Wizard, I Have Another World – Chapter 135

Chapter 135: The Corrupted Dragon

For several days, it’s been nothing but bad news.

The front lines are collapsing, with more and more deserters returning, bringing news of the approaching beast tide.

The snow keeps falling, and the weather is getting colder, with frozen corpses found daily on the outskirts of the market.

Food prices have skyrocketed again.

Though it’s hard to say if this is good or bad news, as some people are taking the opportunity to make a killing.

It’s not just food!

Potions, magic items… the prices of all kinds of supplies are rising.

The Capet Family and the merchants in the market, who hold vast resources, are seizing the opportunity to make exorbitant profits, which is causing increasing discontent.

In just a few days, several riots have broken out in the outer areas, with murder for food and revenge killings becoming commonplace.

“It’s getting more and more chaotic!”

Karl came out of the blacksmith’s shop, carrying a bundle of broadswords he had ordered on his back, shaking his head helplessly as he glanced back.

The blacksmith’s shop has never been so busy.

As he passed the Bordeaux Restaurant, Karl instinctively stopped, looking up at the noisy second floor.

Hodgson was celebrating the opening of his ‘new shop’, and most of the people who had come from the Black Swamp were there to congratulate him.

Well, Karl wasn’t on the guest list.

Back at the shop, a man completely shrouded in a black cloak was examining the shelves.

“Shopkeeper.”

The man’s voice was hoarse, as if he were speaking through a pinched throat:

“Do you buy medicinal herbs here?”

Buy medicinal herbs?

Tracy frowned, instinctively looking at Karl.

The potion shop usually doesn’t buy medicinal herbs, since they have partners, but rare herbs are another matter.

“What kind of medicinal herbs?” Karl took off his cloak and placed it aside, asking casually.

“Can you make the decision?”

“Yes.”

The man was silent for a moment, then took out a small package from under his cloak, and when he opened it, there were several flowers inside.

The red petals were as bright as fire, and although they were withered, they still firmly attracted the gazes of others.

“Flame Flowers!”

Karl’s tone was surprised:

“Not bad, if you’re willing to sell them, I can buy each one for the price of one magic stone.”

“One magic stone?” The man’s voice was somewhat displeased:

“Don’t think I don’t know the market price. These flowers sell for three magic stones each in the shops.”

“These are good things that even formal wizards want!”

“Your Flame Flowers aren’t in good condition, so they won’t sell for a high price, and since we’re buying, we definitely can’t calculate the price based on what they sell for,” Karl said, spreading his hands. “If you think my offer is too low, you can ask at other shops.”

“……” The man was silent, then pushed the package forward: “Deal!”

“Five magic stones.” Karl took out five magic stones and handed them over:

“If you have more of these kinds of magic herbs, you can bring them here, and I’ll buy them at a reasonable price.”

“We’ll see.” The man took the magic stones and turned to leave.

“Mr. Karl.”

‘Jay’ came over, asking in a low voice:

“Should we follow him?”

“The environment where Flame Flowers grow is very special, and they grow in clusters, so when they appear, there are dozens or hundreds of them. He probably has more in his possession.”

“Follow him for what?” Karl chuckled and shook his head: “We’re businessmen, so we should just do business honestly. We don’t need to worry about where other people’s things come from.”

“Hmm…”

“It seems someone has already set their sights on him.”

Flame Flowers are a very rare magic material, usually found near volcanoes or underground magma, in places with a very high concentration of Astral Energy.

In other words,

that man most likely knows a special location, which is far more important than a few Flame Flowers.

Before the black-robed man came here, he must have gone to other shops, so he was probably secretly targeted a long time ago.

Shaking his head, Karl turned and walked towards his recliner.

“How’s the situation in the residential area?”

“It’s very chaotic!”

‘Jay’, who had been responsible for gathering information these past few days, frowned and his eyes showed worry: “The weather is getting colder, food is getting more expensive, and it’s getting more dangerous outside. Some people are already selling their children to get food.”

“Most of the buyers are rich people from the market. A six-year-old girl can sell for about five to seven magic stones.”

“Hmm…”

“The residents’ resentment towards the rich people in the market is growing, and many people are secretly cursing them.”

“Resentment!” Karl sighed: “This thing is often just complaints, but sometimes it can be deadly.”

“Oh well!”

He shook his head slightly: “We’ll just do business honestly and live peacefully. As long as we’re not affected, we’ll be fine…”

“Hmm?”

Karl straightened up, sniffing: “Do you smell a strange odor?”

“A strange odor?” ‘Jay’ took a deep breath and shook his head: “No, I don’t!”

