Seeing it on the other side of the wall in front of him, Vicente swallowed his saliva, not expecting to find a naturally formed yellow Magic Pentagram.

That was a precious resource for any magician!

'Shit!'

But he couldn't help cursing his luck. 'If it was an orange pentagram, maybe I could...' He thought, imagining that maybe such a pentagram could be his as long as he had an affinity with it. But since he was only at the 2nd stage, Vicente didn't know if he could absorb and use the powers of a yellow pentagram.

He had never used the yellow pentagram from his second gem because he had a bad feeling when he awakened his powers. Hence, he thought he couldn't withstand the magical power of something like it, which was a shame because he couldn't take advantage of such great luck.

Yes, it was great luck to come across something like it. After all, it was an accident of fate, something that in other situations would be very good for groups like his.

And even though naturally formed pentagrams could exist outside a body longer than those formed in living beings, the time they could exist like this wasn't long. Vicente definitely didn't think he could move fast enough to take advantage of such a thing if he collected it and took it back to Millfall.

Rory saw what it was, and soon, the teachers were peering through the cracks and holes in the big wall.

"This must be what you're looking for, right?" Rory asked them, already wondering what Vicente had in mind.

"Yes." Julian didn't deny it, for the expressions on the faces of everyone in his group showed it.

"A student from Seidel Magical College should be arriving at Ironcrest in the next few days to receive this pentagram from our group." The teacher leader declared, trying to dissuade Vicente's people from any dangerous ideas they might have in mind.

If they were to aim for that pentagram, they would aim for one that belonged to the magic college of the kingdom!

Vicente heard it and laughed bitterly.

"Don't worry. None of us has the minimum necessary to covet such a thing. But since it's going to a noble magic college student, we can gain something by helping you collect it, can't we?" He asked, already seeing a big problem for Julian's group.

He said as he saw the professors looking at him strangely. "Behind that wall, there seems to be a part of a tribe of woodpeckers. I can feel the aura of a 3rd stage beast coming from that place, and there are several 2nd stage beings near the place we are now. If you act in any way, you'll create a deadly problem not only for yourself but also for my staff.

Besides, you won't be able to collect the essence."

The group leader there realized it after a quick analysis of what was behind the 1.3-meter-thick wall.

"We can negotiate our payment. We can split it with you. But I can't promise you more than that. If you want, you can accompany our group back to Ironcrest to see if you can get something else. That's all I can offer." He said, knowing that the skills of Vicente and his group would be needed to complete the mission.

Vicente smiled. "That is enough. I already intended to go to Ironcrest after I finished my business in the Alpine Woodpecker Forest." He said as he looked at his staff and waved to them.

All of the men there raised their weapons and moved to the edge of the area, taking up their positions while giving Vicente room to act.

Only the teachers didn't understand all of Vicente's commands, so Rory advised them. "Cesar will open the way for us. We can't stay in sight of potential enemies while he's acting."

Julian and his colleagues moved to the side, taking up fighting positions as they broke out in a cold sweat at the sight of Vice activating his ability once again.

But this time, he would do something different from what they had seen, using his first ability and an earth-based spell simultaneously.

Touching the wall in front of him with one hand, Vice concentrated his mana on that spot, and in a few seconds, it shook, and the dark wall in front of him turned to sand.

An oval-shaped passage appeared in that wall, with all the metals from the rock in front of him floating in the air and the remaining stone components in the sand that had flowed out onto the ground.

The teachers were surprised by the versatility of Vicente's powers, but they understood how he could help them. With such power, Vicente could enter anywhere in relative safety without attracting attention!

When they saw what was through that wall, the teachers there smiled at the sight of the beautiful pentagram floating in the air on what looked like a small altar.

There were only torches here and there in the surroundings, with a large entrance door to that chamber where the pentagram was in the middle of the area.

It looked like a vault improvised by the dominant beasts of the area!

Having reached the inside without passing through the guards, the group immediately considered the possibility of collecting the pentagram without as much difficulty as they had imagined.

'Perfect!' The leader of the teachers felt and waited for Vicente's signal to move and collect it in the special device he had with him.

But when he looked at Vicente, he and the others realized something was wrong.

"Cesar? What's wrong?" Rory asked as he saw his friend's body and hands shaking.

Gulp!

"The pentagram..." Vicente muttered as he felt a strong attraction between himself and the pentagram.

From what he could feel, this pentagram had more than 90% affinity with him, an outstanding value for adding new pentagrams.

From what he had learned in magical theory, pentagrams had to have at least a 50% compatibility with the magician to be absorbed with relative security. Below that, the absorption could go from failing to causing problems for the magical base of the magician attempting such a process.

But the stronger the affinity, the greater the attraction between the parties, which made absorption easier but increased the attraction between a Magic Gem and the pentagram by many orders of magnitude.

When Vicente used his ability a few meters away from the yellow Magic Pentagram, he immediately felt it and saw a potential host in Vice!

Pentagrams were not living beings, but they were special essences that sought out beings to connect with!

The moment he felt this thing connect with him, Vicente realized he would have a problem.

"Damn it, that pentagram has connected to my gem!" He shouted to his group before trying to walk away.

But the pentagram was already moving towards him, and if he tried to stop it, it could be dangerous for him!

"What?"

The teachers there completely blanked their faces, not expecting this turn of events.

But they hadn't even considered the possibility that Vicente had tried to rob them. When they noticed the pentagram moving, they all realized that the highest-level essence was the one who had chosen Vicente.

"Shit! What are we going to do?" Rory was nervous, knowing that his friend was in danger both if he tried to absorb it and if he tried to avoid it.

Julian was already pale because, either way, his group would lose the pentagram. Either it would combine perfectly with Cesar or dissolve after the absorption failed!