Black Tower Secret Realm

Chapter 91 The Black Tower Secret Realm (Part 1)

In the square of the Black Tower Wizarding Academy, presided over by the Dean himself upstairs in Peranos, all the wizarding apprentices who had paid one hundred badges entered the giant scale.

There were about ninety wizard apprentices standing on this side of the scale. Soram, the wizard apprentice who was ranked ninth among the top ten wizards at the time, was also among them. Among the new generation, there were also three others: Amrond, Belle, and Yunli. Bibiliona was nowhere to be seen.

(Both Raffi and Bibiliona were injured, which delayed Bibiliona's badge collection. Raffi was initially unaware of the situation.)

As for the ten most skilled wizard apprentices of the older generation, aside from the three who perished, the rest all came to the scales, striving to gain something in the Black Tower's secret realm. Among them were Aldas, the Sword of Light; Seni, the Ice Soul of Winter; and Rhoga, the Twin of Water and Earth. Half of the former ten masters of Black Tower had changed after this war. Besides the three who died, two other wizard apprentices rose to the top based on their achievements, one of whom was Soram. (Gade was killed by Grin, and no one knew that Soram survived among the Academy's guardians through his immortality.)

"Green".

Soram’s voice came from behind Green, his tone was calm, and he seemed not to be surprised at all by Green’s change of clothes.

"Um?"

Not daring to waste any time and calculating the explosive fire spell without stopping for a moment, Grimm turned around, his eyes looking at Soram with a puzzled expression beneath his pale mask.

Soram's eyes only showed a hint of "humanity" when he looked at people within the Bloodsail Alliance; to outsiders, he was excessively calm and indifferent.

As for why, nobody knows.

But every time Green saw Solem, he could vaguely sense the chilling coldness deep within him, along with an indescribable loneliness. It seemed that this seemingly powerful wizard apprentice was nothing more than a little child huddled in a corner during winter, coldly watching passersby.

Shaking his head, Green dismissed his random thoughts.

Perhaps, the child huddled in a corner that winter, watching passersby... was myself when I was just beginning to have memories? Who are my parents? Why am I in Bisserl? These all seem like mysteries, as if I were an anomaly who appeared out of nowhere in this world.

Of course, Green didn't think he had any exaggerated backstory like in biographical novels. Most likely, he was just a poor little guy abandoned by a poor couple.

Perhaps, deep down everyone has a secret desire. When Green was with Old Ham, he also fantasized that maybe he was a descendant of some wizard? Or perhaps he was like the protagonist in a biographical novel who had lost his memory?

He chuckled inwardly, feeling naive about his own pointless thoughts.

Does one's background really matter that much?

Soram walked to Green's side and stood next to him, slowly saying, "Why is it that every time I see you, you seem so ordinary, yet I feel more and more that I can't ignore you? It's like a monster sleeping beside me, making me feel confused yet also a little excited."

monster?

Green said calmly, "My friends might think I'm a monster. But to a genius like you, I'm just a beast in the making."

Soram clearly wanted to say something more, but with a tremor of the scales beneath his feet and a distortion of the surrounding space, after the feeling of his body being stretched into a noodle, Green's vision blurred and he found himself standing in an unfamiliar place.

Hmm? Is this the Blacksota Secret Realm?

The absence of dizziness and nausea during the newbie trials is one of the benefits of high stamina.

Looking at the gray sky around him, Green felt the chaotic and violent elemental forces in the air, as if the natural forces between heaven and earth had lost the constraints of certain rules, and the natural rules of changing seasons, sunshine and rain, and day and night were missing.

"This feeling is somewhat similar to the feeling in the third secret realm during the newcomer trial, but not exactly the same. Is this what the world looks like after it is shattered? Is it missing some of the fixed rules and themes of a world?" Green wondered to himself.

According to Professor Peranos, after the first great war between the wizarding civilization and the alien civilization in ancient times, a world surrounding the wizarding world was completely shattered, and since then, those fragments of the shattered world have been residing around the wizarding world.

So...

After the Second Great War between the Wizarding Civilization and the Alien Civilization, when the great True Spirit Wizard who sacrificed his life used the Lever of Fate to move the entire Wizarding World, did these fragments of the world attached to the Wizarding World also move along with it to this unknown, unfamiliar, and endless world space?

Green's eyes, hidden beneath his pale mask, gleamed with intelligence. He suddenly moved his foot away, looking at the damp earth that had just rolled beneath his feet.

"Hmm? This creature..."

This is a streamlined "earthworm" with a black body. It has a small sucker similar to a fly on its mouth, which is constantly rolling around in the soil. Its body is covered with short, black tentacles, and it emits a faint fishy smell.

"This is... a horsehair worm? There are ancient creatures here that have long been extinct in the wizarding world!" Green's voice was somewhat surprised, because according to the book, this ancient creature called a horsehair worm has a thread of misfortune in its body, which is said to be a top-grade auxiliary material for curse wizards to cast certain specific curse spells.

and……

Some of the unique habits of this creature are also worth studying.

Almost without hesitation, Grinch swiftly grabbed the horsehair worm by the head and began a prolonged tug-of-war. After a good half hourglass period, Grinch finally pulled the horsehair worm out of the damp soil, then stared in stunned disbelief.

Why is it so long? Could it be due to self-evolution or some kind of mutation?

It's no wonder Green looked so shocked, because the horsehair worm in front of him was over twenty meters long, but its entire body was only as thick as a baby's arm. According to the book, horsehair worms are usually only three to five meters long.

Astonished as he was, Green showed no mercy. In a flash, he had prepared a simple specimen of the horsehair worm, then, pulling on one end, he carefully stuffed it into a disposable spatial bag. The bag seemed like a bottomless pit; in moments, the entire horsehair worm specimen was inside. (The disposable spatial bag could only hold things; if you tried to take things out, it would be completely destroyed.)

Having already made some gains upon arriving at the Black Tower Secret Realm, Green was in a good mood.

Looking at the towering trees a hundred meters away, which appeared somewhat ferocious, dark, and twisted under the dim sky, it seemed that these plants were also undergoing some unknown evolution and mutation in this fragment of a world with chaotic rules.

After thinking for a moment, Green flew towards the boundless, twisted forest.

This is a fragment of a world ruled by the Lord of the Black Tower. Over countless years, all powerful beings have been raised as soul servants by the Lord, so Grimm isn't too worried. If he encounters any danger, he'll simply be thrown out of this world fragment by the Lord's soul servants.

Of course, if a wizard apprentice is unlucky enough to be killed by a native creature in this fragment of the world, then he can only blame his bad luck. After all, every opportunity comes with danger, and the Lord of Black Tower is not the babysitter or butler for these wizard apprentices.

Green had only flown away for a moment when a huge figure, five meters tall, rushed from afar toward the spot where Green had just been standing.

This is a two-headed dog!

"Strange, there were some changes in natural forces and space just now, so why can't I smell the target's scent?" one of the two-headed dogs muttered.

Another head bared its fangs and growled, "See this footprint? Hmph, this target is cunning, able to conceal its scent. Call out all the night owls here, let's finish the mission quickly so we can get some rest."

Coo, coo, coo...

A moment later, a dark owl flew over from a distance, followed by two white flying snakes with transparent wings.

After observing their surroundings for a while, these soul servants of the Black Tower Lord also flew towards the boundless, twisted forest without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)