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Ronan fell silent.
The Black-Haired Man seemed to have barely regained some composure. His face pale, he gave Ronan a slight nod.
"Even if it was only a high-level zero-tier magical beast, as a High-Level Wizard Apprentice whose Spiritual Power has already reached Qi Transformation, you shouldn't have performed so miserably."
Deep in thought, Ronan walked step by step toward the Black-Haired Man and said meaningfully, "It seems you have a secret?"
The Black-Haired Man's expression changed abruptly. The thin male wizard beside him hastily explained, "Lord Francois was merely frightened by accident—"
The Black-Haired Man had barely nodded twice when Ronan's indifferent voice sounded.
"Forget it. Since you don't want to talk, I'll just kill you both and find out myself..."
"No!"
The Black-Haired Man shrieked, his voice high and piercing like a duck's quack, instantly shattering his aura of strength.
The thin male wizard beside him changed expression and immediately pounced over as if to stop him, but the latter had already pulled out something gleaming and held it out before Ronan.
"Damn it, look at the stupid thing you've done!"
The thin male wizard grabbed the Black-Haired Man by the collar, his eyes bloodshot.
The Black-Haired Man refused to be outdone and roared, "You're the idiot! I told you long ago that we shouldn't provoke High-Level Apprentices above Level Six!..."
The two instantly began brawling, rolling about in the snow.
Ronan could not be bothered to watch their infighting. All his attention was fixed on the object before him.
He gave it a brief examination with his Spiritual Power. The next second, Ronan was stunned.
"A Tier 1 Magical Item?!"
In the forest, Ronan followed the trail of blood left behind by the Two-Headed Magic Lizard while idly turning over in his hand an object resembling