Time flew by unknowingly.
Sixty-seven years …
If it were a human, half of their lives might have disappeared just like that. But for a Wizard with a basic lifespan of two to three hundred years, it was only a quarter of their life.
As for those who had mutated their bodies and embarked on the path of a bloodline mutation or Elemental Incarnation, their lifespans were as high as four to five hundred years. It was not strange for a Vampire like Mary to reach a thousand years of life.
It was the same Blazing Flame Monarch, the same Wizard Tower.
But the Wizard Apprentices living in it had undergone an earth-shattering change.
…
Horus.
A high-level Wizard Apprentice belonging to the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard Tower.
His face was fair, his body tall and muscular, and he wore a gray apprentice's short robe all year round.
As an outsider, he had been recommended to the tower by a resident Wizard twenty years ago. The Sorcerer was his only relative in this world.
But unfortunately, during a mysterious expedition, his Wizard Elder did not return successfully. Thus, Horus, who had lost his backer, could only live alone in this mysterious and unfamiliar Wizard Tower.
Luckily, the owner of the tower was wise and benevolent. Even though he looked a little wretched, he had created a relaxed and excellent learning and living environment for the Wizard Apprentices of the Wizard's Tower. Perhaps it was due to the fact that the person who recommended him was a resident wizard, Horus even got a good job as a librarian.
That way, he could easily earn thirty Magic Crystals and ten Contribution Points every month, even if he did not have to follow the troop into the Dark Forest. This was enough for him to live a comfortable life in the Wizard's Tower!
Within the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard's Tower, there were seven or eight people like him. Most of them were Wizard Apprentices who had nowhere else to go and decided to treat the tower as their eternal home.
Unfortunately, an overly comfortable life could easily slow down their mastery of Wizard Spells and proficiency in Spell Incantations. Thus, many of them were stuck at the level of high-level Wizard Apprentices, and had not improved for many years.
Most of the time, Horus couldn't help but wonder if he should give up this comfortable life and follow the mercenaries into the Dark Forest, honing his combat skills under the fangs and claws of the monsters.
In the past decade, only one Prospective Wizard had successfully advanced to become a Wizard, becoming the ninth Wizard stationed at the Wizard's Pagoda. Horus had only attended the funerals of two of the Quasi Sorcerers who had died during the advancement ceremony. The third reason was that his family was too far away from the Wizard's Pagoda, and he had a part-time job in the Wizard's Pagoda, so he was unable to personally send his "partner" off.
This was also one of the main reasons why Horus had been depressed for the past six months.
For a long time, the success rate of apprentices becoming wizards had never been high. Out of every four or five Quasi Sorcerers, it was already very good if one could successfully advance.
As for the Flame Monarch's Wizard Pagoda, it maintained the rate of one advancing Wizard every ten years. In the outside world, this was already an astonishing number!
At the moment, the Flame Monarch's Wizard Pagoda had a total of nine Wizards stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda, and twelve resident Wizards. This number was enough to crush more than half of the Wizard Towers in the center of the continent.
The large number of Sorcerers also attracted a large number of Sorcerer-Apprentices.
At the moment, the Flame Monarch's Wizard Pagoda had a total of 215 Wizard Apprentices, of which 17 were Prospective Wizards, 78 were high-level Apprentices, and several were beginner to intermediate Wizard Apprentices …
As there was a sufficient number of Wizards, and they specialized in all sorts of strange Wizard Techniques, the Wizard's Pagoda had almost all the basic Wizard Techniques that were known in the Wizard World. Furthermore, every two or three days, there would be a completely open lecture by a master.
These masters were powerful Wizards with enviable achievements in certain fields. For example, Wizard Mary, who was good at close combat, lectured on the attack techniques of a Battle Wizard. For example, Wizard Endor, who was good at concocting poisons, lectured on Voodoo Techniques and Mixed Poisons. For example, the strange-looking Wizard Bliss lectured on Entomology. For example, the gentle and beautiful Wizard Meryl lectured on Instant Casting Techniques. For example, the Mechanic Wizard Sabrina, whose body had mostly mutated, lectured on the structure of Magical Machinery …
As for Horus, he was fortunate enough to be in close contact with all the Wizards of the Wizard's Pagoda, and he deeply appreciated the power of the Wizards.
However, there was one thing that had been troubling Horus recently.
That was, Wizard Ava, who was in charge of lecturing on Magical Botany, had suddenly stopped lecturing and canceled a few public lectures in the academic hall, disappearing without a trace. This had undoubtedly attracted the attention of a few apprentices who were studying this knowledge.
And Horus was clearly one of them.
That Wizard Gargamel had also not shown his face for a few days. Perhaps the next time I see him, I can ask about Wizard Ava's situation …
Horus diligently tidied up the library as he silently daydreamed.
