I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 133 - 133 125 I am a wizard now

?Chapter 133: 125 I am a wizard now Chapter 133: 125 I am a wizard now When a person chases thrill, can they still feel fear?

The answer is yes.

Because Lin An wasn’t the kind of utterly twisted madman like the ‘Rabbit Mask Wizard,’ when the threat of death loomed, the same fear would spread within his heart.

It was a very unique sensation.

He could feel himself, like any normal person, clearly sensing his resistance to death.

He could also feel that he was not like normal people, as a unique flavor suddenly arose in his heart— “This is just too exciting~~~”
This thrill was not about chasing death, but rather, it burst forth an infinite motivation to resist death.

Lin An felt his heart pounding powerfully.

So full of strength.

This was…

The power of emotions!

Suddenly, Lin An felt that so-called ‘power of emotions’ of a Wizard; he lifted his hand in astonishment, gently waving it, feeling as if he had stirred something.

As if the whole world in front of him became somewhat wondrous, creating ripples with the flick of his fingertips.

It was truly wondrous.

Even though he could still sense the ‘Rabbit Mask Wizard’s’ spirit carrying a great amount of memories, emotions, desires, and all the powers of the soul, washing over and affecting him…

Despite that, he could still feel the choked sensation in his heart from Chen Xinmi’s ‘Dullness Potion’ persisting within his chest…

Despite that, he could still feel his own newborn spiritual black cat struggling in a gambit against the ‘Rabbit Mask Wizard’s’ spirit…

Yet somehow, everything had inexplicably changed.

It seemed that he would no longer be affected by the ‘Rabbit Mask Wizard’s’ spirit.

“So it turns out…” he murmured to himself, “it’s not about digestion, but about enlightenment of self, finding a power uniquely one’s own!”

The Rabbit Mask Wizard’s pursuit of thrill was madly twisted, filled with a desire for self-destruction, a stimulus of ‘suppression and numbness.’
But Lin An’s pursuit of thrill, after the ‘suppression and numbness,’ was inclined even more towards seeking the eruptive power of life.

“Have I passed through the Emotional Fluctuation Period and become a Wizard?”

Lin An had this realization but found it somewhat hard to believe.

The Red Light Purgatory World did not calm down after the ‘Cotton Tree’ wizard harnessed the power of a huge banyan tree to take away most of the Wizards.

As Mr. Cao chopped off a section of the banyan tree, and the roots forming the protective shelter collapsed, dropping all the Wizards inside, it also signaled the harvesting time for the Witch Hunter Knights.

The number of Wizards who had died in the previous battle was not large, and their bodies were all packed into bags that radiated a cool air.

However, those Wizards who were intentionally left alive by the Antler Witch-Hunting Knight Order were herded, like carrying chicks and driving cattle and sheep, towards the depths of Purgatory.

Soon, amidst the howling wind, the red light surged more powerfully, faintly accompanied by some shrill and mournful screams.

Gradually, these screams turned into the roars and bellows of wild beasts.

Lin An watched silently in that direction.

He could guess what these Wizards were facing.

Although the new faction of Witch Hunter Knights did not treat Wizards like animals, as the Conservative Demon Hunters often did, at certain moments they were essentially doing the same thing.

Herding animals…

What was the fundamental difference from a chive garden or a test field?

Lin An felt troubled, feeling a surge of rage, indignation, reluctance, and a sense of powerlessness.

He was unable to change anything; he couldn’t even protect himself now.

He knew that not all Wizards were bad people, and perhaps many struggled as bitterly as he did.

But what was the use?

This was clearly a Supernatural World that devoured people, where everyone struggled in despair; what right or wrong was there to speak of?

All that existed were straws grabbed in the torrent of despair, then stuffed beneath the waters to keep oneself afloat.

Rage lingered in his heart…

Reluctance surged within him…

But it wouldn’t ignite a wildfire and erode his rationality as before.

Lin An pursed his lips, staring deeply at the scene.

In the future, he vowed to possess great strength, so that he wouldn’t become one of these casually slaughtered animals.

In the future, he vowed to possess great strength, so that whenever he saw injustice, he could stand up breezily, providing a sanctuary for those he cared about.

This thought, surprisingly, turned into a flame within his heart.

The flame was warm and not scorching, making Lin An feel even more filled with the eruptive power of life.

This…

Was the power of a Wizard!

Not as simple as a monster of emotions.

Lin An took another deep look at the surging red light in the distance, as if to engrave this scene deep into his memory, never to forget.

Then, he readjusted his breathing, disengaging from the Deer Frolic Breathing Skill and returning to normal.

Soon he was back in the real world.

Unbeknownst to him, he had already arrived at a bustling street in the city, standing at a stop in the middle of the crosswalk, watching cars whizzing by in different directions on the lanes to his left and right.

The pedestrians waiting for the green light on the opposite crosswalk didn’t notice him, as if he had always been there.

After a while, the green light finally came on.

