Chapter 404: Entanglement and Smoothness
Still, there had been a decent gain from this matter. Amid the dodging and maneuvering, Ruger discovered that the peculiar Miserly Spell worked on the wizard called Jillian as well. Of course, she might not have been a Third Ring Origin Wizard. After all, with Wizard Zorn already here, it was impossible to station another Third Ring wizard here.
Yet Ruger's intuition told him that the Miserly Spell might work on Third Ring wizards too. Its spell model was extraordinarily unusual, after all. Who knew where Old Drunkard had found his inspiration? Perhaps it had something to do with his frequent trips beyond that door to drink with the Fairy King over the past hundred years. He had also read in a book that zero-ring spells like the Shedding Spell were ineffective against Third Ring Origin Wizards who had already drawn themselves inward—but there had been another line after that: unless one had deeply cultivated such spells and modified them.
And perhaps the Miserly Spell's special model needed no modification.
Ruger rolled his eyes and found Mahama still standing off to the side.
Mahama seemed somewhat awkward.
"Do you... want some water?" Mahama thought for a moment before asking.
"Sir, just let me stay quietly here."
Ruger tugged at the corners of his mouth to keep his drool from spilling out. His mouth had been unable to close all this time, and saliva was already about to flow out.
"All right, then."
Mahama turned and left.
The corridor fell silent again. Gradually, Ruger could even hear his own heartbeat.
Time passed bit by bit. He found that he could already move his fingers freely and control actions such as clenching his fist and blinking.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.
A tiny thing appeared at the stairway