Abe the Wizard

If the lightning clan’s third squad were to fall, Wizard Beecham would’ve had all the chances he wanted to take advantage of them right here. Yes, no one would say anything back against him if he did. At some point, everyone would loot while they were helping to transport aid supplies. Wizard Beecham was delaying his arrival, so he didn’t have to give it out to the lightning clan. Plus, he could also fight the holy crusaders that destroyed the teleportation circle on the way.

Well, that was the plan until he realized he didn’t have the guts for it. As precious as the light stones were, without the support of the wizards behind him, he didn’t think that it was possible to fulfill his own greed. Wizard Hog’s, well, the exceptional performance was also a part of it.

Just then, because of what happened, the several tens of new advanced wizards weren’t so friendly with the advanced wizards of the third squad. They were only coming here because there would be rewards for coming in as reinforcement, but in truth, the advanced wizards never really did much to help either.

Wizard Beecham smiled and gave a bow after glancing at Abel for a bit, “We’ll be on our leave, now Wizard Hog. There’s not a lot for us to do here.”

Without waiting for Wizard Hog’s response, he disappeared where he was at with his “instantaneous movement. Those who followed him also did the same.

Wizard Frank spat and cursed, “disgusting fellows!”

Abel could tell. The lightning clan was not on good terms at all with these wizards. It was almost like there was some sort of pre-condition preventing them from getting along with each other.

Vice-Captain Ram whispered to Abel, “You saw that? The ice and fire are afraid of us because we have almost every lightning element wizard on the central continent. They can’t match us in numbers. Not so much in skills, either, so they try to try to distance themselves.”

Abel didn’t quite understand, “But I thought we’re wizards, captain. Why are they trying to draw themselves away from us?”

Wizard Ram smiled, “Because we’re too powerful, that’s why? Anything other than the advanced evil knights can be destroyed with lightning spells very easily. We don’t have a lot of enemies that can match us, you know.”

Wizard Hog smiled at the side, “Don’t listen to him, Wizard Abel! It’s not like we don’t have any alliances on our side. We’ve got some really strong friends if we want to call them.”

Since the camp was already destroyed, the advanced wizards of the third squad had no choice but to start building tents. Luckily, Abel’s protection did manage to keep the circle of the defensive circle. There was not a lot of inflicted damage, so even though the surface of the hut was already somewhat damaged, not a lot of repair work was needed.

The team didn’t become more relaxed just because they fought off the invading holy crusader squad. Instead, they strengthened their defense so that the entire team was divided into two, with either one switching defense every twelve hours.

Given the geography, none of the advanced wizards seemed to want to continue with their meditation training. The night turned out to be quite safe, though. There weren’t any attacks happening at all. None of the advanced wizards slept because they knew how dangerous it would be without a teleportation circle in place. The nation of evil was very vengeful. They all knew it. The revenge would definitely come.

The second day before the sun even came, the lightning clan’s reinforcements came before anyone saw what the nation of evil’s revenge was. There were two more wizard squads. One was the fourth squad, while the other was the fifth squad, which was the squad that just left this place.

Wizard Angus of the fifth squad bowed towards Wizard Hog, “I’ve heard that you fought a beautiful war, Wizard Hog. I’ve been, well, awfully jealous because of it. Stay It would’ve been us if we went back just a day later.”

Wizard Hog returned the wizard’s bow, “It’s not a very good experience if you ask me, Wizard Angus. We were just lucky.”

Wizard Angus looked around him, “About the teleportation circle, Wizard Hog, we did bring our technician here? What did you use to destroy it?”

Wizard Hog didn’t give a straight answer, “We can’t kill the advanced crusaders without this.”

Wizard Hayward of the fifth squad was laughing out loudly, “Wizard Evans! You wanna see who can dig more magic stones up in one go?”

Wizard Evans just strangely looked at him without saying anything.

Wizard Angus tried to be discreet, “Ahem, Wizard Hayward! Go and guard yourself at the side.”

Wizard Creamer of the fourth squad spoke softly, “Find a place to stay, Wizard Hog. I’ve got news from the organization.”

There were only two buildings here. One was the wooden shack that’s used to set up the circle base. The other one was the one Abel used to defend the defense circle. The one top-level magic gemstone was what’s used to keep it as the energy source.

To have a private conversation between them, Wizard Hog, Wizard Creamer, and Wizard Angus went inside the wooden shack. Abel had no idea what they were talking about. He would do some meditation, but he just couldn’t get over the accident that happened yesterday. He was not alone now. He had to think for the entire advanced wizard squad that he was in. Not that it was going to take up too much of his time, though. He could still take advantage of the time difference between the dark world and here. It wasn’t like missing out on one or two meditation sessions was going to get him behind.

With two more wizard squads here, everything just became a lot noisier. The advanced wizards all laughed together as they chatted with one another. At the side, the circle master was very busy trying to fix the teleportation circle that’s broken. He didn’t have a lot to waste. It’s not just that circle itself that he had to fix. There was also the small-sized defensive circle outside that he had to try to do something about.

Since the teleportation circle was already destroyed, the third squad almost lost all connection with the rest of the lightning clan. That being said, Wizard Hog still tried to reach for one of the senior staff as he left the camp. This was basically why the reinforcement came this morning to ambush any holy crusader here for revenge.

As for Abel, he didn’t participate in the conversations between the wizards. He didn’t know them that much, and the difference in level made it hard for him to make a conversation. Instead, he took out a book from him and started reading.

