I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 110 - 110 No humans are not wild beasts

?Chapter 110: No, humans are not wild beasts. Chapter 110: No, humans are not wild beasts. The leader of the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization, ‘Kapok,’ quickly left. He first transformed into a piece of wood, then twisted and deformed, bit by bit returning to his original root state, shrinking back into the ground.

And as the roots shrank back, the greatly expanded platform also began to contract.

At the same time, Lin An could see that each corner of the mall, which had burst open due to the battle, was rolling back to its original state, which he had seen when he first entered the mall.

Only a few broken puppets were piled in a corner, telling how terrifying the recent battle had been to the ordinary world.

Mr. Liu’s body had been blown to pieces, and to better serve the wizards, he and other mortals had shallow witchcraft cast on them again, separating from their broken bodies and taking possession of other puppet bodies.

Lin An discovered that Mr. Liu, as the leader of the ‘Mortal Service Department,’ seemed to receive little preferential treatment, treated by the wizards in the same way as the other puppets.

Almost as if they were some kind of intelligent machine servants.

He clearly couldn’t know some of the things that had just happened. After cursing and swearing, the Spiritual Grey Wolf listened to the conversations of other wizard lords and was surprised to learn that the mysterious leader of the organization had visited earlier.

What surprised him even more was that the wizard ‘Little Rabbit’ was still alive.

Although he didn’t know where the mad wizard had gone now, all the wizards mentioned this only with sighs, exchanging looks without saying a word.

Sigh my ass!

Where on earth had that mad wizard gone?!!!

“Howl~”
—”Not a hint of contractual consciousness at all, although he had promised to help me kill Lin An. Since Lin An’s not dead, shouldn’t he be continuing his actions?”

—”Damn it, damn it!!!”

—”If there’s no witchcraft power in a contract, does that mean it’s no longer a contract?”

Mr. Liu was so envious of every wizard here, always harboring the most venomous curses in his heart towards every one of them, yet feeling so powerless, lamenting why his parents did not have a sorcerer’s bloodline.

Lin An sat across from him, his expression beneath the mask somewhat reflective.

There was a time when Mr. Liu was someone he envied.

An intellectual family background, a graduate of a prestigious university, married to a rich and beautiful wife, a high-ranking executive in a major internet company.

While not the best in character towards his subordinates, his programming skills were truly remarkable, and he had a fine reputation in his circle, especially after his former boss left and he stayed, diligently supporting the young boss, showing a rare quality of loyalty in modern society.

Many bigger internet companies tried to lure Mr. Liu away with high offers, only further solidifying his golden reputation.

Such a man, wherever he went, was in high demand by large corporations, the epitome of success that Lin An and all his colleagues aspired to and admired.

But now, Mr. Liu was in front of him, crazily envious of himself.

The feeling was really subtle.

“So, it’s mainly about ‘Witch Beasts’ and ‘witchcraft,’ these two most important pieces of information,” Mr. Liu thought about the matter, speaking about the information new wizards needed to know without much organization. Because of this, Lin An had to distill the key points himself.

Mr. Liu paused, looking curiously at Lin An, having not often met someone so coherent after dealing with mad wizards for so long.

He just assumed it was because the new wizard had just started and had not yet been affected by emotions.

Lin An sat calmly to the side, listening to Mr. Liu’s stories, desperately enduring the wild fire burning and boiling within his chest.

The recent turmoil had successfully won him many intangible benefits.

The most useful point was that he had already integrated well into the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization.

It felt like a mortal with a demon residing within, walking in hell, yet other demons showed no opposition whatsoever.

Perfect integration!

Yet, it was precisely this turmoil that, for some reason, made the wild fire within his heart impossible to suppress as easily as before.

It was a ‘fearful’ wild fire.

This wild fire had even crazily grown to suppress the anger that arose from his novice sorcerer’s emotional fluctuation.

Sprung from the ‘Rabbit Masked Male Witch’s ‘ dark gold statue spirit, from ‘Dizzy’ Sorcery, from the Fear-style Softening Skill, from “Little Quilt No Love”…
Every single one stemmed from an ‘fearful’ emotion.

This should have been a good thing. Following Chen Shuyun’s teaching, allowing oneself to feel ‘fear’ could accommodate more of the anger that comes from ‘Emotional Fluctuation.’
Now, the so-called ‘Emotional Fluctuation’ of a novice wizard had become a joke in Lin An’s case.

It was like having a liter of fuel (anger) in a several thousand liter tank (fear).

When someone is in a state of fear, anger cannot be ignited, a principle applicable even in the ordinary world.

But the after-effects of ‘fear’ were so terrifying.

First and foremost was his mindset; his mind was now crazily fostering two derivative emotions: “repression numbness” and “pursuit of excitement.”

Additionally, as for the physical aspect, Chen Shuyun had previously mentioned that one of the aftereffects of practicing the “Fear-style Softening Skill” was an abruptly heightened desire for the opposite sex along with vigorous energy (Chapter 70).

