Rules

A rough hand the size of a basin landed on Yorkris's shoulder.

At the same time, Yorkris's expression changed. He felt an irresistible force surge from his shoulder, and his body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing into the wall.

Dizzy and disoriented, Yorkris failed to react for a moment.

"Brother!"

Yorklianna cried out in alarm, her face drained of color. Lifting her white dress, she rushed to Yorkris's side and supported him as he struggled to stand.

Everyone looked over to see a two-meter-tall giant standing where Yorkris had just been. His terrifying height brought an indescribable sense of oppression.

The expression on the man's somewhat deformed face seemed sluggish. Looking puzzled, he said in a muffled voice, "What was that? He's so weak..."

Green's eyes went wide as he stared at the suddenly appearing "monster," roaring inwardly, Are you sure you came to study at a Wizard Academy? Not a knight academy or a human monster exhibition? Did you grow up eating giant meat?

Even Yorkris, who had been shoved away, was too stunned to speak when he saw this humanoid monster.

"Haha, Andrew, do you think everyone has strength like yours?"

The guy who had been confronting Yorkris laughed smugly. Then he winced and rubbed his swollen eye socket, glaring viciously at Yorkris.

"This isn't over!"

At that moment, a man around 1.6 meters tall squeezed through the crowd and ran straight to the humanoid monster named Andrew. His triangular eyes darted around as he wore a lewd, ingratiating grin.

"Not over? Haha, you know, that guy's little sister really isn't bad. Bayi, if you're still not satisfied, why don't you just..."

"Your mother!"

Yorkris roared and charged at the sleazy man. There was no need to guess that this guy was the "Rat" Bayi had called over earlier.

Bang!

Yorkris was sent flying again by a punch from the humanoid monster Andrew. Clutching his stomach with a pale face, his body trembled as he could barely remain standing.

The two were clearly not on the same level in terms of combat ability. Fighting this humanoid monster, Yorkris could only be beaten.

"No fun. The Wizard said we aren't allowed to kill people."

The humanoid monster cracked his knuckles and spoke regretfully before adding, "You're so weak, yet you want to seize territory? Hmph. Only the strong deserve their own territory."

The humanoid monster spoke in a muffled voice, but his mind was clear enough.

Rat also chimed in mockingly, "Today, us three brothers will teach you the rules of the Wizard Continent. Reason always belongs to the side with the bigger fists, haha."

Bayi looked so smug that one might have thought he was the one who had punched Yorkris senseless.

"No, we can't let this end like this today. I, Bayi, have never suffered such a huge loss in my life. Today, I have to have his sister..."

With one eye socket swollen, Bayi strode toward Yorklianna with a face full of rage. His gaze was like that of a fire-breathing bull.

Yorklianna had long since been frightened senseless. She stood beside her brother, trembling nonstop, while everyone else in the cabin watched with expressions that said, "None of my business," eagerly waiting for the show.

On the first day aboard the Hailun, Green and the others received a harsh lesson in the rules of the Wizard Continent. None of them looked happy.

"If... if you dare bully her, I'll tell Balon on deck!"

At the crucial moment, it was Wade, who had been too frightened to step forward, who spoke up with a threat.

However, when he met Bayi's aggressive stare, he immediately wilted and waved both hands. "Uh... I was joking."

Bang!

Bayi knocked Wade down with one punch and curled his lip disdainfully, immediately drawing cheers from the cabin.

"Nice one! Oh yeah!"

"Hit him again..."

Green's group stood in the cabin corridor, somewhat panicked as they watched people poke their heads out from room after room, cheering as they watched the spectacle. A feeling of being isolated welled up inside them.

Were these the rules of the Wizard World?

Strength above all else, cold and ruthless.

Just as those present were beginning to despair, a delighted voice sounded from behind Green.

"Haha, the strong control territory? Why didn't anyone tell me this rule earlier? Great! Big guy, I've taken a fancy to your room. Here's the number plate for this bottom-deck cabin."

As the words fell, a bronze plate was actually thrown directly onto the humanoid monster Andrew's bald head, then dropped to the floor with a thud.

Andrew and Rat beside him seemed to freeze in place, staring blankly as though they could not believe their eyes.

Was this person crazy? Looking to die?

Everyone followed the voice and saw that it was Lafi!

Green and the others immediately thought of something, delight appearing on their faces. How could they have forgotten about her?

If Lafi stepped in, then with the power of the witchcraft she had mastered, taking down a big brute who only knew how to use brute force would be no problem at all!

Sure enough, Lafi silently chanted a witchcraft spell and pointed at Andrew, the humanoid monster. Amid everyone's incredulous stares, a massive vine instantly wrapped around him seven or eight times. With a bang, Andrew lost his balance and fell to the floor, making muffled whining sounds.

"Bastard, die!"

At that moment, Yorkris took advantage of Bayi's shock and punched him in his other eye. While the man was reeling, Yorkris drove a knee into his stomach and knocked him down.

"Ah... big brothers and sisters, I was forced into it! Spare me!"

Seeing that things had gone badly, Rat turned pale and shouted for mercy. His triangular eyes were frantic, and cold sweat even appeared on his forehead.

He had never expected that someone among this group had already mastered witchcraft and could directly restrain Andrew, rendering him unable to fight.

Green gave a ferocious grin. "Go die!"

Relying on the fighting skills he had learned as a street beggar in childhood, Green knocked the guy down with a single punch.

Silence. Deathly silence filled the cabin.

