"Counting the time, it has been more than a year since I left the academy."
Standing there, silently calculating the time, Athir said calmly: "I wonder what the current situation of the academy is like."
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, there should be initial results.
"According to the last information I got, the secret realm has begun to open up. Now that such a long time has passed, I don't know how far it has progressed." Athir thought to himself.
When he was in Ancient Armor City, Athir would occasionally leave to exchange some resources at a distant resource point and get some information. However, because he was focused on the blood experiment, he hadn't been out for a long time.
It has been at least half a year since the last time I went to inquire about the news.
According to what Atier learned the last time he inquired about the news, the secret realm has undoubtedly begun to open up, and even the various academies have achieved many important results. From time to time, relics of ancient wizards are unearthed, which makes a large number of wizards around want to participate in the exploration of the secret realm.
Taking into account the time and the distance from the Kingdom of Gumodo to the southern plains, this news was at least a year ago. I don't know what the situation would be like now.
"It's probably still under development."
Standing there, silently cleaning up some things in the laboratory, this thought flashed through Athir's mind.
According to what Teacher Edith told him before he left the academy, although this secret realm is only a small one, it originated from the end of the glorious era and contains many relics of ancient wizards.
The things left by the ancient wizards are not so easy to obtain. There are definitely many powerful magic arrays and traps in them, which are difficult for modern wizards to solve. Otherwise, the various academies would not order other wizards to enter the secret realm.
"No matter what, the promotion of the third-class apprentice can no longer wait, and we must rush back to the academy as soon as possible."
Standing there, Athir said to himself, "It will take at least several months to get from Gukai City to the academy. This period of time is just enough for me to strengthen my spiritual sea. Once the academy has prepared the corresponding resources, I can start my promotion immediately."
"But before that, some things in the city must be dealt with."
Thinking of this, he put down what he was holding and walked out of the dark laboratory.
He had just walked out of the laboratory, and the sunlight from outside shone on his face, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
After standing there silently for a while and finally getting fully acclimated, Athir walked outside.
After finishing the long experiment, he did not leave in a hurry, but rested for a few days before starting to deal with the things he had left behind one by one.
First of all, there are the orcs who serve as experimental subjects.
After such a long time, the number of orcs in the manor has accumulated to hundreds, all of whom are individuals who successfully survived Athir's experiment.
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 silvery skin.
That was the first bloodthirsty orc created by Athir. During the past six months, Athir had tried to transfer some of the purified blood of the Bronze Behemoth into his body.
Although this bloodthirsty orc did not completely transform into a Behemoth due to the fact that too little blood was injected, at least he retained his sanity and had 70% to 80% of the strength of the original bronze Behemoth.
With this kind of strength, as long as he doesn't attract the siege of many apprentices in the surrounding area, he will basically not encounter any danger.
After Athir left, these hundreds of orcs were out of control and naturally could not be easily allowed to stay in the city.
Therefore, he directly transferred these hundreds of orcs out of the city and let them survive on their own in the depths of the mountains.
After dealing with these orcs, arranging other things will be much easier.
In the past year or so, the few people who had followed him at the beginning have basically been resettled, and they have land and a stable life, so they no longer need him to take care of anything.
By this time, Edel had become a great knight, with the title of baron and some land given by Athir. He had already settled down in Gukai City and also did not need Athir's help in settling down.
He handed over his estate to the elderly steward Bagru, and asked Kosis and several familiar apprentices to help look after it. Then he packed up some things, took a few horses, and prepared to leave the city.
In the early morning, the sun shines on the earth.
On the ancient trail, Athir walked alone in the wilderness, with no other figure beside him except two black horses.
He did not tell anyone when he left this time. He rode out of the city on horseback without anyone seeing him off.
Compared with the team of dozens of people who came here, this time Athir left alone, walking alone in the deserted wilderness, his thin figure looking a little desolate.
