A Wizard's Secret Chapter 172 - Floating City

Chapter 172: Floating City

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Yaguez?”

rlin shot a glance at Yaguez. That young-looking face had long grown out of naivety, revealing a hint of mature and tough look.

rlin could still recall that the young Yaguez had vowed to protect him with determination. He also recalled that Yaguez had stood in front of him without a shade of doubt when they faced the strong bandits.

“Yaguez is honest and courageous. I don’t have any objection about Father teaching the posture of relief sculpture to him.”

rlin was satisfied with Yaguez. Back then, the young knight’s dream was to join Old Wilson’s heavy-armored knights.

However, it was a piece of cake with Yaguez’s ability to beco a commander, not to ntion a heavy-armored knight.

However, Old Wilson shook his head. He said with a grin, “I’m not asking you about his personality. I’ve taught Yaguez myself; I definitely know him very well. I’m asking you what you think of Yaguez with Macy.”

“Yaguez with Macy?”

rlin showed a strange expression. He had already been back in Prakash City for a few days, but he had not t Macy. Hearing from Old Wilson, it appeared that Macy was still in Conxion territory, helping Old Wilson to take care of the entire territory. Now, Macy had beco Old Wilson’s great help.

However, rlin had never expected that Old Wilson would want to bring Yaguez and Macy together.

“Why? Do you think it’s not right?”

Old Wilson inquired in a low voice with a frown on his face.

rlin shook his head and quickly replied, “I don’t think there’s any problem with that. I’m just surprised.”

“Haha. Tell about it. I was shocked when I heard Yaguez expressing his feelings about Macy. There’s just too much differences between Yaguez’s stoic personality and Macy’s lively character. But this may just be their fate. I’m fine as long as they both think it’s alright.”

Old Wilson laughed. He was obviously quite satisfied with Yaguez as well.

After that, Old Wilson seed to have thought of sothing and said to rlin, “rlin, do you need for anything today?”

Hearing Old Wilson’s question, rlin explained the situation briefly, “Father, I may need to leave Prakash City for a while. I’m going to a place with Wizard Hill.”

“Leaving already?”

Old Wilson revealed an apparent disappointed look but he soon recovered and acted normal. He knew that rlin had beco a mysterious yet powerful Spell Caster; he lived in a different world than the rest of them.

“Alright, but Yaguez and Macy will have their wedding in about half a year’s ti. As her brother, you must return by then.”

Old Wilson said to rlin with a serious face.

rlin considered it for a while. Floating City was not too far from here. As long as he did not spend too much ti in Floating City, he would be able to get back in half a year’s ti.

Upon thinking about that, rlin nodded. “Alright. I’ll be back by then.”

Following that, rlin turned around and left. Old Wilson continued to teach Yaguez and others about the mysterious posture of the relief sculpture.

...

The night was cool and serene. rlin, Charise, and Avril had no intention to sleep just yet. After nurous days of soaking in Vitality Potion, Charise and Avril’s skin had turned soft and delicate – both appeared to be more beautiful now.

After a night of excitent, the three of them seed a little exhausted, but none had fallen asleep. At this mont, they were silently enjoying the warmth of loved ones.

“Are you really leaving?”

Charise suddenly asked and broke the silence in the room.

“Yeah. Tomorrow.”

After saying that, the atmosphere turned silent once again. In fact, rlin had slowly noticed the distant feeling he had toward the others such as Charise, Avril, and even Old Wilson, when he returned ho.

This was because he was already living in a different world than Old Wilson, Charise, and the others. There were a lot of things rlin could not explain clearly to them as well.

It felt as if there was a gigantic barrier between them!

After a long mont, Charise gradually said, “rlin, I begin to feel that you’re so far away from , even if you’re right beside .”

rlin did not reply. A dead silence hung over the entire room.

...

The next day, rlin quietly left Wilson Castle. He went straight to the black-robed old man’s residence. The old man had already prepared everything, including a hired carriage which was waiting for rlin.

“How is it? Have you settled everything?”

A faint smile played on the black-robed old man’s face.

“All done. Let’s go.”

rlin told him calmly and dived into the carriage.

The black-robed old man took a knowing glance at rlin and sighed rather thoughtfully. “Wizard rlin, you must treasure the ti spent with your family. We Spell Casters are destined to be alone. The warm days spent with family won’t stay for too long...”

