleportation array.

The safest way is to immediately shut down the teleportation array of the Blind Murloc Tribe.

However, after thinking for a while, Richard still seemed not particularly reassured. He stood still and carefully recalled the various events and some details since the Norman Secret Realm.

Fingart was in a state of extreme shock at this moment! He had just secretly sized up his master and found that he could tell the master's strength level at a glance before, but the master's return this time had a surging aura far beyond what it had been before.

Even better than his former teacher.

Could it be that the master has been promoted to a formal wizard? But... But this speed is too fast! A look of confusion appeared in the bulging eyes of Fingart. No wonder Fingart was so surprised! You know, the humanoid race of fishmen mainly relies on bloodline breakthroughs. In terms of average speed, it is much slower than humans. For example, it took Fingart seven or eight years to break through to the third-level wizard apprentice.

He was already a fishman with a high blood concentration, and he believed that his advancement speed was comparable to that of a wizard apprentice with superior qualifications among humans.

But compared to Richard, the gap cannot be measured in millimeters!

Richard frowned, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Fingart, go get an isolation box immediately."

"Yes, Master!"

The Isolation Box is made of lead as the main material and is equipped with an isolation magic array. It is the most powerful isolation device Richard currently has. He deliberately made several of them when he stayed in the fishman tribe last time. He didn't expect to use them now.

When Fingart brought the isolation box, Richard asked Stephanie to put the black mirror inside the box.

Although Richard did not feel any energy released from the black mirror, it is better to be cautious and first effectively block the energy fluctuations and various marks.

"By the way, Fingart, arrange a room for Stephanie, right next to mine."

"Also, I'm going to take a rest first. Don't disturb me unless it's important." Richard warned. ——After returning to his room, the first thing Richard did was to try to eliminate the tracking mark from his Gildarts werewolf clone.

Because the effect of Gildarts' tracking mark is so strong that it cannot even be covered by a low-level magical weapon like the Concealing Cloak. If it cannot be eliminated quickly, there may be a series of unfavorable factors later.

Although Gildarts's life or death was unknown due to his own two evil spirit explosions.

But given the other party's vengeful character, if he is not dead, he will find ways to find me sooner or later, but if he is dead, his family will probably come looking for me.

The most effective means for the other party to track him at present is this tracking mark.

Therefore, no matter from which angle you look at it, you must find a way to eliminate this mark as soon as possible.

Since he had not learned the first-level sorcery that specifically erased the mark, Richard could only rely on his newly enhanced powerful mental strength to try to slowly erase the mark.

After trying for a while, Richard felt relieved. According to the current progress, it seemed that he only needed three days to eliminate the mark.

From this perspective, there shouldn't be any big problem.

After all, the area where he is currently located is very deep in the Underdark. If Gildarts' family sends people to find him for revenge, they will have to cross the very distant night elf-controlled area.

Obviously, the other party cannot come here in a swagger, otherwise the night elves will teach them a lesson how to behave.

Richard carefully recalled the circumstances of his two battles and discovered that apart from his innate witchcraft, he had mastered almost no first-level witchcraft.

Especially when the enemy knows that Richard's only offensive first-level witchcraft is mental shock, he will be targeted.

Under certain conditions, you will be at a great disadvantage in combat.

For example, puppets, even the most common stone puppets, have their power source from high-level magic stones, and their attack programs are fixed in the formations inside their bodies. Richard's mental shocks are almost ineffective because the opponent does not have a specific brain and spiritual sea.

Of course, if Richard's mental impact was dozens of times stronger, it would be possible to directly detonate the energy conduction array, but this would have to wait until a long time. Richard had considered returning to the school. If he only showed the strength of a third-level wizard apprentice, it was not without a chance, but in this case, he would not be able to communicate with him on an equal footing with the formal wizards, and thus obtain the first-level witchcraft models, potion formulas and other items at the formal wizard level.

