The Watchers

Chapter 69 The Watchers

On the way back to the college.

Although Green still trains by walking, he is much faster because he is very focused on his goal.

Wearing a pale mask, Grimm moved with incredible speed, carrying a knight's greatsword and a bag on his back containing the heads of three "dark wizards".

I don't know why, after returning to the academy, Instructor Peranos gave me the reward of killing three "dark wizards".

Green looked on with a mixture of anticipation and a secret chuckle.

However, let Instructor Peranos worry about such things. Rewards are secondary; the key is the experience gained from the mission and the knowledge acquired.

Twenty days later, in the Thorn Forest.

Green sat atop the top of a giant tree, where dark clouds obscured the moonlight and starlight.

Using the light of the undying flame, Grimm took out the "Devil's Contract" and carefully felt the words on it with his soul.

"These are amazing characters. They can be understood through the soul. They seem to be a natural imprint of some kind of soul fluctuation. It's truly incredible. Perhaps, besides being an introduction, this discovery is worth studying carefully when learning about the application of the soul in the future."

As he said this, Green's gaze burned as he looked intently at the small ball of black flame beneath the contract, a flame devoid of temperature and light.

Green gently touched the black flame with his hand and felt a sensation similar to that of burning liquid.

"This catalyst is simply... wonderful. Even my soul trembled with excitement when I first saw it! The perfect fit and extremely high development potential make me want to see what kind of thing the activated fire elemental sorcery life form created with this catalyst will produce."

Green thought to himself with a hint of anticipation.

After studying the devil's contract, Green took out the last shard of mirror he had picked up.

Green examined it carefully countless times along the way, but no matter how much he studied it, the fragment of the mirror was just ordinary glass with a layer of metal on it, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Green sighed, unsure whether it was because his knowledge level was insufficient or because the piece of glass was truly just an ordinary fragment of a mirror.

After further investigation yielded no results, Green put away the glass shard and took out the crystal ball.

Mental strength: 30, Magical strength: 285~310.

体质：36，体力：189~190，力量：91~294，活性：162~296。

Green looked at the results of his training and fell into thought.

The training over the past two months has greatly improved Green's basic physical attributes and unlocked some of the potential of his 36 physique, but it is far from being fully realized.

First of all, Green has already experienced the benefits of high physical strength these days: high energy, strong endurance, good appetite, keen senses, etc., all of which seem to be related to physical strength.

Although it cannot directly enhance a person's combat power, it is an accelerator attribute during regular training. Green will have more energy to devote to training, and his mental energy will be more focused and efficient when studying knowledge.

In terms of strength, Green's strength of 91~294 is a qualitative improvement compared to his original strength of 35~120. However, this strength attribute is calculated differently from the attack degree of elemental wizard magic. For Green, Green's pure strength attack degree is only between 9 and 30 degrees at this time.

The strength attribute fluctuates greatly. Although the underground wizard has developed some leverage-enhancing spells through long-term research, the leverage is extremely low and cannot be compared with that of the elemental wizard.

The elemental wizard's leverage is increased by several times, tens of times, or hundreds of times the attack power, but the actual strength is increased by one, three, or five points. Throughout history, it has been rare to see someone who can increase the leverage strength by several times.

However, there are advantages to having a certain physical constitution.

I've always heard that elemental wizard apprentices reach a bottleneck in their mental strength after reaching level 40, and that unless they advance to become full-fledged wizards, they can never increase their mental strength any further. But I've never heard of any bottleneck in physical constitution.

Improving one's physique is a form of passive evolution, without any upper limit or bottleneck, and therefore there are no different levels.

It can be said that the so-called ranks of the underground dragon body refiners are all derived by comparing the average combat power level of body refiners with that of elemental wizards, and there is no obvious difference between each rank.

For example, consider a creature from another world with high stamina, which, according to the rules of the wizarding world, corresponds to a combat strength between level 2 and 3. Therefore, its actual combat strength is slightly stronger than a level 2 wizard but weaker than a level 3 wizard, although the difference in combat strength between a level 2 and a level 3 wizard is significant.