When he reached a fork in the road, 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 and without anyone to hold him back, Athir was traveling very fast. He had already left the eastern part of the Kingdom of Gumodo and was about to reach the Principality of Allen.
Occasionally, some wild animals would be encountered on the road, but they were no threat to Athir. Half a month later, a city was already in sight.
Riding on his horse, looking at the gradually increasing number of pedestrians around him, Athir took out the yellowed map from his arms and began to check the surrounding cities.
After observing for a while, he put the map away and walked directly towards another path.
After riding for several hours, he soon arrived at a swamp.
There was thick fog slowly rising around, carrying with it a slight fluctuation of magical power.
Feeling this, Athir got off his horse, tied up the two horses around him, and then walked towards the depths of the swamp.
Walking to the swamp, Athir stopped for a moment, and the magic power fluctuations on his body spread out directly.
The next moment, the surrounding vision began to change.
After sensing the fluctuation of magic power from Athir, the surrounding fog began to dissipate, automatically revealing the view behind.
When the fog disappeared, Athir looked forward again.
On the original swamp, a stone-paved road was right in front of us, and it was now clearly visible.
Looking at this road, Atier walked up without hesitation.
After more than ten minutes, 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 Ximi family. Please remember to maintain order."
When I reached the entrance of the market, a voice came from the side.
Following the sound, Athir looked to the side, where a small figure was squatting quietly.
It was a gray kitten, only as long as an adult's forearm. It was lying quietly on a stone slab, looking at Athir with a pair of gray eyes.
"Uh, hello."
Looking at the cat at his feet, Athir was stunned at first, then he reacted.
He half-knelt 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 Athir said, the kitten lazily stood up, looking very cute: "I just accepted the employment of the Ximi family and am responsible for guarding the door here."
Standing in front of the kitten and listening to its words, Atier did not dare to underestimate it at all.
According to the detection of the chip, the other party had strong high-energy radiation, the level of which was comparable to that of a third-class apprentice.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke again: "Excuse me, where can I get the latest news here?"
As he spoke, 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 so gloomy, none of them would even give me a little cat food."
Looking at Athir, the kitten complained while chewing the magic stone in his mouth.
"If you want to know any news, just ask me directly. At least I am the first to know a lot of news here." After chewing the magic stone in his mouth, the kitten looked at Athir and said.
"I want to know something about the secret realm."
Standing there, Athir smiled and said, "I heard that a secret realm of the Glorious Age appeared in the southern continent. I wonder what the situation is like now."
This question is very common.
Now the news of the secret realm has spread everywhere, and wizards in many places already know about it, so asking this question is not strange at all.
But after hearing Athir's question, Kitty glanced at him and looked at him with a strange look: "Your information is outdated. The secret realm is now closed."
"Closed?" Hearing this news, Athir was stunned for a moment, and then asked involuntarily: "Why is it closed? It has only been about 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 secret realm, even a small one.
Not to mention that the secret realm that appeared this time was from the Glorious Era. There were many magic arrays set up by ancient wizards in the secret realm, and it would take even longer to thoroughly analyze it.
"Who knows…"
Looking at Athir, the kitten continued to lie down: "Maybe it's because he found something incredible, or maybe there was another accident, who knows?"
After hearing this, Athir thought for a moment: "So, do you know what is happening to the colleges that participated in the development of the secret realm now?"
As he spoke, he continued to take out two magic stones and placed them quietly in front of the kitten.
"I don't know. I heard they suffered heavy losses."
Looking at the magic stone in front of him, the kitten took a bite and chewed it in his mouth. He said, "Those wizard organizations that participated in the development of the secret realm are now almost closed. I don't know what they encountered."
I would like to apologize to everyone here... From the moment the protagonist enters the wizard academy, the plot I wrote is indeed too similar to the other wizard books... I will try my best to adjust it so that the protagonist can finish the academy section as soon as possible... In addition, there will be no additional updates tonight because I have to change the original rhythm. Now I have to think carefully about how to speed up the plot (covering my face)
(End of this chapter)