Wizard: Start with Biological Transformation to Grind Experience novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32: 032: Are you interested...?

Hot-tempered Reo was the first to speak: "This has happened several times already, we can’t let it slide any longer. If word gets out, people will think the Shadow Tower is easy to push around."

Calvin exhaled a smoke ring, speaking lazily, "Bring me the corpse to use as fertilizer."

Saros added, "Leave the soul for me."

Codinos grumbled, "You’ve all taken something; what’s left for me?"

The remaining two, Sirena and Erodion, didn’t speak, but the former’s silence and the latter’s cruel smile made their stances clear.

Erodion glanced at Codinos: "Have we figured out who exactly is responsible for this?"

After the last apprentice abduction, Erodion had assigned someone to begin the investigation. The wizard carrying out the task happened to be one of Codinos’s former apprentices.

All eyes turned towards Codinos, even the usually indifferent Sirena raised her chin for once.

Black Wizards occasionally infiltrated White Wizards’ territories to abduct apprentices for experimental materials, but such incidents typically targeted small, powerless Wizard Organizations. Targeting a behemoth like the Shadow Tower was exceedingly rare.

Everyone was curious—who was gutsy enough to provoke them?

Codinos said, "A guy named Morris. We don’t have concrete details on his identity yet, only that he works on soul and necromancy research. His base is rumored to be near the Shadow Swamp. His strength is unclear, but considering his lack of a reputation, he might be a newly ascended wizard."

Erodion nodded, pondering for a moment before speaking decisively: "Alright, who’s going?"

"I will."

Sirena, who had been silent up to this point, volunteered. "I’ll take care of it."

Everyone frowned. If this madwoman got involved, there wouldn’t even be a complete body left to work with. At that point, what use would materials even be?

Codinos hastily interjected, "There’s no need to trouble..."

Sirena shot him a cutting glance, her voice icy: "Do you want to fight me over this?"

"Uh..."

Codinos went silent immediately.

The rest also refrained from speaking. It wasn’t worth offending this woman over the scraps of a broke Black Wizard with little wealth to begin with.

Erodion scanned the group. Seeing no objections, he nodded: "Alright then, Sirena, go prepare."

Sirena didn’t speak, simply nodding in acknowledgment.

Erodion continued, "That’s enough about the Black Wizard; now let’s discuss the apprentice involved in this incident."

"An apprentice?"

Codinos was taken aback, as were the others, their expressions filled with puzzlement. Why bring up an apprentice in a meeting of this level? Was it someone with the bloodline of a top-tier family?

Erodion nodded. "Yes, an apprentice. The reason I bring him up here is purely personal—I’m interested in him."

With that, Erodion recounted the events that had occurred in the Corrupted Forest.

Shortly after the incident in the Corrupted Forest, the Tower had sent people to investigate.

An apprentice, not even part of the Inner Ring, had managed to turn the tables under desperate circumstances, killing a Black Wizard Apprentice equipped with a High-level Apprentice Grade alchemy creation. This extraordinary occurrence was immediately reported by the investigating apprentices, and through successive layers of reporting, it eventually landed on Erodion’s desk.

In this Dark Forest, the Shadow Tower’s spies were everywhere—especially in areas like the Corrupted Forest, which was technically a protected zone and under tight control.

Every blade of grass, every magic plant, and every magic creature in the area bore countless ties to the Tower.

Although Richard had disrupted the Witch Array, temporarily disabling the border, the Tower’s spies had meticulously recorded everything that occurred in the Corrupted Forest.

Through these records, Erodion had learned nearly everything about the incident in the Corrupted Forest.

"...and that’s about it." Erodion concluded his explanation.