This is the advantage of strength points: there are no bottlenecks, no upper limits, and no significant class differences.

According to the wizarding rules of the underground world, any wizard with a maximum strength attack power of 250 is considered a first-level official wizard, but 249 is not. Although there is little difference in combat power between the maximum strength attack power of 249 and 250, to reach a strength attack power of 250, one generally needs a constitution of at least 80 to 100.

As for the disadvantages of cultivating physical constitution...

Most creatures in the endless world rely on this passive evolutionary constitution to improve themselves, but the wizarding world is able to enslave so many worlds.

最后是活力162~296，看似比之前的110~157强了一大截，但肉体防御却也只有16度~29度而已，堪堪达到达到苍白假面的攻击免疫下限。

Green's physical development has a long way to go.

three days later.

At the entrance to the Blackthorn Forest, facing the Blackthorn Forest, Grimm watched the bull-like man, clad in black leather armor, a giant axe on his back, his right hand seemingly covered by a layer of solid black rock, gleaming with an eerie, metallic sheen, coldly watching him slowly approach.

Green stopped in his tracks, his eyes, hidden behind the pale mask, glanced at Roman behind the man, and immediately recognized him. He said coldly, "Thunder Axe Gade?"

"You're Green?"

When Gade spoke, his sharp teeth resembled the mouth of a shark, looking ferocious and terrifying. It was unclear what kind of bloodline magic this guy had modified.

Green remained unmoved: "Exactly."

"snort!"

Gade coldly said, "Fine! Killing Harry Red completely disrespects my partner Roman. Although Harry Red was in the wrong, it's not your place to punish him, you outsider! Killing Harry Red, you, an outsider of the four major organizations, are enough to put you on our kill list!"

"If that statement is a threat to me, then so be it."

By this time, Green had already accumulated experience and strength. Moreover, as a wizard apprentice in the competitive and indifferent environment of the Wizarding Continent, he would never fear any threat from his peers.

"good!"

A cold glint flashed in Gade's eyes before he said in a chilling voice, "Although I can't kill you here due to the academy's rules, a lesson is necessary!"

With a loud bang, a footprint appeared in the cracked ground, and Gade vanished from the spot.

Green's pupils contracted, his hair stood on end, and his body instinctively went into defensive stance. With a burst of lightning power, the Pale Mask's protective shield shattered after a slight struggle, and then a fist as smooth as granite slammed heavily into Green's defensive arms.

boom!

Like a bolt from the blue, the thunder exploded and burst forth.

Beneath the exploding lightning, Green felt his body completely numb, his arm bones made a cracking sound, and his face turned pale as he staggered back several steps.

Gade's attack just now exceeded 150 degrees, directly shattering the Pale Mask's highest defense.

Is this... the strength of the academy's four top experts?

"This punch is for Harry Red, and this punch is for Roman!"

"Gade, who had shattered Green's defensive shield with one punch, threw another punch. Green's pale face changed, and he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly."

"drink!"

Green mustered all his strength to create an indestructible flame armor. As Gade threw another punch, Green was sent flying more than ten meters away, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, an owl swooped down from the sky and landed right on Green's shoulder. The owl had a pair of eyes that glowed with an eerie green light, and stared coldly at Gade, shrilly: "You have been detained by the Black Tower Wizarding Academy's inspection team. Report to the fifth floor of Black Tower immediately, or you will be killed without mercy."

After spitting out another mouthful of blood, Green's body was able to stand up with great difficulty thanks to the super-fast repair effect of the mutation technique. Looking at the owl on his shoulder, Green's expression was complicated. It seemed that the academy's inspection team was not entirely useless.

Gade snorted coldly, put away his fist, and walked arrogantly toward Black Tower under the owl's icy gaze. Along the way, he nodded nonchalantly to Roman beside him, looking relaxed and carefree.

But... he walked very fast, seemingly trying his best to hide the trembling hand under his sleeve.

Green wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, noticed the unusual thing under Gade's robe, and sneered.

A moment later, the owl on Green's shoulder spread its wings and flew into the sky, disappearing from sight.

(End of this chapter)