Magicians never make wishes

"Yes, I'll learn from you... oh no, from the Blood Master Higgs." Grayleaf nodded.

"If it weren't for it, we wouldn't have mistaken someone for someone else in the first place!"

The big orc quickly chimed in, for he was the one who started the trouble first.

"Tell me quickly what 'prefabricated school robes' are," Ronan said eagerly.

He felt he finally understood why certain complete strangers treated him with such respect.

"You're asking me?" The gray elf was taken aback.

"What else?" Ronan felt this scene was strangely familiar. "Can't I ask?"

"Trying to test me again?" Gray Leaf's lips curled up slightly as she remembered where this conversation had occurred before.

"Test me, test me, test me. Tell me everything you know."

……

"You're too impatient. How can you be so lacking in patience when trying to pick up girls..." Man Shi shook his head, looking at him with a disappointed expression.

Ever since the two dwarves met, it was as if a silencing spell had been cast around them, as they whispered amongst themselves, completely oblivious to everyone else.

And Grayleaf is always with Ronan...

In this way, both teams had two idle members with nothing to do.

"What are you talking about patience for? Don't you understand how to completely crush your opponent in modeling?"

The skinny drill rat sat on the broad shoulders of the barbarian stone, and the two of them pointed at Ronan and Gray Leaf, almost ready to grab a handful of sunflower seeds and start eating them.

……

"Actually, I don't know much either..." Gray Leaf whispered in Ronan's ear.

"There are some people in the Secret Arts Society who hold extremely high positions, but they are all quite young and their strength varies greatly."

"The strong, like the Blood Master Higgs, can take on an entire squad single-handedly. The weak are no different from ordinary people..."

"However, they all have one thing in common—they are all magicians."

"Their clothing was also very uniform; I only found out by chance that they called it prefabricated academy robes..."

At this point, she glanced down at Ronan's magical robes and said, "Your robes look very similar."

"What academy?" He remembered that there was no organization in Wuyue City that called itself an academy.

"How would I know?" Gray Leaf shrugged.

"Maybe it's a training institution for you magicians."

"We magicians? Aren't you one too?"

Ronan was puzzled. The other party's magic was a bit unconventional, but it was still magic, wasn't it?

"..." Gray Leaf seemed to realize he had said the wrong thing, so he stopped talking.

The teams in the square had mostly received their number cards.

Different numbers represent different areas. Centered on Wuyue City, the smaller the number, the closer to Wuyue City, and the larger the number, the farther away.

Ronan received number 7, which basically means he's in the vicinity of Moonless City.

This was a number Viscount Roland had specially given him.

He didn't even glance at the cards when others received theirs, but when it was Ronan's turn, he specifically picked this one for him.

The viscount wanted to find the largest number, which meant that the farther away from Moonless City, the greater the danger.

Unfortunately, under the butler's watchful eye, he dared not show it too obviously, so he changed his approach and chose the smallest number.

Clearly, the Viscount felt there was no valuable intelligence surrounding Moonless City.

If we can't send Ronan to dangerous areas, then let's give him an area with nothing, so he can't make any money.

On the contrary, Gray Leaf's team received the big number, 82, which means the three of them are going to a remote area for team building.

Gray Leaf strongly suspects that the Joker who deals the cards is targeting Ronan because he knows Ronan.

After the two teams said goodbye, Ronan and his two companions headed to the designated Zone 7.

"Captain, with such a low number, we shouldn't be too far from Moonless City, right?"

The mouse crawled along and found itself moving from one safe zone to another.

As long as you don't enter the Monster Forest, the area around Moonless City can be considered a safe zone.

"Our destination is right on the outskirts of Moonless City, which means we'll be passing by the outer edge of the Demon Forest."

Ronan flipped the card over to show it, and the back of the card depicted the approximate area of ​​the 7th region.

The three of them went directly from the manor there, but because their path was blocked by a river, they would briefly pass through the outer edge of the monster forest.

"Damn it, why is it only number 7?"

Evil Axe complained, only now realizing the exact number he had drawn.

Upon hearing this, Ronan and the Drill Rat both looked at him.

"What's wrong?" Evil Axe asked blankly, noticing the two men's gazes.

"Boss, you're back to normal?" Drill Mouse asked with a look of surprise.

He was immediately struck on the head by a fist.

"When have I ever been abnormal?" the wicked axe cursed.

"It's really back to normal! Captain, look!" the drill rat exclaimed.

His figure suddenly disappeared, then reappeared in another location.

He successfully dodged the second punch from the evil axe.

Ronan smiled and nodded, quietly opening his mental energy network.

He had always been curious about how the "drilling mouse" skill, which resembled teleportation, worked, and he took this opportunity to observe it.

Due to the significant increase in his mental strength, the range and intensity of his mental energy network also underwent a qualitative change.

Even though they haven't yet entered the outer perimeter of the Monster Forest, the surrounding area is already within the coverage of the mental energy network.

Huh?

Ronan unexpectedly discovered a strange figure hiding behind a tree through his mental network perception.

"alert."

He quickly alerted the evil axe and the crawling rat, his gaze fixed on the figure.

The evil axe and the drill rat were both stunned for a moment, then immediately went into battle mode.

The evil axe drew his short axe immediately, while the drill rat gripped his new dagger in reverse, and both vanished without a trace in an instant.

This time, Ronan witnessed the entire process of the drilling mouse skill firsthand.

It turns out that the Drill Mouse's skill is not teleportation, but rather invisibility combined with a short-distance dash.

At this moment, he was already following Ronan's gaze, using stealth and sprinting to quickly approach his target.

Unexpectedly, the strange figure behind the tree, as if it could see the approaching rat, moved its foot slightly.

With a few leaps, they disappeared into the depths of the monster forest.

The burrowing mouse revealed itself, sniffed around, and walked to the tree where the figure had been standing.

"Let's go take a look," Ronan said, gesturing for Axe to come along. "Keep an eye on the surroundings."

Evil Axe nodded, his gaze sweeping across the depths of the monster forest.

"Captain, you were able to spot someone from this far away!" Drill Mouse exclaimed in amazement, giving a thumbs up.

"You're not bad either, your nose is pretty sharp." Ronan retorted with a round of mutual flattery.

"This smell is too strong... Look at this place."

The squirrel circled around behind the tree and pointed to a section of the trunk.

The bark of the trees there was charred black, as if it had been corroded by some kind of solution.

"Who would hide here and attack tree bark for fun?" the drill rat asked.

"I'm afraid the other side didn't attack the bark..." Ronan carefully examined the charred bark.

"The corrosion started spreading from the two points of contact, without any impact-induced pits, and considering the shape of the contact points and their proximity..."

After a moment's thought, he stated his judgment.

"It's more like two fingers accidentally touching the bark and leaving a corrosive effect on it."

"In other words... the other party's physical body itself may possess a corrosive power."

Upon hearing this, the rat exclaimed in terror, "Holy crap! Where did this poisonous person come from?!"

"No……"

"Captain, you mean this guy isn't a poisoner?"

"I mean, it might not even be a person."