Chapter 199

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Chapter 199

"But, won’t the soul be incomplete? Just like you, when you canceled Hunting Mark, what will happen to that piece of soul?"

"It will return to its original form, don’t worry."

"Are there no other risks?"

"Of course there are, the soul holds many secrets. With the soul, you can know a lot, but there are some things that you still have to do despite the dangers. Hmm… isn’t that right?"

Sylas looked into Kuowa’s purple eyes and somewhat understood what Eilan meant by "the temptation of the devil." But what she said was true, there are things one would be willing to give their whole soul for, not to mention just a strand of soul like a hair.

"I will teach you, I will teach you everything technical. For me, it’s as simple as eating and drinking, but for you… well, it will take practice. Let’s begin."

Demon spells rely on the soul as the foundation, and the soul needs to be shattered in order to use them. It is not difficult to extract a strand of soul from the body, the challenge lies in the demon language and controlling this completely unfamiliar magic.

But Sylas quickly mastered it.

"You learn really fast, it astonishes me. I feel even more curious about you," Kuowa circled around her, "now."

But there is still a chance, as long as she can freely enter and exit this tower, she has the opportunity to charm her into answering questions, and then sneak into her dreams to meet her owner (in her illusion).

"This is not difficult, a bit like witchcraft."

"Like a spell, hmm?" the succubus asked with a smile.

Sylas nodded.

But the succubus said, "Don’t waste souls on unrelated people. Otherwise, it will cause trouble and Eilan will find out that I am causing trouble behind her back."

Sylas laughed, being scolded by her owner – something she almost dare not think about. If Xerath was willing to hit her, it would be something to look forward to, but even when Xerath is angry, she only looks at her with a disappointed expression, then starts a long-lasting cold war. She couldn’t stand it, her heart breaks whenever she sees that expression on Xerath’s face.

"Interesting" is really important, Eilan’s lectures are very interesting, even when she asks everyone to calculate "submersion depth," it is very fascinating: she teaches a method to resist the Charm Spell, allowing classmates to make bets based on their calculations whether the spell caster will still be charmed by Kuowa.

The atmosphere on-site was very lively, she even had to warn the participants in advance, "Don’t try to cheat, don’t intentionally go easy."

Some people were charmed and danced a very hot dance with Kuowa, and the classroom was full of joy. This not-so-simple formula was thus well-remembered by the public.

This general formula can also estimate the intensity of contract spells. If you have doubts about it, feel free to criticize this paper. The original author will be happy to debate with you. Since she lives in a desert tower that letters cannot reach, you can send your challenge to the editorial office of ‘Magic Wand’ or ‘Journal.’ Everyone laughed, she was referring to Xerath’s article about the intensity of contract spells.

"Next, please estimate the required diving depth for signing a contract with the magic wolf based on this known S value."

Everyone focused and wrote diligently. Someone quickly drew a conclusion. Eilan then asked everyone to speculate about the content of the contract spells. Sylas quickly raised her hand and answered, "The contract is written on the last page of this paper. I even copied it."

Very good!" Eilan looked at Sylas’s answer and noticed that some people hadn’t finished yet, so she asked those who had finished to estimate "the diving depth needed to enslave a person.

Someone objected, saying, "Teacher! Humans cannot be enslaved unconditionally, right?"

Sylas exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Is that not possible?"

Eilan looked at the two people, pushed her glasses up, and said, "Conclusions must be supported by evidence. Why don’t you try calculating and see?"

The S value for humans is already two digits higher than that of the magic wolf. When exponentiated, it becomes an astronomical number. Sylas blinked her eyes in disbelief, but Xerath’s contract with her is effective. She unconsciously touched her collarbone, where the imprint of their contract lies.

"See! I told you, it’s just impossible, right? Teacher?"

Eilan said, "Yes, dragons can easily achieve that. Dragons can theoretically enslave humans at will."

"So, you mean… the renowned dragon knight of Blade City is actually…? Actually a slave?" asked Jane, with an unusual sparkle in her eyes.

"In fact, dragons are intelligent beings of civilization. They have conditions when enslaving humans, but I haven’t studied the dragon knight’s contract. Maybe one day I can ask about it."

Sylas persistently asked, "Is there really no one who can enslave humans?"

"In theory, it is possible as long as a person’s magical power reaches a certain threshold." She walked over and pointed at Sylas’s calculations, silently exchanging a glance with Kuowa.