But if he could join the school by revealing his strength as a formal wizard, it would be too shocking! In just over a year, he went from a first-level to a third-level wizard apprentice, which was scary enough. It broke the school record, let alone becoming a formal wizard.

Moreover, as far as he knew, there were three second-level great wizards in the school. Once he revealed his strength, would he be imprisoned before he could join them and be forced to tell the secret of his rapid promotion? Richard shook his head. He didn't want to test human nature with this matter.

No, this may not be considered a test of human nature. After all, he doesn't know any of these three second-level wizards. If Mentor Celes is a second-level wizard, it can barely be called a test of human nature.

Let's see if mentor Ceres, who has always taken good care of me, would covet my secret.

Put yourself in Richard's shoes. If Richard himself were a second-level great wizard, and knew that one of his subordinates could be promoted quickly, he might also be tempted and want to find out more.

Because even if this secret may not be of much help to the second-level wizard himself, it may be of great help to his family descendants or disciples.

Therefore, Richard decided not to consider returning to the academy in the short term, or even if he wanted to go back, he had to have a certain ability to protect himself.

Hoping that the other party would be kind and let you go is a childish thought. ——In the lobby of the stronghold.

Andino has received timely treatment. Although he has taken precious growth potions, it will take some time for the bones in his right leg to grow. It is estimated that it will take another month for him to fully recover.

At this time, he was reporting his previous experience to the great wizard Graf.

".Respected Great Wizard Graf, the situation at the battle scene is just as I just described."

Graf nodded, frowning.

Gildarts is now double injured. Even if he is saved, there is a high probability that he will fall to the level of a third-level wizard apprentice, which will probably be difficult for the other party to accept.

Even he couldn't think of a good way to recover.

"You said that the other party might be from another continent? A continent called Urdet?" After some deep thought, Graf could not remember the existence of such a continent.

I wonder how he would feel if he knew that this was just something Richard made up.

"Yes, sir."

"I understand. You should take a good rest first. I will arrange for others to take over the task of the combat team."

"As for what you said, the other party may be from other continents. I will submit this matter to the joint meeting." Graf said in a deep voice.

There are too few clues at present, and Graf is unable to confirm the other party's identity. Perhaps only by asking Loida from Gurus Academy, a master who is proficient in prophecy, to take action can he find out the other party's origins.

However, if Loida, a second-level wizard of the same level as him, were to take action, he would not be able to control it.

It all depends on the opinions of the deans at the joint meeting! "Thank you for your concern, sir!" - A few days later.

Inside the blind murloc tribe.

Richard's rapidly growing physical qualities, especially his mental strength, began to enter a period of calm.

Just now, he successfully erased Gildarts' tracking mark, which made Richard breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, in his spiritual sea, a round crown-shaped crystal was suspended in the center, surrounded by a faint, barely perceptible silver mist.

If you magnify the crown dozens of times, you can see that there are three complex models of innate witchcraft inlaid around the crown. The runes on each model are extremely delicate, small and complex.

Richard called up the inspiration panel and took a look: [Name]: Richard Clavier [Attributes]: Strength 10.9, Agility 11.2, Constitution 11.1, Spirit 35.9 (Atomization 13%)

All attributes have been greatly improved, especially the mental power has reached 35.9, and there are two words "atomization" marked on the side, representing Richard's level of a first-level wizard.

Atomization is when the spiritual power in the spiritual sea begins to materialize and transforms into a solid mist-like existence. It is a stage that every first-level wizard will go through.

This is also true from the actual situation. Apart from the crystal core, the surrounding spiritual power in Richard's spiritual sea is extremely thin and in the form of mist.

This is why it is called the atomization phase.

However, as soon as Richard became a formal wizard, his atomization level could reach 13%, which was already very rare, and it should be due to his previous strong accumulation.

For ordinary wizards, such as the first-level wizard who has just been promoted with the help of the Water of Breaking Limits, the degree of atomization is generally below 3%.