However, he did not know that at this moment, on the fifth level of the Wizard's Pagoda, a strange event that had almost never occurred in the Wizard World was currently "underway" …
…
Fifth level of the Wizard's Pagoda.
A small secret room had been isolated as a temporary "delivery room", and the heart-wrenching screams were constantly affecting the emotions of the few people present.
Like an ordinary human husband, Gargamel, who was thin and haggard like a large mouse, paced around anxiously outside the secret room while twirling his beard. He raised his leg a few times, wanting to barge in, but hesitantly put it down.
At this moment, hiding in the "delivery room" and giving birth was the forest demon Ava, who had been pregnant for 69 years. She was also the cold and beautiful, yet mysterious Wizard Ava in the eyes of the Wizard's Pagoda's apprentices.
At this moment, the people bustling in and out of the delivery room were the few female Wizards in the Wizard's Pagoda, Mary, Meryl, Endor and Sabrina.
However, even though they all had knowledge of Wizard Techniques that far surpassed the human scholars, and were also far more ruthless than the Bloody Butcher, they could only be helpless when faced with the strange half-human, half-demon fetus in the body of the forest demon Ava. In fact, many times, they were even more flustered than Ava, who was screaming her lungs out in pain.
The fetus in Ava's body had clearly long surpassed the scope of a normal life form. The basic characteristics of a half-human, half-demon made it a strange life form that was difficult for outsiders to define. Thus, the method of delivering the baby had become the biggest headache for the female Midwives!
However, what gave the few of them a headache was that this strange little life form seemed to be in a stage of crazy growth. When it was about to ripen and break out of Ava's stomach, it actually pulled out a dozen fleshy threads from its long and narrow body and pierced them into various parts of the forest demon Ava's body, maniacally absorbing her life force.
Seeing that the life force of the forest demon Ava continued to drop, and that her life was in imminent danger, Mary immediately suggested to forcefully cut open her abdomen and take out this "troublemaker" little fellow. However, this suggestion was directly rejected by the forest demon Ava who was in so much pain that she was hovering between life and death.
As the mother of a strange life form, she could sense that this kind of life force backlash was extremely important to the future development of this little life form. Regardless of whether it was stopping or interrupting this process, it would have a huge impact on its future that was difficult to make up for.
Thus … Out of the desire to give birth to the next generation, the forest demon Ava stopped the group from interfering, and even called Gargamel into the delivery room to start making arrangements for the future.
Faced with this awkward situation where they could not hit or scold, and could not help in any way, the few female Wizards could only continuously take out bottles of Life Potions, trying their best to maintain the life of the forest demon Ava.
However, the effect was minimal.
Thus, substitution dolls, False Life Potions, Damage Reduction Rings … All sorts of Wizard items were used in one go, but they were still unable to stop the decline of Ava's life force.
Seeing this scene, even though Gargamel was extremely pained, he could understand Ava's feelings. Thus, he no longer dared to mention the matter of forcefully removing the fetus, and could only pound his own head, occasionally taking out some strange potions or plants from his waist pouch for Ava to consume.
Watching one's lover slowly die with one's own eyes was the most terrifying torture in the world!
Bliss, who had been watching coldly from the side, was now also an elite Wizard. As a bloodthirsty and cruel Insect Wizard, he clearly could not understand the irrational actions of the group.
Was there still any value in keeping a descendant who had betrayed his master?
There was no other answer to this question in his heart!
In his eyes, all living beings in the world were either prey that he could hunt or slaves that he could order around. How could he sacrifice himself and give his life to a descendant that was completely unfamiliar to him!
This was completely beyond the understanding of a Insect Wizard like him!
As for Amu and Deseira who had joined the ranks of the Wizard's Pagoda Wizards later on, they could only silently wait for the results. They did not have the right to interfere with the decisions of these veteran Wizards.
Amu had advanced to become a Wizard fifty years ago, and was the second Prospective Wizard among Grimm's disciples after Meryl to advance to become a Wizard. As for the other two Prospective Wizard disciples of Grimm's older batch, Tori and Lina, one had died immediately after failing to advance, while the other had lost close to eighty percent of his life force. There was no news of him after he returned to his family dejectedly.
As Grimm had completely sealed himself off, he had not taken in any more disciples after Amu and the others. Thus, Wizard Deseira, who had unexpectedly advanced, was actually Wizard Meryl's disciple.
This Magus Descella could already be considered a third generation Magus of the Blazing Flame Monarch!
"No, we can't let this drag on!" After estimating the rate at which Ai Wa's vitality was shrinking, Meryl could not help but say anxiously, "Lord Mary, you should inform Teacher Grim! Maybe … maybe he can come up with something … "
Gargamel, whose goatee was about to be pulled out, suddenly raised his head, his soybean-sized eyes shining with hope.
That's right, if I go to Master, maybe, maybe … he can come up with something!
But just as Mary was about to make a prophecy, a deep voice suddenly rang out in the secret room.
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