Even riding the Bone Flying Lizard, it took Saul a full day to reach Ann’s location.

Of course, halfway there he also helped his little apprentice deal with some troubles.

Such as dangerous monsters lurking underground.

Actually, if Saul didn’t need Noah to quickly establish a large force to rapidly collect scattered bone monsters throughout the Chaos Realm, it would be better to let Noah face these dangers himself.

For now, it was better to let him grow smoothly.

As for the setbacks necessary for growth, he thought Noah had already experienced enough before turning ten.

The flight journey, neither long nor short, ended as Saul jumped down from above where he sensed Ann’s location.

His body was like a feather, light and gentle, swaying in the wind as it slowly descended.

At the same time, Saul was observing the ground situation.

This was wasteland, but in the center of the earth was a crevice.

The crevice was bottomlessly deep, as if the land had been split into two pieces.

As Saul descended, he saw traces of human encampment beside the crevice.

Two tents, a campfire, three people keeping watch hidden at different angles. Seven or eight people in the tents appeared to be eating.

However, Ann wasn’t among them.

Ann seemed to have already gone deep into the crevice.

Saul casually scanned and confirmed these people’s baggage didn’t contain the bone monsters he needed, so his figure seemed to be blown by wind, adjusting angle slightly as he fell into the bottomless earth crevice.

There was no light source in the underground fissure. Saul descended all the way until he discovered Ann’s shadow.

Though surrounded by complete darkness, Saul’s mental power had already outlined Ann’s silhouette.

What slightly surprised Saul was discovering Ann hadn’t come down alone – there was actually a little girl beside her.

Her outline looked fifteen or sixteen years old, about the same age as Noah.

Since Saul descended silently, Ann was still conversing with the girl.

“This is already the thirteenth piece. Can you tell anything?”

First was Ann’s voice, sounding gentler than before.

The little girl’s voice came, “Teacher, I can’t see anything.”

“…Then what did you discover?”

“Among the thirteen pieces, five might come from the same bone monster.”

“Yes, this means we might very well find the third complete bone monster here.”

“Or maybe half of one. Teacher, you said the same thing last time.”

“Lucia!”

“Hehe…”

Listening to their conversation, Saul’s face also showed a smile.

Ann had actually taken a little apprentice in the Chaos Realm.

People here had no ability to cast magic, but their mental power was generally stronger than ordinary people in the wizard world.

If they had a chance to enter the wizard world, perhaps many could become wizard apprentices.

However, Saul hadn’t expected Ann to discover so many bone monster remains here.

If the quantity was sufficient, it was indeed possible to piece together a complete bone monster.

It was just that Saul wasn’t sure now whether the complete bone monsters he’d obtained before all showed certain undead characteristics – he didn’t know if those later assembled bone monsters could also possess a certain conscious awareness.

“Ann.” Saul’s voice rang in Ann’s mind.

Ann froze, and Lucia on her back was suddenly thrown off by her straightened spine, falling directly toward the deeper crevice.

However, Ann reacted quickly, directly extending a spider leg to hook Lucia’s belt and pull her back up.

Lucia wasn’t too panicked, possibly related to her inability to see the abyss below her body.

She just complained somewhat, “Teacher, you forgot I was on your back again.”

“Cough, let me take you up first.” Ann didn’t wait for Lucia to object and directly used all hands and eight legs to quickly climb upward.

Less than a minute later, she climbed back down and lit a torch.

In the Chaos Realm, she had also gotten used to using ordinary tools as much as possible rather than magic. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel·fire.net

After all, here her magic power could only be replenished with magic crystals smuggled from the wizard world. Even fourth-rank wizards had to carefully and cautiously use their magic power.

“Master!” Ann’s clear features appeared beside the torch. She looked more lively than before.

So sometimes, physical fatigue could relieve mental pressure.

Because mental pressure was often due to overthinking when idle.

Seeing Ann’s current state, Saul felt his decision to leave her in the Chaos Realm had been correct.

“You’ve had quite a harvest here.”

Ann nodded. “We discovered many bone monsters are buried very deep underground, so I thought this crevice might be bottomless. Even using mental power to probe, I haven’t found the end. Such a deep place might very well hide the complete bone monsters we’re looking for.”

Ann opened a backpack she’d just brought down to show Saul. “Look, we’ve only been here a few days, but our harvest exceeds the past few months.”

Saul glanced down and confirmed it contained many bone monster remains. Some remains were quite large – as Ann had said before, they might be able to piece together a complete bone monster.

This was ultimately good news for research progress.

“Most of these remains were found in the surrounding walls.” Ann added softly.

“If there are so many in the walls, might there be even more below?”

But Ann hesitated and shook her head. “I don’t know, I… I didn’t dare go down.”

Saul was surprised – Ann wasn’t someone who lacked courage. “Did you discover something wrong?”

“I tried going deeper below, but the further down I went, the more panicked my heart became, and the pressure grew greater. I kept feeling that if I continued down, I’d never reach the end.”

“Never reach the end?” Saul looked down at his feet, where there was complete darkness. In his mental scanning, he hadn’t yet discovered how deep the bottom was.

“Yes, I always feel this place has no bottom. If you fall down, you’ll keep falling forever.”

“Then why did you bring your little apprentice down? From what she said, you’ve dropped her several times already?”

Ann blushed slightly. “I can catch up to her falling speed. Besides, when I look at the underground alone, I’m always restless. Lucia is thick-nerved – when talking with her, I temporarily forget there’s a bottomless world beneath my feet.”

So Ann’s little apprentice was brought along for moral support. Ann was also deliberately allowing Lucia to say some disrespectful things, which could make their relationship closer and facilitate more conversation.

“However, the deeper I go down, the more bone remains I find below. So I’ll still try my best to go down later.” Ann worked hard to prove she would still complete Saul’s assigned task.

“You don’t need to rush. Safety first.” Saul waved his hand – there was no need for Ann to risk her life now. “I’ll go down and take a look at myself.”

(End of Chapter)

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