I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 146 - 146 138 Sudden Incident (Seeking Monthly Passes)

?Chapter 146: 138 Sudden Incident (Seeking Monthly Passes) Chapter 146: 138 Sudden Incident (Seeking Monthly Passes) Lin An, however, had a bewildered expression on his face as he muttered, “I helped it sever its shackles.”

“So it no longer suppressed itself and began to open its heart…”

“The change in mindset conflicted with the spiritual energy on the Sorcerer Zombie. Since it was already dead, the spiritual energy that had merged with its mindset could no longer change, and so the conflict became exceptionally intense.”

“This conflict attracted more spiritual energy, and eventually, the two different mindsets began to balance out.”

He recalled the scene he had just witnessed with astonishment.

At that time, a pair of gigantic pale hands tore through space, revealing a world filled with dark gold mist. In that world, a dark gold statue instantly shattered into dark gold mist that scattered.

Beneath the dark gold statue, the phantom of a middle-aged man slowly became real.

“Alright, I’ll try and see what the possibilities are when one breaks free from self-restraint,” he said.

He disappeared quickly and just as quickly returned to the spot where the hands had torn through space, looking mournfully at Lin An, “No, I now realize that self-restraint is the real me. I’ve never broken free from shackles in my life, and it turns out I never truly wanted to.”

“Had I known this, I would have taken it easy earlier and learned to reconcile with myself…”

He bowed to Lin An, “Anyway, I am very grateful.”

With that, he disintegrated into ash along with the dark gold statue.

“What on earth are you talking about?” Zhuang expressed his confusion. How could it be that he, a formal Witch Hunter Knight, couldn’t understand what this knight apprentice was saying?

“Obsessions! Or maybe the thoughts, desires, and cravings that consume us all our lives,” Lin An said, looking at the Sorcerer Zombie before him and sighing, “They cling so intensely.”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Zhuang smirked, “Otherwise, what are we condensing in the Furnace? Isn’t it this stuff that’s greatly beneficial?”

Doctor Zhang, much more intelligent than those who only knew how to fight and kill, understood what Lin An was talking about and stared intently at the large passionfruit.

“An, are you saying that you just processed it, and now it’s in a less extreme, balanced state?”

Zhuang was startled, “Mr. Zhang, your description sounds like you’re talking about preparing ingredients. Does this mean it’s become more suitable for the Furnace?”

“Maybe…” Mr. Zhang squinted his eyes, looking at Zhuang, “Who’s Sorcerer Zombie is this? Tell him I want it.”

“Just take it, I caught it,” Zhuang said nonchalantly with a wave of his hand.

“Great!”

Doctor Zhang smiled at Lin An, “Now, this Sorcerer Zombie is yours. Forget that sheep-bodied, crocodile-legged thing you saw earlier, I guess you have more ideas about this one.”

“Make it into the first piece of armor on your path as a Witch Hunter Knight.”

“Mr. Cao told me to tell you he won’t start with complex armor crafting, just the simplest leather backplate. If you master the Skinning Knife Skill, he’ll give you the measurements you need for the pattern pieces.”

As he spoke, he pulled a roll of drawing paper from a rack on the wall, spread it out, and it displayed various sized parts, “You cut the leather according to the marked measurements.”

Lin An was silent for a moment and then nodded.

Whatever the case, he needed to take steps towards the path ahead.

Just then!

A roar came from outside the freezer, “Who is it? Who dares to come to the headquarters of the Antler Witch Hunter Knight Order these days?”

Zhuang and Doctor Zhang exchanged glances with wry smiles, “This guy is pretty slow to react, only noticing now.”

Doctor Zhang laughed and shook his head.

Zhuang, however, stowed his hammer and cheerfully walked over to open the freezer door, laughing heartily, “You fool…”

Before he could finish his sentence, his expression suddenly sharpened, and he quickly pulled his hammer out of thin air once more.

Roaring sounds came from the slaughterhouse outside.

“There really is a wizard at the Antler headquarters!”

“Mr. Zhang, protect those two kids. I’ll go and kill that audacious bastard,” Zhuang declared.

Doctor Zhang’s hand trembled as he grabbed a weapon, his expression grave, “Be careful, a wizard that dares to come to the headquarters is definitely not…”

Definitely not a small fry!

Boom~
A huge booming sound interrupted his voice. A thin Witch Hunter Knight in a lab coat plummeted from the sky, his long face hitting the ground first and smashing a big pit in the concrete.

