thefictionvixens Chapter 142 Drag Me Down
Chapter 142 Drag Me Down
For five days, no one made a sound. When they were hungry, they would quietly grab a little bit of life dust; when they were thirsty, they would use their spiritual power to extract a little moisture from the air around them...
The silence continued until a thunderclap boomed in the sky.
"Wizard Ralph, where is Wizard Sunil?" Ansello broke the silence as soon as he saw the flash of lightning.
As a wizard of his school, his future is much brighter than that of wizards like Ralph. His meditation space has two temporary spell slots, which means that he has the talent to go further and become a third-class wizard apprentice, or even a fourth-class wizard apprentice.
Despite his natural talent, he didn't have a daily meditation habit, but the lack of meditation over a long period still made him very uncomfortable—especially since he was injured.
At this moment, he had decided to finish this conversation as soon as possible and then go back to meditate.
"And what about that wizard who caused such a ruckus in Giant Shield City? What's her background?"
"Anselor asked."
He didn't recognize the Crimson Wizard—and because of his interference, the Crimson Wizard hadn't had time to use the slashing technique, so he didn't know that the Crimson Wizard could unleash a slashing technique.
As soon as he asked those two questions, Ralph and the others, who were initially feeling quite guilty, immediately realized something. After exchanging glances, Ralph let out a heavy sigh.
"Your Excellency Anselor, the wizard Sunil has fallen in battle."
Wizard Ralph began to fabricate a backstory, recounting how he and Wizard Sunil accepted a mission, went to Forked Ridge to investigate, and then fought and were defeated by the wizards of Forked Ridge.
Finally, as a last resort, they had no choice but to lure the wizards of Forked Ridge to Giant Shield City, which resulted in another conflict breaking out there.
"An offensive spell?" Ansello was horrified as he listened to the wizard Ralph's embellished description, and then unconsciously touched his shoulder.
At the port, he was struck by Andy and his arm was severed. Although the injury affected his soul, fortunately, the severed arm was still intact and had not been crushed by any other force. Therefore, after the battle, he reattached his arm and used life dust to heal it. The severed arm was already 'healed'. He only needed to rest and recuperate for a while before he could fully recover.
He was well aware that the attack from the water monster was a magical attack.
But he originally thought it was just the power of a magical beast.
As a wizard on land, he didn't have much covetousness for the magical beasts in the water—after all, he wasn't a magical beast wizard, nor did he have the ability to hunt magical beasts in the water.
But now, according to what the wizard Ralph said...
It turns out that the magical beast wasn't the only one who had mastered offensive spells.
That witch actually possessed real offensive magic?
"That's right." Hearing Ralph's words, Boren nodded and calmly used the clue of this 'truly offensive' spell to divert Anselor's attention.
"Lord Anselor, that witch is merely a second-class wizard apprentice. Her foundation is unstable, and her use of mental power is quite crude."
"If it weren't for that offensive spell, how could he possibly hold his own against the four of us all by himself?" Wizard Boren said, describing the characteristics of Scarlet Wizard's offensive spell, hoping to hear some information about the spell from Wizard Anselo.
However, although Anselor was a wizard of a school and had a wealth of knowledge, the number of spells in the wizarding world was endless. Of course, he could not deduce the essence of a spell based on the effect of a single spell.
"According to you, that witch must be a monster witch."
"The giant shark that came to her aid in the water was her monster companion."
Anselor recalled the "stab" he had taken and analyzed the Crimson Wizard's offensive spell.
"The effect of the sorceress's spell that you described is exactly the same as the slash that the giant shark threw. The sorceress most likely learned the spell from that monster."
Thinking it over, the wizard Ansello immediately took out a book from his robes, opened it, and found the page about the deep-sea giant shark.
"That monster, if I'm not mistaken, should be a deep-sea giant shark."
"But the bloodline of the deep-sea giant shark does not contain this 'knife'-like magic."
"Could it be that the deep-sea giant shark has not only awakened the power of its bloodline and become a true magical beast, but has also undergone a bloodline mutation?"
An ordinary deep-sea giant shark wouldn't be worth the risk—but if it's a deep-sea giant shark that has undergone a bloodline mutation, its value is completely different!
Even for the entire Silver-Gray School, such things are valuable.
"Lord Anselor, the problem now is not actually that deep-sea shark," Wizard Ralph said after glancing at the others.
"The important thing is that offensive spell," said the wizard Ralph, his eyes revealing an undisguised greed.
"Lord Anselor, if we capture that sorceress without the help of the school and obtain the spell model of that offensive spell from her, will you allow us to keep the spell model?" Wizard Ralph asked humbly.
If they capture the Crimson Wizard, the spell models of the offensive spells will be their 'spoils'.
Even as a wizard of a school, Ansello could not force Ralph and the others to hand over their spoils of war—therefore, Ralph deliberately "requested" to Ansello to keep his spoils of war.
His purpose was not to obtain Anselo's permission.
Instead, he wanted to make the wizard Anselo think about another issue.
—As wild wizards, it was only natural for them to possess spoils.
But as a wizard of a particular school, once Anselor obtained the model of that offensive spell, would the school allow him to possess it? Would they allow him to learn that offensive spell without any restrictions?
Obviously impossible!
As a member of the school, it would be too easy for the school to restrict Anselor and prevent him from learning anything!
So, is the wizard Anselor willing to accept this situation?
Of course he didn't want to!
Even for a school of thought, offensive spells are extremely valuable, one of the most precious traditions within that school—it would be one thing if one were unaware of their existence.
But now that he knows about the existence of offensive spells, how could he possibly miss out?
At that moment, he understood Ralph the Wizard's meaning with absolute accuracy.
They did not want the SilverAsh School to know about the offensive spell.
Admittedly, the Silver Grey School cannot deny that Ralph and his allies could possess their own spoils—but that is only in theory.
No one knows how the SilverAsh School will distribute the spoils after they have truly defeated the Crimson Wizard and his allies.
And this is exactly the direction that Ralph and his group wanted Ansellow to think, the 'promise' that they wanted Ansellow, a wizard from the Silver Grey School, to make—they wanted to drag Ansellow down with them!