Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy-Chapter 546 - 544: Scarlet Will
Chapter 546: Chapter 544: Scarlet Will
East Capital, Rapid Wood Tower.
In a certain meditation room, a stream of light fell from Ivan’s body to the ground on one side, and immediately Locke’s figure reemerged. Now he truly became lively and active, unlike before when he was controlled by others.
“Boss, you really don’t have to do all this for me.”
Locke looked at Ivan with tears brimming in his eyes, moved but also unable to hide his shame.
As a Body Double, it was only natural to sacrifice for the original, yet he had involved his boss in enduring such vicious power; he truly deserved to die—
“Enough, enough,” Ivan interrupted his delusions, “this sorcerer never does anything without assurance.”
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“Really?” Locke paused.
“You don’t have time to rest now. Wizard Philomena should be arriving here soon. Go and assist her in finding someone. Once found, do not act rashly, or I won’t be able to save you this time.”
Ivan didn’t care to follow up, casually casting a radiant light onto Locke and informing him of some matters.
Once the light entered him, Locke immediately understood what was going on and also learned of the dreadfully evil Spirit they faced years ago in the Dodd Magic Stone Mine.
“This is a big task!”
“Take the Silkworm Queen with you; she has missed you over the years.”
“What about Jennie?”
“She went back underground, should be in the midst of her lordship ascension now.”
“I—I’ll get to work then.”
Hearing this, Locke felt a sense of urgency, hurriedly went out to find the Silkworm Queen, and then together waited for the arcane wizard to arrive so they could tackle the significant task ahead, while also improving his own strength.
At this stage, Ivan was not planning to interfere; sending Locke was enough.
Philomena was very familiar with the King of Green Thunder, and Locke was very familiar with Spiritual Bodies; these two teaming up to find the Spiritual Body transformed by the power left by the King of Green Thunder was undoubtedly straightforward.
For Ivan, resolving the issues he carried and passing on the legacy was more important.
At that moment, the crimson mark on his arm turned into a sharp black worm mark, resembling the dragon-shaped black worm on the flag of the Crimson War Banner, still in a fierce posture.
“No matter how troublesome you are, under the suppression of the Prophet’s Treasure Tome, you can only obediently bow down.”
Through its appearance, one could see that the dragon-shaped black worm composing the mark was just for show; it was already surrounded and suppressed within a very small area by a cluster of green-purple light.
Understanding the tragic story behind the Crimson Legion and having the miraculous Prophet’s Treasure Tome for protection was the reason Ivan dared to seek this legacy.
“Crimson Will?”
“This is interesting; it’s evolved from the will of a swarm of insects, and it’s a special kind of Body Double Secret Method that qualifies as ‘One Person Becomes a Group.’ So that’s what the many corps within the Crimson Legion were all about.”
Ivan logically accepted the true essence of the inheritance.
The content was not much, just one Secret Technique closely related to the Crimson Legion—Crimson Will.
What shocked him was that, with the help of the Crimson Will technique, each of the legion commanders had surpassed the lordly levels and become formidable beings across many planes.
Such a Secret Technique was truly unheard of and unseen.
Undoubtedly, this was also key to the growth and strengthening of the Crimson Legion; no wonder their reputation echoed throughout the Star Realm River!
“I wonder if Black Beard grew up this way?”
He muttered to himself, taking a long while to recover from his amazement at the Secret Technique.
Soon, he realized that the Crimson Will, this specific Secret Technique, had its flaws, which unwittingly enslaved one to become the Supreme Red’s lackey, at its beck and call.
Now that the Supreme Red was thoroughly dead, it did not mean the flaw in the Secret Technique had vanished, for the object of allegiance had shifted.
It might be a newly born will or perhaps the whole Crimson Legion striving for rejuvenation.
About these matters, Ivan did not want to delve deeper.
A flaw in a Secret Technique was not hard to understand. Without going into specifics, take the various Secret Techniques in the ‘Nether Soul Mirror,’ including One Body Multiple Manifestations, all of them had flaws.
In this world, apart from a community bound by fate, no other beings would fully record their Secret Techniques in a tome, as doing so would offer an opportunity for exploitation.
Even the sorcerer himself would encrypt whatever important he wrote down, as those unaware of the intricacies would encounter problems if they attempted to learn it rashly.
“Obtaining it all without effort, with this, Locke’s chances of breaking through to a lord level have arisen.”
The flaw in the One Body Three Manifestations Secret Technique lies in that the body doubles cannot be reborn. After death, they will be permanently lost and cannot form another Secret Method Body Double.
It is also due to the difficulty of breaking through the lord level, which is vastly more challenging than for his original self.
Jenny was actually no exception, but she had the protection of the Dark Night Mother Goddess, making it easy for her to seize further opportunities, unlike Locke’s luck.
Faced with this predicament, Ivan was initially thinking of taking his time, but the appearance of the Crimson Will changed his mind.
As long as he could utilize the essence of the Crimson Will to compensate for the shortcomings of One Body Three Manifestations, Locke’s awkward predicament would be resolved. As for whether he could develop and expand like the Crimson Legion, he had no such thoughts at this moment.
In the following days, he continued to immerse himself in the new Secret Technique, showing an uncontrollable propensity.
Meanwhile, Philomena commenced a new round of extensive searching. With Locke accompanying her, their search was indeed smoother, repeatedly finding deeply hidden Spiritual Body gathering spots and clearing them after thorough interrogation.
The Spiritual Body closely related to the King of Green Thunder, however, remained elusive.
Philomena did not get discouraged. Compared to the past few months, the efficiency had increased manifold recently, and she firmly believed finding their target was only a matter of time.
“Deep on the right side of the Ancient Longman Ancient Road?”
Persistence pays off. In the fifth month of searching with Locke, Philomena pinpointed the exact area of their target, located deep at the bottom of the Storm Sea on the Ancient Longman Ancient Road.
Thus, she reached out again to Hardy, Philomena, and Ivan.
Upon hearing her words, the three involuntarily furrowed their brows— that was not a welcoming place.
“Since that’s the case, let’s go and settle this trouble as soon as possible,” Hardy declared definitively.
No one objected, as this was a task assigned by the King of Ten Thousand Woods, irrefutable. Besides, vindicating the King of Green Thunder was their responsibility too.
As everyone knows, from Chanay Continent to Betta Blood Plain, there are two paths one can take.
One is the Storm Sea, which allows travel across the skies in an airship.
The other is the Ancient Longman Ancient Road, following which one can directly reach the Betta Blood Plain if they navigate along its winding path.
In the Storm Sea, you can soar freely. With some attention paid, there would likely be no major concerns.
But on the Ancient Longman Ancient Road, it is best to proceed slowly and patiently to avoid missing something in haste and either being influenced by some power around or targeted by some sinister beings.
The surroundings of the Ancient Longman Ancient Road are an ancient battlefield. Remaining quiet is the greatest respect to the spirits who died on the battlefield.
According to Philomena, they had to descend to the ancient road this time and venture deep into that ancient battlefield, making even these Arcane Wizards feel the gravity of the situation.
