Lord of Mysterious Wizard
Chapter 378: 367: The Woman with a Story

Chapter 378: Chapter 367: The Woman with a Story

“The first lesson will be personally taught by me, and as for Professor Eva, she will be an assistant in name, but in reality, she is also one of the students.”

On the fourth floor of the Library Tower, Tang Qi lay back comfortably on the soft sofa, facing a large floor-to-ceiling glass window that overlooked a large area of Dragon Heart Castle, as well as the lawns and the snow-white beach outside the castle, and the incessant tide.

The splendid view of Green Dragon Ridge Lake was fully in his sight.

As he muttered to himself, he was holding a piece of parchment and using Magic Power to engrave names one after another.

The student list!

He had decided to start a new course focusing on… the combat of the Mysterious Side.

This was the fastest way to arm the school with strong combat capability, apart from bringing in “external aid.”

Unexpectedly, as the second only to Tang Qi in the school, Professor Eva was actually secretly listed as a student by Tang Qi.

The reason was, Professor Eva’s “Heart Demon.” As a White Witch recognized and assessed by Esmeralda for her great potential, she had already completed Professional Level accumulation and could be promoted at any time, just like the former White Witch Zoe.

But she had never gone through the Trial, even Esmeralda only vaguely knew she had some sort of psychological barrier.

Tang Qi did not intend to force her, nor could he.

There isn’t a single Professional Level Expert who has been forcibly pressed to Promotion.

His plan was to have Professor Eva by his side and experience some combat, so Tang Qi could comprehend the crux of the problem and solve it.

Of course, he would not disclose all of this.

Besides Eva, Tang Qi’s confirmed student list included Nidya, Lily, and Shay—only three, far too few. Therefore, he was now recalling the student roster, selecting some high-grade students with decent potential to participate.

For instance, the “Sleeper” Noah he met on the first day was added to the list due to his excellent control over his abilities.

His sister Nina, however, wasn’t ready—the grade was too low, and she had not yet mastered her abilities.

After engraving the last name called “Heller,” the first draft of the list was formed, totaling fifteen students, each with extraordinary powers, the only things lacking were combat experience and control over their own powers.

This was just the first draft, and by no means was it fixed.

The number of students was bound to increase.

As the school stabilized, the delayed enrollment process due to the Witch Group facing the curse was reinitiated several days ago.

This meant that the student source for Merada Special Education School would grow significantly more extensive.

All states and counties of the Federation would use official channels to transfer some “monster children” who could not be dealt with promptly.

Of course, the institutions for sheltering weren’t just schools.

Similar institutions are scattered throughout the Federation.

Tang Qi even heard that in Holy Eagle Nest City and Jiatai City, two of the Federation’s largest and most luxurious supercities, there is a terrifying shelter in each that not only takes in all kinds of monster children, but also adult monsters, Mysterious Creations, and some dreadful, uncontrollable Curios—all are within the scope of containment.

Apart from Federation countries, there must be similar institutions as well.

Compared with these entities, the school Tang Qi was in charge of could only be considered a small shrimp at present.

…

“Huh? Night has fallen!”

While pondering, Tang Qi suddenly realized that it had turned pitch black outside without him noticing.

Nightfall had come again.

Tang Qi admired the nighttime scenery of Green Dragon Ridge Lake for a moment and then stood up and walked over to his neatly organized workbench.

Not just here, the entire fourth floor was now very clean.

In the corner, three pathetic figures were pitifully squatting in a queue. If only this scene was considered, one would never imagine the formidable manner they had when wreaking havoc earlier.

Gluttony!

Night Beast!

Willnas!

Although the latter was a newly added troublemaker, its destructive power was stronger than the former two; fairy creatures are naturally Magic-users, and grow stronger with the passage of Time.

The Night Beast can now take on two at a time, but given enough time, that might not be the case.

The potential of the Fairy Clan should not be underestimated compared to that of the Shadow Beast.

The only certainty is that Gluttony, due to its biological state, is doomed to be a weakling in combat.

But it is cunning and has no morals.

Mingled among two extraordinary creatures with immense potential, Gluttony is especially good at giving bad ideas, reminiscent of a scheming military advisor.

Indeed, Gluttony led the charge in making a mess.

Originally, it should also have been responsible for cleaning up, but Tang Qi found its drooling tongue too disgusting, so he forbade it from helping, leaving the recovery of Tang Qi’s residence to the Fairy and Night Beast’s charge.

Fortunately, both creatures exhibited good control over their respective bloodline Magic.

Standing in front of the workbench, Tang Qi glanced around and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, amongst the three figures—one pretending to be nervous, one genuinely nervous, and one with a look of indifference—Tang Qi waved his hand to indicate the end of their “punishment.”

Immediately, three cheers of silent howling came.

Receiving their freedom, they should have led by Gluttony and headed out to frolic.

The Lake Heart Island Secret Realm is a place of wonder and fun almost everywhere.

Especially for Willnas, this place is even more marvelous than the Grant Forest where its previous generation of Willnas Fairy met with an accidental Death; it’s an important reason for not leaving so far.

