Wizard: Surviving in the Steam Age with Points for Demon Hunter

Chapter 424: Epochal Magic Pattern
Wei En observed for a moment, frowned and said:

"Before they died, their original power was gone..."

Salvatore nodded slightly and whispered that it must be the "Source Soul Seed" that devoured their original power.

"I don't know which idiot from the Shadow School made the decision this time. He started a war without even figuring out who the enemy is..."

Luciano jumped up and down, cursing, "You don't have the wisdom and calmness that wizards should have!"

Wei En looked at its actions and the foul language it was saying, and opened his mouth but was unable to say anything.

It seems that the wizards in the Ghost School are also a little abnormal.

"You are right. The wizards of the Shadow School have indeed been walking on the wrong path for a long time."

Alicia Mega said lightly: "The current situation is very troublesome. Once a certain 'Source Soul' grows up, it will be a threat to everyone."

"Then find them and kill them!"

"I'm afraid they've already gone into hiding..."

The legendary wizards spoke one after another to outline the general scene and outcome of the battle.

The entire battle process was almost one-sided. Those shadow creatures controlled by the "Source Soul Seed" seemed to have encountered little obstacles and advanced directly to the inland city-state.

"They're right in front!"

Salvatore's eyes passed over the ruins of a city-state, and his spiritual perception spread to a distant distance. He vaguely saw excited "people" hiding among the dark shadow creatures.

"Chase them and destroy them!"

"go!"

As they spoke, the wizards dodged deep into the southern continent.

Compared with the dotted islands in the deep sea, the traces of destruction by the shadow creatures on land are more obvious.

Wayne, Salvatore and others shuttled through these ruins. It was obvious that this place was once prosperous, but now there was only deathly silence.

Broken stone pillars and collapsed houses can be seen everywhere among the broken walls, all of which tell of the brutality of the previous battle.

Many ordinary people's bodies were buried under the wreckage.

Even though Wei En and others were used to seeing life and death, they rarely saw so many civilians being killed.

Most of the time, they killed extraordinary people or deep-sea species.

Especially Wei En, the number of ordinary people who died at his hands can be counted on one hand.

"these people……"

There was a tremor in Alicia's voice. She was a wizard from the School of Spiritual Mysticism. The area within the tower was much more peaceful than that of ghosts and blood spirits.

Seeing this scene, his face looked extremely ugly.

Wei En pursed his lips, his eyes penetrated the wreckage and ruins. Under the coverage of spiritual perception and original power, everything here was clearly visible to him.

Suddenly, his eyes focused and he took a step and appeared a thousand meters away.

"come here."

I saw some symbols written in blood on a wall. These symbols were strange and twisted, and they did not look like runes of runes or alchemy.

Wei En had never seen a mark like this before. He turned around and looked at Salvatore and the others and asked, "Is this left by the 'Source Soul Seed'?"

Salvatore walked closer and looked carefully, and a crystal mark vaguely appeared in the flickering eyes.

"Does this look like the inheritance of the Turing Empire in the Third Era?" Alicia suddenly asked.

Salvatore nodded: "Yes, it is the magic pattern that Leonard from the Turing Empire is good at."

"Magic patterns?" Wei En asked doubtfully, "Are there still magic patterns in this world?"

"Of course there is, Runeology..." Salvatore glanced at Alicia and said hesitantly, "Runeology is derived from magic runes, and it is a unique knowledge system for wizards."

"In fact, even the study of runes was derived from the study of magic patterns, but few people use magic patterns now."

"Then this..." Wei En pointed at the mark on the wall and asked, "What does it represent?"

Salvatore shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. "I think it was left by the 'Source Soul Seed'."

"Then destroy it!"

Giovanni Draco, a wizard from the Blood Spirit School, gathered blood energy into his fist and punched the wall into pieces.

"If we destroy the things we don't understand, we won't have to worry so much."

Salvatore frowned slightly and did not respond to him.

The others also looked at the remains of the wall in silence.

"What's wrong with you?" Giovanni Draco noticed their expressions, his face froze, and he asked curiously, "Aren't you leaving?"

“Look behind you!”

Giovanni Dracula quickly turned around to look.

