Chapter 268: Assistance and Escape

This slightly outdated standard formation is severely inadequate.

Their current mana accumulation has dropped by 45%, while their physical pressure has increased by 65%.

Add to that their secretive operations; they dared not use reconnaissance spells much, so they never fully leveraged the advantages of being a seventh-tier mage.

It's also likely because the two of them were just promoted and their mindset hasn't shifted yet.

Halt the Flight Spell.

Wilson and the three junior female students kept their distance.

Bald Andrew angrily said, "Who was it that just knocked me down!"

"Saying this now changes nothing; you'd better deal with the plague on your body."

"Fine, fine, fine."

He waved his staff, and faint glimmers of mana flashed continuously.

【Cleanse Dust】 【Protection from Evil】 【Healing Touch】 【Remove Curse】.

At this moment, the sewage was cleared away, revealing Andrew's large face, his skin red and his head covered in disgusting blisters.

Wilson couldn't help but curse, "What are you doing using 【Remove Curse】? What good does that do? Don't you have plague-protection magic potions?"

Andrew shook his head.

"Damn it! You might as well not have promoted to the seventh tier; your brain has gone stupid."

Though his words were harsh, the guy with glasses still raised his staff and cast 【Purify Plague】 on him.

The three junior female students behind didn't want to act, but now it was hard not to contribute some effort.

"Senior~ I'll help too~"

"I'll help too; I just happened to acquire a medical magic item recently."

"Me too."

【Light of Vinya】 【Lesser Restoration】 【Light of Serenity】.

They say mages aren't good at healing, and that's truly the case; these three spells are quite low-tier, and even the third one, 【Light of Serenity】, is merely a spell used to provide courage, motivation, or encouragement to the target.

Only the guy with glasses' 【Purify Plague】 was somewhat useful.

Andrew's condition seemed to have improved a bit.

He cast the 【Isolation Protection Bubble】 spell on himself, and a layer of transparent bubbles reflecting colorful light immediately wrapped around his body.

"I'm much better; my domain can suppress the plague."

No sooner had he finished speaking.

Wilson immediately sent him a 【Message Spell】.

"Domain-level plagues are hard to handle; let's retreat."

"No retreat."

"What are you being stubborn about? You can have your fun with the girls anytime."

"Not that, Glasses. We've known each other for so many years; I'm not afraid to tell you: when I fell into the pond just now, I sensed something."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't say it, but it's definitely a high-level treasure!"

Wilson's brows furrowed: "Are you sure?"

"One hundred percent."

At this moment, the three junior female students nearby walked over.

Their faces showed a mix of embarrassment and fear.

"Seniors, look, the Terror Field has changed so much; it's hard to enter that botanical garden again, and Senior Andrew is injured. Should we retreat first?"

Wilson glanced at the bald man with his determined eyes, then looked at the botanical garden in the distance.

He revealed a smile:

"What is most important for us mages? Three junior female students?"

"I know! We must know how to flee!" said a junior female student with straight bangs.

He smiled and shook his head, looking exactly like a kind old professor.

"That is one thing; actually, what is more important is the determination to persevere; otherwise, look at how we could have persisted to reach this rank?"

"What does the senior mean?" asked another junior female student with slightly heavier makeup.

Wilson wore an expression of strategic planning.

He raised his finger, pointing toward the spiderweb ruins in the opposite direction of the botanical garden.

"We must take the pool water, and we must also avenge our grudge. The botanical garden can still spare forces to guard because the front line isn't tight enough; if the battle situation were urgent enough, they certainly wouldn't leave so many guards. As the saying goes, the enemy's enemy is a friend. You wait here; watch me go over there to offer counsel, offer counsel!"

Having said that.

He lightly tapped the ground with his staff; a wisp of mana floated around his body, and his body immediately rose into the air.

Whoosh—

The people on the ground felt a gust of wind brush their faces, seeing Wilson ascending into the sky heading toward the distant spiderweb ruins.

Boom!!!

A figure charged into the ground like a cannonball.

The blood on the ground, along with the bones, was blasted and crushed by the huge impact force, pressing a circular deep pit into the ground.

Rod turned around.

Finally, he could no longer see the shadow of the plague beast horde.

He did not relax; he took the Crystal Swan treasure from his spell satchel and activated the 【Mass Flight Spell】 inside it.

Jumping from pit to pit is fast, but the commotion is too great, and it leaves traces.

At a time like this, using a treasure that doesn't consume spirituality and leaves no tracking traces would be the most suitable.

Though the speed isn't all that fast, admittedly.

An hour and a half later.

Rod arrived at the place where he had previously encountered the bone dragon Megan.

That is, beside that enormous blood lake.

"Finally shook them off."

He let out a sigh.

He stopped his flight spell and rested on the spot.

Before this, he had used the 【Mass Flight Spell】 from his treasure, successfully soaring through the sky.

But unfortunately, the flight spells in the current spell system are all rather underwhelming in speed.

One needs to compensate the speed through other spells or magical items.

Rod did happen to know a spell called 【Cloud Wing Spell】, whose sole function was to increase the speed of flight spells.

It's just that he found the spell too low-grade and never bothered to learn it.

"I heard there's a seventh-tier spell called 【Spirit Form】, which temporarily sacrifices spellcasting and physical attacks, transforming one into a spherical incorporeal form. Not only is the flight speed more than twice that of a flight spell, you can also pass through obstacles."

In Lady Kali's little class, she had once demonstrated that spell.

Thud—

Rod flung Sharon off his shoulder onto the ground.

She let out a muffled grunt and groggily opened her eyes.

"Rod. Is that how you treat a girl?"

With the assistance of the 【Mirage Net】, she had regained her self-awareness halfway through, but it had drained a massive amount of mental energy, leaving her somewhat muddled and drowsy at the moment.

"Is this what you meant by 'the memory body is dealt with'?"

Rod scoffed.

He wanted to sit down, glanced at the filthy ground, and pulled a folding stool from his spell satchel.

"Something unexpected came up. I didn't expect that Amel's memory body still had another memory body hidden inside it."

"So? What's your current situation?"

Sharon lay on her back, staring at the two black-and-white round moons in the sky, expressionless.

"Normally speaking, I'm done for. Because of my carelessness, the complete memory body has already fused into my own memories. For the rest of my life, I'll have to fight that damned Plague Doctor consciousness for control of my body."

"'Normally speaking'—so does that mean things aren't normal now?"

"Yes. This is the Dread Beast's mental dimension, where the operability over spirit and soul is considerably higher than in reality. Combined with your Illusory Realm-weaving methods, I might still be able to successfully strip it out."

Rod nodded.

He took out a small loaf of bread from his spell satchel, spread some jam on it, and asked:

"So, what's my payment?"

Sharon was momentarily stunned.

She raised her head and said in astonishment:

"We're partners, Rod. I've always thought you were a real man who steps up when a partner is in trouble."

(End of Chapter)