Ten ghouls left.
Those are the only remaining obstacles in their path. They are also the only monsters left in their bet. At this point thermina has already lost the will to protest and calmly accepted her loss in silence.
Shen Xue stared at the monsters being drained of mana and life essence with a frown. "What the hell is going on?" She couldn't see Magus absorbing it but she could feel it being drained by something.
She frowned, "Abaxxios might be absorbing the residual mana in the air. That's why he has regenerated this much. Maybe when it was dormant it used to be passively absorbing everything around it. Now, however it's actively draining this forest."
[This girl is pretty sharp. She got pretty close but, still no cigar.]
Magus said as Haruki walked towards the remaining enemies. Haruki stretched his shoulders. "Let's get this over with." He said.
[I'm surprised you complied.]