Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Chapter 137 Windsinger's Pendant

This was also one of the reasons Ian practiced hard as he knew about this place from the beginning.

Of course, he still directly ignored those pillars on the periphery since he didn't really need those useless things only useful for a normal Knight.

"Swoosh!"

Just as Ian's figure approached closer to the pedestals a little nearer to the center, the magic barrier covering it suddenly fluctuated as it extended outward, making an instant array on the ground.

The array was circular, a little different from the teleportation array Ian had seen earlier, and filled with dense archaic runic language. Although he knew about normal archaic words, runic language was his blind spot.

'It will be great to gain some array inheritance this time.'

Ian thought, but he knew that it was quite unlikely. In a Wizard's world, Array's knowledge triumphed over everything, even alchemy and potionology. So, chances of finding such in this low-level trial were almost nill.

With the Array casting completed, a sudden gust of strong storms swept through the place as a large number of dark creatures began to fly out of it.

"Caw... caw..."

The piercing cry, filled with a strong mental attack suddenly echoed simultaneously, trying to disturb Ian's mind in its wake.

"Wind element, huh,"

Ian thought while looking at a large number of dark Ravens sprouting out of the array in front continuously, not minding their weak mental attack one bit.

As Ian said, each pedestal in this area contained a Wizard Inheritance, and since each wizard specialized in a specific element, the trial it posed would be different.

It could be a physical fight with summoned monsters, a test of willpower, a test of knowledge, or simply a test of affinity—basically what that wizard thought was suitable for an inheritor to accept their mantle.

Of course, since this was only the first floor of the Ignisia Tower, at most the inheritance here included those below the First Ring Wizard level; except those at the center.

However, it was still very hard for an average Knight who hadn't practiced the meditation method to take this challenges.

For example, for many participants this time, just the mental attack from the Ravens Ian thought of as weak just now could prove fatal if they couldn't defend themselves and get out of the range of this pillar.

After all, 4 to 6 points of mental power couldn't defend against this monsters attack in any way. Even Aurora, with 8 points in mental power, would find it very difficult to fight in this context. That's why he asked her to only choose pedestals at the periphery.

"Shrrkkk..."

When the groups of ravens saw Ian wasn't affected by their mental attack, they suddenly became agitated as their eyes turned blood red and they let out piercing shrieks.

Ian even saw their talons getting visibly longer as their steel-like claws pointed at him. They looked nothing like those normal bird he saw on Earth.

"Heh, now it's interesting," Ian smiled just as the monsters in front disappeared from his vision, making their way toward him at extreme speed.

Even the wind howled loudly, creating a small storm from their rush and causing Ian's clothes to flutter.

Since this was an inheritance related to a Wind-type Elemental Wizard, speed was its forte, and Ian would become passive if he couldn't adapt faster—only if it was an equal fight, that is.

"Tidal Push!"

Ian didn't want to waste too much time and wanted to grab everything possible, so he directly took out the worn-down staff he got from Ethos while chanting a spell.

"Swoosh!"

Suddenly, with his voice, a strong wave of water sprung forth and swept through everything around Ian at its center, causing the momentum of all the ravens to halt briefly and the storm to subside.

"Ice Shard!"

Ian didn't stop his chanting, though, as he completed yet another zero-ring spell side by side while concentrating his mental power turning those water droplets into sharp icicles.

"Screech..."

Suddenly, a low cry of pain echoed around as multiple dead bodies of black Ravens dropped from the sky, impaled by small sharp icicles.

How quickly they came and how swiftly they fell—they were no match at all.

With Ian's precise calculation, he shot all the monsters in one move, causing the area to clear instantly as all the dead summons disappeared into the array that also swiftly vanished.

"Perfect!"

Ian smiled in satisfaction as his small practice in chain spells came out as he expected. As for the Ravens he killed, he didn't take it seriously—after all, he was a Second Class Wizard Apprentice anyhow.

"Click!"

After Ian completed the so-called trial effortlessly, the magic barrier surrounding the pedestal also disappeared, allowing Ian to see the orb at the top.

'I don't know if my Spellblade can break through this barrier.'

After all, his bloodline did have the ability to pierce through mana shields. So, wouldn't it be easier to loot if he could directly pierce the mana barrier without taking any trial?

"A wind element meditation method, a pendant, and a spellbook."

After Ian jumped to the top of the pedestal, he saw what seemed to be the inheritance he got after this trial. The glow he saw from below was just an effect of the pedestal that worked as an indicator.

So, Ian first grabbed the pendant and scanned it with his mental power while using Analysis.

[Windsinger's Pendant (Intermediate): An enchanted artifact that helps amplify the power of wind-based spells.]

[Artifcat Level:- Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Rare, Legendary, Mythic]

"An intermediate artifact, not bad."

If it was a normal person going after this trial, then they might only be able to complete this trial. So it was indeed a good inheritance, especially since there were even the corresponding spells along with the meditation method, although all of them were zero rings.

"Good start, then let's sweep through everything, shall we?"

However, Ian wasn't a normal person, and he wasn't satisfied with just this. He was about to go to another continent entirely and was dirt poor.

So, it was better to grab whatever he could here so that he could convert them into currency even if he didn't need them.

"Aqua Barrier!"

"Mind Control!"

"Crimson Chains!"

While Ian was busy completing the trial, Lyra also fought with a pack of wolves, killing them in droves while using her bloodline skills.

Although she was a little behind Ian, she didn't take much time to complete her trial too.

"Tch... only this much? How stingy! It seems I need to choose a little brighter ones."

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Lyra pouted in dissatisfaction after seeing only a few herbs that were useful for a Knight.

Aurora, who was near her fighting boar monsters, couldn't help but twitch her mouth speechlessly as she clearly saw that the herb Lyra called useless could help her reach the Grand Knight realm.

'They are so strong.'

Aurora couldn't help but feel bitter after seeing Ian and Lyra flying through multiple pillars one by one while she was still defending against these monsters in the Tertiary Knight realm.

'Guess that's what a Wizard is for you. Hope I can find something useful too.'

She thought with hope, even though it was as abysmal as it was, while gracefully impaling the boar in front, causing it to disappear into particles of light.

So, a weird scene began to play in the passage meant for the wizard inheritance trial as Ian and Lyra began to sweep through everything around with thunder, not stopping even for a second as the hourglass continuously showed the passing time.

What was supposed to be a trial had now become a competition to see who could grab more instead.