Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie flashed towards the outside of the city, but before they even reached the city, they saw a white light flashing in front of them. Afterward, a strong sense of oppression hit them in the face.
"A rank eighteen wizard!" Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie screamed in their hearts at the same time. They couldn't help but tremble. Afterward, they were locked down by the city's defensive circle. A huge force locked them in place.
Rank seventeen wizards were the main fighting force in the Central Continent. Most of the battle wizards were at this level. Rank eighteen wizards were much rarer. Most of them were small leaders in wizard organizations.
Although it was only a rank difference, it was extremely difficult to level up. Rank eighteen wizards were the backbone of the wizards.
Rank 16 wizards, on the other hand, were reserve battle wizards in various wizard organizations. Their status was far from that of a rank 18 wizard.
Because of this, Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie were terrified when they sensed the presence of a rank eighteen wizard.
Normally, they wouldn't be like this, but there was a soul beam outside the city. An advanced wizard had died outside the city. Under these circumstances, there was no way they wouldn't be afraid of a rank eighteen wizard who could kill them.
The rank eighteen wizard was Wizard Godwin. He didn't have time to care about the two wizards. He just wanted to get to the teleportation circle and leave as soon as possible.
He didn't want to go back to Annual City, but he realized that Abel didn't chase after him. His right hand was broken. Although he had taken some potions, his power had been greatly reduced. He would only be safe if he went back to Frost City.
Therefore, he flashed to Annual City without caring about the city's large protection circle. A large protection circle of this level was useless against him. Even if it locked down on him, it couldn't do anything to him.
It was as if he had suddenly appeared beside the two advanced wizards and disappeared just as abruptly.
In less than half a second, the two wizards saw Wizard Godwin's miserable state. They couldn't help but be shocked.
Who could hurt a rank eighteen wizard like this? Was it Abel?
The two wizards couldn't help but look at each other. They were secretly relieved. If they had a conflict with Abel in the city lord's mansion, the consequences would've been unimaginable.
For normal people, losing their right hand would only affect their lives, but for wizards, losing their right hand was not as simple as that.
When wizards started learning spells, they would start practicing casting spells with their right hand. After becoming an official wizard, they would learn to cast spells with their left hand. However, most of the time, the speed of drawing spell patterns with the right hand was much faster than the left hand, unless the opponent was left-handed.
Losing a right hand would take away half of a wizard's fighting power. Most battle wizards were used to casting spells with both hands. That way, they could save their lives in a complicated battle.
Losing an arm was basically saying goodbye to their life as a battle wizard. Even if they wanted to become an alchemist or a magic circle maker, it would be very difficult.
Of course, losing a right hand was not impossible. The dwarves had mechanical arms that could make artificial limbs, and the priests could connect other people's arms with other methods.
But no matter which method it was, it would take at least tens of years to recover. It was basically impossible to fully recover. No matter what kind of artificial limb it was, it would not be as flexible as a real arm.
Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie let out a long sigh of relief when they saw the rank eighteen wizard disappear from their sight.
It was already very unlucky for them to be suppressed by the city's large defensive circle. Now that they saw a rank 18 wizard running for their lives, they were even more unlucky.
The two wizards raised their energy and activated their power of the will. It was only then that they could barely activate the ability to move in a flash.
Of course, Annual City was a small city, so its defensive circle wasn't that powerful. If Wizard Godwin didn't appear out of nowhere, they wouldn't have been suppressed like this.
In less than ten seconds, the two wizards were already outside the city. They felt their bodies relax. It was not a good feeling to be outside the big circle.
Wizard Julian lowered his voice, "Did that rank eighteen wizard kill Wizard Abel?"
He knew Wizard Carnegie didn't know the result, but he couldn't help but ask.
Wizard Carnegie shook his head, "I don't think so. That rank eighteen wizard was chasing after him. Someone should be chasing after him."
Wizard Julian looked towards the direction of the soul fire and said, "Let's go check it out."
Wizard Carnegie nodded, "Let's go check it out."
As a matter of fact, the two wizards were trying to get some courage from each other. The appearance of the soul fire meant that an advanced wizard had died. They wanted to see if they could find anything, and they also wanted to know if the one who died was Wizard Abel.
