Chapter 34: Adriana

She looked at every student as her terrifying killing aura erupted, causing everyone's backs to be soaked in cold sweat.

The woman looked around, and everyone avoided her gaze, reflecting a deep fear on their faces.

"Good," she nodded her head with a satisfied expression. However, she frowned upon seeing the frontmost seat in the middle empty.

"Has that blond kid not come yet?"

The class became silent as her killing aura erupted again, even more than before, and she coldly looked around.

"Where is that kid?"

Silence!

The entire classroom became eerily silent.

Yawn!

Suddenly, everyone's attention was drawn as they looked at the door where a young boy entered with a tired expression on his face.

However, his very presence seemed to exert pressure, enveloping every student and causing a terrifying sensation in everyone's mind.

"Who are you?" The red-haired woman asked with a frown on her face.

William was jolted awake, seeing the red-haired beauty in front of him.

"You mean me?" he pointed at himself.

"Yes..." the woman was already seething in rage, and the ground seemed to make quaking noises beneath her.

"I am William."

"So why are you late?" Her anger flared as she expressionlessly looked at him.

"Oh," William quickly realized his situation.

"I am sorry, teacher, I won't do it again," he said as he casually took the front row middle seat.

The red-haired woman just nodded expressionlessly as she looked at everyone.

"My name is Adriana, and I will be teaching you guys from now on, understand?"

"Yes, teacher." Everyone bowed, showing proper respect to the teacher.

She nodded her head, and the huge man beside her handed her a copy of something.

Seeing this, Adriana frowned.

"I shouldn't have made the third elder's kid do the demonstration," she cursed with frustration, however she soon calmed down with a calm and confident expression on her face.

"You guys don't have to worry; the academy will provide all of you with an equal amount of mana crystals for cultivation. We will also offer better spells for your vital spells, including countless spells even superior to the ones demonstrated, all thanks to our leader's grace."

The children's eyes lit up with excitement upon hearing this, as there gaze filled with reverence for their leader.

"We have to thank our leader for gracing us with this opportunity," Adriana said with a glint in her eyes.

"We thank the leader," everyone said in unison.

"Tch," the boy with goggles gritted his teeth as he sat back down with an irritated expression.

"She trapped me instead," he muttered with some resentment.

"Hey, I thought you were supposed to be the wise man here," the man beside him snickered with mockery.

Hearing this, the boy was even more filled with resentment, however, he didn't speak any further, choosing to remain silent instead.

The man next to him snickered even further.

"I should suppress this guy as much as possible. After all, my old man gave me that task..." The man wore a green robe with a rather lean build, sharp eyebrows, and big, large eyes. He looked rather heroic.

He was the first elder's son, Jack, who was just a step away from becoming a high-grade talent but couldn't.

The first elder and the third elder were in fierce competition for resources this time, while the second elder was sidelined because his son Gertrude was killed. Gaining the village leader's favour was the most crucial thing for both of them to obtain resources.

Jack basically represented the younger generation of the first elder, while the man in goggles represented it for the third elder, with the second elder's faction being sidelined from the resources because his son couldn't enter.

Although Jack was in the backlight due to the golden halo of Williams, who was an even higher talent than the village leader himself, that didn't mean he was weak. With the tempering he has been given from his father, he quickly learned his first vital spell.

Jack looked at his huge mental space that was almost two times bigger than Aur's and couldn't help but nod his head, seeing the colourless liquid that reached about knee level for him.

"I am very close to becoming a mid-mage apprentice..."

Suddenly, he looked at Williams, who looked rather sleepy with half-closed eyes, and couldn't help but mutter, "How much has this monster progressed already?"

"Teacher, I have a question." A girl raised her hand with a confused expression on her face.

"Yes, you may speak." Adriana internally scoffed; however, outwardly, she maintained a smiley face.

"If it is about filling the mental space with mana, then it's just a gradual process that takes some time. Even if it takes longer with the increase in the space of the mental space, the real problem is breaking through tiers instead."

"Why is it so, teacher?" she asked with confusion.