Nord stood beside the abandoned building, quietly watching the last few figures gradually disappear into the distance.

The sky had darkened, and silence returned to the surroundings.

Nord muttered to himself.

"It's been 26 days, there are only 4 days left."

Once thirty days have passed, the certification of the Micro-Echo Reagent will be considered truly complete.

Thinking of this, he slowly exhaled and prepared to turn around and head to the Seventh Potions Workshop.

But the next moment, his ears twitched slightly, and he suddenly stopped.

In the still of the night, a very light footstep is slowly approaching from afar.

Although the other party deliberately concealed it, it could not escape Nord's perception.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the corner of the wall not far away.

"Who?"

A moment later, a figure emerged from the shadows.

"it's me."

Kyle stopped hiding and, with a smile on his face, jogged over.

"Oh, it's Kyle. Didn't you go back?"

Kyle turned his head and looked around, but found nothing unusual.

He lowered his voice and said slowly:

"Someone offered me 150 magic stones to sabotage your potion demonstration tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Nord's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Kyle.

"Who is it?"

Kyle shook his head.

"I don't know, they didn't say."

As he spoke, he pulled a transparent vial from his pocket.

"This was given to me by the other party."

Nord looked at the potion in Kyle's hand and reached out to take it.

However, the next moment, Kyle suddenly pulled his hand back.

Nord frowned as he watched him put the potion back into his pocket.

"What do you mean by that?"

Kyle, however, said with a serious expression:

"I received the magic stones from them, so I can't give these to you."

He patted his chest, looking completely self-righteous.

I need it again tomorrow.

The air was quiet for a moment.

Nord looked at him, and Kyle met his gaze without any hesitation, even grinning.

"Then why did you come to tell me?"

Upon hearing this, Kyle immediately began to seriously count on his fingers.

"Look, you're giving me a free 30-day trial, plus ten potions and thirty magic stones."

As he said this, he couldn't help but smack his lips.

"These combined cannot be less than one hundred and fifty magic stones."

As he spoke, Kyle looked up and grinned at Nord.

"Furthermore, I hope to be able to drink the Glimmering Echo potion in the future."

"That's why I'm telling you this."

Nord listened to Kyle, his face expressionless.

"So, you're betting on both sides?"

Upon hearing this, Kyle immediately clapped his hands.

"Don't put it so harshly. You pay, I'll do the job."

"They asked me to mess with you, and I agreed."

"I agreed to let you test the drug on me."

At this point, Kyle suddenly shrugged, looking completely innocent.

"Anyway, I've taken care of things. As for whether there were any problems, that's none of my business."

He grinned, a smile that even carried a hint of street-smart cunning.

"We'll see."

"I didn't contact you tonight."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Nord watched Kyle's disappearing figure and shook his head slightly.

Then, as if nothing had happened, they continued walking towards the potion workshop.

However, they hadn't gone very far.

Another person appeared before them.

Ron.

……

The next day, afternoon.

Nord distributed the medicine as usual.

After more than twenty days of trials, everyone had long since lost the initial tension and wariness.

There's even an added expectation.

Soon, everyone took the medicine.

Gray had just entered a meditative state when he sensed something was wrong; the meditation wasn't as effective as before.

But what no one noticed was that one person, seeing everyone enter a meditative state, secretly swallowed a transparent potion.

next moment.

"ah!!!"

A piercing scream suddenly shattered the silence of the building.

The group, who had already entered a meditative state, were suddenly awakened.

Look in the direction from which the screams came.

Joanna suddenly fell to the ground, clutching her head tightly with both hands, her body convulsing violently.

"My head... my head!!"

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Her face was deathly pale, and the veins on her forehead were bulging, as if she were enduring some kind of intense pain.

At the same time, the monitoring crystal on her chest suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light!

A sharp sound instantly reverberated throughout the entire building!

drop!drop!drop!

The building instantly descended into chaos.

"What's going on?!"

"Joanna!"

Irene's expression changed drastically, and she was the first to rush over.

Gray also suddenly stood up.

"What's wrong with her?!"

The others also got into a panic and rushed over.

Even Kyle looked shocked at the scene before him.

He had originally planned to secretly take the drug during his meditation.

But seeing Joanna's pained expression and the turmoil in her mental energy field now, it's clear that it wasn't a disguise.

Rather, this medicine is definitely not what those two people said yesterday, that it would cause headaches for several days.

In that instant, a chill ran through Kyle's heart.

At the same time, I gained a new understanding of the cruelty of the wizarding world.

Joanna is still wailing in pain.

He couldn't even control the demonic pressure emanating from his body.

This is a precursor to the collapse of the mental power model.

Just then, footsteps suddenly came from outside the abandoned building.

Immediately afterwards, a slightly surprised voice suddenly rang out.

"This is a tremor of demonic energy caused by damage to the mental sea."

Everyone turned around abruptly and saw Soren appearing outside the abandoned building with seven or eight wizard apprentices.

His gaze immediately fell on Joanna.

Then he looked at the constantly flashing detection crystal on her chest.

Finally, their gaze fell upon Nord.

"I knew it, there was something wrong with your meditation potion."

Soren slowly turned around and looked at the apprentices who were watching.

"Meditation is inherently dangerous. Taking medication haphazardly can easily disrupt or even severely damage one's mental energy."

"At best, it will cause mental damage; at worst, it will cause the mental energy model to collapse."

He paused deliberately for a moment as he said this, then looked at Joanna again.

At this moment, Joanna was still curled up on the ground in pain, her body trembling constantly.

Soren shook his head slightly, his tone even carrying a hint of regret.

"Judging from her current state, there's a high chance she won't be able to save her mental energy model."

As he spoke, he looked at Nord again.

His voice suddenly turned cold.

"You, a mere third-level apprentice, dare to presume to claim you've developed a completely new potion."

"Now, someone has already been harmed like this by you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the wizard apprentices beside him immediately showed expressions of anger.

"The monitoring crystal is glowing red like this; this isn't just a normal danger level, is it?"

"Yeah, a level three apprentice, researching potions? I think he should just study for a few more years first!"

"What a pity for such a life."

"The research on this dangerous drug should be stopped immediately, and law enforcement should even severely punish those responsible."

Gray panicked and rushed out.

"fart!"

"Everyone else is perfectly fine!"

"We've been drinking it for over twenty days and there's never been a problem."

"Joanna... Joanna must have had some other reason for this."

Soren gave him a cold look.

"The side effects of all medications can accumulate."

"Now that the facts are clear, who can guarantee that people who take it in the future won't experience the same problems?"

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