Chapter 55: Black magician-1
Translator: 549690339
Zhao Hai and the other two returned to the castle and immediately asked meg and the others to prepare. They were going to the Versailles Duchy in two days, and they would be bringing everyone with them.
In fact, the preparation was very simple. They didn’t have many things, and they had everything in the space. The slaves had lived in the space for a while, so they didn’t need to prepare anything. They just needed to inform them.
Two days later, the slaves returned to the realm. This time, however, Zhao Hai did not follow them in. He wanted to travel with green.
Last time, green had traveled alone. He was an expert and could use his combat energy to increase his speed. This time, because Zhao Hai was running, his speed naturally couldn’t be fast.
Fortunately, Zhao Hai and the others had collected quite a number of undead creatures into the realm. This time, Zhao Hai released the Xenomorph and rode on it with Grimm. Although the speed was not as fast as Grimm’s own speed, it was not too bad. One should know that the Xenomorphs were undead creatures. They did not know what fatigue was. As long as he determined the direction, he would be able to move forward like a perpetual motion machine.
Sometimes, Zhao Hai would let Merlin and the others out. They didn’t have a lot of people, only a hundred or so. On the other hand, Zhao Hai’s warehouse had more than 1000 undead creatures, which was enough to carry everyone.
The black soil wasteland was huge. With the alien’s speed, it took three days and nights to reach the periphery of the wasteland.
For the past three days, the Xenomorph had been moving at an average speed. This speed was not slow at all. It had been moving day and night, and even so, it had been moving for three days. One could imagine how big the black soil wasteland was.
Luckily, the Xenomorph was big enough, and its bones were very hard, so Zhao Hai decided to lay a wooden bed in its chest, turning the Xenomorph into a mobile RV.
The only thing that was praiseworthy in the black soil wilderness was the road. The stone-paved road was still smooth even after thousands of years of wind and frost. From this, it could be seen how superb the craftsmanship of the dwarves was.
This road had once been very convenient. The dwarves used this road to transport large amounts of iron ore, then made them into all kinds of iron products, and bought them all over the continent.
However, since the disappearance of the iron ore, the place had become completely different. In the past, some adventurers who wanted to conquer the corpse swamp would take this road, but in the past hundred years, it could be said that no one took this road. If it wasn’t for the fact that there was no grass here, there might be no road here.
Three days later, Zhao Hai’s group finally reached the outskirts of the black soil wasteland. From here, they could see the green in the distance. Although the green was still very far away, it still made Zhao Hai’s spirits rise.
It had been three days, a full three days, and they had only seen one thing-black soil. The black soil was boundless and traceless. This feeling almost made Zhao Hai collapse.
Grimm heaved a sigh of relief. Although he did not have to walk on his own during the three days of travel, the unchanging scenery was a torture to travelers. In the past three days, he and Zhao Hai spoke less and less. Especially in the last half of the day, they did not say a word. The two of them just sat there, looking at the endless black soil, as if their souls had been sucked away by the black soil.
One could imagine, under these circumstances, a little bit of green suddenly appeared in front of one’s eyes. Even if it was just a little bit, to a person, the impact would be huge.
Zhao Hai cheered as he ran. Green’s expression also relaxed. Looking at Zhao Hai’s expression, he chuckled and said,”Young master, that’s the outer area of the iron Mountain. After that, we will be entering the Versailles Empire. The places we have passed before were all the territories of our Buda family.”
Zhao Hai nodded and turned to look at the black soil. This piece of land was his, but he was not in a good mood. No matter how much land there was, it would be useless if he couldn’t plant it. It was better to wait until this matter was over and see if his new idea was feasible.
Gradually, the green grew larger and larger. Zhao Hai realized that the green really came from the iron Mountain. However, the iron Mountain here was very different from the iron Mountain in the castle. The mountain here was taller and the trees were bigger.
As the saying went, ” looking at the mountain will kill the horse. &Quot; being able to see the mountain and walking to the mountain were two completely different concepts. Therefore, even though Zhao Hai and the others saw the mountain, they only reached it after walking for a day.
Zhao Hai was stunned when he arrived at the mountain. He had always thought that the iron Mountain was semi-circular and that the mountain at the exit should be very flat. However, when he actually arrived at the mountain, he was very surprised. Not only was the mountain not flat, but it was even steeper than the castle.
