The Low-key Evil Wizard BOSS-Chapter 45 - 41: Promotion to Level Two
A bloody ceremony was unfolding at the Noble Academy, ravaged by the rat swarms and Nightmare Ratmen.
Teachers and students of the Noble Academy were constantly being torn apart and dragged away.
The tide of the Rat Plague swept across the entire campus, growing ever larger.
The cataclysm showed clear signs of escalating further.
Not until Zorn killed the Rat King was the surging tide abruptly cut short!
"SKREEE..."
The numerous mutated gray rats and Elite Mutated Gray Rats all began to emit piercing squeals.
The once-ordered rat tide began to fall into disarray.
The frenzied, bloodthirsty, and savage Nightmare Ratmen, along with many of the Calamity Rats, started to grow restless.
"Squeak..."
"Squeak..."
The rat swarms shrieked in a chaotic, disorganized mess.
The intelligent Nightmare Ratmen also sensed that something was wrong.
They dragged their spoils of war, some even starting to discard their prizes—the humans they were hauling away.
The Nightmare Ratmen began to retreat, taking large numbers of Calamity Rats with them.
But the mutated gray rats, and the even larger Elite Mutated Gray Rats, began to scatter in every direction.
The lucky human survivors fled, trembling and crying.
For a moment, the entire campus descended into even greater chaos.
But overall, it wasn’t as terrifying as before.
After all, the rat swarm had previously been like an army, pillaging everything in its path.
Now, it had become a disorganized rabble.
If Zorn hadn’t killed the Rat King, the casualties would have been much higher.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Zorn and Joliya blended into the panicked crowd and quickly fled the Rat Plague-infested campus.
Along the way, Zorn even managed to save two students who were being dragged off by Calamity Rats.
"Oh! Thank the great Holy Fierce Sun! Young Master Zorn, you finally made it out."
Seeing Zorn running over,
the carriage driver, Old Nero, who had been kneeling beside the carriage praying to the great Fierce Sun, quickly stood up.
A look of pleasant surprise appeared on his wrinkled face.
When he saw the gray rats, his expression changed, and he jumped onto the carriage with extreme speed.
As Zorn entered the carriage,
Old Nero immediately got the carriage moving, quickly leaving this dreadful place.
"Huu..."
Zorn let out a sigh of relief as he got inside.
While escaping with the crowd, Zorn had noticed some hidden Transcendents within the Noble Academy taking action. They were likely official personnel from Ogrande City.
Ogrande City placed a relatively high importance on the safety of the Noble Academy.
Mutated gray rats—Elite Mutated Gray Rats—Calamity Rats—Nightmare Ratmen.
The general trajectory of how the disaster had been bred and nurtured in the sewers emerged in Zorn’s mind.
Those "Calamity Rats," which stood a full meter tall, were capable of biting an adult man to death.
And the "Nightmare Ratmen," which already possessed Elemental Spirit and intelligence, were already a preliminary form of Extraordinary Species.
Coupled with their ability to control the rat swarms.
Under the guidance of the Rat King.
Every appearance was a terrifying, death-filled disaster.
More importantly...
Inside the carriage, Zorn rubbed the bridge of his nose.
As he fled the school, Zorn had noticed a hazy, green miasma seeping out from the area around the hole.
Today, the first weekend of June.
At the urging of the Evil God Organization, Forbidden Bloodline, they had successfully unleashed the dormant Bloodline Power of the Double-Ringed Snake.
Cursed blood was flowing, and a terrifying corruption was spreading.
The "Calamity Ecology" within the sewers was officially born; the cataclysm had taken shape.
The Rat Kings couldn’t wait to come out and forage, growing rapidly in the calamitous environment.
It was like the "announcement ceremony" of some damned Evil Spirit.
The Rat Kings also yearned to carve their own Calamity Sacred Mark into the opening act of Ogrande City’s new era.
Next, it would be up to Ogrande City and the Church to intervene and handle this disaster.
...
「Inside the carriage.」
Zorn meticulously examined his attribute page.