“It’s a kind of… rotten, decaying smell.” Karl frowned, looking up at the sky:

“It seems to be coming from above.”

“I don’t smell anything.” ‘Jay’ still shook his head, turning to ask:

“Tracy, did you guys smell a strange odor?”

“No!”

“No.”

The others in the shop all shook their heads.

“……” Karl stood still, then suddenly swung his arm, and with an invisible force, the roof of the shop shattered.

“Boom!”

Rubble and wood chips flew everywhere.

But the people in the shop didn’t care about the missing roof, but stared dumbfounded at the sky.

In their vision, a dark cloud was rapidly approaching the market.

No!

That wasn’t a dark cloud!

“…A dragon?”

Tracy’s body trembled, her voice like the dying wail of a patient on their deathbed.

“It’s a dragon!”

Karl’s expression was grave:

“A Corrupted Dragon!”

A dragon!

A third-order creature!

The legendary knight’s gaze swept across more than ten miles, taking in the western dragon with a pair of wings.

It was a terrifying monster nearly a hundred meters long.

Its gray muscles and blood vessels had a rotten, festering look.

Its murky eyes were like two dried-up pools, revealing endless despair and deathly silence.

Rotten flesh was exposed, emitting a nauseating stench, with sores and ulcers all over its body, oozing yellowish-green pus, covered in weeds, mud, and tumors, and just one look seemed to be enveloped in a plague.

A gray aura spread as the Corrupted Dragon approached, and trees withered at a visible rate, and living beings silently lost their lives and fell to the ground.

The dragon, spreading its wings as it flew, was like a grim reaper harvesting lives, spreading the aura of death, and everything in its path fell one by one.

The rotten odor they had smelled earlier was clearly coming from it.

“Quick!”

Karl’s expression changed drastically:

“Hide in the underground chamber in the backyard, don’t come out!”

“Whoosh, whoosh…”

His voice woke everyone up, and without caring about anything else, they frantically rushed to the backyard and towards the underground chamber.

Karl followed closely behind, and just as he was putting away the star disk, he felt an invisible pressure descend from the sky and land on him.

“Hmm!”

Even with the constitution of a legendary knight, his legs were shaking, and he almost fell to his knees on the spot.

A huge, terrifying shadow swept over the market, bringing a violent hurricane, and lunged forward.

That direction was…

“The Capet Family’s manor!”

Karl’s eyes twitched, and with a wave of his arm, the magic flying carpet flew out, wrapped around him, and lifted him into the air.

“Boom!”

A gray and blue light intertwined and bloomed in the sky above the Capet manor.

“Roar!”

The huge Corrupted Dragon roared to the sky, spewing gray dragon breath from its mouth, which collided with the magic barrier surrounding the Capet Family’s manor.

The power of the Corrupted Dragon’s breath was clearly above the third order, and the barrier only lasted for a moment before shattering.

It’s over!

Karl’s eyes narrowed.

Even from that far distance, his body was still trembling from the power of the Corrupted Dragon’s breath.

If someone was inside the manor, they would be killed by the dragon breath, whether they were a wizard or a legendary knight!

There would be no exception!

“Roar!”

The dragon’s roar sounded again.

The dragon breath, hundreds of meters long, swept across the Capet Family’s manor, back and forth, as if venting something madly.

Except for where the wizard tower was located, almost all other parts of the manor were covered by the dragon breath.

“Buzz…”

Thousands of points of light suddenly appeared in the void, and like a rainstorm, they rushed towards the Corrupted Dragon.

A third-circle spell—Shining Star Rain!

With the help of the wizard tower, the Capet Family was actually able to activate a third-circle spell, and its power was extremely astonishing.

In just a moment.

The Corrupted Dragon’s body was pierced with many wounds, causing it to lose control and roar to the sky again.

“Roar!”

Along with the roar, the dragon collided with the wizard tower.

The bright light that erupted in the distance made the world lose its color, and even space trembled in front of this energy.

When Karl regained his senses, the Capet Family’s wizard tower had been broken in half, and the Corrupted Dragon had also disappeared.

“The Capet Family is finished!”

“Without the protection of the Capet Family, how can we resist the beast tide?”

“When the beast tide comes, everyone will die!”

“No need to wait for the beast tide, without enough food, we’ll die anyway. With food, perhaps we can survive!”

***

“……”

The many chaotic voices poured into his empty ears, causing Karl’s eyes to narrow and his expression to change drastically.

Who?

Who is bewitching people?

These noises seemed insignificant, but they came too strangely, and they chose this time to stir up the desires in the hearts of the residents.

