Chapter 1: The Underground World

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.

Thane, a humble apprentice of black magic.

At this time, the rocks on the underground lake dome fell in pieces like an avalanche, constantly hitting Thain, 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 giant saltwater crocodile.

The underground lake at the foot of Thain 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 Thain's 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, Thain's 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 Thain's side, opened its bloody mouth and bit directly into Thain's head. The sharp fangs were dripping with saliva, and the fishy smell was disgusting.

In this flash of lightning, Thain 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.

Thain 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

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

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At the end of the battle, due to the excessive consumption of mental power and almost all the magic power, Thain'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 grasses. Then he returned to the battlefield and took away the most precious magic crystal from the saltwater giant crocodile. , and a giant crocodile skull filled with a lot of elemental power, and then quickly left the lake.

In fact, Thain only took half of the value of the intermediate World of Warcraft Saltwater Crocodile 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.

Thain, 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 grasses were his ultimate goal in venturing into the territory of the giant saltwater crocodile, 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.

Thain 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 "Underdark" 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 twenty-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 inscribed in them.

After two days of traveling quickly, Thain 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, Thain, the injury seems to be serious!" When Thain 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 Thain 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 Thain didn't have an ongoing conflict, he didn't mind seeing Thain 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 in 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 Thain himself would not help others for no reason.

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 taunts of the black magician on the top of the city wall, Sean took out his token and said to the tauren captain guarding the city gate in front of him: "I am a magic apprentice who was ordered by Master Moses to go out to perform a collection mission. Let me enter the city immediately!"

The strong tauren captain, whose combat power is comparable to that of high-level magic beasts, was extremely respectful and obedient in front of Sean, a low-level apprentice.

It was not Sean, a low-level apprentice, who was in awe of him, but the identity of a black magician and Master Moses, whom Sean had just mentioned.

In Mosobra City, or in the entire Underdark, black magicians represent the truth!

Sean ignored the cold words of the apprentices and left directly after passing the city gate, which greatly disappointed the apprentices who had originally watched the excitement.

Sean was also a celebrity in the Black Magic Academy in Mosobra City. At the age of sixteen this year, he was almost at the threshold of an intermediate apprentice.

Potential does not completely represent the future of young people. What really attracted the attention of these black magic apprentices was that Sean had been praised by several great black magicians.

No one knew when Sean would be lucky enough to be accepted as a disciple by a high-ranking black magician.

If Sean became a disciple of a master, his status in the apprentice circle of Mosobra City would immediately rise to the upper middle level.

"Humph!" Sean's cold and disdainful answer made the scarred apprentice's face a little angry.

This guy didn't want to confront Sean directly, but was more afraid of Sean's girlfriend.

After rolling his eyes, the scarred apprentice whispered to his follower beside him: "Tell Ilk that Sean is seriously injured."

"They are mortal enemies. Humph, I believe Ilk doesn't want to see Sean appear in front of him as an intermediate apprentice one day."

The scarred apprentice's own magic level is intermediate. As for his follower, he is just a newcomer who has only been in Mosobra City for less than two years. He has just started learning magic and is only an entry-level apprentice.

In the dark area, when one's own strength is not good, everyone needs to rely on a backer.

The follower cannot disobey the scarred apprentice's order, even if he will become enemies with Sean and his crazy girlfriend.

If Sean really falls at the hands of Ilk, I believe that crazy woman will never let it go.

As for the scarred apprentice?

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

Even in some areas, the scarred apprentice is in a competitive relationship with Sean's girlfriend.

That's why he dislikes Sean who lives with that woman.