Arrival at the Academy

After bidding Raya farewell, Lin Luo headed straight for where the Glintstone Dragon was.

Before long, he arrived at his destination.

Two enormous standing rocks rose from the middle of a shallow lake, surrounded by countless rocks of varying sizes that dotted the otherwise monotonous waters.

Countless dung beetles danced through the sky, blue and red lights mingling in the air in a strangely beautiful sight.

Beneath the massive rocks rested a huge blue dragon. That should have been Glintstone Dragon Smarag.

Lin Luo had no intention of tangling with it. He only needed to take the academy key and leave.

He cast Unseen Form on himself, took out Crepus's Vial to muffle his footsteps, and walked straight toward the dragon.

The dragon was still asleep, completely unaware of Lin Luo's arrival.

After circling around its enormous wing, Lin Luo spotted the corpse of a sorcerer wearing a Glintstone Hood.

For some unknown reason, the sorcerer had died leaning against the rock wall, looking as though he were merely sitting there. If he had been killed by the Glintstone Dragon, his body should not have remained so intact.

Lin Luo approached the corpse and rummaged through its pockets. Before long, he found the Glintstone Key.

"Found it!"

Lin Luo happily took the key and tucked it into his pocket. Now he could enter the academy gates.

What Lin Luo had not expected was...

Just as Lin Luo turned around, a massive dragon eye appeared before him...

A blue eye with a golden vertical pupil. Only then did Lin Luo realize... he had been discovered.

"Damn it!"

Lin Luo jumped in fright and immediately drove his fist hard into Smarag's eyeball.

"Roar!"

Smarag let out an enraged howl. It had only wanted to see whether a dung beetle had slipped in, but it had not expected to find a two-legged creature!

Sneaking in would have been one thing, but it even dared to attack it!

"I forgot this dragon is a Glintstone Dragon. It's extremely sensitive to magic!"

Only then did Lin Luo realize that his sneaky magic had failed for the first time!

"I should've just ridden Torrent over here!"

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Smarag flapped its wings and rose into the air as blue mist began spreading from its mouth...

"..."

"Fine. I'll have to waste a little more time..."

"I was going to spare you, but you chose death yourself. Don't blame me for this!"

Lin Luo helplessly raised his staff, his gaze gradually turning vicious...

"Meteorite of Astel!"

"Boom!"

A while later, Smarag's enormous body fell from the sky.

Its massive frame sent water splashing several yards high.

Blood mixed with the spray, crimson spreading through the lake...

"Why couldn't you just pretend you didn't see me..."

Lin Luo brushed off nonexistent dust from his body, sighed, and slid his staff back into his belt.

"I wasted several more minutes!"

Lin Luo took out the Spectral Steed Whistle and summoned Torrent.

He swung onto the horse and charged straight toward the academy.

It had to be said, Torrent was still the best. Under Lin Luo's threats and promises, they reached the academy seal in no time.

The Carian Knights blocking the road only got a faceful of Torrent's dust and never even touched the edge of Lin Luo's clothes.

As for those demi-humans casting sorceries, forget it. Their Glintstone spells were not even as fast as the soldiers running.

Stopping at the academy entrance, Lin Luo took out the academy key.

When he reached out and touched the seal, he no longer felt that repulsion. Carefree as ever, Lin Luo simply walked in...

His vision was engulfed by blue light. When it cleared, he had arrived on a vast platform above the academy, where he could take in nearly all of Liurnia's lake scenery at a glance.

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But Lin Luo clearly was not in the mood to admire the scenery for now...

He entered through the gate and went around the seal, finding a huge elevator.

Lin Luo did not hesitate and stepped straight onto it.

The elevator rumbled, the chains began to pull, and the platform slowly rose...

When the elevator stopped, it had brought him to the front of a long path.

He could see an iron gate ahead, with stairs behind it leading to a wooden door. That should have been the academy's main entrance.

It had to be said that Liurnia's scenery truly was beautiful. Even in the afternoon, the sky remained a deep blue-violet.

There were even scattered stars hanging in the sky where they should not have existed.

Lin Luo merely sighed in admiration before continuing onward.

There were still two sorcerers guarding the gate, both wearing ugly Glintstone Hoods.

Following the principle that those who struck first gained the advantage while those who struck later suffered,

Lin Luo directly pulled out his staff and rewarded each of them with a Glintstone Pebble. Although it was basic magic, under Lin Luo's immense power... the two sorcerers immediately turned into Runes and dissipated into the air...

Because the Elden Ring had shattered, everyone in the academy had been affected to some extent.

Either they had lost their consciousness and acted entirely on instinct, or they had gone mad and killed anyone they saw.

This brought them to Rennala. Rennala had originally been Radagon's wife.

The Greater Will urgently needed someone who could replace Marika and become the representative of the Golden Law.

Radagon, Marika's other self, had somehow long since had his body and mind controlled by the Greater Will.

Because none of the children Marika bore with the warrior Hoarah Loux were useful enough to become representatives of the Golden Law...

Godwyn the Golden, the most satisfactory child, had died on the Night of the Black Knives.

Morgott, the Omen King, had inherited the Crucible aspects of the Erdtree, which later came to be seen as symbols of misfortune.

Mohg, Lord of Blood, was obsessed with the Formless Mother and craved blood... Oh... right, later he also became obsessed with men.

Perhaps Hoarah Loux and Marika could no longer produce stronger descendants.

So the Greater Will ordered Radagon to seek out Rennala...

Originally, he was meant to kill Rennala. After all, the academy had always researched magic from the Stars, which naturally displeased the Greater Will.

But for some reason, the two ended up together.

Well, turning an enemy into an ally was acceptable too, and it was the perfect chance to see whether Radagon and Rennala could produce descendants capable of shouldering great responsibility.

Thus, three more children were born.

They were:

Starscourage Radahn.

Princess of the Moon, Ranni.

Rykard, the Blasphemous Lord.

This batch was even less reliable...

Starscourage Radahn worshipped Godfrey and had been obsessed with fighting since childhood... Once he grew up, he became a brute who only knew warfare. Obviously, he could not be made king.

Princess of the Moon Ranni had been taught by Rennala from childhood, so Ranni developed an immense interest in the Stars. This was completely contrary to the Greater Will's wishes.

Rykard...

Forget it, there was no point mentioning him... He had fused with a snake...

The Greater Will was dissatisfied with all three children.

It had Radagon try for a fourth.

As it turned out, after giving birth to three children, Rennala no longer had enough Runes left to create a fourth.

Thus, the fourth child's birth failed, becoming amber. Within the amber was half a Great Rune—the Great Rune of the Unborn. That was Rennala's fourth child.

Once Rennala no longer had any value to exploit, Radagon decisively abandoned her. Of course, this was very likely the Greater Will's interference.

Not only that, the Carian Knights who had originally protected the academy also rebelled. They not only imprisoned Rennala in the academy's library, but then turned around and attacked the Carian royal family.

Later came the children born to Marika and Radagon...

But as everyone knew, those two were one person. Children born from self-fertilization... you know, there would always be some problems.

The younger sister Malenia was born carrying the aura of Scarlet Rot.

The older brother Miquella was a child who would never grow up, born deformed. Although he possessed his own authority, his will also opposed the Greater Will. He even spent the latter half of his life inside an egg...

What Lin Luo found hardest to understand was how Mohg could be so interested in a deformed infant.

As for... Godwyn's offspring...

Forget it. Better not mention it. Bad luck.

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