Black Hearted Mage
Chapter 61 Spring is Coming
In the small upstairs drawing room, a fire roared in the fireplace, filling the room with warm air. The charcoal was high-quality, made from hardwood, and produced no smoke, only a light woody aroma.
Caesars and Joanna sat opposite each other, and there were only the two of them.
"Madam, I want to tell you the latest news. There may be a great undead magician in the Saint Laurent Empire. As to whether it is related to the Saint Laurent Church, it is not yet certain!" Caesars said seriously.
Joanna's expression changed slightly upon hearing the news, but she didn't show any surprise. She seemed to know something about necromancers, so she wasn't surprised.
"Caesar, how did you know this news?" Joanna asked puzzledly.
Kaisas took a deep breath and said, "There's a prisoner in the Black Prison. An alchemical bomb and possibly a magic array have been stuffed into his body, but strangely, he's still alive and well. More importantly, he's lost his sense of pain, his soul is no longer intact, and even his testicles have been removed!"
"I've known about the necromancer for over ten years. He's from the Northern Tower, a great dark wizard, and his power is no less than that of old Roman. Over three hundred years ago, he discovered a magical notebook in a tomb containing records of necromancy."
Joanna slowly recounted what she knew: Over three hundred years ago, there was a magician named Sandro in the North Tower. He was so low-key that many people in the North Tower didn't even know there was such a great magician around them.
Sandro stumbled upon fragments of a tomb in an ancient tome in the library tower. These words piqued his interest, for they mentioned a place south of Blackrock Mountain that might hold a great secret. Intrigued by this mysterious tomb, Sandro decided to explore it himself.
In order to find the exact location of the tomb, Sandro invested a lot of time and energy. He consulted countless books and historical records, trying to piece together complete information about the tomb.
During this process, he not only studied hard in the library inside the Northland Tower, but also traveled to various places such as the Roland Empire and the Violet Alliance to find more clues about this tomb.
After nearly ten years of hard research, Sandro finally obtained enough clues to determine the specific location of the mysterious tomb.
For the next five years, he devoted all his efforts to preparing for the tomb exploration. However, Sandro, a loner, did not tell anyone about his plan, including the other members of the North Tower. He prepared everything alone and silently, without seeking any help.
After all the preparations were completed, Sandro resolutely embarked on the journey of excavating the ancient wizard's tomb. He went alone, carrying his own bag and tools, into the vast southern part of Blackrock Mountain.
Time passed, decades went by, and when Sandro reappeared in people's sight, he had successfully transformed into a powerful necromancer, and his mastery of necromancy had reached its peak. However, he gradually strayed from the right path and fell into an obsessive research and exploration of immortality.
At first, Sandro only secretly dug up some corpses to meet his experimental needs, but as time went on, his behavior became more extreme. He was no longer satisfied with just digging up the dead, but began to actively kill ordinary people, mercenaries, and even entire mercenary teams, just to obtain more experimental materials.
Later, Sandro made a daring attempt to enter the Kingdom of the Thornflower, hoping to obtain its precious resources. However, his ignorance and recklessness nearly cost him his life outside the crater. This adventure left Sandro severely injured, his strength significantly reduced, and his level dropped several levels.
Eventually, Sandro's whereabouts were discovered, and his image was transmitted back to the North Tower. Just as the people were preparing to encircle and eliminate this dangerous necromancer, he suddenly disappeared without a trace. Since then, no one has seen Sandro again, and all news of him has been lost.
As for the matter of the Great Undead Mage, Caesars doesn't need to consider it for the time being, as the gap in strength between the two is too big.
"Ma'am, you take this, but you have to keep it secret!"
Kaisas took out a golden ginseng, which was not very big and had lush green leaves.
"Golden ginseng! Where did it come from?"
There was surprise in Joanna's tone and eagerness in her eyes.
“I dug it myself!”
"Can you leave the crater?"
"Yes, you can come and go freely!"
Caesars gave Joanna the golden ginseng because she had taken good care of him in the past. The first box of gold coins he received was also given to him by Joanna.
The great magician has no shortage of gold coins, but she lacks rare herbs.
"Can this golden ginseng still be planted with leaves?"
Joanna had a bizarre idea and she asked Caesar about it.
"It's impossible to plant it. Don't destroy the golden ginseng. Although golden ginseng is grown in the crater, its growing environment is extremely special. Moreover, a golden ginseng this large would take more than a hundred years to grow!"
Golden ginseng is very difficult to grow. It requires elemental magic arrays to provide magical energy, tall trees to block the sun, and wind to blow through. Golden ginseng is also very sensitive to temperature. If it is too cold or too hot, it will stop growing.
"Ugh!"
With a sigh, Joanna put the golden ginseng into her storage ring.
"Ma'am, I will bring you two more golden ginseng next time, but I have to wait until I am promoted to a senior magician!"
In the west of the crater, the elven elders stipulated that one must reach a high-level profession before going out on an expedition alone, and Caesars must also abide by this rule.
"Kaisas, you carry such precious and rare herbs, aren't you afraid of encountering danger on the road?"
"Ma'am, you underestimate the crater, and you also underestimate my life-saving methods. I have a powerful and deadly potion made from the venom of the golden-eyed black demon snake. Even a great magician can be poisoned to death if he is caught off guard. I also have a powerful alchemical bomb. The high temperature generated by the explosion can melt heavy magic steel armor in an instant!"
Joanna fell silent, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. She couldn't understand why the elves of the crater would be so generous in giving Caesars so many life-saving items. She knew that resources were limited in this world, yet Caesars had received such a dangerous gift.
