Who taught him to restore his country like this?

Talulah stared in disbelief at the shattered lava golem.

She simply couldn't believe the blonde woman was capable of shattering the lava golem.

She whirled around, her angry gaze shooting like arrows at the middle-aged man from the Grey Mage's Academy at the edge of the training field: "You cheated!"

The middle-aged man remained expressionless and ignored her accusations.

The blonde woman had no intention of explaining to her, and pointed her wand.

A dense barrage of wind blades shot out.

Talulah had overused arcane magic, and her body was already somewhat overloaded, making it impossible for her to dodge the dense attacks.

The blonde woman looked at Talulah, who made no move to dodge, and a slow smile appeared on her lips.

'I won!'

"I won."

"I won!"

Her overwhelming joy and Talulah's icy voice rang out at the same time!

The blonde woman was taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying aura that sent shivers down her spine descended! She looked up in horror—

boom!!!

A giant rock foot, twice the size of the previous stone golem, slammed into the ground. Amidst the billowing dust, a terrifying ten-meter-tall stone golem rose from the earth, like a demon god descending to earth.

Talulah stood atop the new golem's shoulder, her face pale, but her eyes were as cold as frost, looking down at her indifferently.

The giant rock golem's massive, mountain-like arms, carrying a deathly shadow that could crush everything, crashed down with a deafening roar! The air was compressed, producing a piercing explosion.

"We lost."

Just as the giant fist was about to engulf the blonde woman, the middle-aged man from the Grey Demon Academy appeared in the arena like a ghost. He simply raised his hand, and the unstoppable rock arm shattered as if it had struck an invisible barrier.

He conceded defeat, but his gaze bypassed the collapsed stone arm and landed precisely on Ron at the edge of the training ground.

Ron met his gaze, a faint, indifferent smile playing on his lips.

"Professor Barton, please brew some potions for them. I will personally explain things to Greymage House."

The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze, gave Barton a brief instruction, and then turned and left with the ashen-faced, still-shaken blonde woman.

Barton watched the two figures disappear into the distance, a complex and helpless smile on his face.

At that moment, the giant stone golems on the training ground vanished like quicksand, and Ron quickly stepped forward to catch Talulah as she fell from the sky.

"Mr. Gatling, we won!"

Leaning against Ron, Talulah's face beamed with the joy of victory.

"Hmm, not bad."

Ron put Talulah down and nodded slightly, his tone carrying a hint of approval.

"Professor Gatling, was that you just now...?" Talulah gasped for breath, her eyes sparkling with excitement and curiosity.

“We’ll talk about it when we get back.” Ron interrupted her questioning, turning his gaze to Barton who was walking over.

Barton looked at Ron and asked, "So, what kind of potion do you need me to concoct?"

Chapter 98 Elemental Puppets

The contest was over, and Patton accepted his defeat.

Because Barton decided to join the Grey Demon Academy and could no longer stay at the Secret Star Academy, Talulah took Barton back to the Arcane Academy.

In the apothecary at the Arcane Academy, Barton carefully examined the medicinal herbs Talulah had brought, his brow furrowed. Even with over a decade of experience in alchemy, he couldn't immediately guess what kind of potion Ron intended to concoct.

"This is a new type of magic potion that has not yet been released to the market. I hope you can sign a secret agreement with me."

After asking Talulah to leave the room, Ron took out a parchment contract that shimmered with a magical glow.

Alchemists generally reject secret contracts, as this is a questioning of their credibility and a limitation on their exploration of knowledge.

Normally, if Barton hears someone asking him to sign a secret pact, he will refuse to brew potions for them.

However, since he was now making medicine for Ron as part of a competition bet, he wasn't so averse to the secret contract.

After a moment's thought, Patton signed the secret agreement.

By signing this secret agreement, he was prohibited from disclosing any information about the new potion in any form, nor was he allowed to concoct the potion without his employer's permission.

"The potion I'm going to concoct is called the Soul-Transforming Potion. It's a potion that can temporarily transform a person's soul into the soul of the deceased by using the residual soul energy of the dead."

Ron put away the secret contract and told them about the potion he was going to make.

After hearing this, Barton's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

This description sounds... vaguely familiar.

"Is there a problem?" Ron asked.

“No problem, please continue,” Barton said.

"There's nothing more to say. Just follow the steps on this page to refine it."

