Fanatics of the Magic Academy

"what?"

Rose sensed that Hope's house had a basement and that it was filled with the aura of a strange creature.

In the black-and-white images presented by [Wind Network Perception], Rose had a hard time describing what that thing was.

Rose continued to maintain his [Wind Network Perception] as he searched for the entrance to the basement.

Rose used [Wind Network Perception] to sense the entrance to the basement.

He fumbled and found a switch.

With a "crack" sound.

A door leading underground opened.

Rose activated his Wind Network Sensing, and as soon as he sensed anything amiss, he prepared [Bombardment] in his hand.

Rose's newly learned magic, [Bombardment], is much more useful than [Air Compression].

It starts faster than [Air Compression] and can be released continuously, allowing you to empty most of your mana bar in one go and unleash a burst of damage.

"Da da".

Rose carefully descended the stairs to the underground.

The basement was quite dark, but Rose, with [Wind Network Perception] activated, didn't need any light.

Rose reached the lowest room and saw a faint light.

The basement room wasn't big, and the walls were covered with all sorts of ingenious little tools—knives, saws, and pliers of various sizes.

There was an oil lamp in the basement, placed on a long table.

There were several diaries, notebooks, and books on the table.

There were also several test tube racks and various bottles and jars around.

In addition, there are several tall display cases.

Several display cases were almost full, with countless glass bottles and exhibits on them.

Rose immediately recognized that the contents were all kinds of human tissues, such as eyeballs, skulls, and internal organs.

In the past, Rose might have found it strange, but now, Rose thinks it's too bland.

Until Rose's gaze fell on an operating table in the basement, on which lay a bizarre creature.

Countless tiny fleshy buds, eyeballs, and small hands grew on its body, making its entire body abnormally deformed and bloated. It said that whatever it dreamed of grew.

But Rose could clearly sense that the thing was alive.

Rose examined the thing and began circling the operating table.

This thing has all sorts of scars on its body, burns, cuts, frostbite, and so on.

Rose roughly deduced that this was probably a series of tests and experiments to assess the organism's response to different types of damage.

Moreover, judging from the physical distortion effects, it is similar to the distortion effects produced by homeless people who have inhaled special enhancers.

Rose spun around almost once, coming to the front of the living being, and then clearly saw its bloated, grotesque face.

stunned.

After examining it carefully, he frowned and said uncertainly:

"Hans...?"

After a brief moment of blankness, Rose quickly regained her senses.

His mind was in turmoil. How could it be Hans?

Rose frowned, looking at Hans's unrecognizable face.

How did Hans end up here, becoming a test subject?

Where did Tiana go?

Could it be...?

Rose thought of Hope, that perverted pedophile, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

He looked around; there was only Hans in the basement, no other living beings.

Rose decided to stay calm and figure out what had happened and what was going on.

Looking at Hans's distorted, deformed face, Rose could hear Hans whimpering and sobbing softly.

However, because her mouth was filled with deformed eyeballs and undifferentiated little hands, Rose couldn't hear what was being said.

Rose thought for a moment, then picked up a small knife of similar size from a pile of tools hanging on the wall.

"Pfft"

Rose plunged the knife into Hans's mouth and then ripped it out forcefully.

He removed the deformed material from Hans's mouth and cleaned it thoroughly.

Fortunately, Hans's tongue has retained a certain degree of integrity, which ensures that Hans can pronounce words normally.

Then, Rosen heard Hans wailing and screaming as he spoke.

"No...no...you...let go...Alice...I'm so...sorry..."

"No...don't leave me...don't leave me...no..."

"We'll walk...towards...it's alright...ah...ah..."

Rose:

"..."

He waved his hand in front of Hans's eyes:

"Hello, Mr. Hans, it's me, Luo Xin!"

Hans ignored Rose and continued muttering to himself.

This was clearly the result of inhuman torture, leading to a complete mental breakdown and near loss of logic.

Rose listened to Hans's ramblings for a while longer and discovered a pattern.

Hans was probably recounting his life story.

It's probably that the brain starts endlessly replaying memories of the past, unconsciously expressing itself through babbling.

Rose recalled that when he was talking to Joel about this anomaly, Joel mentioned that...

This process of distortion is too painful, so magicians mix potions into enhancers to neutralize the pain.

Clearly, Hans was not anesthetized after becoming a test subject, presumably to obtain more realistic reactions and data.

Or perhaps it's just Hope's quirk.

Although Hans is in this state, the endless replay of memories in his brain can provide Rose with some information.

Rose thought for a moment. He wanted to help Hans alleviate some of his pain first. He searched the basement twice.

We found several tubes of the enhancer, which should not have been mixed with any chemicals.

Because Hope is a very meticulous person, he categorizes enhancers and drugs.

Then Rose went through the semi-finished products on the table and the garbage in the trash can.

We were able to roughly determine which enhancers had been adulterated with chemicals and which had not.

Then he injected Hans with some medicine, and after the injection, Hans's pain was significantly reduced.

The babbling gradually stopped being mixed with wails, and the logic of the language improved significantly.

The enhancer was originally invented for pain relief in Rose's previous life.

Rose sat down next to Hans and began to summarize, connect, and translate his ramblings.

However, Hans suffered a mental breakdown to the point where he could only speak a few sentences at a time.

Sometimes it's just meaningless rambling.

Rose had no choice but to pick up a diary written by Hope from the table and start reading it.

While gathering information, I listened to Hans's ramblings.

After an unknown amount of time, Rose finally pieced together the truth of the matter.

The good news is that Tiana is out of immediate danger.

The bad news is that the lack of danger is only temporary.

After Rosey left, the local gangs approached Hans.

The reason is simple: Hans had previously spent far more than just his fortune to treat Tiana's illness.

He was also in debt. Well, that's understandable; in this world, let alone stowaways like Hans sleeping under bridges.

Even if a middle-class person in a working-class neighborhood gets sick, they'll be sent to the slums.

He had borrowed money from loan sharks before Rosette treated Tiana.

The loan sharks doubled their money in just half a month, and he was unable to repay it, so the gang kidnapped Tiana as collateral.

With nowhere else to turn, Hans began to work desperately in heavy manual labor, whereas normally he could only work eight hours a day on the construction site.

He threatened the foreman with a knife, only then was he allowed to work 13 hours a day.

But he was too thin, just skin and bones.

My legs hurt so much, I feel like I want to saw them off.

He can only use enhancers to ignore the pain; otherwise, he simply cannot work.

However, the usual enhancement agents were too expensive. He heard that Hope had extremely cheap enhancement agents, so he came to Hope to buy them.

However, after hearing about Hans's situation, Hope said he would introduce Hans to a job that would be enough to pay off his debts.

Hans agreed.

So he was strapped to the operating table.