Chapter 228: I Can’t Think of a Title for This Chapter
Since Viktor's lecture ended, the concept of "dungeons" had caused quite a stir and was being rapidly implemented.
Throughout the Empire, countless nobles and wealthy families were paying attention to this matter.
The children of nobility were extremely precious.
Students who could enter the Royal Magic Academy were basically the most important future heirs being cultivated by their families.
So for the nobles, whether their children were talented or not wasn't important.
What mattered was that they must be safe.
When the academy introduced the concept of "dungeons," it immediately caught the attention of numerous nobles.
This was because it claimed to be "the safest combat training."
Not only could it guarantee students' safety, but it could also help develop their combat abilities.
Currently, the "dungeon" system was still in an experimental stage, but even at this phase, countless people wanted to collaborate with Viktor.
After all, once the "dungeon" project was established, it could be used in any field.
Mages who could create "dungeons" would attract tremendous attention.
Viktor could understand the academy's intentions.
After all, using dungeons as promotion would not only help advertise the academy itself but also help screen for students with better aptitude.
Moreover, this aligned with his own intentions.
So Viktor nodded and said to Henie:
"Alright."
"You can inform the academy that I've agreed, and I'll make preparations."
Hearing his instructions, Henie nodded with a couple of "mm-hmms."
But afterwards, she didn't leave.
She just stared at Viktor, and after a while, Henie's expression became somewhat shy.
She seemed to show a hint of expectation:
"Professor, you... haven't given me a hug today."
"..."
Viktor sighed, then opened his arms.
Seeing this, Henie became very happy and immediately threw herself into Viktor's embrace, hugging him tightly.
After feeling the firmness and warmth of the professor's chest, her face turned completely red, and steam rapidly rose from her head.
Henie couldn't hold on any longer and hurriedly broke away from Viktor's embrace, her voice becoming somewhat stuttered.
"Th-th-thank you very much!"
Henie shouted, covering her face with both hands, closing her eyes, and ran away.
Who knew if she would bump into anything.
Viktor was a bit worried.
After all, the furniture in the old mansion was quite expensive.
But anyway, his mood wasn't quite stable either now.
Vega stood steady on Viktor's shoulder, and its teasing voice rang in his ear:
"What's wrong? If you really can't hold it in, just find someone to solve it."
"There are so many servants in the house, surely there's one you like."
Hearing the crow's mocking voice, Viktor gave it a cold glance.
But Vega wasn't afraid at all, and instead cackled even more sharply:
"Why look at me? I'm just a crow."
"Viktor, humans can't, or at least shouldn't."
Seeing Viktor's rare moment of embarrassment, Vega felt extremely pleased.
It unconsciously raised its bird head high.
Viktor took several deep breaths before finally stabilizing his mood again.
His rationality also recovered somewhat.
Physical contact with Henie was meant to help her level up and become stronger through this method - Viktor had maintained this purpose from the beginning.
But as this little succubus's level got higher and higher, such physical contact became increasingly dangerous.
However, he still couldn't stop doing it.
Because Henie had no talent for learning magic, she couldn't naturally increase her experience and level in any way.
So Viktor could only help her grow stronger by satisfying the greed within her through daily interactions.
As for leveling up by harvesting large amounts of anger emotions at once, that was harder to come by.
Such conditions needed to be created.
'Should I find another primal demon?'
Consuming emotions to level up was Henie's only method right now.
In this regard, wrath seemed a bit one-dimensional.
But now wasn't the time to think about this.
Viktor straightened his black coat and said calmly:
"Let's go."
"Time to deal with other matters."
White patterns covered the entire surface of the coat as the surrounding air began to grow turbulent under an invisible force.
Soon, strong winds from all around converged toward the center, white smoke and storms enveloped Viktor's body, then suddenly burst apart.
After the smoke cleared, Viktor had completely disappeared from the spot.
Only a few remaining gusts of wind still blew chaotically in the room.
...
Lia stood under the giant tree with a group of servants and several demi-human guards.
They waited for a long, long time, but Viktor still hadn't shown up.
Lia raised her left hand, staring at the delicate watch on the inside of her wrist.
"Ten minutes late, what on earth is he doing!?"
Could it be that in just these short ten minutes, this perverted mage had gone to flirt with someone?
Having been seen by Viktor in her pajamas earlier, Lia didn't have very good feelings toward her rascal brother right now.
Just as Lia finished complaining, a gust of wind suddenly began gathering beside her.
