chapter 1 Underworld

Darkness covers the world, but humans hold the light in their hands.

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"Roar!!!"

Suddenly, deep and terrifying roaring sounds came from the silent and empty underground valley!

This sound was like thunder, making people shudder in the unknown darkness. It kept hitting the eardrum of the young man in black robe by the lake. The young man covered his ears with a look of pain on his face.

The black hood fell to the ground, revealing a handsome face full of aristocratic temperament. Although his face was pale and his ears were bleeding, his eyes were very clear and his expression became determined again.

Zern, a humble apprentice of black magic.

At this time, the rocks on the underground lake dome fell in pieces like an avalanche, constantly hitting Zern, and he could only avoid it in panic.

"Roar!!!"

The deafening sound came again, as if mercilessly mocking the infinite insignificance of this human being in the face of absolute power. All struggles and resistance were in vain.

The owner of the terrifying roar is an intermediate-level monster, a Saltwater giants.

The underground lake at the foot of Zern is its habitat.

At this moment, it stopped roaring and stared at the human. Its huge tail whipped the rock, and its terrifying aura made Zern hair stand on end as he got a chance to breathe!

The white eyes glowed in the gray, and most of the head had traces of being burned by fire. Apparently, Zern previous magic also caused some damage to it.

However, in its view, this human being was clearly irritating and provoking itself.

The fear of death has not completely knocked down this black magic apprentice, but the patience of the giant crocodile has been completely exhausted!

It rushed to Zern side, opened its bloody mouth and bit directly into Zern's head. The sharp fangs were dripping with saliva, and the fishy smell was disgusting.

In this flash of lightning, Zern moved!

The opportunity he had been waiting for finally came!

His left hand suddenly sprinkled a handful of iron and phosphorus powder!

The fingertips of his right hand used the remaining magic power to release the magic that had been accumulated for a long time——

Secondary fireball!

In an instant, a fireball the size of a football flew out!

"Bang!!!"

The powder instantly caused deflagration, and coupled with the bombardment of the fireball, it exploded instantly!

The deafening explosion shook the entire valley, and the huge front jaw of the giant crocodile was blown to pieces, and blood and flesh were scattered on the ground.

Zern was shaken three to four meters away by the impact. He stood up, looked at the giant crocodile corpse in front of him, and waved his fist excitedly.

The bet was right!

Thanks to the deflagration-causing iron-phosphorus

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The powder, this secondary fireball that Zern had high hopes for, exploded with unimaginable power.

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At the end of the battle, due to the excessive consumption of Psychic force and almost all the magic power, Zern's face became extremely pale at this time.

After regaining a little strength, he first stood up and swam to the island in the middle of the lake to pick three brightly colored Starlight herb . Then he returned to the battlefield and took away the most precious crystal from the Saltwater giants . , and a giant crocodile skull filled with a lot of elemental power, and then quickly left the lake.

In fact, Zern only took half of the value of the intermediate World of Warcraft Saltwater giants at best.

More corpse materials and the blood of monsters with abundant magical elements were left behind. It wasn't that he didn't want to take them, but that in this underground world, every second was accompanied by danger.

Zern, who has reached the end of his strength, has no fighting power at this time and must not put himself in danger again.

The three Starlight herb were his ultimate goal in venturing into the territory of the Saltwater giants, and the fundamental reason why he risked his life in this leapfrog battle.

"Hoo, hoo." A low breathing sound came from the darkness.

The sound seemed to come from the direction of the lake.

Zern couldn't help but quicken his pace and leave this place of right and wrong.

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The City of Mensobra.

As the center of the "Dark zone" in the underground world, it is the only city in history founded by a black magician. It is a place where all dark creatures are in awe.

On the 20-meter-high city wall, the blue stone bricks reveal the vicissitudes of history, and in the gaps between the stone bricks, in addition to being soaked with the blood of countless dried monsters, there are also obscure and depressing magic runes engraved in them.

After two days of traveling quickly, Zern arrived at this magnificent city. The stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and his safety would be guaranteed to a certain extent.

"Hey, Zern, the injury seems to be serious!" When Zern walked to the special passage reserved for magicians, a joking chuckle came from the top of the city.

A dozen men in black robes similar to Zern stood on the city. The man in the center who spoke was the man with scars on his face and dark skin.

Although he and Zern didn't have an ongoing conflict, he didn't mind seeing Zern suffer misfortune.

Although the other apprentices present did not utter any words of ridicule, their facial expressions were mostly indifferent.

Don't blame these apprentices for being cold-blooded, but this is the normal state of the underground world.

There are also disputes among the black magic apprentices The City of Mensobra. The underground world believes that the strong is king, and good men and women cannot survive here.

The law of the jungle is the only law.

Even Zern himself would not help others for no reason.

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If he saw other black magic apprentices being unlucky, he might be secretly glad that there was one less person to compete with him for resources.

Ignoring the ridicule of the black magician at the top of the city, Zern took out his token and said to the Tauren captain in front of him who was guarding the city gate: "I am a magic apprentice who was ordered by Mosidol to go out on a collection mission. Now Let me enter the city immediately!”

The strong tauren captain, whose combat power was comparable to that of high-level monsters, actually showed great respect and obedience in front of Zern, a low-level apprentice.

What it was in awe of was not Zern , a low-level apprentice, but the identity of a black magician, and the Master Mosidol whom Zern had just spoken of.

In The City of Mensobra, or in the entire Dark zone, the black magicians represent the truth!

Zern ignored the cold words of the apprentices and left directly after passing the city gate. This greatly disappointed the apprentices who originally watched the excitement and did not take it too seriously.

Zern is also a famous figure in the Black Magic Academy in The City of Mensobra. At the age of sixteen, he has almost reached the threshold of an intermediate apprentice.

Potential does not completely represent the future of young people. What really caught the attention of these black magic apprentices was the praise that Zern received from several great black magicians.

No one knows when Zern will get lucky and be accepted as a disciple by some high-ranking black magician.

If Zern becomes a disciple of a certain master, his status in the apprentice circle The City of Mensobra will immediately rise to the middle and upper levels.

"Hmph!"Zern replied with indifference and disdain, causing a hint of anger to appear on the face of the Scarface apprentice.

In fact, this guy didn't want to confront Zern, but he was more afraid of Zern's girlfriend.

After rolling his eyes, the Scarface apprentice whispered to the followers beside him: "Tell Ilk the news that Zern was seriously injured."

"The two of them are mortal enemies, hum. I believe Irk also doesn't want to see Zern appear in front of him as an intermediate apprentice one day."

The Scarface apprentice's own magic level is at the intermediate level. As for his followers, he is just a newcomer who has only been in The City of Mensobra for two years. He has just learned magic and is only an entry-level apprentice.

In the Dark zone, when one's own strength is insufficient, everyone needs a backer.

The followers can't disobey Scarface apprentice, even if it makes him angry with Zern and his crazy girlfriend.

If Zern really fell at the hands of Irk, I believe that crazy woman would never let it go.

As for Scarface apprentice?

He has his own backer, so naturally he is not afraid of that woman.

Even in some fields, Scarface apprentice is in competition with Zern's girlfriend.

That's why he didn't like Zern who was living with that woman.