The World on the Other Side

Just like that, Benjamin flew over the abyss with Dick and the bird possessed by a ghost.

With magical healing, he could keep the bird alive indefinitely, so there was no longer any need for the remaining captured birds. Benjamin released them on the spot, giving each of them an extra Elemental Command: Healing as compensation—consider it medical aid for participating in a magical experiment.

His original plan had been to keep the ghost alive by constantly cycling through these several hundred birds until he brought it back to the academy. Now that this accident had happened, he was naturally happy to have it easier.

"Um... why does the bird possessed by the ghost have to be kept in my bag?"

On the way, Dick, carrying the luggage, nervously looked back and asked.

"Your bag is bigger." Benjamin smiled. "Don't worry. It won't suddenly crawl out and eat you. At most, it might mutate or something. You really have nothing to worry about."

Dick shuddered again at that. But under Benjamin's tyrannical might, he could only submit.

Benjamin shook his head as well.

That said, the system would keep watch over the ghost's condition at all times. Once too many dark elements gathered inside the bird's body and the ghost gradually grew stronger, Benjamin would find another living creature nearby, kill the bird, and prevent any accidents.

—The ghost was very weak right now, unable even to make that hallucination-inducing sound, but there was no telling what would happen later.

At this moment, however, they had already set foot in a new land. There was no need to focus all their attention on the ghost.

After flying over the abyss and stepping onto the wasteland on the other side, every inch of land was untouched by those who had come