“Sigh~”

Tang Qi expected the three creatures to go and have fun, but when he looked up again, he saw them once more lined up, squatting in front of Tang Qi’s workbench.

The Night Beast transformed into its Body, staring at Tang Qi’s hands through its facial armor.

The Fairy fluttered its little wings, its fetching eyes equally fixed on Tang Qi.

The most ostentatious was Gluttony, with two adjustable straps supporting its body like legs, and it deliberately created something resembling eyes above the bright red tongue, with incredibly long eyelashes, sending flirtatious eyes one after another towards Tang Qi.

Clear intentions were conveyed, they knew what Tang Qi was about to do, and they were eager to see the box opened as well.

At this moment, an old-fashioned iron box lay on the work table in front of Tang Qi.

On the other side was a pile of materials.

Most of the time, opening a box is not a very dangerous act.

Especially since Tang Qi had special abilities, which nearly eliminated any accidents.

So after a moment of contemplation, Tang Qi didn’t stop their onlooking and sat down directly, picked up the materials, and started to concoct the Decryption Potion.

He was about to decrypt the First Layer Sealing.

He was already close to gathering all the materials, delayed only by lacking one or two rarer ones.

And those two materials were easily found in Esmeralda’s storage.

“Gurgle~gurgle gurgle”

Not long after, the materials occupying half of the work table were gone, replaced by a bottle of potion that was bubbling black bubbles.

Tang Qi’s gaze swept over, and Information Fragment emerged.

“Curios: Decryption Potion, concocted for the Sealing set up by the Extraordinary Creature, the Witch Crocodile….”

Without delay, Tang Qi tilted the bottle, and the black liquid poured down.

“Hisss~Bang!”

“Roar”

A puff of smoke burst out, and suddenly, an enormous crocodile’s head sprang out, violently snapping at Tang Qi.

But before it could truly touch Tang Qi, his palm was already ahead, gripping its upper and lower jaws, “Bang” of a sound, forcibly pressed down onto the work table, and then under the sympathetic gazes of Gluttony, Night Beast, and the Elf, this remnant grudge was directly slapped away by Tang Qi.

The smoke also dissipated.

The iron box reappeared, with its lid opening by itself.

The First Layer Sealing, decryption success.

Tang Qi’s gaze fell upon it, only to see that within the iron box was an evident “Pocket Space,” about the size of half a room, arranged like a cozy yet Abnormal room.

To be precise, half cozy, half disgusting.

Tang Qi first looked towards the cozy area, reached his hand in, took out the Witch Crocodile’s first collection item.

“This is…?”

Looking at the old-fashioned but incredibly lavish wedding dress in his hand, he was stunned.

What was more surprising was the ghost light emanating from the wedding dress.

“Curios: Old Wedding Dress.”

“State: Normal.”

“Information Fragment One: When she was still a young beauty, the Witch Crocodile wore this wedding dress on her marriage day, which is also the clothing she wore when she discovered her groom cheating and killed the entire groom’s family using poison and a dagger.”

“Information Fragment Two: The wedding dress is contaminated by grudges, and after she became a Transcendent being carried with her at all times, under the long passage of time, it transformed into a special Curios.”

“Information Fragment Three: Any woman who wears the wedding dress will enter a kind of cold-blooded killing state, passively gaining abilities like powerful combat, poisoning, and other Extraordinary Powers.”

…

Because of the Information Fragments from the wedding dress, Tang Qi zoned out for a moment, then reached in again and took out some other items.

For example, two delicate glass bottles, within which, in a liquid similar to Formalin, soaked two hearts, still emanating ghost light.

“Curios: The Hearts of Adulterers, from a shameless yet pitiful groom, and his lover…”

“A woman with a story!”

Tang Qi set down these Curios, his gaze turning to the other half of the disgusting area, muttering silently in his mind.

Without a doubt, the cozy area belongs to the “human” part of the Witch Crocodile’s nature.

Even if this nature is twisted.

The other half belonged to the Transcendent.

Tang Qi began to take items from it such as rotting skulls, still pulsating moldy hearts, jellyfish-like black hair… or some rusted weapons, as well as materials full of mud, each one being a Curios, clearly the real collection of the Witch Crocodile.

Even in the end, with a wave of Tang Qi’s hand, an object resembling a giant’s leg bone appeared on the work table.

Obviously, it should belong to some kind of ancient Extraordinary Creature.

It wasn’t the Witch Crocodile who killed it; she played the role of “Picker.”

Although there were no Curios that gave Tang Qi a feeling of surprise at the moment, but after all, it was a case opening, with one Curios after another being taken out, Tang Qi still maintained excitement and anticipation.

The three creatures beside him felt the same way.

It was also about the first time they saw a box being opened, even more excited than Tang Qi.

Even though the Curios that Tang Qi took out were more disgusting than the last.

However, the scene changed abruptly in the next moment.

“Hissss~”

“Zoom”

The Night Beast and the Elf were the first to react.

The two little guys seemed to have sensed something extremely terrifying, showing a stress response simultaneously.

Before that, Tang Qi, being the closest, felt it even more intensely.

“Boom!”

The moment his hand reached into the iron box and touched something soft, a terrifying and filthy aura burst out like a flood breaching its dam.