It’s getting harder and harder to be a villain these days

"Oh, I'm a little nervous, let's go in."

"Ah, I'm a little nervous when you say that. Although the reputation is not good, Professor Weekly is indeed handsome. This class is worth it just to see his face..."

Sophie looked at this infatuated female classmate speechlessly. She didn't quite understand the thinking of these wealthy ladies. Apart from his face, what else was good about this sinister man named Vickrey.

Just as the two were walking towards the classroom, a woman walked across from them, and Sophie was stunned for a moment.

Every time the woman took a step, her silky golden long hair swayed, and a pair of indifferent bright eyes flashed with reserve and elegance. Under the tall bridge of her nose, her lips were tightly pursed, and her pale pink lip color was faintly tinged with roses. aroma.

The visitor is the eldest lady of the Pearl family, who is considered to be one of the noblest bloodlines in the empire.

Olivia Pearl.

"..."

Sophie had known for a long time that she and this eldest lady were freshmen at the same time, but she still couldn't help but be on guard and stared at each other as if they were facing an enemy.

Although this was their first official meeting at the academy, this did not prevent Sophie from hating Olivia.

Sophie and Olivia had known each other a long time ago. At that time, her family was a wealthy family in the territory of the Pearl family. The two had played together once or twice when they were children.

But ten years ago, something happened when Sophie was seven years old. Her father died.

She clearly remembered the scene when Pearl's head, Giltain, led troops to ransack the house, and the way he stared at her.

I still remember that shameless voice.

"The only thing to blame is that you have talents you shouldn't have."

Chapter 8 The smell of gunpowder

Most people are always afraid that someone will surpass them...

For the past ten years, Sophie has been able to survive in anonymity, but now she is not afraid. This is the Imperial Academy, not their private property.

There is no so-called family status here, talent and strength have the right to speak.

In terms of talent, she has the confidence to belong to no one!

however……

"...?"

Olivia just glanced at Sophie lightly, and then walked straight into the classroom, with no expression on her face, as if she didn't know there was such a person.

After showing off her posture for a long time but finding that the other party ignored her at all, Sophie scratched her head and followed in.

As soon as she entered the classroom, she was shocked by the scene in front of her.

"Huh? This is?"

This place is not so much a classroom as it is a warehouse, because the ground is full of gravel, sand and metal debris.

"Wow, where is this from Professor Wakely? A new course?"

"It looks like, it's never been like this before, maybe this is the first time?"

Unlike the panicked Sophie, the other students watched all this with interest.

There is a sign stuck in the middle of the classroom.

[This lesson mainly tests your strength and tries to use the surrounding elements to prove yourself. 】

"what?"

After Sophie walked closer to confirm the content on the wooden sign, her brows became more and more frowned.

"What does that mean?"

Unlike Sophie who was at a loss not long after arriving at the academy, the other wizards already had some clues.

"...Could it be? I know!"

Someone seemed to realize something and muttered to himself.

Sophie looked back and saw that the person speaking was Gates, the son of a famous local rich man.

She leaned over quietly.

"Classmate, have you thought of anything?"

"It's simple."

Gates squatted down and put his hands on the ground. With his hands as the center, the surrounding gravel and soil were entangled, and then slowly pulled up to shape, and a stone tower appeared in front of them.

"The topic this time is 'Understanding Elemental Magic and Its Major Attributes', so the professor's meaning is very clear. He probably wants us to manipulate the various elements here to create a work, so that he can understand our respective levels. "

"Oh oh oh, it's possible!"

Gates' words suddenly opened up Sophie's thoughts. She rubbed her arms and grinned.

She has a natural advantage in this regard.

Sophie habitually rubbed the bracelet on her wrist, which was a gift from her father and the basis for her becoming a wizard.

As long as the bracelet is with her, she can freely control "all the elements."

The bracelet itself is not precious, what is precious is Sophie herself.

The essence of the so-called artifact magic is to consume magic power to enhance the performance of an item and give it additional attributes.

This is a magic that is limited but contains infinite possibilities, and Sophie is a rare genius in this field.

Just when Sophie was thinking about what element to choose, she looked at a pile of metal blocks nearby. If she wanted to get one, get a big one!

Just as she knelt down to cast the spell, someone bumped into her from behind, and the metal blocks that had been piled into a small mountain were scattered all over the floor.

