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The Washington siblings might all possess talents that are more than outstanding.
"I hope each one of you can find a unique idea, an original thought of your own, for only then will you be able to make your mark in the history of Magical Engineering."
Lanci then presented the students with a challenge.
"!"
These words resounded like thunder, stirring immense ripples in the hearts of those arrogant geniuses.
They looked at one another and pondered secretly how they could achieve what the professor had described.
While many students’ eyes began to sparkle with an unusual light, seemingly full of ideas and eager to try.
At this moment, the Saint Kray Temple, as the top university of the South Continent for hundreds of years, had an academic style that was fiercely competitive and demanded high levels of innovation; any young person with unique talent and ambition undoubtedly had their goals.
Professor Landry’s speech had already aroused and become their desire, spiritual guidance, and source of motivation.
"So, Professor, how can one become a Magic Artisan who makes their mark in the history of Magical Engineering?"
Finally, a silver-haired noble lady raised her hand from the back of the classroom,
"Or, Professor, have you achieved it yourself?"
She asked.
Many students nodded slightly, looking toward the professor on the podium.
Undoubtedly, this was a question they all were concerned with.
"I have indeed done so, but for now, you don’t even recognize me."
He simply answered in this way, murmuring softly, with utmost certainty and a sense of mission,
"As for the way to help you achieve this accomplishment, it seems distant but is actually near, especially now that the Cerryti Empire is going through a dramatic change. The subject I am studying will influence this change, and may even become its core."
Professor Landry, who was slowly turning around, did not choose to start writing on the wall-sized whiteboard, but walked to the side of the classroom and began writing Demon Race Script on the glass window with a marker,
"As everyone knows, ancient Demon Clan Magic Engineering is known for its creativity; it can be said to be the origin of magic or rather that magic is intrinsically linked with the Demon Race."
He had fallen into lecture mode, writing unhurriedly on the clear glass while speaking to the assembled students.
The legend says that originally, humans did not know how to use magic until demons taught it to humans, and only then did humans begin to wield the power of magic.
However, overusing Demon Magic Text would cause humans to mutate, go mad, and finally become monsters—a theory that can still be proven in modern times.
After long years of evolution and bloodline enhancement, ancient human magicians gradually improved and created the earliest Human Magic Text, allowing humans to use magic normally without paying a huge price.
And now the Demon Race Script that the professor was writing seemed to be in a transitional stage between Demon Magic Text and Human Magic Text.
It was not only difficult for humans to understand, but even the Demon Race might not be able to read it.
However, for the students present, who had chosen to study "Study of Netherworld Magic Engineering," the Magic text written by the professor during the transitional phase between Demon Magic Text and Human Magic Text was difficult to read, yet surprisingly understandable.
They had not looked closely at the specific magic part, but had decoded the information—
This was a very intricate high-powered chain explosion principle.
Autumn morning natural light shone through the gaps of his script, dazzlingly bright, yet the students could not look away; they furrowed their brows and were determined to finish reading the black characters on the glass.
His Magical Engineering techniques were modern, yet his thought process and foundation were quite ancient.
Every student present who could understand what the professor had written knew the value of what was inscribed!
This made the students inevitably want to ask him: Who exactly are you?
All the students unconsciously fixed their eyes on the huge pane of glass the professor faced, with some taking up pens to start recording their own understanding.
According to the rules of Saint Kray Temple, unless permitted by the professor, the use of Video Magic Devices to record or take pictures of the classroom chalkboard writings and lectures was not allowed, partly to protect intellectual property rights and also to encourage students to focus more on thinking attentively during class.
In the quiet classroom, resembling a library, students looked around in confusion, feeling that the principle presented by the professor was enigmatic and mysterious—they even began to doubt its truthfulness.
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"The final project for this course is ’The Modern Application of Demon Clan Magic Engineering in the Demolition of Illegal Constructions’," said Professor Landry, informing everyone in advance. "This will be a group assignment. I will organize the groups and issue them this week."
Professor Landry only got as far as writing a summary before he put down his pen and began writing in the normal script of the Cerryti Empire, then set aside the marker.
Though the abrupt end to the professor’s blackboard writing left the students wanting more, they were relieved he hadn’t written further, giving them time to fully digest the information.
It seemed that now some students understood why the professor hadn’t written on the whiteboard but on the classroom’s glass windows instead.
Because he wanted to give the students enough time to stay after class and freely examine the content written on the glass.
Such audacious behavior, if the content written was valuable enough, would not only avoid being erased like usual classroom scribblings but might remain in the classroom for a month, a semester, or even decades.
At the same time, he was welcoming all teachers and students across the school interested in the topic to come to this classroom to view the groundbreaking principles he had written!
However.
At the moment, the students were more focused on the professor’s words.
Some courses at the Saint Kray Temple Monastery do not have final exams. Instead, 50% of the final grade depends on the final project, which can be completed throughout the semester.
"Originally, the ’Study of Netherworld Magic Engineering’ was planned to have an end-of-term exam, but after I took over, I changed it to a project-based format," Lanci explained.
"You can start preparing now. Likewise, I will teach all the necessary knowledge in class."
This format would put less pressure on students at the end of the semester, be more open, and also evaluate practical application skills rather than just theoretical knowledge.
His words stirred waves of murmurs in the classroom.
Although the professor, standing by the glass windows, put it so delicately.
The other Magic Artisan students knew.
The professor had euphemistically called the final project ’The Modern Application of Demon Clan Magic Engineering in the Demolition of Illegal Constructions.’
In reality, in the modern wars of the South Continent, a method to destroy defensive towers, no doubt, was a top priority in military engineering!
Should a new high-performance bomb be developed, its inventor would not only make history in magical engineering but would also receive the highest attention from the Imperial Army of the Cerryti Empire.
And what Professor Landry now made public in class was undoubtedly an olive branch thrown to them. He wanted to find the most gifted and talented students of the Cerryti Empire to join his military experiment.
"Lanci, have you lost your mind? Teaching the Empire your blasting techniques, do you really want to be awarded by them? What if they develop something and turn it on the Allied Forces?"
Talia had thought Lanci would motivate the students differently, not expose his capabilities outright. Such an act was bordering on betrayal of the allies!
"Don’t worry, once this research makes headway in the Empire, spies from the Allied Forces will naturally get the information. It will be easy for me to let the Allied Forces access the Empire’s progress and results through Miss Unity’s hands," Lanci replied with a light laugh in his heart, not feeling concerned at all.
"..."
After thinking it over, Talia felt he may have a point.
Even if Lanci released his research findings to the Allied Forces, it would eventually be obtained by spies from the Empire.
Why not directly utilize the Empire’s resources for the research and then share it with the Kingdom?
Not only would it draw the Empire’s attention, but it would also make doubts about Professor Landry’s contributions and loyalty to the Empire less likely.
"Also, Tata, have you noticed? Among these students are heirs to great nobility and senior ministers. To complete the project, they might really help me find illegal constructions..."
Lanci added to Talia.
"You!"
Talia suddenly understood.
The title of his project might actually be literal.
He would use any means necessary to mobilize the internal power of the Empire, employ its resources and connections, to obtain the coordinates of Blood Moon City, and then obliterate it!
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