Black Hearted Mage
Chapter 78 Revenge 4
In the Bano family's backyard, a strange bonfire was lit. The blazing flames were pale white, with no smoke rising. What was burning was not firewood, but the corpses of several monsters.
The little black snake had eaten its fill today. It coiled up beside the campfire, staring at it with its small eyes, as if it liked the pale flame very much.
"Kaesas, it's so smart!" Rad exclaimed as he looked at the little black snake.
Today, the little black snake went to the Viscount's mansion to poison. After pouring out the deadly potion, it also bit the empty crystal bottle in its mouth and brought it back. This made Rad a little unbelievable.
"Of course, it does whatever I say. If it feels that the people next to me are not in danger, it will not issue a warning or attack. It will only attack if I give an order!" Caesars explained.
"Can I command it?" Rad asked cautiously. He also wanted to own a smart black magic snake.
"Radi, you know it won't pay any attention to you!" Caesars replied with a smile.
"Will it be okay if it eats the magic core?" Rad asked another question.
"You old man, you're worrying about nothing. You know better than us whether it's edible or not. The Golden-Eyed Black Demonic Snake is a high-level demonic beast. It feeds on low-level demonic cores. Dark demonic cores are helpful for its growth!"
At this moment, screams were heard from the courtyard next door, some of them quite exaggerated. Caesars immediately grabbed the little black snake and put it into his animal hide bag. He had just sensed the magical fluctuations on the other side of the wall.
"Rad, there seems to be a magician coming over here, and he is performing magic detection!"
"Kaisas, can they find out anything?" asked the old Rad in a low voice. He was a little worried.
"Unless a great alchemist comes, nothing will be found out!"
In the backyard of Viscount Bruce's mansion, there is a row of sturdy wooden houses next to the tall wall, which serve as the stables and kennels of the Viscount Bruce's mansion.
Violet City is located in the south of Roland Continent. Due to the climate and temperature, the wooden houses are all semi-open. At a glance, you can see the dead, strong horses and the completely stiff bodies of jungle hounds.
"My BMW, my bush dog!"
Viscount Bruce's face showed a painful expression, as if he had suffered a great shock. He put one hand on his chest and let out a high-pitched and shrill scream: "Ah... my beloved horses, my darlings!"
However, despite his strenuous performance, his pace was unusually honest—he stopped more than ten meters away from the stable, not daring to move any closer.
Standing nearby, Master Joseph gazed at Bruce with disdain and contempt. If it weren't for the need to give Earl Leonard a break, he wouldn't have bothered to come over and inspect the pile of corpses. He muttered to himself, "What a coward! He doesn't even dare to get close."
Master Joseph first used the poison detection spell to carefully survey the surrounding environment. After confirming that it was safe, he put on the alchemical mask and a pair of soft leather gloves.
Joseph then said loudly, "Everyone, please retreat to a farther location. There's still some unknown toxin lingering here. Based on the current situation, it's almost certain that these horses and hounds were poisoned. I need to collect some samples and bring them back to the alchemy lab for detailed testing!"
As a seasoned alchemist, Joseph had to be extra cautious. After all, the toxin here was incredibly strange. It seemed to be an extremely potent and potent poison, surprisingly not causing any adverse effects on the surrounding vegetation, but instead killing all the horses and hounds.
Faced with this mysterious toxin, Joseph couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity and vigilance. The horses couldn't neigh after being poisoned, and the hunting dogs, with their keen sense of smell, couldn't bark after being poisoned. Everything was beyond Joseph's expectations.
The remaining poison was almost gone, and Joseph hurriedly picked up the grass in front of the stable and put it into his storage ring. Then, he also put the stiff corpses of the two hounds into the ring.
"I have to hurry back to the Mage Alliance. These bodies must be disposed of as soon as possible. They can be buried deep or burned. It would be even better if they could be thrown to the edge of the southwest forest!"
Joseph's words suggested that he wanted the white-skinned ogre to eat the corpses. However, the people in the Viscount's mansion absolutely did not dare to do so. If they were unfortunate enough to encounter an ogre, they would probably end up eating both the people and the carriage.
