Anana looked at the dazzling red light blooming in the crystal ball before her, feeling a surge of joy in her heart.
Actually, long before she even set foot in the Olifendo Academy, her father had secretly arranged for someone to test her, so she already knew she possessed a considerable amount of magical potential.
However, having it officially confirmed by the academy's crystal ball at this very moment, with the light genuinely reflecting in her eyes, the thrill of this achievement was a completely different feeling.
"There seem to be quite a few promising seeds among this year's new students," Mian muttered to himself as he watched the crystal balls light up one by one in front of him.
"But no genius with talent as outstanding as yours." A crisp voice rang out behind Mian without any warning.
"Senior Delyan!" Mian turned his head in surprise. "What brings you here?"
"A mere junior like Mian dares to speak to me in such a tone? I was just passing by to take a look, is that not allowed?" Delyan unceremoniously rubbed Mian's head hard, messing up his hair. "Also, mind your address; you need to call me Instructor now!"
She had successfully graduated from the academy last year and had chosen to stay on, becoming a young instructor.
She and Mian were students from the same branch of the academy, and Mian had even been recommended by her, so they interacted quite a bit. For Delyan's graduation thesis on the application of fire magic as a core power source for golem flight propulsion, Mian had also put in a lot of effort helping with the experiments.
"Senior Delyan..." Mian's voice was full of helplessness. He tried to salvage his disastrous hairstyle but could never manage to act tough in front of her. "At least leave me a little dignity as a senior in front of the new students..."
"Hmm? That little girl is a fire type, and her magical talent isn't bad at all." Delyan ignored Mian's complaints. Her eyes lit up as she strode forward, taking the initiative to invite Anana. "Little sister, your fire talent is very pure! Your magical fluctuations are quite active, too. Are you interested in joining our branch later?"
"Eh? Can I?" Anana was initially delighted, but then seemed to remember something. "But, I... I think I still need to think about it first..."
When she left home, her father had warned her to be vigilant out in the world and not to be fooled by strangers.
"Is that so? You're right, you should think it over carefully... But I reckon after you think about it, you'll still come to our branch." Delyan laughed heartily. "After all, in terms of the depth of fire magic heritage and teaching faculty, our branch is definitely the strongest! Plus, Principal Wolund is also the head of our branch..."
"Alright, Senior Delyan, the testing process for the new students isn't completely over yet! Please don't cause trouble here." Unable to bear it any longer, Mian pulled Delyan away. "If you need anything, come find me later, thank you!"
"Mian, you were cuter when you first enrolled." Delyan sighed. "Back then, you looked so obedient and easy to bully... Ah, though I guess you still are."
"Senior Delyan, please stop bothering me!"
Delyan waved her hand and, with a string of cheerful laughter, her figure soon disappeared around the corner of the corridor, tactfully leaving before Mian could truly get angry.
Anana blinked, looking in the direction Delyan had left, full of curiosity about her future academy life.
"Alright, everyone, please continue to follow me."
The entrance test for Olifendo was still the same old three-part set: magical talent, motivation for enrollment, and character and temperament.
No one was eliminated in front of the owl in the second round, but in the third round, facing the foul-smelling green-skinned goblins on the training ground, several wealthy young ladies obviously found it hard to accept.
"We haven't even started learning magic yet, how are you expecting us to kill goblins?"
"Exactly! My brand-new robes will get dirty!"
"And that thing is just too disgusting. What's the point of dealing with such lower lifeforms? This is simply not something a lady should do!"
Mian did not give these young ladies a good look. He scanned these pampered new students, his voice not loud, but carrying an unquestionable power that pierced through the noise: "The magical world is not as clean as you think it is, and not everyone will accommodate you. Danger and filth are the norm... If you don't even have the resolve to face the lowest tier of magical creatures, I advise you to leave the academy as soon as possible."
Mian was no longer the greenhorn who let others bully him when he first enrolled. He had already gone to the labyrinths several times with his classmates, encountered life-and-death crises, and narrowly escaped from the claws of monsters.
The idle chatter on the field instantly quieted down.
Anana did not hesitate to step forward first.
She nimbly dodged the goblin's wildly flailing claws, closed in with precision, and with a flash of cold light from her dagger, cleanly sliced open the artery on the goblin's neck. Foul-smelling blood sprayed out, and the goblin fell to the ground, twitching and making gurgling sounds.
After the goblin fell, Anana did not stop. Instead, out of habit, she pressed the goblin's head to the ground, straddled its back, and dragged her dagger from the goblin's scalp down its back...
Squelch—
The subtle sound of the blade cutting into flesh and skin was clearly audible in the silent testing ground.
"Uh... that's enough, student! You've already done very well," Mian hurriedly spoke up to stop her.
"Oh!" Anana finally snapped out of it, slowly rising from the goblin's corpse, and then calmly flicked the blood off her hands.
"Did I pass just like that? That was way too easy," Anana muttered.
Looking at the nearly flayed goblin corpse, Mian felt a chill run down his spine, and the way he looked at Anana changed somewhat.
Back at home, she had long since been sensible enough to start helping her father with his work... Now, she could expertly skin a snow wolf, and she had just about skinned that goblin, too.
To be exact... she had already skinned half of it. The disgusting muscle textures on the goblin's back were already visible.
The gazes of the boys and girls around her age had long shifted from initial surprise to sheer terror, as if they were looking at an unknown, ferocious beast wearing human skin.
Anana the Flayer.
This nickname quickly spread among the new students, and even many instructors heard that a fierce female student had arrived at the academy.
It even reached Wolund's ears.
"Anana?" Wolund muttered the name that Kalinda had mentioned.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just thought it sounded a bit familiar." Wolund picked up his quill and continued tackling the documents on his desk. With the new students enrolling, things had gotten busy again lately.
Anana herself was completely oblivious to all this. She simply looked around curiously, full of anticipation for her upcoming life of magical studies...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