An ordinary First-level Spell Caster could live up to two hundred years old. Even the short-lived ones could live up to one hundred years. anwhile, Normies basically had a lifespan of about seventy years; even that was considered long-lived.

After all, Spell Casters and Normies were two types of people. When all their beloved family mbers had passed away due to old age, the Spell Casters must bear the endless days alone.

rlin looked at the black-robed old man again. The old man could have experienced a loving yet regretful mory as well...

...

The carriage was slowly moving forward on the rugged mountain road, giving it a bumpy ride.

Although the road was rough, the carriage continued its journey toward the mountains which were surrounded by clouds and mists. No one knew what sort of people were sitting in the carriage in this desolate place.

Finally, the carriage slowly ca to a halt. Two black-robed n ca out of the carriage. One of them, who was rather old, communicated to the carriage driver in a soft voice. Then, the carriage driver brought the carriage slowly down the mountain.

“Wizard Hill, is this Floating City?”

rlin asked with a strange expression. These two black-robed n were rlin and Wizard Hill who ca all the way from Prakash City.

In the mountain, there was almost no road to proceed forward. If they walked toward the front, they would enter the dense forest which was covered in mist. rlin could not imagine that this was Floating City.

The black-robed old man raised his head to take a glance at the dense forest covered in mist. A grin appeared on his face. “That’s right. It’s here. Let’s go. If you move further in, you’re able to see Floating City.”

Thereafter, the black-robed old man walked into the mist.

rlin hesitated for a while and finally followed suit.

rlin noticed that his sight was greatly impeded by the thick mist; he could only see a brief silhouette of the black-robed old man in front of him. Moreover, the mist would enter his wide robe; its moist sensation gave off a chilly feeling.

“Ka-chak.”

Suddenly, rlin waved his hands and cast Frost toward a certain place in front of him. At once, thick ice crystals were ford.

rlin frowned. When he approached the figure, he realized that it was a spider with the marking of flowers. It was about the size of a palm. By sight, rlin knew that it was poisonous and appeared to be grueso.

“Wizard Hill, there are a lot of poisonous insects here!”

After saying that, he raised his hands and cast Fireball. The fireball imdiately exploded and killed a few thumb-sized beetles that gave off a buzzing noise.

Although rlin and the black-robed old man had just entered the forest for a short period, they had co across a few poisonous insects. Most of these poisonous insects contained acute poison. Should they be bitten, it would not take long for them to succumb to the poison.

Only the Spell Casters could monitor all movents around them at any ti with Mind Power to ensure their safety. The sa as the strong Elental Swordsn, if they were careless here, they would most probably be bitten by the poisonous insects as well.

“Wizard Hill, is this really Floating City?”

rlin could not help but ask.

The old man suddenly paused and grinned. He spoke softly, “Alright. We’re already here!”

“Here?”

rlin raised his head to find that it was still misty in front of them and he could not see things clearly. However, when rlin looked with his Mind Power, he saw that there was a blurred figure of a city within the mist as if it was floating in the clouds. He was certain that this was Floating City.

The old man shot a glance at rlin, then explained with a smile, “Floating City is not exactly floating in the air. It’s built at the peak of a mountain surrounded by clouds and mist, thus the na, Floating City. Moreover, the mist is, in fact, created by a large Runic Magic Circle. Even if a Normie ca into the mountain, he can’t find Floating City without strong Mind Power.”

rlin nodded. So Spell Casters stayed around Normies, while so preferred to stay away from Normies. Floating City was obviously in the group that avoided Normies. They did not want to be found by Normies, so they spent enormous energy and ti to build such a strange place.

“Let’s go. To enter Floating City, we must activate these stone statues with Mind Power!”

The old man pointed at the large stone statues on the ground. The figures of so Spell Casters seed to be carved on these statues. In addition, there were all sorts of gemstones and mysterious runes on them.

rlin and the black-robed old man approached the statues and rapidly extended their Mind Power toward the statues. Then, it was as if the statues had co alive – the mysterious runes on them began to gleam a bright light. Even the gemstones on the statues were shining all sorts of beautiful light.

“Swish! Swish!”

Two pillars of light flashed. rlin and the old man’s figures were covered by the runes and disappeared completely...