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“Alright, we have Wizard Heghar with us. Even if Selin has another Merlin, there won’t be any problem! Let’s get prepared, my Spell Casters. We’ll wage war against Prakash City in the early morning tomorrow!”

Count Longardi had made his decision to act against Prakash City.

Thus, the Spell Casters left in excitement. Count Longardi had recruited six Spell Casters. Except for Heghar who was a First-level Spell Caster, the others were simply Entrance-level Spell Casters.

However, after hearing Wizard Heghar’s words, these Entrance-level roaming wizards had become eager as well. The Dark Magic ring was the token into the Dark Magic Region hence countless roaming wizards would go crazy because of it. Even if Wizard Heghar was indeed stronger than them, no one could tell exactly what could happen in a battlefield.

These Spell Casters were all thinking about the Dark Magic ring. Even their expressions changed and they felt hopeful.

“Sir Count, I’ll excuse myself as well.”

Wizard Heghar bowed slightly, then turned around. After he left the room, Wizard Heghar’s gaze stayed on the back of the Spell Casters in front of him. He let out a snigger. “Hmph, these fools. Is it that easy to deal with a wizard from a spell casters’ organization? Even an Entrance-level Spell Caster is much stronger than the First-level Spell Caster amongst many roaming wizards! If I don’t have that object with me and have absolute confidence to win, I really don’t want to fight with a wizard from a spell casters’ organization!

“Hehe. On the bright side, I’ll let you fools consume some of Merlin’s Magic Power in the beginning. I’ll act afterward and obtain the Dark Magic ring…”

Wizard Heghar sneered. Following that, he turned around quickly and left Count Longardi’s place.

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“This is the token which made countless roaming wizards go crazy, huh…”

In the carriage, Merlin was holding an exquisite ink black ring. This was the Dark Magic ring he had obtained after killing Wizard Neil.

Such a small ring could make numerous roaming wizards go crazy because it was the token to enter the Dark Magic Region!

Merlin had been in the Dark Magic Region for a year, so he knew clearly about its rules. Before becoming a First-level Spell Caster, he could only be a temporary member. When he was outside, other Spell Casters could kill him and snatch the Dark Magic ring from him. The Dark Magic Region would not even care about such actions.

“I may have become a target in some of the roaming wizards’ eyes… But no one knows who the true target is!”

Merlin’s eyes gleamed, then he kept his Dark Magic ring. Although this ring was not useful to the current Merlin, it might have great use in the future. After all, this was a token to enter the Dark Magic Region.

“Sir Baron, we’re here!”

Soon, the carriage reached its destination. Merlin pulled the curtain open lightly and alighted from the carriage.

The black-robed old man’s residence was still as usual. The surroundings were simply too quiet; it made the place looked rather deserted and desolated.

“Thump! Thump!”

Merlin let the carriage wait outside whilst he knocked on the wooden door.

“Creak…”

The door opened. It was still the old man’s maid who stuck her head out.

“Sir Baron? Please come in!”

The maid had known Merlin for a long time. When Merlin was still in Prakash City, he had often come to the old man’s place, so it was only natural that the maid knew him.

Merlin then entered the house and scanned around. The black-robed old man’s place still appeared shabby and was not much different from a year ago. However, he did not see the black-robed old man.

Merlin asked the maid, “Where’s Wizard Hill?”

The maid hesitated for a moment and her expression appeared rather gloomy. She then replied, “Sir Baron, Sir Wizard is upstairs. Please follow me.”

Upon seeing the maid’s expression, Merlin sensed a terrible premonition.

Thus, Merlin quickly trailed behind the maid and arrived at a room upstairs. The maid pushed the door open lightly and called out softly, “Sir Wizard, it’s Baron Merlin.”

“Oh? Merlin’s back? Let him in quickly!”

The croaking voice revealed a hint of agitation.

Merlin walked into the room and found the room rather dark. The windows were shut tight, but there was no strange smell in the room. It proved that the maid had been tidying up this room carefully every day.

“Wizard Hill, why have you become this way?”

Merlin found the old man curling at a corner of the room. The old man was full of white hair and a deathly aura dwelled on him.

Only those who were about to die had such aura.

Merlin recalled that when he left, the Spell Models in the old man’s Awareness were stabilizing, albeit not fully under control.

Moreover, the black-robed old man’s Mind Power was suppressing the Spell Models in his body. In a year’s time, there would not be too many changes in the old man’s Spell Models.

However, the truth presented itself in front of him. The black-robed old man could no longer suppress the Spell Models in his Awareness.

“Wizard Merlin, it’s really you!”

The old man raised his head. After making sure it was Merlin, his eyes which were full of deathly stillness suddenly brightened up.

After a pause, the old man forced a smile and said, “Hehe. It’s all thanks to Baires that I’ve become this way…”

After that, the old man recounted the incident briefly.

Merlin gradually understood that the old man’s Spell Model had become unstable after he scared Baires away.

To be fair, Merlin truly owed the black-robed old man. After all, Merlin had asked the black-robed old man to take care of the Wilson family before he left.