Kaisas immersed himself in training, absorbing the magic energy from the magic crystal day and night. Every time the magic energy surged into his body, he felt an indescribable pain. His magic sea seemed to be stretched, repeatedly bearing the impact of the magic energy, even producing waves of stinging pain. Despite this, he gritted his teeth and persevered, knowing that this was the only way to improve his strength.
After nearly four months of hard work, Kaisas finally succeeded in consuming more than two hundred low-level magic crystals, pushing his magic level to the late stage of low-level magic. This meant that he was only one step away from becoming an intermediate magician.
Although the winter is long, it will eventually pass.
As the ice and snow gradually melted and the breath of spring filled the air, Joanna had quietly left Fire Maple City. She left a letter to Caesars, expressing her best wishes to him and telling him that he could contact her at any time if he needed help.
Caesars decided to remain with the Cavill family, waiting to be promoted to an intermediate magician before leaving. The promotion wasn't difficult, but he needed to be fully prepared. He drank his two remaining bottles of physical enhancement potion, hoping to increase his physical strength and the toughness of his magic sea.
After drinking the physical enhancement potion, Kaisas needed to wait patiently for a month for the potion to take effect. During this time, he still maintained a high level of spell practice, constantly cultivating and improving his strength.
"Why hasn't Caesar left yet?"
In the early morning, old Joey was once again awakened by the sound of a spell hitting a magic steel target. He stood at the window in his pajamas, watching his nephew running non-stop, casting spells again and again as he ran.
Kaisas's casting speed was very fast, and the spells flew even faster, causing the magic steel target to shake from the impact.
From another window on the second floor of the house, a figure in pajamas was watching. It was Avril, the magic apprentice of the Cavill family. Her face was filled with amazement. She had never seen anyone cast a spell so violently, not even the teachers at the magic academy could do it.
Brute force spellcasting has both advantages and disadvantages. Spells can reach their targets faster, making it harder for enemies to dodge. However, the disadvantages are also significant. Prolonged, brute force spellcasting can cause irreversible damage to the demonic veins.
"Kaesas, don't you feel the stinging sensation in your magic veins when you cast spells so violently?" Avril pushed open the window and shouted loudly.
Kaisas was almost out of magic power, so he stopped casting spells and stopped running. Kaisas felt that as long as he could fill up the magic sea, he should be able to advance.
"Avril, as long as your body is strong enough, this kind of spellcasting won't have any effect on your body!"
The magic apprentice was surprised. What Caesars said was true, but how strong could a magician's body be? Magicians needed to sit and meditate for long periods of time, and their physical strength was not as good as that of ordinary people, let alone violent spellcasting.
"I should wash up and go to the magic academy!" Avril said as she closed the window. The early spring morning was still a little chilly.
"Finally it stopped. I should get some more sleep!"
Old Joey, in his pajamas, muttered softly as he climbed back into bed and burrowed into the warm quilt.
A few days later, in the small courtyard where the Cavill family lived, various magical elements were fluctuating violently. Avril had already gone to the magic academy, and the others were ordinary people, so they could not sense the existence of magical elements at all.
The promotion to intermediate magician went very smoothly, but at this moment, Caesar encountered some problems. He felt his whole body burning hot, and the unbearable itching made him scratch constantly.
Suddenly, a palm-sized piece of dead skin as thin as a cicada's wing was torn off from Caesar's body. Strangely, the area where the dead skin was torn off no longer itched, while the rest of the body was still itchy and unbearable.
"Oh my god, I'm actually starting to shed my skin too!"
After the dead skin fell to the ground, Caesars immediately tore off another large piece. He hurriedly took off his robe and carefully peeled off the dead skin on the surface of his skin. As the dead skin peeled off, the exposed skin became whiter and more delicate, like a baby's.
The little black snake emerged from under Caesar's clothes and nimbly swam onto the carpet. Using its dark, slender body, it slowly gathered the scattered dead skin and then coiled itself over it.
Kaisas was surprised that the little black snake could actually build a nest. In his memory, only adult female snakes could build nests.
Caesars tore off all the dead skin from his body and quickly put on his robe. He put all the dead skin into a linen pocket, and without Caesars's command, the little black snake crawled into the pocket by itself.
He simply packed up his things and prepared to leave Huofeng City, but before that he needed to take a shower.
Caesars came to the backyard, where there was a well and a small stone pool beside it. This was where the maids washed clothes, and there was no problem bathing in the stone pool.
This well is very old, and the wide stone slabs on the ground around it have been worn to a delicate texture by the maid's footsteps.
Fortunately, it is a mechanical pressure water well, otherwise it would be exhausting and sweating to fill an entire pool with water using a wooden bucket.
"Master Caesar, do you need help?" Caesar's personal maid Vera came over and asked.
“No, I want to take a shower here, you can come over!
"Master, do you want to take a bath with cold well water?" the maid asked with some confusion.
"I'm a magician, I'm not afraid of the cold well water. Vera, you just go ahead and guard it!"
"Okay, Master!"
Caesars found a large piece of animal skin and hung it on the clothesline, just enough to block other people's prying eyes.
When the pool was half full, Caesars stripped naked and sat in it. The water didn't feel icy cold, just a little chilly. He was thinking about where to go first after leaving Fire Maple City.
According to the time calculation, the mercenary team should have entered the volcanic area in the southernmost part of the continent, and Caesars would definitely not be able to catch up.
Only Rodman knew the safe route to the volcanoes, a path hidden under shallow water. Others didn't dare cross the swamp, let alone the volcanoes.
Caesars decided to buy Patton Black Tea first, then return to Violet City and wait for Rodman at the Thorn Flower Merchants. The Safin family's cream puffs would have to wait until autumn, and 80,000 kilograms was no small sum.
After everything was planned, Caesars began to wash his long hair, which still had a lot of dead skin left in it.
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