The Dark Well

"Using mental power as a guide to unleash one's own magic?"

Green muttered to himself.

"Magic is a type of energy without any inherent attributes. It is controlled and guided by wizards, and is a special energy mastered by wizards. In other words, magic itself has no combat power?"

This is the fifth day that Green and his group have been in the port of Zerato. This morning, Green actually managed to activate his own magic power according to the "Guided Meditation".

This made Green excited for the entire day.

However, Green was soon hindered by another problem: a wizard apprentice who did not master wizardry knowledge would have no use for magic, even if he possessed it.

A wizard's magic is a magical energy with infinite malleability, capable of channeling any known energy.

However, in essence, magic is a gentle and harmless energy, and this gentleness makes it difficult to directly affect combat or cause destruction.

"Knowledge... how can one acquire knowledge?"

Green was troubled by this problem, and he lay on the table, pulling at his hair with a headache.

After Raffi cast a spell that day, Green and his fellow wizard apprentices were indeed stimulated and filled with longing for wondrous magic.

  

What kind of wizard apprentice is one who doesn't master witchcraft?

"Green, Green!"

The shouting and commotion came from the courtyard of the small manor; without even looking, it was clear that Binghamson had arrived.

It's a bit of a headache. This guy's level of chatter is something Green has never seen before, and now Green gets a headache whenever he hears him talk.

However, I'm currently a bit annoyed by matters of witchcraft, so I might as well see what that guy has to do so late at night.

"They're here."

Grimm carefully put away "The Guide to Magic," extinguished the candles, opened the door, and went outside.

"What's wrong?"

Green straightened his clothes and asked in surprise.

In the cities Green has passed through these past few days, he has received some benefits, and now he has bought himself two sets of luxurious and well-fitting clothes.

Clothes make the man. His golden curly hair was casually draped behind him, and there was a deep and solemn look between his brows. Coupled with the wildness he had developed from being among beggars since childhood, he had a unique charm, which at least made his teammates Rafi and Wade no longer shy away from him.

"Heh heh, ever heard of the Zelat Dark Well?"

Bingham said mysteriously.

"Hmm? The Dark Well? What's it for?"

These past few days, Green has hardly left his small manor, focusing wholeheartedly on studying "Meditation Guidance," otherwise he wouldn't have been able to successfully awaken his own magic.

"Never heard of it before? Come on, come on, you'll see when you get there. I guarantee you'll never forget it."

Bingham grabbed Green and ran outside, as if afraid Green would run away.

The estate that Green was assigned to was located in a relatively quiet area of ​​the port of Zerato, surrounded by a dozen or so other estates. Owning an estate here meant you were either a wealthy merchant or a nobleman, and it was quite peaceful at the moment.

Green found it strange. Binghamson's father was a noble baron, so Binghamson had seen a bit of the world. What could make this guy so mysterious?

Passing through a bustling commercial district, it must be said that the port of Zerato is far more prosperous than the city of Bisserl.

The sounds of vendors hawking their wares rose and fell, the lights were bright, and even at night, the flow of people was still unnoticed. There were even many overseas merchants buying and selling their goods, and the girls' clothing was much more revealing.

Unlike Bisserl, where the streets are deserted after nightfall except for grand banquets held among nobles.

Panting, Bingham led Green to a large manor covered with dense trees. This manor was much larger than the one Green had been assigned. Every now and then, small groups of young people would come out of the manor laughing and joking, looking pleasantly surprised.

Binghamson led Green to a small, mysterious cabin. Moonlight shone on the giant trees, and shadows swayed in the wind on the windows. The atmosphere inside the cabin was somewhat oppressive.

After Binghamson handed over twenty gold coins, the old woman with a wrinkled face in the house tremblingly handed Binghamson two transparent stones. After glancing at the two of them with her cloudy eyes, her uneven yellow teeth were revealed.

Have fun!

Green was still confused, so Bingham handed him a stone and grinned mischievously, "See those wells over there? Those are Dark Wells. If you throw this Dark Stone into one of them, you can have a date with life from another world. Of course, some unlucky folks have encountered some bizarre creatures, but overall it's pretty exciting."

Dating exotic creatures?

Upon hearing this novel idea, Green became quite interested.

There were about seventy or eighty dark wells in the courtyard, about half of which had been occupied. Some people were whispering into the wells, and occasionally low laughter could be heard.

