As soon as the magic scroll was used, it immediately emitted a bright light that blinded everyone who had their eyes open. The magic beasts cried out in pain as they hurriedly closed their eyes. Those who were near the magic scroll even fell down to the ground while rolling their bodies in pain
Fortunately, Porenz gave the group an early warning. If not, they would definitely be in the same state as these magic beasts or even worst actually. These magic beasts are at the peak of the Junior Rank while the mages are only at the middle stage. The difference in strength was vast
The bright light not only blinded the magic beasts in a physical sense but even their senses suffered. Originally, the magic beasts should still be able to sense where Rezen and the others are using their ability to sense magic fluctuations
However, the magic scroll also has an effect on one's senses. The nearby magic fluctuations were thrown in disarray making it hard to distinguish one magic fluctuation from another
This was not limited to the magic beasts though as even Rezen's group has suffered but the advantage negates the disadvantage
The magic beasts want to catch up to the human mages to tear them apart. As for the mages, they only need to flee to keep their lives. As such, even if they are having a hard time telling apart one magic fluctuation from another, the time that the magic scroll brought for them was still more precious
The group continues to flee and they are now some distance away from the gymnasium considering how fast they are currently moving. If not for their rank, they might have been physically affected by the speed at which they travel
"We should be safe for n—" before Treen can even finish his words, the wolf that ye was riding on suddenly dissipated into motes of mana that wafted in the air before vanishing
"Treen!" Rezen called out and he was about to approach Treen when his own wolf dissipated
It was not only Rezen and Treen that suffered but the wolves that Porenz, Theon, and Fiona were riding on also dissipated. It seems like they underestimated the damage that the wolves received from the magic beasts
However, upon further thinking, it doesn't sound too surprising. All of the foxes that came from the gates are at the peak of the Junior Rank. The magic scrolls that were used to create the wolves should also be only at the peak of the Junior Rank since these people definitely don't have magic scrolls at the Senior Rank
As such, the wolves surviving the attacks of the magic beasts until now was already quite a good outcome but to Rezen and the others, this spelled danger!
Originally, with the magic scroll that Porenz used, their group would have been able to flee successfully but things are different now
Without the wolves, their speed cannot match up to magic beasts at the peak of the Junior Rank. No matter how hard they try to run, they cannot outrun the magic beasts chasing them
As much as Rezen doesn't want to use the poison on a large scale, he still has to do something!
"I will use the poison as the last resort but I still have other items I can use!" Rezen thought as he retrieved some Spirit Plants from his farm
The poison is currently his most lethal means of attack but it doesn't mean that he only has them. One must not forget that Rezen's biggest advantage is to grow any Spirit Plant that he wants
Some strange things happened on Rezen's hand and he threw it at the magic beasts. Those strange things were white in color and the appearance vaguely resembled a white ghost but at the top part, there were lush green leaves along with short stems
These items are Spirit Plants and they are called Ghost Berries!
One might think that after the Ghost Berries hit the foxes they would explode or cause some damage but that is not what happened
The Ghost Berries didn't harm the foxes in a physical sense but it was as if they didn't have a physical form and they directly entered the bodies of the magic beasts
In an instant, the foxes with silverish fur had a drastic change. Their bodies became translucent as if what remained of them was their souls but not only that, the foxes that were turned into ghosts actually started attacking their kin
"Sigh... although the Ghost Berries will also incur some suspicion but it was better to use them than use a large-scale poison attack. I didn't expect that the Ghost Berries would be this powerful! I thought that the foxes would struggle and the possession might even fail but the process was smooth sailing"
"This should be because of the high purity of the Ghost Berries that the farm grew" Rezen continued as he threw even more Ghost Berries
This situation kinda reminded him of his days back in the Earth Realm. Back then he relied on spirit plants like cherry bombs to bombard his enemies to death. Even if they are stronger than him, using his thousands of bombs along with the recovery pills enables him to overpower them easily
That was only possible because of the incomplete laws of the earth realm though. Now that Rezen is inside a realm with intact laws, his cheat's effect was greatly lessened but nonetheless, a cheat is still a cheat
"Let's go!" Rezen said after buying time once more. Even if the Ghost Berries incur suspicions, he would just say that he found them inside one of the resource points that the academy has. He already entered a few of them and in fact, he did obtain the seeds of the Ghost Berries from one of the resource points. He has the perfect alibi!
Rezen and the group were just about to flee again when a pink-colored mist suddenly descended everywhere
"Cover your nose!" Rezen shouted as he used his palm to cover his mouth and nose