Soon, the two advanced wizards arrived at the soul fire. They immediately saw Wizard Masin's body on the ground. They didn't recognize him, but they knew his rank from the wizard badge in front of his chest.
"It's not Wizard Abel. It's a rank seventeen wizard. Who killed him?" Wizard Julian stepped up and looked at the body. He didn't find anything, so he was a little disappointed.
Wizard Carnegie pointed, "Didn't you notice? Wizard Carnegie pointed at the robe on the corpse and said, "This advanced wizard's robe is very similar to the one that escaped. They should be from the same organization!"
"That's true!" Wizard Julian also looked at the corpse and thought back to Wizard Godwin's robe. He was shocked.
Two advanced wizards, one rank eighteen, and one rank seventeen. It was too scary to think that they could kill one and injure the other in this small city.
Wizard Carnegie lowered his voice, "Let's go back and see if Wizard Abel is here. I have a feeling that Wizard Abel killed them."
He instinctively thought about Abel casting a lightning spell. He needed to make sure that Abel didn't do all this. If he did, he needed to report it to the Flaming Valley so that the organization wouldn't make the wrong decision.
Wizard Julian shook his head, "It can't be Wizard Abel. I think Wizard Abel is still in the city lord's mansion."
Wizard Carnegie didn't say anything. He immediately flashed towards the city gate.
Wizard Julian looked around and felt a chill run down his spine. The person who killed a rank seventeen wizard and injured a rank eighteen wizard might still be here.
Thinking of this, he also used 'instantaneous movement' to teleport towards the city gate.
When they arrived at the city gate, the two wizards didn't use the "instantaneous movement." Instead, they asked the taurens to prepare two good horses and rode into the city.
When they arrived at the city lord's mansion, the steward quickly came out to greet them.
Wizard Julian quickly asked, "Is Wizard Abel in the mansion, steward?"
The steward's voice was a little scared, "Mr. Wizard, the city lord and Mr. Wizard Abel have left the city together."
Many people in Annual City saw the soul beam, and the steward had a bad feeling when he saw the two wizards asking about the city lord.
Wizard Carnegie asked, "How long have they been gone?"
The steward thought for a moment and replied, "About half an hour ago."
Wizard Carnegie was pretty sure that the rank seventeen wizard that died outside the city had something to do with Abel. The timing was just right, but he couldn't figure out how Abel could hurt a rank eighteen wizard in such a short amount of time.
Just breaking through a rank 18 wizard's defense was a very troublesome task.
What he didn't know was that Wizard Godwin didn't even cast a defensive spell on himself to lure Abel into the dragon-trapping circle. He didn't think it was necessary. Once Abel entered the dragon-trapping circle, Abel wouldn't be able to fight back at all with his rank sixteen power.
Who would've thought that Abel would attack with thousands of crossbow bolts as soon as he made his move. Crossbow bolts were usually only used on the battlefield. They weren't meant for normal battles.
Wizard Masin was the same. He wanted to hide himself, so he didn't cast a defensive spell. Of course, he only did this because he was confident that he could protect himself.
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Abel didn't want to go back to Annual City after the death of Viscount Ebenezer. He summoned Bai Yun and looked at the map he bought. He then flew towards the nearest big city, Silan City.
Not long after, Viscount Ebenezer's carriage was found. Viscount Ebenezer's broken body was also found. This should've been a big deal, and the Stan Empire should've sent people to investigate.
However, at the same time, a rank 17 wizard had also died not far away. This made the Stan Empire give up on the idea of investigating the cause, even if it was a viscount city lord who had died.
Viscount Ebenezer's status was noble, but that was only among normal people. When it came to battles between elite wizards, the life and death of a viscount really didn't matter.
As for the Land of Ice and the Valley of Flaming Flames, they had also received a report from Wizard Julian and Wizard Carnegie. They immediately sent their intelligence systems to investigate, and they were finally able to determine the cause of this incident.
Because of this, Abel's status in the two organizations had increased a lot. From a newbie advanced wizard in the subcontinent, he had become a real combat wizard with powerful fighting power.
