54: Chapter 54 Rescue

"Why didn't you say so earlier? This monster even drops things that can enhance mental power after it dies."

Vera felt as if she had let a benefit slip right past her eyes at this moment.

It was both a pity and a bit pathetic.

At this time, Ross didn't know how to explain himself. After all, he hadn't intentionally kept it a secret.

During the recent battle, the three of them weren't able to completely crush these Ghouls and needed to cooperate with each other.

But no matter how he put it, it seemed impossible to explain clearly.

Therefore, he could only remain silent at this moment.

"Vera, stop making a fuss. If Ross hadn't arrived, the two of us might have become mutilated corpses in this desert."

"The situation just now was so critical. Hesitating for even a moment meant an extra layer of danger."

Edmund's voice broke the momentary silence.

It also eased the atmosphere among the three of them.

"Yes, what dropped just now was a ball of light that detached from the monster. It can enhance one's own mental power."

"The crisis on the battlefield hadn't been resolved yet, so we could only fight rapidly. I didn't mean not to say anything on purpose."

Ross's voice rang out at the right time.

In fact, even if Ross had spoken those words out loud,

Vera and Edmund wouldn't have had many opportunities to kill these Ghouls either.

Their attacks weren't at a level that could bring these Ghouls to a fatal end.

And even if the three of them had known, it would have only bred friction between them, with each wanting to land the finishing blow themselves.

Therefore, not saying anything at that time was the best choice.

Of course, it could not be denied that Ross was also filled with yearning for the mental power dropped by these Ghouls.

After all, which Wizard Apprentice wouldn't want to enhance their mental power as soon as possible?

Only by getting an enhancement in mental power when they were young could they impact becoming an Official Wizard while their bodies still possessed vitality.

Then, Ross told the two of them about how the Walking Corpses and those vile hounds he had encountered when he previously fell into this secret realm space could also drop mental power.

The atmosphere among the three of them returned to a relatively harmonious one.

Upon hearing Ross say that other monsters would also drop mental power,

Vera and Edmund perked up again, preparing to go do some hunting.

Thus, the three of them scattered to search for the remaining Walking Corpses to attack, agreeing on separate directions for each.

After a while, the three of them gathered back at the core area.

Ross watched as the two of them returned looking quite satisfied.

There were no other feelings in his heart.

After all, in this secret realm space, the monsters that dropped mental power the most were that batch of Ghouls.

And he had absorbed almost all the mental power dropped by the Ghouls; he was already the biggest beneficiary of this crisis.

Just as all three of them were enjoying the fruits of their enhanced mental power,

with a loud bang,

a large hole ruptured in the barren earth beneath their feet, and a giant Ghoul emerged from it.

Looking at the magic power and magic pressure radiating from this giant Ghoul, the three of them felt that something was amiss.

"The pressure brought to me by this Ghoul's magic pressure is at almost the same level as the magic pressure suppression of Official Wizards in class."

Edmund, a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice who had already officially become one, therefore had a more accurate perception of magic power and magic pressure.

His words made Ross feel a sense of ominousness.

In fact, it was indeed so; this giant Ghoul was obviously incomparable to the ordinary Ghouls just now.

Moreover, this Ghoul seemed to still retain some consciousness from its human days, so it had clear countermeasures for attacks and defense.

Even if the three of them exhausted their methods, they were almost on the verge of collapsing under the onslaught of this Ghoul.

As for Ross's [Magic Flame], it wasn't that it lacked power, but rather that it fell far short of the power it had when eliminating that batch of Ghouls previously.

This giant Ghoul seemed to have a layer of corpse fluid on its body that could extinguish flames.

It seemed to possess relatively strong magic resistance and flame resistance.

At this time, all three of them were somewhat flustered, having already lost a lot of magic power in the battle.

Having just gone hunting, although their mental power had been enhanced, their own magic power had not yet fully recovered in time.

The current situation made the predicament of the three appear passive.

Just as Ross and the other two were prepared to scatter and leave their fate to the heavens, letting life and death be determined by fate,

a voice came from within this wilderness of sand piles.

"Hehe, look what I found? A legendary-level Ghoul."

"Hmm, no, this space is also abnormal. The core of this space lies on this Ghoul."

At this moment, a youthful voice rang out.

Accompanying the voice was Wizard Ian, whom Ross was familiar with.

At this time, Ross breathed a sigh of relief. Since an Official Wizard had arrived, it proved that the academy had already sent reinforcements.

Although Ross didn't have a particularly deep understanding of the strength of Official Wizards,

it was obvious from Lord Ian's words that he didn't have any worried emotions regarding this Ghoul.

And in the split second that Ross, Vera, and the others were dazed,

the giant Ghoul fighting them became even more ferocious.

And just as this Ghoul attempted to launch an attack, a huge palm emerged from the void.

In a situation Ross couldn't understand, Lord Ian had already used unknown means

to shrink this giant Ghoul down, and then this monster disappeared from Ross's eyes.

"What truly unfortunate little fellows. Fortunately, your news was transmitted to the academy in time, and I happened to be an available Official Wizard in the academy."

Lord Ian's voice explained further:

"This space is not an ordinary spatial wormhole or spatial rift, but rather a fragment space that some wizard lord fused into the Wizard World."

Listening to Lord Ian's explanation, Ross finally understood the origin of this space.

The Wizard World would take worlds or planes that refused to surrender to wizards and then enslave them.

Among them, those that were extremely hostile to the Wizard World would be shattered by powerhouses and then integrated into the Wizard World.

And the piece that Ross and the others accidentally strayed into belonged to a territorial fragment of a hostile faction.

As for those Ghouls from just now and that Ghoul with wizard-level strength, their original strength should actually have been much stronger.

But because they were attacked by wizard powerhouses, they had already been half-purified by the Wizard World.

Not only had their strength decreased, but even their consciousness had scattered quite a bit.

Ordinary Ghouls had almost turned into wild beasts.

And that giant Ghoul possessing Official Wizard-level strength only retained a remnant of consciousness.

Otherwise, just from that sneak attack earlier, the three of them would probably have lost their lives under its jaws.

This is also one of the reasons why these monsters would drop items capable of enhancing a wizard's mental power.

They were equivalent to helping the Wizard World resolve some enemies that could not be killed directly.

Naturally, they would receive rewards from the Wizard World.

As for those Walking Corpses transformed from miners, they could only drop weak mental power.

That was also because they had not been completely transformed, and thus were not recognized by the Wizard World as forces of the opposing side.