Chapter 1 The Air of Elliot Hall

The air in Elliot Hall was thick with the peculiar aroma of ink, parchment, and ancient books.

"There will be three lectures per week, each lasting two hours. Personally, I don't like attendance grades, nor do I want to waste time checking attendance. There needs to be mutual trust between people. However, Professor Bronk, the previous course leader, had already set attendance grades as 10% of the final score. So, for this semester's course, I will symbolically call the roll once, and I will delete everyone's previous attendance records, so that the attendance record can start anew."

Lanchi shifted his gaze from the ancient book to the student roster beside him, looking at the results of the previous attendance checks this semester.

Seeing that some students had already had attendance points deducted, he couldn't bear for the students to lose one or two points just like that.

After all, the final exam only accounts for 50% of the final score, and these attendance points are quite high, enough to affect whether the final grade is enough to get the highest rating.

Many students smiled. It seemed that this professor was very kind and laissez-faire, basically not caring whether the students came or not.

In that case, there was no need to waste their valuable research time in the classroom for many days. Everyone sitting here was a proud genius magic artificer of the Empire, and no one thought that such a young professor could be much better than them.

It seemed that not only would the pass rate for this semester be quite high, but there was also hope to get a very excellent GPA in the end.

A Level 4 course has a very high weight in both the weighted average grade and the GPA.

"The result of that one roll call will directly count for 10% of the score."

He added.

So he hoped everyone would be lucky enough to be there on the day he called the roll.

"..."

This gambling dog of a teacher.

Did that mean they had to come to every class from now on?

Was the so-called trust between people the ultimate psychological warfare!

The hubbub in the classroom gradually subsided, and all eyes focused on the man standing on the podium.

The expression on the tall, slender young man's face made it impossible to read his mood.

Originally, they thought he would be a relatively gentle professor, but now he seemed extremely radical. Although what he said about "balance of terror" was difficult to understand, he definitely didn't seem like a normal person.

Lanchi, the new professor at Saint Creathia Monastery, swept his gaze across the students below.

The simple self-introduction and interactive Q&A time had passed, and it was time for him to lead the class and begin his unique lecture.

"Whether it is in the Creathia Empire, or the Northern Kingdom Allied Council, or the Northern Continent, or even the unknown lands further north, people are always imagining the future, and this future should actually be frightening."

Lanchi murmured calmly,

"But most people are not afraid because they cannot understand the meaning behind it."

"Although my course is magical engineering, it is by no means just empty talk. You are the youngest magical engineering geniuses of the Empire, gathered here. I prefer to teach you how to apply the results of magical engineering to actual combat."

Before his voice faded, the classroom was already quiet, and then a soft murmur rose again.

Logically speaking, after graduation, they would indeed have an excellent job in the Creathia Empire, doing the most important and cutting-edge magical engineering research for the Empire, perhaps even related to war.

But listening to this professor, his course would directly fast forward to this step, guiding them to participate in the military industry!

"What is Landri Washington's background...?"

Some students began to be attracted by the professor's words, but most students still remained skeptical of this new professor.

"Why didn't someone who likes the military industry so much go directly to the weapons and equipment department of the Empire or the development department of the Special Operations Division, but instead came to Saint Creathia Monastery?"

"He looks like a calm madman. Would the headmaster let him do this?"

"If he really possesses the talent that matches his words, Headmaster Violet might prefer him to teach at the monastery rather than let him be transferred to the military."

As a newly arrived professor, he was not a well-known domain giant in the Creathia Empire, and he also had no practical research results.

Ultimately, it would be difficult for the students here to be convinced, and some students looked a little bored.

"Those sitting in this classroom today are all leaders in the field of Creathia magical engineering. However, it is not difficult to simply be an excellent magical engineer. What is difficult is to become a great magical engineer."

The gray-robed professor on the podium said earnestly to the elites in the classroom.

He looked around at the students below, including several young magical engineering talents that Headmaster Violet had mentioned to him during their meeting.

