Evil Eyes of the Brood

Chapter 75 Evil Eyes of the Brood

On the high platform in the square, more than three hundred formal wizards stood solemnly, while nearly ten thousand wizard apprentices gathered below.

"Today, I officially announce that, in the face of the rude and provocative actions of the nine wizarding academies in District 19, the six wizarding academies in District 12 have jointly decided to respond to their declaration of war. The six wizarding academies in District 12 are officially launching a war! If you want war, then let's fight! Let those cowardly, useless wizarding apprentices in District 19 know the power of District 12!" A loud-voiced wizard roared fiercely and excitedly.

The wizarding apprentices of this time were no longer the hot-blooded, foolish, and ignorant newcomers. Although they didn't know the specific reasons, they were certain that this war was not as simple as it seemed on the surface—nothing about the other side provoking or declaring war...

Of course, no foolish wizard apprentice dared to question anything.

After seven or eight full-fledged wizards spoke with great enthusiasm, the three deans of the Black Tower Wizarding Academy stepped forward one by one.

The first to appear was the legendary academy headmaster, his body completely shrouded in a shadowy cloak, a massive, ancient, and solid blue stone sword on his back, as if he were carrying a giant cross. Grimm knew that this wizard was the powerful one residing in the upper floor of Master Peranos's building.

"During the war, my rule for you is that Black Tower must occupy more than 30 of the 200 resource points, otherwise... Black Tower Wizard Academy will forfeit this opportunity to study at the Holy Tower!" The deep voice echoed in the ears of every wizard apprentice.

hiss……

All the veteran wizard apprentices gasped in shock. Give up the opportunity to study at the Holy Tower? What had they been waiting for all these decades?

In an instant, all the powerful wizard apprentices went mad. Even Green couldn't help but change his expression, followed by a deep madness in his eyes.

Then, Master Peranos stepped forward, and his face, which looked like a stitched-together monster, came into view. The wizard apprentices, who had never seen Peranos before, gasped and felt a chill run down their spines.

"You all know the Guardian rules, right? During the war, I will be responsible for the three Guardian deployment rights, and I will try my best to cancel out the opposing Guardian deployment opportunities, or eliminate some of the troublesome ones on the other side!" Peranos smiled sinisterly. The mentor was not usually like this; it seemed that he was just playing along with the atmosphere.

The third dean of the college stepped forward.

The wizard was surrounded by a hazy white mist, making it impossible to see what was inside. Occasionally, there were even sounds of flowing water, dripping and tinkling, as if flowing in everyone's ears.

"I will be responsible for monitoring the rules of war. If any wizarding apprentices from the six academies escape from the designated area, I will be responsible for killing them. And if District 19 violates the rules of war by deploying official wizards or more than the required number of Guardians, the war will escalate to a full extent!" The voice was that of a woman, gentle yet firm.

After the three deans finished speaking, they all left, leaving only a few hundred wizards to continue making arrangements for the war.

It seems this war isn't just a matter between wizard apprentices; these wizards also have certain vested interests, which explains their usual enthusiasm for taking on apprentices and their current eagerness to plan the war. This leads Green to wonder if their mentors would also receive significant benefits if they, as wizard apprentices, secured a spot in the Holy Tower.

Otherwise, a few years ago, it wouldn't have been worth the effort of sending a level two wizard to hijack the Lilith Hut Wizarding Academy's ship just for two wizard apprentices with manifested talents (Yellow Li and Bibi Leona).

After a while.

Raffi, holding the map, frowned and said, "Our team has been assigned to this frontline resource point, a Chiwu mineral vein mining site."

Green, Binghamson, Robin, Jochrist, and Yorkriana all looked at the map in Raffi's hand.

"The front lines? The wizard really thinks highly of us. Apart from the fifteen mining sites concentrated in the very center of the map, these thirty-five front-line mines are the most dangerous!" Bingham complained.

Joklis laughed heartily, "I've heard from others that the wizarding apprentices of District 19 are all cowards and idiots. It's a good comparison to their achievements over the past few years. They actually dare to declare war? Hahaha..."

Yocris was completely unaware of the unspoken rules between regional colleges.

"Sister Laffey, I've put all the large quantities of magical contraptions you asked me to buy in the hut. They were all purchased at the Bloodsail Alliance's internal price," Yorkriana said timidly, still wearing her half-mask, her eyes constantly glancing furtively at Laffey's "disfigured" side of her face. Seeing Laffey's apparent indifference to the impact of her appearance, Yorkriana felt a surge of admiration for Laffey, while simultaneously feeling immense anger towards Bibi Leona.

"Okay, I understand."

Raffi flicked her long, dark brown hair, then suddenly frowned and said, "Later, each of us will be responsible for carrying some materials to the resource point. By the way, Green, do you like my short hair?"

"Uh? I don't care," Green replied, surprised, wondering why Raffi had suddenly asked that question.

Raffi said, "Oh, that's good. Long hair is a bit of a nuisance, even though it looks nice. It's not a problem usually, but it's a little uncomfortable now. I'll cut it a little shorter in a bit."

Everyone present was a close friend or relative. Bingham interjected, "Honey, I actually wanted to ask you something too…do you like me with a beard? I think I look more manly with one, don't you think?"

"If you grow a beard, we're separating!" Robin said viciously, then sighed, "Hopefully, the houses will assign us some good teammates, or at least fewer idiots."

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Green and his group of six, each carrying a large bag of materials for setting up large-scale magical restrictions, made their way through the Thorn Forest.

