Henny stood on the floating cloud platform and looked around.
The magic books surrounding her were constantly releasing all kinds of magic, and the chaotic magic power rapidly twisted and tangled in the air.
Several ring-like spells spun around her. The different colored magic powers collided with each other, and waves of air burst out from the spells again and again.
The floating rocks around were pushed back by the surging magic power, and even the shapes of the scattered clouds changed along with it. Wherever the magic swept across, ripples like raised reefs were revealed.
Henny stood in this chaos of magic power, completely at ease, even as if she were a fish in water.
She held the heavy magic book and kept drawing something on it.
Her whole body almost burrowed into the book, and a bit of fanatic desire showed in her serious eyes.
Haim Horn felt a little surprised. He had never seen someone so obsessed with knowledge.
In that chaotic flow of magic power, a normal person would choose to retreat early.
After all, life was more important.
But what shocked him even more was that Henny seemed to accept all that knowledge without refusing anything.
Because after the scale was taken away, the thick magic power that had originally supported the scale completely burst out.
It kept gathering and compressing in that small room, and in the end caused such a terrible explosion.
The books stored in the fourth tier magic area had already fallen into extreme chaos, and the bookshelves were blown to pieces, scattering the magic books everywhere.
Haim Horn could only stand there and watch Henny. More accurately, he watched the magic books floating around her.
Those books that recorded fourth tier magic were even taking the initiative to move closer to Henny.
Naturally, Henny memorized all the contents of these spells.
Haim Horn was a bit stunned. He felt that the worldview he was familiar with seemed to be breaking apart.
Had she not just become a third tier mage? How could she even understand fourth tier magic?
Was she not worried at all that she would be drowned by this knowledge?
Then Haim Horn bent down and asked Cocotte beside him, "Has she always been like this?"
Cocotte lay on the cloud, rolled over once, then sat up and said helplessly, "She really likes knowledge."
You could tell from how she asked questions every day and studied so diligently.
Cocotte had never seen anyone more hardworking than her.
"Three months ago, she was just an apprentice with no magic talent."
"But her knowledge reserve is so large that even some third tier mages are not as good as her."
That was the truth. When Viktor taught classes, it was even Henny who helped him prepare the lessons.
According to the standard of a third tier mage.
And…
At this point, Cocotte pressed her lips together and did not continue.
Maybe because she had just entered the world of mages, she felt some fear toward this hard won achievement.
So even though she was already a true third tier mage, Henny still kept that same persistence and effort.
Haim Horn felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Trembling shock and numb helplessness ran up his spine and rushed straight to his brain.
'This... this is not right, is it?'
A magic apprentice, relying on self study, could actually master the theory of third tier magic?
But what confused him more was what Cocotte had said, that three months ago Henny did not have any magic talent at all.
For this, Haim Horn could only think of Viktor.
Perhaps he had done something to awaken the magic talent hidden inside Henny.
Haim asked, "How did he do it?"
The one he asked about was naturally Viktor.
According to what Cocotte said, Henny only transformed after meeting Viktor.
So Henny's change must have something to do with Viktor.
Hearing Haim's question, Cocotte suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
She grabbed the cloud with both hands and replied in a soft voice, "Uh, about that… actually, I'm not very clear on what Viktor did exactly."
But…
Cocotte's cheeks turned red, and she turned her head to the side.
"Actually, Henny isn't human."
'Hm?'
Haim Horn felt confused.
No matter how you looked at her, Henny looked exactly like a human.
'A demi human?'
'Impossible. Demi humans did not have that kind of intelligence.'
It could not be an elf either. He did not sense even a bit of natural energy from her.
There were almost no other races that looked like humans but were not human.
But this was Haim Horn after all, a councilor.
An old mage who had lived for hundreds of years had seen a lot.
He suddenly froze. His voice went out of shape, his tone trembled, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
There was indeed one race that could grow stronger very quickly, looked like humans, and was extremely sensitive to magic.
"A… succubus?"
Cocotte nodded with a red face.
Seeing Cocotte's reaction, Haim Horn quickly turned his gaze toward Henny.
He looked at her carefully several times.
She was still surrounded by magic and books, studying tirelessly.
Ever since becoming a third tier mage, she no longer needed that thick robe to cover the charm she could not control.
So her sinful figure was now fully shown.
Although not a single bit of skin was exposed, under her usual clothes, her upright posture looked even more eye catching.
No, cannot look too much.
Confirmed. She really is a succubus.
The charm that naturally flowed from Henny was simply impossible to resist.
Even he, a genderless old mage who had lived for hundreds of years, had almost lost consciousness.
But when he thought about it again, he felt that Viktor was even more impressive.
A succubus needed to absorb the spiritual power of living beings to strengthen her magic.
And every time a human was drained by a succubus, the magic power inside their body would decrease accordingly.
Most importantly, a succubus could only increase her magic by satisfying her desire through some indescribable act.
How on earth did Viktor make this succubus become a third tier mage in just three months?
Had he not been drained dry yet?
"Viktor, is he really human?"
No family's ox could plow the field like that.
Facing Haim Horn's soul questioning, Cocotte did not know how to answer.
'Wait, a succubus?'
'Could a succubus have such high morals?'
'Then just now…'
Haim Horn thought about the pure white holy light that the scale emitted during the test, and then thought about Viktor touching the scale.
Got it. That scale must have been broken.
If it was gone, then it was gone.
Haim Horn felt bitter inside.
At this time, Henny had already finished recording the floating spells.
She gently stroked the books around her, then crawled out from the pile of books.
The books still swayed in the air, as if they were very happy to have received Henny's attention.
Henny tightly hugged the huge recording book in her arms and walked toward Haim Horn.
"Sorry, Councilor Horn. When I saw these spells, I could not help myself."
