Two months later.
Before dawn, the mist had yet to disperse.
A black carriage slowly drove out of Fedde South City amidst the rumbling.
The tall buildings were quickly left behind. As the carriage moved forward, large amounts of farmland appeared on both sides of the road. In the depths of the mist, one could vaguely see the outlines of scattered farmhouses and small villages.
Since the sun had not risen yet, there were not many people on the road that led to Fedder City. Expensive carriages could be easily damaged when traveling in such weather, so there were not many people on the road. Especially when they were more than ten miles away from Fedder City, the number of human buildings gradually decreased, and the tall trees grew denser and denser.
Grimm lifted the curtain, and the moisture hit his face. There was a hint of coolness, but also a hint of coldness.
Less than ten miles out of the city, the trees on both sides of the road already had a hint of a primeval forest. This allowed him to imagine how, many years ago, humans, under the leadership of Magi, had struggled to carve out settlements in the primordial forest, and how difficult it had been for them to fight for land with the mutant creatures.
In some early wizard notes and books, Grimm often saw wizards acting as the protectors of humans, assisting the nobles in governing their territories, repelling the attacks of terrifying monsters, and eliminating groups of ferocious beasts, making the human settlements safer.
But that was a very long time ago!
Over the past few thousand years, Grimm could clearly see how the Wizards had surpassed the nobles of the human race. Step by step, they had risen above the entire race and dominated the entire Wizard Continent.
The wizard continent had developed to this day, and the status of wizards and nobles had undergone earth-shattering changes. The former leaders of humans were now kneeling in front of wizards with great power, becoming their agents and slaves. Ordinary humans gradually left the wizard's sight, becoming a weak and lowly race in their eyes.
If not for the strict rules set by high-grade wizards, wizards would not be allowed to use humans as experimental subjects, nor would they be allowed to kill ordinary mortals on a large scale. Otherwise, everything that mortals had would have been plundered by wizards, and they would have become lab rats or pitiful slaves who toiled until they died.
Just as Grimm could not help but daydream, the driver could not help but turn his head.
"Master, this journey may be rather long. You should rest more!" The driver was a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face. But under Grimm's powerful Elemental Sight, all he saw was Kobi hiding behind a camouflage spell and smiling obsequiously.
"Well, thank you for your hard work!" Grim nodded slightly and gently lowered the curtain.
"Hmph, what hard work?" Alice, who was curled up on one side of the carriage with sleepy eyes, yawned and said, "This is what it should do! By the way, now that you're a powerful wizard, why don't you use your authority to rent a Socratic Eagle? That way, we will only need one day to reach Mo Ta City! "
Ferdinand City was the headquarters of the Salubo Family. It was a private territory and was not within the route of the airship. Therefore, if they wanted to use the airship to get to the Silver Alliance's territory, they could only head to the public city of Mota City that was 300 miles away.
"In any case, we have plenty of time. It's not a bad idea to walk slowly and see the local customs of the Scattered Pagoda Forest area, "Grim said with a faint smile.
Alice rubbed her eyes and got up. She stared at Grim seriously, as if she was looking at a monster.
"Alright, alright!" Grim seemed to know that his reason was too far-fetched and said helplessly, "A few days ago, before we set off, the tower genie gave me a warning. It seemed to have sensed that someone was casting a prophecy spell on me! "
"Prophecy?" Alice suddenly became excited, "You mean someone is trying to kill you?"
"You're excited that we have an enemy?"
"Of course, otherwise the journey would be so boring!"
"Have you ever thought that if the enemy dared to plot against me, they would definitely take everything into consideration? Aren't you afraid of dying in the hands of the enemy? "
"Tsk tsk … If you're not afraid, why should I be?" Alice said with a face full of disdain, "Since you already knew about the enemy, you would definitely have made the appropriate arrangements. Otherwise, with your personality, why would you be willing to use yourself to lure the enemy? "
"…"
… …
At noon.
The black carriage slowly drove into a gray road in the forest.
The road was filled with pedestrians, merchants, and carriages, but at the moment, it was abnormally quiet. The carriages and ox-carts were all stopped in place, and all the humans and ox-horses that were pulling the carriages had fallen to the side and were snoring loudly.
Seeing this, Goblin Kabi immediately reined in the two handsome white horses that were pulling the carriage. Before he could turn around to warn the carriage, a faint fragrance wafted into his nose. In the next second, Kabi and the two white horses that were pulling the carriage also fell to the ground.
Grim opened the curtain and jumped off the carriage. He looked around at the strange scene and frowned. There was a bright red membrane floating on the surface of his tall and powerful body, and it was this membrane that prevented Grim from being attacked by the strange potion in the air.
