Following Jack and Levin Mills, they flew for some distance through this strange world where gravity hung inverted and the sea of clouds formed the ground.
Benjamin soon spotted more than a dozen figures floating in midair far ahead.
He recognized them at once. They were the other members of Jack Squad whom he had seen earlier at Junction Point Plaza.
At the moment, however, they were all floating silently in place, spaced some distance apart.
Some had their eyes closed in concentration, seemingly conducting remote control through some method. Others had their eyes open, but their gazes were vacant; clearly, their attention was elsewhere.
After a long while, one particularly obese-looking wizard slowly opened his eyes.
His tiny eyes were filled with undisguised disappointment.
He let out a heavy sigh before noticing Jack and the others beside him, as well as Benjamin and the newly arrived wizards behind them.
"Jack, you're back." The obese wizard greeted Jack listlessly.
He then glanced at the number of wizards standing behind Jack, and obvious disappointment appeared on his face as well.
"Why are there only this few people?"
"With the current situation, it's already not bad if we can find anyone willing to cooperate." Jack spread his hands helplessly.
"...That's true." Thinking of the situation outside, the obese wizard said nothing more.
After speaking with the obese wizard, Jack turned to the newly arrived wizards behind him and said in a deep voice, "Get ready to work."
The obese wizard said nothing, merely nodding silently.
The exposed skin across his body suddenly began to writhe violently like rippling water!
Then, a small lump of flesh about the size of a bean detached itself from his enormous body, like putty forcibly kneaded off by someone.
Before everyone's astonished eyes, the writhing lump of