It didn’t take much time for the three squad captains to come out from the wooden shack.

Wizard Hog yelled, “Third Squad! Everyone in the third squad, get over here!”

With that, everyone in the third squad stopped chatting about whatever they were on about and ran towards Wizard Hog. Abel also walked over after he put the book away.

Wizard Hog spoke, “Everyone, we’ve just received an order from the higher-ups. Did any of you leak out information on how the magic stone mine has been dug through?”

Without saying more, Wizard Hog’s eyes started locking onto Wizard Frank. He didn’t say anything, but it made all the other advanced wizards start laughing at once.

Wizard Frank called out loudly, “I didn’t say anything, captain! The assembly! It, uh… came before I managed to tell it to anyone.”

Wizard Hog drew his gaze away, “Good enough, I guess. Remember, even without anything to dig here. This is still a pretty good spot to lure the nation of evil. They won’t be able to get any resources even if they make it through here, and that’s that. Never tell anyone else about what’s happened here.”

Wizard Hog then spoke to Abel, “Do not use your Johnson’s excavation anymore, Wizard Abel. That’s just going to get too much attention and put you in danger.”

Abel nodded his head, “Yes, captain.”

For the lightning clan, while it was important to excavate magic stones in a short period of time, it was just not going to be as important to protect a prodigy that had a very high chance of becoming a wizard mediator. Stones could be dug, but a genius was made by fate. Both talent and a unique destiny were of absolute cruciality to possess the qualities to become a wizard mediator. Abel was maxed on his lightning potential. Under situations such as this, he was like a treasure chest that must be protected at all times.

Wizard Hog spoke as he looked towards everyone, “The organization just sent out two squads. It’s supposed to be done in secret, so don’t leak anything about that. According to our advisor’s estimates, the nation of evil will start its revenge very soon. We, the three squads, will be ones to stop them if they tried to come.”

On that night, the circle master went without rest. He worked under a few lighting circles all the way through the morning, and once the sun rose, Abel came out of his tent to see that he was no longer there. All the damaged circles were pretty much fixed by then.

When Abel looked towards Wizard hog and the other two, he let go of the wizard crest in his hand and screamed.

“Wizard Creamer! Wizard Angus! The Wizard Union just warned me that the tenth mission point has been attacked. The teleportation circle there is destroyed, and they want us to go as reinforcement!”

Wizard Creamer spoke quietly, “Bring the team over, Wizard Hog. I’ll be staying here with Wizard Angus.”

Wizard Frank was a bit reluctant, “Let’s not be so rushed, Captain. The tenth mission spot is for Wizard Beecham’s squad. Why don’t we just let that bastard die right there?”

Wizard Hog was not happy to listen to that at all, “Be quiet, you! The nation of evil is the enemy of the entire continent! We, the lightning clan, will not twist the order of the Wizard Union in a way that suits our personal ends. I don’t care about how Wizard Beecham does things, but the third squad will depart as soon as the order comes.”

No one said anything back after that. Under the leadership of Wizard Hog, they all left the camp with countless acts of “instantaneous movements” and bypassed the covering of the defensive circle.

Wizard Ran spoke to everyone with his power of the Will, “Everyone, hey. I don’t know what the nation of evil is really thinking, so please tell me if you do. If I remember correctly, the tenth spot should be where the fire element stone mine is at. Why do you think they’d be interested in going over there?”

Wizard Harold responded, “Maybe it’s for revenge. As for that spot and not our camp, maybe they anticipated that we have some sort of trap in our base.”

Wizard Frank started talking nonsense again, “I just hope that Wizard Beecham can hold on until we’re there. We don’t want him to be dead before we get there, right?”

Wizard Hog sent out a message with his power of the Will, “No! We might be late!”

Abel looked towards the front as a soul light beam appeared from the valley not so far away. There were two in total, which indicated that two advanced wizards were already dead. Instead of talking through their power of the Will any further, the team members all increased the speed of their “instantaneous movement” and appeared right outside the camp.

Wizard Hog sent a special reminder to Abel, “Get Johnson out, Wizard Abel. Stay at the side, though. Don’t come to us.”

Abel nodded his head in response, “Yes, captain!”

Abel knew himself well. His wizard power was not good enough to do teamwork well enough with his quad. He could only contribute if he was relying on Johnson’s strength.

The camp here was pretty much the same as the one that’s protected by the third squad. It was all made of wood, but the timber was ruined since there was no place to fight inside the entire camp. Apart from the two soul lights that were among them, there were no wizards nor holy crusaders to be found.

On the other side, the hole at the mine was also in ruins. This was very typical of someone who wanted nothing more but to vent out their frustration through revenge.

Wizard Hog’s face became bitter when he saw what’s happening, “Everyone just rest, alright? Wizard Ram! Go check out who just died.”

Wizard Ram disappeared and reappeared at where the soul light was at. Soon, he disappeared and reappeared at where the second one was.

Wizard Ram reported once he teleported himself back Wizard Hog, “Captain, it’s one rank seventeen and one rank eighteen. Wizard Beecham’s squad just fled!”

Having heard this news, even Wizard Frank didn’t say anything much anymore. Two advanced wizards were dead. The loss was just too great for Wizard Beecham for him to make any sort of recovery. All he could do was to accept the fact that he couldn’t complete the mission and run away with whoever men he had left.