Battle Sorcerer was the name given to Sorcerers in the Central Continent who specialized in killing Evil Knights. Because the Evil Knights were incomparably powerful and had a strong suppressive effect on Sorcerers, Sorcerers who could fight Evil Knights were called battle Sorcerers.
Most battle wizards were rank 17 and above, so it was normal for the two wizard organizations to think that Abel could kill a rank 17 battle wizard and injure a rank 18 battle wizard like this.
After that, many wizard organizations that wanted to recruit Abel showed up at Annual City. However, since Abel left, they didn't even get to see his face before they left in disappointment.
It looked like a short distance on the map, but it took Bai Yun two hours to travel with her teleportation ability. It was already a very long distance. When she saw Silan City, the sky was already dark.
Abel didn't know if the blizzard clan was still chasing after him. He took out a hooded robe from Valaya's ring and put it on to cover his head.
After that, he held the rune staff 'Leaf' in his hand to show that he was a wizard. He went to a hidden place outside the city gate and put White Cloud into his monster ring. Then, he slowly walked towards the city gate.
The guards at the gate of Sland City were also orcs, but they were the strongest of the orcs, the Bearmen. Their height was over three meters and their body was nearly two meters wide, reflecting their terrifying strength.
There was a group of ten bearmen at the gate. They were armed with heavy weapons like giant axes. They were watching every human or orc that came in and out of the gate.
When Abel arrived at the gate, he noticed that this city was very different from Annual City. There were all kinds of creatures that came in and out of the gate, and the giant gate meant that this city was much bigger than Annual City.
Although it was getting late, there were still many people coming in and out of the gate. It seemed like this city didn't have a fee to go in and out of the gate, so there wasn't any congestion. Of course, there was still a path for the VIP.
Abel directly walked towards the path for the VIP. It was almost impossible to see people walking like him. Most of them were riding on mounts or in carriages.
The bearmen guarding the gate only glanced at him. Their eyes paused for a second on the magic staff in his hand, and they didn't say anything.
It was very common for a wizard to hide his identity. The bearmen didn't want to bother a wizard as long as he didn't cause any trouble.
At the gate, Abel called for a carriage that was waiting for him to do business.
"Coachman, I need to exchange some magic gems for some gold coins. Do you know where I can get them?" Abel asked the coachman, who was looking at him with a questioning gaze.
He only had magic gems, so he didn't have any gold coins from the Central Continent. It was very inconvenient. As soon as he arrived at this big city, he wanted to exchange some gold coins.
"Sir, most of the shops are closed at this time of the day. Only the auction house is open. They accept everything!" The coachman replied.
"Ok, then take me to the auction house!" Abel ordered.
Other than the street lights, most of the shops on both sides of the road were closed. The carriage drove along the road for about ten minutes and arrived in front of a building.
"Sir, we've arrived at the auction house!" The coachman said outside the carriage.
"Wait for me here!" Abel jumped down from the carriage and said to the coachman.
The coachman bowed respectfully and didn't say anything. He sat back on the shaft of the carriage.
Abel pushed the door open, and a "ding" sound was heard as the door opened.
The scale of this auction house seemed to be quite large. They were using a luxurious illumination circle to illuminate the place. Without a magic tower, illumination circles were usually activated with mana gems.
From this, one could see how rich this auction house was. The luxurious interior made Abel a little more confident in the power of this auction house. Perhaps this was the result that the auction house wanted to show its customers.
"Sir Wizard, Moses' Auction House welcomes you. How may I help you?" A middle-aged man in a luxurious robe came over and took a look at the magic staff in Abel's hand. He then bowed.
Although the middle-aged man's actions were very proper, Abel could tell at a glance that he was not a noble. At least, he wasn't an inherited noble. He purposely imitated the nobles' etiquette, but the subtle movements of his fingers gave him away.
"I need to exchange this for some gold coins!" Abel took out an intermediate gemstone and handed it over.
Seeing that Abel took out an intermediate gemstone, the middle-aged man's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment. However, he still took the intermediate gemstone and carefully observed it under the light.
The middle-aged man was the manager of this auction house. The reason he personally received Abel was because he saw the magic staff in Abel's hand. He knew that Abel was a wizard. He thought it would be a big deal, but it was just an intermediate gemstone.
