Chapter 497 - 29: Rotten Wood Elder
Chapter 497: Chapter 29: Rotten Wood Elder
“Are you… the Rotten Wood Elder?”
At this moment, the Lord of Emerald seemed to recognize the old man’s identity and suddenly spoke.
As his words fell, several others who knew the secret skill also became astonished.
“The Rotten Wood Elder, from the Decaying Swamp?”
“Didn’t expect he’s still alive… thought he was dead…”
Lynch couldn’t help but take a closer look at the old man.
Reaching the Third Tier level in the Wizard World means few in number, thus making each person of the Third Tier quite famous, either presently or once upon a time.
Lynch naturally heard of the Rotten Wood Elder before.
The Rotten Wood Elder Altonia.
He was originally the Witch Master of the Decaying Swamp, a Third-tier Domain located in the northwest of the Wizard World, bordering the northern part of Jade Land, which existed for thousands of years as an ancient Witch Domain.
Until two to three thousand years ago, after the second wizard world war ended, the Supreme Council, led by the Four Great Witch Realms, was established and redefined a series of Wizard Laws, thereby giving rise to a new Wizard World order—the Black and White Wizard Order.
The Supreme Council made detailed classifications of wizards, roughly divided into two groups: White Wizards and Black Wizards, simply defined as legal and illegal.
White Wizards are those recognized by the Supreme Council, who can freely move in the Wizard World; conversely, Black Wizards are those unrecognized by the council, who are essentially killed upon discovery or sought ways to be killed.
Unfortunately, the Decaying Swamp was deemed a Black Witch Domain by the Supreme Council, and the Rotten Wood Elder himself was hunted by wizards sent by the Supreme Council, since then he disappeared without a trace.
There were rumors he had been dead for a long time, didn’t expect to see him appear here today.
Altonia squeezed a smile from his wrinkled bark-like face, looking ugly yet exuding a sense of decay.
In a hoarse voice, he said, “Never thought… after all these years… someone would… remember my name… Hehehe.”
Like sandpaper scraping across glass, resembling a sound from an old tree.
Then, the steward from the market seen earlier, Morotes, also came over.
He began to introduce by saying, “Since everyone has arrived, let me briefly explain the situation.”
After pausing, he got straight to the point saying, “You all have gathered here today, undoubtedly for the inheritance of the Third-tier Domain.”
Kalsa frowned in doubt, “The Third-tier inheritance you speak of, is it referring to the Rotten Wood Elder’s inheritance?”
Morotes nodded, “Yes, everyone gathered here today to receive this Wizard Inheritance, its source comes precisely from this gentleman, the Rotten Wood Elder you see before you.”
Upon hearing Morotes’ confirmation, everyone’s faces couldn’t help but show unease, lacking excitement and enthusiasm, instead feeling hesitant.
The Rotten Wood Elder was officially certified as a Black Wizard by the Supreme Council, who is recorded on the council’s list.
Take Lynch for instance, who had to hide from the Supreme Council’s ordinary list in the Ancient Ruins, yet still got on the list far less prominent than the Rotten Wood Elder featured on the red list by the council.
Associating with him means opposing the Supreme Council, although the Third-tier inheritance is extremely tempting, the cost… not everyone could bear.
Seeing some reluctance, Morotes quickly explained, “Everyone, under the current Wizard World Rules, wizards are indeed divided into black and white, but the Wizard inheritance, Wizard knowledge has no distinction between black and white.”
“Moreover…”
After another pause, he said confidently, “Since we can introduce the Rotten Wood Elder to everyone, we can certainly guarantee the legality of this inheritance, after all, we Clofis never involve in illegal business.”
Everyone couldn’t help but be disdainful.
“Not involved?”
“Really think everyone here is blind? Let’s not mention where Lynch got that elf from just now?”
However, there was some truth in Morotes’ statement.
Wizards can be black or white, but the spells and knowledge they create have no such distinction.
If a small force were to say such, no one would believe it, but if Morotes were to say it instead…
Morotes stands backed by Clofis, which stands behind the Land of Freedom.
Various Wizard World Rules and the distribution of power across various Domains, seemingly established by the Supreme Council with many wizard organizations, in essence were set by these four supreme Witch Domains.
The so-called black-and-white rules, the so-called supreme laws, aren’t they all decided by these four? They determine who is black, and conversely, who they recognize as white won’t dare be questioned by anyone.
Lynch was a typical example, what does it matter if he’s on the Supreme Council’s wanted list and becomes a Black Wizard?
Whitewashing is just a matter of their word.
Of course, the Rotten Wood Elder and Lynch are not the same, his whitewashing may not be as easy, but if it’s to whitewash his knowledge and inheritance… for those setting the rules, it is not difficult.
Altonia timely spoke, “The Flower of the Soul, the Domain Document, I have both here, additionally those who accept my inheritance, I’ll help them sow Alan’s Mark at no cost, assisting them to break through the final shackles and open up their own domain.”
Upon hearing this, several Mystical Wizards visibly became tempted.
The Flower of the Soul, a main material for concocting Sublimation Water, where does it come from? What are its cultivation conditions? All belong to more advanced knowledge, which Wizards like Lynch and others of the secret skill level can’t access.
Only know of a few places where the Flower of the Soul grows, all highly dangerous locations, such as a place called Mirror of the Void, reportedly having the Flower of the Soul, yet even an average demon there exceeds the secret skill level, Third-tier or stronger demons abound, even Mystical Wizards face life-threatening risks.
As for the Domain Document, no need to elaborate.
This pertains to Domain Level knowledge, primarily regulated by major Witch Domains, not easily released, making it impossible to acquire through normal channels.
As for Alan’s Mark… it is also an extremely important phase of breaking through to the domain for the secret skill level.
In summary, although a Mystical Wizard may collect these three elements not necessarily able to reach the Domain Level, without any of them, they surely cannot achieve domain level.
Before us, seems to be a precious chance to cross into the domain!