Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Curse (Please Follow)
Curse was an ancient craft, and curse wizards were among the earliest in the Wizard World.
In the present day, where wizards were no longer shrouded in mystery, curse wizards remained one of the few that still preserved their enigma.
The Turn Corner Alley Restaurant was ostensibly a restaurant, but behind the scenes, it also conducted the business of assassination.
Murdering soone within the Wizard Academy was no easy feat; Academy Inspectors within the institution monitored the entire campus round the clock, and any significant elental disturbance would attract their attention.
But curses were different.
Curse witchcraft did not require contact or the use of elents; all that was needed was an item belonging to the target and a curse ritual to kill soone imperceptibly.
Moreover, because curse magic was extrely difficult to trace, even if the cursed individual was promptly discovered by the Academy Inspectors, they could only isolate the curse, not resolve the wizard who cast it.
Of course, part of this was also due to the Academy’s deliberate indulgence.
Curse witchcraft was not 100 percent successful: the greater the power disparity between the curse wizard and the cursed individual, the lower the chance of a successful curse. When the cursed individual’s power exceeded the curse wizard by a complete tier, the probability of a successful curse could be regarded as negligible.
This was the sword hanging over the heads of many apprentices, compelling them to strive and beco stronger.
Joseph’s order was swiftly delivered to the curse wizard. Since Richard’s magic potion was not difficult to find, Joseph didn’t even provide a dium for the curse.
The curse wizard placed Richard’s crafted magic potion onto a stone altar, which was covered in runes drawn with blood. The mont the potion bottle touched the altar, a chilling howl filled the air.
Unperturbed by this, the curse wizard set the potion bottle down and then sliced open his own wrist, using his fresh blood to feed the altar.
He continued to feed it while simultaneously mobilizing his magic power and chanting an unknown spell.
After the chant was finished, the wizard placed a curse worm on the altar, and in an instant, black flas surged from the worm. At the sa ti, Kevin, who was reading in his dormitory, suddenly found dark flas erupting from his body.
“Fuck, a curse!”
Without a mont to think, Kevin imdiately pulled out a glass vial from the pocket at his waist: inside was a plump white curse worm.
Kevin smashed the vial and grabbed the worm; the dark flas instantly transferred onto it.
But due to the poor quality of his curse worm and the curse wizard’s overwhelming strength, after the curse transferred, the worm rapidly began carbonizing. Once the curse worm died, the curse would descend upon him again.
At this critical juncture, Kevin gulped down a concentration potion from beside him; in monts of urgency, one must not panic.
As the effects of the potion took hold, Kevin’s mind quickly cald.
He had two things to do: first, ensure his own survival. Second, warn Richard.
Once the curse worm was fully carbonized, the black flas reignited on Kevin’s body, but the concentration potion dramatically reduced his sensation of pain, so much so that he could still move freely.
Bang!
Kevin ran to the window, leaped out with force, and began shouting into the air.
“A curse! There’s a curse!”
It didn’t take long for Kevin’s commotion to attract the attention of the Academy Inspectors. A huge owl swiftly flew to his location, isolating the curse from him.
“Apprentice, you are safe now.”
“But there’s soone else cursed!” Kevin shouted at the Inspector, “In room 215 of building four, there’s another apprentice cursed! He’s a formal apprentice of Master Jolod!”
Kevin had dealt with these Inspectors before and knew that although they might appear as a group, the souls of each owl were interconnected. By informing one, the rest would receive the ssage.
To prevent the owls from slacking, he had specially emphasized Richard’s status.
Simultaneously, as Richard, who was reading in his dorm, found black flas igniting on his body.
“A curse?”
Richard’s brow furrowed. He imdiately took out a prepared curse worm to temporarily shift the curse’s effects, then swiftly left his room and burst into Ali’s.
“Ali, curse.”
Richard could only manage to utter those two words before the black flas reignited on his body.
Ali hurried to the desk and pulled out a Curse Worm from the drawer to hand to Richard. After temporarily transferring the curse, Ali pressed down on the Curse Worm with one hand while summoning Magic Power and chanting ancient Spells with her mouth.
“Hmm?” The Curse Wizard furrowed his brows, sensing Ali’s resistance. “Is there a colleague helping out?”
The Curse Wizard took out a dried toad from his bosom, carefully broke off a small piece, and tossed it onto the body of the Curse Worm.
Instantly, the black Flas on the Curse Worm grew more intense.
“Hmm?” Ali, noticing the change in the curse, turned pale in an instant.
“Competing with magic tools?”
Her face set with determination, she too pulled out a black finger bone from the drawer and swallowed it whole.
Competing with magic tools? She was the only Disciple of Master Susanna!
Feeling the curse hindered once more, alarms went off in the Curse Wizard’s mind. He almost knew all the Curse Wizards who could withstand his move, and if any of those were challenging him, it would be absolutely impossible to kill Richard before the Academy Inspector arrived.
“Damn, really shit out of luck.”
The Curse Wizard cursed and then decisively killed the Curse Worm, ablaze with black Flas, with the back of his hand, terminating the curse decisively.
Curse Magic is difficult to trace but not impossible.
After sensing the termination of the curse, Ali let out a slight sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
The battle between Curse Wizards was extrely dangerous; one mishap could redirect the curse onto oneself. Fortunately, she had a good teacher. Although Susanna hadn’t taught her much about cursing others, she had taught her a lot about defending against curses.
“Is it over?” Richard asked.
“It’s over. That wizard didn’t entangle with and stopped the curse very decisively.”
“Can you find him?”
“I can’t,” Ali shook her head. “If he entangled with for a while, maybe my teacher could’ve found him, but his cut was too decisive; these traces won’t lead us to him.”
Richard frowned. “That’s a bit troubleso.”
If he couldn’t find out who the Curse Wizard was, then he wouldn’t be able to identify who cursed him. There are thieves who might steal for a thousand days, but there’s no defence that can last a thousand days. If he couldn’t find the perpetrator, he would have uneasy days and sleepless nights.
“Why not ask your senior brother Chax?” Ali suggested. “I’ve heard from friends that Senior Brother Chax has a wide network among Apprentices; maybe he could dig up so information.”
“That might be the only way…”
Bang!
A noise ca from next door.
Richard heard it; the sound seed to co from his room.
“Apprentice Richard, Apprentice Richard!”
Hearing the owl’s call, Richard imdiately returned to his room.
“Apprentice Richard, soone reported that you’ve been cursed.” The owl’s round eyes stared at Richard, examining him. “You dealt with it yourself?”
“Academy Inspector, thank you for coming. I have resolved the curse,” Richard said with a slight bow to the Inspector.
“Gah, worthy of being Jolod’s Disciple,” praised the owl, before flying out of the room.
Richard watched the departing Academy Inspector and stroked his chin. “It seems Kevin, the Whistleblower, is sowhat useful after all.”
The Academy Inspector had arrived in his room just after his curse ordeal had ended. It was clear that it was Kevin, his proxy who bore the curse for him, who inford them.
If Ali hadn’t been in the next room, Kevin might have saved his life.
“He’s probably not hurt lightly either; I’ll check on him later.”
Richard was very pleased with Kevin as his proxy. Recently, the materials he had been testing were mostly collected by Kevin in the test zone. So of the more obscure materials would have taken Richard an unknown amount of ti to collect himself.
Richard always took great care of his own people.
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