Chapter 1: The Awakening of the Young Man! Thaumaturge...

  "There's nothing." Liszt blinked and said with a smile: "I don't want such a beautiful girl like you to lose an arm."

  "Now that her hand is healed, you can let go, no need to keep holding on like this?" Bai Ling, dressed in white and rarely seen by anyone, walked up from behind and looked at Li Si coldly: "No wonder someone said back then that you and she had a connection, so you deliberately lost to their team in the competition."

  Dona's face turned slightly red, while Liszt smiled lazily and released his hand nonchalantly, saying: "Legends are always close to the truth but never reach it. I think someone is particularly nervous about legends."

  "Hmm."

  With a proud face, Bai Ling let out a heavy hum and turned her head away.

  "So you're one of the mages who've been tracking these guys all along." Donna smiled warmly, looking at List with a hint of triumph: "You only arrived after we took action, your movements are a bit too slow, aren't you afraid something unexpected might happen to us?"

  "These guys are showing up more and more frequently." Liszt became a bit serious, saying in a low voice: "Investigating the real reason why these mages can obtain some of the evil dragon's bloodline power is much more important than killing off these exposed guys."

  "It seems you went to execute other tasks first." Donna also took a look at the place where the pale-faced man died, "Have you found out the origin and purpose of these guys?"

  "There's a lead." Lister looked at her and said, "They may have a secret base in the southern wilderness of our Aichi Kingdom, and some of their abilities may come from that place. In a previous mission, someone heard the words 'Dusk Shadow Valley'. It's just that it's not known whether that place exists or where it is."

  "As for that guy..." Liszt also turned around, looking at the place where the pale-faced man had died. "His origins have been investigated, but he was not a magician from our Aich Kingdom, but rather from the Dowa Kingdom."

  "The Kingdom of Dowa?" Donna and Shirou were both taken aback.

  "He was originally a not-so-well-known sorcerer of the Dowa Kingdom, with little understanding of magic and only exceling in physical combat techniques." Lister nodded, "I don't know when he suddenly became such an existence and started some assassination activities."

  "What's most crucial is that we have no idea what their true purpose is," Donna said with a heavy expression.

  "Alright, let's not talk about these heavy topics." Liszt smiled, "How have you been lately? Will you be returning to your 'River Bend' Academy?"

  "Of course, our college is still a strong contender for the championship this year." Donna also smiled: "I should go back to watch every game of our college, it's just that I've heard your performance has been poor in recent years, otherwise we can meet again at the final venue."

  "Even if our college can't make it to the finals, I can still go to the finals with you and watch the game together." Li Si touched his nose and smiled, saying: "However, we have a few more interesting little guys this year, and it's not impossible that we'll meet you in the competition in the future."

  Dona smiled even more happily, "Then I'll look forward to that day."

  "Can't stand you two, always being ambiguous all day long." Bai Ling on the other side hummed heavily, "If you have the ability, just really be together."

  ……

  Thinker Shi Lin.

  Houston's mood was very complicated as he walked slowly among them.

  Originally, every time he taught students, he was full of expectation and excitement. The students' eyes were filled with reverence, and whatever orders he gave would be carried out resolutely, which made his heart extremely satisfied.

  But now it's different, especially after being scared by Ailin's ghostly face last time, his confidence has been fatally wounded. Now when he walks into the Thinker's Stone Forest, he even feels a kind of inexplicable fear, afraid that Ailin will suddenly do something and make a fool of himself again.

  "Huh?"

  As he walked nervously up to the newborn who had been waiting for him, he was somewhat surprised to find that there was no sign of Ailin inside.

  Among the freshmen waiting for class to start, there was no Ailin whom he worried about most, nor Belo who often had a impulsive look on his face, nor Mos with red hair.

  "Where did those three guys go?"

  He couldn't help but mutter to himself in his heart, without the slightest anger that should have been there because of the three people's tardiness, but instead felt some inexplicable ease.

  "Teacher Houston!"

  Suddenly at this moment, a voice sounded from behind him above.

  "Ah!"

  Houston almost jumped out of his seat in a conditioned reflex.

  "How did you get up there!" When he turned around to see Ailin poking his head out from behind the boulder, Houston really had an urge to bang his head against the rock again.

  "I came running." Ailin directly jumped down from the white giant stone and landed with a thud.

  "What's wrong, run up and go!"

  "He can actually run directly onto this rock!"

  The rest of them had never even discovered that Ailin suddenly exploded in the newborn, to know that even if it was tested before, Ailin ran out sixteen steps, only to this big stone one-third height. This kind of running wall is not just a matter of initial speed and explosive force, after running out several steps, without continuous explosive force and endurance, it's hard to continue.

