Blue Deer City Suburb, Ralph’s House.
With its warm-toned decor, replete with an exquisite fireplace, the living room bore nurous scratches on the floors, armchairs, and lower parts of the walls, marking the passage of ti. In the sofa area, Tang Qi sat alone, clutching a cup of coffee, while a whole family watched him from across.
To help El and his family understand, just a few seconds prior, Tang Qi had cast an "Illusion Spell" to manifest his "Second Body" that he once used.
After a long silence, including Lia and Austin, the family finally digested the lengthy explanation given by Tang Qi.
Son of Ralph, now the true head of the household, El, looked disappointed and asked with a last shred of hope, "Are you sure it’s because of Austin’s presence that the talent in our bloodline is starting to decline?"
"Does that an, we can no longer practice witchcraft?"
Not just El, the teenagers Sarah and Mike wore the sa expression.
As for Lia, this beautiful lady seemingly didn’t care if she could cultivate witchcraft herself; after divorcing her European husband, she devoted all her emotions to her son Austin. And El’s wife, Talia, was just a normal person.
Tang Qi didn’t respond again; instead, he just nodded more disappointingly to them.
Behind him, various true illusions started erging.
The first image was of Tang Qi obtaining the "Mad Wizard’s Notebook" left by El’s father, Ralph.
Then followed Tang Qi’s encounters with various horrific scenes: the terrifying Blood Corpse Tree, old n and won from Cold River Town, those indescribable soap bubbles, Evil God’s Intestines, Immortal Earl, Fallen Witch, Famine Monster, Leckter... Each scene was so realistic as if happening right before their eyes.
Starting from the horrifying "Blood Corpse Tree", including El, everyone fell into a stupor.
The terrifying impact instantly shattered all their imaginations of the Extraordinary World.
Dream and fun vanished, replaced by an indescribable Great Horror.
Using Ralph’s House, this large Curios, their family had always had a smooth sailing. The most terrible monster they had ever encountered was an Evil Spirit, which couldn’t harm them, so they harbored unrealistic fantasies about the Mysterious Side.
Tang Qi’s calm, unfluctuating voice penetrated their ears:
"The decline of your bloodline talent might not necessarily be a bad thing for you. Staying in Ralph’s House, those indescribable, horrific creatures will hardly be associated with you. You don’t have to face them like I do."
"The Mysterious Side was never the fantastical, fairy-tale world you imagined it to be... If you are still insistent, you could try once. I have inherited the witchcraft left by Ralph and am willing to help his descendants."
During his speech, Tang Qi casually materialized a "Quill" in the air, with Magic crafting a relatively simple Spell that erged.
Tang Qi looked at them, indicating: "This is a Fla Spell, one of the witchcrafts in the Notebook, and it is also fixed to Ralph’s House. Before, using Ralph’s bloodline, you didn’t need a spell, as this villa served as a dium for you to cast it."
"Now, try activating the magic within your body and cast it directly."
"You all can try, and then, tell your decisions."
"Austin, you try as well."
The warm Molten Magic seed to dispel the fear in the hearts of El and his family.
They subconsciously followed the spell for their first "casting" attempt.
Quickly, everyone heard three "puff" sounds; El, Sarah, and Mike’s palms each produced a small fla, which extinguished instantly.
Just as they felt disappointed, suddenly a "boom" resounded.
A mass of rampant, Red Flas burst forth from Austin, and in a flash, this little boy seed to turn into a Fireman.
"No!"
Observing Lia cried out.
She tried to rush forward to protect her child, attempting to pat away the flas consuming Austin.
Just as Tang Qi was about to intervene, the flas inside Austin quickly receded. The little boy calmly allowed his mother to hold him and tenderly patted Lia’s back, soothing her emotions.
In his eyes, there was a look of wonder as if he had discovered a new world.
"An enviable, astonishing talent!"
Tang Qi and El’s family, simultaneously looked at Austin.
The latter, due to the stark contrast, all felt a sense of loss.
But they soon rembered the horrific illusions presented by Tang Qi before. If they entered that world, they would have to face those monsters, and even Evil Gods larger than mountains. Then, whether this choice was the right one beca worth considering.
As the El family sank into deep thought, Tang Qi approached Lia and Austin.
As soon as he stopped, Lia, like a protective mother animal, held Austin tightly. She subconsciously wanted to roar and threaten, but quickly recalled the unimaginable scenes at the airport. This young man, who inherited his father’s witchcraft, was an existence even the "Death God" dared not provoke.
