Wizard, I Have Another World – Chapter 141

Chapter 141: The Secret of the Woman in the Painting

Barbara stood before the table, head lowered, her fingers twisting the hem of her skirt, her body tense, her face filled with unease.

“That’s how it is…”

She knew very well who her backer was.

When Charlie was around, he entrusted Karl to take care of her, so now, of course, she had to cling tightly to this powerful figure.

Before, Karl was just a wizard apprentice, but now he was a formal wizard, the public owner of the potion shop.

As a dependent, she naturally had to report everything and show her loyalty.

“Lance.”

Karl seemed thoughtful, waving his hand at her:

“I understand, you can go, don’t worry about this, just continue your work as usual.”

“Yes.” Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, bowing and retreating.

Seeing Barbara close the door, Karl thought for a moment, then took out a piece of magic paper and wrote a line of text on it.

This kind of paper was made of a special material, allowing it to pass through the astral plane and communicate with people within a certain distance.

Of course,

to use this function, one needed to possess the ability to communicate with the astral plane, which meant being a formal wizard.

There were also similar items, such as communication stones.

In short, only by becoming a formal wizard did the wizarding world truly open its doors.

“Lance?”

Ink appeared on the paper, one character after another revealing themselves.

“His family has a lot of influence in the Six Rings Tower, he was punished and sent to the Magic Forest for making a mistake.”

Omar replied quickly:

“I heard that the mistake he made was very serious, anyone else would have been expelled from the Tower or even had their soul erased, but he was only sent here for ten years.”

“After ten years, he will definitely go back, so it’s best not to provoke him.”

Karl raised an eyebrow.

People who came here had to stay for thirty years unless they advanced to a formal wizard, but Lance was only staying for ten?

You had to know, the spots to return each time were limited, so him returning after ten years meant that someone else wouldn’t be able to.

“Wizard Gould is Lance’s blood relative and elder.” Just when he thought it was over, Omar added another sentence:

“My mentor said, that person is quite protective of his own.”

Gould!

The wizard who came from the Kalim Continent this year, with a mid-stage wizard cultivation, specializing in Star Magic.

Karl shook his head, writing:

“How is your cultivation progress?”

“Very slow!” Omar seemed to like this way of communicating, talking even more than when they met in person:

“Leaving the range of the Wizard Tower, sensing the astral plane has become very difficult, and the knowledge of first-circle spells is also quite complex. Based on my current cultivation progress, I’m afraid I won’t be able to become a late-stage wizard in this lifetime.”

“Oh, right!”

“I’ll send you a copy of the Tower wizards’ course catalog, which also includes Senior Vulcan’s courses.”

As he spoke, a file was sent over.

It contained the Tower wizards’ weekly lecture times, fees, and the wizardry courses they taught.

The pursuit of knowledge and power was a complex and lengthy process, and it was definitely not enough to rely on one person’s solitary contemplation.

Learning from others’ experiences could also help one grasp the relevant knowledge faster and better.

Karl didn’t plan to be unique in this regard; he still needed to attend some classes, or it would be difficult to explain his increase in strength.

Most of the Tower wizards offered courses, partly to earn magic stones, and partly because it was a mandatory requirement.

Ordinary wizards charged one magic stone for three lessons.

Wizard Vulcan charged one magic stone per lesson, and each class had to have at least five people to be held.

There were only two days a week when Wizard Vulcan had classes, while others had more.

“Besides my mentor’s courses, I plan to attend Wizard Daniel’s theoretical knowledge class on the Wizard Tower.”

Omar wrote:

“With a Wizard Tower, cultivation will be faster.”

Wizard Tower?

Karl nodded:

“I’ll go listen too, and Wizard June’s potion and mineral courses will also be very helpful to me.”

“Envious, I’m given too few magic stones here, and I don’t have any other income, so I don’t plan to take any other classes for now.” Omar replied:

“Maybe…”

“I should consider finding someone to cooperate with to build a Wizard Tower.”

Building even the simplest Wizard Tower would cost tens of thousands of magic stones, something she clearly couldn’t afford alone.

Finding someone to cooperate with was undoubtedly a shortcut.

Of course,

it had to be someone she trusted absolutely.

“It’s still early.”