[Star Trace Fighter] (30th Anniversary Exclusive Commemorative Edition) (Untradeable)
Level: Level 1 (99%)
[Talent]
Gangyi Iron Bone (SS-Level): You possess a will and body of steel.
[Skill]
Basic Skull-Splitting Fist: Level 1 (0%)
...
The Star Trace Fighter’s Skull-Splitting Fist had reached Level 1.
Zorn had already felt it earlier.
A Level 1 Skull-Splitting Fist was a step above in every way—punching speed, destructive power, and utilization of Gang Qi. It was more than enough to completely suppress the Rat King boss.
Then, Zorn looked at his own Level and frowned slightly.
He had 99% Experience at Level 1, but he hadn’t advanced to Level 2.
Just a moment ago, he had clearly grasped the feeling of transformation.
But... he found it difficult to push the process of transformation any further.
’Normally, this should have been a smooth level-up. Going from Level 1 to Level 2 isn’t hard.’
’Is it because of the Dual Sequence?’
Zorn couldn’t help but rub the bridge of his nose again.
He had been waiting a long time for this disaster to break out.
If he couldn’t use the disaster to break through...
...then he would need to use the Sacred Mark, or borrow the power of the "hazy Black Mist" that had been stirred up by the previous trap ritual.
As he was lost in thought, a clamor and commotion erupted from the street outside.
"Ah... run!"
"Look, what’s that?"
"...So many rats!"
"Oh, my heavens! Those damned rats, how dare they?"
Zorn pulled aside the carriage window’s curtain.
Looking out, he saw the majestic tower of the Holy Fierce Sun Church in the distance, built from marble and soaring like a steep Holy Sword.
And at this moment, dense swarms of gray rats and Calamity Rats were scaling the tower in droves.
The gray tide of rats surged upward, as if a Demon was slowly devouring the landmark building of Ogrande City’s Holy Fierce Sun Church.
’I see!’
Zorn had a sudden realization. He knew what the catalyst for his breakthrough was.
He... was an Evil Spirit.
Order was watching him. He needed to wait for chaos and Calamity to bloom.
Soon, it was four o’clock in the afternoon.
By this time, the Holy Fierce Sun Church’s tower was completely submerged by the rat tide.
DONG!
DONG!
...
The heavy, melodious, and solemn church bells rang out at four o’clock for the afternoon service!
Normally, it was supposed to ring four times.
But this time, after just two rings, the bell fell abruptly silent.
Immediately after, a wave of screams and gasps erupted from the crowd.
Zorn looked through the glass.
The golden bell, like a meteorite, smashed heavily onto the ground.
"CRASH—BOOM—"
The dull thud struck everyone’s hearts like a heavy hammer.
The bell of the Holy Fierce Sun Church had been chewed from its ropes by the rat swarm and had fallen from the majestic tower.
In that instant, Zorn felt the power of Calamity surge to its absolute peak.
’This local rat gang is truly impolite. How audacious!’
The smile on Zorn’s lips was impossible to suppress.
Because he had already seized the opportunity to break through.
Under the guise of chaos and Calamity, Zorn silently began his promotion and transformation.
His Level was the first to reach Level 2.
Immediately after, his "Gang Qi" and "Evil Energy" also began to transform.
HSSSSS...
His physical body, life force, soul, and Sequence Spirituality were all rapidly transforming in every aspect.
The Evil Spirit Traits of an Evil Spirit Wizard would normally have spread out to absorb life force. However, they were completely contained under the shroud of the "Fighting Sequence," the "Sacred Mark," the "Steam Factory," and the surging "Calamity Ecology" outside. Not a single trace escaped.
"Huu..."
A long while later, Zorn, having completed his Level Two transformation, let out a light breath.
He carefully felt the effects of his breakthrough in every aspect.
’Physical strength, Spiritual Perception, its intensity, and my Life Tenacity have all been enhanced across the board.’
’My Evil Energy and Gang Qi have also completed their transformation.’
’Compared to Level 1, this Level 2 Dual Sequence is clearly much more powerful.’
He opened his system panel. Having reached Level Two,
Zorn had some new gains.
