Main Campus, Fire Institute

Once everything was packed, Mu Bai volunteered to take the night watch. Zhou Sining and Jiang Shaoxu did not argue and went straight to sleep.

There were still two or three hours until dawn. The two of them were also the ones whose primary elements had consumed the most Magic Energy, so they needed every minute of rest they could get for tomorrow's survey.

At daybreak, Mu Bai and Jiang Shaoxu finally got a clear look at the Woodland Demon Slave corpses. Charred black, they lay piled across the field.

After another round of marveling at how terrifying Zhou Sining was, the three set off into the nearby forest to survey the local Demon Beast population.

The work proved much easier than they had expected. In an average hour of surveying, only a few Servant Level Woodland Demon Slaves would occasionally come their way.

This was a Sub-Safe Zone, after all. Demon Beasts were few and far between. The nest of Woodland Demon Slaves they had encountered last night really did seem to have been an accident.

Perhaps the few dilapidated houses had caused some patrol mages to grow careless. Thinking no Demon Beasts could hide in such open terrain, they had skipped the area, allowing the Woodland Demon Slaves to gather there over time.

At around two in the afternoon, the last detector was nearly finished.

"Ice Vine!" Mu Bai stamped the ground in irritation at the sight of three Woodland Demon Slaves ahead.

The air around him rapidly chilled. Ice formed beneath his feet and spread toward the three Woodland Demon Slaves nearby.

"Yaaah!"

The three Woodland Demon Slaves clearly sensed that the ice was coming for them. They leaped onto the nearest tree trunks, trying to use the terrain to dodge it.

"Think you can run? Fearless!"