Mercenary Guild

Owl Qi was even smarter and more eager to learn than Saine had anticipated. →

It took Saine about a week to memorize and master Frank's "Peripheral Creature Illustrated Handbook".

Qihua took a little longer Saine, about a week and a half.

Having acquired knowledge of the relevant magical materials, Qi began going out more frequently each evening.

Sometimes they would even go out in broad daylight, using their flying abilities to scout ahead for Saine.

This resulted in Saine accumulating more and more low-level magical materials over time.

Some of them even Saine didn't recognize; they weren't in the "Peripheral Creature Illustrated Handbook".

Qi sensed a faint Element Power within it, so she collected it and brought it to Saine.

"Having a magical beast as a helper is really convenient. I read in a book left by my mentor that some Formal Magician choose magical beasts with potential as their Soul Pet," Saine exclaimed.

He didn't treat Qi as a pet, but rather as a friend.

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

Even if magic is difficult to master, Qi can still be trained as an experimental assistant.

Wind Chains alone was enough for Saine to deal with many Experiment Specimen.

night.

The Screaming Branch placed outside the tent emitted a piercing sound. →

Saine, a light sleeper, woke up instantly, but even faster than him was Owl Qi, who was very energetic even at night.

In the darkness, a fleeting shadow flashed by.

Immediately afterwards, several screams and screams rang out.

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

Qi, with the strength of Quasi-Level Magical Beast, is an extremely powerful being that is difficult to resist.

Needless to say, nighttime is Qi's domain.

"Another group of bandits? This is the second one we've encountered in the last three days. It seems there's a fairly large human city nearby." Inside the tent, Saine sat up and muttered to himself.

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

Of the bandits who attacked, the weakest ordinary people have already been quickly dealt with by Qi. The two who are still putting up a tough fight are the ones with Battle Qi.

Furthermore, one of them possessed a rather high level of Battle Qi, seemingly at the level of a low-ranking Knight Attendant.

"We have more experimental materials, Seven. Try not to hurt them too much," Saine said to Seven using Sound Transmission Spell.

He mastered this magical trick shortly after leaving City of Peterte.

The "Gugu" sound was a reply to Saine, but to the two bandits who were still struggling to put up a fight, it was nothing short of a death whisper.

Overnight, the surrounding jungle remained largely unchanged.

A pool of black campfire embers on the ground marked the night a traveler had stayed here. →

Of course, besides the campfire embers, there were also two naked, strong male bodies lying in the bushes not far from the campfire.

One of the bodies was still alive, its chest rising and falling.

The other body had already become cold.

Yesterday, Saine was quite interested in this low-ranking Knight Attendant and went a little too far, thus accidentally killing him.

The numerous wounds and cuts on the surface of these two bodies do not indicate that a pervert was torturing them.

Rather, he is a scholar who has just embarked on the Road of Truth, exploring the Truth Dao and the mysteries of the human body with a humble and respectful attitude.

From ancient times, even into the Ancient Era, the Alien Plane beings surrounding the Wizard World have referred to the Wizard World Spellcaster as "madmen."

From their perspective, this name seems reasonable.

But how could these ignorant and foolish Alien Plane creatures possibly know the indomitable and tenacious will that Mage in the Wizard World possess when they are exploring the Truth?

Is the true power of the Wizard World the Elemental Power wielded by Mage and the Battle Qi wielded by Knight?

No, the core of the Wizard World's power lies in the spirit and will that Spellcaster possess in their pursuit of Truth.

That was a crazy idea that dared to challenge the gods, even to dissect them.

That is the indomitable spirit of exploring the Truth Mysteries!

Six months later, in Clark City.

More than half a year has passed since Saine left the Underground World of City of Mozhsuobula.

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

Clark City was marked on the Magic Map that his Mentor Moxidu, had given him.

After leaving Clark City, it takes about half a month to travel north to leave the Underdark and reach a new territory.

Clark City is quite large, likely because it serves as an important city connecting several other regions in the northern part of the Underdark.

The permanent resident population alone is said to exceed one million.

This doesn't even include the scattered...

Distributed in secondary cities, towns and villages surrounding Clark City.

However, upon arriving in Clark City, Saine's first assessment of the city was that "the city walls are not City of Mozhsuobula."

This is the first time that Saine has entered a megacity with a population of one million. After more than half a year of traveling, Saine needs to rest in this megacity, replenish his supplies, and gather some information.

"Although we haven't received any information about the Mage' organization or the Azure Source Holy Tower, we have learned that there are three human kingdoms in the ' Green Field Land ' region to the north."

Inside the hotel, Saine, who was enjoying his food in a corner downstairs, concluded.

This is the information he collected after entering Clark City.

There are three human kingdoms to the north, which indicates that the situation there is much more solid than in the Underdark, where human cities are independent and governed by their own Underdark.

Including the absence of Black Magician causing trouble, and the relatively simple power environment, it seems that the Azure Source Holy Tower is the only one in charge.

The overall atmosphere of magic and academia is also quite good. Although it cannot compare to the southern coast of the Wizard Continent, where many Holy Tower stand, it is at least much better than the Underdark.

Aside from the Azure Source Holy Tower, the other Mage organizations seem to be quite good as well. After all, having an acquaintance of the Second-Level Magician Midiqi means they can't be small organizations.

"The Bloodline Tracing Magic that my mentor passed on to me hasn't worked yet, which means I'm definitely not from the Underdark. My family must be further north."

"But which of those three human kingdoms is it?" Saine pondered.

Just then, a loud and jarring burst of laughter came from the wooden table not far from Saine.

There were seven or eight burly men drinking together. The noise and the smell of sweat in the air made Saine frown slightly.

There was no other way; this was the best hotel Saine could find.

The situation here is somewhat better; in ordinary taverns or low-class hotels, the situation would be much more chaotic.

These seven or eight burly men were all beings possessing Battle Qi qi, and the strongest of them seemed to have already reached the level of a mid-level Knight Attendant.

These burly men seemed to be from the same mercenary group. It was after arriving in Clark City that Saine came into contact with a special organization in the city— the Mercenary Guild.