Weird Wizarding World

  Chapter 95 Ghost

the other side.

come down.

come down-

  After a familiar sense of weightlessness, Chaos' vision resumed.

  嗡—

  Casting a light spell in his hand, soft white light suddenly spilled out, illuminating the surroundings.

  Colin looked around, and let out a little breath after a while.

   What caught my eye was finally no longer the despairing gray cave hall before, and the **** smell that had always lingered at the tip of my nose finally dissipated.

  But he didn't relax too much, and his face still had a trace of solemnity that couldn't be erased.

  ‘McIntosh’s Potion…’

  While muttering in his heart, he followed the instructions of the voice that appeared in his heart, and walked forward along the gray-white passage in front of him.

  The light of the light technique can only illuminate a short distance in the gray-white passage in front of him, and the passage further away is still pitch black.

  The embossed arabesques on the gray and white walls on the left and right sides, with the movement of the white light source of the light technique in the hand, elongated the dark shadow.

   Tap Tap —

   There is silence in the deep passage, only the sound of his footsteps echoing.

   not long.

  He came to the end of the passage.

  A smooth stone door carved with blooming flowers appeared in front of my eyes.

   click.

  As he approached, the stone door opened automatically.

  A faint blue light leaked from the gap in the door and fell on his face, making his blue eyes even deeper.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

  In the small room, on the top of the pyramid-shaped stone platform in the middle, a ball of light emitting a faint blue light is greeting him.

   "Long time no see." Colin's lips moved, his voice was a little slow,

   "…Erica."

   But he still hesitated to call out the name.

  The familiar voice that suddenly appeared in the cave hall was Erica's.

  After instructing herself to escape, she briefly told him about the experiment called McIntosh's madness and his potion on the passageway just now.

  Mackintosh's experiment... He still couldn't calm down.

   He inexplicably thought of those apprentices who died in the ceremony—the witnesses of those ceremonies.

  They died...not even knowing the truth.

  After greeting each other, the room fell into silence.

  Colin looked at the blue light ball in front of him, was silent for a moment, and said:

   "Nice to see you again, Erica."

   It seemed that what he said was not straightforward enough, he said again:

   "I mean - glad you're alive..."

   "I'm dead." Erica interrupted him, her voice calm and unwavering.

   "I'm just a crippled ghost...or, not even a ghost."

  Colin was startled, his eyes lowered.

  In this world, it is not uncommon to lose the body and let the soul attach to other things to continue to exist.

   There are even many wizards who are proficient in life transformation, and they will specially replace themselves with a more powerful steel mechanical body.

  He originally thought that this was the case for Erica, maybe because of some adventures or something...

  Can ghost…

  Ghosts are another case.

  It is a product of accidental birth after the death of the soul.

  Strictly speaking, although the ghost will retain complete or partial memories of the original owner,

   But it is not actually the original soul.

  The original soul is dead.

  Ghosts no longer have the emotions of ordinary people, and their way of thinking is completely different.

  They don't know how to feel warm or cold, like or hate.

  The only motivation to live is the deepest obsession of the original soul.

   "After entering the dark forest, I failed to find a miracle."

  The crystal ball flickered, and Erica took the initiative to start telling.

   "In the end, I got lost in a cave and died..."

   "I don't know how long it took, but 'I' lived again."

   "Unlike the chaotic ghosts born from other weak souls, my memory is not fuzzy, and it is even surprising that it is complete..."

   Speaking of this, Erica paused, and vaguely mentioned something.

   "I was puzzled at first, but then I thought about the legends passed down in the family... Maybe it has something to do with my blood."

   "In short, I am stronger than I imagined. My strength has far surpassed that of junior wizard apprentices, and I have even reached the stage of advanced apprentices."

   "Unfortunately, before I had time to fully adapt to the ghost's body—"

   "Not far from the cave, the tower spirit in the Mackintosh Wizard Tower noticed me and grabbed me over, ready to devour me to replenish my own origin."

   "Then, as you can see, I devoured the tower spirit in turn, but I also became broken."

  Colin silently digested the information in Erica's words.

   "So Colin, as you can see, I pose no threat to you, but can help you escape from the soon-to-be-destroyed Macintosh Wizard Tower."

  The crystal ball flickered, Erica continued.

   "So what do I have to pay?"

  Colin asked directly.

  He stared at the light blue crystal ball in front of him, and already had a vague answer in his heart.

   "Do you still keep the letter I gave you back then?"

  Colin nodded unsurprisingly.

  Seeing this, the crystal ball flickered quickly for a moment, seeming to be a little joyful.

   "Very well, Colin, what I need you to do is to bring that letter and my body back to Ryan, the capital of the Holy Flame Kingdom, and bring it to my parents."

   "In return, I will let you successfully escape from this wizard that is about to be destroyed..."

   "Not enough." Colin interrupted her loudly.

  He took off the silver trigonometry badge on his chest and rubbed it lightly.

   Then raised his head, stared quietly at the crystal ball in front of him with his blue eyes, and moved his lips.

   "I need more from you."

   "...Yes, as long as I can do it." Erica replied without hesitation.

   "Tell me, what reward do you need from me?"

   "I need knowledge."

  Colin spoke softly with a gloomy gaze.

  The sound is calm, but for some reason, it is reminiscent of the deep sea...

   Underneath, I don’t know how many undercurrents are hidden.

  The silver triangular badge in his hand twisted and deformed under the constant force of his fingers, making a slight sound.

   Then, he threw it aside and paused.

  He opened his mouth slightly and took a breath, and emphasized in a deep voice as if he was suppressing something:

   "...I need power!"

   "Erica, since you devoured Mackintosh's tower spirit, you must have inherited the knowledge stored in it..."

   "Even if it is not fully inherited, it doesn't matter even if it is incomplete, as long as it is knowledge, I need it."

   "And anything else that brings power, witchcraft, potions, witchcraft crystals, wonders...

   Everything, as long as it can bring strength, I want it all! "

  The light blue crystal ball was silent for a moment, then said without hesitation:

"no problem."

   "However, under the ravages of time, due to the loss of the source of Ta Ling, there is not much knowledge left. In addition, I have fought and collided with it before, and now there is nothing left..."

   "It doesn't matter, just give me as much as you have."

   "Okay." The crystal ball said no more.

  嗡—

  A moment later, several blue-green light **** suddenly appeared in the room, and then disappeared suddenly, leaving a mess of supplies on the ground.

   "Pick up the leftmost ring first, it's a storage tool." Crystal Ball directed,

   "Then put the white crystal ball next to the ring to me, and I will burn all the stored knowledge in it."

   "Yeah." Colin nodded, and turned to pick up the storage ring.

   But it seemed that he thought of something, he paused suddenly, then turned around and asked:

   "Erica... What do you mean by the 'Wizard Tower that is about to be destroyed'?"

  (end of this chapter)