Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3031: Chapter 3032: Magic Monster at the Door

Linking Amit and the guardian monster of Reed Garden was not because the Black Earl held some crucial clues, he was only speculating.

However, it wasn’t baseless speculation.

The guardian monster of Reed Garden is just a legend in the Wild Realm, not much noticed; but its master—the god of Reed Garden, Yalu God—is a famous Wild God in the Wild Realm.

Many magical creatures trace their origins to Him.

For instance, ancient mythology in the Wild Realm records that: Yalu God specifically created a kind of powerful magic monster to build Reed Garden, to lay down the fragrant Sleeping Mountain with fruit honey wine, to open the endlessly clean water of Manluo Stream for Reed Garden, and plant exotic flowers and herbs in the forest sea of Rosemary Forest...

The scenes in Reed Garden are widely spread, also the reason countless barbarians eagerly yearn for. For ordinary barbarians who live difficult lives, they yearn for the Immortal Realm within Reed Garden; but for wizards, these beautiful descriptions don’t attract them, instead, it’s the magical creatures created by Yalu God that draw their attention.

After all, magical creatures can extract bloodlines. And the magical creatures created by the Wild God, the extracted bloodlines are even purer.

And in ancient mythology, the "powerful magic monster" created by Yalu God is actually the Strongman race.

The Strongman race is highly versatile magical creatures. Their names are derived from their capabilities and living places, Shallow Sea Strongman, Desert Island Strongman, Swamp Strongman, Hill Strongman, Jungle Strongman, Prairie Strongman...

It can be said that the Strongman race possesses the most comprehensive attributes, no matter which Bloodline Power a Bloodline Wizard wishes to master, they can find the corresponding one among the Strongman race. This is why the versatility of the Strongman race is considered the strongest.

Furthermore, the Strongman race has pure bloodlines, which attracts Bloodline Wizards to research the Strongman race continuously, even introducing them into the Southern Domain Wizard World.

However, according to the Black Earl, the Strongman race is mostly controlled by some large witcher organizations in the Southern Domain, and wizard-level Strongmen have virtually disappeared in the Southern Domain.

To find wizard-level Strongman bloodlines, one can only venture into the Wild Realm and try their luck.

Thus, when the Black Earl learned that Bilun Tree Court was attacked by a wizard-level Shallow Sea Strongman, he was curious why such a strongman would appear? Generally speaking, wizard-level Strongmen would have had their bloodlines extracted, how could there still be a remaining Strongman?

Initially, the Black Earl suspected whether certain witch organizations were behind it. But upon further reflection, it seemed improbable, as witch organizations wouldn’t need to stir a Wizard Market, even if they truly had a vendetta with the Birlos Family, bypassing Bilun Tree Court to deal with the Birlos Family, for witch organizations, there are methods.

Therefore, the Black Earl first guessed that the controller behind the Strongman may have been lucky to find a wild Shallow Sea Strongman.

But after a second wizard-level Strongman appeared, the Black Earl quickly overturned this speculation.

Another Shallow Sea Strongman, and now a Desert Island Strongman, both have reached wizard-level, with strength comparable to True Knowledge-level Bloodline Wizards, how could such a powerful Strongman combination quietly emerge in the Southern Domain?

Hence, the Black Earl came up with another guess: these two Strongmen are not native to the Wizards’ Realm.

Now, after fighting the Desert Island Strongman up close, the Black Earl is more certain of his speculation. Because, he sensed the Inscription aura on the Desert Island Strongman’s hair that conceals world will erosion.

Strongmen raised in the Wizards’ Realm have long been recognized by the will of the Wizards’ Realm and do not need to worry about world will erosion. Therefore, this Desert Island Strongman might only be from an Otherworld, and when thinking of portal Strongmen from other worlds, naturally one would think of the Strongmen’s source, the Wild Realm.

At this point, further tracing the source of Strongmen from the Wild Realm would lead to Yalu God.

After mentioning Yalu God, and then considering the keyword "crocodile head," it naturally reminded the Black Earl of the guardian monster of Reed Garden, which is a creature with a crocodile head.

Of course, these last two steps were only considered by the Black Earl after he had thoroughly subdued Amit and Libiya, confirming they couldn’t cause any big trouble, before he had the leisure to think and to link.

With a roughly formed guess, the Black Earl began the operation of shooting an arrow first and drawing the target afterward.

The Black Earl first linked Amit and the guardian monster of Reed Garden, then considered the possibilities... this contemplation indeed uncovered many matching points.