I saw that the damaged wall was restored to its original state again, and the marks on it also appeared clearly, as if nothing had happened before.

"Here, what's going on?"

After a moment of hesitation, Giovanni Draco raised his fist and punched it again, "I don't believe it can be restored infinitely!"

boom!
With the explosion of the punch, not only did the wall disappear, but a huge pit tens of meters deep appeared underneath.

This shows how powerful Giovanni Dracula's punch was.

But before he could smile, he saw the entire ground quickly become flat again, and then the wall reappeared.

"This……"

"Don't attack yet!"

Salvatore glanced towards the south and knew that the shadowy creatures were still moving south and there was still some time left.

Then he activated his innate ability and adjusted the time to before the wall was restored.

However, the next moment, the wall mysteriously reappeared, and overall it was no different from before.

"Is this the power of the magic pattern?" Wayne frowned and watched. Such a strange scene made him recall the time when Chief Vaklav used his talent to restore the casualties and traces of destruction on Alexei Island.

"I'm afraid this is more difficult than we thought."

Salvatore observed it for a while again, thinking of the contents of some epoch relics he had seen before, he frowned and said:

"This is the mark left by the 'Source Soul Seed' for sure!"

"And it's not just an ordinary magic mark, but a mark marked by the 'Source of Chaos'."

"You mean those 'source souls' outside the 'Clothes of the World'?"

"It seems so," Salvatore nodded, his expression becoming more serious.

"It is not a coincidence that those 'Source Soul Seeds' appeared during this 'Deep Sea Doomsday'."

"There must be a deeper purpose hidden behind this!"

"Could it be that just like the 'Lord of Truth and Slaughter' McAllister, these 'Source Soul Seeds' are not meant to grow into 'Source Souls' like those of the Second Era?"

Wei En suddenly thought of the master worshipped by the Twilight Cult and proposed a hypothesis:
"Is it possible that their goal is to lead a certain 'source soul' to this world?"

"We can't rule out this possibility." Salvatore thought for a few seconds and said, "Anyway, let's first look for similar marks in the ruins of other city-states. I need to confirm more information."

Wei En observed the mark for a few seconds and continued, "Legend of Sarai, perhaps this mark is not unsolvable."

"Oh?" "I'll try."

Under the curious gazes of the wizards, Wei En summoned ghosts and other original sub-bodies and directly let them cast the [Soul-Eating Spell].

The heads of the dozen or so original sub-bodies suddenly swelled several times in size and instantly pounced on the wall engraved with magic patterns.

The next second, the wall was completely swallowed up by the ghosts.

[Your Origin Sub-body devours part of the Origin Soul Mark, and your Origin Power is partially increased. Comment: Oh? Oh, you can also destroy the Origin Soul Power in this way, awesome.

Special rewards: Survival points +2000, origin +20. 】

Partially swallowed?

Before Wayne could think, he saw the wall appear again, as if it had been teleported from nothingness across layers of space.

"Interesting." Wayne smiled.

"Your original power has increased?" Salvatore was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this possible?"

"There is an improvement, and it's quite a bit. You can try it too."

Wei En gestured to several of the Ghost's mystical wizards and said with a smile, "I feel like this mark should last a long time."

"Is it okay?" Luciano and others looked at Salvatore, waiting for him to speak.

"Let's do it together."

Salvatore thought about it and realized that since it could enhance his own original power and was obtained through the soul-devouring spell, there should be no mark left.

As they spoke, several members of the Ghost School took action one after another.

Not long after, after about four mystical wizards had devoured the wall five times each, the wall completely disappeared.

"The strength has increased a little bit." Luciano laughed.

"Me too."

"That's good to see an improvement," Salvatore smiled and waved, "Keep exploring, and swallow whatever you find!"

Next, a group of wizards chased those "Source Soul Seeds" while searching for similar magic runes.

"I now understand why the Ghost School is the most powerful of the five major wizard schools."

"Yes," exclaimed Giovanni Dracula:

“Although our Blood Spirit School can use some special methods to increase our original power, that comes at a huge price, and we may even die at the hands of the Church of Dawn…”

"This is the difference between the founders of the school. Just like the Shadow School, they found the body of the Shadow Lord and can only enhance their original power through Him."

