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Emerald, who had witnessed this scene from afar, smiled slightly, a look of reminiscence in her eyes.

In the original game, Starling Morgan also appeared as a support NPC in the story. Her skill set was quite interesting, as it was all related to money. Simply put, the more cash the player had in their inventory, the stronger Starling's magic effects became. She was versatile in attack, defense, and support, almost a perfect embodiment of the saying that money is omnipotent.

On the other side, Yulia quickly caught up with a centaur.

"Don't damage the fur, don't damage the fur, don't damage the fur..."

She muttered Amelie's instructions, thought for a moment, and then chose to charge at the centaur head-on, but instead of throwing a punch, she reached out and grabbed it.

The half-human mammoth was stunned by Yulia's expression—Are you kidding me? Are you sure you want to catch my giant axe with your bare hands?

After a moment of hesitation, the half-human mammoth instinctively followed common sense, believing that a human girl's hand could not be stronger than an axe blade, not even a mage's, so it swung its axe and slashed.

As a result, Yulia crushed the metal axe blade with a single grab and clench of her left hand, while simultaneously grabbing the arm of the centaur with her right hand. She lifted the elephant-sized centaur into the air like a chicken and then slammed it into the ground.

puff!

Even though the centaur was sturdy and the snow on the snowfield was thick, the force of the impact still made it see stars, feel dizzy, and experience pain in its internal organs.

"Haha, it works."

Seeing that the half-human mammoth's fur was undamaged but its body was still severely injured, Yulia was quite pleased with her cleverness. She laughed twice in mid-air with her hands on her hips before swooping down again. She grabbed the half-human mammoth in the air with one hand and slammed it down hard... She repeated this until it was completely crushed to death.

Following Starling and Julia, several other guests who came to watch the hunt took turns making their moves, mostly women or their male companions—the fur of the centaur was a top-quality material, used to make coats that were very popular with wealthy women, who wore them almost every winter. Now that they had the opportunity to select and collect the materials themselves, they naturally wanted to try it out.

The only customer who made a purchase even though he wasn't after the half-human mammoth pelt was Lian.

She was still using that jade ruyi magic weapon.

"May all my wishes come true, may you quickly grant my request and free my family from separation!"

The familiar incantation and gentle breath were followed by a strange gust of wind. The half-human mammoth that was hit screamed in agony and was then torn apart alive by its flesh and bones. Its bones were forcibly separated from its body by a spiritual force, leaving only its skin and flesh. It collapsed on the spot and died shortly afterward.

"Hmm...it's quite novel..."

After easily killing the centaur, Lian walked enthusiastically to the corpse, took out a kitchen knife, and started cutting pieces of meat and scraping bones, studying how to cook these things to make them taste good... It seemed that she really only participated in this operation for the sake of the ingredients.

While the guests displayed their skills in hunting down the escaped centaur, Emerald remained seated in her magical chair, watching the spectacle while chatting idly with Viliana.

"Anna, what do you think of Lohid's magic? How does it compare to your elven magic?"

"Then human magic is definitely more powerful! How can we elves, such lowly creatures, compare to humans... Hmm!"

Viliana instinctively tried to make a seductive remark, but Ameliet lightly pinched her, causing her to shudder.

"Seriously!"

Amelie rolled her eyes at her again.

"They were just being serious..."

Viliana muttered something under her breath, but her expression turned serious as she pondered the words, no longer looking lost in thought. After a moment, she said:

"How so? Because most humans can only specialize in one type of magic, they have improved many spells in ways that we elves find completely unnecessary."

"Take Lord Ark's soul magic that killed the mammoth leader, for example... Although it looks like lightning and even burned the target's heart, it is essentially a soul magic. It is only through the continuous improvement of the Lohid magician over the years that this soul magic has acquired some characteristics of both fire and lightning."

"This improvement is amazing. We elves are amazed and could never do it."

“But we don’t need to do that, because we can achieve the same attack effect by using three different spells at the same time: soul, fire, and lightning. It’s just a little slower, but the spell power is higher and the mana consumption is less… Do you understand what I’m saying, Master?”

"Of course, isn't that easy to understand?"

Emery shrugged:

"Because we human magicians can only specialize in one type of magic without using magical devices, we can only study that magic to its extreme, making it versatile and even possessing some characteristics of other magics."

Even Amelie herself couldn't avoid this. Without using magical artifacts, the ancient magic she could use, apart from a few spells she had memorized by rote, such as [Mana Absorption Inscription], [Physical Energy Drain], and [Light Shield], was limited to the necromancy she had learned from Granny Ya.

The kind of magic that has extremely poor compatibility with necromancy, such as holy magic, is something that Amelie can only use by relying on the [Saintess]. Without the [Saintess] title, she would struggle even to use the most basic Elementary Purification.

