novelraw Chapter 57
Chapter 57
57. Elemental Reaction Theory
The next class was Elemental Reaction Theory.
The teacher for this course was an elf named Lila.
Lila was lively and cute. She didn't look like a teacher at all and quickly bonded with the students.
"So-called Elemental Reaction Theory is about how combining different elemental magics can produce unexpected effects."
Lila held a fireball in her left hand and a water ball in her right. She brought the two together, and something magical happened. They merged into a single mass of white steam.
"This is the reaction between fire elements and water elements. This gas not only possesses high temperature, but the high pressure inside can also deal damage to enemies that shouldn't be underestimated."
Lila smiled faintly. She gently tossed the fist-sized mass of steam upward. The next moment, the steam exploded with a boom, sending up a surging wave of heat that made everyone's hair in the room dance wildly. Even the temperature in the classroom rose significantly.
"Mm, the reaction between elements is definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two. Elemental Reaction Theory is ultimately based on theory. Today's homework is for everyone to go back and research what phenomena occur when different quantities of fire elements and water elements react."
Lila exhaled lightly. Instantly, a refreshing breeze swept through the room, dispersing the steam.
"Isn't this too hard?"
Lila's lecture was vivid and interesting. Everyone was focused, and a class passed in no time.
During the break, Meng Lian curiously flipped through the thick textbook on Elemental Reaction Theory. She discovered that later chapters covered things like dark elements and light elements. It even taught how to fuse equivalent amounts of dark elements and light elements to hand-craft a dark matter bomb. It left Meng Lian dumbfounded.
Of course, Elemental Reaction Theory was still mainly theoretical. The textbook was full of dense numbers, symbols, and formulas. Just looking at it made Meng Lian feel a bit dizzy.
"It really is hard, but what's the point of this kind of class? Are we supposed to calculate while fighting in the future?"
Shen Ning on the side couldn't help but complain.
Hearing this, Meng Lian involuntarily thought of a scene: two witches dueling. At the critical moment of life and death, one witch suddenly pulls out a calculator to figure out what equivalent of dark elements creates the most powerful dark matter bomb, while the opponent just lobs a fireball the size of a star at her. Just thinking about that scene was hilarious.
The learning process was always boring and dull. On the first day of school, the courses were almost all theory-based. After a whole day, Meng Lian had only learned the Fireball spell.
However, there was one class that left a deep impression on Meng Lian. It was the last class of the day, Dark Magic Defense.
Witches had a very interesting definition of black magic. For a witch, as long as it was an opponent, whatever magic the opponent used was black magic, even if you were a necromancer and the opponent was a holy light mage.
In short, anything that could cause harm to oneself was black magic.
Mm, very much in line with the witch style.
So Dark Magic Defense was actually a course teaching you how to defend against various magics.
Meng Lian's Dark Magic Defense teacher was quite interesting. Her name was Neil, and she was from the dragon race. According to the curriculum, the first lesson of defense class should be teaching how to defend against elemental magic attacks. But Neil skipped this step entirely and taught Meng Lian and the others how to defend against mental attacks.
According to Neil, elemental magic attacks were simply the lowest level of magic. That kind of damage couldn't kill you even if you tanked it. Just drink a recovery potion and you'd be fully revived.
However, Meng Lian looked at the red dragon horns on Neil's forehead and was momentarily speechless.
Wait, you are a dragon. You have thick skin and flesh. Of course you can tank it.
But Meng Lian dared to swear that with her small frame, taking one hit from the steam bomb Lila demonstrated earlier would probably leave her skinned alive if not dead.
Neil's choice to teach defense against mental attacks first was also easy to understand. She was a dragon, with a powerful physical body. Correspondingly, her mental aspect was relatively weaker. So she considered mental defense the most important thing.
However, there were exceptions. When Neil saw Gabriel and looked at the Sky Ring behind her, she fell silent for a moment.
"You go preview the content for the next class. You are from the Sky Ring Tribe. You don't need to take this class."
After all, the Sky Ring Tribe was almost naturally immune to mental attacks. If someone could kill a Sky Ring Tribe member from a mental level, it meant the attacker was definitely powerful beyond reason. Whether you defended or not didn't matter much anymore.
Hearing this, Gabriel had to step aside.
Neil brought Class 3 to a very spacious classroom. There were no desks here, only a vertical black coffin.
Neil had the students line up. As the Class Monitor, Meng Lian was naturally placed first by Neil.
"Inside this is a Wuwubo. They live in illusions. They can transform into whatever a person fears most based on the fear in their hearts, then take that opportunity to pull people into an illusion and feed on their fear."
"Wuwubos are not aggressive and won't harm your bodies at all. At most, they'll give you nightmares for a few days. I'm going to release the Wuwubo now. They will pull you into an illusion. You have to rely on your own will to walk out of the illusion. I will record the time it takes for you to exit. The shorter the time, the stronger your mental power, and the easier it will be for you to learn mental defense magic."
No wonder she shooed Gabriel aside. With Gabriel's Sky Ring Tribe racial talent, the Wuwubo definitely couldn't pull her in.
But an illusion? I'm familiar with that!
I enter one every night.
I wonder how this Wuwubo's illusion compares to Nordlin.
For a moment, Meng Lian actually felt a bit expectant.
"You are the Class Monitor, you go first. Remember, don't be scared by what the Wuwubo transforms into. Get out of the illusion as soon as possible."
Neil said seriously, then pulled open the coffin lid. Soon, a mass of black mist emerged. In Meng Lian's expectant pupils, a figure slowly walked out.
Wait, why is this so familiar?
White hair, red eyes, and a crazy smile on her face.
Holy crap, Katya?!
Meng Lian was truly shocked. The surrounding students, seeing this scene, were also confused.
Why did a beautiful girl come out?
But honestly, she was pretty good-looking.
"Big Sister, I've looked for you for so long!"
"Katya" let out a manic sound, exactly like in Nordlin. Hearing this, Meng Lian's little heart couldn't help but tremble.
Big Sister?
Gabriel, Jiang Jiang, and Shen Ning all felt their hearts stir upon hearing this. They all looked simultaneously at Meng Lian, discovering that her face was currently full of an awkward smile.
The surrounding students also smelled the scent of gossip and began discussing among themselves.
"Who is this? Why is this what the Class Monitor fears most?"
Nonsense, if you were cooked by her for so many days, you'd be scared too.
"I don't know, but she called the Class Monitor 'Big Sister'? And looking at the Class Monitor's expression, she looks like she was caught cheating. Is there something fishy going on here?"
Fishy your sister! What do you mean 'caught cheating'! There's nothing between her and me!
"Hehehe, sisters combo, hehehe."
Phoeby, don't think I don't know that's your lewd smile!
Meng Lian was numb right now. She looked at the "Katya" transformed by the Wuwubo, momentarily at a loss for what to do.
Just then, "Katya" slowly walked toward Meng Lian. Just as she was about to touch Meng Lian, "Katya" seemed to see something extremely terrifying. She shrieked, and her figure instantly disintegrated, turning into a mass of black mist that drilled back into the coffin. Finally, she didn't forget to close the coffin lid from inside.
What the heck?
Meng Lian had just prepared herself, but this Wuwubo actually fled before the battle even started. It gave Meng Lian a sense of powerlessness, like hitting cotton.
"Teacher..."
Neil looked at the golden vertical pupils now visible in Meng Lian's eyes and fell into silence.
Holy crap, Sky Mirage True Demon Pupils!
Is this class hacking or what?