After Inogova left, Richard did not actually follow her advice to leave his temporary residence and inspect Pompeii Town. Instead, he quietly waited for nightfall inside the house.
Before long, a veil of black spread across the sky, and the night gradually deepened.
Late at night, Richard lay quietly on the bed in his room. His consciousness slowly grew muddled, yet a trace of clarity remained within the haze, keeping him from falling into a dream.
His consciousness became increasingly muddled, his thoughts sank into the deepest part of his brain, and his body stiffened beyond his control, as though he were dead.
At that moment, Richard felt every cell in his body tremble, and he nearly sprang off the bed.
It is time to leave my body... The thought flashed through Richard's mind. Suddenly, he felt weightless, and his consciousness had already separated from his flesh with practiced ease. A transparent tether connected it to the back of his neck as it passed through the roof like a hydrogen balloon and rose into the night sky above Pompeii Town.
Looking around, Richard saw similar consciousness forms drifting out through rooftops throughout Pompeii Town. Clearly, quite a few Wizards were meditating.
Some consciousness forms floated only a dozen meters or so above the rooftops; those belonged to Level 1 Wizards. Others rose several dozen meters; those belonged to Level 2 Wizards. Still others had floated nearly a hundred meters...
Those should be Level 3 Wizards. Their strength cannot be underestimated... Richard silently thought as he hovered roughly five hundred meters in the air.
Next, he did not try to rise any higher to absorb Wandering Energy Elements, nor did he disturb the consciousness forms that could not move freely. Instead, he identified the boundaries of Pompeii Town, aimed at one