Although an intermediate gemstone was already a decent item, it wasn't a big deal for the Moses Auction House.
"Sir Wizard, this is an intermediate gemstone. The standard exchange rate is ten thousand gold coins per intermediate gemstone!" The middle-aged man looked at Abel and said.
Abel knew that under normal circumstances, an intermediate gemstone could be exchanged for ten thousand gold coins per intermediate gemstone. However, if you wanted to buy an intermediate gemstone with ten thousand gold coins, no one would sell it.
However, what he lacked now was gold coins, so he nodded his head.
"Do you want gold coins or a magic card transfer?" The middle-aged man put away the intermediate gemstone and asked.
Although Abel didn't know what a magic card was, he could guess that it was something similar to a magic gold card.
"Give me gold coins!" Abel replied.
He came here to exchange gold coins, and even if he wanted a magic card transfer, he didn't have a magic card.
"Sir Wizard, please wait a moment!" The middle-aged man turned around and went inside. Soon, he came out with two servants, who were carrying a box in front of Abel.
Abel scanned it with his power of the will and found that there were exactly ten thousand gold coins inside. He put it away in the portal bag at his waist.
"Does Moses' Auction House have any alchemy materials for sale?" Abel asked.
"Sir Wizard, my name is Kinglake. I am the manager of the Moses' Auction House branch in Silan City. Moses' Auction House is the largest auction house in the Stan Empire. We have branches in all the major cities in the empire. If you need something that we don't have here, we can get it from our branches in the empire. It will only take a day or two to get it ready for you!" Kinglake replied with a smile.
The smile on his face was a lot brighter than before. Alchemy materials were very expensive. If he could make a deal with them, it would definitely be a big deal.
"I need these materials!" Abel took out a piece of parchment and quickly wrote down the names of a bunch of materials. Of course, many of them were substitutes. They were all ingredients for the "soul nourishing potion" and "gecko potion."
There were two recipes for the "soul nourishing potion" and "gecko potion." One was the original recipe, and the other was the improved one.
It was one of the few master-level recipes that Abel had that could increase his power as an alchemist. Even with the help of the elves in the Holy Continent, he didn't get many of the improved ones, let alone the original ones.
When Abel saw that this auction house was using the illumination circle that only the wizards of the Holy Continent could use, he had some confidence in the Moses' Auction House's ability. That was why he wrote down a bunch of names.
"Sir Alchemist Jose, please!" Kinglake took the parchment with a blank look on his face. He had never even heard of the names of many of the materials here, so he yelled at the attendant beside him.
"Mr. Wizard, please wait in the VIP room!" Afterward, he turned around and bowed to Abel, "Mr. Wizard, please wait in the VIP room!"
Abel didn't point out his mistake. He followed Kinglake to the VIP room, and soon, a servant came up with coffee.
He didn't touch the coffee. As he got stronger, he started to pay more attention to food. Coffee was something that would affect the mind. Normally, he wouldn't drink it.
An old man with a white beard walked in. He looked a little arrogant. Abel could clearly see the alchemist badge on his chest. It was an intermediate alchemist badge.
"Kinglake, why did you call me here? I still need to make potions. "The old man was Alchemist Jose. He complained as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Alchemist Jose, please take a look at this list. Do we have the materials?" Kinglake seemed to be used to Alchemist Jose's attitude. He smiled and handed over the parchment in his hand.
Alchemist Jose took the parchment reluctantly. He glanced at Abel, whose face was covered by his hood, and then looked at the parchment in his hand.
His expression slowly changed from the initial reluctance to surprise, and finally to extreme horror.
"Sir Wizard, are you an alchemist?" Alchemist Jose asked in a respectful tone.
"Alchemist Jose, is there a problem with the materials I want?" Abel asked in a deep voice.
Abel didn't answer directly, but Alchemist Jose immediately understood what he meant.
"Sir Wizard, are you an advanced alchemist?" Alchemist Jose asked.
"Do I have to check my identity to buy materials from the Moses Auction House?" Abel asked in a displeased tone.