Alicia Mejia said calmly: "But no matter which method you use, your own strength is still the key."

"Runes, spell levels, and source power are all indispensable."

"Even if the Ghost School's wizards' original power grows rapidly, there will still be significant shortcomings."

Salvatore nodded when he heard this: "Wizard Alicia is right. The inheritance of the wizard system is the key, and it also depends on the individual's talent and growth."

"For example, Wayne..."

Wei En was stunned for a moment, then he understood and said in silence: "Legendary Sarai praised me, I just have some advantages in runeology."

"This alone is already better than most wizards. Moreover, you also have the ability to improve spell runes."

Alicia Mega did not envy the ghost wizard, but she had to admire the young wizard Wayne.

Especially when problems were discovered with the rune marks before, no one could compare to this since the Divine Forbidden Era.

After all, before him, no wizard would question whether there was a problem with the spell runes he inherited.

"luck……"

Although Salvatore and others stopped and walked, they still caught up with the "Source Soul Seed" team near dusk.

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Wei En stepped over and, without any hesitation, used the corpses around him to cast [Corpse Explosion]!
[You used the corpse explosion technique to kill the director-level "Source Soul Seed", and the undead origin successfully eroded part of the chaos origin. Comment: Swallow them!

Special rewards: survival points +1000, origin +10, spiritual level +10, toughness level +10. 】

[You used the corpse explosion to kill the legendary "Source Soul Seed", and the undead origin successfully eroded part of the chaos origin.

Special rewards: survival points +10000, origin +100, spiritual level +100, toughness level +100. 】

【…】

[You used Corpse Explosion to kill the Director-level "Source Soul", and the Undead Origin successfully eroded part of the Chaos Origin. Evaluation... Special Rewards: Survival Points +5000, Origin +50, Spirit Level +50, Resilience Level +50. ]

In the blink of an eye, large areas of "Source Soul Seeds" were cleared out by Wei En's [Corpse Explosion Technique].

Even the weak "source soul" hidden in it was directly shattered by his corpse explosion technique.

"Great! Reinforcements are coming. Let's hold on!"

"It's wizards, those wizards?!"

"Thank you, Master Wizard, for the rescue. Thank you..."

Not far from these "Source Soul Seeds" were the city-state residents who had fled all the way from the North Bank city-state. They looked excited and many of them knelt down.

And those extraordinary beings who were responsible for protecting them seemed to be greatly encouraged at this time. They fought more bravely with the "Source Soul Seeds" in the hope of killing them all.

"Damn it! Don't let him kill the 'Source Soul' masters!"

"kill him!"

"Kill that damn wizard!"

"..."

Seeing Wei En slaughtering like this, the still numerous "Source Soul Seeds" no longer cared about devouring the human extraordinary people in the southern continent and rushed towards him one after another.

However, doing so would only make Wei En very happy——

He looked at the "Source Soul Seeds" that were surrounding him, a smile appeared on his calm face, and when he stepped out, Ling Mi cast several [Flash] spells, leaving hundreds of phantom clones in place.

Wei En threw more corpses into the place where the "Source Soul Seeds" gathered, flashing away while casting [Corpse Explosion].

At the same time, ghosts and other original sub-bodies did not forget to "clean up" the battlefield, casting the [Soul-Eating Spell] to directly devour those exploded "Source Soul Seeds".

[You use the Soul Devouring Spell to devour substances with the origin of "chaos", and your origin power is partially improved. Evaluation: Not as fast as the magic pattern. Special reward: origin +1. ]

【…】

[You use the Soul Devouring Spell to devour the weak "Source Soul"... Special Reward: Source +100. ]

In less than ten minutes, the tail of the "Source Soul Seed" army was cleared out by Wei En.

"Haha...give me some more!!"

Wei En's red eyes were crystal clear, as if he was filled with murderous intent, and he actually burst into laughter.

At the same time, Salvatore and others also took action and stood in front of the shadow wizard and the city-state's extraordinary people.

"Yes, is it the 'First Legendary Wizard Under Demigod' Salvatore Samuel Capo?"

The shadow wizards in grey wizard robes looked excited. They had already recognized the origins of these people, and their barely supported bodies instantly relaxed.

"That's great."

"I, we are saved..."

(End of this chapter)