Deprived of her witchcraft talent, she was just a common divorced woman, and to her, a Deputy was akin to the Death God.
Lia hugged Austin tighter, her tone filled with pleading, "Mr. Wizard, please don’t take Austin away. He doesn’t need to cultivate the things his grandfather left behind. He should grow up safely, beco a lawyer, or a doctor, marry a beautiful wife, and have lovely children..."
Listening to Lia’s pleading ramble and the tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, Tang Qi, who had yet to speak, suddenly felt like he had beco a major villain.
"It seems that too realistic an illusion also has its side effects."
Tang Qi muttered to himself, then looked at Austin, who seed even younger than Nidya and Shay.
He sighed and explained, "Lady Lia, without your permission, I will not take Austin away."
"But I must add, unlike you, due to the surge in bloodline talent, even without cultivation, the Magic Power within Austin will continue to increase. To so evil, chaotic Extraordinary Creatures, such a little boy is indescribably sweet food."
"In that case, he will suffer unimaginable misfortune, and it is very likely to threaten your lives as well. From the mont Austin inherited Ralph’s powerful talent, this has been the destined Destiny."
"Rather than that, perhaps a better thod is to allow Austin to enter my school, to study with other children how to cultivate, how to realize his powerful talent. Then, when facing those terrifying, Mysterious beings, he will gain the power to protect himself."
"Even, he could protect you when you are in danger."
The points Tang Qi made were obvious to anyone sentient, but Lia, under the protective instinct of a mother, subconsciously refrained from considering them.
As Lia fell into silence due to his words,
Austin, held in her arms, reached out his little hand to wipe away the tears at the corner of his mother’s eyes, puffed up his chest, and said with a bright smile, "Don’t worry, mother. Brother Wizard is right. I have these powers, and I should protect you and protect my uncles."
"Haven’t you always told Grandpa’s stories since I was young? Now that I have inherited Grandpa’s talent, let tell you new adventure stories in the future."
With Austin’s childish words, the Red Flas inside him poured down like a waterfall, forming layer upon layer of barriers, enveloping Lia, El, Sarah, and the others within, creating a magnificent, startling scene that left them all lost in a trance, staring blankly.
Tang Qi watched the Fla Spell in front of him, though its power was incomparable to his, the precise control, and rapid casting displayed all affird Austin’s terrifying Talent and that this little boy might have started cultivating his Magic Power much earlier.
Rembering so unfortunate "Death God’s Representatives," whose smoothly going work was disrupted by this little boy.
"Extraordinary Practical Combat Class is about to greet a new transferee, a little guy full of a spirit for adventure."
...
In the deep, dark wilderness, continuous mountains.
In the cold and invisible night wind, a pair of gray eyes suddenly appeared, followed by a blurry shadow.
He was dressed in a Wizard’s robe, apparently holding a suitcase in his hand, and behind him, tentacles filled with Death Aura swayed, almost turning him into a "Death God’s Representative."
Tang Qi looked at himself, information about a Curio flashed.
"Curios: Death God Octopus Shell, the shed shell of an Extraordinary Creature ’Death God Octopus’ living within ’Mysterious,’ soaked by the Power of Death God, possessing the ’Death Wind’ effect, a kind of long-distance leaping power..."
Undoubtedly, this was swapped from a generous, magnanimous Deputy friend. The effect couldn’t compare with the "Queen Serano," but it was far stronger than Tang Qi’s "Fog Body."
At this ti, he had already left Blue Deer City.
Not long ago, while at Ralph’s House, the El family and Lia had made a decision.
They chose to stay, remain in Blue Deer City, operate "Ralph’s House" in a smooth manner, and thus step into the Extraordinary World in this conciliated way.
Tang Qi, as the principal of the Witch School, would include Ralph’s House within the cooperative institutions, providing the El family with books, so low-Level Curios, and so shared intelligence. Thus, the safety of Ralph’s House could be reasonably secured.
Lia herself stayed at Ralph’s House.
She was willing to let Austin attend the Witch School, ultimately convinced by Tang Qi’s words, and she knew she could visit her son in Secret Phoenix City whenever she wanted.
However, Tang Qi did not imdiately have Austin start school, but left so ti for their family.
They agreed that he would co to pick up Austin before Tang Qi’s new adventure ... ended.
Images hovered in Tang Qi’s mind from the key information given by Lia:
"Deborah Town, the turning point of my life. In that endless Fantasy, I saw Her, my great, Supre Divinity Goddess, ah, my Ellyia...— Ralph."
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