All Chapters of 《The Arcanum Algorithm》 : Chapter 61
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Chapter 61 The Morning After
Grimm's cottage. Opening his eyes, Grimm instinctively recalled last night's frenzied encounter with Lafey. In that exquisite frenzy, he had demanded again and again, tireless, even reaching a state of madness. Even now, Lafey's cloying sighs seemed to linger and echo in his ears. "This feeling..." Grimm closed his eyes, savouring the reckless impulse of the previous night. That pleasure rivalled the thrill of delving into the deepest mysteries of wizardry—a profound beauty emanating from the very core of his soul. Suddenly, Grimm snapped awake! No, this was merely bodily instinct. Wizards were beings devoted to the absolute pursuit of wisdom and truth—how could they possibly succumb to primal urges like beasts? With this thought, Grimm hastily sat up and shook his head vigorously. Yet, as he turned his head and saw Lafey still fast asleep beside him, her body half-exposed, those astonishing curves, t
Chapter 62 The Lightning in the Wood
Over the past few days, Grimm has made new discoveries about the Life Code and stumbled upon an unexpected breakthrough in elemental magic runes. The matter of the forbidden zone of the Life Code would have to be put on hold for now. For he had realised that to verify a recent discovery, he required a precious experimental subject: a living human being! However, conducting witchcraft experiments on common folk risked immediate exposure as a notorious dark wizard. Such a reputation would draw a joint warrant from all wizard academies, leaving him perpetually hunted by dark wizard hunters. Grimm dared not risk conducting human experiments under such circumstances. Of course, conducting experiments on a wizard apprentice might not warrant a warrant from every academy, but the apprentice's own academy and other influential factions would certainly pursue the matter. Thus, while one might slay other wizards, attempting to capture on
Chapter 63 The Bloody Grinder's Rules
It was still the same square as three years prior. Only now did Grimm realise that over these three years, an unexpectedly high number of this cohort of wizard apprentices had met untimely deaths. "This year, 1,577 wizard apprentices from Blackstone Spire Wizard Academy are participating in the Novice Trials. Shortly, you will each be issued a map of the trial grounds. Should you survive a month within the trial grounds and return safely, you shall be deemed to have passed the trial." From the high platform, a wizard bellowed with apparent enthusiasm, though a peculiar excitement lurked beneath his voice. "That simple? Surely not?" "What's going on? What's the deal with this year's Bloody Mill?" Below the platform, the wizard apprentices murmured in astonishment at this seemingly "simple" initiation trial. Meanwhile, Lafey, Grimm, Yoric, Yorkiana, Binson, and Robin stood together. Binson frowned. "It doesn't m
Chapter 64 Into the Briarwood
Grimm needed no hesitation whatsoever. With Grimm's formidable mental prowess and the combined might of numerous precious magical artefacts, few posed a genuine threat. Only prodigies like Yunli, Bibilyanna, or Soranm—those born with rare talents and nurtured from the moment they entered the academy by second-level wizards investing immense effort—could hope to challenge him. Such a vast quantity of magic stones rapidly boosting one's power was itself a form of wizardly wisdom! Of course, this only applied to the first twenty days after the secret realm opened. After twenty days, should the wizard apprentices acquire those high-powered consumable magical artifacts, that would be another matter entirely. "This... this is driving us to our deaths!" Binson wailed. Yoric, however, let out a savage chuckle: "Heh heh heh heh, I've long yearned for a battle opportunity like this, just like the slaughter aboard the sea vessel
Chapter 65 The Grinder's First Toll
Upon the scales, Grimm donned a pallid mask. As his body underwent a wrenching compression, as though being stretched into noodles, his vision blurred and he found himself in an unfamiliar place. Ugh... An instinctive urge to vomit surged through him. Such teleportation placed a considerable strain on a wizard lacking bloodline magic to bolster their constitution. Yet, despite the dizziness, Grimm remained alert. Through the haze, he caught sight of two figures locked in a standoff mere metres ahead. "Those two marks..." The marks on their foreheads—one from the Labyrinth Academy, the other from Ivory Castle—neither belonged to Blackstone Spire Wizard Academy. That said, even if they were from Blackstone Spire, they were enemies now. There might be some possibility of alliance if they were internal members of the Crimson Banner. Grimm wore his Pale Mask, concealing his own mark entirely. The two opponents coul