In the classroom, he also saw a slightly familiar figure—

Elsa Washington, who was Landri Washington's own younger sister.

She was sitting upright, staring intently at the podium.

However, after a brief exchange of glances, Lanchi stopped focusing on her.

After all, even if they were real relatives, he would not treat them specially in the classroom. This was his class.

Although Landri's younger sister was younger than the other seniors, the students who could have their names known and talked to by Headmaster Violet were probably not only because she was Landri's sister, but also because of her own potential, which gave her the opportunity to be valued by Violet.

Perhaps the Washington siblings both had outstanding talents.

"I hope that each of you can find a unique idea, an original thought of your own. Only in this way can you leave your mark on the history of magical engineering."

Lanchi then posed a challenge to the students.

"!"

These words were like a thunderclap, stirring up huge waves in the hearts of those arrogant geniuses.

They looked at each other, secretly pondering how to achieve what the professor said.

And in the eyes of many students below, strange lights flickered, as if they were confident and eager to try.

At this time, Saint Creathia Monastery, as the top university in the Southern Continent for hundreds of years, had a highly competitive and innovative academic style, and any young person with unique talent and ambition undoubtedly had goals.

Professor Landri's speech had already aroused and become their desire, a source of spiritual guidance and motivation.

"Then Professor, how can one become a magic artificer who leaves a mark on the history of magical engineering?"

Finally, a silver-haired noble lady in the back of the classroom raised her hand,

"Or, Professor, have you done it yourself?"

She asked.

Many students nodded slightly, looking at the professor on the podium.

This was undoubtedly a question that they were also concerned about.

"I have done it, but you don't even know me yet."

He simply answered, as if muttering to himself, with incomparable certainty and a sense of mission,

"As for the way to achieve this achievement for you, it seems very far away, but it is actually very close. After all, the Creathia Empire is currently undergoing a major change, and the topic I am researching will affect this change, and even become its core."

Professor Landri, who slowly turned around, did not choose to start writing on the huge whiteboard like a wall, but walked to one side of the classroom and began to write demonic characters on the glass window with a paint pen,

"As we all know, ancient demonic magical engineering is known for its creativity. It can be said to be the origin of magic, or rather, magic is inextricably linked to the demons."

He had already entered the state of lecturing, writing slowly on the transparent glass while looking at the students and saying.

Legend has it that humans did not know how to use magic at first, until the demons taught magic to humans, and humans began to have the power of magic.

However, excessive use of demonic magic would lead to human distortion, madness, and eventually becoming monsters. This theory can still be proven to this day.

After a long period of evolution and bloodline improvement, the ancient human magicians gradually improved and created the earliest human magical characters, allowing humans to use magic normally without paying a huge price.

And the demonic characters that the professor was writing at this moment seemed to be in a transitional stage between demonic magical characters and human magical characters.

Not only could humans not understand it, but even demons might not be able to understand it.

But for the students sitting here who chose to study this "Research on Demonic Magical Engineering," it was difficult for them to read the magical characters written by the professor during the evolution process between demonic magical characters and human magical characters, but they could surprisingly understand it.

They had not yet looked closely at the specific magical parts, but they had only interpreted its information—

This was an extremely sophisticated high-power chain explosion principle.

The natural light of the autumn morning shone in through the gaps in his writing, dazzling, but it made the students unable to look away, frowning and trying to read the black characters on the glass.

His magical engineering technology was modern, but his ideas and foundations were quite ancient.

All the students in the audience who could understand the content of the professor's writing at this moment knew the value of what the professor was writing at this moment!

This made the students couldn't help but want to ask him: Who are you?

All the students subconsciously locked their eyes on the huge glass window facing the professor, and some students directly picked up their pens and began to record their understanding.

According to the rules of Saint Creathia Monastery, without the professor's permission, video magic devices cannot be used to record or photograph classroom notes and lectures. On the one hand, it is the protection of intellectual property rights, and on the other hand, it can also urge students to focus more on thinking in class.