Karl didn’t pick up on this topic, writing:

“We’ll be going to the Kalim Continent in ten years, even if we build a Wizard Tower, we should consider it after we get there.”

“And I heard that there are businesses that rent out Wizard Towers over there.”

Omar didn’t reply.

Karl smiled, putting away the magic paper.

He was going to build a magic tower, not to sense the astral plane, but to facilitate his research in wizardry and increase his own strength.

However…

cooperating was definitely not an option, he had too many secrets and couldn’t share his private space with others.

Moreover, he didn’t plan to go to the Kalim Continent in the next ten or twenty years, so there was no need to have a more complex relationship with Omar.

“It’s time to open the blind box.”

Muttering softly, Karl touched the space pendant hanging on his chest, and the space before him rippled, and a rectangular object covered in black cloth appeared out of thin air.

The woman in the painting—Gina!

This high-level magic item came from Adolf’s legacy, and ‘she’ herself seemed to hide some secret.

Lifting the black cloth, the woman in the painting, as if just waking up, rubbed her sore eyes and stretched.

“I feel like I’ve slept for a very, very long time, and I even had a beautiful dream about love.”

“Wake up.”

Karl said:

“You are not a complete living being, so it’s impossible for you to dream, so don’t deceive yourself.”

“Master…” Gina said with a face full of grievance:

“Don’t be such a killjoy.”

“Okay.” Karl waved his hand:

“Now that I’m a formal wizard, I should be able to learn the secrets hidden within you, right?”

“Oh!” Gina’s expression turned serious:

“I never thought that after changing so many masters, it would be you who would finally reveal this secret.”

“Please place your hand on the picture frame.”

Karl examined the woman in the painting, and after confirming again with a spell, he slowly placed his hand on the picture frame.

Hmm?

His eyes flickered slightly.

He had held the picture frame before, but this time was different; as a wizard, he instantly sensed something unusual.

“A storage space?”

His mental power moved slightly, and the woman in the painting, Gina, smiled charmingly and performed an ancient etiquette.

Then, her figure turned into nothingness, and the painting became a spatial passage leading to an unknown place.

Karl narrowed his eyes.

After a moment of contemplation, he didn’t rashly enter, but instead put away the picture frame and headed towards the market outside.

Not long after.

He opened the picture frame again and took out a clay puppet, controlling it to walk towards the passage.

His mental power was attached to the puppet, allowing him to see everything inside.

The spider-shaped puppet was very agile, crawling through the short passage and arriving at a space of several tens of square meters.

Jackpot!

Karl’s eyes lit up slightly.

Items with storage spaces were already very rare, and a space of several tens of square meters could be considered a good inherited magic item.

Not to mention the things inside, just the storage space itself was already worth a lot.

“The woman in the painting has been passed down for hundreds of years in the Eastern Kingdom Continent, changing countless masters, and it actually has such a large space inside. I hope the real secret hidden within doesn’t disappoint me!”

Theoretically, the things placed inside were the real treasures.

“Clack, clack…”

The spider legs continued to move, stopping in the center of the space.

There were two high platforms here, each with an item placed on it.

One platform had a book that was seven fingers thick, and the other platform had a black bead.

“Tap, tap…”

The spider crawled up the platform, laboriously flipping open the cover of the book, and a strange painting came into view.

“Hmm?”

Karl raised an eyebrow slightly.

Wizards often used complex patterns and designs, especially in Illusion and Star magic.

This was normal.

But this painting was different.

“A god!”

Other wizards might not be able to see it, but Karl, as the Lord of the Divine Domain Fragment, could tell at a glance that these complex patterns hid the mark of a god. If one looked at it for too long, they would likely be converted into ‘His’ follower, and their soul and body could be taken over by the god at any time.

“Tap, tap…”

The spider paused for a moment, not continuing to flip through the book, but instead continuing to crawl towards the other platform.

The moment the spider’s leg touched the black bead, an inconspicuous light flashed from inside the bead.

“Oh, chosen inheritor, after countless years, you have finally arrived here under the guidance of fate.”

In the void, a voice of a recitative rang out:

“I will be your follower, mentor, and companion, guiding you to the ultimate path of wizardry…”

“Pfft!”

