Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 130 "The Necromancer's Banishment"

"Cursed Eye Mentor, may I demonstrate using my undead creature directly?"

Grina puffed out her chest slightly, with a hint of pride in her expression.

The Cursed Eye Instructor smiled gently, "If your undead creature was summoned using the 'Skeleton Summoning' spell, then there's no problem."

"Also, Miss Grena, I must remind you."

The Cursed Eye mentor added a reminder, "If your spell succeeds, recall your skeleton within one minute. Do not lose your undead creature."

"Thank you for reminding me, Cursed Eye Master. I will." Grina nodded.

She took a small purse from her waist and then tilted the purse downwards.

Suddenly, a dog-headed, human-bodied skeleton slid out from inside, growing larger as it went.

"Kobold skulls are really rare."

The Cursed Eye instructor remarked with a sigh, "There are very few outside monsters in the Valley of the Dead. Even these goblin corpses used for teaching purposes were bought from other organizations—"

After landing, the kobold skeleton stood up, looked around twice, and then walked to Grina's side, seemingly wanting to rub against her as a sign of affection.

Upon seeing this, Grina's face instantly darkened, and she immediately waved her arms and shouted, "Don't come any closer, just stand there."

The kobold skeleton took a moment to process what she meant and stood there in a daze.

Their intelligence and energy are clearly inferior to the goblin skeletons summoned by the Cursed Eye Master.

Strictly speaking, kobolds and goblins are about the same in intelligence, but in terms of overall strength, kobolds are significantly stronger in individual combat than goblins.

However, goblins usually move in groups, so kobolds are often at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

If used to summon skeletons, excluding other factors, kobold skeletons are generally of higher quality than goblin skeletons.

Grina's kobold skeletons were inferior to the goblin skeletons summoned by the Cursed Eye mentor; it was purely due to a difference in strength.

Ronan wasn't surprised; it was perfectly normal for there to be a gap between an apprentice and a mentor.

If he hadn't used the "Soul Seed," the intelligence he gave me wouldn't have surpassed that of the Cursed Eye Master's goblin skeleton.

"Miss Grena, if you are ready, please begin." Seeing that Grena did not take any further action, the Cursed Eye Instructor reminded her.

"Yes, mentor." Grina nodded.

She glanced at Ronan several times, trying to see his reaction to her ability to summon kobold skeletons.

However, to her disappointment, Ronan did not react.

Ronan didn't even glance at her because he hadn't used his mental domain in class; his eyes were fixed on the kobold skull.

Grena couldn't sense Ronan's changing expression, nor did she dare to make eye contact with him, which made her somewhat disappointed.

Hearing her tutor urging her, she quickly replied, "Okay."

She walked to the side of the kobold skull and held her breath.

As a senior student, she had already learned "Necromantic Exile," but she had never succeeded in casting the spell even once.

"The Necromancer's Exile."

Grina tried casting "Summon Skeleton" backwards.

An invisible spatial fluctuation emanated from the skeleton's leg bones, then abruptly ceased.

The kobold skull's leg bones became transparent for only a moment before returning to normal.

Although it wasn't successful, it was much better than the Overpowering Fist.

"Mentor, I feel I can't spread spatial fluctuations throughout the skeleton's entire body. What could be the reason?"

Grina didn't mince words and asked directly.

"Well done, Miss Grena. As for the issue you raised, I think you could optimize it like this—"

The Cursed Eye Master succinctly explained Grina's spellcasting problem and warned the other apprentices in the lecture hall to take it as a warning and avoid making the same mistake.

Grena became a negative example, her face flushed slightly, and she didn't even dare to glance in the direction of Ronan's position.

Fortunately, she quickly recovered and gradually calmed down.

Then, following the guidance of the Cursed Eye mentor, adjustments were made, and "Necromantic Exile" was cast again.

This time, the spatial fluctuations were much stronger, almost covering the entire kobold skull, except for its mouth, which became transparent.

It was so close to success!

Undeterred, Grina immediately cast "Necromantic Exile" again.

This spatial fluctuation completely enveloped the kobold skull, which gradually became transparent until it disappeared.

"It's a success."

Grina was overjoyed, but then she immediately remembered her mentor's instructions: she had to summon the kobold skeleton back as soon as possible.

This only required communicating with the kobold skeleton's soul core, and Grena did not hesitate to immediately recall the skeleton.

Summon the skeleton!

A spatial fluctuation was felt.

next second.

A pile of broken bones appeared out of thin air on the platform, fell heavily to the ground, and scattered in all directions.

This scene frightened many apprentices, who stood up and retreated repeatedly.

In just a few seconds, the kobold skeleton was reduced to a pile of broken bones.

The Cursed Eye mentor was also quite surprised: "Miss Grena, it seems your luck wasn't very good. It may have been banished to a dangerous battlefield—but you've succeeded, congratulations."

This comforting effect is limited.

Grina's face flushed even more, the blush spreading to her ears.

The kobold skull is far more valuable than a goblin skull used as a teaching tool. Moreover, it is her private property, something she acquired with great effort. That is why she took it out specifically to see how Ronan would react.

Grina was dejected. Looking at the pile of broken bones on the ground, she waved her hand and collected all the broken bones, putting them into her storage bag.

I don't know if she did this to clean the podium or because she couldn't bear to part with all those resources.

This scene surprised Ronan, who glanced at her in astonishment.

"Thank you for your efforts, Ms. Grena."

The Cursed Eye Instructor didn't stop demonstrating just because one apprentice succeeded. "Then, let's continue. Which student would like to come up and demonstrate?"

After speaking, his gaze swept across the many apprentices, finally meeting Ronan's eyes. "Ronan, how are you?"

Ronan was somewhat surprised, not because he was surprised that the Cursed Eye mentor would call him, but because the mentor actually knew his name.

"Yes, Cursed Eye Master." He stood up and nodded in response.

As soon as he stood up, all the freshmen around him turned around.

This was the first time they had heard of Ronan's name.

Many people speculated that this person, surrounded by freshmen, must be the highest-ranking among them.

"Cursed Eye Mentor, may I demonstrate using my undead creature?" Ronan asked.

All eyes in the room turned to look at them.