A black figure squeezed out from the gap in the wall, like a line of ink spread on the floor, and it began to gradually rise until it covered the entire room.
Heni was frightened and took a few steps back. She couldn't see the creature in the black ink clearly.
He hurriedly took out a box of matches from his arms and was about to light them.
She had just lit up a flame, but before she could raise her gaze, the flame was instantly extinguished by the darkness.
"Why...it's here again..."
"One or two laughs...isn't that enough?"
asked Hernie, who was now a bit emotionally broken.
The dark ink shadow fell silent, just staring at her quietly.
Yep, just stare at her.
It seemed to have read through Hernie's thoughts, and opened its huge mouth as black as ink. It spoke, and its voice filled Hernie's ears like a magic sound.
"I know what you need, little girl."
"You are right here, waiting for me."
The sound stopped suddenly, and the darkness in the room instantly dissipated with the stopped sound.
The entire office became extremely silent again.
Heni looked up. She was kneeling on the ground weakly, with no trace of sadness or joy on her face.
…
Soon, Mo Ying, who had just disappeared, came back.
The suffocating black ink returned and filled the entire house.
It was like a gust of wind, entering and leaving the mage tower at will.
Heni raised her head, looked at the ink shadow, and was suddenly stunned.
Only then did she realize that this was the Mage Tower.
Only people with permission can enter and exit at will.
This mass of ink shadow, why can it appear here?
Before she could think about it for a while, the outline of an image appeared in the ink shadow in front of her.
She couldn't tell exactly what was in front of her, but she could vaguely see that the monster opened its big mouth and thrust its arm into her throat to stir.
After a grunting sound, Mo Ying stretched out his giant hand.
It took out three light balls from its stomach, which seemed to be a ray of hope in Hernie's despair.
"Little girl," Mo Ying said, and then there was a strange sound, "Um... ugh... ah, ah, ah, ah..."
"You need power, right?"
"I……"
Hermione was shaking slightly. She didn't even know what was happening, and she didn't care how disgusting the thing in front of her was.
"Come on, this is the power you need."
"Touch it and it's yours."
Heni felt something was very wrong, but every word spoken by Mo Ying in front of her seemed to be full of strong temptation.
By some strange coincidence, she reached out her hand and touched the ball of light.
Mo Ying's smile widened even wider.
…
Early the next morning, Victor got off the carriage and stood at the gate of the college.
He is back.
Returned to this academy after a long absence.
In fact, Victor would have stayed at home all morning if Liya hadn't angrily kicked him out early in the morning.
'Should we drive her back to the territory? '
Victor thought to himself, then turned around and gave up the idea.
Even if she is driven back, Liya will definitely keep traveling back and forth from the royal capital and the territory due to business matters.
When the time comes, I still can't help but quarrel with him.
Victor walked into the academy and felt a gaze on him.
That's the principal's spell - [Natural Bird]
When he was a third-level mage, Victor could not feel this force of nature.
After being promoted to the fourth level, he clearly caught the discordant flow of magic power in the air.
Victor raised his head to the sky, and saw countless natural birds flying through the academy.
The dean's gaze shrouded the entire academy.
Her eyes quickly left his body, probably confirming his identity.
The royal family has made an announcement acquitting Duke Levi and Victor.
Of course, only a few nobles knew about the series of events from the volcano's almost eruption to its end.
Therefore, Victor's return did not cause a sensation in the academy.
Victor walked naturally on the road, completely ignoring the eyes of the people around him and completely contemplating how he should deliver the next lesson.
The students who passed by Victor were all happily welcoming the new day, but they saw Victor with a face as pale as dead water.
He froze on the spot and couldn't speak at all.
Victor was completely unaware of the cognitive refresh his appearance had caused to the students around him.
"Who is that? What a terrifying sense of oppression..."
"Yeah, when he walked past me, I almost thought I was going to be drained of my magic power by him..."
One student suddenly pulled the others away and said in a low voice:
"Are you crazy!? That's Victor Cravenna! Don't let him hear us say bad things about him!"
"He...is that notorious bastard mage!?"
"very scary……"
Victor walked on campus, keeping a poker face on his face and breathing in the fresh air on campus.
Soon, he encountered something unpleasant.
The commotion ahead caught his attention.
There are student dormitories.
A group of students were watching at the door, and three unconscious students with dark faces were carried out from inside.
"Something's wrong."
Vega reminded in Victor's ear.
"These unconscious students have lost their 'magic'."
After hearing what Vega said, Victor needed a source, so he saw a man in a white coat.
That's the school nurse.
The surrounding students felt a chill, and only saw a figure walking over.
"what happened?"
Victor's voice sounded, and the school doctor turned around. When she saw Victor, she was so frightened that her glasses fell off.
Victor bent down to pick it up for him and handed it to him.
The school doctor naturally knows who Victor is. Not to mention his notorious reputation, the extremely influential incident that has been circulating among the nobles of the royal capital recently is all related to him.
Yet the man whom everyone believed to be guilty was acquitted by the royal family.