With Joseph's departure, the backyard of the Viscount's Mansion fell into silence.
The next morning, Joseph, his eyes bloodshot, walked out of the Mage Alliance's alchemy laboratory exhausted. After a night of hard work, he still hadn't produced any valuable results. The toxin decayed too quickly, and he had missed the best opportunity to collect a sample.
Caesars was up early. He wanted to buy some magic rats. The black snake needed fresh food to consume its venom. Extracting the venom was not a consideration for him. The little black snake was still in its larval stage.
When Caesars left the Bano family, he happened to run into Viscount Bruce, who was about to leave. He looked at the luxurious carriage with some doubts, wondering if the Viscount's house even had horses.
"Let's go to the magic crystal mine!"
The occupants of the carriage remained silent, merely urging the driver to depart. Hearing the destination was the mines, it wasn't surprising that the nobles were up so early. Caesars smiled excitedly as he headed towards the Violet City market. A great surprise awaited Count Leonard and the Mage Alliance within the magic crystal mines.
"Caesars, where are you going?"
A carriage caught up from behind and Rad's head stuck out of the window.
"I'm going to the market in the commercial district, Rad, where are you going?"
"Kaisas, get in the car quickly. I'm going to buy some magic crystals. I can take a short detour and take you to the market!"
The carriage stopped by the roadside, and Rad warmly invited Caesars to get in.
"Kaisas, the Mage Alliance should know that you're an intermediate magician, and the Northland Tower should know about it soon. You should go to the Mage Alliance for an assessment. Intermediate magicians can buy more magic crystals!"
"The magician badge can't be changed!"
"You're usually quite smart, so why are you so confused at the critical moment? Badges aren't important in Violet City; what's important is the records of the Mage Alliance. When you bought magic crystals, didn't they check the records? Even if you're a Grand Mage with a low-level Mage badge, as long as you're listed as a Grand Mage, you can still enjoy the benefits of a Grand Mage!"
Caesars understood that his strength was now too much to conceal even if he wanted to, and he could only continue to practice diligently. He also temporarily changed his itinerary and took a carriage all the way to the Mage Alliance.
"Rad, don't wait for me after you buy the magic crystals. I still need to go to the market to buy some magic rats!"
Rad nodded and walked into the lobby of the Mage Alliance. Rad seemed to be very familiar with the receptionist. He didn't rush to buy magic crystals, but instead asked Kaisas about the intermediate magician assessment.
The assessment for intermediate magicians requires a senior magician, and the senior magicians of the Mage Alliance have all gone to the magic crystal mines, leaving only the archmage. Upon inquiry from the reception staff, the president of the Mage Alliance, Archmage Joyce, will assess Caesars.
There was a slight blood relationship between the Grand Magician Joyce and the Grand Duke Joyce of the Roland Empire. Strictly speaking, the Grand Magician was the Grand Duke's uncle, but there was no longer any kinship between them.
In the era of bloodshed and slaughter, as nobles fought for inheritance rights, Joyce, then a child, nearly died. It was old Roman who took him in and taught him magic.
In the underground testing hall of the Mage Alliance, in addition to the magic steel dolls, targets, and magic pattern arrays, there is also a very old magician sitting in the corner.
"Old Jason, can you still get up? We are going to conduct a test of intermediate magic!" Old Joyce shouted to the drowsy old wizard.
"Joyce, why are you shouting so loudly? I'm not dead yet!"
The old wizard sitting in the corner stood up with the help of his staff and walked shakily to the side of the magic steel doll.
"Use two intermediate-level spells to bombard the magic steel puppet. As long as the attack strength reaches the required level, it will be fine. It's better to be quick, because I need to continue meditating!"
The old magician was talking about meditation, but there was not a single magical fluctuation in the testing hall.
"Will the magic steel doll be destroyed by the spell?"
