Chapter 61

After the two mages walked out of the tower's teleportation array, they were immediately surrounded by the enforcers. These alchemy puppets showed their battle stance and warned the two mages, "Master Keno, Master Ryan, we have detected negative energy at the critical point. Please explain immediately."

At the same time, the first floor of the tower was surrounded by a strong energy field. The materialized energy interfered with the normal operation of the tower. Even with the mages' strength, they still felt like there were thorns in their backs. Master Ryan hurriedly threw Adam out and said, "Apprentice Adam has been hit by the ancient spell, Soul Tear. He is in an unstable state. I request to see Victor The Mage."

After hearing Master Ryan's explanation, the strong energy field weakened. The alchemy puppet walked to Adam and extended its mechanical arm to insert into the rune seal. Master Ryan directly removed the seal that he had set. A tide of silver miniature alchemy robots instantly covered Adam completely.

After doing this, the alchemy puppet paused for a moment. Then, Dean Victor's voice rang in the ears of the two mages, "Bring him to see me."

Under the 'escort' of the enforcers, the two mages went all the way to the second last floor of the tower. They saw the real body of the mage who seemed to have been there all this time.

"Good day, Victor The Mage."

The huge real body of the mage nodded to the two mages. Then, he took Adam from the alchemy puppet and broke the silver seal easily. He looked at Adam's state and said, "This little guy, I don't know if I should admire his courage or feel sad for his misfortune."

Master Keno and Master Ryan knew that after Adam was handed over to Victor The Mage, his fate was no longer controlled by the two of them or Adam himself. Life and death were only in the hands of the high-grade mage. After gently explaining the whole thing, they sat quietly on the side.

Victor The Mage stretched out his huge finger and pointed at Adam. Then, a three-dimensional light screen appeared in the space. The light screen was playing what was happening in Adam's Sea of Soul.

Master Ryan and Master Kino looked at the light screen. Their expressions suddenly became shocked and strange.

"His soul was torn apart. Did he mutate?"

Victor The Mage nodded and said, "Yes, it has mutated. Most ancient magic is unstable. It can easily change its nature due to the slightest influence. The original purpose of this magic was to tear apart the soul, but now," he said, pointing at the two monsters fighting each other in Adam's soul, "the mutated negative energy has gathered into a whole. This magic has the ability to surpass the first-level ancient magic. It wants to seize control of this body."

Keno's research direction was completely different from that of souls. He couldn't really understand what was happening in Adam's soul, but he had heard Victor The Mage say that magic had mutated into a whole. But now, he saw two whole bodies and one consciousness.

Upon hearing Master Kino's question, President Victor said, "That's why I said he's bold. This little guy has found a way to fight against ancient magic on his own without the guidance of systematic knowledge and without coming into contact with ancient magic. He split himself and became another monster of despair. "

Master Kino couldn't help but ask, "What are the consequences of doing so?"

"He's very smart. He left a way out for himself. Originally, there was only success or failure. If he succeeds, he will preserve himself. If he fails, he will become a monster. But now, there's an additional choice. That is, the two monsters of despair will perish together. He will preserve his sanity and escape. But the chances of this are relatively small. And no matter what the result is, his soul will inevitably be contaminated with the aura of ancient magic. This will have a great impact on his future path. Perhaps he will never be able to explore the truth again. "

After saying this, Victor The Mage canceled his magic. He then handed Adam to the alchemy puppet and motioned for the puppet to send Adam to his laboratory. He then said to the two mages, "You've completed your mission. You can settle your accounts later. As for the reward for saving this apprentice, if he can wake up, you can discuss it yourselves. If he can't, the academy will take over his contract and give you the reward."

The two mages bowed and retreated. At this time, Victor The Mage said again, "Oh, right. The new recruitment work is very short on manpower. If you have time, you can go and accept the mission."

.....

Everyone's time would not stop for one person. Without Adam, the academy was still operating normally. In Adam's laboratory, James and Frank also accepted the news after the initial shock. They were prepared for Adam to not be able to return. However, they did not leave the laboratory. First, it was because of the contract. Second, they had nowhere to go.

After William returned to the academy, he silently signed a contract with the academy and became a contracted apprentice. Then, he dismissed his organization and once again lived a life of seclusion.