Green noticed Zhao Hai’s expression. He smiled and said, ” “Young master, are you surprised? The mountains here are so high and steep?”
Zhao Hai nodded his head. Green smiled and said,”Actually, this is not strange. This Iron Mountain is actually circular and fluctuates greatly. This exit, even if it is not the highest, is definitely not the lowest. In comparison, this place might be even higher than the castle.”
Zhao Hai nodded. He looked at the hundred-meter-wide Canyon in the distance. That was the only way out of the blackdirt wastelands. As long as they could get out of there, they would be in the territory of the Versailles Duchy.
Grimm pointed at the canyon and said, ” &Quot; it used to have a nice name, ironflow Canyon. It means that all the iron in the iron Mountain flowed out from there. However, Iron Mountain no longer produces iron, so no one knows about this Canyon anymore. Now, it’s called The Forgotten Valley. Outside The Forgotten Valley, we can see a fortress built by the Versailles Duchy. It’s called the Montenegro fortress, and it’s specially used to prevent large-scale beast disasters in the black soil wilderness. However, it’s strange that those magical beasts have never left the black wastelands. They seem to have set their sights on this place and only move about in the black wastelands. They definitely won’t take a single step out, so that place has slowly become a paradise for adventurers. Although those adventurers no longer adventure in the rotten corpse swamp, they still go to the iron Mountain to catch magical beasts or hunt mountain magical beasts, so there are a lot of people there.”
Zhao Hai nodded and said,”if we go there directly, will they suspect us?” What if they find out?”
&Quot; don’t worry, young master, ” said Clint with a smile. &Quot; we’ll enter the mountains from The Forgotten Valley later. I’ll go to the Montenegro fortress to get some clothes. You can use these undead creatures to dress up as a black magician. &Quot;
Black Mages were actually a general term. All mages who studied dark magic, poison magic, blood magic, and other dark magic were called Black Mages. This world was not like what Zhao Hai thought, where black magic was extremely rejected. This world worshipped power. As long as they could be given power, no matter what kind of power, it was acceptable.
Black magicians were the group of people that people were most unwilling to provoke in this world. It might be because the magic that black magicians studied was very dark, so their personalities were also more gloomy. If you provoked them, they might not act up on the spot, but they would definitely take revenge. No one liked to provoke such people.
However, if one were to ask who had the highest status in the world, some people might answer that it was the nobility or the royal family. However, it was undeniable that the status of mages was definitely not low. A Grand mage would be treated with respect in any country. If the Buda family had not had a Grand mage like Merlin, they might have been exterminated.
However, Black Mages were an exception. No country would welcome Black Mages, and they would not offend Black Mages. Most people did not like to interact with Black Mages, so Grimm had let Zhao Hai become a Black Mage. This was actually a form of protection. No one liked to interact with Black Mages, and naturally, they would not discover Zhao Hai’s identity. This would make their actions more convenient.
Zhao Hai knew that he knew too little about this world, so he didn’t say anything. He just nodded and said,”I’ll leave it to you, Grandpa Green. I’ve rarely been outside, so I don’t know much about the situation outside. When I’m outside, I’ll have to listen to you.”
Gerlin nodded. This operation was related to the survival of the Buda family. They had to sell the radishes in their hands and not let anyone find out their identity. Otherwise, the Buda family would be in big trouble.
Grimm was really afraid that Zhao Hai would act rashly. Right now, the Buda family was like rats on the streets in the Arkas Empire. If they made any moves, they would immediately be ruthlessly attacked. It was also because of this that Grimm was even more careful. If it was not for the fact that Zhao Hai had replaced Adam, Grimm would not have dared to bring Zhao Hai out even if it meant beating him to death.
Now, Grimm hoped that Zhao Hai could come out more often. This was because Zhao Hai was going to rule the entire Buda family in the future. He wanted to understand the world, and Grimm hoped that Zhao Hai could understand the world in this way.
In fact, green was also paving the way for Zhao Hai. He was not young anymore, and he knew this. Although he was an expert and had lived longer than the average person, he still hoped that Zhao Hai could grow up. That way, even if something happened to him one day, Zhao Hai could support the entire Buda family on his own, and green would be at ease.