"Anna, do you think the Lohid family's approach is correct?"

Amelie continued to question Viriana, her expression serious:

"You were once a member of the Elven Royal Guard, after all. I believe in your abilities. I hope you'll think carefully before answering... Don't disappoint me, Anna~~"

"Mmm..."

Viliana had to think very carefully for a while before answering:

"Of course it's still very useful... Well, first of all, what I'm about to say is not meant to be disrespectful to human masters, please don't mind..."

"I know, I know, just get to the point!"

Emery waved her hand impatiently.

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point."

Viliana took a breath and said in a slightly strange tone:

"Magic originated from elves, a fact acknowledged by both humans and elves, and it has always been the greatest pride of those fools in our elven race... However, this pride is somewhat justified, since almost every elf can become a magician, and even a multi-elemental magician, if they are willing to work hard."

"When magic power is roughly the same and there are no magical artifacts, the combat ability of a multi-elemental mage is far greater than that of a mage specializing in a single element... because every spell has a weakness, and if a multi-elemental mage plays a targeted approach, a mage specializing in a single element simply has no chance."

"Therefore, in ancient times, an elven mage could usually easily defeat more than five human mages of the same level."

"Right now... well, even with the aid of magical artifacts, we elven mages are still stronger than human mages under normal circumstances. Take those teachers at the Lohid Magic Academy, for example. Most of their magic power is about the same as mine, but in actual combat, I'm confident I can easily take on at least three of them one-on-one, and I can put up a fight against four, but it would take five to definitely beat me."

"However, this only applies to one-on-one combat. Human mages' ability to improve and optimize various specialized spells, as well as their ability to cooperate in combat with multiple specialized spells, is something we elves cannot match."

"When there are fewer people... such as battles with fewer than 10 people, we elven mages should be able to defeat three times as many human mages without much problem."

"But when the number of people reaches around 100, the elves can only deal with about 1.5 times the number of humans, and it will be a very difficult fight, and they may even lose."

"But when it comes to battles involving 500 or even larger mage legions, it's certain that we elves will lose... In that war back then, we elves suffered a great loss because of this, and if it weren't for the Elf Queen's intervention, we would probably have been wiped out."

"So, the training I received from a young age focused on individual combat... The old fogies in the Elf Council wanted us to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. Since we couldn't win in legion battles, we should break up into smaller units and use each individual as a spearhead to wage guerrilla warfare against the humans..."

"Of course, I'm now my master's slave, so I definitely wouldn't have such thoughts anymore. In fact, if any foolish elves dare to provoke my human master, I'd be happy to capture them all and lock them in my master's dungeon... Hehe~~"

"To receive such praise from an elven mage means that our thousands of years of effort in Lohid have not been in vain."

Ark arrived at Emerald's side at some point and expressed his gratitude for Viliana's rather objective evaluation.

Then Ark smiled slightly and sincerely extended an invitation to Viliana:

“Our Lohid Academy has long wanted to invite a real elven mage to serve as a foreign teacher, but unfortunately the elves at the Elven Embassy are either too frivolous or too unreliable... I wonder if this young lady would be willing to accept the invitation? You only need to come to the school two or three days a month to teach a few large classes, which will not interfere with your work with your sister Amelie.”

"Thank you for your consideration, Lord Ark!"

Viliana quickly returned the greeting with great respect, but did not answer. Instead, she looked at Emery with a questioning gaze.

"...Just agree to it, it's only two or three days a month anyway."

Ameliete pondered for a moment, then nodded to Viliana before smiling at Ark:

"Anna is my favorite bodyguard. Brother Ark borrows her for two or three days every month, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to help me with a couple of small favors, right?"

“…Sister Emerald, just say it.”

Yak didn't say anything about him offering Viliana a high salary, because for them, money was just a number.

"The first favor is very simple... Brother Ark should have already recognized Anna, right? Then he should also know that Anna's current status is a bit awkward. On the surface, she is still a wanted criminal on the run."

Emerald first raised a finger and chuckled:

"So I need your help, Brother Ark, to arrange a clean identity for Anna. Anyway, your Lohid has always been much more mysterious in the eyes of the world than our Melson, so it's not surprising that there's an elven teacher in the academy, right?"

"...Yes, that's easy. I can do it anytime."

Yak nodded readily without much hesitation, and then asked:

"What about the other thing?"

"...This matter might slightly affect your chance to shine, Brother Ark. I apologize to you in advance, but I will make up for it in other ways to ensure that Brother Ark is satisfied."

Emery lowered her voice after speaking:

"Is such that……"

"..."

After listening patiently, Ark first gave Emerald a strange look and sighed:

"Connor Holm is really unlucky to have you as his fiancée."

But after thinking for a few more seconds, Yak agreed:

"Alright, let's do it your way, little sister Emerald."