Ron handed over a piece of parchment covered in tiny writing, which detailed the order in which each herb should be added, the precise timing down to the second, and the key points for controlling the heat.

This is a low-end prescription that he redeemed with reputation points; it's good enough as long as it works.

With Barton's experience as a high-level alchemist, and the help of the prescription, it shouldn't be too difficult to make.

……

Outside the alchemy room.

Talulah paced back and forth like a restless cat. Her thoughts were completely absorbed in the competition that had just taken place.

When the blonde woman cheated and the lava golem collapsed, she was indeed devastated and even prepared to accept defeat.

However, at that critical moment, a powerful and mysterious life energy suddenly flowed into her body, instantly activating the rune array she had set up beforehand, which had dimmed. It also allowed her to miraculously condense the giant stone golem with double the power, turning the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

That life energy... was a perfect match for her arcane power. It not only doubled the puppet's strength, but also gave her the illusion that she could remotely revive the destroyed molten golem.

That feeling of comfort and abundance emanating from the depths of her soul was so wonderful that even now, just thinking about it makes her tremble slightly with excitement…

The Arcane Academy did attempt to incorporate life magic into arcane magic, but the results were like pouring a glass of water into a lake—the effect was minimal.

Ron's life magic, however, was like a tsunami that could instantly boil an entire ocean, completely overturning Talulah's understanding of the upper limit of arcane power.

She felt that if she learned Ron's life magic, her strength could be raised to a higher level.

She couldn't wait to learn this amazing life magic!

Just then, the door to the alchemy room creaked open.

"Mr. Gatling."

Talulah rushed to Ron like an arrow released from a bow. Without saying a word, she knelt down with a thud, her remaining left eye shining with an extremely fervent light: "Please teach me that life magic!"

Ron casually closed the door, looked down at Talulah, and said calmly, "Sixth-tier magic, you can't learn it at your level."

"Then... a fifth-tier spell with a similar effect?" Talulah asked.

"No."

"What about the fourth tier?"

"No."

"Eh..." Talulah's face fell instantly, her disappointment evident.

Ignoring her pitiful, aggrieved look, Ron's gaze fell on the row of gleaming silver metal rods at her waist: "Anyone can use this thing?"

"This one?"

Talulah pulled one out and said, "It's made of mithril and can withstand any changes in the properties of matter and magic, but you need to master arcane magic to activate it."

Seeing that Ron seemed very interested, she generously handed him the mithril rod and asked, "Would you like to learn arcane magic?"

Ron attempted to use life magic on the mithril rod.

The mithril rod did not react at all.

“It’s alright, I can teach you. It’s very easy to learn.” Talulah said enthusiastically, “There are even more advanced alloy rods in the Dean’s office. Wait here, I’ll go get them.”

Ron did not stop him.

He was very interested in elemental golems.

His interest was further piqued after witnessing how well his sixth-tier life magic [Derivation] complemented the elemental puppet.

Before long, Talulah brought the Dean's alloy rod.

To avoid being exposed for borrowing the Dean's treasure, she dragged Ron directly to the special training ground set up by the Magic Capital Merchant Guild.

This training ground is similar to a small secret realm. There are no magical monsters; instead, specific levels of magical monsters are deployed for practical testing based on customer needs.

Talu opened a secret realm where fourth-tier magical beasts were released.

“Teacher Gatling, please hold this end and channel life energy into it.” Talulah handed one end of the alloy rod to Ron, while she held the other end herself.

Ron grasped the alloy rod as instructed, and with a slight thought, the life energy of the [derived] form flowed into it like a trickle.

Talulah followed closely behind, skillfully channeling arcane power!

hum-

The alloy rod instantly burst forth with a dazzling green light, writhing and expanding violently as if alive. In the blink of an eye, a giant energy worm, over ten meters long and radiating a rich, emerald-green life energy, appeared before the two. Within its translucent body, life energy flowed slowly like molten lava.

The two quickly took a few steps back.

Talulah gazed up at the strange creation radiating a powerful life force, clapping her hands in amazement: "Incredible, Gatling-sensei! The efficiency with which magical energy is converted into material structure... is simply perfect!"

"Quick, let's test its power!" Talulah urged excitedly.

'Oh? I can control it?'

Ron tried to convey an offensive intention to the giant worm.

"hiss--!"