Electric bikes were the first to move, some speeding up, some wearing delivery uniforms, looking down at the phone on the bike frame, hesitating before answering, “Hello, I’ll be there soon…”

Lin An walked slowly, and the pedestrians from the other side also approached.

There were students with backpacks, middle-aged men in suits and shoes who looked exquisite, rapidly and hastily nibbling on buns, housewives with vegetable baskets over their arms, office workers in a rush…

Lin An looked up and saw that, somehow, it had already become daylight.

It was the peak of rush hour at this moment.

The crowd flowed endlessly, and no one could see that a world bathed in red light was overlaid atop the entire real world.

Lin An turned back and seemed to see the emotions swirling around each figure, like torrents more complicated than Purgatory, rolling and intricate.

With each step, occasional visions of spirits would emerge, but they would quickly disappear.

Lin An had finally become a Wizard!

He had passed the Emotional Fluctuation Period and became an official Wizard!

But somehow, the world seemed even more complex than before.

“…”

He smacked his lips, smiled, and shook his head, then shifted his gaze from the sky and the crowd, focusing only on the way ahead, striding forward.

After riding the bus for a few stops, Lin An finally returned home.

As he passed the hall mirror, he glanced at it, and the black cat appeared more real, while the ‘Rabbit Mask Male Witch’ spirit it held in its mouth seemed increasingly fragile.

It twitched occasionally, turning its head as if to struggle, which only made the black cat bite down harder.

“Lin An, Lin An!” The ugly head rolled over with a bounce, shot onto the cabinet opposite the full-length mirror, staring at him with surprise, “Wow~ I feel like you’ve become different!”

Lin An didn’t reply, simply gazing dumbfounded at the scene in the mirror.

“Head, do you think… I’m actually not much different from those Witch-Hunting Knights who casually slaughter others… right?”

The head raised its brows and chuckled, “Yes, Lin An, you are a big bad guy!”

“Really…”

Lin An was amused, his lips curling up slightly as he observed the scene in the mirror.

“In that case, does it mean that I can thrive in this despairing and terrible Supernatural World?”

“I believe so!” The head nodded earnestly.

“Head…”

Lin An spoke with some emotion, “I’ve become a Wizard, I can feel a big difference, the good and evil in my mind have become so real, real as if they’ve gained power.”

The head didn’t reply but simply curiously scrutinized Lin An.

After all, it was just Lin An’s spirit, which, despite being able to perceive more information about the Spirit Realm and Spiritual Energy, knew no more than what Lin An knew.

“Of course, the most magical thing is a kind of intuition, or say a sixth sense.” Lin An felt the warm flame in his heart, squinting, “I’ve started to have an innate instinct for casting Wizard spells.”

Constructive emotions turn into ‘wishes’, becoming a very unique mental power, an instinct for casting spells.

As for the malice in his heart, Lin An also had an instinct, a desire to harness it for something.

He twisted his head to look at the head, “This Wizard’s instinct seems not to be innate; it seems to come from… you?”

“Me?” The head blinked, somewhat puzzled.

“Yes.”

Lin An arched his eyebrows, “I’ve passed the Emotional Fluctuation Period and have become a Wizard. Hence, I can practice witchcraft, and the witchcraft that is most handy for me to learn right now, as well as the most crucial for saving my life, is this Witch’s ‘Dizzy’ Sorcery.”

“I’ve passed the Emotional Fluctuation Period, so I no longer need something like the ‘Rabbit Mask Male Witch’ in my heart, and I need to figure out a way to clear it out or consume it.”

“There are even more subtle feelings, as if doing so would bring other benefits…”

The head was astounded, “What are you going to do? Something evil?”

“It’s too slow to fight this mad witch with the power of my spirit alone; I can’t wait that long!” Lin An walked straight to his room, flipped open the witchcraft blanket, and revealed a suitcase underneath.

“The situation is changing too quickly, a big battle is bound to happen in Shenhou City soon, and I must get my hands on this life-saving witchcraft immediately.”

“Better a bad life than a good death, bad guy it is.”

Lin An unlatched the suitcase, flipped it open, and took out the scale he had received from Mr. Liu.

He scrutinized the inscription at the base, “All beings’ lives are equal, life for a life. Life has weight; those with lofty aspirations live. — The Life Gambit Curse Slaughter Scale.”

The head glanced at Lin An, then at the Lin An spirit black cat in the mirror, still jostling with the mad male witch’s spirit like a punching bag, and it gasped.

“Have you gone mad? Are you sure your spirit can really fight this madman? I tell you, the power of a spirit doesn’t discriminate between noble and base, the spirit’s power of a madman is truly fearsome.”

Lin An turned and gave it a look, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

“Who said…”

“That I’m going to enter a gambit of the mind and life with this mad witch?”

The head was stunned, “Then how else could you use this Wizard artifact?”

Lin An squinted, feeling deep within the recesses of his heart, where not only the ‘Rabbit Mask Male Witch’ dark gold statue’s fragmented flesh was present, but now there was an additional arm of a dark gold statue.

What that represented, along with the witchcraft carrying a plethora of memories, emotions, desires, and more, was starting to encroach on him…