The Lord of Ashes

Owl Qi is smarter and more studious than Thane expected.

Thain spent almost a week memorizing Frank's "Illustrated Book of Peripheral Creatures".

Qi spent a little longer than Thain, a week and a half.

After possessing the knowledge of relevant magic materials, Qi went out more frequently every evening.

Sometimes he would even go out in broad daylight and use his flying ability to help Thain explore the front.

This resulted in Thane having more and more low-level magic materials on hand over a period of time.

Some of them are not even recognized by Thane, and they are not found in the "Peripheral Creatures Encyclopedia".

Qi sensed the weak elemental power from it, so she collected it and brought it to Thain.

"It's really convenient to have a World of Warcraft as a helper. I read from a book left by my mentor that some formal magicians will choose Warcraft with potential as their soul pets." Thain sighed.

He did not regard Qi as a pet, but as a friend-like character.

Because of Qi's intelligence, Thane even considered whether he could teach it magic.

Even if magic is difficult to master, you can still train Qi to be your experimental assistant.

Just Qi's wind chain is enough for Thane to settle many experimental specimens.

night.

The screaming branches placed outside the tent let out a shrill cry.

Thain, who was a relatively light sleeper, woke up instantly, but the one who reacted faster than him was Owl Qi, who was very energetic at night.

I saw an afterimage flashing across the dark night.

Immediately afterwards, several screams and miserable howls sounded.

For the vast majority of humans, even magic apprentices like Thain.

Qi, who has the strength of a quasi-level monster, is a powerful being that is difficult to resist.

Not to mention, night is Qi’s home field.

"Are they bandits again? This is the second group we have encountered in the past three days. It seems that there should be a large human city nearby." In the tent, Thain sat up and muttered to himself.

When he walked out of the tent, the battle was almost over.

In this wave of incoming bandits, the weakest ordinary people have been quickly eliminated by Qi. The ones who are still struggling to resist are two guys with the power of fighting spirit.

And the fighting spirit of one of them is not low, and seems to be at the level of a low-level knight attendant.

"We have experimental materials again, Qi, try not to hurt them too much." Thain said using the sound transmission technique on Qi.

He had completely mastered this magic trick not long after he left the city of Peterte.

The cry of "Cuckoo" was a reply to Thain, but to the two bandits who were still resisting with difficulty, it was no less than the whisper of death.

One night passed, and the surrounding jungle basically remained the same.

A pool of pitch-black bonfire residue on the ground signified that a traveler stayed here overnight last night.

Of course, in addition to the remains of the campfire, there were also two strong male bodies that had been stripped naked and lying in the bushes not far from the campfire.

One of them, whose chest was still heaving, was alive.

The other one had already become cold.

Thain was quite interested in this low-level knight attendant yesterday, so he was a bit heavy-handed, so he accidentally killed him.

The dense scars and cuts on the surface of these two bodies did not mean that a pervert was torturing them.

Rather, he is a scholar who has just embarked on the path of truth, exploring the avenue of truth and the mysteries of the human body with a humble and respectful attitude.

From ancient times, even from ancient times, the alien creatures around the wizarding world have called the spellcasters of the wizarding world "madmen".

From their perspective, the title seems reasonable.

But how can these ignorant and stupid alien creatures know the unyielding and tenacious will of the magicians in the wizarding world when they explore the truth.

Is the real power of the wizarding world the elemental power mastered by magicians and the power of fighting spirit mastered by knights?

No, in fact, the powerful core of the wizarding world lies in the spirit and will of the spellcasters when exploring the truth.

That is a crazy idea that dares to challenge the gods, or even dissect the gods.

That is the unyielding spirit of exploring the mysteries of truth!

…

Half a year later, Clark City.

More than half a year has passed since Thane left the underground world of Mensobra City.

Also today, he finally arrived at Clark City, the largest city in the northern part of the Underdark.

Clark City is marked on the magic map given to him by Mentor Moses.

After leaving Clark City, and walking north for about half a month, you can leave the territory of the Dark Territory and reach a new realm.

Perhaps because it is an important city connecting several other areas in the northern part of the Underdark, Clark City is very large.

The permanent population alone is said to have exceeded one million.

This does not include those scattered,

Second-level cities and towns and villages are distributed around Clark City.

However, after arriving in Clark City, Thane's first comment about the city was that "the city walls are not as towering as Menzobra."

This is the first time that Thain has entered a giant city with a population of one million. Due to the dusty journey for more than half a year, Thain needs to take a rest in this giant city, replenish some supplies, and collect some information.

"Although I didn't get any information about the Magician Organization and the Holy Tower of Blue Origin, I did learn that there are three human kingdoms in the 'Green Field' area in the north."

In the hotel, Thain, who was sitting in the corner downstairs enjoying food, concluded.

This is the information he collected after entering Clark City.

There are three human kingdoms in the north, which shows that the situation there is much more solid than here in the Dark Region, unlike the human cities here in the Dark Region that govern themselves independently.

Including the fact that there are no black magicians causing trouble, the power environment is also relatively simple, and it seems that the Holy Tower of Origin of Jade is the leader.

The overall magical and academic atmosphere is also relatively good. Although it is not as good as the southern coast of the Wizarding Continent where there are many holy towers, it is at least much better than the situation in the Underdark.

In addition to the Blue Origin Holy Tower, it seems that several other magician organizations are also good. After all, there are acquaintances of the second-level magician Midic, so it must not be a small organization.

"The bloodline tracing magic passed on to me by my mentor has not been used until now, which means that I am indeed not from the Underdark. My family should still be further north."

"But, which one of the three human kingdoms is it?" Thain couldn't help but pondered.

It was also at this time that a burst of noisy and harsh laughter came from the wooden table not far from Thain.

There were seven or eight strong men gathering together to drink. The noisy sounds and the smell of sweat in the air made Thain frown slightly.

There is no way, this is already the best hotel that Thain can find.

The situation here is relatively good. If it were an ordinary wine shop or a low-end hotel, the situation there would be even more chaotic.

These seven or eight strong men are all beings with the power of fighting spirit. The strongest one among them seems to have reached the level of an intermediate knight attendant.

These strong men seemed to be from the same mercenary group. It was also after arriving in Clark City that Thain came into contact with a special organization that existed in the city - the mercenary union.