To improve to Richard's current level of 13%, it would take several years of hard work.

If the difference in talent and witchcraft is added to this, the gap in actual combat power between the two sides will soon become larger and larger.

Richard assessed that Gildarts's werewolf clone and Dolores should be at the initial or middle level of level one.

As for the fellow who had accompanied Gildarts before, Richard estimated that the degree of mental atomization of the other party must have exceeded 60%, reaching the high level of the first level.

However, since he had not stayed in the school for a long time, Richard had almost no knowledge of the formal wizard level except for some paid knowledge.

At least in the Ignis School, this kind of formal wizard-level knowledge requires a high amount of points and magic stones to be exchanged from the school, and to be honest, these contents that can be directly exchanged are not very precious.

For things that really involve the core, such as the models and spells of first-level witchcraft, it is likely that you will need to make some outstanding contributions, or find other senior and formal wizards to exchange them.

Because after reaching the formal wizard level, the long life of two or three hundred years can be used to do many things. Many wizards will choose to explore ruins or specialize in a certain witchcraft. After decades, they will always accumulate some unique witchcraft.

This part of the content is not limited by the school oath and can be used for free trade.

Unlike advanced meditation methods, if you obtain it from a school, there will be absolutely strict contractual restrictions and you cannot trade it with anyone in any form.

Therefore, in terms of means of fighting the enemy, the means Richard currently possesses are too simple. In the past few days, he has been thinking about solutions.

Just now, he had thought of a solution that suited him.

It's just a little expensive! That is the alchemical combination bomb. This is what he came up with after using the alchemical bomb so many times.

For example, the effect of 10 tubes of Fire Dancing Stars + 10 portions of sticky kerosene + 10 bags of Silver Moon Dust exploding together almost reaches the power of the first-level fire witchcraft explosion.

Although the cost of using it just once is nearly 400 magic stones, in the short term, this is the only solution Richard can think of.

Therefore, Richard has instructed Fingart to pack the three types of alchemical bombs into ten batches according to this ratio in case of emergency.

In the past few days, Richard has also studied the black mirror under the isolation of the wizard array, but he still can't figure out its purpose. It can even be said that such a thing that is most likely a wizard weapon is no different from a piece of stone in Richard's hands.

This made Richard feel a little depressed.

It feels like being in a treasure trove but not knowing how to open it.

Stephanie was watching her master from the side. She had been studying the mirror for several days but seemed to be making no progress, which made her quite curious.

You know, your master rarely shows such a helpless expression.

Moreover, Stephanie had a feeling that she seemed to be inexplicably familiar with this mirror.

Finally, she couldn't help but speak:

"Master! Can I take a look at this mirror?"

Richard nodded and handed the black mirror to Stephanie, while he himself was still immersed in thought.

Suddenly, a huge wave of energy gathered around him, which immediately scared Richard.

Turning back suddenly, he discovered that the black mirror in Stephanie's hand was emitting a dazzling black light.

"you"

"Master, I... I don't know what happened. I just felt very familiar with this mirror, and then I couldn't help but recite a spell, and then this happened." Stephanie said in panic with her big beautiful eyes open.

"Um, Master, I seem to understand a little bit about the function of this mirror. It seems to pull the enemy's soul into a nightmare. The enemy can only return to his body after breaking free of the nightmare."

Stephanie's words immediately made Richard very happy. It seemed that this black mirror was indeed a magical weapon, and he had an idea of ​​how to use it.

"Can you use it?"

Stephanie immediately shook her head and said, “Not yet, I can only activate it, but to officially use it, I still need a strong mental force to use this magic weapon, and my current strength is not enough.”

Richard nodded after hearing this. He knew Stephanie's situation best. Her physical strength was at the level of a formal wizard, but her mental strength was much worse, only at the level of an apprentice.

At the same time, according to Richard's guess, there should be some kind of hidden blood formation on this magical weapon, and the holder's bloodline will be identified before it is officially used. At present, it seems that only the holder of the Spider Woman's bloodline can use it normally.