Looking at the numbers with several commas, she thought that maybe Xerath could, considering she could even break through storms.

Meanwhile, her dueling career continued, with many people silently coming to challenge her, even on her way to morning classes, which made her late several times.

To deal with this, she modified her fighting style: the best way to defeat a mage is actually close combat. This is where her instant casting came in handy. She used to use Leunen to push her opponents away, but now she preferred using wind shield to directly knock them back, saving time and effort, and hardly slowing her down.

Kuowa and she had entered the practice stage. Their unfortunate practice target was, of course, the unfortunate Terrifying Spider Shirley (now a green Terrifying Spider). The two contract demons repeatedly marked Shirley with their soul fragments. Kuowa burned hers, and her own soul fragment returned to her. She burned Kuowa’s, and Kuowa retrieved her own soul fragment.

"Can Mark find a way to get rid of Shame?"

"The principle is the same, just burn it, you already know how to burn it."

So this means that Dueling Law has a modifier that lasts for a long time, probably an adverb or a clause, but she doesn’t know which one. There must also be a similar grammatical structure in this demonic language, but she has even less idea of which one it is.

"What if someone burns off my mark?"

"That’s killing two birds with one stone." Kuowa blinked her eyes, "You can only find demons to remove it, and no demon is willing to do it for free. He will definitely be deceived into giving away more things, maybe even lose everything. You don’t even need to do bad things yourself, isn’t that good?"

"Oh." Demons are corrupting, this statement is not wrong at all.

This rare calmness persisted until the end of the term, but during the winter break there were two 4-credit Elemental Spells Application courses. Xerath even wrote a special letter asking Sylas to attend, which left her with only a short ten days to go home. She originally planned to take more "useless classes" next semester to make up for those 8 credits to ensure she could graduate on time (the two-year deadline she set for herself), but since Xerath said so, she couldn’t help but feel a bit self-defeating and decided not to go home.

Clearly… Last time when she went home, there weren’t any signs, right? Could it be that the teacher had nothing better to do and added up my grades and credits, discovering my secret? Does she need to get rid of me to complete her plan of kicking me out of the house?

Luckily, she still had some sanity and knew that these were just her own wild thoughts. First of all, these two courses are for advanced researchers and contain many practical skills. Secondly, the courses have a high credit value, which will greatly help her academic progress. Perhaps her teacher is just considering her welfare.

Think for her, so she can graduate quickly and leave the mage tower.

Inevitably, she thought like this, sitting in the empty tower and daydreaming.

Everyone has been busy lately. Caroline is busy studying and spends every day in the library until closing time (just like most students in the school). Swis usually doesn’t know what secret activities to engage in. Luna broke up with her boyfriend from the tower last year and now has a new one, so she has to go on dates every day.

There is still about a week of vacation at the end of the holidays. Sylas wrote a letter asking Xerath if she could come home during this time. Shamodial flew back after a week. The archmage politely mentioned in the letter that she would be attending a review committee meeting at that time.

"I really wish you could come home for a few days, but the timing isn’t right." Sylas said with a pout, then felt sad as she remembered the story Virgil had told her about taming wild beasts.

"For demon beasts that depend on their masters, the keepers intentionally lengthen the time of separation. It might start with just a few days, then become weeks, months, until one day, the keeper will permanently leave it in its habitat."

"Don’t they get sad?"

"It’s necessary. Some creatures belong in the wild."

Perhaps it was fate’s way of assisting this "wild taming" endeavor, as the girls’ dormitory has been open for the whole vacation starting this year. There are plenty of vacation projects to participate in, and the school is filled with people, although there is no unified class schedule, so it still feels very quiet.

The holiday was very calm, but if we talk about what was different this semester, it’s that all the girls who are sixteen or seventeen years old have changed, they have become more beautiful.

The feeling of youth filled the school campus, boys and girls secretly exchanged mysterious glances. Among them, only Sylas was completely unaffected until one day she overheard Caroline and Luna discussing something very strange.

"…this elective class is in the evening! But I have plans for a date in the evening!"

"You will have much more chances to meet boys at the dance party than selecting them through love letters. Break up with Bruce quickly."

Sylas looked up from behind the lab table and asked, "What elective class can Luna take to meet boys?"

"…Social dancing?"