“Wizard Merlin, this dying old man has stayed true to his promise. I’ve helped the Wilson family once. What about you? Have you found any potion or potion formula that can stabilize the Spell Model in the Dark Magic Region?”

The black-robed old man stared eagerly at Merlin. He had placed all his hopes on Merlin. If Merlin did not have the potion to stabilize his Spell Model, all he could do was to wait for his death. Moreover, with his current condition, he would not outlive a year!

A smile slowly emerged from Merlin’s face. He turned his palm around and a potion immediately appeared in his hands. It was a strange purple powder.

“This is the Purple Stone Powder Potion I’ve exchanged for in the Dark Magic Region. It has an excellent effect on stabilizing Zero-level Spell Model. Wizard Hill, swallow it first and we shall see how good this potion is.”

Merlin handed the Purple Stone Powder Potion to Wizard Hill. Wizard Hill’s withered hands kept trembling probably due to his agitation.

“Alright, I’ll try!”

Without hesitation, Wizard Hill swallowed the Purple Stone Powder Potion. Meanwhile, Merlin observed the changes in Wizard Hill. Merlin had spent twenty contribution points to exchange the potion formula of the Purple Stone Powder Potion.

In the future, he could make Purple Stone Powder Potion as long as he followed the instructions of the potion formula. In addition, the main ingredient of this potion was Purple Stone Powder.

The Purple Stone Powder was not particularly precious. There was even some Purple Stone Powder in the ring Merlin obtained from the silver-haired old man back then so Merlin could make more potions himself.

However, Merlin only thought about making a few more Purple Stone Powder Potions because they indeed were useful for the black-robed old man to stabilize his Spell Models.

After the old man had taken the Purple Stone Powder Potion, he became silent. He seemed to be observing the Spell Models in his body. After about two hours, fluctuations of Mind Power appeared from the old man’s body.

“Swish!”

Suddenly, the old man opened his eyes. He was exhilarated as he shot an eager glance at Merlin. “Wizard Merlin, do you have more Purple Stone Powder Potions with you? It has an excellent effect. Although it doesn’t completely stabilize my Spell Models, it helps tremendously. If I continue to take it, I believe that I don’t have to suppress my Spell Models with Mind Power in the near future.”

The black-robed old man was very worked up. The unstable Spell Models had caused him many difficulties. He had to suppress the issue with his Mind Power, thus rendering him unable to cast spells as he wished and he could not show his capabilities completely because of this issue.

Now, it appeared that the Purple Stone Powder Potion could really stabilize his Spell Models.

Of course, such stability was temporary and came with a limit. Once the old man attempted to construct Spell Model in his Awareness, be it a First-level spell or a Zero-level spell, his initial Spell Model would crumble apart.

Such potions could only slightly stabilize the Spell Models in his body. Yet, the underlying reason behind the instability of the Spell Model was still not resolved.

However, even so, the old man was still exhilarated by this improvement.

Looking at the old man’s eager gaze, Merlin shook his head. “I don’t have the potion, but I have the formula for Purple Stone Powder Potion. Also, I have the ingredients to make it, so I can make it right now!”

After saying that, Merlin took the Purple Stone Power Potion’s formula that he had exchanged at the Resource Tower. The old man took the formula from him and rapidly checked out the ingredients needed in the formula.

In reality, as a spell casters’ organization, the Dark Magic Region was a lax organization. It did not exert many restrictions on its members where many spells and potion formulas in the Resource Tower were leaked to the outside world.

However, the Dark Magic Region was only strict about valuable things! Take Spell Model as an example, the Spell Models of Zero-level spell to Third-level spell could only be exchanged with contribution points. Then, the Spell Caster could do whatever he wanted with it. Many Spell Caster families had increased the Zero-level spells to Third-level spells in their family’s collection with this method.

However, once Fourth-level spells were involved, the Dark Magic Region had kept them strictly confidential. Every Spell Caster, who wished to exchange for spells of Fourth-level and above, had to sign a contract with the Dark Magic Region that restricted the Spell Caster from leaking the Spell Model.

Some rare potion formulas and advanced Mind Meditation Spells were the same. To exchange for these things in the Dark Magic Region, the Spell Caster had to sign a confidential contract with the Dark Magic Region.

Thus, many Entrance-level Spell Casters, or even First-level, Second-level and Third-level Spell Casters, had taken advantage of these rules – they exchanged contribution points to exchange for spells below Fourth-level and shared the Spell Model amongst themselves.

However, Merlin did not need to use such a method to obtain spells. Most of his First-level spells were provided by Wizard Leo for free so Merlin did not spend his contribution points on them.

Wizard Leo had even provided him an advanced Mind Meditation Spell. The spell belonged solely to Wizard Leo; it did not belong to the Dark Magic Region. Moreover, Wizard Leo did not instruct him not to give it to others. Thus, Merlin could do whatever he wanted with the advanced Mind Meditation Spell.

However, the advanced Mind Meditation Spell was too valuable, so Merlin would not give it to others easily.

The Purple Stone Powder Potion was a common potion in the Dark Magic Region, so Merlin did not need to sign any contract to exchange for the potion formula. Thus, it did not matter much even if he gave it to the black-robed old man.