Wizard, I Have Another World – Chapter 167

Chapter 167: Source Essence: 10!

Half a month later.

“Kill!”

Accompanied by a deafening roar, a cavalry force composed entirely of armored knights charged towards the Merfolk settlement.

With spears pointed straight ahead, they quickly carved a bloody path.

Various runes were used in coordination, and even the blue-eyed Merfolk, comparable to Grand Knights, could only scream in agony and die.

“As expected of the Death City’s forces, they are indeed powerful, their overall quality is much higher than ours.”

On the hillside.

Aya watched the scene below, her beautiful eyes sparkling:

“Death City has mobilized over ten thousand soldiers this time, with two thousand of them being cavalry.”

“With this cavalry charging, it will be difficult for the Merfolk to gather together, making it easier to deal with them.”

“Aya.” Susan rode closer:

“What should we do?”

“Gather together, look for small groups of Merfolk and slowly surround and kill them, first cultivate the army’s teamwork and then expand the battle.” Aya waved the long whip in her hand, pointing towards the Free Port:

“There are no less than one hundred thousand Merfolk in this area, even with the Death City’s forces, we are severely understaffed.”

“We must control the battle losses, otherwise, the army will easily collapse.”

She was not optimistic about this mission.

Although the Death City’s army was fierce, their numbers were ultimately limited. Facing the endless Merfolk, once they were caught in a prolonged battle, with their companions dying one after another, they would inevitably feel despair.

This was a tough nut to crack.

Chewing slowly was the right way.

It was unrealistic to expect to eliminate all the Merfolk in a short period.

Anyway, Aya did not intend to command the army to attack head-on, but rather to move around the edges of the Free Port, surrounding and annihilating small groups of Merfolk.

Without the Evil God’s will, the number of Merfolk would only decrease, not increase, and sooner or later they would be wiped out.

“The Death City’s cavalry can only exert their true strength at night, while we cannot act at night at all, making it difficult to form a combined force…”

“Troublesome!”

She gently shook her head, looking towards the City Lord’s Residence:

“If there were Legendary Knights to follow commands and coordinate with the army, the battle would be much easier.”

“Unfortunately…”

Legendary Knights were all arrogant and would never listen to the commands of a mere knight like her.

Even Karl acted alone.

“It is said that there are good things in the City Lord’s Residence, the Legendary Knights are all running inside, and no one cares about the outside.”

Susan spoke:

“What is it that can attract Legendary Knights?”

“Demigod’s Blood!” Connie interjected:

“City Lord Soden has been trapped for so many years, even if he is not dead, he must be severely injured, and his body contains a Duke’s bloodline.”

“Her Highness Mevia can use her own blood to cultivate Legendary Knights, and even if City Lord Soden’s bloodline power is weak, it can still do the same.”

“Actually…”

“It is said that deep within the City Lord’s Residence, there are two Legendary Knights who have been silently guarding City Lord Soden.”

Demigod’s Blood could not only allow Grand Knights to break through their limits, but it was also said that it could allow Legendary Knights to go a step further.

No matter what the reason, it was extremely attractive.

“Woo…”

As they were chatting, a long, drawn-out hum sounded from the distant battlefield, the sound stimulating everyone’s eardrums.

Such a sound on the battlefield meant danger.

Not good!

Aya’s pupils contracted.

Two red-eyed Merfolk, hidden among the Merfolk, suddenly rushed out, swinging their claws at the cavalry force.

Their bodies were comparable to hard rock, their hands were like indestructible sharp weapons, and their speed and strength were even more terrifying.

With a sudden charge, more than ten cavalrymen were sent flying.

“Hee…”

Many horses, startled, raised their front hooves.

As everyone knew.

The most important thing for a cavalry charge was to maintain momentum, once the path ahead was blocked, it could easily lead to a chain reaction.

And even the entire force would be plunged into a desperate situation.

Just as the Death City’s forces were becoming chaotic, a figure fell from the sky, landing in front of the two red-eyed Merfolk.

“It’s Uncle!”

Aya smiled upon seeing this:

“Then it’s alright.”

“So many Legendary Knights, and Death City has its own experts, yet they let Elder Karl take action.” Susan pouted:

“To Legendary Knights, ordinary people’s lives are not lives!”

As she spoke, Karl had already collided with the two red-eyed Merfolk, and many afterimages flashed by.

By the time everyone regained their sight, the heads of the red-eyed Merfolk had already been completely separated from their bodies.

“Hmm…”

Connie pondered:

“Elder Karl has become stronger again.”

A few years ago, although Karl could kill red-eyed Merfolk, he could definitely not do it as easily as he did now.

Aya chuckled upon hearing this.

Become stronger?

She had been following Karl for many years and had been witnessing miracles.

From a knight squire to today, it had been no more than twenty years, and he was getting stronger every moment.

Not changing,

that would be strange!

…………

Source Essence,

+0.2!

Sensing the message from the Divine Domain Fragment, a smile involuntarily appeared on Karl’s face.

‘Not bad!’

‘Although the current Source Essence gain is four to one, the difficulty of cultivation has greatly increased. If I were to rely solely on my own hard work, it would take more than half a month to cultivate this much mental power.’