Chapter 66 A Trail of Ash and Blood
Buzz... Grimm had never ventured into the Zhenji Forest before and knew nothing of its common dangers. Now, he had unwittingly entered the domain of the so-called Killer Bees. Suddenly, hundreds of these fist-sized insects swarmed towards him, filling the sky. "Hm?" Grimm realised his mistake. The Thornbark Forest wasn't only filled with apprentice wizards as enemies; these dangerous creatures were equally deadly hunters for the young sorcerers! However... A dense, rain-like pattern of ripples spread across the defensive shield before Grimm. Though it looked dramatic, his mana was only trickling away bit by bit. For the lethal stings' attack intensity barely reached twenty degrees. It was merely their sheer numbers that prevented the Mask from replenishing its energy from the natural world in time. Wizards have always been creatures who fought with intellect. Those who resorted to brute force at the slightest provocati
Chapter 67 The Sun Rises in the Briarwood
Belrod, the ninth-ranked apprentice wizard among the top ten masters of this year's Dark Realm Wizard Academy. Though Belrod had always presented himself as humble and wise in others' eyes, none knew of the almost pathological arrogance that lurked within him. For he believed that given sufficient time, he could surpass any wizard apprentice—for that was simply the sort of man he was! From an unremarkable newcomer whom no one noticed, step by step, Belrod surpassed his peers, outstripped the so-called masters, and ultimately rose to become a prominent figure on the academy's Top Ten Masters list. All this forged the foundation of Belrod's arrogance. Beneath that seemingly humble and wise gaze lay a pride that looked down upon everything. Indeed, even those ranked above him among the academy's so-called top ten masters—were there but more time—he was certain he could surpass them. He held unwavering faith that day would come. "Y
Chapter 68 The Prey's Escape
It must be said that as Grimm continued his killing spree, by the time he had slain the sixth wizard apprentice, the mark upon his forehead had begun to emit truly astonishing fluctuations. For the sixth apprentice slain by Grimm was a formidable opponent who had already claimed four lives himself. Thus, Grimm now carried the accumulated markings of ten apprentice wizards. Instantly, the markings on Grimm's body blazed like flames in the darkness of the trial grounds. Wherever he went, other apprentice wizards fled at the earliest opportunity.rendering further "hunting" utterly impossible for Grimm. Afterwards, aside from one exceptionally powerful apprentice who briefly tested Grimm before fleeing, he encountered no one else. Grimm had even begun to abandon this method of acquiring magic stones, resolving to wait locally for the secret realm to open. Yet, just as Grimm abandoned his hunt, four wizard apprentices—each radiating formidable mark fluctuatio
Chapter 69 The Beacon's Pulse
Within the buds of the earth-bound flowers, approximately three metres beneath the soil, Grimm held a mid-grade magic stone in his hand, restoring his magical energy while simultaneously studying methods to control the fluctuations of the mark upon his forehead. Through persistent investigation, Grimm made a discovery. Normally, even if he depleted a fraction of his mana without replenishing it fully, his mark's fluctuations would blaze like a searing sun within a hundred-metre radius, constantly alerting all wizard apprentices within that range. However, when Grimm maintained full mana reserves, remained completely still without any movement, and emitted no magical fluctuations whatsoever, the mark's fluctuations would retract entirely within his body. He would then appear indistinguishable from any other wizard's apprentice who had not received such a mark. The moment Grimm moved, even if only walking, the mark's fluctuations would radiate out
Chapter 70 A Harvest of Fear
Among the thirty-odd wizard apprentices gathered in the vast clearing, two stood out as clearly the most powerful. Their mark fluctuations had already reached the level of ten individuals, and each was flanked by two or three assistants. Not a single wizard apprentice dared provoke these two small cliques. The rest came alone, wary of one another, with only a handful arriving in small groups. "Where to find blood offerings? Ha! Don't we have plenty right here?" At that moment, a male apprentice wizard with a ten-person mark fluctuation spoke up. This apprentice appeared to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a rather youthful face and a voice still undergoing the changes of puberty. Yet his disposition was already remarkably cruel. After speaking, the apprentice turned his gaze towards another female apprentice present, also bearing the ten-person mark fluctuations. She sat astride a colossal bear formed from earth eleme