Throne of Magical Arcana

The Heidler Magic College was at a magic tower with pointy tops. Walking among them, one would feel that they were walking in a strange forest. Man-made lights shined from the sky, creating a magnificent view.

“Mr. Robert is Mr. Felipe’s student. He has remarkable expertise in genetic factors, cell memories, and application of necromancy. Also, it is said that he had just exchanged for the files of blood power studies left by Natravos and modified his blood and body deeply based on that. For example, his left eye has been replaced with the Eye Demon’s, allowing him to cast certain ray-type spells quickly with a combat ability close to the senior-rank sorcerers. His right hand contains the tentacles of the Mind Stealer, allowing him to disrupt the mental skills and absorb the enemy’s brains and memories…

“If you are interested in the few fields above, you may consider selecting Mr. Robert’s classes. He is definitely one of the most distinguished middle-rank mentors, and he is as good as the senior-rank mentors in knowledge and practice…”

Karl introduced the mentors excitedly, like a blooming tulip attracting the attention of the students and teachers passing by. However, they were immediately shocked by his voice, leaving a road of statues wherever he went.

Is it really okay to describe Mr. Robert’s special abilities just like that? Donnie’s lips twitched. He subconsciously imagined what Mr. Robert would be like. From the expressionless dead-looking face, a brown eyeball protruded from the left eye socket and was connected to the eye socket by clear veins. His right hand opened, and many scarlet tentacles crawled out to all directions…

“It’s the typical look of a monster… Necromancers are truly terrifying!”

“However, on second thought, they are also very cool and threatening, aren’t they?”

Weird thoughts bubbled up in Donnie’s heart and broke apart. Suddenly, he felt that his right sleeve was tightened, and he was refreshed, only to realize that Sammy was pulling it.

“Donnie, aren’t Mr. Robert special abilities supposed to be a secret? Why is Karl talking as if everybody knows it?” Even a drowsy and fuzzy young man like Sammy realized that something was not right and asked Donnie in a low voice.

Seeing that Karl was still talking too excitedly to notice their anomaly, Donnie said also in a low voice, “Karl is the descendant of a big shot…”

It was his speculation. After all, if Karl was a big shot himself and had done something great, he must have seen it from the news before.

Sammy nodded his head and stopped asking, not wondering which big shot’s son Karl was at all, because he was too sleepy at this moment to care about anything else. All he needed to know was that it was a big shot that he could not piss off. Also, Karl was introducing the mentors on body structure and genetic factors, not the field of souls and spirits, which he was interested in.

The ghost behind him, having been intimidated twice in a row, leaned to him wearily, as if it were also in need of sleep.

Listening to Karl and looking at Sammy’s trance-like expression, Donnie thought to himself, A man who can compare to an elven princess and a Back Spirit guy who likes to sleep more than anything. How weird my roommates are…

Iristine, the elven princess, had once given a speech in his school.

“Yes. Only you are normal.” An unexpected voice entered Donnie’s ears. He subconsciously nodded his head. Yes. I am the only normal person in this dormitory. Wait, who’s talking to me? How does he know what’s on my mind?

He turned around abruptly, only to discover that Fatty Jones was looking at him with a smile. He asked in shock, “When… When did you come?”

“Didn’t you invite me to select the courses with you?” Jones answered peacefully without being infuriated at all.

“Yes.” Donnie scratched his head like Sammy. But I’ve completely forgotten that! He’s indeed another…

“Indeed another weirdo roommate,” Jones continued with a smile.

Donnie’s face was frozen. “You can read my mind?”

“No. The bridge we are walking on is named ‘Path of Serenity’. When your emotions are too intense, your thoughts will echo in the corridor. This is a way that the mentors remind the students of the importance of tranquility in the research of necromancy. Otherwise, you will hurt both other people and yourself. Did you not hear the voice in your heart?” Jones pointed at the black and white bridge.

The branches up ahead led to the teaching tower and the experiment tower respectively. There were no windows. Vague light emanated from the bricks on the wall and the floor, giving a cold and chilling feeling.

Donnie listened carefully. There was indeed a distant voice of “indeed another…” in the air. He looked at Karl and Sammy embarrassedly, only to discover that one of them was too busy talking and the other was simply nodding his head. Neither of them noticed anything else.

“Thank god they did not hear that…” Donnie was relieved.

