183: Chapter 183 Organizing the Loot

Nie Ning walked toward the pile of rubble and found Skadi, who looked weak but had eyes filled with shock.

Skadi hadn't expected that Nie Ning was not only powerful but also possessed the ability to control Corruptors!

"Save... save me..."

Looking at Nie Ning, who was accompanied by Karin, Skadi called out weakly.

Nie Ning's expression was cold; he had no intention of saving him at all.

A look of bewilderment appeared in Skadi's eyes.

Based on his investigation and how Nie Ning had been urging him to deal with the Sludge Monster earlier, he had assumed Nie Ning was a compassionate person.

"Save... me, without... me, if... another... Corruptor like this ap...pears, then... more... people will die..."

Because his injuries were too severe, Skadi was gasping for breath, and his words were intermittent.

Nie Ning simply smiled, as if mocking Skadi.

"I think you've misunderstood something. Whether people die has nothing to do with me. I stayed here because I made a promise to Audrey, not because of any agreement with The Federation."

"Furthermore, Charlie took so many resources from The Federation but ran away at the critical moment, even deliberately leading the Corruptor to attack the apprentices. That's what caused this tragedy."

"Charlie bears an inescapable responsibility for so many deaths in the city, and he also damaged my reputation."

As he spoke, Nie Ning changed his tone and shrugged.

"Of course, I'm not actually a bad person."

"Once I advance to the third rank, I will propose to The Federation to increase wizard benefits and, while I'm at it, clear out you parasites."

Nie Ning hadn't forgotten the matter of using points to exchange for magic potions.

If they had given the magic potion to Lida back then, he might have even saved Skadi's life.

It was a pity these people were too pedantic, preferring to give magic potions to someone like Charlie rather than to those Witch Apprentices hovering on the edge of life and death.

At this moment, Skadi's face showed despair; he had even envisioned Charlie's end.

"Spare... spare Charlie, I'll give you... whatever you... want..."

Hearing this, Nie Ning's cold expression said everything.

Since he had already decided not to save Skadi, how could he possibly let Charlie leave this place!

Judging by the talent Charlie had shown, he was much stronger than people like Lida. Naturally, Nie Ning wouldn't leave anyone a chance to seek revenge against him.

Not only that, when he went to the Royal Capital, none of the people who made him unhappy would live—especially those targeting Lilith!

Seeing that Skadi still had something to say, Nie Ning found the spatial items, turned around, and left.

Watching the mist about to dissipate around him, a wisp of white smoke drifted out of Nie Ning's body and then fled into the distance.

Nie Ning found a place to sit and quietly waited for Skadi to slowly die.

As for why he didn't kill Skadi directly, it was because his strength hadn't reached a lawless level yet.

Right now, he was 'avenging' Skadi, which was why he killed Chebuman.

But if he killed Skadi himself and was discovered, then when a powerful Corruptor appeared again, someone would surely blame it on him.

Human nature is like that; no matter how many good deeds you do, you can be negated by one bad deed. So, there was no need to take everything upon himself.

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Nie Ning didn't stay idle; he took the opportunity to start checking his loot.

It had to be said, as expected of Second Ring and Third-Ring Wizards, their collections were indeed rich!

There were five pieces of spatial equipment in total: two from Chebuman and three from Skadi.

The spatial items of the two contained a large amount of materials, wizard knowledge, sorcery books, as well as various pills, potions, and magic crystals.

Chebuman, in particular, had clearly been preparing for advancement for a long time. Combined with the final tian zhe holy feather, the materials inside were already enough to craft a third-rank potion.

And Skadi was dripping with wealth.

There were three bottles of first-order magic potions alone, one bottle of second-rank potion, and nearly eighty mid-grade magic crystals, not to mention other precious materials.

By comparison, Skadi deserved to die even more than Chebuman!

He was a Second Ring Wizard after all, yet he wouldn't even show face to trade a potion. If you don't die, who will?!

Now that he had more spatial items, Nie Ning began to categorize his things.

Looking at the two spatial rings packed full of materials, a happy smile appeared on Nie Ning's face.

It couldn't be helped; a wizard doing scientific research consumed too many materials.

He had already stripped the hill where the Teleportation Array was located bare, and he still needed to find materials to replace the chaos crystals.

Uh, of course, he hadn't forgotten about making figurines. Maybe one day he could have his own small commodity mall.

Aside from those, the most precious items were the wizard books.

Skadi had been a Third-Ring Wizard for quite some time and had a wide variety of wizard books in his collection, including one about Artificial Spirits.

If he paired this with his bunny girl figurines, just thinking about it was exciting!

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Just as Nie Ning was organizing his personal property, a wisp of white smoke returned, carrying a small cloth bag.

Nie Ning took the bag, and the white smoke merged back into his body.

Corrupted Creatures are very sensitive to the aura of the living, so Nie Ning had sent the Jerky Bear Head to find someone nearby.

Dylan!

The First-Ring Wizard who had caused this tragedy!

Chebuman had already investigated thoroughly; this wizard named Dylan came from a place called Sass Harbor.

He was originally just an Apprentice Wizard and left that place after reaching the late apprentice stage. For some reason, he had broken through to the first rank.

After searching around the city, the Jerky Bear Head indeed found this wizard hiding nearby.

Nie Ning was very curious about this person.

Because normally, trying to control Corrupted Creatures was perverted enough, but after seeing the strength of the Sludge Monster, he still dared to stay here. This was something Nie Ning didn't quite understand.

For a Corruptor that had reached the third rank, let alone a tiny First-Ring Wizard, even Nie Ning himself wouldn't dare to try.

Therefore, he had always restricted the strength of the Jerky Bear Head and the Human-Faced Balloon to within the second rank.

Once their strength exceeded his own by too much, the powerful Power of Corruption would seriously affect him.

Especially the Human-Faced Balloon; the mist that could interfere with Spiritual Power was too lethal for him. Losing control meant a powerful Corruptor would appear that was almost impossible to kill.

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With a curious heart, Nie Ning opened the spatial bag that the Jerky Bear Head had brought back.

There weren't many items inside; in fact, given Nie Ning's current net worth, most of it would be treated as trash.

Some ordinary wound medicines, various cheap materials, as well as some clothes and two books.

"There's actually a bottle of magic potion?"

Seeing the potion shimmering with blue light, Nie Ning couldn't help but be stunned.

Looking closer, he realized it was even a second-rank potion!

"Could this guy be like me and have stumbled upon the legacy left by some wizard?"

Thinking about it, it didn't seem impossible.

After all, Dylan was only at the apprentice level before leaving the city. No one would be willing to put precious resources on a mere apprentice.

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