"Looks like... I still need some recovery time."
Colin set down his gray wizard robe and conjured the Golden Paper.
With his Strong Life Talent, such a wound that lacks curses or contamination is not a concern—healing would just be a matter of time.
Particles of pale gold started gathering in front, and a piece of Golden Paper situated between reality and illusion slowly appeared.
[Name: Colin Leonard]
[Rank: First Rank Junior Wizard (32/100); Ultimate Knight (100/100)]
[Meditation Method: Holy Ring Meditation Method (29/100)]
[Breathing Skill: Yi Guang Breathing Method I (30/100)]
[Wizardry: Zero Level Tricks: Slight Lower Magic: … Zeroth Rank Upper Magic: Deep Red Marking Technique (62/100); Ancient Tree Heart (20/100); Swift Skill II (98/100);
First Rank Lower Magic: Detecting Three Abilities (16/100); Soaring and Flying Technique (46/100); Silent (62/100); Summon Fire Element (64/100); Mechanical Mind (89/100); Fireball Technique III (94/100);
First Rank Middle Magic: Trace Erasure (1/100);
First Rank Upper Magic: Steel Temperature Resistance Field II (5/100).]
[Exotic Skill: Anando's Dice (6/100)]
[Skill: Omitted.]
[Talent: Strong Life I (6/100)]
[True Talent: Superbrain (0/100)]
[Limit Breaking Point: 0]
After scanning the Golden Paper, Colin's expression slightly darkened.
The price for using the Foolishness Scepter was truly astonishing... He had only used it twice, once for Fireball Technique and once for Swift Skill.
The result was that these two pieces of magic that had just recently broken their limits had fallen back.
The actual loss, apart from time, the easiest to estimate would be eleven thousand Limit Breaking Points… equal to eleven thousand Magic Stones.
Colin couldn't help but sigh.
"But compared to life, these are negligible, and..." he glanced again at the progress of Swift Skill and Fireball Technique on the Golden Paper.
One at ninety-eight percent, the other at ninety-four percent… considering his current pace in practicing magic, in about a day or two, he could train them back to their limits.
Then, as long as he had enough Magic Stones, he could break the limits again and restore them to their original levels.
As for the Magic Stones… thinking of this, Colin unconsciously took out the Storage Ring he had retrieved from Naris's body when he entered this Different Space.
Holding the ring in his palm and giving it a close look, its style seemed more suited for a female... After a slight comparison with Superbrain, Colin concluded—
"This must be Margaret's Storage Ring…"
Thinking this, he hesitated for a moment, then set it aside.
The Wizard Alliance had regulations that Storage Rings left behind by wizards who died on the battlefield were to be handed over to the Supreme Council, then transferred by the Supreme Council to the deceased wizard's relatives, mentors, or the like.
And the wizard who turned in the Storage Ring could receive items or Magic Stones worth thirty percent of the Storage Ring's contents.
However, although that was the rule.
In practice, it was quite difficult to enforce, especially when the wizard who picked up the Storage Ring was not from the same school as the deceased, and it was almost impossible to prevent wizards from embezzling the Storage Ring.
Even for a wizard of the same school like him, it was hard to determine if he had indeed picked up the Storage Ring.
The reason Colin had initially set the Storage Ring aside was not because he planned to hand it over later…
Had Margaret not revealed her vile nature, perhaps he would have, out of conscience, handed over the ring—Margaret's relic to the Supreme Council.
But now, he was merely planning to first restore his condition before he interfaced with the Spiritual Imprint on the Storage Ring, in order to unlock it.
"I wonder what kind of things Margaret, being a member of the Nine Major Schools, has in her storage ring."
While thinking, Colin took out the Demon Release Ring and a magic stone, and began to concentrate on restoring his magic power.
He did not know how much time had passed.
As the magic stone on the Demon Release Ring gradually dried and turned into pale gravel, the magic power inside Colin was replenished as well.
He stood up and felt his own body.
The wound in his abdomen was about 70 to 80 percent healed, but with his magic power now full, this minor injury no longer significantly affected combat.
Colin nodded in satisfaction.
Click.
He took out his pocket watch and checked the time.
"About five hours have passed since I came in... That's about right."
Closing the pocket watch, Colin flew to the neighboring branch, preparing to wake up the sleepy sprite Nasi and take him out.
"Nasi," Colin gently poked Nasi's delicate little face with his hand.
"Uh~" Nasi did not wake up, she closed her eyes and brushed away Colin's finger, then switched to a different position and continued to sleep.
Colin was a bit helpless and continued to prod the sprite with his finger, urging her,
"Nasi, I need you to take me out."
"Uh... bad giant." Nasi's eyes fluttered slightly, she glanced at Colin through a slit, and then puckered her lips, saying, "Little Nasi is very tired and sleepy, has no strength, only wants to sleep..."
After saying that, she turned over and continued sleeping.
But just a moment later,
The little sprite Nasi suddenly sniffed.
The next second, she suddenly sat up, rubbing her bleary eyes with a bit of excitement:
"Good giant, I smell that delicious gemstone from last time! Are you going to give it to little Nasi again!"
Colin smiled slightly, opened his palm, and revealed the Ancient Tree Heart resembling a red gemstone that he had left from last time, saying:
"That's right, little Nasi, as long as you take me back to where we were just now, this gemstone will be yours."
"Really!" The little sprite Nasi completely woke up, staring at the gemstone in Colin's hand with a fascinated look.
Apparently too tempted, Nasi suddenly waved her hand and unexpectedly pulled out an even smaller Ancient Tree Heart, hugged it to her chest, and licked it a couple of times.
Then she turned her head with effort and looked at Colin tentatively, asking, "But there's a big red baddie outside!"
"Trust me, we've been here for almost five hours, the situation on Gubier Island must have stabilized by now... That big red baddie must have already been dealt with by my companions," Colin reassured her.
Nasi looked at Colin, then at the Ancient Tree Heart in his hand, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded her head.
"Okay."
She said and then started flying in the air, flapping her wings. Her trajectory was somewhat intricate, dazzling to behold, yet seemingly following some sort of pattern.
As Nasi's flying action began, her crystalline red wings gradually emitted light, and bits of red sparkles slowly cascaded from them.
The air gradually began to show strange fluctuations.
But the next second, the strange fluctuations suddenly extinguished, and Nasi's crystalline wings instantly dimmed.
She stopped her movements, a bit frantically shouting:
"Oh no, little Nasi doesn't know why, but I can't open the door!"
Colin's expression instantly changed.