The spider’s abdomen opened, spraying out a ball of spider silk, wrapping the black bead and interrupting its recitative.

“Don’t!”

The voice inside the bead immediately became flustered:

“Don’t do it, I am the third-circle wizard Webster, I possess a complete fourth-order bloodline wizard inheritance, I can help you become a second-circle, third-circle, even a fourth-circle wizard, I also know many ancient secrets, I know the coordinates of an otherworld and the locations of two demi-planes, please don’t…”

“Pfft!”

“Pfft, pfft!”

The spider silk continued to spray out, wrapping the black bead tightly, eventually forming a silk sac the size of a baby’s fist.

As for the voice…

it could no longer be heard.

“If I hadn’t experienced that with the Grey-Robed Wizard Addison, I might have actually believed you.”

Karl muttered softly.

This bead was an item used to store soul fragments, and many sealing spells were applied to prevent the passage of time.

In Addison’s memories, there were similar methods.

However, this wizard who called himself Webster was clearly more skilled than Addison, and was very likely a real third-circle wizard.

Even stronger!

But,

so what?

The patterns on the book were insidious, and this person’s words were also full of seduction, likely harboring malicious intentions.

To be safe, it was better to seal it directly.

After discovering that the book hid a ‘god’, Karl had already decided not to have too much contact with it.

Not long after.

The puppet spider carried a book and a silk sac, arriving before Karl, collapsing on the ground.

“Clay puppets really aren’t durable, they broke down so quickly.”

Shaking his head, Karl picked up the two items on the ground, thought for a moment, then turned and entered the Divine Domain Fragment.

Then, passing through the Divine Domain Fragment, he arrived in the otherworld.

Manipulate earth and stone!

Petrification!

He casually summoned a few pieces of mud, turning them into a simplified small stone coffin, and stuffed the silk sac inside.

Then, he summoned the magic flying carpet and headed straight for the Endless Sea.

Two hours later.

Above the vast sea, Karl took out the stone coffin, shrugged, and casually threw it down.

“Plop!”

The stone coffin sank into the sea, disappearing from sight.

“Seawater will corrode the rock, I believe it won’t take tens of thousands of years for you to escape, I hope you’ll still be around then.”

“Or…”

Karl muttered softly:

“When I truly understand the secrets of the gods, I might remember there was such a thing, and come back to take a look, but I wonder if I’ll still remember the location by then?”

The magic flying carpet turned in mid-air, flying towards Rapid Flow City.

…………

“Gina!”

Karl looked at the woman in the painting, his eyes gloomy:

“Should I trust you?”

“Master, everything I have belongs to you.” The woman in the painting was still smiling, seemingly oblivious to everything that had just happened, bowing and replying:

“Including my life.”

“…” Karl shook his head:

“Forget it!”

***

Gina didn’t have a real life, she was just a soul confined by this magic item.

And it was a soul that had its self-awareness erased, she didn’t know the secrets hidden deep within the picture frame.

Without a way to replace the soul fragments, destroying her would be the same as destroying this magic item.

Arriving at the study, Karl took out the thick book.

There was a problem with the patterns on the book, but the book itself was fine, and there was no evil god’s aura.

Otherwise, the Divine Domain Fragment would have reacted.

“Webster?”

“This guy is actually a high-level bloodline wizard!”

Karl stroked his chin, a moment of regret flashing in his mind, but it disappeared in an instant.

“He is a bloodline wizard, but he is also a follower of a god, this meditation technique is directly pointing to a certain existence.”

Ten Thousand Beasts Meditation Technique!

The meditation technique recorded in the book seemed normal, but it actually hid the mark of an outer god.

Mother of All Spirits!

Master of All Things!

***

This was the title of that god.

“The patterns are problematic, the meditation technique is also problematic, and even some of the spells are abnormal. This book is almost a pitfall everywhere. If one doesn’t have enough understanding of the gods, even a third-circle wizard could easily fall into its trap.”

Karl was thoughtful:

“Using the methods of wizards as a cover, developing his own followers, no… here they’re called apostles.”

“This being known as the ‘Mother of All Spirits’ is not taking the ordinary route, but is instead harvesting the strong.”

The soul of a legendary knight was comparable to ten thousand ordinary people.