"I'm sorry, sir Wizard. Please wait a moment. I'll talk to Alchemist Jose!" Kinglake quickly bowed and pulled Alchemist Jose to the side.
"What's wrong, Alchemist Jose? You're violating the rules of the Moses Auction House!" Kinglake said in a deep voice.
"Kinglake, you don't know, but most of the materials here can only be processed and used by an advanced alchemist. Even an ordinary advanced alchemist would find it difficult to process some of them. Do you know what this means?" Alchemist Jose said excitedly.
"What do you mean?" Kinglake asked in confusion.
He was very good at business, as he could manage this auction house. However, he wasn't good at understanding alchemists.
"If these materials were used by this Sir Wizard himself, then he must be at least a peak advanced alchemist, or even higher!" Alchemist Jose said in a deep voice.
Kinglake's jaw dropped. No matter how much he didn't understand, he knew what a high-level alchemist represented. It might even be of an even higher level.
"Alchemist Jose, do we have these materials in the Moses Auction House?" Kinglake was a little excited. It was very important for an auction house to establish a good relationship with an advanced alchemist.
Because there were so many different kinds of alchemy materials, only alchemists could differentiate them. Therefore, if Kinglake wanted to check the materials in the warehouse himself, he would have to go through the accounts and compare them one by one. Alchemist Jose, on the other hand, could directly determine how many materials were in the warehouse.
"No need. There's no way Silan City would have them. We can only get them from the headquarters. You know, these materials are very valuable, and very few people use them!" Alchemist Jose replied.
Kinglake turned back to Abel and bowed, "Sir Wizard, I'll need a day or two to check the materials you need. These materials are very valuable. Are you sure you have enough money to buy them?"
Abel, of course, knew how valuable these materials were. Most of them were grown in harsh environments.
"I'll stay in Silan City for two days. Don't worry about the money!" Abel said as he waved his hand. Thousands of intermediate gems suddenly appeared on the table in front of him, then quickly disappeared.
"Don't worry. You can come by tomorrow afternoon. I'll give you an accurate answer!" Kinglake's eyes flashed when he saw the pile of intermediate gems. He paused for a moment before continuing.
Abel was warmly escorted out of the Moses Auction House by Kinglake. Alchemist Jose, who was not in a hurry to finish his alchemy work, also came to see Abel off.
"Mr. Wizard, are you an elite alchemist?" Alchemist Jose asked in a soft voice as he chased after Abel to the side of the carriage.
Abel thought for a moment. He controlled the transformation necklace with his power of the will and suppressed the aura of his alchemy pattern to that of an advanced alchemist.
"Coachman, find me a good inn!" Abel said to the coachman.
Alchemist Jose stared blankly at the departing carriage. Although he guessed that Abel was an advanced alchemist, he was still shocked when he felt the aura of the advanced alchemy pattern.
Alchemists were a rare profession among humans, no matter on which continent. Advanced alchemists were so rare that there was only one in the entire Stan Empire. That advanced alchemist was also a consecrator of the royal family and did not refine potions for outsiders.
He didn't know elite alchemists were this rare in the Central Continent. If he did, he wouldn't have revealed his elite alchemist scent. The most important reason why he did so was so that the Moses Pawn Shop could find alchemy materials for him without worry.
Alchemists were also rare in the Holy Continent. When Abel first came into contact with alchemists, he was in the elves, where alchemists were the most common. He didn't have much contact with human alchemists, so he didn't realize how rare alchemists were.
Abel arrived at a nice inn and settled down. He didn't think that his aura would affect him so much.
"Alchemist Jose, what did you say to that wizard?" Kinglake couldn't help but ask when he saw Alchemist Jose standing there in a daze after speaking to Abel.
"Kinglake, that wizard is an advanced alchemist!" Alchemist Jose said as he came back to his senses.
"Are you sure, Alchemist Jose?" Kinglake asked.
"Of course, I'm sure. He just released the aura of an advanced alchemy pattern. Anything can be faked, but that aura is impossible to fake. I didn't expect to see an advanced alchemist with my own eyes!" Alchemist Jose nodded with certainty. He was like a crazy fan at that moment.
"I need to report this to the headquarters. I need to report this right now!" Kinglake said with excitement.
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