After confirming that there was nothing wrong with his Potion Laboratory, Locke chose to temporarily return to his residence at Lilith's Cottage and sort out his current Mana.
He had just advanced to Formal Wizard and had then gone through a series of fierce battles, gaining quite a bit from them.
Moreover, his Mana was still constantly fluctuating from the consecutive brutal fights. He needed to stabilize it properly to avoid leaving behind any future problems.
Under normal circumstances, a Formal Wizard who had just advanced would even need some time to repair their soul.
Etching a Spell Model onto the soul would more or less damage it, and it required time to recover.
However, because Locke had used the spell knife, he did not have that problem.
He also needed to quickly organize his current resources and immediately replenish his First-Ring Spell pool. Otherwise, he would be at too much of a disadvantage in battle.
The reason he had been able to kill Brittany earlier was entirely because she had fallen into a special area—the Closed Barrier—and could not escape.
Otherwise, his Great Green Owl Plantain would never have been able to catch up with her.
Locke glanced at the Great Green Owl Plantain behind him. After the continuous battles, its roots had already turned charred black, having reached some sort of limit.
Locke suddenly sensed that someone seemed to be watching him. He frowned slightly and looked around, but found no one nearby.
On a mountain connected to part of the Forbidden Forest near Lilith's Cottage, the King of the Forbidden Forest and the Silent Bee Fairy appeared among the forest leaves.
The Silent Bee Fairy said, "It's finally over. Wars between human wizards are truly terrifying. They summoned something very, very frightening, but fortunately, that Type