Sophie turned her head away angrily.

"Who?"

It turned out to be Olivia. She saw Sophie as if she were seeing garbage on the roadside, and left without even a single apology.

"The road is so wide, don't you have eyes when you walk? Are there so many people bumping into me?"

Sophie was so angry that her teeth were itching, but there was nothing she could do to the other party. In the end, she could only pout her lips and mutter quietly.

After gathering the metal blocks together again, Sophie put her hands on them, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then activated her magic power.

sizzle sizzle.

Compared to her hands, her bracelet first emitted a blue light, and then with the magic power flying like sparks, a short and ugly iron tower rose up.

"Um……"

Since she only picked up magic again in the past three years, there are still deficiencies in every aspect, but as a demonstration, this level should be enough.

Just when Sophie was seeking self-comfort, she suddenly discovered that the iron tower she had just built was shrinking, and pieces of metal were constantly being detached and being sucked into the distance...

"Where are you going? Don't leave!"

Sophie tried to stop them with her hands, but it was of no use. She could only watch blankly as her tower disappeared bit by bit.

Following the flow of debris, she found the culprit.

It's Olivia!The statue she built was absorbing the surrounding materials!

"Hey! What are you doing? I'm still using those metals!"

Sophie strode over and asked angrily.

Olivia looked at her and blinked, then replied lazily.

"Sorry, it was so ugly, I thought it was scrap metal."

"What did you say!?"

Sophie's eyes widened and she wanted to rush up and grab her neck.

Wait a moment.

An idea flashed in Sophie's mind, and she seemed to have guessed something, and then she smiled proudly.

"You know who I am?"

Olivia Weiya didn't reply, she just raised her head and looked at her work quietly. Objectively speaking, it was indeed much better than Sophie's.

"Hey, don't pretend not to hear. You've already recognized me, right?"

"..."

At this time, Olivia's eyes turned to Sophie, without any emotion in her eyes...

Well, pretend not.

Sophie, who noticed the opponent's flaw, narrowed her eyes and laughed like a little fox.

"Oh haha, are you afraid of being caught up by me? That's right. It only took me three years to get into the academy. Counting the days, I gave you seven years. It's time for you to worry."

Olivia was still looking at Sophie silently, her appearance clearly reflected in her pupils.

"No, I don't know you."

Olivia's moist lips moved slightly, and her words were cold.

"I don't know? Are you still afraid to admit it?"

"It's true that I don't know you, but I know your father."

"what?"

Father?Sophie wondered if she had heard correctly.

"Colbert, a rather arrogant baron, is now dead."

Olivia said casually, in a tone that sounded like she was saying a pest was dead.

"..."

Her father's death was Sophie's biggest obstacle. She would not allow anyone to insult him!

At this moment, something seemed to snap in Sophie's head and her bracelet buzzed. She wanted this woman to shut up!

Sophie raised her hand and slapped Olivia hard in the face. The huge torrent of magic power created a strong wind!

Olivia didn't hide, she simply released her magic power to offset the strong wind. The moment she was about to be slapped in the face, she reached out and grabbed Sophie's wrist.

In the air, the magic powers of the two are colliding crazily!

"It's barbaric."

"brutal?!"

So

Fei spat out and grabbed Olivia's hair with a sudden force.

After living in the city for nearly seven years, she is no longer the delicate little girl she was before.

Olivia looked at the hand holding her hair and said lightly.

"You better let go before I get angry."

"So what if it's not loose?"

"..."

There was a strong smell of gunpowder between the two, but strangely, no one came to stop them. On the contrary, they were running away in panic.

There were deafening screams all around, and Olivia and Sophie finally came back to their senses.

Chapter 9 Seems to be in big trouble

"what?"

It turns out that a hole was created where the two magic powers collided, and the out-of-control magic power was churning crazily inside. It was like a black hole, attracting the surrounding earth, water, sand, gravel, and metal.

Under the huge suction, the earth, wood, water, sand and gravel gradually decomposed in the friction, and only the metal burned red but remained unchanged.

"Run fast! That thing is going to explode!"

This violently compressed magic ball is always at risk of exploding. If it does explode, it will be powerful enough to tear metal apart.

At that time, those metal fragments will tear through the entire classroom like bullets.

The wizards, who had foreseen what would happen, hurriedly built a barrier in front of them.

crunch.