Witch Esther, dressed in a black robe, lifted her wizard's hood and stood in a pavilion halfway up Golden Crown Mountain.
She was originally a Sun-Ring Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain. Moreover, Golden Crown Mountain itself was a five-A-rated scenic area, so many places were not strictly guarded or closed to outsiders. Thus, she could still conceal herself and return to this familiar place.
In Witch Esther's left hand was a thorny rose branch, while her right hand held a Dragon Soul Potion surrounded by powerful dragon force. The dragon soul coiled around the potion bottle.
Witch Esther raised her brows.
"He's actually coming straight up? That's exactly what Anna predicted."
"Looks like Teacher Anna has some understanding of the holder of this Ancient Dragon Soul."
This was the scheme of the High-Ring Wizards. Even as a Sun-Ring Wizard, she could not fully understand it.
At that moment, the Demon Dragon Wizard stepped onto the stairs of Golden Crown Mountain. He climbed upward step by step without obstruction, but when he reached halfway up the mountain, a Peachheart Curse mark suddenly appeared on his forehead.
The instant the Demon Dragon Wizard lowered his head, he raised it again and discovered that the stairs which should have been right before him, close enough to climb with a single step, had vanished. In their place was a grove of peach trees, every one of them covered in peach blossoms. Running water and peach blossoms, flowers blooming in profusion.
"Hm? An illusion array?"
The Demon Dragon Wizard smiled.
"So she secretly investigated her student's bloodline long ago and followed the trail all the way to our existence. Then, after guessing that today's scene would occur, she used her student's contact with King Alaric's reincarnation to cast the magic on me. She certainly has