Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 131 Loyalty Beyond Words

The same thought popped into the minds of all the apprentices present:

So, it turns out that some freshmen can summon skeletons just like the upperclassmen?

Seeing everyone looking at him, Ronan didn't care and calmly walked to the podium.

"Of course, Ronan. Did you also summon your undead creatures using the 'Skeleton Summoning' spell?" the Cursed Eye Instructor asked curiously.

"Yes, Professor," Ronan nodded in reply.

Then, he took out the slumbering ghoul skeleton from his bag and gave it to me.

Although the storage bags issued by the Valley of the Dead have limited space, they are more suitable for undead creatures than other storage devices.

If you want to store undead creatures in a regular storage device, you must first put the undead creatures into a dormant state.

At the same time, a sufficiently long time is required to wake it up.

The storage bags distributed by the Valley of the Dead can effectively shorten the time required for both.

Of course, the best option is still a device specifically designed for storing undead creatures, like Grina's little pouch from before.

After Ronan took out the ghoul skeleton, it stood there for a short while before the soul fire in its eyes slowly reignited, returning it to its original state.

Then, it instinctively scratched its bald head. It was a little unfamiliar with the environment it was in, but since it did not sense any attack on its master, it stood there idly, observing the group of apprentices from the opposite direction.

Many of the older students, upon seeing Ronan's skeleton, took a long time to recover, standing there dumbfounded, unconsciously comparing it to the kobold skeleton that Grina had seen before.

It's obvious that Ronan's skeleton is much weaker than Grina's.

However, they also knew that this was already excellent enough for a freshman.

Even if they were freshmen, they wouldn't have been able to do this.

The freshmen were well aware of this, and they kept exclaiming "Awesome!" and "No wonder he's the number one freshman!"

Ronan waved to the ghoul skeleton.

He scurried over to me, looking like he was listening intently.

"I'm going to banish you to another environment in a moment. It's dangerous there, so be careful."

The ghoul skeleton nodded obediently.

The Cursed Eye Instructor was somewhat surprised by this scene, thinking to himself, "This ghoul skeleton seems to be quite intelligent—"

He silently observed the somewhat strange ghoul skeleton, lost in thought.

"Prioritize self-preservation. If you can manage to take something of value, that would be even better," Ronan concluded.

It's a rare opportunity to go on a voyage, and it would be as painful as losing a large sum of money if I didn't pick up something back.

To the ghoul skeleton, these words were interpreted as "get something at all costs, and then survive."

The ghoul skeleton immediately stood up straight and saluted, giving a reassuring look that said, "Leave it to me."

Upon seeing this, the Cursed Eye Master immediately became certain:

This ghoul skeleton is extremely unusual and may have undergone some kind of mutation.

Before he could ask for any information, Ronan had already prepared to cast the spell and shouted, "Necromantic Banishment!"

For Ronan, who possessed a book of magical knowledge, reverse casting was actually not very difficult.

If we had to draw an analogy, it's like casting a spell normally is like reading a text normally; while casting a spell in reverse is like reading a text in reverse order, which is awkward to read, but still better than reading it in reverse.

Therefore, Ronan succeeded on his first attempt at casting the spell.

next second.

Spatial fluctuations enveloped the ghoul skeleton, and its form rapidly became transparent.

Soon, the figure of the speaker disappeared from the podium.

"It really worked!"

"And it succeeded on the first try—"

"This freshman has such incredible talent!"

The apprentices gasped in surprise.

"Ronan, remember to summon the skeleton back as soon as possible. Preserving the skeleton is the priority," the Cursed Eye Instructor reminded him.

He now felt that the value of this skeleton far outweighed the demonstration process of banishing and then recalling it.

Ronan didn't understand what the Cursed Eye mentor meant, and simply nodded silently.

He discovered that he could still sense it through the soul core, but he didn't know exactly where it was.

However, Ronan was certain that as long as he reactivated the Soul Core, he could summon the ghoul skeleton back to his side.

This extremely long-distance sensing made him feel inexplicably familiar, and it was very similar to the interdimensional planes contained in the endless dimensional ladder.

Instead of immediately recalling the ghoul skeleton, he followed the distant sense of familiarity and tried to activate the "Soul Species'" monitoring perspective.

Surprisingly, the surveillance camera could be turned on smoothly without any obstruction.

Soon, the perspective from the video feed was synchronized into his mind.

The ghoul skeleton had just teleported to the ground when it opened its eyes and was immediately struck by a series of booming sounds that echoed throughout the surrounding environment.

Gray "snowflakes" danced in the dim sky as two colossal figures, obscuring the sky, clashed in a punch on the distant horizon.

Each collision of attacks was like a burst of thunder, carrying layers of shockwaves that spread outwards continuously.

The ghoul skeleton felt an overwhelming pressure coming at it and immediately ran towards the boulder beside it.

Ronan realized through his perspective that what was falling from the sky wasn't snowflakes at all; it was clearly debris kicked up by the collision of two enormous objects.

"What kind of beings are these two?" Ronan wondered.

Because of its enormous size, it was impossible to see its full appearance. He only knew that it was roughly humanoid, but it had nothing to do with humans.

The ghoul skeleton hid behind the boulder, but found that it still couldn't withstand the impact, roar, and endless pressure descending from the sky. Its movements became sluggish, and its already dull mind became even more confused.

Upon seeing this, Ronan knew that it was a pressure on the soul level that was causing his consciousness to become blurred.

Debris fell from the sky from time to time, and there were even covert attacks caused by various aftershocks.

Ronan saw another boulder behind him and was suddenly struck by an unknown force, instantly turning into dust.

He suspected that the female classmate's dog-headed skull was likely also affected by the commotion nearby, which is why it turned into a pile of broken bones.

If he doesn't summon me back soon, he might summon back a bunch of scattered bones.

Just as Ronan was about to summon it back, he saw that the ghoul skeleton did not stop in its tracks.

A strange fragment, about the size of a washbasin, fell from the sky into its field of vision. Its blood-red color stood out starkly against the gray and white environment.

Without saying a word, he immediately ran towards the piece of debris.

The ghoul skeleton has a certain movement speed bonus, and even in its current poor condition, its running speed allows it to quickly approach its target.

At this moment, it had only one thought in its mind:

I give someone the utmost loyalty to their master, a loyalty beyond words.

Unfortunately, after having this thought, the ghoul skeleton temporarily lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

It was still some distance from its target, but the pressure on its soul level had already prevented it from moving forward any further.

This is its current limit.

You can continue.

The unconscious ghoul skeleton suddenly stood up, abandoning its previous awkwardness, and ran lightly toward its target.

It bent down and cradled the debris in its slightly empty embrace.

A spatial fluctuation was felt.

It disappeared into this dangerous environment, along with the strange fragments in its arms.