Evan and Olivia followed the orange cat Tom through the Gray Forest, where they unexpectedly encountered several Remnant Echoes repaired using the "Clumsy Porcelain" technique.
After being easily killed, the colorful ceramic shards were discarded, while all the glittering gold became the orange cat's spoils.
Evan was already certain.
It must have been the high-quality souls of two Great Wizards—Olivia's and his own—that held a deadly attraction for these creatures, causing them to break their usual habit of lying dormant during the New Moon and launch attack after attack.
If other Great Wizards had been thrown into an anti-magic environment like this, they might already have been helplessly slaughtered by these Remnant Echoes. But they had failed to realize that not all people were alike.
Although Evan was only a third-rank wizard, his knight rank, completely unaffected by the anti-magic field, had already reached the fourth rank. What should have been hunting had naturally turned into delivering food to his doorstep.
"Sir, although there are thousands upon thousands of remnants in the entire Gray Forest, not many Remnant Echoes have reached the third rank. We may have already wiped out nearly half of them along the way.
"I really can't understand why these guys came out to die during the New Moon, when they're at their weakest in the month. If it were the full moon, even Titled Knights would have to put in some effort to deal with them.
"But this trip has been a huge profit! Dried fish, dried fish, meow~"
Tom thoroughly enjoyed the happiness of being pampered by his Cat Slaves, his fluffy tail swishing excitedly back and forth.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two humans and one cat were all High-level Extraordinary People. Flying through the treetops, they quickly left the Gray Forest behind.
After crossing