Chapter 113: New Ideas and Corpse Disposal

"It is not necessary to use the 【Spatial Imprisonment Curse】."

The witch Dimia patted Sharon's hand and sat up gently.

Her complexion had improved significantly.

Due to their innate structural issues, the flow of magic in witches is far faster than in ordinary people, and healing spells and other incantations take effect much more quickly.

"I have seen in some manuals that there are many spell rituals capable of reinforcing the spatial wall; the important thing is that the casting difficulty is far lower than that of the 【Spatial Imprisonment Curse】."

"Something like 【Wall Weaving】?"

Lady Kali immediately knew what she was talking about; seeing the other party nod, she added:

"But most spells of this type require continuous casting, needing to be rebuilt periodically, which is equivalent to a war of attrition against the opponent."

Sharon flipped through the pages with a rustling sound.

She quickly stopped at a certain page.

She said, "Hmm, although the material cost for this spell ritual is indeed much lower than the 【Spatial Imprisonment Curse】, from the perspective of the Magic Control League, the excessive time spent is not cost-effective, especially for Councilor Ophelia; she rarely approves such plans."

"Cost-effective? That sounds like doing business; I thought the Magic Control League was an organization dedicated to saving the world."

Tally laughed.

"Indeed it is so—although our ideals are grand, reality does not permit it," Sharon said bitterly; her expression reminded Rod of the golden retriever he had seen in his past life.

She continued:

"The money required to prevent spell disasters is far greater than you imagine; through years of experience, our plans undergo especially strict scrutiny regarding the item of capital investment."

Rod raised a question at this moment.

Through what channels does the Magic Control League earn money?

"State official funding, private donations, cooperation with foundations and charitable organizations, mining and management of magical resources, revenue from research and development, sales of magical items and services, and so on."

"Even for great nations like Aethelorn and the Heavenly Court Flower Kingdom, they invite us to handle matters jointly; on one hand, their experience in dealing with various spell disasters is inferior to ours; on the other hand, you know, especially the high-level mages—they are all selfish fellows who only act on things that interest them."

Rod realized the topic had gone off track.

He hurriedly brought it back.

"【Wall Weaving】 can be considered Plan B; is there anything else?"

He looked mainly at Lady Kali, after all, she was the most knowledgeable person present.

Sensing Rod's overly expectant gaze, the elf pondered for a moment.

"Actually, our tribe once dealt with a crisis involving an interdimensional passage." She shook her head. "At that time, we used the labyrinth near the Emerald Court to block the development of the void; here, we cannot replicate it."

"A labyrinth? Why can a labyrinth stop a spatial passage?"

"We elves possess an ancient technique for stabilizing labyrinths, typically used to help nascent labyrinths stop transforming into mature ones; later we discovered this technique could also stabilize space itself; combined with the inherent complex nature of labyrinths, it can indeed block interdimensional passages to a certain extent."

Having finished speaking,

the effect of 【Backlight Canopy】 dissipated.

No longer countering invisibility.

Fearing the Shadow Weavers might be lurking, Rod began to reinforce the Sand Willows.

Perhaps due to the Sand Willow's tree species characteristics, they are particularly prone to acquiring skills like 【Invisibility Detection】, 【Energy Barrier】, and 【Sand to Earth Transformation】.

"Perhaps we could create a labyrinth beneath the 【Dark Vortex Rift Barrier】."

He said this while checking the status of the Sand Willows.

"You humans really say anything, don't you?"

The elf sneered.

But shortly after, she frowned, seemingly seriously considering the feasibility of this matter.

Even Sharon and Dimia fell into deep thought.

Rod knew he could not help much at this moment; after casting a row of 【Invisibility Detection】 spells consecutively,

he went to the other side of the forest.

There was still the problem of the rat-men on this side.

Clearly, the battle had already ended.

Little Little Bangde and Vivian might have found a spot in the rear ranks to stand; he did not see them.

Lying on the ground were more than twenty rat-man corpses.

Rod immediately spotted the ghoul Pan Ni, leaning forward with her hands on her knees.

She was examining the corpses on the ground.

Because she was bent over, her wide collar revealed a large expanse of flesh, her braids swaying in the air.

"Ah, Master."

"What is the situation now?"

Rod kicked the rat-man corpse at his feet.

They were half the size of a halfling, covered in black-brown fur, with disgusting pointed snouts and rodent teeth.

They wore ill-fitting leather armor, obviously scavenged from somewhere.

Rod could feel his poison resistance taking effect.

"There are over fifty of them, led by a fifth-rank rat-man; they carry diseases, so the two seniors did not come over."

Ghouls naturally possess strong poison resistance, which is why Pan Ni dared to approach closely.

"Did they declare their organization?"

There are many races and organizations on the continent; some unknown ones often hope to make a name for themselves, frequently boasting about their organization's name during attacks and robberies.

But Pan Ni shook her head.

"Is that so?"

"Master, may I dispose of these corpses? My ghouls are far too few."

【61】 Glanced at the pitiful ghouls.

Glanced at the pitiful ghoul.

Indeed.

Since the battle with the Ruin Brotherhood, the ghouls under Pan Ni's command had dwindled to only three, and they had never been reinforced.

Moreover, under the control of the Nu Yi Zhou for nearly two months, they were so hungry they looked yellow and emaciated—no, that should be skin and bones.

They were about to turn into skeletons.

If they could still form a fighting force, that would be a miracle.

"You may, but you must keep them under control. If I find any bones stolen in the town, or if anyone falls ill from the germs on them..."

Pan Ni was overjoyed.

She immediately knelt and loudly promised.

【Pan Ni's obedience +5, current obedience: 40】

To be honest, Rod was not very interested in Pan Ni's skills.

After all, they were ghouls.

Come to think of it, what were the innate spiritual arts of ghouls again?

He recalled the contents of 【Research on Innate Spiritual Arts of Heterogeneous Races】.

【Ghoul Plague】 and 【Summon Ghoul】 were certainly among them.

But the ghoul skill that left the deepest impression on him in this book was 【Feast】 and 【Spore Transformation】.

These two skills were quite powerful!

【Feast】 could absorb an opponent's life force through attacks.

And 【Spore Transformation】 allowed one to turn into spores, merge into an opponent's body, and attack their internals while consuming flesh and blood.

However, Pan Ni was clearly not following this warrior path.

Her advancement path was Lich.

"I apologize, Master, I do not yet know these two spiritual arts."

After being asked, Pan Ni answered thus.

Rod lifted her chin.

Looking at her cracked lips and her mature face, devoid of color.

The ghoul understood, voluntarily lowered her collar, bowed her head to lightly kiss her master's thumb, and then slowly took it into her mouth.

"Growth Spiritual Points remaining: 43. We will need them for the Sha Liu District later—no, let's do it next time."

Amidst Pan Ni's regretful and disappointed gaze, Rod withdrew his hand.

(End of this chapter)