The Wizard World - Chapter 243

Chapter 243
"One way of checking the side effects and special features of the bloodline is to conduct a biological experiment . "
Angele put down the turtle on the table . He inserted the crystal tube into the rack and put a syringe into a beaker on the side, which was filled with bubbling yellow liquid .
He raised his palm and silver metal liquid spurted out of his skin, turning into five metal balls on the tips of his five fingers . The metal balls were then connected by multiple silver strings, creating a metal web above his palm .
"Palu!" Angele uttered the incantation in a whisper .
In the center of the silver web, a white hoof-shaped rune slowly appeared in the air .
He applied the rune on the stomach of the turtle just like what he did to the four-wing sparrow, the rune would help him gain control of the Barry Turtle’s body .
‘Zero, show me the attributes and basic information of the turtle . ’
‘Initializing…’
‘Barry Turtle, Strength 0 . 07, Agility 0 . 4, Stamina 0 . 05, Mentality 0 . 06 . Special Talent, none . 3 years old . Can be found around small lakes . ’
Zero quickly displayed the information of the turtle in Angele’s sight . It only took seconds for the chip to scan the creature .
Angele wondered what would happen if he injected the ancient bloodline into a normal turtle .
He took out the sterilized syringe from the beaker . The yellow liquid was a special mixture that was commonly used for cleaning surgery equipment .
Angele extracted some green blood from the crystal tube and turned the Barry Turtle’s body around .
He pushed the remaining air out of the barrel and carefully stabbed the needle into the turtle’s head .
The green blood was pushed into the turtle’s body within a second .
‘Legend says that the centaur chieftain has the strength of a God and its speed is extremely fast and that the legendary unicorn has insane defense and recovery . I want to know what I can get from the combination of the two . ’
The Barry Turtle lay on the table quietly, with Angele still waiting for the mutation to happen .
He scanned the turtle’s body with Zero and the report indicated that the energy inside the turtle’s body was changing rapidly every second .
Suddenly, Angele noticed that the turtle was seeking food through the control rune he applied on its body .
He quickly pulled the drawer open and took out a huge bottle with dark purple liquid inside . It was a bottle of highly concentrated nutrient solution and a bottle’s worth could easily feed a male adult for seven days .
Angele removed the stopper and threw the Barry Turtle into the solution .
*Blop*
The turtle sank into the liquid and the water level started dropping quickly .
About ten seconds later, the whole bottle was consumed by the tiny turtle .
Angele turned the bottle upside down and the turtle dropped to the table .
It started growing at an insanely rapid rate . The edge of the turtle’s carapace turned serrated and gray thorns began emerging out of the surface of the shell .
About ten minutes later .
Initially, the Barry Turtle was about the size of a palm . But after the mutation, its body was now more than half a meter long . Its hardened skin already turned gray .
‘Ha…’
The turtle opened its mouth and made some strange noise .
Angele was surprised as he stared at the mutated turtle . It was only 20 centimeters long not so long ago but it now looked like a monster that was packed with power .
He carefully pressed on the turtle’s neck with his right index finger after the mutation process was completed .


It felt like pressing on a hard rock or the surface of an old tree .
Angele activated the rune and made sure the turtle was not moving .
‘Zero, scan the mutated turtle and show me the results . ’
‘Task created, scanning…’
‘Mutated Barry Turtle . Strength 0 . 7, Agility 0 . 5, Stamina 1 . 2, Mentality 0 . 09 . Skill: Bite . Special Talent: Hardened Skin . Thorn Carapace . ’
‘Its Stamina was increased by more than one point…’ Angele pursed his lips . ‘And it gained two special talents . The increase in stamina and the hardened skin are within my expectations . They probably came from the traits of the centaur and unicorn, but what about the thorn carapace?’
He observed the appearance of the turtle and started thinking .

‘Maybe the ancient bloodline activated part of the traits from the Barry Turtle’s ancestor and that’s where the thorns came from . ’ A thought came to his mind .
‘Zero, can you do reverse check for the Barry Turtle’s DNA?’
‘Insufficient amount of data, task can’t be created . ’
‘Can you scan the turtle’s mutated body parts and check if some of the new traits came from its ancestor?’
‘Task created…Analyzing…’
Zero reported back after about five minutes .
‘Task completed: Atavism has occurred . Specific ancient DNA of the Barry Turtle was activated . ’
‘So I was right…’ Angele stared at the mutated turtle and slightly nodded .


‘It seems that the combined ancient bloodlines can activate creature’s ancient genes…Plus the strong ability it acquired after the mutation . I can produce a decent number of biological weapons if I want to…but not all creatures have strong ancestors . Let me check the bloodline signet first . ’
Although Angele had low expectation for the signet, he still wanted to give it a try as he wanted to collect data for future bloodline extractions . Burning the potential of the ancient bloodline was never a good idea and it was possible that the signet came with strong side effects .
Ten more days later…
Angele had stayed in the biological lab the whole time and he successfully created the bloodline signet . However, as he had expected, the ability of the signet was weak . It could only boost his stamina, recovery, and defense for a short duration . The ability sounded useful but it could only increase two points of stamina and the recovery effect could only be triggered when Angele consumed a large amount of food . Furthermore, the atavism effect did not apply to him . He decided to keep the bloodline of the great harpy till he could find something better as he still wanted to explore other realms .
Angele removed the signet of the centaur after trying it once and he managed to extract the bloodline from his body . He then added it back to the crystal test tube .
He named the mutated turtle as thorn turtle and he dropped it into the lake beside the house . Angele planned to observe it when he had the time and he could control it to defend the house if any enemy sneaked into his territory .
After discovering the atavism effect of the ancient bloodline, Angele wanted to create more mutated creatures and insects that he could easily control using a rune .
After staying in the lab for more than ten days, he finally walked out of the house after Nancy notified him about the upcoming event .
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"Master Shiva and his grandchildren are waiting on the other side of the lake," Nancy reported to Angele politely .
In the living room, Angele just finished changing his clothes .
"Prepare the snacks and drinks . Ask the dwarf knight to protect the two kids and to play with them . "
Angele hired the dwarf knight several years ago and they visited Shiva together .
"Any area you don’t want the kids to enter?" Nancy questioned .
"The Botanical Garden and the basement . I don’t care about the other areas, ah, and the creatures in the biological lab . Be careful with them . "
"Understood . "


Angele walked out of the door after talking to Nancy . He walked to the narrow path beside the lake and saw Shiva’s black carriage slowly arriving .
Two horses were pulling the carriage forward and the coachman was still a fire spirit .
The two kids stuck their heads out of the window before the carriage stopped . Sophie was wearing double buns today and she was shouting something while waving her hands .
"Master Green, we’re here!" she yelled . It almost looked like she was trying to jump out of the window .
"Come on, be careful . " Shiva’s voice came out of the carriage .
Angele watched the carriage stop in front of the house with a smile on his face .
*KA*
The door of the carriage was pushed open, Sophie jumped out of it first and Morrow followed after her .
Shiva was the last one that left the carriage .
"Green, teach your students yourself . I don’t have that much time . " The old man shook his head . "You have barely visited the school and you’re an esteemed professor…"
"It’s just some basic knowledge, right? You’re much more knowledgeable than me and you’re also a great teacher . " Angele chuckled .
"Yeah, yeah…" Shiva shook his head again, speechless .
"Well, I have something serious to tell you this time," Shiva cleared his throat and spoke in a grave tone .
"What?" Angele stopped laughing . He knew that when Shiva was serious there must be severe trouble .
"The lab area for the World Stone exploded . "
"Exploded?" Angele could not believe what he had just heard .