"Where did the legendary item come from?"
"There's no movement at all!"
"No, not all magical treasures are earth-shattering. It's not surprising for the magical aura to be hidden after calming down!"
The group exchanged glances, then quickly descended the stage to take a closer look.
To their surprise, they found tiny figures of various colors—red, orange, yellow, and green—running around everywhere!
These little beings were no taller than a foot, each resembling mushrooms or vegetables in shape, with various types of caps, umbrellas, hats, or blooming flowers on their heads.
At first glance, they looked quite adorable, like fantastical creatures straight out of a fairy tale.
As these whimsical little beings ran around, they emitted a fluorescent glow, as if scattering powder in the air.
This created a dreamlike atmosphere, seemingly altering the surrounding mist.
Even the entire world seemed to be painted in magnificent colors.
"These are the fairy mushrooms cultivated by the wizards!"
Olen and the others were visibly alarmed and immediately held their breath.
"Inhaling their spores will trap you in an illusion, making you dance in circles uncontrollably until you collapse from exhaustion!"
"..."
Suddenly, Roy heard a strange melody.
It was like children singing, accompanied by instrumental harmonies, directly entering his mind. His body seemed to lose control, his arms wanting to sway.
"Damn, have I been affected?"
Although he had retreated immediately upon seeing these things, he now realized it might have been too late.
Fortunately, his body had been enhanced and transformed by the advanced knight's training, and his blood had been replaced with mercury.
He had developed a special resistance.
Roy soon discovered, to his relief, that the mysterious toxin couldn't easily control his body.
Gradually, he suppressed the urge to sway and dance.
"Who released these things?"
Roy quickly fled the scene, stopping dozens of meters away to cautiously observe.
The unknown enemy was hiding in the shadows, and the surroundings had become perilous.
However, besides being on guard, he felt a sense of hidden joy.
Because chaos was an opportunity!
The chance he had been waiting for had finally arrived!
He couldn't possibly resist three elite apprentices at the quasi-wizard level simultaneously, but by taking advantage of the chaos, he could steer the situation in the direction he desired.
"Wait, who is that?"
Suddenly, Roy was stunned.
He spotted two familiar figures.
They took advantage of the chaos, rushing over a small hill and leaping from their hiding spot toward the entrance.
"Renien, Andov, stop!
It's dangerous there!"
Anxious, he focused his mental strength and sent a sharp, needle-like sensation toward them.
The sensation startled the two, and they stopped in their tracks, looking bewildered.
Roy no longer hid his presence and quickly approached them.
"Melina plans to kill anyone who might be hiding treasures and has set up a trap near the entrance!
If you charge out like this, you'll only fall into their snare and die for nothing!"
While warning them, Roy observed the two and was surprised to find that their auras had drastically changed.
Renien's mental strength had surged, already reaching the level of manifesting 24 Willpower Runes, advancing to the high-level stage.
Physically, he was also brimming with vitality, his life energy full, matching the level of an advanced knight.
Originally, he was a descendant of a noble family, born into a viscount's household, with golden hair, blue eyes, and a sunny, handsome appearance, far surpassing the looks of the other commoner apprentices in the tower.
Now, with his mental willpower also transformed, he seemed to have undergone a complete metamorphosis.
Andov had also reached the stage of an advanced knight, with a robust aura and full vitality within him, though he was slightly inferior to Renien in the spiritual realm, lacking the transformative sensation of a high-level apprentice's mental strength materialization.
However, he was not far from advancing to the high level.
Roy was greatly astonished.
These two must have had some extraordinary encounters!
"A trap?"
"Going to their deaths for nothing?"
The two exchanged glances, half-believing, half-doubting.
"Do you still trust me? If you do, then honestly tell me, do you know what really happened with that light pillar back then?
And what about Tigro and the others, how did they die?"
Roy's gaze was fixed on them, eager to understand the whole story.
"I obtained a first-level Wizardry Artifact, and Tigro and the others became greedy, trying to seize it when I wasn't paying attention, so I killed them.
Later, we fled deep into the Flesh Swamp to hide temporarily and tried to master it."
Renien pursed his lips, looking ahead, and spoke in a deep voice.
"Thank you for coming out to warn us, but even if Olen and the others join forces, they might not be able to stop us."
As he spoke, an energy arm, somewhere between tangible and intangible, appeared on his right shoulder—a massive, muscular arm as thick as a normal person's waist.
Roy's gaze fell on the arm, slightly surprised.
Because on it was a huge claw blade.
The claw blade, as if forged from alloy, fit exceptionally well, gleaming with a metallic sheen, giving off an extremely sharp and dangerous feeling.
[Eye of Hermes] activated, seeing through its Magical Aura.
Purple aura!
This was a third-grade exceptional treasure, unique and top-tier Magical Equipment!
Roy couldn't hold it in his hand to appraise it, so he wasn't clear about its specific attributes, but he vaguely judged it to be some kind of special armament similar to a spiritual entity, perfectly complementing the Star Soul Beast Arm that Renien possessed.
But that wasn't the main point; the main point was that Renien had lied!
Or perhaps, he himself didn't know the true grade of this weapon?
All these possibilities existed, and each held a significant proportion.
But in any case, that Legendary Treasure still hadn't appeared.
Roy subtly shifted his gaze to Andov, finding his expression strange, his eyes evasive, as if he was feeling guilty about something.
"What exactly is going on? Is it really as Renien said, that Tigro and the others saw the profit and forgot their righteousness, trying to seize the treasure?
Or did Tigro and the others obtain it first, then they became greedy, killed to take the treasure, and after succeeding, turned the tables?"
Roy didn't easily believe them, as all these scenarios were possible.
In a short time, he had no way to verify, and the truth became increasingly elusive.
But Renien was already impatient to say more to Roy.
"Those fairy mushrooms are about to finish their song, we need to rush out before then."
After saying that, he didn't bother with Roy's reaction and just charged out.
"Sorry, Roy..."
Andov's faint voice carried a hint of unconcealed sorrow.
At the same time, a secret message condensed from Mental Strength at the level of an advanced apprentice arrived.
"Be careful of Renien..."
Roy's face darkened as he watched them circle around to the vicinity of the teleportation gate just as the mushroom fairies finished their song and hopped away.
After a moment's thought, he followed them, ready to seize the opportunity.
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