An air vortex rose up, blowing up everyone's skirts and hair, dancing endlessly under the green shade.
Lia's hair was blown loose, and as she brushed aside her strands and looked up, she only saw a white figure materializing within the smoky storm.
The black coat swayed continuously in the air, its patterns flickering slightly.
As the wind gradually settled, Viktor's figure emerged from within.
The servants had never seen such a scene before, and when they saw it was Viktor, their attitudes became even more respectful.
Lia looked at the suddenly arriving Viktor and pouted:
"Tch... just showing off."
She walked up to Viktor and said:
"I've brought everyone here for you, you handle it yourself, I need to leave right away."
"I have several contracts to deal with today, and over at our family's mines, they say they've dug up something that needs me to go check personally."
Viktor looked at her and replied plainly:
"Be careful."
Lia put one hand on her hip while raising the other hand helplessly, waving her fingerless glove.
The six differently colored crystalline gems sparkled with strange colors in the sunlight, like six streams of different colors flowing slowly within.
"Yes, yes, I know."
After speaking, she yawned and turned to leave.
As she turned her head away, a barely noticeable blush appeared on her face.
Lia hurriedly left the place.
After watching Lia leave, Viktor finally turned his head and focused his attention on the servants and guards.
The guards and servants looked at Viktor and bowed respectfully.
They lowered their heads and concentrated, listening to Viktor's next words:
"Now, I want each of you to come forward and touch this tree."
They looked at each other, confusion on everyone's faces.
But since it was an order from the head of the Kravina family, they chose to comply.
They came forward one by one and gently placed their hands on the thick trunk, and an energy flowed through their bodies from their palms.
The divine tree began to sway slightly, and an emerald green light started emanating from where their palms touched.
The branches swayed along with the trunk, as if possessed by a soul, gradually sprinkling silver stardust from high above.
The warm sun shone in the sky, making the silver dust sparkle brilliantly, but not blindingly.
The servants and guards immediately felt a strange power, as if their entire bodies were being massaged, and they couldn't help but let out long, relaxed breaths.
Their bodies seemed to become much lighter.
Seeing their enjoyment, Viktor's voice rang out.
"That's enough."
The servants then withdrew their hands and listened as Viktor continued:
"When you return, each person will receive 500 Gio, in my name."
Upon hearing there was also a reward, their faces immediately lit up with smiles, extremely excited.
After seeing Viktor nod in acknowledgment, they all suppressed their joy and hurriedly left.
After they left, Viktor turned back to look at the divine tree.
His body became slightly transparent in front of the divine tree.
When he opened his eyes again, he had already entered the interior of the divine tree.
This place was very similar to the previous Yade Divine Tree, but the space seemed larger, and the branches were more dense.
Emerald green filled the surroundings.
At this moment, green patterns swept across Viktor's coat behind him.
An extremely vast natural energy burst forth from his body, like a huge wave rising.
Pure natural energy gathered toward the constantly beating heart at the center of the divine tree.
Light flowed along the veins of the heart, making it swell up prominently, and its beating became increasingly powerful.
Under the heart's continuous beating, a row of green fruits slowly squeezed out from the flourishing branches.
In the center of each crystal-clear fruit, there seemed to be a soul-like green energy flowing slowly.
Soon, the flesh and vessels within the fruits gradually merged together, actually constructing a curled-up infant, which grew rapidly at a visible speed.
Humans, and demi-humans with animal ears and tails.
They were encased in transparent fruits, hanging from the branches in long rows.
When the fruits completely stopped growing, their bodies had become sufficiently mature, breaking out of the fruits and rolling onto the ground.
The moment they fell to the ground, emerald leaves covered their mature bodies, hiding the important parts.
Seeing this scene, Vega felt even more confused:
"You used the divine tree to create a bunch of people!?"
But Viktor just calmly watched them, his tone flat:
"They have no consciousness and can be controlled at will."
He extended one hand and made a lifting motion in the air.
As if countless invisible mana threads connected to those bodies, controlling their forms, making them move completely.
Their eyes were utterly empty, and their movements were very stiff.
Vega could see at a glance that these people's movements depended on Viktor.
At this time, Viktor controlled several cat-girl demi-humans, making them walk mechanically to his front.
Vega flapped its wings, suddenly having a bad feeling, and couldn't help but ask:
"Viktor, what do you mean?"
Under its bewildered gaze, Viktor's voice rang out faintly, with seemingly a hint of mockery in his tone:
"Didn't you always say you're just a crow? Choose then."
"Among so many people here, surely there's one you like."
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