He could sense an inexplicable restlessness within himself and, unexpectedly, he couldn’t help but recall the women he had encountered in the past. As each figure surfaced in his mind, the images of the two sisters, Chen Shuyun and Chen Xinmi, began to flicker wildly in his memory.

He had always treated this pair of sisters as terrifying monsters, like tigers ready to choose their prey at any moment. But now, the emotion of “pursuit of excitement” was influencing his judgment, leading him to feel stimulated at the thought of these sisters.

Mr. Liu’s words were buzzing in his ears.

“Yes, just these two things, ‘Witch Beast’ and ‘witchcraft,’ Wizard Your Excellency has summarized it excellently.”

“Wizard newcomers will go through an Emotional Fluctuation Period and need a well-established plan for regulation; otherwise, emotions turn to flames that will burn one’s resolve, making oneself become a weakened version of the Sorcerer Zombie. The wizards of the Tree Hole Organization have named it ‘Witch Beast,’ meaning, literally, a wild beast.”

“No!” Lin An suddenly lifted his eyelids to look at Mr. Liu and said in an extremely firm tone, “Humans are not beasts; humans are humans, and humans should not be enslaved by emotions!”

Mr. Liu spread his hands, “I’m just an ordinary person and don’t understand these matters. I’m merely reciting this content to explain it to each new Wizard Your Excellency who joins.”

He saw that Lin An had once again fallen silent and didn’t speak, just assuming it was another wizard’s eccentric episode, and didn’t take it to heart as he continued to explain.

“The second thing is what you summarized as ‘witchcraft.’ Overall, the main activities of the Tree Hole Organization’s wizards are almost all centered around ‘witchcraft.’
“People can trade witchcraft knowledge here, exchange materials needed for witchcraft…”

Lin An interrupted him again, appearing somewhat restless and lacking patience, “So you’re saying this place is primarily a platform for witchcraft exchange?”

Mr. Liu wasn’t angered by being interrupted, but simply stood by humbly, nodding, “Yes, respected Wizard Your Excellency, overall, there aren’t so many restrictions here.”

“However, aside from knowledge exchange, there are also many mission aids, intelligence trades, club group activities…”

Lin An waved his hand, “I’ll learn about these things later on.”

As he spoke, he licked his lips and glanced at Mr. Liu, “What I mainly need now is to make money.”

Mr. Liu’s Spiritual Grey Wolf was almost beside itself with excitement, barking frenziedly—haha, I have money, help me kill Lin An!

However, he didn’t rush to bring up this topic, still speaking very humbly, “You can check the ‘Mutual Aid Store’ on the second floor for suitable tasks to take on.”

Lin An nodded, then turned to look at the puppet in deep blue clothing, “My information has been registered, right?”

“Yes, respected Wizard Your Excellency,” the puppet hurriedly stood up to reply.

Lin An nodded and went straight for the exit.

Thanks to the transformative armor that Professor Cao had given him and the identity that the little boss had prepared, Lin An’s face under the mask had transformed into that of a black-clothed, socially anxious man, with a voice and physique very different from his own, so there was no need to worry that the all too familiar Mr. Liu would recognize him.

But now, he didn’t want to stay here any longer.

The wildfire in his chest was spreading ferociously.

This made him feel particularly terrible.

At this point, taking on a task from the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization to find a way to organize his emotions was no longer realistic; he was more inclined to find Chen Shuyun as soon as possible.

She had promised to teach him the Soft Body Skill.

According to her theory, the manifestation of surprise is anger, and the stagnation of anger, hence it is expressed as a characteristic of repression.

At this time, learning the “Worry-Style Softening Skill” would effectively suppress the manifestation of surprise as anger, while simultaneously catalyzing more surprise.

Then learning the “Anger-Style Softening Skill” to digest the surprise.

Spirit Mobilization aided his brain function; Lin Anxin felt an inexplicable premonition, his emotional fluctuation of the Emotional Fluctuation Period was anger, and practicing this might indeed lead to an even more intense period of ‘Emotional Fluctuation,’ right?

Chen Xinmi was right; it was indeed not advisable to learn witchcraft in the early stages as a wizard, as the impact of witchcraft mixed with the problems of the ‘Emotional Fluctuation Period’ itself made everything more complicated.

But…

It seemed he didn’t have a choice.

The Da Susu Male Witch wanted to kill him, so he had no choice but to use the only witchcraft he knew to save his life.

Then the Male Witch leader of the Kapok appeared, casting suspicion here and there, and if he really made a move, who knows if it wouldn’t reveal that he was Lin An.

Professor Cao and Doctor Zhang had warned him that the Male Witch of the Kapok might not know of his successful status as a test subject, and if he revealed himself, he might become a target for this mad witch.

Every step had been so difficult.

Lin An sighed and headed for the exit.

When he discussed his undercover identity information, the little boss had a heartfelt talk with him once, mentioning that he could teach him a method better than that of the Witch-hunting Knights and Wizards (Chapter 92).

Lin An could only look forward to that now.