Putting aside the similarity in appearance, the most notable feature is the attribute given to the guardian monster of Reed Garden by Yalu God: fairness and order.

After the suit-wearing man summoned Amit, Amit hadn’t directly intervened in the battlefield.

Before Black Earl came, the only time Amit intervened was when Elder Shu and others tried to escape the "game" and broke the contract, then Amit jumped into the battlefield, forcing Elder Shu and others back in the game.

What Amit was doing at the time was... maintaining order.

And now, Amit intervenes in battle again due to the appearance of the Black Earl.

The Black Earl came in with Vay, although from some angle he and Vay have already become one, but if truly subdivided, they are still considered as two separate entities. After all, the difference in power is apparent.

Which means, the Black Earl entering the suit-wearing man’s game, superficially conforming to the rules, but secretly exploiting the loopholes in the game rules to get inside.

In Amit’s eyes, this is also a contempt for the rules.

Thus, Amit intervenes in the battlefield again, targeting only the Black Earl for attacks.

Another point, Amit’s black death beam causes significant harm to the Black Earl but has minimal impact on Gailuo, Elder Shu, and others.

The same black death beam yet it behaves differently?

This clearly indicates something is amiss.

Previously, they speculated maybe the suit-wearing man came specifically targeting the Black Earl. But if truly aiming at the Black Earl, setting up a grand scheme to calculate against the Black Earl, then Amit’s capability is not enough for it.

Putting this thought aside, the Black Earl places Amit’s black death beam into the realm of fairness and order power framework under the game rules, finding it logically cohesive.

Amit aims to maintain fairness and order, hence it targets only the Black Earl. Its black death beam also follows this fairness rule, so for Gailuo, Elder Shu, who genuinely abide by the game rules, it doesn’t cause much damage; but for the Black Earl who leverages rules to enter the game, reasoning is not applicable.

In such a connection, it seemingly explains the discrepancy in Amit’s black death beam’s behavior.

Moreover, the suit-wearing man constantly emphasizes "abide by the rules," which leads the Black Earl to additional associations.

Of course, even at this point, the Black Earl still lacks direct evidence to link Amit with the guardian monster of Reed Garden.

Yet, this doesn’t prevent him from making a bold speculation.

As the Black Earl’s voice falls, Gailuo, Elder Shu, and others all look towards the suit-wearing man.

Gailuo instinctively looks towards the suit-wearing man, but Elder Shu thinks of many things from the Black Earl’s words.

Although Elder Shu hasn’t heard the story of the guardian monster of Reed Garden, it doesn’t prevent Elder Shu from realizing the important connection—Wild God relevance.

Amit, as a special magical creature, probably is extremely rare even in the Wild Realm. Otherwise, ’Where is the Magical Beast’ would surely have recorded it.

The journal "Where is the Magical Beast" excludes magical creatures only under three circumstances: too strong, too distant, or too few.

Is the guardian monster of Reed Garden too strong? Afraid of being recorded, would it be actively pursued? Not to that extent.

Wild gods have always been antagonistic to wizards; wizards don’t even fear wild gods, let alone just a negligible magical creature in the hands of the wild gods?

As for being too far? Not really, the Wild Realm is near the Southern Domain.

Not too strong, not too far, then only "too few" is a possibility.

It’s estimated that the gatekeeping magic monster of the Reed Garden is rare in the Wild Realm, maybe even unique. Hence, "Where is the Magical Beast" doesn’t have a record of it.

This makes things very strange.

If the Black Earl is correct, why would Amit, such a rare magical creature originating from the wild gods, be following a human wizard?

Why can a human wizard control the Strongman tribe, and upon appearance, there are two wizard-level strongmen?

Is it possible that this man in a suit is a spy infiltrated into the Southern Domain by the Otherworld? And the backer standing behind him is none other than the owner of the Reed Garden, the god of Yalu?

It was this thought that made Elder Shu look directly at the man in a suit.

If his suspicions are correct, then even if they can’t overtake the man in a suit, they can still create a big problem for him... Indeed, Elder Shu thought of the Extreme Sect.

The Extreme Sect abhors creatures from the Otherworld.

Although the Strongman tribe might not be categorized as Otherworldly magic creatures by the Extreme Sect, a wild god’s spy and the Reed Garden’s gatekeeping magical monster will definitely attract the Extreme Sect’s attention.

Though the headquarters of the Extreme Sect is far away in the Sin World, let’s not forget the location of the Bilun Tree Court is in the Gumman Kingdom.