Everyone's attention focused on Lafi. Since they were all people from the remote islands around East Coral Island who had been tested and found to possess Wizard Apprentice aptitude, they had seen little of the world and had no idea that Lafi was using a magic-guiding witchcraft tool to cast magic witchcraft.

Everyone thought Lafi had mastered witchcraft through her own power, leaving them shocked and fearful.

After all, this was mysterious witchcraft, extraordinary power!

"Haha, great! I can finally live in the top-deck cabin and won't have to squeeze in with those sailors anymore. Thanks, big guy."

Lafi happily entered her new room and slammed the wooden door shut behind her with a bang, without even looking back.

Seeing that the show was over, everyone in the cabin shut their doors as well and stopped paying attention.

Green looked at the three men who had lost their ability to fight, then said indifferently to the Yorkris siblings, "Now that this is settled, I'm going back too."

"Thank you, I... sigh..."

For a moment, Yorkris did not know what to say. Thinking back on how he had behaved over the past few days, he felt incomparably awkward and ashamed. He merely nodded stiffly, unwilling to raise his head and look at Green again.

Yorklianna, on the other hand, understood her brother's temperament. With tears in her eyes, she looked gratefully at Green and the others.

"Thank you all. My brother and I will never forget this. And thank you too, Brother Wade."

Yorklianna even turned specifically to thank Wade, who was also looking awkward nearby.

Wade had just climbed to his feet. One of his eyes was ringed black, and he only managed an awkward smile before turning and leaving.

Binhanson, however, laughed happily. "The great people of Tambrosen City can't stand seeing their companions bullied. We'd climb mountains of blades and dive into seas of fire for our companions. Forget a mere two-meter-tall humanoid monster—even an abyssal demon..."

Speechless, Green strode away.

"Hey, hey, Green, wait for me! That punch of yours was seriously the coolest punch I've ever seen! So handsome! And with that line, 'Go die!' I'd bet that if our Shirley saw it, she'd definitely dump her boyfriend and throw herself into your arms..."

Binhanson continued tormenting Green's ears.

A while later, Green opened his room. The moment the door opened, a wave of moldy stench hit him in the face, and he frowned as he waved it away.

Fortunately, no fool had occupied Green's room. Otherwise, Green would have had to fight personally.

Then again, if someone was even trying to seize a third-deck cabin, Green figured he could easily knock them down with his own combat ability.

The room was not large, only around a dozen square meters. Other than a bed, a table, and a chair, there was nothing else.

Well, the bed did have bedding, and there was also a candleholder on the table.

"Sigh..."

Green let out a sigh. Though the cabin's environment was poor, he could only make do for now.

Green lit the candle, shut the door properly, and took out Meditation Guide and Nose-Hunting Modification and Scent Atlas.

As for Meditation Guide, although Green had successfully developed magic power within his body after more than half a month of effort, according to his understanding of the book, his magic power was only around 2 to 3, placing him in the initial awakening stage.

According to Meditation Guide, a wizard's normal magic power level should fluctuate around ten times their mental power.

In other words, since Green had tested at 12 mental power, his limit should be around 120 points of magic power.

"Too bad I don't have a crystal ball. There's no way to accurately and promptly understand my own condition."

Green felt somewhat regretful. Crystal balls were the most commonly used magic-guiding witchcraft tools among wizards and possessed many functions, one of which was assessing one's own condition.

Nose-Hunting Modification and Scent Atlas contained knowledge far more profound than Meditation Guide. It involved many specialized wizarding terms, and no matter how Green, who lacked wizarding knowledge, studied it, he could not understand it at all.

However, this magic book was actually divided into two parts.

The first part covered Hunting Nose Modification. According to Green's understanding, it was a kind of witchcraft that altered one's nose, and the witchcraft was called "Hunting Nose."

Because this witchcraft involved too much specialized knowledge, Green simply had no way of comprehending it.

The second section of the magic book concerned the Odor Atlas. It recorded every molecular element of the 17,852 scents that wizards could separate, and it contained detailed records of certain scents that could provoke special reactions in people.

With nothing else to do, Green felt this would be his greatest advantage after joining a Wizard Academy, and he had already decided to memorize the entire contents of this witchcraft book!

Once, this witchcraft book had been Green's greatest hope.

With something to do, time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by, during which they had passed countless islands.

Many more Wizard Apprentices boarded the ship, around several hundred in total, and then the giant vessel loaded with Wizard Apprentices sailed toward the deep sea.

There were countless terrifying legends about the deep sea. Even Green, a resident of a remote island, had heard many versions of such stories. Tales of mysterious sea beasts overturning ships and devouring people were especially common.

In short, the deep sea was a place not even wizards had fully explored, filled with the unknown and mystery.

That day, Green frowned deeply at the food before him and sighed. "Fresh fish mushroom soup again?"

No wonder Green sighed. Anyone would get sick of eating the same food for ten consecutive days.

As for why it was always fresh fish mushroom soup, Green suspected that the mushrooms had been cultivated by wizards using magic witchcraft.

As for the fresh fish, naturally, the sailors caught them from the sea.

Quite a few people had complained to Balon about it, but a day later, Balon replied, "The master says that if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it."

Then he ignored everyone. They were all left speechless.

Frowning, Green picked up the fresh fish mushroom soup and was about to swallow it when the cabin suddenly erupted into commotion. Someone faintly shouted, "Pirates! Pirates!"

And judging by the voices, there was more excitement than fear, without the slightest hint of panic.

That made sense. This was a Hailun guarded by a formal wizard, so of course it would not fear pirates. The occasional pirate visit even brought some novelty to the Wizard Apprentices bored in the cabin.

Green, equally curious, headed out of the cabin.