Moreover, even if he possesses the blood of the Spider Woman, his level of strength would most likely have to reach the level of a formal wizard.

With so many restrictions, it seems that this magical weapon should be extraordinary. It is very likely not just a low-level magical weapon, but a rare mid-level magical weapon! "Not good!" Richard immediately reacted to a problem.

"Hurry up and put the black mirror into the isolation box. Let's evacuate quickly!"

"Ah? Master." Stephanie just started to like the Blind Murloc Tribe. Although the fishy smell was a bit strong, the scenery by the Dark Water Lake was really beautiful.

"Fingate, maybe you should follow me too, otherwise, something bad might happen to you!"

"This magical weapon is obviously not that simple. After being triggered by Stephanie just now, I think it will most likely attract the attention of the mistress." Richard still remembered the memory scene he saw in the mind of the Demon Spider Knight.

It is very likely that Dolores' black mirror was a gift from the mistress and did not really belong to Dolores.

Richard had also heard about the mistress's strength, which was unfathomable. For the sake of safety, he and Stephanie had to retreat immediately.

I originally thought that I could hide in the blind murloc tribe for a while, but now it seems that I still have to go to the gray dwarf-controlled area.

Only there can one ensure his safety. ——Half a day later.

"Found it. According to the guidance of the mistress, the traitor Shadra should be here!" said a female voice.

"Be careful, Shadra may have improved in strength. Even Dolores died at her hands."

"It seems to be in the blind murloc camp."

A few minutes later, the three senior spider women looked at the luxurious stilt house of the blind fishman prophet, which had long been deserted, and couldn't help but look at each other in confusion and said, "Hey! Has he already run away?"

"It looks like he ran away!"

"Damn it! Judging from the traces, it seems that they have only been walking for less than two hours. Which direction do you think Shadra, the traitor, will run to?"

"This is the camp of the blind murloc tribe. We can find out the truth by asking them!"

After slaughtering several high-level murlocs in succession, the three high-level spider women asked about the key figure, Fingart, but the prophet of the blind murloc tribe is now missing.

"Damn it! I will kill all these inferior fishmen. They are collaborating with the enemy!"

"Calm down your anger, Felicity. This is the territory of the three-headed snake Kumera. If you irritate it, it will be difficult for the mistress to deal with it. After all, Kumera and the mistress have reached an agreement."

"Sister, what should we do next?"

"We already know a lot of information, don't we? In addition to the traitor Shadra, the other party also has a human wizard who is good at necromancy. He also served as the behind-the-scenes controller of the murloc tribe for a period of time. He is a very interesting person."

"Is it interesting? Being the controller of this group of extremely smelly trash? What kind of bad taste is this? It's really disgusting!" said another beautiful spider woman with disdain.

I only heard Felitti's delicate voice saying, "Do you think it's possible that these three guys went to the area controlled by the gray dwarves?"

This immediately made the two of them stunned. After thinking for a while, the spider girl named Grace in the middle said: "Not necessarily. If they are hiding deep in the Gray Fern Wilderness, we can't reach them."

"So what should we do now? Sister Grace, do we have no choice but to wait for the Nightmare Mirror to be triggered next time?"

"Damn it! The Ancient Black Dragon Blood that the mistress urgently needs should also be in the other party's possession. If time drags on for too long, what if the other party uses it?"

"No, we still have a way. Don't forget, although the traitor Shadra and the human wizard did not leave any trace, it seems that the fishman prophet named Fingate is also with them."

"Then it might be an opportunity for us, because he has lived here for a long time. If we look carefully, we can always find some of his hair or something." The senior spider woman named Grace said confidently.

"Yeah, then we can track him down!"

"There are several witchcrafts that can do this, such as tracking and nose skills."

“That’s right!”

"Sister Grace, you are so smart!"

(End of this chapter)