The Witcher: Son of the Planes.

Haoyue Empire——Headquarters of Istar Magic Organization

"Lord Fred, it seems that prey has been caught in the Tilmo Forest." said Jesse, the quasi-level magician.

"Oh? Which mouse was caught?" asked the chief wizard Fred (first-level magician).

As the largest wizard organization in the Haoyue Empire, the Istar Magic Organization has branches throughout the empire and also has branches in some of its subordinate countries. Its influence is enormous.

More than a hundred years ago, necromancy had not been banned, but there were fewer people practicing it. It was not until the necromancer Claudel launched the Undead Scourge, causing the loss of tens of millions of people in the Haoyue Empire and the Huiyao Empire, that it was jointly banned by the countries on the continent.

As an important magical force, Ishtar also participated in the war against Claudel.

Because the undead plague first started in the Haoyue Empire, the Haoyue Empire suffered the greatest losses. At that time, people in three counties were turned into skeletons, and it took nearly a hundred years of migration to recover.

Although Claudel was destroyed, the number of magicians practicing necromancy has never ceased, they just moved from the open to the dark.

With the help of clues about the ruins of Cullodel that the Empire has already obtained, Istar has captured many necromancer apprentices.

As the holders of magical power, magicians have never stopped their desire for knowledge, and they are also a group of learning and research maniacs. Although necromancy is expressly prohibited, many magicians are still willing to catch a few necromancer apprentices to study necromancy.

"It should be the Necromancer Pugna this time." Jesse replied.

"Pugna? According to previous records, I'm afraid it hasn't reached the advanced level yet."

"My lord, that was in the past. He may be a senior magician's apprentice now."

"Organize some people and bring him back to me. Istar's dungeon is still in need of a high-level magician apprentice."

"Yes, sir," Jesse replied.

……

Bright Moon Empire - Tilmor Forest

Pugna finally found the faint magical fluctuations and entered the secret realm of Claudel's laboratory. Finally, his efforts were not in vain.

However, the good times did not last long. As soon as he entered the secret realm, he was attacked by screaming mushrooms. Waves of harsh sounds came into Pugna's ears. It was also Pugna's fault that he was not prepared enough. He only thought about the harvest and did not expect to defend against possible dangers. He was hit immediately.

Fortunately, in addition to the sound attack, the screaming mushrooms only emit some hallucinogenic smell.

Relying on his own magic resistance, Pugna woke up soon.

I can’t believe that after so many years, the magical creatures here still have magic powers?

Pugna climbed up carefully. This time he was prepared and the screaming mushrooms could no longer hurt him. He walked slowly inside.

As soon as he turned the corner, he found several tentacle vines attacking him. A burst of undead flames quickly burned the vines, leaving only a few burnt stems. Pugna walked forward to take a look, and thought they were of little value, so he threw them away.

The rest of the journey was quite smooth, and I found the laboratory. A hundred years had passed, and many specimens in the laboratory had dried up and weathered, and were worthless. I looked around and found that there were no useful items in the laboratory. I thought about the magical plants outside, and thought that there must be some source of magic power.

Pugna left the laboratory and began to slowly search for the source of magic power along the way.

……

Outside the secret realm of Claudedel Laboratory.

"Lord Jesse, the magic mark has been triggered. Pugna should have gone in." said a mid-level knight attendant under his command.

This arrest operation was led by Jesse, a quasi-level magician, with one intermediate magician apprentice, two low-level magician apprentices, one intermediate knight attendant, and eight low-level knight attendants. The lineup was already very strong. Jesse was confident that he could only arrest a high-level magician apprentice.

Although Istar is the largest magic organization in the Haoyue Empire, due to its large number of branches and the scarcity of magicians, not many magicians followed Jesse.

The status difference between knights and magicians in the Victoria's Secret world is not big, and magicians cannot directly command knights, mainly because the number of knights is greater than that of magicians, and some forbidden spells mastered by magicians can cause great casualties, and their deterrent power in the empire is higher, making magicians appear slightly more noble. The rarity of magicians has led to the fact that magicians' titles in the Haoyue Empire are generally higher than those of knights.

"Get ready, check your equipment, and prepare to enter the secret realm." Jesse ordered.

……

"Hmm?" The restriction that Pugna left at the entrance to the secret realm was triggered.

As a necromancer who is hated by everyone, if he was not careful, he would have been hanged countless times.

"It's a pity for Pugna. He just had a clue and it was interrupted. I don't know which damn junior was able to get the information in. I will look for it again after I solve this problem." He thought to himself.

Pugna thought that a necromancer might have found this place. After all, mages from other schools were not as interested in necromancy as they were.

Although he felt that he was about to deal with a young necromancer, Pugna still held the bone staff, activated the bone shield protection first, and was ready to activate the undead fire spell at any time. At the same time, he activated the teleportation stone, ready to escape at any time.

The teleportation stone in Pugna's hand is not a high-end product. It can only mark three locations within 20 kilometers, and they have to be in the same space.

The constant cautious attitude ultimately saved Pugna's life.

Before entering the secret realm, Pugna had thought about what dangers might exist, so he left two marks outside the secret realm. If the situation was urgent, he could escape more than 40 kilometers in a short time.

After entering the secret realm, a mark was also left at the entrance of the secret realm.

……

"Lord Jesse, there are traces of necromancy ahead." The intermediate magician apprentice said as he looked at the damaged remains of the tentacle vine not far ahead.

"Yeah, it's that nasty smell indeed," said Jesse.

"Keep moving forward and be ready to fight."

The magician apprentices began to prepare spells, and the knight servants also began to mobilize their fighting spirit.

……

"boom"

A blast of undead flame was thrown over and hit the low-level knight servant in front. Although he had activated his fighting spirit and was not fatally injured, he still felt uncomfortable.

Without any warning, seeing his companion injured, several spells flew towards Pugna, and the knights also began to charge.

Pugna has been traveling between countries for many years to avoid being hunted down by magic organizations. He is not afraid of these magicians and knights, and he has dealt with them many times.

After a spell of summoning the dead was finished, more than a dozen skeleton creatures crawled out from the ground. Some were in human form, and some were in animal form. These were probably left over from the experiments done by Master Claude. Pugna still had time to think about it.

The skeleton creatures followed Pugna's command and attacked the magician and the knight.

Pugna at the back occasionally released undead flames (which had a spell attack effect) and bone spears (which had a physical attack effect) and threw them at the magician and knight in front.

……

Watching the back-and-forth battle between his men and Pugna, Jesse had not yet made a move. Today's battle was also an opportunity for his men to train.

The two sides were fighting fiercely, with skeleton creatures falling down from time to time and knights being injured and retreating; the mages on both sides were not harmed for the time being.

……

It was a bit too long and Jesse was feeling a bit bored.

Forget it, Fred is still waiting, I'll put an end to him.

Jesse began to chant a spell. He prepared a confinement spell that was not very harmful. It was mainly to seal the enemy's magic power. It was not aimed at killing the enemy. But once the magic power was banned, those skeleton creatures would be without command. And without magic power, could Pugna be a match for the knights?