"Everyone calm down. Let's use our magic power together to resist and drive away the shadow souls!" Elizabeth noticed that the shadow souls dared not approach the silver-haired Aaron because he was resisting with his magic power. She quickly advised her companions.
"Rody," Jill, hiding behind Rody, was too scared to raise her head, evidently as afraid of ghosts as Leo was.
"Don't be afraid, hold your breath and breathe slowly. Shadow souls only attack those who react most violently," Rody softly comforted her. Jill didn't say anything for a long time, but during the chaos caused by Orelia, Tommy, and Terry running around, she suddenly asked, "Did you touch Orelia's butt just to make her angry?"
"..." Rody never expected this shy girl to have such keen perception to notice his every move, leaving him somewhat embarrassed.
Half a day later, Tommy and thief Terry were drained of their magic power by the shadow souls and collapsed weakly on the ground. Orelia was still swinging her giant sword, but it was ineffective against the nearly invisible shadow souls. Benson sat like a wooden figure, while Leo's huge body was still trembling under the table. Rody noticed that in the darkness, two people were completely avoided by the shadow souls. One was the haughty Aaron, and the other was Sonia with her silver eyes.
Additionally, there were two others whom the shadow souls were completely uninterested in: Elizabeth and Hira. It was evident that they had considerable magic power, but strangely, the shadow souls showed no interest in them, making Rody suspect these two girls with horns, who were not sisters or of the same race, were no ordinary magicians.
"Students, I'm sure you all enjoy this unique meditation class," Headmaster Buck's voice came again, to everyone's chagrin. He cheerfully continued, "Since you like it so much, I'll just release all the other shadow souls to join your meditation. I'm so good to you all, remember to buy me a drink sometime. Oh, and by the way, my magical bank account number is 5-10-2008-1053086. If you want to bribe me, feel free to deposit money there."
"I won't spare that guy when I get out!" The fire mage Andrew, attracted by many shadow souls due to his magic power, unlike Aaron, couldn't resist forcefully. Initially, he was fine, but eventually couldn't bear the relentless harassment and burst out a ring of fire to protect himself, roaring angrily.
Above the ceiling, there was a small black hole. When the room lit up with fire, it shone right there, revealing about ten more shadow souls pouring out.
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Seeing Andrew's ring of fire, the shadow souls dared not approach, but most were attracted to him.
The three silver-armored men beside him were also inadvertently involved. Two of them swung their swords like Orelia to temporarily drive away the shadow souls, while the other lit up his magic ring to cast a magic shield against the sneaky attacks.
"Rich people," Rody thought. He also had a magic ring, a trophy from defeating the old goblin wizard, but he was reluctant to use it now.
"Strange, why don't the shadow souls attack you, Rody?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
"I have no magic power, so of course they are not interested in me," Rody wouldn't admit he was a necromancer, with shadow souls feeding him their energy. The main reason was that the shadow souls were attracted by the active reactions of others and had no time to bother with quietly sitting Rody.
"Help me!" Leo, shaking under the table, was finally discovered by a stray shadow soul, latching onto his shoulder and sucking his energy, scaring him into joining the fleeing crowd.
"It's so lively..." Hira, the girl called Sherry, sat next to Jill. As soon as she sat down, a floating shadow soul immediately turned and left.
"Sherry, are you a druid?" Rody glanced at Sonia with her silver eyes and asked.
"How did you guess? We are the rare deer people druids, different from the known bear, wind, wolf, sheep, and forest druids," Hira happily responded. "I feel a strange mental power in you, Rody. Are you a mental mage?"
"A mental mage? Is there such a thing in this world?" Rody denied, "I'm here to study alchemy, just a one-star beginner magic apprentice."
"Right, and what else? You want to say your body is naturally incapable of casting a small fireball, right?" Elizabeth teased, "Cunning Rody, I also know mental magic. How about we exchange knowledge? It would be beneficial for both of us!"
"Sorry, I really don't know how and can't exchange," Rody, who would have been eager for mental magic before, now had the ancient magic book and didn't want others to know his abilities. Elizabeth and Hira weren't surprised by Rody's refusal and denial, but Sonia with her silver eyes gave Rody a glance.
Rody felt her silver eyes could see into his heart, as if revealing his deepest secrets, almost losing control and standing up.
Only then did he realize the shy girl with silver eyes was unimaginably powerful, even more than Elizabeth whom he had mistakenly thought was the strongest. Her mental power almost ignored Rody's defenses and directly invaded his mind. Rody coughed, his mental power bursting forth in resistance.
Their mental powers collided invisibly, and both Rody and Sonia trembled.
Rody, holding his head, struggled to stay calm, feeling dizzy.
Had he not learned 'Mental Defense' from mental magic, he might have been defeated by the terrifying invasion.
Jill looked at Sonia pleadingly, hoping she would stop, but to her surprise, Sonia also appeared in pain, hands over her head, her silver eyes tightly shut.
"Stop it, both of you. Don't risk your lives. Mental power is for probing, never full-force exploration of each other's minds. It's dangerous. Sonia, withdraw your mental power quickly, Rody, don't counterattack," Hira knew much and was ready to use magic to separate them.
Rody, about to forcefully expel the invading mental power, paused at her words and refrained from attacking.
Sonia's mental power receded like a tide.
"Your potential is immeasurable, even greater than Jill's," Sonia's silver eyes suddenly opened, startling Rody. He almost fell, feeling the aura he had sensed in the Moon Halo Mage, the beautiful tutor. Although Sonia was far from matching the tutor, her aura already had a real powerhouse feel.
"Interesting, it seems coming here to study was the right choice," Elizabeth comforted the worried Jill, "We were just curious to test Rody and didn't mean to harm him. You can relax."
"Everyone's fine, that's good," Jill blushed, lowering her head, unable to look at anyone again.