Chapter 723 Before Departure

723 Before Departure

After the consciousness of the second Magic Gem of Vicente faded, he left the interior of the cave and went to where the werewolf was waiting for his party nearby.

"You made it, huh?" the furry creature sitting on a branch of a nearby tree said as it looked at Vicente, feeling a completely unfamiliar sensation from the magician in front of it.

"Thank you for the information. It helped me a lot." Vicente thanked it sincerely as he stopped next to the creature before looking up at the beautiful, large moon visible from there.

"Tell me about our destination," he got right to the point, making the magical creature next to him take a deep breath and turn its attention to the full moon.

"Our target is a Manticore. The creature has long been at the level of a Beginner Archmage, so it's very close to reaching the Intermediate level. It lives in a shadowy area in the far northwest of the Valley of Lightning.

Its powers are based on two elements: poison and shadow. With its sting, it can inoculate a poison that can kill even Intermediate Archmages, while its control over shadows can turn shadows into our enemies.

It is a terrible warrior on the battlefield for its enemies. It is very strong, with a very resilient body, unparalleled speed, and a high level of regeneration. Rêạd new chapters at novelhall.com

I've heard stories of creatures who challenged it and couldn't even scratch its fur... Everyone who faced it eventually died. Some escaped for a few days, but as I said, its venom is deadly. If one of us gets hit by it, we'll die."

The werewolf stopped staring at the moon and looked into Vicente's human eyes. "I'll be honest with you. If I hadn't seen your potential, I would never have gone ahead with my current plans. Everything depends on you."

"I understand... What do you stand to gain by taking such a risk?" Vicente asked curiously.

"It is a resource compatible with me. If I absorb it, I could become an Archmage in a few days. Then I won't have to worry so much about those damn vampires," the werewolf replied, unable to hide its displeasure at the current situation on the continent.

At the very least, he would have to add all four of his missing pentagrams to the Throne of Darkness or advance to the level of a High-level Paragon to challenge that vampire with any chance of survival.

Anything less in the face of Demien's power would be suicide!

The werewolf had imagined it, so it didn't find Vicente's plans strange. It made sense to hide and prepare for the future, even if this young man was so strong.

"Good luck with your plans. But maybe we'll meet again in the future. I, too, plan to head south sometime," the furry creature said while Vicente remained silent, thinking about how close he finally was to Lauren.

Since the two cyan pentagrams he had absorbed in the past few hours had enhanced his powers, he felt after obtaining the cyan pentagram for the second position of the Throne of Darkness, he would be strong enough to go to Nixlas' Shadows.

The headquarters of Nixlas' Shadows was close to this area in the Vinia Empire. This sect was in an area in the empire's west, less than a month's journey away from where Vicente and his group were at the moment.

Considering the stops for cultivation, recovering from confrontations that might happen in the meantime, or even the times they might need to hide, he and his group could reach such a place in two months at the most.

Thinking about it, Vicente couldn't help but imagine Lauren's face, how she looked after all these years and what it would be like to take her home to see Nina again.

About 12 years had passed, but given the wonders of magic, she should be exactly the same as she was back then, at least physically.

While he was thinking about it and planning his reunion with Lauren, Vicente left the werewolf after saying they would wait until his companions had finished cultivating.

This would take a little over three days, when those who had a chance of advancing could finally complete their advancement to the level of Sky Sovereigns!