Grim's Elemental Vision could see clearly. As soon as he was exposed outside the carriage, the cold and humid air in the forest blew against his face, mixed with a transparent powder that hit the red membrane.
There was a soft sound.
Crimson flames appeared on the bright red membrane, incinerating all the powder that came at him.
Inside the carriage, Alice, who was excited to watch a good show, was already snoring away on the carriage board. After all, a Quasi Wizard like her could not resist the means of a Wizard, even if she was the strongest Quasi Wizard!
Three figures of different heights appeared on the right side of the forest. Their faces were hidden in thick cloaks, and they were silently watching Grim.
Grim hesitated for a moment, but he did not try to wake Alice and Kabi up. Instead, he simply tidied up his equipment and silently followed the three mysterious Wizards into the forest.
After walking for a mile in the rustling forest, they arrived at an empty space in the forest.
The forest here was sparse, and there was a pool about two hundred meters in front of them. Looking around, other than tall trees and short, soft weeds, there was not a single person to be seen. It was a good place to settle the grudge.
"You know why we are here, right?" One of the cloaked figures with his head slightly lowered asked in a low voice.
From the voice, it should be a middle-aged man.
"The Black Hand Association?" Grim's lips curled into a smile.
The short cloaked man took off his hood, revealing a wrinkled, shriveled, green face. Together with his hawk-like nose and messy, dirty, short green hair, he was not a human being!
The president of the Black Hand Association, the only grade 2 Wizard, Green Dwarf Pyro.
Being stared at by the other party's eerie green eyes, Grim felt as if a heavy boulder was pressing down on his heart. Even his breathing became uneven.
"Since you are the president of the Black Hand Association, aren't you afraid that Master Sanazar will come after you for killing an official Wizard of the Salubo Family?"
"If the Black Hand Association attacked you, of course we can't afford Master Sanazar's wrath. But if it wasn't a member of the Black Hand Association, I'm afraid that Master Sanazar behind you wouldn't have gone against the laws of the Wizard Association of the Scattered Tower Forest and persecuted us! "Green Dwarf Pyro said coldly.
"Sir, what do you mean?"
"Lord Pyro's meaning is very simple …" The skinniest and tallest of the three suddenly took off his cloak and revealed his face. With a sinister smile, he said, "Because the ones who attacked were not them, but us … us!"
The skinny man's face was pale, and his skin was wrinkled. His voice was low and hoarse. However, when he said the last sentence, his head suddenly turned 180 degrees, revealing the face of a woman. At the same time, the voice of 'him' turned into a woman's voice.
The woman's eyes were closed, and she had a strange smile on her face. Her speech was no different from that of a normal person. And she … wasn't wearing a mask or a painted face, but a completely real woman.
"The Two-faced Man, Kane!" Grim exclaimed.
Although he had only been a Magus for a short period of time, through this period of time, he had a comprehensive understanding of the famous Magi in the Scattered Tower Forest region and organized them. With the A.I. Chip's high efficiency, he had a good idea of all the Magi families, academies, organisations, and factions in the area, whether they were famous or not.
As for Two Faced Man Kane, Green Dwarf Pyro did not lie. He did not belong to the Black Hand Association, but was a powerful wandering Magus.
Kane was born in an ordinary noble family in the central part of the continent. His twin sister and he were tested to have talent in becoming Magi at a young age, so they were sent to a small Magus academy to study. His experience was similar to Grim's. They had met an extremely terrifying evil Magus during their acolyte period.
He and his twin sister had decent talent, and they had a special telepathic connection. As a result, they were chosen by an evil Magus to do an extremely dangerous Life Fusion experiment.
Hence, the outcome was obvious.
The terrifying Life Fusion experiment had fused the souls of the siblings together. They shared a single body, but had two faces. The two of them had two souls in one body, and they took turns using the same body.
With the sudden stimulation of their soul force, the siblings unexpectedly advanced to become Magi. Due to the chaotic fusion of their souls, the two of them unexpectedly broke free from the control of that Magus.
The Two-faced Cain and Lucy, who possessed the power of two Sorcerers at the same time and were also able to communicate telepathically, immediately began a massacre. In one breath, they killed all the 4 Sorcerers and 27 Sorcerer-Apprentices of the small-sized Sorcerer Academy before escaping without a trace.
Due to the chaos in his soul and the distortion of his personality, Two Faced Man Kane had been wandering the central part of the continent, hiding from the Magus Association's disciplinary department. Most Magus families did not care about this matter, so they were unwilling to provoke such a powerful Magus. Hence, they had 'him' and 'her' go into hiding for a long time.
Unexpectedly, the Black Hand Association was willing to pay a huge price to invite them out!
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