Samuel was now inside a small room with nothing except a gold glowing ball.After he was thrown into the fire magma, he instinctively began circulating the Primordial Devouring Art. The magma contained a massive amount of energy, and his regeneration ability activated immediately.He did not run out of energy while regenerating continuously because he was devouring even more energy at the same time. The pain was hellish, but it was nothing new to him. He was able to bear it mentally, since he had endured worse before.His mental fortitude should be the strongest in this world.He finally managed to swim toward the center after two days of struggling through the vast magma.After two days of his body tearing apart and regenerating nonstop, he had developed a level of immunity to the magma and no longer felt its pain as much. When he reached the center, a hole suddenly appeared and swallowed him. That was how he ended up here.There was a single table and the glowing ball. Nobody else w

"I do not want to blame you for my mistakes, so just go and never think of me again. Because today, I am going to take my life. Just promise me one thing: do not hurt this Empire anymore," she said, her voice low and soft."No... no... this cannot be. It cannot be. It was all your fault!" The mistress drew her sword to stab Samuel, but Nina threw herself forward and was impaled instead."No! Nina, what have you done?" the mistress cried out."This is what I was destined for—to be his shield and his shadow. But I abandoned what destiny gave me, and that was why my life went astray. In our next life, if we are destined to meet, I will be your shadow and you will be my destiny. I should never have hesitated to tell you what I feel, how I feel, or to share my troubles with you." She spoke these last words while looking at Samuel, a beautiful smile on her face.Then, suddenly, the world changed, and she found herself standing in a hall. A green-robed man appeared before her, smiling proud

"But how did you get this strong, though?" Samuel asked. No matter how advanced the circulation method was, there was simply no way it could have made her this powerful, right?Nina gave a vague explanation of her experience, carefully avoiding any detail about the dream world—or illusion world, or whatever it might have been. She only described the most essential parts."Oh, that explains it. You took a real risk by challenging the hardest puzzle. What if you had died?" he scolded."It wasn't an actual puzzle, but a test," she clarified."So what? The fact remains that it was still incredibly dangerous. Everyone who attempts it eventually goes insane and dies. What if you had failed?" He refused to let the matter drop."I'm sorry," was all she could say.Samuel finally calmed down. In the end, it was a good thing she was now incredibly powerful. She would be even more useful to him. The thought of having a genuine powerhouse as a subordinate filled him with an excitement he could bar

We are all mages, everyone in my family. When my grandfather was young, he ventured out with his best friend, Ozzai, and they stumbled upon a treasure. Both men wanted it for themselves, which sparked an immediate and vicious fight.But my grandfather was stronger. He defeated his best friend and seriously wounded him. Still, because Ozzai had been his closest companion, he spared his life instead of finishing him off.That was the greatest mistake he ever made. Many years passed, and our family, the Dumbledores, continued to prosper. My grandfather even reached the second level of the core formation realm. We were preparing to move to the capital and establish a faction.We already controlled several regions and were finally qualified to bare our fangs in the capital. But then something terrible happened. Ozzai returned, stronger than ever. He had become a highly accomplished top Alchemist. He brought his subordinates and allies and attacked our family without a word. He tortured and

The tall man paused and looked at Samuel in surprise."My name is Ezra. I am the son of the wealthiest man in Egean City," he introduced himself, unsure whether Samuel had heard his henchman’s earlier announcement."I don't care who you are. Just stop disturbing the girl and get out of the way," Samuel said, his irritation clear. Even if Ezra were the son of the city lord, or the city lord himself, Samuel would not have given a single damn.Unknowingly, Nina's heart fluttered as she watched Samuel defend her from another man who was trying to woo her. The feeling was akin to a man seeing his girlfriend being harassed and immediately rushing to her rescue.Ezra grew furious and finally snapped. "Listen, young man, it seems I have respected you enough. If you do not get out of my face right now, I will teach you a lesson you will never forget," he threatened.Samuel laughed. The idea that someone in the second level of the Core Formation Realm was threatening him was the funniest thing