Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Somewhere in the remote land in the east, a handsome young man was riding a sleek horse with cloud-like patterns on its body, shuttling through the dark forest at an extreme speed.

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With the speed of the Stormchaser, Ian could already see the dark boundary of the Ashen spire covered with clouds.

After parting with his father, he briefly met his mother Elara, who asked to ensure his safety, and immediately left for the location on the map.

At first, he was going to run like before, but then he thought that it was unbecoming of him. So, he rushed with this Stormchaser, which was okay at speed; it only took one and a half days to rush.

"Here I am again."

Ian looked at the countless tall peaks covered with dark clouds in front of him, remembering his previous visit.

Although the location was different, Ian didn't see any noticeable difference; everything was covered in darkness with an eerie atmosphere.

"But this area is really close to the Ashen Sanctum."

If his guess was correct, this place was only a hundred miles (~160 km) apart from the lair of Ruther.

"That old man was really cooking something."

It was hard not to suspect his motive. This was too close for a Sixth Ring Wizard. Maybe Ruther went with Carl to avoid exposing himself.

After Ian neared the location, he climbed down from the horse and arranged it just like before, giving it enough fodder.

However, this time there was no need for him to use honey to disguise his scent, and he used his luck to go inside.

After confirming that the place he arrived at was correct according to the map, he took out the dark medal Margaret had given him from his mana ring.

"Buzz..."

The moment he took the medal out from his ring, it buzzed strongly, showing some connection with the area in front somewhere.

Ian looked at it for a while, and seeing there was no other reaction besides buzzing, he entered his life energy and then mental power but to no avail.

"Blood?"

Ian thought with annoyance but still pinched his finger, letting a small drop of blood fall onto the dark medal.

"Swoosh!"

As soon as his blood touched the dark medal, it lit up brilliantly, shooting towards a peak covered by darkness in front of him, lighting it up in its wake.

"What the? How am I going to follow?"

Ian was confused by the medal's reaction. The token in his hand darted off on its own, leaving him behind.

Just when he decided to follow regardless everything in front of him began to shake akin to an earthquake.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the peak in front of him where the medal disappeared opened up from the middle, throwing up all the things in it, showing the pitch-blackness with no bottom.

Before Ian could do anything, it directly came in front of him, engulfing him whole like a whale swallowing a fish.

...

In a spacious hall supported by multiple pillars engraved with unrecognizable murals, Ian suddenly got thrown onto the ground from nowhere.

"Ugh... what kind of crap..."

Ian couldn't help but complain about the way he entered this place.

However, before he could gauge this place, a heavy pressure came toward him, immobilizing him completely.

Then he felt something scanning his body from head to toe, not even forgetting the Life Core.

However, Ian realized that it wasn't spiritual thoughts or some entity he imagined but the mechanism of this place that was checking his body.

After a while, when the scanning was completed, that heavy pressure disappeared just as it appeared, making Ian relax.

"Hah... That was dangerous."

Ian had a feeling that if his bloodline hadn't awakened yet, he would have been directly obliterated by that heavy pressure, whatever it was.

"No wonder Margaret warned me not to go without awakening the bloodline."

Suddenly, as Ian was thinking and assessing the hall he was in, a small tremor echoed, followed by the emergence of a stone platform full of ancient vicissitudes.

In the center of the platform, there was a stele faintly lit with texts continuously as if someone was writing something.

Ian got curious and quickly walked toward the platform, climbing it carefully.

When he looked at the stele in front of him, the writing was already over.

{Race: Human}

{Age: 17 years}

{Unique Bloodline: Awakened}

{Realm: Half-elemental Knight, First Class Wizard Apprentice}

{Final Evaluation: Excellent Qualification}

"A testing stele?"

Ian was surprised by the result shown on the stele.

As he read through everything, the stele shone with light again, displaying a bunch of other words.

{Setting the best possible direction of practice according to the bloodline.}

{Assessing suitable reward...}

{Assessment completed.}

{Reward: Elemental Convergence Chamber.}

{Initiating the elemental array}

With the words on the stele, the platform began to glow with a complex array pattern, while the stele disappeared. In its place, a simple throne made of stone appeared.

"Swoosh!"

Suddenly, the array pattern lit up brightly, covering the entire platform and sealing him inside as the mana inside began to roll, filled with rich elemental energy.

"So, my reward is related to Elemental Knight?"

Ian wondered what reward he would have received if not for the reward from the system.

However, seeing that the chamber was already operating, he quickly sat on the stone throne cross-legged, ready to accept whatever opportunity it was. Anyway, it could only be good for him.

Ian quickly forgot everything as he began to use his meditation method to concentrate and absorb the elemental energy pouring into his body from the chamber.

While he was clueless and immersed in his meditation in the serene chamber, outside was anything but peaceful.

With the activation of the elemental chamber, the entire peak where Ian entered began to shake and absorb all the mana from the surroundings thousands of miles even covering the Ruther's lair.

The absorption was so strong that even the darkness was faintly receding, showing the shadow of the endless peaks in eternal slumber.

But the strange thing was that there was no effect outside the Ashen Spires as if the two were entirely separate worlds.