The discomfort brought on by planar rejection left some wizards dispirited and hampered their movements, but for others, it was precisely another name for opportunity.
In the Frost Dark Realm, within a deep valley blanketed in ice and snow.
A Level 2 Combat Department wizard clad in armor was cautiously hunting a rare Frost Giant Lizard amid the icy crevasses.
With the high-level Snow Monsters gone, nearly every Snow Monster gathering point had become a "treasure trove" in the eyes of the wizards.
Even regions they had once not dared to hunt in freely because of high-level Snow Monsters could now be explored.
Logistics Department wizards like Benjamin, who possessed core technologies, naturally had no interest in such scattered scraps of profit.
But for the majority of Combat Department wizards driven half-mad by poverty, such a windfall from heaven was simply not to be missed!
The Level 2 Wizard nimbly circled past the giant lizard's crystalline claws. A flaming arrow struck its eye with precision, killing it outright.
He carefully stripped away the giant lizard's hide armor and core, then stored them in his Space Expansion Bag.
As he flew back toward the outpost, he counted the gains from this expedition, feeling deeply satisfied with his risky venture. In the days since Wizard Augustine had left, the sudden planar rejection had caused many wizards tremendous discomfort.
Their activities had become far more restrained. Almost no one dared venture deep behind enemy lines during this period, afraid of meeting with disaster.
Yet this wizard had set his sights on precisely this "gap"!
He judged that with so many competitors gone, this would be the most fertile period for resources.
So he decisively set out, risking departure from the camp to search for rare resources outside.
And reality had unfolded exactly as