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The magic missile, which flew much slower than Latis, happened to hit Xuanxuan, who had taken off into the air, and sent her spinning several times in the air.
"Ha!" Xuanxuan gasped for breath, shouting sharply at Latis, who had leaped into the air once more.
"You've even brought magic missiles, you must have run out of tricks! ... Watch me, watch this move!"
"What?! There's another trick up your sleeve?!" Latis was startled. He swept past the annihilation sphere, which had expanded to a diameter of forty meters, took a deep breath, and murmured:
"Then don't blame me..."
"Please let me go..." Before Xuanxuan could finish speaking, her eyes suddenly widened. Her long eyelashes trembled as she looked in horror at the black hand that was roughly shoving its fingers into her throat. In the rapidly swelling sensation, she lost the strength to breathe.
Her eyes rolled back, and she fell helplessly, her body annihilated by the sphere of light into countless tiny particles.
"Won!"
Latis chuckled, his magical wings still blaring at a high frequency, and sighed leisurely:
"Creating your own enchantments is truly a miraculous and ingenious tool! It feels so good to have a cheat code..."
……
"Ugh!"
Xuanxuan screamed and sprang from the bed, collapsing to the floor, gasping for breath in terror.
"W-what happened?" her friend asked hurriedly. "Did you lose? Oh well, it's okay. The prize for the top 64 is just a ticket to a random dimension..."
"Woo..."
Xuanxuan tightened her throat, seemingly still able to faintly feel the suffocating sensation. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a wronged expression:
“My opponent went a bit too far… I didn’t even have time to beg for mercy! I… I need to check his name…”
Under the curious gaze of her friends, Xuanxuan refused to reveal what had just happened. She connected to her mobile terminal, waited for a while for the signal transmission between the star towers, and then fell silent as she looked at the blank page marked "unknown" on her opponent's screen.
"Two wins and one loss... it couldn't possibly be a bot! No, no... I, Xuanxuan, must find this guy, and then!"
Under her friend's innocent gaze, Xuanxuan angrily tugged at her pigtails, huffed twice, and added in her mind:
"Then I'll poke him too!"
……
Why do I suddenly feel a chill down my spine? Who's plotting against me again? Could it be Jennifer?
Latis opened his eyes, looked at the darkened sky outside the window, and shivered.
"Ha, if that little knight dares to offend me again, I'll make sure she doesn't leave alive! ...Never mind, let's check the results first."
He made a grasping motion with his hand, as if savoring the soft feel of someone's buttocks, then shook his head and looked at the simulator.
You have won the match!
Your enchanting mastery progress has increased by 0.6%. Please click to view details.
Latis opened the details page, looked at the enchantments that had changed to 0.5%, 0.5%, and 0.8% respectively, and nodded.
"Next, once I've mastered this to a certain extent, I should be able to add these effects to my spells. Tsk, it seems like the twice-weekly debates on magic really aren't enough. Teacher, could you assign me more homework?"
Latis was thrilled to see his progress getting stronger and then closed the simulator.
However, this likely indicates that, aside from doing practice tests, a larger portion of learning progress still depends on real-world effort…
Latis, who had begun to speculate on the question setter's intentions, stroked his chin and pondered:
"If the simulator was truly created for the purpose of learning magic, then it's incredibly well-equipped. It simulates the college entrance exam, provides targeted training, and even allows you to exchange question types with other regions... Wow, forgive me for always treating it as an abstract, tired mystery box..."
After repenting for his thoughts, Latis stood up, looked at the robin carrying his schoolbag and walking back along the path with a melancholy expression, and laughed heartily:
"How could the child be in such a state after only the first day of class? I need to take someone to give her some psychological counseling!"
……
"You said you're worried your project is too popular? You have personal projects too?"
"Yes, yes..."
The robin sat limply on the bed in a bird-like posture, looking at Latis, who was looking frantic at the table, and explained softly:
"Because the principal said that this project had been proposed for a long time, but the timing wasn't right, so it hadn't been launched yet... Now that the three schools have reached a consensus on promoting two-person teams, the principal took the opportunity to launch this project that requires a lot of field exploration..."
"I'm a little worried that I won't be able to perfectly plan and coordinate the project's progress. Although the headmaster said I don't need to worry about things like meditation, I'm still a bit nervous as an ordinary person who isn't even an apprentice facing a group of mid-level mages..."
"Alright." Latis thought for a moment. Since the benefits the robin received were essentially in his own pocket anyway, he stopped hesitating, sat down next to the robin, pinched her cheek, and said:
"It's alright, little bird, just focus on using your talents. If anything happens, your big brother will take care of you."
"Oh dear, big brother..." For some reason, the robin felt a little hot on her cheek where Latis had pinched her, so she lowered her head and shyly tidied her hair.
She pressed down on the hem of her skirt, which had been slightly raised due to her sitting posture, and subconsciously straightened the wrinkles on the skirt. Suddenly, she paused, took out a black box from her pocket, and looked down.
"Oh right, big brother, the principal gave us two choices: the first was this portable grenade, and the second was the fusion magic engine. He asked me which project I wanted to choose, and then I..."