Seeing Binghamson run excitedly toward a well, Green casually weighed the dark stone in his hand and also walked toward a dark well where no one was around.

The well water level was very high, only about 70 centimeters below the surface, as calm as a mirror, with the hazy moonlight adding a touch of mystery to the surface.

With a mix of excitement and trepidation, Green tossed the Dark Stone into the water. With a "plop," the Dark Stone rippled across the surface before sinking, and the water gradually calmed down.

To Green's surprise, a somewhat blurry shadow appeared on the water's surface, curiously watching Green from the "opposite side".

This is a humanoid creature with a long, silver-gray horn on its head. Judging from human gender characteristics, it should be a female creature and should have its own culture. It looks at Green with a rather scrutinizing attitude, and is not a mindless, vicious, and murderous race.

"Humans from the wizarding world?"

Some unfamiliar voices reached Green's ears.

Although Green could hear the questioning voice of the other party, he was absolutely certain that it was not something he heard with his own ears, but rather that the other party had used some special means to allow him to directly sense the other party's thoughts.

"Who are you?"

Green asked,

The creature on the surface of the well frowned slightly when it saw Green speak, and then Green heard its words again.

"Human, don't you know that communication with life in other worlds is through the soul? Although the civilization of the human wizarding world is powerful, it has not yet reached my area."

Green frowned. Soul?

As a wizarding apprentice who had never received even the most basic systematic instruction in wizarding knowledge, Green had no idea about deeper knowledge such as the use of the soul.

The language of humans in the wizarding world is completely incomprehensible to some beings from other worlds, and some strange beings don't even have hearing. Therefore, language is simply too ineffective as a means of communication between different races from other worlds.

The other person seemed to sense Green's predicament and spoke again.

"Alright, human, I'm asking you, will you nod or shake your head, that's fine?"

Green nodded.

"Hmm, are you a human from the wizarding world, or a wizard from another world? Nod if you are, shake your head if you are not."

Grimm was greatly surprised. The wizarding world was conquering other worlds?

Although he didn't know these things, Green himself was certain that he was a legitimate human in the wizarding world. Green knew this basic common sense, so he nodded.

"So, are you a wizard? If so, what level are you?"

At this, Green shook his head readily.

What a joke! He can't even cast proper witchcraft, he's not even a witch apprentice, how could he possibly be a witch?

Green could sense the other person's disappointment.

"Sigh, just an ordinary human? I went through so much trouble to trade for coordinates in the Wizarding World, and it turns out to be such a weak human."

The Protoss shook their heads.

"Alright, according to the principle of equal exchange between worlds, you can ask me two questions. However, since you can't communicate by soul, I'll assume you're asking me the same questions. I am a Star Child from the World of Boundary Star, or Star Child Race, a fourth-tier Star Spirit, with an energy level equivalent to a second-tier to third-tier wizard in your wizarding world."

Then, this otherworldly being completely ignored Grimm's reaction and vanished from the water.

Perhaps this powerful being had no interest in wasting its time on a weak human like Green.

Green awkwardly touched his nose and glanced furtively at Binghamson.

Binghamson was lying on the edge of the well, his face beaming with excitement, his head almost touching the bottom.

A short while later, Green and Binghamson became part of the group of whispering youths who were leaving. Binghamson said excitedly, "That snow spirit was quite surprised to see a human, and she even asked me if I was a wizard! Haha, I told her on the spot that I am a certified wizard!"

"Can the person on the other end understand you?"

Green looked at Bingham with some surprise, but did not take Bingham's act of deceiving the alien life form opposite him seriously.

"Uh... what do you mean? Didn't the otherworldly beings over there understand you?"

Bingham looked at Green with equal surprise, his expression one of disbelief.

Back at the manor, Green kept recalling the otherworldly being on the other side of the Dark Well, even though he had learned over the days that there were countless otherworldly beings besides the wizarding world he lived in.

Moreover, if two beings from another world were to meet by chance in reality, they would most likely not be so friendly. Therefore, this experience of communicating with beings from another world was very strange and meaningful to Grimm.

By the way, during the wizard apprentice qualification test, were those strange creatures that appeared also life forms from other worlds?

What kind of talent is this?

Green had countless questions in his mind.