Did someone know in advance that something would happen to the Capet Family?

That Corrupted Dragon came strangely, and it seemed to be full of rage. Could it have been lured here?

“The merchants in the market are hoarding mountains of food, but they sell it to us poor people at high prices!”

“Why?”

“Without the Capet Family, everyone is the same!”

“Charge!”

“Go to the market, go to the beast market, and grab food! Grab supplies! Only this way will we have a chance to survive!”

“……”

Voices rang out from all directions, filled with a bewitching power, causing the residents to step out of their homes one by one.

They looked at the market, and their previously lifeless eyes gradually began to glow.

Fierce, eager, crazy…

“Whoosh!”

Several figures rushed out, as if setting off a chain reaction, and countless figures rushed from the mixed residential area towards the market.

Chaos,

like a spark falling into a pile of firewood, once ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish.

Karl’s expression changed, as if he had thought of something, and he urged the magic flying carpet beneath him to fly away.

Across from the potion shop.

MacDonald stood by the window, watching Karl’s figure move away.

“A high-level magic item that can fly, the disciples of the Six Rings Tower really have deep foundations, you’re lucky to have escaped so quickly.”

He had originally planned to secretly keep Karl here, but now the market wasn’t truly chaotic yet, and if he made a move, it would be too conspicuous. By the time he was ready, Karl had already left on the magic flying carpet.

“The potion worked. Even with the help of the wizard tower, the seriously injured Jefferson was no match for a third-order Corrupted Dragon.”

“Now…”

“Create chaos, completely destroy the Capet Family, and take advantage of the situation.”

MacDonald muttered, tapping the ground lightly with his staff, and the shadows beneath his feet began to squirm wildly.

A first-circle spell—Shadow Clone!

Shadows left the restraints of his body and swept in all directions, expanding the chaos that was forming.

*

*

Mr. Grand Knight, carrying a long saber, walked out of the room, looked towards the direction of the market, his eyes flickering back and forth. Finally, his eyes narrowed, and he strode towards the market.

A certain courtyard.

Several people gathered together.

“Big Brother, if we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when the next one will be. As long as we seize what we need, we’ll have a chance to survive the beast tide.”

“Indeed!”

“What are we still considering? Let’s do it!”

The others chimed in, urging him on. The Senior Wizard Apprentice sitting in the center shifted his expression, finally drawing his staff.

“Let’s do it!”

A certain room.

Several people dressed as shopkeepers huddled together.

“I’ve had enough of that old geezer Weber. This is an opportunity, and we can make a fortune!”

“Although Weber is a Senior Wizard Apprentice, he’s old. His reactions are nowhere near as fast as ours. As long as we get close, even a knight will have a chance to kill him.”

“I know where he hides the good stuff. If we kill him, it’ll be ours. Then we might even have a chance to break through to become a Formal Wizard!”

“Let’s do it!”

Driven by anger and desire, more and more people left their homes, rushing towards the market.

Even within the residential area, fighting had already begun.

There is never a shortage of those who take advantage of chaos or bully the weak.

Of course, there were also the cautious and timid, who at this time would only tightly shut their doors or flee to the outskirts of the market.

The sky,

gradually darkened.

And the flames,

were already soaring into the sky!

Bordeaux Restaurant.

Second floor.

A group from the Black Swamp came to the window, looking at the crowds frantically rushing towards the market. Their faces instantly turned pale, especially Hodgson, whose body swayed, his face drained of blood.

“Quick!”

“Quick, follow me back to the shop! There are magic items worth tens of thousands of magic stones there!”

Back to the shop?

The others turned their heads to look, their eyes filled with pity.

…………

Chaos!

Complete and utter chaos!

Karl landed on a rooftop, looking towards the direction of the market, shaking his head slightly.

Even if the Capet Family lost control of Leipzig Market, the chaos shouldn’t have happened this quickly.

It’s obvious!

Someone is secretly fanning the flames.

There are too many good things in the market. Just the potion shop where he was had a stockpile of goods worth several thousand magic stones, and this was considered absolutely inferior compared to many other shops. Other shops often had inventories worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of magic stones.

Not to mention knights and wizard apprentices, even Legendary and Formal Wizards would probably be unable to resist the temptation.

In just a short while, Karl had already seen several Formal Wizards participate, but fortunately, these few were still somewhat cautious, covering their faces and not being too blatant.

Let’s go!

He had little interest in looting, especially when his strength was insufficient. Of course, he should stay far away.