In the library-like quiet classroom, when the students looked around in confusion, felt that the principle given by the professor was mysterious and mysterious, and even doubted its authenticity.

"The graduation topic of this course is "The Modern Application of Demonic Magical Engineering for the Demolition of Illegal Buildings." I am informing you in advance that I will arrange the group assignments and distribute them this week in the form of group topics."

Professor Landri stopped writing after only writing an overview, and began to write normal Creathia Empire characters, and then put down the paint pen.

Although the professor's sudden stop of writing left the students with a lingering feeling, they were also glad that the professor did not write any more, giving them enough time to digest the information.

It seemed that some students understood at this time why the professor did not write on the whiteboard, but wrote it on the glass window of the classroom.

Because he wanted the students to have enough time to stay after this class to freely view the content written on the glass window.

If this arrogant behavior writes out content that is valuable enough, then not only will it not be erased like the notes on the board in the classroom, it may even be left in this classroom for a month, a semester, or even decades.

At the same time, he also welcomed all the teachers and students in the school who were interested in this topic to come to this classroom to watch the groundbreaking principles he had written!

However.

At this moment, the students' focus was more on the professor's words.

Some courses at Saint Creathia Monastery do not have a final exam, and the final grade accounts for 50%, depending on the graduation topic, which can be completed in an entire semester.

"The original plan for "Research on Demonic Magical Engineering" was to have an exam at the end of the semester, but after I took over, I changed it to a topic form."

Lanchi explained,

"You can start preparing now, and similarly, I will teach all the knowledge needed for this topic in class."

This form will reduce the pressure at the end of the semester, and it is also more open, and accordingly, it will test the actual application ability more than theoretical knowledge.

His words stirred up waves of sound in the classroom.

Although the professor by the floor-to-ceiling glass window said it so euphemistically.

But the other magic engineering students knew.

The professor euphemistically called the final topic "The Modern Application of Demonic Magical Engineering for the Demolition of Illegal Buildings."

In fact, in the modern war in the Southern Continent, the means of blasting that can destroy the defense tower are undoubtedly the top core topic in the military industry!

Once a new type of high-performance bomb is developed, it will not only be named in the history of magical engineering, but also be highly valued by the Creathia Empire military.

And Landri's demonstration and public coursework was undoubtedly an olive branch to them. He wanted to find the most talented students in the Creathia Empire to join his military industrial experiment.

"Lanchi, are you crazy? You are teaching the principles of your blasting stunts to the Imperials. Do you really want to be awarded by the Creathia Empire? What if they research something and use it to fight the alliance?"

Talia originally thought that Lanchi would use other methods to mobilize the students' enthusiasm, but she did not expect that he would show his strength as soon as he came up. This kind of behavior may have almost reached the point of betraying the alliance!

"Don't worry, as long as this research shows some signs of improvement in the Empire, the Allied spies will naturally get the information. By then, through Miss Unity's hand, I can easily let the Allied forces grasp the progress and results on the Empire's side."

Lanchi smiled easily in his heart, not feeling anything wrong at all.

"..."

Talia thought about it, and it seemed to be the case.

Even if Lanchi releases the research results on the Allied side, the spies on the Empire side will get it sooner or later.

Then it would be better to directly use the Empire's manpower and resources to do research on the Empire's side, and then share it with the Kingdom side.

Not only can it attract the Empire's attention, but it also makes it difficult for people to doubt Professor Landri's contribution and loyalty to the Empire.

"And Tata, have you noticed that many of the students here are descendants of great nobles and important ministers. In order to complete the topic, they may really help me find illegal buildings..."

Lanchi added to Talia.

"...You!"

Talia was shocked.

This kid's topic name seems to be a literal meaning.

He wants to use all means, to mobilize the power within the Empire, to use resources and connections, to obtain the coordinates of Blood Moon City, and then blast it!