He had no interest in saving the Death City’s cavalry, only in killing the red-eyed Merfolk.

After all,

in his eyes, every red-eyed Merfolk was a Great God’s Grace Coin.

Name: Karl

Constitution: 12

Mental Power: 7.1

Source Essence: 0.8

Level: Legendary Knight, First-Circle Wizard

Abyssal Bloodline Fusion Rate: 38%

“In ten days, I killed eight red-eyed Merfolk, but it should be difficult to find any more nearby.”

Looking around, Karl gently shook his head.

The forces from various cities that had come to annihilate the Merfolk had all arrived, if there were any red-eyed Merfolk, they would definitely have shown themselves.

These two were likely the last two.

Hmm?

Meren!

His eyes flickered slightly, ignoring the cavalrymen who were preparing to thank him, Karl flashed and rushed towards the City Lord’s Residence.

A moment later.

He appeared on the city wall, landing beside Meren, who was covered in blood.

“You are just a Grand Knight, even if you have some tricks, coming here is too dangerous.” Karl shook his head upon seeing this:

“Where is my stuff?”

Meren smiled bitterly.

Although he was a Grand Knight, his true strength was not weaker than a Legendary Knight, otherwise, he would not have such a great reputation.

Of course…

this level of strength was indeed not enough in the other party’s eyes.

Now it seemed that infiltrating the City Lord’s Residence was an even more wrong decision, and he almost did not make it out.

Demigod’s Blood!

It seemed that it was not his destiny.

“Here.”

Taking out a heavy-looking cloth bag from his body and handing it over, Meren shook his head and sighed:

“Inside this City Lord’s Residence, there is a type of invisible monster, you must be careful after entering.”

“But compared to monsters, people are even more dangerous!”

He looked at the injuries on his body, his eyes immediately dimmed.

He was not alone on this trip, but rather part of a small team, and they had a dispute as soon as they entered the inner city.

Looking back now, it was obvious that someone had done it on purpose.

Fortunately, he had sensed that something was wrong and escaped in time, otherwise, he would have lost his life in the city today.

“Invisible monster?” Karl took the bag:

“Understood.”

“And the Frenzy Potion…” Meren continued:

“The price of similar potions has already dropped, and it will be much more difficult to exchange for Great God’s Grace Coins.”

“It’s fine.” Karl waved his hand:

“The price doesn’t matter, as long as I have Great God’s Grace Coins.”

“Right!”

“Do you have a map of the City Lord’s Residence? Do you know of any places like treasure vaults?”

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“…” Meren’s mouth twitched:

“Yes, but not complete.”

“Anyway, I won’t go in there again, so I’ll just give it to you.”

His main job was as an information broker, so he must have made a lot of preparations beforehand for this operation.

Taking the map that the other party handed over, Karl unfolded it casually, comparing it to the information he had gathered.

It was somewhat useful.

But not much!

Watching Meren leave, Karl focused his attention on himself.

Ninety-two Great God’s Grace Coins, in addition to expanding the Divine Domain Fragment space, had provided him with 9.2 Source Essence.

Plus the gains from killing the red-eyed Merfolk.

Therefore…

Source Essence: 10!

The unprecedented value made Karl’s breathing quicken, and he immediately added all of it to Constitution.

Constitution: 14.5!

Just a little bit more, and he would be at the Late Stage of the First Order!

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The City Lord’s Residence was divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The outer city had long become a habitat for Merfolk and various ferocious beasts, but once they entered the inner city, it became eerily quiet.

“Tap…”

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed in the dark passage.

Several figures slowly appeared, one of them reached out and touched the wall of the passage, his face immediately showing disgust.

“It’s slimy, what is this stuff?”

“It should be a liquid secreted by some kind of creature.” One person held a long saber, lowering his voice and speaking:

“Be careful, something is very wrong here!”

“Even a normal person can tell that something is wrong!” Someone spoke:

“Speaking of Soden, he is the City Lord of the Free Port, does he have some problem, building his residence in such a gloomy atmosphere?”

“Swish!”

A black shadow flashed past in front of several people.

“What was that?”

“Be careful!”

“Puff!”

“Puff puff!”

Accompanied by several muffled sounds, the figures exploring the inner city fell one after another, blood flowing along the ground.

Soon.

Footsteps sounded again.

The timid Matthew held a bone club, cautiously walking into the passage.

“Will it be alright?”

“Don’t worry!” A blue seashell on his waist gently vibrated, emitting a faint sound:

“Did you see the slime on the wall, that is the fluid secreted by a First-Order creature, the Red Earthworm, as long as they are full, they won’t move anymore.”

“What if they are not full?” Matthew’s voice trembled:

“I will die!”

“Why are you so timid?” The seashell said speechlessly:

“The Red Earthworm’s appetite is very small, and the bone club in your hand can restrain them, so don’t worry.”

Upon hearing this,

Matthew’s tense emotions calmed down slightly.

He was originally just an ordinary youth from the Free Port, and in order to seek refuge, he was brought back to Rapid Flow City by Karl.

