Although everyone entering the Void Corridor this time was a Level 1 Wizard, Merrick did not become overconfident. He was confident, but he did not blindly underestimate the others, which was why he sought to join forces with Duke.
Duke did not hesitate long either. "All right."
Merrick had not yet fully completed the Liquefied Wizard process. He had only just begun, and his progress was much slower than Duke's.
He specialized in Curse School spells and wanted to find an extremely rare Crystal Core—one with curse properties.
Such Crystal Cores were extraordinarily rare. Even money could not buy them; one could only enter the Void Corridor and try to find one.
That was also why Merrick planned to enter the Void Corridor. Otherwise, he would not have needed to go there for an ordinary Crystal Core. He could have acquired one directly through Master Rand's connections.
Duke then discussed a few more details with Merrick. Merrick intended to continue gathering information about the Void Corridor in preparation for what was to come.
There were still two months until the Void Corridor opened. During that time, Duke continued refining Blood of War, striving to level up the potion as soon as possible.
About a month later, news about the Void Corridor finally arrived within Black Sail and was relayed by each legion to every Level 1 Wizard under its command.
Duke also registered through the Third Legion's channels. Black Sail needed to tally how many of its people would participate before reporting the number to the Wizard Council.
Whenever it opened once every hundred years, large numbers of Level 1 Wizards flooded into it. Their strength varied greatly, and quite a few had only recently advanced to Formal Wizards.
Their goal was to gather as many resources as possible, unlike