"Counting the time, it's been more than a year since I left the academy."
Standing there, silently counting the time, Adil looked calm: "I don't know what the current situation of the academy is."
Before he left, Uraldo College was negotiating with several other wizard organizations to jointly develop the secret realm. Now that more than a year has passed, preliminary results should have been achieved.
"According to the last inquiry, the secret realm has begun to open. It has been so long and I don't know how far it has progressed." Adil thought in his mind.
When he was in the Ancient Armor City, Adil would occasionally leave to exchange some resources at distant resource points and inquire about some information. However, because he was focused on bloodline experiments, he didn't go out for a long time.
At least half a year has passed since the last time I went to inquire about information.
According to what Adil learned the last time he inquired about the news, the secret realm has undoubtedly begun to open up, and even various colleges have achieved many important results. From time to time, the remains of ancient wizards are unearthed, which makes a large number of wizards around them excited.
, want to participate in the exploration of the secret realm.
Taking into account the time and the distance from Gumodo Kingdom to the southern plains, this news was at least a year ago, and I don’t know what the situation will be like now.
"It should still be under development."
Standing there, silently cleaning up some things in the laboratory, this thought flashed through Adier's mind.
According to what Instructor Edith told him before leaving the academy, although this secret realm is only a small secret realm, it originated from the last years of the Glorious Era and contains the remnants of many ancient wizards.
The things left by ancient wizards are not so easy to obtain. There are definitely many powerful wizard formations and traps in them, which are difficult for today's wizards to solve. Otherwise, various colleges would not order other wizards to enter the secret realm.
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"Anyway, we can't wait any longer for the promotion of third-class apprentice. We must rush back to the academy as soon as possible."
Standing where he was, Adier said to himself: "It will take at least a few months to get from the ancient armored city to the academy. This period of time is just enough for me to strengthen the spiritual sea. After the academy prepares the corresponding resources,
You can start your promotion immediately."
"But before that, some things in the city must be dealt with properly."
Thinking of this, he put down what he was holding and walked out of the dark laboratory.
As soon as he walked out of the laboratory, the sunlight from the outside shone on his face, making him slightly uncomfortable.
He stood there silently for a while, and after he had fully adapted, Adil walked outside.
After the long experiment ended, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he took a good rest for a few days before starting to deal with the things he left behind one by one.
The first is the orcs who serve as guinea pigs.
After such a long time, the number of orcs in the manor has accumulated to hundreds, all of which have successfully survived Adil's experiments.
Not only are these orcs much stronger than other orcs, but there are also several bloodthirsty orcs among them, as well as a terrifying orc that is seven or eight meters tall and has a hint of silver on its skin.
It was the first bloodthirsty orc created by Adil. In the past six months, Adil had tried to insert some of the purified blood of Bronze Behemoth into his body.
Although it seems that because too little blood was injected into it, this bloodthirsty orc was not completely transformed into Behemoth, but at least it maintained its sanity and had 70% to 80% of the strength of the original bronze Behemoth.
With this kind of strength, as long as it doesn't cause many apprentices to surround you, you will basically not run into any danger.
After Adil left, these hundreds of orcs lost control and naturally could not easily stay in the city.
Therefore, he directly moved the hundreds of orcs outside the city and let them go deep into the mountains to survive on their own.
After dealing with these orcs, it will be much easier to arrange other things.
In more than a year, the few people who followed him have basically been resettled, with land and a stable life, and there is no need for him to deal with it anymore.
Adel had already become a high knight at this time, with the title of baron and some land given by Adil. He had already married and established a business in the ancient armor city, and he also did not need Adil's help in settling the matter.
He handed over his manor to the elderly butler Baglu, and asked Kosis and several familiar apprentices to help take care of it. Then he packed some things, took a few horses, and prepared to leave the city.
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In the early morning, the sun shines on the earth.
On the ancient trail, Adil was walking alone in the wilderness, with no one around him except two black horses.
He didn't tell anyone about his departure this time, and rode directly out of the city without anyone seeing him off.
Compared with the team of dozens of people when they came here, this time Adil was the only one left, walking alone in the deserted wilderness, and his thin figure looked a bit desolate.
When he reached a fork, he looked at the map in his hand, and then walked in a certain direction.