By chance, he had picked up the seashell on his waist at the beach, and since then, his fate had changed drastically.

“Speaking of…”

Matthew asked in a low voice:

“What exactly are you?”

“I told you, I can’t remember either.” The seashell spoke:

“I vaguely remember that I should be a Third-Circle Wizard, I was injured and hid inside a painting, waiting for a destined person to rescue me.”

“Later…”

“It seems that someone passed the test of the Woman in the Painting, and as a result, I was sealed again and thrown into the sea. Fortunately, I had some tricks, and I separated a strand of my thoughts and attached it to this seashell, and then you picked it up.”

“Hmm…”

“So, in that case, I am just a strand of the original body’s thoughts, no wonder I have forgotten many things.”

“Wizard?” Matthew blinked:

“What is a wizard?”

“I don’t know either.” The seashell’s voice was filled with confusion:

“There is something wrong with your world, it suppresses beings above the First Order, and even devours the original body’s mental power, the current me is just a defective product with a confused consciousness…”

“So, you must become a First-Circle Wizard as soon as possible, and then you can find my original body at the bottom of the sea.”

Matthew curled his lips.

The most common folk tales in this world were about rescuing demons and evil gods, and ultimately bringing trouble upon themselves.

In his heart, the ‘original body’ that the seashell spoke of was very likely an evil god, otherwise, why would someone seal it and throw it into the sea?

Fortunately, the seashell’s ‘brain’ was not very clear, so he could temporarily get by, and then learn the other party’s skills first.

Bloodline Wizard!

An existence even more powerful than a Legendary Knight!

“Speaking of, as long as I have a First-Order Legendary creature, I can become a Bloodline Wizard, so why take the risk of coming in here?”

Matthew was puzzled:

“I have already entered the door of Bloodline Magic, and my current strength is comparable to a Grand Knight, and the corpses of Legendary creatures are not difficult to find either.”

“What do you know?” The seashell sneered:

“The reason why the word ‘bloodline’ is added before ‘Bloodline Wizard’ is to show the importance of bloodlines to cultivation.”

“This world is very special, beings above the First Order are suppressed, which means that many Second and even Third-Order creatures here only have the strength of the First Order. You wouldn’t even think about having such an opportunity elsewhere.”

“As long as you can obtain the bloodline of a Second or even Third-Order creature, your chances of advancing will be greater. After all, there are no potions here to help you break through to become a Formal Wizard, but it will be even harder to advance to the Second Circle.”

“Hush…”

“There are people ahead.”

The seashell suddenly stopped speaking, Matthew’s body tensed, and he gripped the bone club in his hand, slowly walking out of the passage.

What came into view were twelve huge stone pillars, and beneath the stone pillars stood a bronze door.

This was a plaza covering several hundred square meters, and there were many people in the plaza, some in groups of three or five, others alone, as if they were waiting for something. Matthew’s heart tightened after just a glance.

Legendary!

Bloodline Magic was very good at sensing life force, so he could sense the powerful auras in the area.

Several Legendary Knights!

…………

In a dark room, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds and the clashing of metal, several phantoms quickly intertwined.

“Boss!”

“I can’t hold on much longer!”

“Be careful!”

A Legendary Knight wearing a mask shouted, his body flashing like a ghost, colliding with several Legendary creatures.

“Bang!”

The force surged, and the figures suddenly separated.

Although the Legendary Knight was powerful, the Legendary creatures on the other side were not weak either, and the key was that there were many of them.

They might not be able to take down the Legendary Knight, but the companions around the knight would probably not escape death today.

“Ghost-Faced.”

Just then, a gentle, soothing voice came from outside:

“Do you need help?”

“You…” The Ghost-Faced Knight’s eyes flickered:

“It’s you?”

“Yes.” The person walked in from outside, his pure white clothes exuding a pure and flawless aura, even making the darkness seem brighter.

“Ghost-Faced, it has been almost a hundred years since we last met, right?”

“Humph!” The Ghost-Faced Knight snorted:

“You have been hiding in the Holy Sanctuary and not coming out, I thought you were already dead, why did you come here this time?”

“Could it be…”

“Does the Holy Sanctuary also want the Demigod’s Blood?”

“No.” The person shook his head:

“I came to find someone, you should have heard of his name, the mysterious alchemist from Rapid Flow City.”

“Karl!”

“He killed the Holy Sanctuary’s Seventh Elder.”

“What?” The Ghost-Faced Knight shrugged:

“With your strength, you don’t have the confidence to deal with him?”

“…” The person fell silent, and after a pause, he said:

“I’ll help you solve the trouble here, and you help me deal with Karl, your rune can restrain his constitution.”

“Hmm?” The Ghost-Faced Knight’s eyes flickered:

“Karl…, is he that strong?”

“Forget it!”

“Help me solve the problem in front of me first.”

“Alright.” The person nodded, drawing the knight’s sword from his waist with one hand, holding the blade vertically in front of him.

“Ring of Protection!”

“Holy Law!”

A vast, condensed, and holy aura surged from his body, instantly suppressing the Legendary creatures, causing them to retreat.

This scene also made the Ghost-Faced Knight’s eyes show a solemn expression.