  "What! What did you say?" Houston's conditioned reflex of surprise also turned into real surprise, "You can already run up there?"

  "Yes! I tried many times when I came and finally succeeded. Mainly, when running to the very top, you can only fall down." Ailin smiled and said: "But now I know how not to fall down."

  "No way! Try again and show me!"

  Hou's lips began to tremble. It had only been a few days since the last test, and even if it was one of his most accomplished students from back then, it was absolutely impossible for them to have such a terrifying rate of progress.

  "Honestly, Mr. Houston, I didn't deceive you."

  Ailin completely belatedly ignored Houston's stagnation, said this after a sentence, and then shouted loudly again, rushing towards that white giant stone once more.

  "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

  At first, his figure sprinting on the flat ground was so fast that it was almost invisible, like a green gust of wind. After running onto the rocks, his figure became clear, but every step he took seemed unusually powerful, giving people the feeling that a fierce bull was trampling on the rocks.

  A slightly tilted massive white boulder was trembling slightly, and the hearts of all the newborns and Houston were also trembling nonstop.

  "How barbaric..."

  A girl among the freshmen couldn't help but let out such a voice.

  Ailin's figure rushing upwards desperately gives people the most intuitive feeling of being barbaric.

  However, everyone saw that Ailin's footsteps rushing upwards never slowed down, and he didn't fall off. He just shouted loudly, directly towards the sky, and ran to the top of the giant stone!

  At the top of the boulder, just as he was about to fall off, one foot still on the rock, he suddenly exerted force and his entire body leaned forward with a loud "ah" cry. He didn't manage to jump directly onto the rock, but his wildly grasping hands managed to grab the edge of the top of the boulder, then with another burst of strength, he flipped himself up.

  This final ending looks very awkward, but everyone who has watched the entire process is already thoroughly stunned.

  "How is it possible... how is it possible... how is it possible...."

  Houston has been repeating these words like a mentally handicapped child in Saint Laurent City.

  "Is this guy human?"

  "Could it be that he really has the Devouring Bloodline? The Devouring Bloodline is this strong?"

  "Was he hiding his true strength all along? How is it possible for him to make such huge progress in just a few days?"

  The vast majority of newborns also have a dull expression and take a long time to come back to their senses.

  "Mr. Houston?"

  Ailin jumped down from the stone with a look of excitement, looking at Houston's muttering and distracted expression, he curiously stretched out his hand in front of Houston.

  "....you!" Houston took a step back, looking at Ailin with the same eyes as he looked at monsters. "You really starved yourself in the training hall for a few days and became like this?"

  "Yes." Elin said excitedly: "Teacher Houston, with my progress like this, is it possible to condense the Tao Yuan particles in three months?"

  "Three months to condense a Yuan pellet?!" Houston's eyes widened, "What do you want to condense a Yuan pellet for in three months?"

  "Defeat the members of the Academy Team and join the Academy Team to participate in the Starry Sky Brave Cup!"

  Ailin seemed to have thought of something, looking at Houston excitedly and saying: "Teacher Houston, didn't you ask me what my dream was last time? Didn't I tell you that I didn't know yet? Now I've thought it through, my dream is to help Kelsey win the national championship in this competition."

  A sudden commotion.

  "This guy isn't even a decent magician, yet he's already daring to shout that he wants to participate in this competition?"

  "Does he know how vicious those little teams outside are?" Many freshmen looked at Ailin with the same gaze as they would look at a mentally ill child.

  "It's already amazing that they dare to participate in this kind of competition and aim for the national championship."

  "With his progress speed, it's possible that he might really become a surprising figure in the tournament." But there were also many freshmen who looked at Ailin with fiery and admiring gazes.

  Houston was already being driven nearly out of his mind by Ailin's constant poking and prodding.

  He stood there for a long time before saying in an unknown tone, "Well, you have to keep going." Then he asked, "What about Bello and Moss?"

  "I forgot to ask for leave on his behalf." Ailin scratched her head in embarrassment and said, "Teacher Kate has something to do with Berro, and she asked me to tell you that he will find time to explain things to you when he is free."

  "Kate?" Houston blinked, regaining some composure. "And what about that red-haired kid?" He couldn't help but look around nervously, worried that Ailing's accomplice might also be lurking somewhere, waiting to give him a scare.

  Ailin shook her head: "Mos? I don't know why he didn't come to class."

  Houston didn't react much at first, but the rest of the freshmen were all stunned. Someone actually dared to skip Mr. Benben's class without asking for leave?