. . . . .

After the attack by the centaur, the hunting party took a short rest and then continued their journey toward the Red Dragon's lair.

Along the way, they encountered several more attacks from other snowfield monsters.

While intelligent monsters will avoid groups of terrifying two-legged creatures, there are also quite a few less intelligent monsters like the snow ray. They generally don't care about such things and will attack anyone who enters their territory.

Of course, not being very smart often means that one's evolutionary level is not high enough, and therefore one's strength is not strong.

Therefore, during these monster attacks, the teachers at Lohid Magic Academy basically did not participate in the fighting. In most cases, they only provided verbal guidance, and the students handled the combat themselves.

Led by several top students who already possessed the strength of formal magicians, the students fought several battles with impressive skill. It was likely that the attack by the centaur had made them accustomed to real combat, and they became more and more adept at it as they fought.

After several battles, although the students had used up some magic power, they were in excellent condition, no longer fearful or panicked, and even full of anticipation for defeating the red dragon.

The teachers were very satisfied with this, but they didn't show it. Instead, they often kept a straight face and repeatedly lectured the students, telling them to be careful and pay extra attention.

In the several battles, apart from the teachers and students of the Lohid Magic Academy, almost none of the invited guests like Emery participated, except for Rei.

She seems to have a real passion for cooking. Every time she encounters a monster, she uses the Jade Ruyi to separate flesh from bone and collect ingredients, researching how to cook the monster to make it delicious.

That focus on food resonated with Amelie, causing her to temporarily set aside her doubts about Rei and frequently go over to exchange experiences on cooking with him.

Of course, when it comes to the professionalism of cooking, Rei is much better than Emeralt. So most of the time, Rei shares some cooking techniques with Emeralt, making Emeralt feel that she has learned a lot and plans to try out the new techniques she just learned when she gets back... Anyway, Yulia can digest any kind of food, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

After traveling for most of the day, the hunting party finally approached their planned target—the Red Dragon's Nest—in the afternoon.

There are no towering mountains or spacious caves; the dragons that liked to build their nests there would have been killed by humans or elves long ago to gather their materials.

Nowadays, dragons prefer to build their nests underground and use various methods to conceal them, just in case their homes are discovered by the terrifying two-legged creatures.

The same is true of this male red dragon; its lair is built under the snow, and it looks like an ordinary snowfield clearing... If it hadn't been spotted by a magician scouting the snowfield when it returned from a hunt, people might not have discovered it.

As the hunting party approached the dragon's lair, nothing unusual happened; it was as if the party had simply passed through a clearing in the snow.

"...Is it home?"

Yak pretended to be walking normally as if nothing was wrong, but quietly asked his wife.

Kerry casually took Ark's arm, leaned on Ark's shoulder, and squinted her eyes, looking like a young couple showing affection. In reality, Kerry secretly activated a perception spell to explore the dragon's nest under the snowfield.

A few seconds later, Kerry blushed and nibbled on Ark's ear in a very ambiguous way:

"It was at home and very alert, so I didn't dare to look at it for long."

"Okay, let's proceed according to plan. Thank you for your hard work, darling."

Yak nodded gently and hugged his wife.

"It should."

Kerry smiled sweetly and then secretly cast a spell, pretending to be coquettish again.

Her perception magic is her innate magic. This perception magic is not only more covert than ordinary perception magic, making it suitable for stealthy reconnaissance, but it can also unilaterally transmit information to life within the perception range.

At this moment, Kerry used this ability to transmit information, accurately conveying Ark's orders to every teacher and student at the Lohid Magic Academy.

In fact, the teachers and students had already prepared various combat plans. The order that Ark gave was just to tell everyone which plan to use.

After the order was given, the hunting party appeared to be moving forward in an ordinary manner, but the teachers and students were already in their best condition, silently preparing their spells.

This is also a spellcasting technique developed by Lohid himself. By preparing the spell in advance, human mages who cannot cast instant or silent spells can achieve similar effects.

Finally, when the hunting party was very close to the red dragon's lair and completely within casting range, they suddenly attacked.

The first to make a move were a teacher and two top students who had already reached the level of formal magicians. The three of them used the same spell—the Burst Sonic spell, and it was a modified Burst Sonic spell specifically designed to target dragons.

As we all know, sound travels faster in solids than in air and water, and this principle also applies to magic.

The noise, which could strongly stimulate the dragon, was thus poured into the snowfield below, flowing along the snow and permafrost towards the red dragon's lair.

That wasn't all. Shortly after the three initial spellcasters finished their spellcasting, all the remaining teachers and students almost simultaneously pointed to the ground and also emitted a sonic boom.

"This...do they all know the Sound Burst spell? That seems unlikely for human mages..."

Viliana gasped in surprise at the sight, her mouth agape, and the other guests also looked astonished.