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"Wallace, old buddy, I'm not sure if we'll be fighting later, so tell me about the functions and uses of these things."

Roland took out the magical tools and curiosities, inquiring about their functions and uses. Wallace carefully explained them to Roland.

After listening, Roland felt even more that he needed to cram on the basic knowledge of wizards.

Finally, Roland took out the strange gem he had picked up from the demon's ashes.

Wallace was shocked after seeing it: "I knew something like this could be condensed! This is a Stone of the Abyss, also known as a Demon Stone. With its quality, if it were brought back to the academy, not to mention exchanging it for credits and magic stones, you could even trade it for many of those big-breasted succubi with noble bloodlines—wait, what's that on it... Bring it closer, bring it closer! Oh no! How did it get a crack!"

Roland asked anxiously, covered in sweat, "Can I still exchange it for a big-breasted succubus?"

"Big-breasted? Dream on!" Wallace said, "You'd be lucky to get a small-breasted one!"

Both of them were heartbroken.

After a pause, Wallace sighed, "Roland, my friend, to be honest, if there were enough souls, then together with this Demon Stone, I might be able to help a little when the greater demon comes down. But now, we only have the Demon Stone but no souls."

Roland said, "Wallace, old buddy, we don't have to be so pessimistic. The two demons were originally one. After I killed the smaller one, the larger one will also be affected. The mentors have so many trump cards and are so cunning. They should be able to survive."

Wallace said, "Hopefully. Let's both rest for a while. My magic power is flowing away very quickly. I hope that guy comes down soon so I can help a little."

Then the two of them stopped talking. Wallace lay there to reduce consumption, and Roland closed his eyes and began to meditate, recovering his state.

This meditation was particularly smooth, and Roland's magic power increased very noticeably.

Roland was secretly shocked: 'The core of the Ayelei Meditation Method is to enhance one's own strength by contacting the lower world. Along the way through the Tawny Brackenwood, I have witnessed too much madness and come into contact with too many things from the lower world. In this constant in-depth contact with the lower world, a lot of mysterious power has accumulated in my body.'

Gradually, Roland entered a state of selflessness.

A few minutes later, Wallace's voice startled Roland awake: "Roland, Roland, are you okay?"

Roland opened his eyes.

There was nothing unusual in the palace. Wallace had purely woken Roland up because he was worried about him. After all, he had been meditating for too long.

Roland glanced at his pocket watch, and his pupils suddenly shrank. He felt like only a few minutes had passed, but in reality, eight hours had passed.

His magic power had been greatly improved, and according to the Ayelei Handbook, his realm had actually increased from the original 5.6% (56/1000) to about 30%!

Roland's expression became strange.

On the path of the wizard, the Ayelei Handbook provided him with two shortcuts.

The first shortcut was to witness madness.

The second shortcut was to have close contact with lower-world things.

These two shortcuts either made his SAN value plummet or made him jump left and right on the cliff of the abyss.

It's simply a case of not becoming a demon without madness, and not achieving enlightenment without courting death.

Sighing, Roland thought to himself, 'I could still gain something if I continued to meditate, but now is not the time to meditate.'

He put away the Ayelei Handbook and asked, "Has there been any movement above? Has the mentor contacted you?"

Wallace sighed and said, "No, no one has come down yet, and no one has contacted me... Roland, there is only one possibility."

Roland took a deep breath.

Even though he had been mentally prepared for this, at this moment, his heart ached as if pricked by needles.

【—Roland, survive and collect our corpses.】

【—You brat, don't think about fighting that thing inside head-on! Get the Holy Grail and run for your life. Your future mother-in-law is still waiting to use it to cure her illness!】

"Let's go, Wallace," Roland stood up: "We're going to collect their corpses!"

The mentor and the baron's words filled Roland's heart with mixed feelings.

He recalled the thousands of statues in the passage and said, "The mentors are buried in that martyrs' cemetery. We have not let down the pioneers. We have won, and they can rest in peace."

"Cough, Roland, you seem to have misunderstood what I meant," Wallace said somewhat awkwardly: "I have a contract with the young lady. If the young lady falls... cough, I mean, if the young lady dies, I wouldn't be here talking to you. They are probably just unconscious, leaving only that crazy girl Anna awake—but that crazy girl doesn't even know what a magic array is, so we can't count on her to open the door and save us."

Roland's eyes suddenly lit up.

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That's right, Wallace is the mentor's demon. If the mentor dies, Wallace will be banished back to hell!

So the mentor must still be alive.

The mentor's body is the weakest of all of them. If she can survive, then could there be other people alive?

Hope ignited in Roland's heart, but Wallace's next words made Roland anxious again.

"Roland, as long as the young lady is alive, Anna will definitely be alive. But both of them must be seriously injured. The best case is that Anna is still conscious, but she doesn't know how to save people. At most, she'll find some herbs, chew them up, and help the young lady stop the bleeding. The ruins are full of demons from the abyss, and the brackenwood is also full of monsters. If no one helps them, I'm afraid they won't last long."

Hearing this, Roland immediately rummaged through his dimensional pouch: "I know, Wallace, let's quickly find that crazy girl."

Then, Wallace watched as Roland took out a teleportation scroll from his pocket.

"You have this kind of thing, why didn't you take it out earlier?!"

Roland replied, "Since I have this kind of thing, why should I be in a hurry to leave? Wallace, I cherish my life as much as you do. But we are carrying too heavy a burden. If there is even a glimmer of hope for victory, I am unwilling to be a deserter. Otherwise, if I have to carry such a heavy burden for the rest of my life, my path as a wizard will probably be difficult to advance."

Wallace looked at Roland in silence for a long time, finally understanding why Roland was able to kill the demon and survive in the end.

Roland may not be the most cautious and rational, nor may he be the most cunning and brave.

But he is the bravest and least afraid of death among all the rational, cautious, and cunning people.

He faces death directly, looking for a way out. Ultimately, he finds life in the face of death.

Wallace sighed, "Roland, the few of us are not as good as you. You won't have fought that demon in vain today. The young lady and the others will definitely survive."

The two of them said no more. Roland put Wallace into the dimensional pouch and activated the scroll to leave.