And wizards,

were stronger than legendary knights!

If one could harvest the souls of third-circle or even fourth-circle wizards, the benefits would be no less than those of millions of ordinary people.

“Hah…”

Karl gently shook his head:

“The path of a wizard is indeed full of thorns, and one could easily fall onto a path of eternal damnation if one is not careful.”

“However…”

“This book isn’t without its uses!”

The meditation technique couldn’t be cultivated, but some of the spells and things that aided cultivation were real.

For example,

Blood Elixir!

“Blood Elixir can increase bloodline fusion, Beast Speech can communicate with some wild beasts, and Soul Mark can even control exotic creatures…”

“These are all good things!”

“If it wasn’t related to a god, this inheritance, which points directly to the fourth order, would definitely be priceless.”

“Too bad!”

Karl muttered softly, then sighed helplessly:

“The Blood Elixir is too complex to refine, and it’s impossible for me to refine it with my current skills, it seems I can’t give up on alchemy.”

“I need to become a first-order alchemist at the very least.”

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One month later.

“Senior Karl!”

“Wizard Karl!”

“…”

Karl, dressed in formal attire, walked out of the backyard, and the several people working in the shop stopped what they were doing and bowed.

“Mm.”

Karl nodded, glancing at everyone:

“Lance isn’t here?”

“Is today his day off?”

“Senior.” Sassoon lowered his head and said:

“Lance said he had some things to take care of and went out temporarily, he’ll be back in a while.”

In a while?

He probably wouldn’t be back today.

Karl nodded, not intending to delve further, after all, he, as the person in charge of the shop, also often didn’t show his face.

“I understand.”

Walking out of the shop, he happened to meet his neighbor next door.

“Karl!”

“Wizard Bern, are you also going to attend the ceremony?”

“That’s right.”

Wizard Bern laughed:

“Let’s go together, let’s go together!”

Today was the day that the Leipzig Market was officially declared open, and all the families and wizards would be participating.

The ceremony was held at the former Capet family’s manor.

Magical wizardry had made this place full of flowers and greenery, and a crowd of wizards and wizard apprentices had gathered.

At first glance,

it looked like a gathering of nobles, only with some strange beings busy at the gathering.

Such as the sprites with elven blood, the gnomes with dwarven blood, and the plants that liked to sing, etc…

“Wizard Bern mentioned last time that if one had a solid foundation and understanding, a first-circle wizard could also refine second-order runes?”

“That’s right.”

Wizard Bern nodded:

“Refining runes is different from outlining spell models in the sea of consciousness, you can engrave it bit by bit.”

“If you can understand second-circle wizardry, you can refine second-order runes, but it’s a bit uneconomical.”

“Why?” Karl asked, puzzled:

“With the help of refining runes, it should help with understanding second-circle wizardry.”

“That’s true.” Wizard Bern explained:

“But there’s the issue of the success rate.”

“If you want to refine second-order runes, the materials are very expensive, and it also takes a long time. If you spend a year or two and use a lot of precious materials, and then fail, wouldn’t it be very uneconomical?”

“It is.” Karl smiled wryly:

“It’s more than just uneconomical, it’s simply a waste of life. It seems that materials that can be used to refine second-order runes also have a bonus for first-order spells?”

“Yes.” Wizard Bern nodded:

“Like my best first-order rune ‘Bone Breath’, if I use second-order bones to refine it, its power will be comparable to that of a mid-to-late-stage wizard, ordinary runes are much weaker.”

“It’s not just that!”

He said as he walked:

“Using second-order materials can also increase the success rate of refining runes, but it’s still the same, it’s uneconomical.”

Karl nodded silently.

Indeed.

It was only right to use second-order materials to refine second-order runes, it was too wasteful to use them to refine first-order runes.

“Oh, right.”

Wizard Bern turned his head to look at him:

“There’s news about the matter you asked me about, Wizard Enid of the Nelson family said she can help.”

“Oh!” Karl’s eyes lit up:

“Thank you!”

“We’re neighbors, it’s only right that we help each other.” Wizard Bern smiled:

“Wizard Enid is best at refining textile-type magic items, especially skilled in flight and transformation.”

“She’s over there, I’ll take you there.”