The Witch-hunting Knight struggled to stand up, violently spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Zhuang rushed out to shield the knight in robes, looking up to see many of the members of the Antler Witch-Hunting Knight Order gathering around, in the real dimension and in the Purgatory World, layer upon layer, surrounding a floating figure in mid-air.

“Ghost-Face!”

Zhuang exclaimed in shock.

Doctor Zhang followed out, pausing for a moment and looking up attentively, “Is this that ‘Ghost-Face’ wizard?”

Zhuang’s expression became grave, “Back then, you and Mr. Cao weren’t in Shenhou City, unaware of how terrifying this fellow is…”

“That’s a power hitting the ceiling; it’s been so long since she showed up, I thought she had gone to another city and died as a Sorcerer Zombie!”

Pop~
A strong pulling sensation came over everyone with transcendental powers, and they were all pulled into the Purgatory World.

Lin An was also pulled in.

Fortunately, as soon as the wizard appeared, the young boss had hurriedly told him to put on the transforming hide armor, as an undercover witch hunter in the witches’ ranks, one must always be careful not to expose their identity.

As for what came next, the young boss was helpless; his practice seemed a bit different, and for some reason, he couldn’t enter the Purgatory World.

Putting on the transforming hide hood with the cowl, he pulled a mask from inside the hood to cover his face, and inside it was long since prepared to be the face of the socially awkward man, a fake identity given by the young boss.

Lin An looked up but was taken aback for a moment.

He finally understood where Chen Xinmi had gone when the Witch Hunter Knights were scouring the city for witches.

That guy had actually taken advantage of the absence of the witch hunters’ rear guard to ambush here.

Then, had it been himself who triggered the sense of the Sorcerer Zombie’s aura, alerting the witch hunter in robes, and ultimately allowing him to detect Chen Xinmi’s presence?

At this moment, Chen Xinmi was floating in mid-air with an archaic box in one hand and a large bundle of scrolls in the other, appearing to have quite a haul.

The witch’s ghastly mask had long fangs biting on a cigarette, from which a disproportionately thick smoke billowed in copious amounts.

The dense smoke rapidly enveloped the Red Light World, as if turning it into a murky space.

In the space was a large pit, filled with charcoal and surging with red dots of light.

Boom~
Flames burst from the pit, and an electronically altered laughter sounded, as Ghost-Face disappeared in the blaze with her loot.

By that time, the members of the Witch Hunter Knights had only just barely reached her.

The howling wind of the Purgatory World quickly dispersed the smoke, but the ‘Ghost-Face’ wizard was nowhere to be found.

“Damn it!”

Zhuang furiously smashed the ground, creating a huge pit with the impact.

It seemed that Shenhou City was indeed in deep trouble, starting with a kapok tree, then a Ghost-Face, followed by a black cat, as well as the Eyeball Witch Monster confirmed to be the kapok tree.

Mr. Cao, who presided over the center of the Purgatory World and stood above the highest structure of the city, was also disturbed, planting a large banner into the spot where the fiery pit had erupted, his face somewhat solemn, “You never told me the Ghost-Face wizard had reached such a level?”

Doctor Zhang also frowned, eyeing everyone present.

The other Witch Hunter Knights were silently remorseful.

Zhuang, supporting the knight in robes, called out resentfully, “Even if we told you, could you have stood forth to lead us?”

Without a leader and beset by internal and external troubles, the Antler had indeed fallen on hard times.

Professor Cao, silently receiving the information through the flagpole, said, “It’s her, the wizard that attacked me in the middle of the night while I was contending with the Furnace!”

Zhuang looked puzzled at him, “Contending with the Furnace?”

“That’s not the point,” Professor Cao obviously didn’t want to explain, but addressed everyone instead, “Be careful, this witch seems to be turning the tables and hunting witch hunter knights.”

His gaze lingered on every face, familiar yet strange, and finally, he took a deep breath, “Starting today, I’ll take up the mantle of Antler Leader!”

“Lin An, find Lu Dexian. Their ‘Yi’ Branch has always been responsible for logistics and storage, have him check precisely what that wizard came for, what she took.”

“Everyone else, to the conference room with me!”

Doctor Zhang frowned, looking at Mr. Cao with worry filling his eyes, but ultimately, he could only helplessly shake his head.