“A wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall. I have a bright future ahead of me. As long as I cultivate steadily, I can advance to become a wizard. There’s no need to go crazy like the others.”

Leaping off the roof ridge, Karl prepared to find a secluded place to enter the Divine Domain Fragment, just to hide for a few days.

“Huh?”

Just a few steps away, a familiar corpse made him stop.

“The guard from the Sith Potion Shop. He seemed to be following that person who was selling Flame Flowers. He was killed so quickly?”

“A single sword to the throat, cleanly and decisively killing a Grand Knight. That person is indeed not simple, probably a Legendary Knight.”

Secretly investigating a mysterious person, only to be counter-killed by the other party. This is a common trope in storybooks.

“Heh…”

Touching his chin, Karl suddenly retreated violently, two broadswords popping out from his back and landing in his palms. He shouted:

“Who’s there?”

“Such keen senses?”

The air rippled like a calm surface of water, and a man holding a scimitar appeared in the middle of the scene.

The man looked directly at Karl, a strange smile on his face:

“As expected of a disciple of the Six Rings Tower, no wonder you could kill the Fire Fox ‘Mei’.”

Fire Fox?

That female assassin?

“Are you from the Shadow Hand?” Karl narrowed his eyes. In an instant, many clues connected in his mind:

“Were you the ones who attacked the Capet Family?”

“Using the Monroe Family’s hatred for the Capet Family, eliminating the Capet Family’s experts step by step, finally luring out the Second-Circle Wizard Jefferson and severely poisoning him, in order to take over the Capet Family’s position in Leipzig Market?”

“No!”

He shook his head slightly:

“You are an assassin organization. You have no use for Leipzig Market, so you are just pawns in someone else’s game?”

“Tsk tsk…” The man looked surprised:

“You’re very clever!”

“You’re not wrong in your guess. The Shadow Hand did play a role, but it’s not us who want Leipzig Market.”

“The Shadow Hand only knows how to assassinate, not how to manage a business.”

“Then who is it?” Karl frowned:

“Who is interested in Leipzig Market? The Andrew Family? The Zachary Family? Or someone else…”

“Do you think I’ll tell you?” The man chuckled:

“Why don’t you guess? As an assassin, why didn’t I attack you directly?”

“It’s simple.” Karl’s expression remained unchanged:

“You’re not confident in your ability to attack. That Fire Fox ‘Mei’ must have been quite strong in your organization. Since I could kill her, I can definitely kill you. You’re waiting for your companions to come, so you’ll have a chance if you join forces.”

“…” The man’s face changed.

“Why don’t you guess why I know you have companions? Why haven’t your companions arrived yet?” Karl sneered, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he continued:

“They actually arrived a long time ago, but they’re waiting for you to make a move.”

“The killing intent behind me is even more obvious than yours. They want you to attack first, to wear down my strength, or… to use me to kill you.”

“Killing you, how would that benefit them?”

“Shut up!” The man roared, his figure flickering and disappearing instantly.

Combat Technique ━ Void Step!

A top combat technique passed down by the Shadow Hand, allowing the body to become ethereal for an instant while executing the technique.

Even a wizard’s senses would have difficulty detecting it.

“Hmph!”

Karl snorted lightly, his knees slightly bent.

Combat Technique ━ Bloom!

The Legendary Knight’s battle aura exploded, transforming into a terrifying repulsive force, impacting all directions around him.

“Bang!”

A figure was forcefully squeezed out.

“Legendary…”

The man’s eyes widened, his face filled with horror.

He thought Karl was a Senior Wizard Apprentice, but he never expected that the person before him was also a Legendary Knight. He was only a Grand Knight.

A Legendary Knight plus a Senior Wizard Apprentice, in close combat they could even contend with a Formal Wizard.

Combat Technique ━ Divine Sanction!

The crossed broadswords descended from the sky, the howling battle aura making it difficult to breathe. The man’s heart was filled with unwillingness.

With this level of strength, he should be considered strong even among Legendary Knights, right?

“Don’t kill me, I am…”

“Bang!”

The terrifying power landed on his body in an instant, and the man’s body exploded into countless fragments from the inside out.

Karl sheathed his sword, looking behind him.

“Heh…”

“So timid?”

The two Shadow Hand assassins who were hiding and preparing to ambush disappeared the moment the man died.

Clearly, they didn’t intend to continue the fight.

“Let’s go!”

Karl didn’t plan to continue looking for trouble with the Shadow Hand. He quickly looted the corpse, and after getting away from the market, he found a secluded place. After confirming that no one was following him, he flashed into the Divine Domain Fragment.

He would hide for a while first.