Chapter 330: Defection

“Bang bang!”

Urgent knocking on the door sounded.

Senior frowned slightly, gave an apologetic smile to the other two people in the room, and got up to open the door.

“It’s you?”

Looking at Jeff in front of him, his voice was cold:

“What’s the matter?”

“Something.” Jeff, as always, had a flattering look on his face, rubbing his hands together, and took out a copper bottle from behind:

“Senior, this is yours…”

“Wizard Angus?”

After seeing the person in the room clearly, Jeff showed ecstasy, and ran past Senior to Angus’s side.

“Wizard Angus, do you still remember me? I was an apprentice who entered the academy at the same time as you, but I failed to pass the assessment and stay in the academy. I can’t compare to you.”

“My name is Jeff!”

“Jeff?” Angus said expressionlessly, nodding slowly:

“I remember you.”

“Although your talent wasn’t great, you were very good at doing things. I heard that you’ve been doing well since you left the academy.”

With a wizard’s powerful mental strength, as long as they’ve seen someone in their life, they can’t possibly forget them.

Unless they deliberately forget or are affected by magic.

“You’re too kind.” Jeff bowed and smiled:

“Thanks to you, I’m in the market buying materials needed by academy wizards and senior wizard apprentices, and I’ve managed to earn some family fortune by luck.”

“Oh, right.”

He said:

“I’ve already dealt with that kid Lynn, he will never appear in front of you again.”

“……” Angus did not answer, but looked at Senior, his eyes filled with disgust.

“Senior.”

Senior’s expression changed drastically, he stepped forward and kicked Jeff to the ground, loudly scolding:

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“When did Senior tell you to deal with Lynn? He’s just an insignificant little character.”

“Yes, yes.” Jeff hurriedly got up, reached out and slapped his cheeks hard, smiling flatteringly:

“It was my own decision, it has nothing to do with the two seniors, I’m talking nonsense, please don’t take it to heart.”

While slapping his face, he handed the copper bottle in his hand to Senior:

“Senior, the thing you lent me is really good, this way we can say that it was a demon from the abyss who killed him, and no one will suspect us.”

“Hmph!”

Senior snatched the copper bottle, glared at him fiercely:

“What’s wrong with you today? You’re talking like you’re not thinking, where did your previous cleverness go?”

The usual Jeff would never be as stupid as he was today, offering favors recklessly without understanding the situation.

Killing Lynn was Senior’s intention, but was that something that could be said?

Stupid!

As for this copper bottle containing a horned demon, it was actually a valuable high-level magic item, naturally it was only lent and not given to him.

“Yes, yes.”

Jeff nodded repeatedly, and when he saw Senior nodding and inspecting the copper bottle, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and then he suddenly pinched a hand seal.

“Bang!”

Suddenly.

The stopper of the copper bottle popped open, and a cloud of thick smoke poured out, accompanied by a frantic, killing, and chaotic aura.

Not good!

Senior’s expression changed drastically.

Angus, who was sitting on the side, reacted even faster, his figure suddenly retreated, and at the same time, a terrifying mental pressure fell.

The other senior wizard apprentice who was watching was a little slower, and only retreated in a panic after a moment.

The inheritance that Angus cultivated was different from ordinary wizard apprentices, he was especially good at creating all kinds of illusions, and his mental strength was far superior to his peers. This time, the eruption instantly suppressed the smoke in the field, revealing the scene inside.

“Roar!”

A horned demon with a crimson body leaped out of the copper bottle, wrapped in flames and pounced on Senior.

“Be careful!”

Angus spoke subconsciously, and saw Jeff grinning, pouncing at him like a madman.

This is…

Puppetry?

As a master of mental strength, he immediately understood Jeff’s situation, he had been controlled by someone’s magic.

But the incident happened suddenly, even he couldn’t help Jeff break free from the magic on him for a while.

Moreover,

Angus didn’t intend to help.

“Boom!”

Violent mental power turned into a giant hammer, combined with the free-floating elemental particles in the void to form a solid object, and then smashed down fiercely.

Jeff, who was rushing over, only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and there was nothing else in his perception, only the giant hammer coming head-on.

“Bang!”

With just one blow.

Jeff’s head exploded completely, his headless body staggered forward a few steps before falling to the ground crookedly.

On the other side.

The horned demon, wrapped in flames, entangled Senior like a madman, using all kinds of methods to attack.