Eliot came many times, but Adam was now in the dean's laboratory. He could not see him at all and could not obtain any useful information from the three of them. After being disappointed again and again, he gradually stopped coming.

Only the three of them were left in the laboratory. When Adam was here, they did not feel anything. However, without Adam, they had accumulated a lot of problems. Without Adam, the creator of these problems, the efficiency of solving them by themselves was very slow.

Soon, a new batch of apprentices arrived at the academy. There were no longer any guests from the deserted island. All of them were highly qualified apprentices recruited from the local towns. Just like when they first arrived, they were arrogant and arrogant. They formed cliques and bullied others in the academy.

Due to their background and talent, they had a certain level of magic power before they entered the academy. Because of their large number, they did not respect the previous batch of apprentices at all and wantonly occupied the mission resources.

Many direct conflicts broke out between the new and old apprentices. There were even apprentices who died because of duels. At first, William's batch of apprentices had the upper hand with their dauntless spirit after life and death battles. However, as time passed, because of the lack of numbers, they fell to the bottom. Moreover, there were already people who 'betrayed' and joined the new apprentices, turning against their original companions.

So, someone found William and asked him to teach those ignorant rookies a lesson and fight for the rights of the old apprentices.

But William refused.

He found that his thoughts were more and more similar to Adam's from a year ago. He only felt that these stupid and laughable fights were very boring. He finally understood why Adam coldly refused when he and others went to ask Adam for help.

Just like how he did not understand back then, they did not understand William either. Then, he also became a marginalized person.

This made the rookies think that William was easy to bully. However, after William brazenly killed multiple rookies one after another, no one dared to provoke him anymore, just like Adam in the past.

After a whole year had passed, after the rookies participated in the trial and left the academy, the laboratory welcomed its first guest in a long time in the morning.

Corestal.

William opened the door of the laboratory and stared blankly at the noble and cold Corestal in front of him. He found that the girl who was as timid as a little beast was completely different from before. Looking at her was like looking at a second Adam.

"Long time no see, Corey."

"Good morning, William. Long time no see."

William invited Corestal into the laboratory and gestured for her to sit down. Then, he sighed and said, "You're different from before."

Corestal smiled slightly, like an iceberg melting, reflecting the dazzling sunlight. "You're the same. People always change. They always have to change, don't they?"

"Yes, they always have to change. Otherwise, they'll be eliminated."

After saying this, the two of them sat down in silence, not knowing what to say.

After that, Corestal stood up and walked around the laboratory, looking at every instrument and every report with interest. William sat quietly, not introducing her or stopping her. After a long time, Corestal asked softly, "Is there still no news about Adam?"

William raised his head. "You know too?"

"Yes, Teacher Blake told me about it. He's still so strong, escaping from the hands of an official mage and fighting until now."

Teacher Blake. William had mixed feelings about this name. Back then, his companions had all walked on different paths, but he still had not found his own path and was still living under Adam's protection.

"How have you been recently?"

"Very good. Teacher has knowledge that I can't finish learning in my lifetime. I feel like I'm improving every day." Every day, she was closing the distance between herself and Adam, but that benchmark, the goal she wanted to chase and surpass, was no longer alive.

"But teacher is still not satisfied with me. He said many times that if it were Adam, he would definitely do better."

"Do you think he'll die like this?"

William sighed deeply.

"He definitely won't. How can he die like this without any value?!"

Corestal stood up after answering her own question. She did not want to get any answer from William, because the answer had already appeared in her heart.

At this time, the door of the laboratory was opened again. James and Frank walked in one after another, looking at the two of them curiously. Kristel nodded gently to the two of them and walked out of the door, heading into the distance without any reluctance.

James asked the disappointed William, "Who is she? Her energy waves are very strong. I didn't know there was such a strong apprentice in the academy. "

"She's the other Adam."

James and Frank looked at each other, not knowing what William meant. William did not intend to explain and walked to the side alone. He began to construct the meditation technique in front of the spiritual energy amplifier and magnifier.

.....

A month later, the new batch of apprentices returned to the academy after losing 85% of their members. Their trial was more difficult than William's. After going through the baptism of life and death, they were much calmer. The academy also welcomed a long-awaited peace.

At this time, the battle in Adam's Soul Sea that had been sleeping in Dean Victor's laboratory finally came to an end.