Dawn Arrives, Bountiful Harvest

Scorching Fire Element Particles condensed out of the void, then rapidly gathered together.

Crash!

The door shattered completely. The Thorn Sea Beast squeezed through the opening, its limbs straining as its immense strength toppled the bookcases and desks blocking its path.

Foul liquid dripped from its mouth, carrying a nauseating stench of blood.

Arthur's pupils reflected the swelling, burning flames. He roared excitedly, "Die! This is true Wizard power. Monster, it is your honor to die beneath Wizardry."

After the Parchment Scroll was torn open, it rapidly underwent Spontaneous Combustion and assimilated.

Elemental Particle Wizardry—Explosion of Fire—fully took shape, engulfing everything before it.

The houses, the furnishings such as desks, and even the Thorn Sea Beast were all within its range.

Boom!

A violent Ringing Sound erupted. Smoke spread everywhere, and the powerful blast shattered the walls, reaching into the corridor.

"This is the power of a Wizard, and it is my power. I am a genius, a true genius. I am destined to reach the pinnacle of Wizards." Arthur leaned against the wall inside the room, looking at the charred ruin before him with an unrestrained, exhilarated grin.

"You damned monsters might be able to kill the other Newborn Wizards. That is because they are foolish, because their aptitude and status are beneath mine. But you will never be able to kill me."

"I am the strongest."

Hiss, hiss!

The smoke grew thicker and thicker. Perhaps the reaction caused by the Wizardry had set the interior of the cabin ablaze. The temperature was so high that Arthur had to narrow his eyes slightly.

Arthur was completely certain that monster was dead. No living creature could survive the power of such Wizardry.

Not even a Wizard could.

A relaxed smile curled at his lips. Just as he tried to leave the room that was about to catch fire, a low "gaka" sound came from within the smoke.

An expression as though he had seen a ghost appeared on Arthur's face. He stared in terror as the enormous figure in the smoke slowly rose to its feet.

It was coming toward him.

This shouldn't be possible.

This was Particle Energy Wizardry that only Wizards could use, imbued with absolutely destructive power.

Why wasn't this monster dead yet?!

The black scales were covered in uniquely lustrous spots, forming some kind of defensive membrane that isolated Elemental Particle Energy. This membrane might not have been able to completely withstand that Particle Energy Wizardry, but it had allowed the Thorn Sea Beast to survive, albeit heavily injured.

"Gaka!" The enraged Thorn Sea Beast lunged at Arthur.

"Don't come any closer! Help! Please, have mercy! Don't eat me!"

Arthur screamed in terror, trying to squeeze into the wall behind him.

Before his eyes was the increasingly enlarged, ferocious beast, residual flames still burning across its body.

"No!!"

A piercing, miserable scream echoed throughout the entire Wizard Ship.

The cup in Anna's hand slipped from her grasp and struck the floor with a dull sound. Even after the brown sugar tea spilled and soaked into the floorboards, she remained motionless.

The room was exceptionally quiet.

Her fiery red hair was stained with a large amount of unknown filth, giving off the stench of excrement.

In fact, it was indeed Thorn Sea Beast excrement. In order to survive and conceal the Wizard scent on her body, the girl had endured her nausea in the corridor and smeared herself all over with it.

Ordinary methods of masking one's scent were useless against the Thorn Sea Beast.

Wizard Freshmen possessed Particle Energy. Once they came within a certain range, they could be detected, like brilliant lighthouses in the darkness.

Unless they declared that this place already had an owner.

Thanks to this, Anna's room had not been visited.

That sound just now could not have been mistaken. It was Arthur, who had gone out to search for food. Had he suffered the same fate? Then the other two were likely doomed as well.

There was a trace of regret in Anna's eyes. With Arthur as an ally, she could at least have gained many conveniences during the journey aboard the Wizard Ship.

But she soon stopped dwelling on it and silently waited for everything to end.

Her thoughts were somewhat similar to Wang Ya's.

No matter how severe this sudden crisis was, they still had to get past Wizard Tuta's test.

The darkness had come too strangely. It was caused by Wizardry. If daylight could return, that would mean safety had arrived.

She did not care whether the others lived or died, not even Arthur, who had fawned over her so eagerly. He had merely been a reasonably useful helper. Anna was also confident that she could enter Umbral Wizard Academy on her own and complete Fire Sun Star Wizardry.

Her outstanding Wizard Aptitude was her greatest source of confidence.

Even if Fire Sun Star Wizardry was Mid-level Wizardry that only Rank 2 Wizard Apprentices would then learn and master.

Wang Ya spent the entire One Night on high alert. After confirming that Thorn Hearts were effective on Nurtured Creatures, he classified them as important Wizard resources.

He repeated the old method: using blood as bait, creating a three-dimensional model with the Eye of Truth, then working with Harak to hunt the Thorn Sea Beasts.

When the first rays of sunlight pierced through a crack in the ink-black darkness beyond the window—

Wang Ya's tightly furrowed brow finally relaxed. His gaze fell upon the desk before him. Foul liquid dripped down its legs onto the floorboards, while black hearts were piled together atop it. A few still beat faintly, clearly fresh and recently removed.

Recorded Resources: Thorn Heart x8

This was the result of Wang Ya's efforts over One Night.

Every Thorn Sea Beast aboard the Wizard Ship that could be lured over was here.

The Eye of Truth had analyzed it: Harak could no longer consume Thorn Hearts to undergo Benign Mutation.

Wang Ya believed that even if these Thorn Hearts could be used as Wizard resources, they were probably low-grade resources within the First-level Wizard Apprentice category.

However, the trait of resisting Particle Energy Wizardry was not something ordinary Supernatural Resources possessed. They should be extremely valuable among low-grade resources.

They were good choices for either Experimental Research or cultivating his own Nurtured Creature.

Wang Ya was already imagining selling them for a good price and using the money as his first pot of gold upon entering Umbral Wizard Academy.

The only trouble was preservation. He had no good way to carry them with him, and maintaining the Thorn Hearts' vitality and freshness was also a major problem.

The Umbral Codex had records of Wizard Artifacts in the Wizard World. These were supernatural items used by Wizards.

Among them were spatial storage items. Storing things such as Thorn Hearts inside could keep them almost perfectly fresh, provided they were not left there for too long.

Wang Ya shook his head. Where was he supposed to find a Storage Wizard Artifact aboard this Wizard Ship?

Once it was fully light out, he would go to the Automated Restaurant and get some ice to preserve them.

Blinding light was like a sharp sword, forcibly slicing through the heavy darkness, as though heralding the arrival of dawn.

A focused beam of sunlight fell upon the pale cheek of the youth standing before the window. His brows were slightly furrowed, his eyes narrowed as he gazed outward.

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