Magicians never make wishes

"You just killed him like that?"

Grayleaf's raised short staff froze in mid-air, neither ritual magic nor spells were cast.

Seeing the four-legged creature, which he knew he could not defeat, have its head cut off, Gray Leaf found it hard to believe.

"It's not that easy."

Ronan's eyes remained calm as he focused his gaze on the second young master's head, where countless blood vessels were beginning to sprout.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the artificial puppet Pharos quickly fired a fireball at the severed neck of the second young master.

The fireball shattered several thick blood vessels, causing the second young master to freeze in place.

But then, countless blood vessels grew out of the wound, intertwined, and quickly formed the rudimentary shape of the head.

"How can a monster regenerate?!" Gray Leaf complained.

She had intended to use the little bit of magic she had just regained to help Ronan.

In retrospect, even if we did help, it would be a drop in the ocean and wouldn't have much effect.

At that moment, a familiar figure leaped out from a hole.

"Captain, let it try my corrosive poison!" the drill rat shouted, charging towards the second young master.

As a result, the second young master didn't even look at him, and kicked him away with his back leg.

The aerial rat went into stealth mode and reappeared beside Ronan.

"Team……"

It had barely opened its mouth when a ray pierced its skull.

Upon closer inspection of the misaligned double image on the drilling rat's body, Ronan immediately knew that it was neither human nor a drilling rat.

The drill rat won't just charge straight in without even using stealth.

"what!"

Gray Leaf was startled by the corpse at his feet.

She saw the fallen drill rat turn into a lump of asphalt, twitch twice, and then suddenly wriggle and jump away into the distance.

Before long, the lump of asphalt turned back into the shape of a crawling rat.

The weakness isn't in the head...

This is the third polluter Ronan has seen so far.

The most basic polluters are the kind that are everywhere in the square; they are numerous and have the ability to pollute others.

The second type has camouflage capabilities and is distributed in the passage area. Its weakness is the same as the first type of contaminated creature: its head.

The third type is the drill rat currently in existence, which also has camouflage capabilities, but its weakness is not in its head, and it is suspected to be able to regenerate.

Ronan concluded that these polluters seemed to be constantly evolving.

Not only are its capabilities constantly evolving, but its weaknesses are also gradually disappearing, and its self-awareness is becoming more intelligent.

Just like this fake drill rat, its intelligence is clearly much higher than that of the "first generation" polluters in the square who only charge headlong at the altar.

Realizing that its disguise had been exposed and that it was no match for Ronan,

They chose to flee and charged towards the three people who were activating the secret array.

The secret array had already begun to operate.

A mysterious black hole appeared at the center, slowly and systematically absorbing the essence of the three people's flesh and blood.

"Damn it..."

Ronan was too far away from the three of them. If they focused their attention on the secret formation, no one would be able to control the Second Young Master.

As the fake drill rat rapidly approached, even displaying a very familiar dagger in its hand, Ronan's expression immediately darkened.

"Akahoshi!" he shouted, signaling Akahoshi to call the artificial puppet back to hold off for a while.

"Pharros." Akahoshi understood instantly, calmly recalling the puppet without showing any panic.

The artificial puppet immediately unleashed several fireballs, slowing down the fake drill rat's advance.

The secret formation was methodically absorbing the essence of the three people's flesh and blood.

now.

The second young master's recovery speed is getting faster and faster.

Except for the skull, which heals a little slower, other parts of the body can be restored to their original state in less than ten seconds once the radiation penetrates them.

This reminded Ronan of the time he and the second young master were locked in a stalemate in the goblin cave.

This can't go on...

A sense of unease crept into his heart, and he turned to look at the altar.

The phantom above had already stopped its rampage and was now staring straight at the direction of the second young master.

Seeing this, Ronan acted decisively, firing four "scorching rays" from his fingertips, which instantly severed the second young master's four legs.

The second young master, having lost the support of his four legs, should have crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

Then the blood vessels re-extend, and through the rapid interweaving of the blood vessels, they grow back to their original four legs.

However, the instant it hit the ground...

The second young master, now only a bloated, obese body, suddenly stopped falling, as if floating in mid-air.

Ronan timely cast "Hand of the Mage" to catch the second young master.

The zero-ring spell "Hand of the Mage" cannot be used in combat.

First, the advantage of this invisible giant hand is its exquisite finger manipulation, but once the grip strength of the giant hand exceeds a certain threshold, it will begin to consume a huge amount of mental energy.

Moreover, during the process of converting grip strength, only 10% of one-tenth ...

With this full amount of mental power, any attack spell he casts would likely have a greater effect than the gripping attack of the invisible giant hand.

Secondly, the degree of solidification and the time it takes for the invisible giant hand to solidify are also inextricably linked to the enormous amount of spiritual power.

Therefore, "the hand of the mage" is generally used more in everyday research and other similar situations.

No one can strangle someone with an invisible giant hand during battle, nor would any magician think of using a fist formed from an invisible giant hand to injure someone.

However, at this moment, Ronan's "Hand of the Mage" was not used for attack.

His gaze fell on the illusory image of the altar, a slight smile playing on his lips, and he spoke loudly,

"You seem very interested in it, so I'll give it to you."

A massive amount of spiritual energy was suddenly released, and an invisible giant hand grabbed the second young master, aiming at the altar and about to throw him with all its might.

Just then, a fireball silently shot towards him from his blind spot.

boom.

A "magic shield" appeared, perfectly blocking the attack.

Ronan looked toward the source of the attack, where a familiar figure stood.

Pharos, an artificial puppet.

"Sorry, I can't let you throw it over there."

Red Star's voice came from Pharos's mouth, and the artificial puppet became a mouthpiece.

"Just kidding."

Ronan finally breathed a sigh of relief, immediately canceling "Hand of the Mage," and the second young master crashed to the ground with a thud.

"Actually, I can't pass it on either."

Seeing the artificial puppet fall silent, Ronan asked,

"Wasn't it you who attacked us in the passage, Akahoshi?"

"How did you figure that out?" Akahoshi's voice was filled with inquiry and confusion.

Actually, because of the distance, Ronan was not sure if there were any distorted double images on the fake Akahoshi.

But another scene made him suspicious.

"Do you remember your reaction when you returned to the square from the passageway and saw me?"

"Was my reaction unnatural?"

Ronan smiled and countered, "Since you know there are corruptors who can disguise themselves..."

"How could you immediately conclude that I'm not him?"

"Didn't you see that even my own close teammates were wary when they first saw me, their first thought being to confirm whether it was real or not?"

"That's a normal reaction."