More than two months later.
Because he was traveling alone without anyone else to drag him down, Adil moved very quickly. At this time, he had left the eastern part of Gumodo Kingdom and was about to arrive at the Principality of Allen.
Occasionally, you will encounter some wild animals on the road, but they are not a threat to Adier. After half a month, a city is already in sight.
Riding on his horse and looking at the increasing number of pedestrians around him, Adil took out the yellowed map from his arms and began to check the surrounding cities.
After observing for a while, he put the map back and walked directly towards another trail.
After riding his horse for several hours, he came to a swamp.
There is a thick mist rising slowly around, with a slight fluctuation of mana.
Feeling this, Adil dismounted directly, tied the two horses around, and then walked towards the depths of the swamp.
Walking to the swamp, Adil paused for a moment, and the mana fluctuations on his body spread out directly.
The next moment, the surrounding vision began to change.
After feeling the mana fluctuations on Adier's body, the surrounding fog began to melt away, automatically revealing the sight behind him.
When the fog disappeared, Adil looked ahead again.
On the original swamp, a road paved with stone slabs was clearly revealed in front of it.
Looking at this road, Adil walked up without hesitation.
Ten minutes later, the stone-paved road began to disappear, and the front began to turn into land.
Not far away, a market appeared in front.
"Hello, this is the market managed by the Simi family. Please remember to maintain order."
Walking to the entrance of the market, a voice came from the side.
Following the sound, Adil looked to the side, where a small figure was squatting quietly.
It was a gray kitten that was only as long as an adult's forearm. It was lying quietly on a stone slab, looking at Adil with a pair of gray eyes.
"Uh, hello."
Looking at the cat at his feet, Adil was stunned for a moment before reacting.
He squatted down and looked at the kitten in front of him: "Are you the guardian here?"
"No, no, no, I'm not a guardian."
After hearing what Adier said, the kitten stood up lazily and looked very cute: "I just accepted the employment of the Simi family and am responsible for guarding the door here."
Standing in front of this kitten and listening to its words, Adil did not dare to underestimate him at all.
Under the detection of the chip, the opponent's body contained powerful high-energy radiation, the level of which was comparable to that of a third-class apprentice.
After thinking for a while, he spoke again: "Where can I find the latest news here?"
While speaking, he took out a magic stone and handed it directly to the front.
Looking at the magic stone, the kitten's eyes lit up and he bit the magic stone in one bite.
"Yes, you are much more generous than those guys who look gloomy, and each of them refuses to give me even a little bit of cat food."
Looking at Adier, chewing the magic stone in his mouth, the kitten complained.
"If you want to know any news, just ask me. At least I will be the first to know a lot of the news here." After chewing the magic stone in his mouth, Mao Mao looked at Adil and said.
"I want to know something about the secret realm."
Standing there, Adil showed a smile on his face: "I heard that a secret realm from the glorious age appeared in the southern continent. I don't know what the situation is now."
This question is very common.
Now that the news of the secret realm has spread all over the place, wizards in many places already know about it, so it won't be strange at all to ask this question.
But after listening to Adil's question, Mao Mao glanced at him and looked at him with a strange look: "Your news is out of date, and the secret realm is now closed."
"It's closed?" After hearing the news, Adil was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask: "Why is it closed? It's only been almost two years since the secret realm was discovered..."
According to common sense, it would take at least five or six years to fully explore a wizard's secret realm, even if it is a small one.
Not to mention that the secret realm that appears this time is from the Glorious Era. There are many witch formations arranged by ancient wizards in the secret realm. It will only take longer to thoroughly analyze them.
"Who knows..."
Looking at Adil, Mao Mao continued to lie down: "Maybe it's because he discovered something extraordinary, or maybe there was some other accident. Who knows?"
Listening to these words, Adil thought thoughtfully: "So, do you know what is happening now with the colleges that participated in the development of the secret realm?"
While talking, he continued to take out two magic stones and quietly placed them in front of the kitten.
"I don't know. I heard that we suffered heavy losses."
Looking at the magic stone in front of him, the little cat bit it down directly, usually chewing it in his mouth, and said: "Those wizard organizations that participated in the development of the secret realm are basically closed down now, and I don't know if they have encountered