Chapter 30 The Terrifying Effects of Bloodline Restraint
Chapter 30 The Terrifying Effects of Bloodline Restraint
She recognized the necklace!
The teeth on that necklace were not ordinary.
Instead, it was a tooth pulled from an ancient monster called the needle-toothed eel.
The Scarlet Wizard has the blood of a siren flowing through her veins.
In extremely ancient times, sirens were the darlings of the ocean. Through the ocean's favor, they held a position that could be described as domineering. They were almost perfect creatures in the sea—possessing sufficient intelligence, a large enough population, and above-average strength.
Even such perfect sirens have their natural enemies.
It's a needle-toothed eel.
The needle-toothed eel is a very unique parasitic monster.
And the creatures they parasitize are sirens.
The juvenile needle eel floats in the seawater, making it difficult for people to detect. If there were no sea monsters, they could sleep for hundreds of years.
However, once a siren swims by in the water, the juvenile needle eel will immediately revive upon sensing the siren's presence.
They would attach to the siren's head like a single hair.
Meanwhile, their own head is covered with needle-like teeth that grow little by little until they pierce into the sirens' heads, sucking out the sirens' brains to survive.
The siren will never notice this little 'thief' until her death.
Of course, at this point, the needle eel could not be considered the siren's natural enemy, but rather a nuisance.
According to normal evolution, even if the needle eel is the natural enemy of the sirens, as time goes by, the sirens will eventually adapt to the existence of the needle eel, and may even turn around and turn the needle eel into part of their power.
But the wizards did not give them time.
—On a certain day in history, a war broke out between human wizards and sea monsters for dominance over the ocean.
During the stalemate in the war, a wizard noticed the presence of the needle eel.
Thus the war came to an end.
The wizards bred countless needle eels and then dumped them into the ocean in one go.
Then came the collapse of the Siren Empire in the vast ocean.
Some of the surviving sirens became playthings for human wizards.
Later, some wizards suddenly discovered that the blood of the needle eel could enhance the effects of their meditation.
And so, some wizards began using live sirens as breeding grounds for needle eels...
This kind of thing quickly became popular, turning into a trend and an industry.
In order to make the living sirens more obedient when they were being used as "breeding grounds", a powerful wizard stepped in and modified the sirens' bloodline to a certain extent.
From that time onward, the fear of the needle eel became completely ingrained in the siren's bloodline.
After sensing the presence of the needle eel, the sirens' own 'mysterious' abilities would fall silent and become difficult to activate.
Even if the Scarlet Wizard at this time is not a true siren, but only inherited some of the siren's bloodline.
However, when Lesson appeared before the Scarlet Wizard with a necklace woven from the teeth of the needle eel, the Scarlet Wizard was still greatly suppressed.
The mystery surrounding her was spreading uncontrollably in all directions.
Bloodline is a flaw—in that instant, Loon realized this with absolute clarity.
Given the current state of the Crimson Wizard, it's no surprise that another wizard apprentice who has mastered offensive magic is in a similar situation.
Even ordinary people, even if they can't kill her, can still find a way to control her.
"We must find a way to solve the bloodline problem."
He absolutely did not want the Scarlet Wizard to suffer the same fate he had experienced.
Luo Ang calmed his mind and stirred up the mysteries of the world.
As mental energy circulates, the corresponding spell nodes slowly appear in the mental energy space.
"Are you the gigolo Little Scarlet found?" At this moment, Wizard Recent also turned his gaze to Loon.
—Loon had long been accustomed to using the totems within his soul to suppress his power.
Therefore, Wizard Recent still hasn't discovered that Loon is already a second-class wizard apprentice.
"Have you decided what you're going to offer as a prize for the game?" Lesson grinned sinisterly, looking like he had Loon completely under his thumb.
"To gain Scarlet's trust, this pretty boy must have some savings and resources."
"But soon, this foundation will be mine." Recent looked down at the two of them, sensing their auras.
"And Crimson, it's unbelievable that she's about to reach the limit of a first-class wizard apprentice."
"If I had arrived any later, wouldn't she have become a second-class wizard apprentice?"
Recent was pondering.
There is a world of difference between a high-ranking wizard apprentice and a low-ranking wizard apprentice—but this difference is mainly reflected in the foundation of magic.
Only when both sides have mastered enough spells will the solidified spells and the extra temporary spells produce an extremely terrifying effect.
If neither side has mastered any magic, then the gap between a high-level wizard apprentice and a low-level wizard apprentice is not as large as one might imagine.
Just like pistols and machine guns, the difference between them only becomes apparent when there is a sufficient supply of bullets.
If there are no bullets or not enough bullets, the only difference between a pistol and a machine gun is that the machine gun has more iron and hurts more when it hits someone's face. That's all.
Of course, a high-ranking wizard apprentice is still a high-ranking wizard apprentice, although the lack of magic makes it difficult for them to demonstrate their destructive power.
However, their stronger mental strength and more resilient vitality still greatly improved their survival ability.
An offensive spell, if cast at the right time, can kill a first-class wizard apprentice. However, if the target is a second-class wizard apprentice, the effect of that spell will not be as good.
Just like now, if the Crimson Wizard had become a second-class wizard apprentice, even though he would still be suppressed and interfered with by the aura of the needle-toothed eel, he would still have enough ability to control his fear and ride his shark to escape from underwater, just like last time.
"Seven years, second-class wizard apprentice."
"It's faster than I expected," Wizard Lesson mused.
Within the Tree Ring School, his talent surpassed that of the other apprentices, thus earning him greater respect within the school—otherwise, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to access the school's magical artifacts and scrolls and steal them away.
Even with his talent, it took him a full ten years to go from a first-class wizard apprentice to a second-class wizard apprentice.
Ten years have passed since he became a second-class wizard apprentice, yet he still hasn't reached the threshold of a third-class wizard apprentice.
"So, Crimson's faster progress than mine is because she's more talented than me?"
"Or is it because she suddenly gained access to some resources beyond her wildest imagination?"
Wizard Recent turned his attention to Loon.
If the Scarlet Wizard obtained some unimaginable resources in a short period of time, allowing her to approach the threshold of a second-class wizard apprentice at an extremely fast pace, then without a doubt, those resources were brought by this pretty boy in front of her.
"After squeezing all their resources out of them, we should kill them all."
"Otherwise, once Crimson really becomes a second-class wizard apprentice, she will be qualified to face me, qualified to restrain me, and able to cause me some trouble."
This was extremely detrimental to his rule.
While he was pondering this, Loon, who was riding a shark below, had already completed the construction of the spell model.
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