Chapter 37: The Cursed Hercules

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Niedern nodded and said, “Good, you can still smile. That means that there’s too little pressure on you.”

Su Ye did not know whether to laugh or to cry. “Teacher, you’ve misunderstood. I’ve already successfully carved the Magic Array. I am both lucky and very good at blind guesses.”

Niedern knitted his brows slightly. Then, he stared deeply at Su Ye.

“Really.” Su Ye was very sincere.

Niedern took a deep breath to suppress the shock in his heart.

Soon, Niedern regained his composure. He nodded his head and said, “Activate the Magic Array just like how you activated your Magic Power earlier, then link it with the Magic Cow Rope I gave you. If it moves, it means that your Magic Array is a success.”

Su Ye placed the Magic Cow Rope onto the carpet, then took a deep breath.

An image surfaced in his mind a moment later. The leaf of the Tree of Magic suddenly became gigantic, as large as a planet. Then, blue liquid seeped into the Magic Array on the leaf.

The Magic Array was like an ocean, while the Magic Power was like a raging current.

After the Magic Power flowed through the Magic Array on a predetermined path, the entire Magic Array suddenly erupted with blinding light.

An intense column of white light shot out of the Magic Tower and up into the sky, to the very tip of the mental world.

This series of events might seem to have developed slowly, but it only took about two seconds.

Su Ye felt a warm current course through the center of his brows. It was more than a hundred times stronger than the warm current he felt before.

Su Ye instinctively raised his right hand and extended his index finger toward the Magic Cow Rope.

An alarming scene ensued. The Magic Cow Rope slowly reached up as if it was alive. It was like a long snake.

An indescribable feeling welled up in Su Ye’s heart when he saw this scene. He did not expect to truly control the rope. He had learned to grasp real magic!

Then, Su Ye continuously moved his right index finger. The Magic Cow Rope was like an obedient magic servant. It moved as Su Ye guided right before his eyes.

“Wonderful.”

Su Ye instinctively entered a state of observation. He sensed the condition of his body with his heart and used his eyes to observe the changes to the Magic Cow Rope. This was an ability that he had slowly mastered after he had engaged in meditation for a long time.

Niedern let out a soft gasp when he saw this scene. “To think that while you are an idiot when it comes to studies, you are a genius when it comes to meditation.”

The Magic Cow Rope fell onto the ground.

Su Ye turned to look at Niedern and said, “Teacher, you cannot be like Hutton!”

At this moment, Niedern suddenly flipped open his spellbook, opened a magic message, and read it.

Su Ye waited silently.

Sometime later, Niedern stared at Su Ye.

Every hair on Su Ye’s body stood as he sensed the caution and suspicion in Niedern’s gaze.

Niedern was a Gold Mage.

“Teacher… What’s going on?” Su Ye’s question amplified the anxiety in his heart.

“There’s too big a difference between the current you and the past you. If not for the fact that you could enter the Plato Academy safely and walk past the Sea Demon Fountain, as well as the fact that you have been thoroughly investigated, I would have suspected you of having another soul deposited within your body.”

Su Ye let out a long sigh. “I knew that I had become different from the seventh day my parents died.”

Niedern said sympathetically, “I understand. There are too many people throughout history who have had their talents activated after being subjected to agitation. Hercules, for example. His abilities improved tremendously after he suddenly turned manic and accidentally killed his teacher. He then accidentally killed his wife and son, as well as his best friend, but he is now hailed as the Hero King. Unfortunately, everyone suspects him. They even think of him as the “Crazed Demon” who killed his friends. However, every mage could guess that he had been cursed.”

“Who cursed him?” Su Ye asked, pretending to be casual.

Niedern shook his head as he said, “Our guess that it was a person who was at least at the level of a Demigod. Perhaps from Greece or maybe from some other country.”

“So that’s the case.” Su Ye did not expect the Greeks to not know about the truth behind Hercules’s curse. It looked like the mysteries of the World of Deities were deeper than he had imagined.

Su Ye suddenly had a thought.

“I encountered Lawrence on the first day and Hutton on the second. Could I have been cursed too? That shouldn’t be the case. Today and tomorrow will go very well!”

The thought in Su Ye’s head passed in a flash.

Niedern looked at Su Ye and said, “I did not expect you to have such exceptional talents when it comes to magic. We have all judged you wrongly. However, there are only benefits for you and the Plato Academy. Back then, the Four Elites of the Academy exerted pressure all over Greece and even the entire world. However, these days, geniuses are produced every generation through the Noble Academy. Some years, they even produce several geniuses in magic. This has exerted a great deal of pressure on the Plato Academy. Over the years, the Plato Academy has been put at a disadvantage. The future of the academy depends on you guys.”

“Teacher, I am still an apprentice,” Su Ye said in frustration.

“That’s right, you are still too young. Let’s not talk about this. Your control over the Magic Rope just now was decent. That means that your Mind Power is extremely strong. You can already use this spell directly. Now, you have to learn how to use incantations. Try to attack me using the Magic Rope. If you can trap me, that would mean that you have fully grasped the spell.”

Niedern spoke as he retreated, “Even though you can control the Magic Rope, you have to use the power of incantations if you want to instantly release all of your Magic Power. The study of incantations is a subject that is completely different from any other language subjects. Both its pronunciation and meaning cannot be understood directly. One can only understand it if it was read with the mind. So to others, spell incantations are like jumbled sounds that can only be understood if they have grasped it. You have not learned incantations, but I can impart them to you using magic so that you can understand them in a short amount of time. But you have to constantly review and study when you get back. Otherwise, you will forget them shortly after.”

Su Ye stared at Niedern’s lips. He put all of his concentration onto his vision and hearing.

“Sikeni!” Niedern said.

Su Ye suddenly froze. It seemed as though the current of time before his eyes had changed. Niedern seemed to be slowly howling every syllable of the incantation.

This incantation would have five syllables if said using a normal language, but it only had three when used in an incantation. Furthermore, the intonation of every syllable sounded normal, but every syllable would convert itself into a complete sentence in his head.

Su Ye could not understand what the three sentences meant for the time being. He only had the faint sense that the incantation seemed to be made up of three sections, which served to command a mysterious power. Control the mysterious power, and you’ll activate the mysterious power, respectively.

Finally, Su Ye had the faint realization that “Sikeni” could be interpreted as “rope imbued with magic,” or shortened to “Magic Rope.”

An instant later, the flow of time returned to normal.

“Did you understand that?”

“A little, I am still a little confused,” Su Ye said.

“Pronunciation.”

“Sikenie!” Su Ye said.

“Wrong, again! Sikeni…”

Niedern only nodded his head with satisfaction a few dozen attempts later. He said, “Not bad. Now you try.”

“Alright.”

Su Ye looked at Niedern who was retreating slowly. He had a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.

This was the first time he was going to attack using a spell.

However, Su Ye noticed that he was overly excited and thus instinctively tapped his right index finger and thumb together. He took a deep breath and extended his shoulders to relax his body.

Niedern could not help but nod slightly. There was a look of approval in his eyes.

Su Ye took another deep breath, then suddenly extended his hand and pointed toward Niedern. At the same time, he shouted, “Sikeni.”