The robin's cheeks were rosy. She coughed softly, turned her face away, and whispered:
“I thought to myself, if it were my older brother, he would definitely say, ‘I want them all,’ so I also told the principal, ‘I want them all…’”
Latis stared in disbelief as the robin's face grew increasingly red. She transformed back into a steam engine, covered her face, and said shyly:
"Then, the principal said, 'Who taught you to be so abstract? Fine, you can have them all.' Big brother, I, I'll give you one, okay..."
"Ugh……"
Latis suddenly sighed softly, stood up silently, looked out the window at the setting sun, and sadly put his hands behind his back.
"I was worried that Principal Fisherman was making the teaching of birds too abstract... Turns out, I've already done this kind of thing before..."
He felt the little hand gently touching him from behind, squeezed the robin's fingers, and sighed again.
"One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, one who stays near ink gets stained black, one who stays near rascals gets stained red..."
Chapter 143 The old man with the motor is very excited
"So hungry... Time to go home and eat after get off work..."
SilverShull put away his magic notebook, patted his flat stomach, and picked up his handbag.
"Ms. Yin, are you free tonight?"
Just as she was fantasizing about what to have for dinner, a voice she least wanted to hear rang out behind her.
Yin Xiuer turned around helplessly, looked at the serious-looking gray-haired old man, and sighed.
"Principal Fisherman, working overtime at night should be paid at triple pay..."
“Talking about money hurts feelings!” Fisherman clapped his hands and said.
"Let's go and do home visits for the new students! Home visits, understand? For the students' mental health and future prospects, this is an extremely noble act!"
“I have too many students…” Silver Hugh muttered. Even so, she gave up the idea of going home for dinner. After all, she was more concerned about not having any unfortunate child whose Dao heart was broken by Principal Fisherman.
"It's that little girl you recommended!" Fisherman knocked on the classroom door and called out urgently.
"We got her a project, so we have to explain it to her parents. Hey, let's hurry up and get going, or we'll miss dinner!"
SilverShull was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening, watching Fisherman run off like a shot without any regard for his manners.
"So you're going to Xiao La's house... Hmm, that's good..."
The image of Herod-style pastries, specially made by half-elves, involuntarily flashed through her mind. She subconsciously swallowed, her tone filled with delight.
"I wonder if they have dessert... um..."
……
……
"You said you had already been to Robin's house before?"
Looking at the vast valley before him, Fisherman couldn't help but curse:
"Damn! Such a huge mage's guild? They're really rich!"
“Bogu Academy isn’t short of money either…” Yin Xiuer couldn’t help but complain. She shook her head, stood at the entrance, and triggered the warning array.
After a scanning-like surge of magical energy, the warning array at the entrance slowly closed.
“The door is open, let’s go…” Fisherman had just taken a step forward when he suddenly felt darkness above him. He looked up and stared blankly as a huge red dragon flapped its wings and landed in front of him.
"Go...go..." He repeated the words as if stuck in a daze, and looking at Silver Squire who stepped forward to stroke the red dragon's head, he couldn't help but ask:
"Teacher Yin, are you very familiar with this dragon?"
"Ah, it's alright!" Silver Hur scratched the red dragon's chin and explained:
"Last time she was tied up, I secretly fed her a few pieces of cake, and then we... ahhh!"
Fisherman stared blankly up at SilverShul, who had been caught off guard and carried away by the red dragon, clinging to its neck and whimpering. He couldn't help but mutter to himself:
"Holy crap, a walking legendary material repository! This red dragon could easily complete the preparation for at least eight of my projects! Damn, I'm getting more and more resentful of the rich..."
……
He walked alone along the path, when suddenly he saw Yashutia by the roadside carrying twenty kilograms of materials and holding a stone while muttering incantations.
"This girl is really strange..."
Fisherman looked interested. He crouched behind a tree and silently cast a wind whisper spell to eavesdrop.
"...If I were to use the internal structure of the Three-Ring Cleansing Demon Fish to reconstruct the energy storage shell, would it be able to filter out the impurities absorbed by the magic essence circulation system when it absorbs external magic essence?"
"Oh? Magical Materials Science and Structural Science? Very impressive. You're actually researching the foundational subjects of my Bogu Academy. Are you also an aspiring young person aiming to enter Bogu Academy?"
After silently praising her, Fisherman nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly heard Yashutia continue talking to herself:
"No, that's not right. The wooden bear could be made into a form with energy storage channels all over its body. There's no need to put a magic core in it like those old-fashioned puppets..."
"Huh? Me? Magical puppetry?"
Fisherman's eyes widened in disbelief, and he roared inwardly:
"Since when can you see classical subjects so casually on the street?! This is the origin of my Academy of Antiquities! W-what's going on?"
He wiped his sweat, breathing heavily, and bent down to continue eavesdropping.
"Following this line of thought... it seems to be related to life transmutation? Wait, if we add a special internal circulation meridian to the wooden bear's body, could it be able to meditate and cultivate like a human? However, increasing the puppet's autonomy will inevitably reduce its applicability and strength; this is an unavoidable law of alchemy, but it's worth a try..."