"However, I have almost sorted these out. As for the rest, it will still take some time."
Haim Horn was still thinking about the relationship between Henny and Viktor.
When he noticed Henny coming over, he realized that she had already solved everything.
She had even taken the initiative to organize those magic books.
"Ah… th thank you very much, Miss Henny."
Although compared to the chaotic magic of the entire library, what she sorted was not even a tiny fraction.
Haim Horn was still moved.
For hundreds of years, he had stayed in the library for hundreds of years.
Almost every day he had to sort out the magic books inside.
But he had never seen someone willing to help under such chaos.
Wasn't this much better than Cocotte who only knew how to sleep?
What is an angel? This is an angel.
The scale was still accurate.
But when he thought that the scale was accurate and was still taken away by Viktor in the end, Haim Horn's heart hurt even more.
———
Endymion was a huge domain high in the sky, suspended between the blue heavens.
In the middle of Endymion, a massive sky city stood out of thin air.
From top to bottom, it was divided into seven areas.
Most mages who came to the City of Mages moved around within these seven areas.
Because only these seven layers of space were the true City of Mages.
Rhea Canyon, also called Magic Canyon, was the territory of the Storm Dragon King.
It was only used to test whether mages could pass the examination to join the Council.
Only after crossing that canyon could one truly arrive at Endymion.
Outside Endymion were areas full of strange, spectacular, and dangerous regions.
The place where Viktor and Ryan arrived was a huge floating island outside the City of Mages.
[Twilight Sky Domain]
This was one of the most dangerous air domains around Endymion.
The surrounding terrain looked like the world after collapse or reconstruction, in complete chaos.
Floating broken rocks shone under purple fluorescent light, and between giant rocks, magic linked them together like flesh and blood.
However, the huge floating island was clearly different from the sandstone in the air. Its whole body showed a white color with a slight green tint, and faint light rose from it, giving people a mysterious feeling.
Many dangerous magical creatures lived here.
Countless monsters that looked like two hands stuck together had grown legs and were running rapidly along the rock walls. Their huge bodies and legs worked together, like densely packed spiders.
There were also creatures with three huge mouths on their faces sticking out their tongues. Their bodies were as thick as pythons.
Ryan was a bit dumbfounded, as if he had not yet recovered from what just happened.
'What is going on?'
In just a blink of an eye, they were already outside the City of Mages?
Just as Ryan was thinking, a roar echoed through the strange floating island like thunder, interrupting his thoughts.
Ryan stood there blankly for a moment, completely confused.
He felt a powerful and familiar force.
Turning his head, he saw the giant dragon hidden between the white boulders and purple floating rocks.
"Damn!"
Ryan looked ahead in shock and could not help but curse.
Although councilors generally had high morals, dwarf craftsmen liked to swear when they were shocked to express their emotions.
There, in the dim air, a dark dragon was coiled.
That dragon had nine heads, and its body looked like several giant dragons tightly twisted together.
The nine dragon heads were raised high, and the whole body was covered with trembling scales that glowed purple.
They had come straight to the Dragon King's doorstep.
Countless scales trembled along with the dragon's deep roar. As they shook, purple dust spread out in all directions.
Those indistinguishable dragon claws waved wildly in the air, as if trying to tear the whole world apart.
The thick dragon tail was even more shocking. Just by looking at it, you could feel a strong sense of threat, as if the entire island was trembling under its movement.
The huge dragon tail twisted together was extremely thick. Just looking at it made people feel that it could split the whole island apart.
Ryan was completely stunned. His body turned stiff like stone.
'You said we would prepare first. How did we teleport straight to the Dragon King's doorstep.'
'How are we supposed to fight this?'
Viktor, however, still stood calmly in front of the dragon, his coat behind him whipping wildly in the wind.
Five differently colored patterns covered the entire surface of the coat. Endless magic elements echoed around it, as if turning into fierce beasts.
Viktor slightly turned his head and glanced at Ryan from the corner of his eye.
"Ready to start recording?"
Ryan looked at his beard being blown up into the air, his mouth forced open by the wind, eyes wide, and struggled to look at Viktor.
'Prepare to fight in this kind of environment!?'
'Are you joking!'
Seeing that Ryan did not respond, Viktor did not say anything more.
The natural elements around them began to grow violent, as if gathering behind Viktor into some higher mysterious existence.
Vega let out a sharp laugh, and the light under his single eye glowed with deep blue.
At this moment, he had already formed a magic link with Viktor.
Several exquisite and complex magic arrays quickly formed behind Viktor.
Layer upon layer of formations merged together, then split and reorganized again.
Obscure runes flowed within the formations, flashing with different colors, making them look even more complex and mysterious.
Intertwined patterns stretched across the magic arrays like tangled tree roots.
The terrifying magic power that spread for hundreds of miles now looked like art carved on stone, rapidly taking on a strict shape.
The Chaos Dragon King felt the huge threat brought by the surging magic power. Even the scales on its body seemed to grow restless.
That terrifying magic gathered into a blooming rose of different colors. Chaotic petals scattered across the white island like jewels flying everywhere.
At the very center of the rose, it was like a golden star flickering. Thick natural energy gathered within it and gradually became calm.
The rose slowly shrank until Viktor gently held it in his hand.
A flash of blue passed through his eyes, and his calm voice sounded softly.
"Councilor Kent, didn't you say you wanted to record the magic I release?"
He calmly looked at the rose in his hand, then lightly tossed it toward the dragon.
The magic power of the entire world seemed to completely freeze at this moment.
Only the multicolored rose moved forward in the slow flow of time, along with Viktor's voice.
"Then use this Chaos Dragon King and watch as much as you want."
[War Magic: The Golden Rose That Sings of the Galaxy]