In a coma, Irena dreamed of her teacher, Wagner Kadlec.

Nine years ago, the two of them were originally staying at the Royal Capital Magic Academy. One was a young genius lecturer and the other was an outstanding student.

It's a pity that in a magic academy full of corruption and cliques, people like Wagner are really an anomaly. He won't flatter anyone or take sides, so he was ostracized not long after.

Although the magic academy should have the most important task of teaching magic, the students there were full of ambitions from the beginning when they entered the academy. After being affected by the bad atmosphere, they finally became people who only know how to pursue profits.

However, Irina is an exception. Her ideal has not changed from the beginning. Even in such a messy environment, she is determined to become a great magician.

And Wagner was the person she admired the most, so with his departure, Irena had no reason to continue to stay. Although all the forces in the college were very optimistic about her and wanted to extend an olive branch to her, she didn't even think about it.

After thinking about it, she sternly refused, and finally decided to follow in Wagner's footsteps.

Later, she did get her wish and became Wagner's only official student. She put aside her major and studied alchemy with him.

Unfortunately, she was so talented and had a poor grasp of this emerging technology, and no matter how many experiments she tried, she always failed.

As a teacher, Wagner actually didn't want to accept students because he was doing a research at the time and needed someone to participate in the experiment, so he chose Irina.

He always thought that as long as he could succeed in his research, he would regain the appreciation of the higher-ups in the academy, and then those big shots would entrust him with important responsibilities, and he would also have the opportunity to realize his dream of revitalizing alchemy.

However, Irena's continuous failures made him feel very sad, and he had to consider changing the candidates to participate in the experiment.

One day later, he met Annie on the street.

At that time, she was just a helpless little girl. Her family members were all killed because of inheritance disputes between nobles, and she escaped from the pile of dead people.

At that time, Wagner lived in an inaccessible forest, and only sometimes needed to go to the street to buy daily necessities, so his home became an ideal shelter for Anne. Her enemies never imagined that she would run into the forest.

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Anne's magic talent is average, but it is not difficult to become a magician, so Wagner intends to accept her as his apprentice.

Unfortunately, she was not interested in alchemy, but she heard that Wagner would be very happy if she learned alchemy, so she readily agreed to repay her kindness.

Facts have proved that alchemy is indeed not something that ordinary people can learn. Even someone as talented as Irena and with a strong magical talent has difficulty mastering it, let alone Anne.

Only then did Wagner realize that he could be considered a genius by being proficient in alchemy, but he still couldn't figure out why even geniuses were not recognized by those big shots.

In short, from then on, he became depressed and locked himself in his room all day long.

To put it simply, alchemy is exchange of equal value. In order to create something, another thing must be destroyed, and the value of the two must be the same.

Wagner's right hand has the ability to evaluate the value of things, so he can easily use alchemy to create new things, and finally even create life.

Fenrir was created in this way, when Wagner killed a wolf captured in the jungle.

But his ambition goes far beyond that. He hopes that one day alchemy can resurrect people. This is a request made to him by a senior magician at the Magic Academy. As long as he can do this, he can immediately become a first-class magician.

If you become a master, you can even create a new school.

Although Wagner repeatedly emphasized that he did not create alchemy and that he also obtained the knowledge from ancient magic books, the magician did not have the patience to listen to him talking about these irrelevant things and rushed to join the same force.

's party.

Wagner was very slow in dealing with the world, so he didn't know that others were deliberately making things difficult for him. Instead, he took those words seriously and started researching the resurrection of the dead.

He did do it himself and was able to resurrect some dead animals, but he also thought that it would be useless if he could do it alone. His dream was to make alchemy flourish, so he must give this technology to his students.

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Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. So far, he was the only one who could do it, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of pain.

Seeing her most respected mentor become like this, Irina felt very sad.

There is no doubt that after several years of getting along with him, she has fallen in love with Wagner.

Finally one day, she couldn't stand it any longer. She wanted to end her teacher's unrealistic fantasy with her own hands, so she stole his research manuscript, forced her way into his room, and cut off his right hand.

It's not that Wagner doesn't know how to resist, he just doesn't understand that a student with such a good relationship with him would do such a thing.

Since then, Irena has run away, but she will always come back quietly to confirm whether the person she likes has regained confidence in life.

She still felt guilty, and in order to compensate Wagner, she decided to shoulder his dream herself.

Of course, she does not expect to learn alchemy, but to find a way to become the most powerful magician in the empire. By then, everyone in the magic world will know that her teacher is Wagner, an underappreciated genius.

By then, everyone will start to be interested in alchemy. After all, when a group of people worship an idol, everything related to that idol will become the focus of attention.

It's just that this matter has never been told to Annie, so she regards Irina as her enemy.