“Are you not worried about me?” A plain but strange voice echoed again.

Taken aback, Donnie turned around and looked at Jones, realizing that he had forgotten the guy again!

“I… I’m sorry.” As an honest, normal young man with boundaries, Donnie hurried to apologize.

Jones waved his hands and smiled. “It’s alright. I actually quite like my specialty. At the very least, even the enemies will forget about me when I am in danger. I once encountered the scorpion men when I traveled in the southern desert with my friends. After a fierce battle, both parties retreated, and I was forgotten and left at the center of the battlefield…”

“But as a result, I don’t think any girls can remember you, can they? If you are married in the future, will your wife forget that she has a husband?” Donnie asked curiously.

Jones’ face became rigid. He smiled bitterly. “Let’s not talk about such a poignant subject…

“That’s why I chose necromancy. I hope to study blood powers and modify my body. I have to transform the special talent into an ability that I can control.”

“Good luck,” Donnie said sincerely. “By the way, what’s your name?”

“Jones. I have introduced myself to you many times…” Jones’ voice was as predictable as a ghost.

“Have you? Why do I only remember the time in the dormitory? But I only remember that you introduced yourself but cannot remember the specific content…” Donnie more and more felt that everybody in his dormitory was a freak except himself!

The four of them entered the teaching tower along the Path of Serenity and found the place where the courses were selected.

“Aya, the distance is too short. I’ve only introduced half of the mentors, and I haven’t talked about any of the classes yet. That’s not my fault. It’s only because certain mentors have too many files…” Karl said regretfully.

That’s because you rambled too much. You have told us everything about Mr. Robert’s brother’s neighbor’s boss’s wife… Donnie thought to himself. Then, his eyes glittered, and he found himself in a room that was full of strange devices. Such devices were the size of desks and covered in silver or black metal shells. Before them, two flickering lights were flashing. Above them was a metal plate similar to the stream screen.

“What is this?” Donnie looked at Karl. He must know the answer and would be glad to offer it!

Karl’s face was full of excitement again, making him as glowing and attractive as the sun. “This is an artificial intelligence that has mixed certain soul pieces. It is so much more fun than those which are being popularized…”

“Artificial intelligence?” Sammy’s body shivered. His eyes were wide open, and his sleepiness was gone.

Donnie was also excited. Was it the legendary artificial intelligence?

“How do I use it?” Donnie interrupted Karl’s interpretation.

Karl did not go mad. He stopped before one of the machines, took off the badge of pale fire on his chest, and placed it on a dent above the “artificial intelligence”.

Then, the red and green lights flashed much more intensely, and an unemotional voice echoed, “Welcome to use artificial intelligence. How can I help you, Mr. Karl?”

“Give me the menu.” Karl turned back and smiled at Donnie and Sammy, who were dazzled again.

“Alright.” This time, the metal plate similar to the stream screen unleashed colorful brilliant lights and gathered into a hologram in the air. There were many icons that were marked with different words on it.

“There are the course selection system, the game system, the test system, and many others in it. You can have a try yourself…” Karl said quickly while he extended his right hand to point at an icon in the air with his narrow, long forefinger. Immediately, the light and shadow on the hologram changed, and cubes in different colors and shapes fell from the top like toys.

Watching Karl move his fingers quickly on the hologram as if he were casting spells and hearing his uninterrupted introduction, Donnie somehow felt that he had been caught in an illusion.

“Is this the game of ‘artificial intelligence’? It seems rather interesting, isn’t it?” Sammy focused his eyes on the hologram.

Shaking his head, Donnie walked to another “artificial intelligence” and put the college badge in the slot like Karl did, asking the alchemical life to display the menu.

However, instead of playing the game, he went straight into the course selection system and found the field of “body structure and genetic factors”.

“Prerequisite courses?” Donnie clicked the option in confusion and saw a bunch of classes that he had to take.

“Electromagnetics, Magic Crystals, Application of X-Rays in the Observation of the Microworld, Basics of Quantum mechanics, Atoms, Molecules, and Cells: A Brief Introduction, Composition of Human Body, Dragons’ Body Structure…”

Reading the names of some of the classes, Donnie was so stunned that he could clearly sense the signature of Lucien Evans on them.

Why? Why did he have to learn those things even in the school of necromancy?