Many mages who don't know the truth cannot accept it.
But my life is still important, so I have to be polite to Victor on the surface.
"Victor...Professor, why are you here?"
"answer my question."
Victor's expressionless look made him shiver again.
The school doctor explained in a panic: "There is nothing wrong with the physical examination of these students, but they are unconscious and seem to be in a state where it is difficult to wake up."
"These three people are in the same dormitory. No one knows what happened. When they were discovered by classmates in the dormitory next door, they were already like this."
"We are going to send them to the clinic for a magic test to see if there is anything wrong."
Victor nodded and moved away, and the other party left quickly as if he was relieved.
'Obviously these people had no idea what was going on. "
There was no one around, Victor explained to Vega beside him.
"Absorbing other people's magic power. This dirty method can easily remind me of that kind of filth."
"It seems like they penetrate very quickly."
What Vega was talking about was, of course, those demons.
Victor was also helpless. He encountered such a big job as soon as he returned to the academy.
but.
"If the devil appears, let's deal with it."
Not to mention that the devil's filthiness can make people feel depressed.
This thing is also experience value after all.
Victor stopped paying attention and took Vega back to his office.
[Identity authentication successful—Professor Victor, welcome back to the Mage Tower]
After verifying his identity in front of the mage tower, Victor entered his office as the teleportation circle lit up.
The office was not much different from when he left, the only difference was that the pot of flowers on the windowsill was gone.
Those were flowers given to him by Heni. In fact, Heni liked that pot of flowers very much and often wanted to help Victor water the flowers as an excuse to go in and out of the Mage Tower.
"Have you brought it back to the dormitory to raise?"
Victor hasn't come back these days, so Herni naturally doesn't come to the office to find him.
I frequently go in and out of the mage tower, and the journey is relatively long. Bringing the flowers back to cultivate them, at least I don’t have to go back and forth like this.
He was sitting in a chair, and there were a few books missing from the desk.
Similarly, that was what Henie stayed here. In her free time, she would always hold those books that she had read countless times and read them back and forth.
Victor didn't pay attention. Just like the potted flowers, Victor also found a reason for the disappearance of these books.
Heni didn't need to come to the office, so she took the books back to read.
He took out the magic book that he had not finished reading yesterday from his backpack and passed the time while reading.
This time I sat until noon.
The pages of the book rustled, very quietly.
Vega was napping while standing on the desk. Suddenly his head hit the table and he woke up.
"What? Oh, I didn't come..."
At noon, Heni comes to the Mage Tower most frequently.
She would bring the thick book almost every time, and then happily tell Victor what kind of course she had written today.
It wakes up Vega from sleeping every time.
So waking up at this time is almost a habit for Vega.
But this time, Hernie didn't come.
Vega glanced at Victor. He turned over the pages of the book without raising his head, seeming to be immersed in his own world.
Vega suddenly remembered that the little girl probably didn't know about Victor's return to the academy.
It didn't care. It felt sleepy and dozed off again.
Time always passes surprisingly quickly after falling asleep.
In the afternoon, the sun's rays slanted into the window, lengthening the shadows.
"Vega, it's time to go."
"Hmm? Where to go?"
The awakened Crow blinked his eyes, and saw Victor putting away the book in a daze.
"It's time for class."
"oh oh."
Vega flapped her wings and stood on Victor's shoulders.
To be honest, he was quite looking forward to the afternoon.
When the time comes, how will a timid little girl react when she sees Victor?
Like a frightened deer running away in fear?
Or will you avoid looking shyly?
Or they might gather around Victor very excitedly, jump up happily, and say:
"Professor Victor! You are finally back!"
No matter what kind of reaction it was, it seemed interesting to Weijia.
The teleportation circle landed on Victor.
One person and one bird disappeared into the mage tower.
When they reappeared, the two of them were already in the corridor of the teaching building.
The corridor was empty, with the sound of teaching from other classes coming from time to time.
Victor's footsteps were very crisp in this environment.
Da da da--
"Then, based on this formation, we..."
Suddenly, Victor's footsteps stopped.
His eyes looked forward deeply.
There was the location of Class 1, and the same voice of the professor's lecture sounded inside.
Vega also stared straight ahead, with one eye staring ahead, and his voice was emotionless.
"It's really not good—"
Da da da--
The footsteps sounded again, but this time, they were heavier than last time.
Finally, Victor walked to the door of the class.
The sounds inside seemed clearer.
He finally pushed the door open.
Suddenly, the whole room fell silent.
"Who doesn't knock on the door during school hours..."
The sound stopped suddenly, as sharp and unpleasant as a duck being strangled.
Victor looked towards the source of the sound.
His eyes were fixed on the person standing on the podium.
"Really like a pig..."
Vega whispered in his ear.
Victor didn't respond to it, perhaps acquiescing.
His face was expressionless and his tone was flat.
But one couldn't help but feel the unspeakable anger in his voice.
"Let me think about it, your name is Devin..."
"Devin Rather, right?"