Irena also knows her own limits. There are many talented magicians in the empire, but she is just talented, far from being a genius. In addition, the time she spent studying magic is not as good as those real geniuses.

It was almost impossible to surpass them, until one day, she accidentally learned about the existence of a giant spirit-gathering grass in a magician.

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At this time, the bud at the top of the Julingcao was about to open. The red petals trembled and then slowly opened.

A white mist spread from it, carrying a faint fragrance, but Anne felt a little drowsy when she smelled this smell.

She guessed that the mist might be hypnotic, so she quickly hid in the corner of the room, inside the hole made by the giant.

After a while, the huge flowers bloomed completely, but they were always shrouded in thick mist.

Anne was curious about what the flower looked like, when suddenly the stem of the polyphylla began to twist, and finally turned in the direction of her.

Immediately afterwards, the mist dissipated almost instantly, and the flowers were finally fully revealed, but when Annie saw the stamens, she was shocked.

Because in the center of the flower is actually a huge eye, the whites of the eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, and the pupils are deep black.

"What the hell is this?" Annie was frightened.

She wasn't even afraid of ghosts and monsters, but she was only afraid of this incomprehensible thing. After all, how could a flower grow eyes?

She subconsciously wanted to leave the room, and thought of taking the sleeping Irina with her, but suddenly found that her body could not move.

"Damn it, what's going on?"

No matter how hard she tried, her legs seemed to be nailed to the ground and she just couldn't lift them up.

She soon understood that it must be the trouble with that eye. This thing was really evil and could restrain people just by staring at them.

At this time, she couldn't move her hands, so naturally she couldn't release the teleportation magic.

Immediately afterwards, the Spirit-Gathering Grass lowered its top, and the flower kept getting closer. After a while, it came to Annie, but two tentacle-like things suddenly stretched out from it.

Then, slender tentacles tied Annie tightly. She felt that the magic power in her body was draining rapidly, but there was nothing she could do.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. She looked carefully and found that it was Irina who had woken up.

It was obvious that the other party could move freely. Anne was overjoyed and thought that she was saved.

But unexpectedly, Irina just crossed her arms and looked at her coldly, as if she planned to stand by and watch.

"...Ariana, why are you just looking at me?"

Anne couldn't understand why this senior sister, who had just settled her feud with her, refused to save her until she died.

Perhaps seeing her doubts, Irina didn't want her to die in an unknown manner, so she spoke.

"Sorry, there's something I didn't tell you. There are conditions for the Spirit-Gathering Grass to produce magic pills, which is that it needs to take away the soul of a magician. You should have seen the Nightmare Mansion when you came here. That was originally

My partners prepared it for the Spirit Gathering Grass, but since you are here, I don’t have to go to so much trouble."

"...You damn liar!" Anne glared at her fiercely.

"Don't look at me like that. Don't worry. It's just taking away the soul. There won't be any pain."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Oh? You want to know?" Irina smiled slightly, "Well, it's okay to tell you now. I want to inherit the teacher's dream, so I must become the strongest magician. However, I still have to

Don’t worry, your thanks come true, I will always keep you in my heart.”

"The strongest? Teacher has never had such a strange dream. Stop being pretentious here. You are just doing it for your own vanity."

"Haha, I never beg for others' understanding anyway."

After Irena said this, she disappeared because she discovered that this spirit-gathering grass would attack indiscriminately. If she continued to stay here, her soul would definitely be taken away.

Next, you just need to wait for it to generate magic pills, and then recycle them.

Gradually, Anne's consciousness began to blur, and scenes from the past kept flashing back before her eyes, like a revolving door on the verge of death.

However, one picture stopped in front of her and stopped motionless. That was his teacher.

He looks to be in his thirties, has a decent appearance, has short short hair, and wears the clothes of an ordinary scholar, giving him a rather elegant temperament.

Seeing Wagner at this time, even Anne, who has always been strong, couldn't help but burst into tears.

She was unwilling to die like this because she had not repaid her teacher's kindness.

After a while, she found that the magic power in her body stopped losing, and her consciousness gradually recovered. However, the figure in front of her still did not disappear, but became increasingly clear.

"Long time no see, my lovely student." Wagner said in a gentle voice.

"...Teacher? Is it really you?" Annie was extremely surprised.

"Of course, if it's fake, don't forget who taught you the teleportation magic. I cast a magic on you in advance. Once your life is in danger, I will be teleported here."

While the two were talking, the Spirit-Gathering Grass stretched out a few more tentacles, intending to catch them all in one fell swoop. However, Wagner did not look into the eyes inside the flower, so his body was not restrained. He cut off the tentacles with a wave of his hand.

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To be continued...