Bloodline of the Wizard-Chapter 343 - 172: Natural Magic Manipulator, Heramus’s Genius Seat_2

Kosti kept a close eye on the entire process, and after Ronan finished everything, the last bit of worry in her beautiful blue-purple pupils also dissipated like smoke, and she seemed to completely relax as she let out a gentle breath before taking the initiative to explain to Ronan: "It’s not that I don’t trust you... After the incident with the Ancient Witch Revival Association, everyone needs to re-sign the contract, including myself."

"I understand."

Ronan nodded, then habitually reached up to rub his forehead, as if the mere process of signing this simple contract had drained him of the majority of his spiritual power.

Kosti noticed the abnormality in Ronan and reached out to touch his forehead.

Ronan didn’t resist and let Kosti’s hand rest gently on the spot between his eyebrows, a slight fragrance accompanying the light of spiritual power radiating from Kosti’s fingertips.

After a moment, Kosti withdrew her hand and her delicate eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

"Ronan, your condition is terrible.

What exactly have you been through this month?"

Ronan didn’t speak, just silent.

Kosti looked at him with a complex expression, sighed softly, and shook her head, choosing to let the subject go.

"Never mind, you have your own secrets, and it’s not my place to pry."

"Can you tell me what happened this month?"

After a silence, Ronan looked at Kosti and asked.

Kosti nodded and then began to tell Ronan about the aftermath of the battle on the Goblin Plain.

Kosti spoke quickly and in detail, taking quite a long time to cover all the points that might interest Ronan.

"..During the years when Deby was in the Seventh Magic Ring, I’ve personally taught him more than once, yet I had no idea he had secretly joined the Ancient Witch Revival Association."

Kosti’s narrative concluded with the story of Deby, a wizard who betrayed the Magic Ring.

Ronan saw feelings of shame and self-blame appear in Kosti’s eyes. This woman, Kosti, naturally possessed a kind of "motherliness". Although she was much older than Ronan, her soul was as pure as that of a girl unacquainted with worldly affairs, and she even partially blamed herself for Deby’s betrayal.

Ronan didn’t know what to say, still reflecting on what Kosti had just described.

Compared to the other Five Great Wizard Forces, the Silver Magic Ring was probably the least affected by the Ancient Witch Revival Association; at least, none of the seven Ring Lord Level high-ups was a "traitor". Looking at the neighboring Melt Crystal Lake and Thorny Palace, even a Dawn Rank Wizard could be a turncoat.

However, infiltration was quite severe among Magic Ring members below the high ranks. The number of Magic Ring Wizards suspected of being part of the Ancient Witch Revival Association reached over a hundred, including Nono Pelin, who had crossed paths with Ronan. This guy left the Magic Ring on the second day after the competition on the Goblin Plain began and hasn’t returned since, already placed on the list of six "hunted" traitors.

In her story, Kosti openly stated that if she hadn’t come back in time, she might have been labeled a "traitor of the Magic Ring".

Even because he possessed the World Stone coordinates highly valued by the Resurrection Council, even though he’s now re-signed the soul contract to prove his "loyalty," the suspicions against him have not been completely cleared.

Ronan had thought about mentioning the "Resurrection Council Dark Head" who had died by his hand, a powerful figure of Peak Level 3, "to prove innocence."

But then he thought better of it.

Those who believed in him, like Kosti, would choose to believe him no matter what he did; on the contrary, those who doubted him would remain sceptical regardless of how he tried to prove himself.

Putting himself in the shoes of the Magic Ring’s high ranks, given the current situation where even a Dawn Wizard who was a leader of one faction could be a "Resurrectionist traitor," it was only natural to have doubts about an ordinary member who held the coordinates and had inexplicably gone missing for a month upon his return.

On the other hand, Kosti’s almost "emotionally-driven" approach seemed quite "naive".

"... After discussing with several Ring Masters, the decision was to extract and destroy the coordinates in your possession."

Kosti asked Ronan in a negotiating tone, and he didn’t have much resistance to it.

"Okay."

He simply thought it over and then nodded in agreement.

Kosti breathed a sigh of relief and said to him: "The extraction process might be a bit painful, try to endure it."

After speaking, Kosti took out an unknown black Potion from her Space Ring and asked Ronan to extend his hand, then evenly applied the black Potion across the back of his hand.

Ronan stared at the layer of black liquid on his hand, which felt slick as if it were a pool of melting tar.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the black liquid was actually made up of countless tiny insects. These insects desperately burrowed into Ronan’s skin upon contact.

As all of the black liquid seeped in, Ronan quickly felt a pain in the back of his hand like a red-hot iron brand, a pain that seemed to reach his soul, causing him to slightly furrow his brows.

The burning sensation intensified, followed by an arrow-like mark slowly emerging on the back of Ronan’s hand.

Kosti by his side began to recite a low Spell, and the black liquid that had previously penetrated his skin once again seeped out, actively flowing like a living thing into the empty Crystal Bottle that Kosti had prepared in advance.

The arrow mark on Ronan’s hand disappeared along with the black liquid, signifying the completion of the so-called extraction process.

"That should do it."

When the last drop of black liquid flowed into the Crystal Bottle, Kosti firmly sealed the bottle.