Karl’s magic flying carpet was refined by himself when he was a wizard apprentice, and although the materials were good, the magic attached to it was only zero-circle magic.

It couldn’t fly high,

and it couldn’t fly fast.

It was fine to use it during the wizard apprentice stage, but in the formal wizard stage, the magic flying carpet was just a moving target.

But he didn’t have the strength to refine it again at the moment, so he could only entrust it to others.

Wizard Enid had a gentle temperament, like a noble lady next door, and she was also very polite to Karl’s request.

“Very special materials.”

Stroking the magic flying carpet, Enid’s eyes showed surprise:

“It’s somewhat similar to the down of a second-order flamingo, but it’s not. I… I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

“I got it by chance.” Karl said:

“Can you refine it?”

“I can.” Enid thought for a moment, then smiled:

“One hundred magic stones.”

Hmm?

This price was too low!

If the magic flying carpet was refined to meet Karl’s requirements, it would theoretically be considered an inherited magic item.

One hundred magic stones?

Too low!

Karl looked at Wizard Bern, who nodded slowly with a meaningful look in his eyes.

“Then I’ll trouble Wizard Enid.” Karl said:

“I don’t have enough magic stones on hand, so I might need to use other things to offset the cost, I hope you don’t mind.”

“It’s no problem.” Enid chuckled:

“I trust the Tower’s reputation.”

The Tower!

The other party was giving him such a low price, not because of Wizard Bern’s introduction, but because of the Six Rings Tower.

It seemed that having a background had many benefits.

“Ding…”

Accompanied by the melodious sound of a harp, an invisible and gentle mental power fluctuation quietly swept across the entire venue.

A second-circle wizard!

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards the center of the ceremony.

There, the second-circle wizard Krah of the Andrew family and Vulcan, the Earth Master of the Tower, stood side by side.

Besides them.

The heads or representatives of the Mitchell, Nelson, and Baker families also stood there.

“At the height of winter, a beast tide has arrived, and the market has been able to resist this disaster because we have worked together.”

Vulcan spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but it spread throughout the venue:

“Disasters test humanity, but they also unite hearts, and tens of thousands of people in the Leipzig Market need our help.”

“The four major families are forming an alliance and taking an oath here today, not only for the market, but also for ourselves…”

“Hmm?”

His voice paused slightly, and he looked towards the sky, as if he had discovered something.

Karl’s gaze lingered on the faces of the people on the stage, subconsciously frowning, and then he turned his head to look at Enid.

‘Something’s not right!’

‘The four major families are joining hands to manage the market, going from being managed to being managers, they should be happy.’

‘But looking at the expressions of the people above, except for the Andrew family, the others don’t seem too excited.’

‘Enid even seems to be trying to curry favor with me, could it be that becoming a manager is a bad thing?’

Tsk…

It was hard to say.

“Screech!”

Accompanied by a screech, a goshawk descended from the sky, and in mid-air, the goshawk curled up its body and transformed into a human form.

Bloodline wizardry?

Karl’s eyes flickered slightly.

No!

It should be a transformation technique mixed with bloodline wizardry.

“Family head.”

The person who came was probably a member of the Andrew family, and he bowed his head before the second-circle wizard Krah:

“Several corpses were discovered on the outskirts of the market, they look like members of the Baker family.”

Whoosh…

As soon as his voice fell, the crowd erupted in an uproar.

The head of the Baker family even turned pale, his body swaying as he was swept up by a gust of wind and rushed towards the outskirts of the market.

“Daniel.”

Vulcan frowned even more, first glancing at Krah, then said in a low voice:

“Go take a look.”

“Yes.”

Daniel responded, gently waving his staff, and his whole body instantly turned into a streak of light, flying towards the distance.

His speed was far faster than that of the head of the Baker family.

“Isn’t this too hasty?”

“Yeah, the ceremony hasn’t even officially started…”

“It’s the Andrew…”

“Shhh!”

Many noises reached his ears, and Karl gently shook his head, withdrawing his gaze.

‘Cooperating in business has always been a big taboo, it seems that managing a market is the same, how can a market have four owners? Especially when it’s three sheep cooperating with a wolf?’

He turned his head to look at Enid of the Nelson family.

Indeed,

her face was full of fear.