Seeing that Angus had freed his hands, the horned demon seemed to understand something, and suddenly roared to the sky.

The fire elemental particles in the air instantly became agitated.

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Not good!

Angus’s expression changed, his body turned into a phantom, and he retreated violently towards the back, his phantom form directly passing through the window sash and the wall, appearing outside the courtyard.

Behind him.

“Boom!”

A huge flame enveloped half of the courtyard, the high temperature at the core was enough to melt fine iron, and the firelight shot straight into the sky.

Needless to say,

Senior was dead.

“Senior.”

The other apprentice escaped even faster, and after barely escaping, his face showed relief:

“That was close!”

“Lynn!” Angus narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the flames in the field, and took a deep breath:

“I’m going into seclusion, I’m announcing my breakthrough to the level of a formal wizard, the time… will take more than three months.”

“Senior.” The apprentice was stunned:

“Do you want to take this opportunity to kill that Lynn?”

Others didn’t know, but he knew that Angus had a strange magic that could curse and kill others from afar, but it required a certain amount of time to prepare.

Obviously.

This time it should be the same.

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This day.

Lynn came to the area managed by Natalie as usual, and handed in the potions that the academy had asked him to refine.

“Don’t leave yet.”

Just as he was about to leave, Natalie stopped him:

“Come with me for a moment.”

“……Yes.” Lynn looked puzzled, and followed her to a wooden house.

Natalie took out a jade pendant inlaid with gold from her body, and placed it in his hand with a solemn expression.

“Lynn.”

“I’ve investigated the matter of the disciples of Gito, although the specifics are not clear, it’s very likely that he can’t escape responsibility.”

“According to my guess, Gito should be using his disciples as some kind of resource for his advancement, relying on devouring the disciples’ talents and cultivation to increase his own strength.”

“Huh?” Lynn’s expression changed slightly:

“Doesn’t the academy care about this kind of thing?”

“There are too many cases of wizard apprentices dying during cultivation, and many of them die unclearly. The academy also turns a blind eye.” Natalie shook her head:

“Besides, Gito is a formal wizard, as long as he doesn’t go too far, no one will care.”

“This thing…”

She pointed to the jade pendant, and said:

“It’s a magic item I got a few years ago, it can increase the defense against the mental sea. If Gito really intends to attack you, it can help you resist for a while.”

Of course.

This was just a temporary measure.

Natalie planned to find an opportunity to arrange Lynn by her side in the future, so that she could ensure his safety.

“This…” Lynn looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and nodded slowly:

“Thank you.”

“You don’t have to be polite with me, I owe you, I would have probably died back then if it wasn’t for you.” Natalie shook her head:

“Go back.”

“Even if Gito wants to use you for cultivation, he will wait until your cultivation reaches the level of a senior wizard apprentice, so there’s no need to rush for now.”

No need to rush?

Lynn sighed softly.

He would not suppress the progress of his cultivation, and he had already begun to advance towards the level of a senior wizard apprentice.

…………

“Lynn.”

A middle-aged woman with a pale face knocked on his door, and said expressionlessly:

“You don’t need to do things in Weir Town anymore, from now on, you will follow Wizard Gito to learn inherited magic.”

“……” Lynn looked at her, his fingers trembled, and he nodded slowly:

“Okay.”

“Pack your things and follow me.” The middle-aged woman said:

“I’ll give you an hour to deal with trivial matters.”

“Yes.” Lynn turned around, packing his things, and asked casually:

“As far as I know, all of Mentor Gito’s disciples have encountered difficulties, how did Senior Sister survive?”

“……” The middle-aged woman’s eyes narrowed, staring at him:

“When I became a disciple of Wizard Gito, he was not yet a wizard.”

Huh?

Lynn raised an eyebrow.

The meaning of these words, could it be that Gito only started using his disciples for cultivation after becoming a formal wizard?

“Senior Sister.”

Lynn turned around, put the package on his back:

“The mentor refined you into a puppet, your life and death are not up to you, but depend entirely on his whim, have you never thought of resisting?”

“Hehe…” The middle-aged woman lowered her head and chuckled, her laughter was eerie and terrifying:

“Lynn.”

“It seems like you know something, but those rumors don’t mean they are true, the mentor gave me a second life, and he treats me very well, I can never betray him.”

“It’s you, don’t listen to the bewitchment of certain people, always believe in the mentor just like you believe in truth.”

Well,

the defection failed!