Magicians never make wishes

"Damn it! What is that thing?!"

Evil Axe cried out in alarm, nearly throwing his short axe at the attacker.

"Yes, yes... Weiss!" The young lady's lips trembled as she recognized the familiar back of the second young master at a glance.

"Impossible! How did he suddenly turn into that grotesque figure?"

Hawkeye screamed, incredulous, "Wasn't everything normal just now?!"

"Back off! This cave entrance is cursed!"

Dunshan immediately thought of a chilling possibility and loudly reminded everyone.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions froze instantly, and they hurriedly retreated to the farthest safe distance.

"What do we do, Captain?"

Looking at the newly appeared cave entrance, then turning back to the direction he had originally intended to go, he hesitated and asked,

"Can I still keep the treasure chest?"

Dunshan's expression shifted several times, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Yes! You and Hawkeye come with me, and the three of us will advance at full speed."

"Bai Ye, please take your employer out of here, as far away as possible."

"If anything unexpected happens, use the Adventurer's Badge as an alarm."

Dunshan pinched the badge he wore on his chest, which had a few simple runes drawn on it.

Adventurer's Badge is another piece of personal equipment provided by the Adventurers' Guild, in addition to the storage bag.

Its main function is to activate quickly without consuming resources, providing a simple warning effect to teammates wearing the same badge within a certain range.

Despite the limited number of uses and high price, each member of the team still had one.

After saying that, Dunshan turned around and rushed deeper into the cave with Eagle Eye and Evil Axe.

"My Lord Mage..." The young lady felt uneasy when she saw that three adventurers were suddenly missing.

She simply called out softly, her burning gaze falling upon Ronan like ripples on water.

Ronan completely ignored the other woman's blatant gaze. Based on his understanding of the young lady, she clearly wanted him to rescue the second young master, but dared not say it outright.

Even if she hadn't said anything, Ronan was still planning to go in and take a look.

Given the current situation, his teammates would definitely refuse to enter this passage, so he had no choice but to go alone.

Ronan didn't believe there was any curse inside, as Dunshan had mentioned. On the contrary, it was more likely to contain the secret of the bear goblin's power amplification.

The purpose of this visit is twofold: first, to see what exactly happened to the second young master, and second, to see if we can find the source of the power we sensed.

As for the young lady and the maid, he didn't have time to personally escort them back to the original cave entrance.

"I'll be going inside to check things out; I don't have time to escort you out..."

He decided to let the two of them choose for themselves.

Either the two of them walk back to the cave entrance together and wait for the team outside;

They can either stay put and wait for support, and Dunshan and the other two will take them out with them on their return trip.

But after hearing this, the young lady chose neither option—she wanted to follow Ronan and find the second young master herself.

The maids were particularly vocal in their opposition to this.

Ronan remained noncommittal, leaving behind the words "You decide for yourselves" before walking into the passageway.

Immediately behind him came the sound of an argument between the maid and the young lady.

"The dangers inside are beyond our reach; we should leave this cave as soon as possible!"

"No, I have to bring Weiss back! Wayne is already dead, he can't be allowed to get hurt again."

"There's nothing we can do if we go in! We can wait for reinforcements to arrive... then we can let them go and rescue the second young master."

"No, how long would that take? Weiss might already be in danger!"

"Stop being so willful and reckless!"

"Amy!"

The argument abruptly stopped.

Ronan stopped and looked back, wondering if there was something wrong with his ears.

He waited there for a while, but when the two didn't catch up, he continued forward with his torch.

That's fine, it saves us from having two unnecessary burdens, even though Ronan might not necessarily save us.

The newly appeared passage was very narrow, only wide and tall enough for one person to pass through. As one went deeper, the top of the passage gradually rose, eventually reaching the height of the outer cave.

Ronan's senses grew stronger, and he could even hear the sucking sound of energy being drawn from him.

No, that's the sound coming from the scene before him.

A rhombus-shaped boulder stood at the end of the passage, its surface covered with a faint fluorescent glow that slowly dissipated—this was the source of Ronan's perception.

An unknown four-legged creature was clinging to the boulder.

By the light of the fire, Ronan was able to make out the other person's appearance.

Its back was bulging, and its limbs were wrapped with thick blood vessels. It was hopping around the boulder, sometimes sticking out its long, thin tongue, sometimes opening its mouth to suck on a certain depression, completely ignoring its own sudden appearance.

Ronan stared in shock at the four-legged creature, recognizing it from the remaining clothing on its body as the Second Young Master himself.

Before they could even ponder why the second young master had become like this, the rhombus-shaped boulder began to change.

The fluorescent light emanating from the surface of the boulder was gradually rising and slowly flying into his body.

[Divinity under initial repair... 3.8% complete]

The prompt for divine restoration has returned; these glowing lights are the special source of power that amplifies the goblin bear.

The fireflies kept flying towards Ronan, merging into his body, and the progress of his divine restoration was also rapidly increasing.

21%...

59%...

As time passed, the fluorescent light on the surface of the boulder seemed to be fully activated, detaching from the boulder and leaping into the air, converging into a torrent of light that rushed straight towards Ronan.

He enjoyed the satisfaction of the rapid increase in data, and even wanted to sit down and wait for the progress to reach 100% to complete the initial repair of his godhood.

The moment this idea came to mind, the second young master, who had mutated into a four-legged creature, objected.

It was originally helpless against these fluorescent lights; it couldn't touch them or absorb them, and could only watch helplessly as the fluorescent lights dissipated.

But that doesn't mean someone can absorb all the fluorescence at once.

With a leap, its mutated body lunged at Ronan.

hum.

A scorching red light instantly illuminated the dark passage, piercing through the four-legged creature's thickest left forelimb and knocking the second young master down from mid-air.

"Hey, is it still conscious?" Ronan asked, holding the torch up to the four-legged creature.

He wanted to see if the second young master still had any sense of self.

The four-legged creature responded with a roar.

Ronan shook his head. It seemed the second young master was beyond saving... He never imagined that the special power that could amplify the goblin's strength would be a poisonous mutation for ordinary humans.

Just then, a small portion of the fireflies dancing in the air flew toward the wound where the four-legged creature had been pierced by the ray.

The fist-sized circular wound quickly grew countless tiny blood vessels, which intertwined and continuously repaired themselves.

Ronan acted decisively, unleashing another "Burning Ray".

This time, he deliberately increased the range of his attack, almost shattering most of its body.

But then, more fireflies surged toward the four-legged creature and began to repair its damaged body.

This is the last bit of fluorescence... Ronan suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

In just a short while, the fluorescent light in the air had dwindled to almost nothing, and the repair work had come to a standstill.

[Status: Severely damaged (Under repair/94%)]

The four-legged creature absorbed little fluorescent light, yet its body grew increasingly robust, and its gaze toward him became ever more ferocious.

More and more new blood vessels are growing all over its body, and at first glance, it looks like the blood vessels are the main body.

Ronan frowned, a vague feeling creeping into his heart that he shouldn't stay any longer.

The idea of ​​sending two more launchers to this four-legged creature was abruptly abandoned at this moment.

The fireflies had long since disappeared, and he decided to leave immediately.

He casually took out the Adventurer's Badge.

He had to inform his teammates that there was a big problem here and they needed to speed up the evacuation.

But at this time,

The adventurer's badge in his hand exploded first.