To reach the resource points in the war zone, one must first traverse a significant portion of the vast, thorny forest (which is irregularly shaped) for a month to reach the territory of the Ivory Castle Wizard Academy. Then, one must cross a mountain range called Daqipeng to arrive at a vast basin known as the Fallen Holy Site.

The more than a thousand resource points in this large basin are a resource-rich area jointly exploited by the Wizarding Academy of District 12 and District 19. Of course, the two regional wizarding academies are only fighting over two hundred of these resource points in this battle.

"stop!"

Raffi suddenly stopped and, after thinking for a moment, decisively said, "Let's take a detour. There's a giant crocodile pool ahead, which is a very dangerous place."

Green was taken aback.

Green had never heard of this creature before, all because he had never lacked magic stones and had never ventured into the Thorn Forest.

"Sister Raffi, look!" Yorkriana exclaimed in surprise, pointing to a green dragonfly about the size of an arm not far in front of her.

Bingham exclaimed, "Greenfly!"

The green dragonfly is roughly similar in appearance to a regular dragonfly, except it is much larger and has a funnel-shaped head used to extract the sap from certain special trees in the forest. It is a rare species. Of course, the true value of the green dragonfly for wizard apprentices lies in this: its body contains a trace of life-giving water, which greatly enhances the efficiency of a wizard apprentice's meditation.

"Don't panic! Joklis, you and I will work together to prevent this green dragonfly from escaping." Raffi calmly arranged the plan, slowly drawing back his longbow. As life energy surged in his hands, it formed an elemental arrow.

"Haha, I understand."

After a loud laugh, Yocris's body hair grew longer and his face protruded, making him look like he was activating bloodline witchcraft. Then, with a stomp of his foot, he disappeared from the spot with a whoosh.

A moment later, Yocris returned with the Green Dragonfly that had been shot dead by an arrow. Raffi tossed the Green Dragonfly to Green and said indifferently, "You are the most knowledgeable in potion-making here. Concoct six bottles of Meditation and Hearing Potion. The extra materials are yours."

Green, who had been keeping a low profile behind Raffi, took the Green Dragonfly and said in a deep voice, "No problem."

After thinking for a moment, Green took out a small bottle of potion and handed it to Joklis, saying, "You have a strong odor, which is probably one of the side effects of bloodline witchcraft. It attracts those blood-sucking insects. Try this potion I made."

Yoris looked at Green with surprise and said excitedly, "You want to be a pharmacist in the future? Haha, I have a lot of medicinal materials in my lab and I was wondering whether to sell them off at a low price. Now that's great, I'll give them all to you when we get back."

Upon learning that Green was a pharmacist, Robin was equally delighted and asked, "Green, what kind of potion could you make with these materials?"

After Green took the materials from Robin, his hand trembled involuntarily!

This is a bright red flower bud, only the size of a baby's palm, but in the center of the bud there is an eyeball that is moving, as if observing the world around it. Around the eyeball are tentacles and blood vessels that are slowly wriggling.

Green exclaimed in surprise, "Evil-eyed Milo!"

"Evil-eyed Melo? What's that?" Laffey, Joseph, Yorkriana, Binghamson, and Robin all asked involuntarily. Although the flower bud belonged to Robin, it was something they had discovered together during their previous expedition.

After taking a deep breath, Green exclaimed with delight, "The Evil-Eyed Mura is a core ingredient in the preparation of a high-grade lethal poison. It is an extremely precious plant, only ever seen in books, and is a rare species that is almost extinct in the wizarding world today."

"Poison?" Robin looked greatly disappointed; she had no need for poison.

However, Green's eyes burned with desire!

Four years of training his body with mixed poisons had given Green considerable resistance to most non-lethal toxins. With Green's knowledge of voodoo, he would have to start painstakingly researching the dosage of poisons suitable for his own constitution in at most a year. At that point, being able to train his body once a year would be quite good.

However, with this Evil Eye Miro, if Green successfully concocts the recorded poison, he won't have to worry about poisons for at least five years. Five years later, Green's physique will conservatively be over a hundred! (Green's physique's resistance to poison is getting stronger, and the frequency of his body tempering is gradually decreasing.) If he were in the underground world, Green could even become a first-level body tempering wizard with the help of dragons and some physique-enhancing magic!

Of course, such rapid progress is also thanks to the "dual cultivation and dual evolution" of Green cells.

This is not just about doubling the cultivation speed; more importantly, it saves Green a great deal of time researching new voodoo.

Because under the same voodoo resistance, Green's body is more adaptable to the same amount of voodoo, has a higher evolution efficiency and a wider range of choices, while ordinary mixed-poison body refiners need to calculate the effects of voodoo for a long time before daring to refine their bodies.

This timeframe is often calculated in months or years...

Based on this calculation, Green saved at least ten times the time required for the initial stages of the Mixed Poison Body Refinement! This is the fastest cultivation configuration within the Mixed Poison Body Refinement concept. (That is: cells rapidly weaken due to poisoning, then strengthen after adapting and gaining immunity, recover quickly, and immediately begin the next cultivation session, eliminating the extensive configuration, measurement, and preparation time required for Voodoo knowledge.)

Thinking of this, Green took out the small round bead he had just acquired, which was a gift from Senior Sister Youquan, and threw it at Robin: "The Evil Eye Miro is actually quite useful to me. There is an evil spirit sealed inside this bead. Let's trade."

"An evil spirit!" Robin exclaimed in surprise, looking incredulous and excited.

(End of this chapter)