"Even high-level magicians can't destroy it. There are hidden magic patterns on the surface of the puppet. It's only possible unless Joyce takes action!" Old Jason shook his head slightly, and looked at Caesars with his dim old eyes.
"Then I'll start testing!"
"Young man, hurry up! I need to take a nap soon. No, I need to meditate!"
Kaesas's first spell was Intermediate Shadow Bolt, which he cast with brute force to increase its attack power. As the spell hit the magic steel puppet, a number appeared in the magic pattern array on one side.
"Eight hundred and thirty-two! My God, the attack power of the spell is almost catching up with that of a high-level magician. Joyce, this little guy is old Roman's student, right?"
There are very few dark magicians, and with such outstanding spell power, Old Jason is almost certain of Caesar's identity.
Kaesas also cast his second spell. Death Coil was his trump card and could not be cast casually. He used Dark Shock. When this spell hit the magic steel doll, it felt like the floor tiles were shaking.
"More than eight hundred again!" Old Jason exclaimed.
"He is no longer my student. I transferred him to the Thorn Flower Merchant Company for a few bottles of potions I couldn't discard."
Hearing Joyce say this, Caesar was also surprised, because the other party had known that he had left the North Tower a long time ago.
"A powerful life potion! Old Roman has offended too many people in the past, and his life is almost coming to an end. Once he dies, the Roman family will soon be destroyed."
What old Jason revealed was even more shocking. He seemed to know old Roman very well.
"Killing nobles in Huofeng City?" Caesars was a little skeptical.
"Little guy, Old Roman has offended too many people, including the royal family of the Roland Empire, the magic guild, and several nobles in Fire Maple City. Even further afield, he has enemies in the Saint Roland Church, the Saint Roland Empire, and the Mage Alliance!"
"It's unlikely that there are enemies of old Roman here!" Caesar said and looked at Joyce. He hoped to get an answer from the great magician.
"Kaesus, what Old Jason said is correct. The Mage Alliance is divided into two factions. Old Jason and I are outsiders. The Grand Elder of the Mage Alliance, Bordeaux, and the other magicians are the local faction. Sensei and Bordeaux have some grudges, but few people know about it. The local faction has close ties with the nobles of the Violet Alliance. Just like today, almost all the magicians went to the magic crystal mine!"
Joyce said helplessly that the local faction all followed Bordeaux and he had no way to stop it.
"Are they all going to look for the Fire Crystal Ore Vein?"
"Yes!"
"Then they'll be in for a big surprise soon!"
Half an hour later, Kaesas finally got the coveted Intermediate Magician Badge, which was issued by the Mage Alliance. What did it mean to have this badge?
This meant he was eligible to purchase a full 1,000 intermediate-grade magic crystals every year. Furthermore, Caesars knew this opportunity was rare, so before leaving the Mage Alliance, he decisively bought up all the magic crystals in his allotment. After all, if he didn't buy this year, it would be a waste of precious quota.
Caesars strolled through the bustling market, feeling delighted. He first selected twenty plump, round demon rats, then bought a variety of fresh fruits. This was the southern tip of the continent, and there were all sorts of sweet and delicious fruits.
When Caesars returned to the Bano family with a full harvest, it was almost noon. As a dedicated teacher, Rad was concentrating on teaching his students.
"Kaisas, why did you only buy a few magic rats?"
Rad looked curiously at the iron cage in Caesar's hand, which contained only a few magic rats.
Kaisas smiled slightly and explained, "These are enough for the Black Demon Snake to eat for two months. After two months, I will go to the Gravel Kingdom to pick herbs in the Yellowstone Mountains there, and buy some buttermilk and cheese."
Now is the hottest season in the Violet Alliance. In two months it will be autumn, the best season for picking herbs, and also the time agreed upon by Caesars and the Safin family.
The nobles of Violet City had all fled to the mines, leaving Caesars no chance of scaring Bruce. However, the thought of the salamanders of the underground world filled him with an inexplicable excitement. And when he thought of the three elven elders' speculation that there might be even more terrifying things in the underground world, he shuddered with excitement.
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