My physics masters couldn't possibly be grand mages.

Xia turned his head and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"Aren't you leaving yet?"

Sylvia opened her mouth.

Her gaze fell on him.

His deep blue magic robes gleamed with dark gold edges in the firelight, and his black hair was tousled by the heat, but his eyes remained unmoved.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

The monster that had been hiding in the back moved.

"call--"

Its explosive power is astonishing; each launch can propel it three or four meters, so fast that it leaves only a blurry shadow in sight.

The hydrogen-oxygen sphere exploded in front of it.

It suddenly leaped to one side.

With all four feet on the ground, it resembled a giant gecko clinging to the rock face.

But it clearly misjudged the power of the hydrogen-oxygen sphere; the heat wave from the explosion grazed its back, scorching a patch of skin. It let out a short, sharp roar.

Char's storage space contains some compressed hydrogen-oxygen spheres that are more powerful because some of them were compressed by Einstein and Tesla. Their magic is greater, allowing them to compress more hydrogen and oxygen, thus making them more powerful.

These powerful hydrogen-oxygen bombs have designated areas for deployment, but in actual combat, these areas are not really considered.

So in a sense, it was like winning a lottery.

The next ball will head straight for its landing point.

This time it couldn't completely dodge. The explosion occurred two meters to its side, and the shockwave ripped it off the rock face, landing on all fours.

Its left side was burned. The dark red skin cracked open, revealing grayish-white muscle tissue underneath, and black liquid seeped from the wound, dripping onto the ground with a sizzling, corrosive sound.

But it did not escape.

The cleavage opened, revealing all the barbed teeth, emitting a magical shriek.

The rock walls of the mine chamber vibrated with the sound waves, and gravel fell from above.

Sylvia covered her ears in pain, but Char remained unmoved, his expression unchanged.

She quickly noticed that there seemed to be something stuffed in his ear.

Its unique design perfectly fits his ears.

Of course she wouldn't recognize her.

Because these are noise-canceling headphones.

The monster clearly hadn't expected its attack to be ineffective against Char, and it froze for a moment during its scream.

Char seized this opportunity.

The compressed hydrogen-oxygen sphere shot out, and it stopped screaming instantly—but it was too late.

"boom!"

The hydrogen-oxygen sphere hit it squarely, blood spurted out, and it flew back several meters, its entire chest a bloody mess.

But Char won't give it a chance to breathe.

As soon as one hydrogen-oxygen ball was launched, another one followed closely behind, less than half a second apart.

Pre-prepared magic has this advantage, both in terms of quantity and casting time.

The first one exploded two meters in front of the monster, severing its forelimbs that it had just pushed off the ground.

The second one followed closely behind, passing through the smoke and dust of the explosion and hitting its exposed side.

"Boom—Boom!!"

The two explosions were almost simultaneous. The monster's body was blasted off the ground, and debris and dust rained down from above, shaking the entire tunnel.

Char didn't even look, he just raised his right hand and fired the third, fourth, and fifth bullets—

These spheres blocked all possible directions for it to dodge.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

The sounds of explosions and flashes of light engulfed their vision.

But Char quickly stopped what he was doing.

After a brief silence, the smoke and dust dissipated.

In the firelight, the monster's complete body was no longer visible; it had been mixed in with the bodies of the other ghouls around it.

quiet--

Sylvia looked around at the mangled limbs and the craters left by the hydrogen bombs, and felt as if it were all an illusion.

Actually, it wasn't just her.

The platform above the airship was also in an uproar.

Eamon leaned against the railing, his right hand still wrapped in bandages. The occasional pain reminded him of the close call he had just experienced, so his face was full of disbelief.

"He solved all of this by himself?"

"Thirty-two." Clyde stared intently at the screen, silently counting the number of spells Xia had cast. "How could a second-tier mana pool possibly sustain this kind of consumption?"

Someone whispered, "Did he bring a lot of mana restoration potions?"

"Impossible." Elena shook her head. "There's a limit to the amount of medication each person can carry during the entry screening. Besides, did you see him drink the medication?"

After a brief silence, someone whispered, "That guy... is he really Tier 2?"

No one answered.

The platform remained quiet for a long time, with only the low hum of the airship's engine echoing in the mist in the distance.

But the teachers are different; they can see more.

"Is this a second-tier or a third-tier spell?" Bourne frowned.

Judging from its power, it should be at the peak of the second tier, but the conditions clearly indicate that it belongs to the third tier.

"It's second-order," Einstein said. "It uses some tricks to implement 'conditional judgments'."

"What?"

Einstein turned his head, his round eyes devoid of any emotion.

"Never mind what I said." Byrne turned back and continued looking at the screen.

This technology, which enables second-order magic to achieve third-order characteristics, is obviously a very expensive patent, and no normal person would tell him about it for free.

"Does he possess some kind of ancient magical artifact that restores magic power?" Meredith asked.

But after a pause, he rejected the idea, because before entering the cave, they would check whether the magical artifacts carried by these students exceeded the definition of the second tier.

"Or perhaps..." He paused, his gaze towards Einstein turning serious, "that he wasn't human? Or rather... not simply human."

The other magicians on the chairs all turned their heads and looked at Einstein with curiosity, as if they wanted to get an answer from him.

It is impossible for a human to possess such immense magical power at the second level.

However, there are exceptions. For example, those with the blood of magical creatures may possess far greater magical power than ordinary people.

In the past, some golden families would seek out magical creatures to hybridize with in order to possess greater magical power.

This question did indeed touch upon Einstein, who had been frantically studying the common knowledge about the magical world for the past two months, so he could understand what Meredith meant.

However, he did need to explain why Char possessed such immense magical power.

"His parents were indeed quite special," Einstein said.

This ambiguous answer is the best, as it resolves the doubts while leaving room for interpretation.

But Bern heard it differently, and he couldn't help but look up at Tesla standing next to Einstein.

If someone is a disciple of a sixth-order archmage, people often overlook the disciple's existence because of the master's brilliance.

However, when you are personally taught by two archmages at the same time, everyone's attention will fall on you instead.

What exactly is his/her identity that allows him/her to be taught by two archmages at the same time?