Split Up

Several mages stopped their experiments, astonishment on their faces.

"How can we do that? Headmaster..."

Benjamin cut them off directly and said firmly, "Enough. Don't you trust my abilities? Take Miles and leave now. This is a compulsory order from me as headmaster. Do as I say unless you want to be expelled from the academy!"

The mages still wanted to say something, but in the end, Benjamin's forceful attitude stunned them into silence. After exchanging looks, they packed away their dazzling array of experimental equipment, carried Miles, and continued flying toward the exit of the Undead World.

"Headmaster, you must come back safely!"

Benjamin turned around and heard their voices growing farther and farther away. He did not answer, only nodded.

After glancing once more at the bone dragon chasing from afar, he summoned the Water Elemental Sprite and placed it on his shoulder, then flew alone in another direction.

The moment the two groups split up and fled separately, the bone dragon clearly hesitated for a moment.

Benjamin hurriedly turned back, drew Elemental Command: Healing, and once again blanketed its enormous body in threads of healing rain. The Water Elemental Sprite on his shoulder also flew up, firing several extreme water threads in succession and immediately drawing the bone dragon's attention back.

"Keep abusing that power which does not belong to you, and terrible calamity will descend upon your head." Bone Spirit's voice rang out once more. Clearly, the Water Elemental Sprite was what enraged it the most.

In an instant, it turned and charged toward Benjamin.

"...Successfully pulled aggro."

Benjamin shrugged. Muttering to himself, he burst forth at his fastest speed. No longer having to drag the other mages and Miles along, free of any burden, he shot southwest like a meteor!

The warnings left in his