The Extreme Sect holds a major influence in the triangular power struggle of the Gumman Kingdom.

Even if there are no members of the Extreme Sect at the Bilun Tree Court, there are stationed members of the Extreme Sect at several large wizard markets in the Gumman Kingdom.

All Elder Shu needs to do is gossip a bit, and let his subordinates teleport to other wizard markets and spread the situation at Bilun Tree Court, and soon, people from the Extreme Sect will come.

Once the Extreme Sect catches the scent, as long as the man in a suit stays in the Southern Domain, the Extreme Sect will target and track him.

Though this can’t directly solve the crisis of the Birlos Family, it can at least make the man in a suit pay a certain price.

Thus, Elder Shu was quite concerned about the response of the man in a suit.

On the other side, after listening to the story told by the Black Earl, the man in a suit was silent for several seconds, then started to chuckle madly, his shoulders shaking to the extreme.

"Good! Good, good!" the man in a suit said three ’good’s in succession, then looked at the Black Earl with a bright and manic gaze: "Worthy of being the chieftain of the Noah Family, even such obscure tales, you have heard."

"Amit, oh Amit, although you can’t defeat the Black Earl, you are not a loss. Someone actually guesses your identity, and moreover, the guesser is a big figure in the Southern Domain’s Wizard World, you should feel delighted, your name is about to be spread, no longer obscure..."

"This is... truly interesting."

The corners of the man in a suit’s mouth stretched to their widest, his upturned mouth resembling a crescent moon.

Elder Shu’s eyes brightened abruptly upon hearing the response from the man in a suit; the Black Earl really guessed correctly! This man in a suit indeed has ties with the wild gods!

Actually, it doesn’t matter now, even if the man in a suit has no relation to the wild gods, just one Amit is sufficient for the Extreme Sect to take seriously.

Elder Shu even began planning in his mind how to use rhetoric to make the Extreme Sect pay more attention to the man in a suit’s existence.

The thoughts of Elder Shu were naturally sensed by the Black Earl, but the Black Earl didn’t say anything; he just kept watching the man in a suit: "You don’t seem to care about the exposure of Amit’s identity?"

The man in a suit squinted at the Black Earl: "Why should I care? Just because of the Extreme Sect?"

The fearless manner of the man in a suit inspired some doubts in Elder Shu’s heart, but soon, Elder Shu shook his head again. He doesn’t believe there’s anyone who isn’t afraid of the Extreme Sect in the Southern Domain; the man in a suit is probably bluffing.

Elder Shu has his guesses, and naturally, the Black Earl has his judgments.

In the Black Earl’s view, the man in a suit isn’t pretending; he genuinely isn’t afraid of the Extreme Sect... Moreover, in the Black Earl’s inspiration, the man in a suit is not only unafraid of the Extreme Sect but also seems eager.

It’s as if, he harbors some kind of anticipation for the tracking of the Extreme Sect.

Indeed, this is a madman.

The Black Earl frowned and did not inquire why the man in a suit wasn’t afraid of the Extreme Sect, instead, he sped up his efforts, using the powerful Power of Earth, to create two more Earthstone Giants.

One giant body condensed with earth-yellow earth gems, while the other was a black stone giant with the strongest hardness.

Upon creation, the giant encrusted with earth gems began to accumulate energy.

Massive elemental energy drilled into its body, lighting up the earth gems encrusted all over its body one by one.

As more and more gems lit up, this giant, initially without a significant energy fluctuation, began to emit an increasingly terrifying aura.

There’s no doubt, when all the gems are fully illuminated, its aura will reach an extraordinarily terrifying height.

Even if Amit and Libiya combined, they wouldn’t be able to match this height.

Therefore, seeing the gem giant accumulating power, Amit and Libiya wasted no time and immediately began to attack the gem giant.

However, there were several Earthstone Giants around; with their obstruction, Libiya could not break through.

Amit could use the black death ray to destroy Earthstone Giants, but after continuously destroying several Earthstone Giants, the rock-hard black stone giant charged forward.

The black stone giant started to encircle and block Amit.

Its robust physique can withstand dozens of black death rays.

And under the encirclement of the black stone giant, Amit found it difficult to break through the confinement, giving the gem giant time to accumulate energy.

Seeing the increasingly majestic aura of the gem giant, Amit’s eyes showed signs of anxiety.

However, what puzzled the Black Earl was that the man in a suit standing high above remained completely unmoved by the changing battle situation, just as at the beginning.

As if in his eyes, this was truly just a game.