Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 157 The Robber: A Man's Constant Robbery

Ronan subtly changed his destination, deliberately choosing less crowded areas, and quietly began his spiritual exploration.

He discovered that there was more than one group of people following him:

There were three of them who were walking and talking animatedly;

There was one carrying someone on his back, who appeared to have an injured foot;

There was also one who was extremely indifferent to everything around him, walking alone on one side.

The three groups of people each have different personas, but they all act extremely naturally.

If Ronan hadn't strayed further and further off course, and if they hadn't followed closely behind, it would have been easy to mistake them for fellow travelers on the same road.

However, what surprised Ronan the most was that there was a figure in front of him whose mental perception was extremely vague.

He was certain that someone at the apprentice level in the spiritual realm would not be able to detect the other party.

The invisible, blurry figure always walked ahead of him, maintaining a fixed distance. As soon as he changed direction, the other party would quickly accelerate to catch up, and then maintain the lead again.

Ronan couldn't quite understand the other person's intentions. It seemed like they wanted to form a pincer movement with the people behind them, but walking in front all the time was just too incompetent.

Ronan simply left the academy.

At the top of the stone pillar on the left side of the valley entrance, the stone cat statue that had been curled up and dozing suddenly opened its sleepy eyes.

Seeing a group of people following Ronan with clearly ill intentions, it couldn't help but wonder: What's going on here?

Then, the stone cat yawned, lazily changed its position, and continued sleeping.

As Ronan walked, he suddenly turned in another direction and came to an intersection.

This is a maze of roads, each leading to a different monster territory.

Ronan first chose a path leading to the ghouls' territory, but the figure immediately changed direction and walked ahead of him.

But after taking only a couple of steps, he stopped and murmured, "Never mind, I won't go hunting ghouls today." Then he turned and walked back.

The other groups of people were still some distance away when they saw Ronan turn back at the intersection, so they all stopped at the intersection.

Ronan chose another direction and strode forward.

In the realm of the mind, the figure that had been leading the way earlier ran ahead of him again.

Ronan took a few steps, then suddenly stopped, tapped his head, and muttered to himself, "Oops, I've taken the wrong road. This isn't the way."

After saying that, he turned and walked back.

When he returned to the intersection, those groups of people were still standing in the same spot.

This time, Ronan chose to return directly.

The expressions on the faces of all three groups of people changed.

Ronan was able to see everyone's faces clearly; they were all a group of old apprentices, with a general mental strength of over 50.

It seems that you wouldn't dare to rob someone without some strength.

Although Ronan had already advanced to the next level, he was still dressed like an apprentice and did not actively reveal his mental power.

To outsiders, he was just a new apprentice who had only recently arrived.

"Hey, stop right there!" The aloof, solitary man couldn't help but shout.

Ronan ignored him completely and even quickened his pace to jog.

"I told you to stop right there, didn't you hear me?"

The indifferent man immediately shouted and chased after them, followed by several other groups of people.

The fastest runner was still the invisible figure, who seemed to be trying to get ahead of Ronan again.

However, as he passed by, Ronan subtly made his move, instantly unleashing a "scorching ray" towards the other's feet.

The kinetic energy impact.

Caught off guard, the invisible figure stumbled and fell to the ground.

With that fall, the invisibility was broken, and the opponent's figure was revealed.

"Miss Margaret?!"

Ronan's eyes widened; he hadn't expected it to be her.

Margaret, who had fallen to the ground, immediately got up, pretending that nothing had happened, and said calmly, "I just saw a few apprentices with ill intentions, so I came to check it out."

"Shouldn't you be following behind them? Why do you keep running ahead of me?"

Margaret was speechless for a moment.

If I follow behind, wouldn't my ego be too obvious?

"Kid, I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

The aloof man rushed over and instantly revealed his weapon—an exaggeratedly shaped large knife.

Ronan glanced at it disdainfully, inwardly complaining:

Whose magician wields a large sword?

Several other groups also arrived, assuming fighting stances.

Although their target was Ronan, the different groups were wary of each other.

Ronan pointed at the group and said to Margaret, "Miss Margaret, I thought you were with them."

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"I told you, I was just passing by," Margaret replied stubbornly, then walked up to Ronan, seemingly wanting to help him.

Ronan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Miss Margaret, have you forgotten that I've already been promoted?"

Margaret said, "Your current status is probably not yet recognized by the academy's higher-ups. If you injure someone casually, it will easily provoke their displeasure."

"I acted in self-defense!" Ronan exclaimed in surprise.

"Some high-ranking officials are just that unreasonable —"

"Hey kid, you two are having a long chat, aren't you?"

The cold-faced man, with a menacing expression, brandished a large knife, removed his robe to reveal a muscular physique, and turned to the others, saying, "Gentlemen, how about we take them down together first, then split the spoils equally?"

The other two groups smiled and nodded, reaching an agreement: "That's only natural."

Ronan completely ignored the group and asked, "Miss Margaret, according to you, my promotion actually prevents me from taking action?"

"You don't want the academy's higher-ups to manipulate you at will, do you?"

Ronan thought to himself: This is too much of a rip-off.

"Attack together!" the indifferent man shouted at Ronan and charged forward.

Ronan said helplessly, "Miss Margaret, as long as we don't kill them all, it'll be fine, right?"

It seems that Margaret came along more to tell him not to go too far, lest she leave a handle for the higher-ups to use against him.

Although Margaret's reaction was a bit excessive, she was still quite considerate of herself and is a good person.

After saying that, he turned to look at the three groups of people rushing towards him.

The mental realm had already locked onto them, and a massive amount of mental energy pressed down upon them.

At the same time, gravity manipulation is also included, and the gravity field expands.

In an instant, the three groups of people felt two terrifying pressures coming down on them, one affecting their bodies and the other affecting their minds.

Before they could even react, they all fell to the ground, creating deep craters.

With a mental strength of 220 points, comparable to a second-tier cultivator, dealing with this group of apprentices was naturally a piece of cake.

In comparison, ensuring they don't get crushed into pieces because they exert too much force, and avoiding affecting Margaret as much as possible when manipulating gravity, are two more difficult problems.

After confirming that the group had completely given up, Ronan jogged over to them and began rummaging through their storage bags.

Robbers are always robbing people, wouldn't it be a loss if they didn't take some spoils?

Ronan waved to Margaret, waving the storage bag he had just taken off, and shouted, "Miss Margaret, would you like to have one too?"

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