The horned magic wolf's instinctive movement had indeed affected the Fireball's point of impact. Just as Captain Kassel had expected, the Fireball landed right beside the magic wolf.
Failure?
Captain Kassel knew that if the strike failed, the wolf would immediately flee in another direction. The remaining wolves would be much harder to find. If they failed to complete their mission...
As Captain Kassel imagined things taking a turn for the worse, Mirai, standing in the middle of the group, was surprised to discover that the magic wolf could still move some distance in that condition. Yet there was no panic in his eyes.
Because his spiritual cultivation had reached the third level, his control over a basic spell like Fireball was no longer what it had once been.
A faint, sly smile seemed to curl at the corner of his mouth. The Fireball had already flown more than ten meters away, but his mind was still connected to it. The fire-element soul power contained within it waited to burst into even more brilliant sparks at any moment.
"Explode for me!"
Following his intent, a ripple of spiritual energy spread from Mirai's body and entered the Fireball beside the magic wolf.
Boom.
The Fireball seemed to bloom like a flower. An explosion with a radius of half a meter instantly kicked up a large cloud of dust from the ground.
As a loud roar rang out, everyone felt a wave of heat sweep over their faces from the exploding Fireball.
The smoke and dust from the explosion gradually dispersed. Aside from several clumps of flame still burning on the ground, the horned magic wolf that had once stood there had likely tried to flee, but one side of its body had become a charred corpse.
"Hehe..." The smile on Mirai's