"This!! Is the future of mages!!"
One morning, Derien suddenly dashed out of the Alchemy Room, covered in grime and holding up the Yellow Gem as he shouted.
Li Qi, who was playing chess with Joe in the living room, was startled by Derien's voice at the same time.
The two turned their heads toward Derien in perfect sync. After freezing for a moment, Joe quickly asked:
"Teacher, did you develop the Magic Orb?!"
Seeing how excited Derien was, Joe and Li Qi immediately knew that Derien's Magic Orb had probably succeeded.
The thing in his hand should be the Magic Orb he had developed.
Seeing this, Li Qi remained outwardly calm, but inwardly, his brows drew together in a frown.
It was not that Li Qi distrusted Derien's abilities.
As the head of Topaz House, Derien definitely had the necessary skills. He was also certainly one of Inglis's greatest alchemists.
Otherwise, the Second Princess Ilona would not have come to the academy to find Derien instead of looking for the mages of the Magic Academy.
But no matter how skilled he was, there had to be some basic limits, right?
Derien had never seen Uno's Magic Orb, nor did he know anything about its internal structure. Could he really reproduce a complete Magic Orb exactly from merely seeing its shape in the images on a Recording Stone?
No, it was not even an exact reproduction!
The Magic Orb in Derien's hand was clearly much smaller than Uno's Orb!
So he had not only imitated it, but also optimized its size?
Even if he was an Alchemy Master, this was a little too absurd, wasn't it?
Li Qi was suspicious, but he still went with Joe to excitedly examine the Magic Orb.
Holding the Yellow Gem, Derien said smugly:
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