Chapter 795: The Significance of Aipuli’s Ordinary Topic
“Why are you forcing me into this situation?”
Looking at the dense g*n muzzles in the distance, if Aipuli was still a teaching assistant, these firearms would have been a joke, but at this moment, they could take her life.
Moreover, the opponents were from the Security Bureau; the firearms they wielded were clearly supplied by the Wizard Academy. Even though ordinary people are generally not allowed to possess extraordinary materials or creations, the Security Bureau had quietly bypassed this restriction in the areas influenced by the Wizard Academy.
The opponent’s weapons could apply for extraordinary bullets for use in extraordinary law enforcement, which was a completely different treatment compared to the Witch Academy, where they had to wait for the Wei Ji Team to arrive.
But… none of this was useful to Aipuli.
She was in the Frozen World; without an attack equal to the strength of the shards of Extraordinary Knowledge or advanced mastery of extraordinary spatial dimensions, she couldn’t even reach the version of herself within the Frozen World.
However, she was nearing the limit of her physical endurance, which was also the limit of using the Frozen World.
The Frozen World could not extend indefinitely, and she could not rely on it to escape directly; at this moment, the Frozen World felt like a final frost coffin.
She had no choice…
So she chose to grit her teeth and support her body, enduring the wizard’s poison and holding up the Frozen World.
The Frozen World covered her body the moment it was activated, and then it spread outward like ice crystals.
Her real body quickly hid within; however, her right hand, which gripped it tightly, had already lost sensation. Aipuli felt like her entire right hand was about to become useless, as the low temperature of the ice was constantly eroding the core temperature of her body.
This sudden change frightened the family members, making them think she wanted to resist, especially since the opponent still held a powerful shard!
And they were just ordinary people.
“Fire!”
Suddenly, someone issued this order mercilessly.
However, this was not from the Security Bureau, but from someone in the Hothorn Family. With the issuing of the order, most of the armed individuals pulled the triggers, and with the intense sounds of gunfire, a large number of bullets were unleashed.
In an instant, the gunfire echoed across the sky of Monopeng City.
Although the Security Bureau personnel did not follow the order, many still fired as directed, while only a few looked at their captain with difficulty, seemingly confirming whether they should sh**t.
The one leading the Security Bureau team also had a grim expression; it was true that they dared not provoke the family, but a command from the family ordering them to fire beyond their law enforcement command… What if one day, that g*n was pointed at them?
But within Monopeng City, the Hothorn Family represented absolute power, and the Security Bureau had no choice but to bow their heads.
As a round of bullets poured out, those bullets passed through the overlapping spatial walls of the Frozen World, causing no harm to Aipuli.
At night, the place was illuminated brightly, and tracer rounds created a barrage that converged into a focal point, looking spectacular.
The following buildings were also submerged by a massive number of bullets; no one cared about the life or d*ath of ordinary people. To reclaim the Frozen World, what did it matter if Monopeng City fell into flames all night long?
To the Extraordinary Academy, everything outside was merely a place name.
It was precisely because of the attitude of the Extraordinary Academy that the family acted so recklessly.
“Stop! Cease fire!”
With this shout, everyone stopped squeezing the triggers, and after halting, they saw that the girl was still unharmed, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
These people were not just ordinary; they certainly knew a lot, and beings who could not be killed by guns were something they could not provoke.
They didn’t comprehend the current situation clearly, only understanding vaguely that there was a traitor in the Hothorn Family, and this girl was the one.
But now that their sole reliance on firearms had lost its threat, they naturally began to fear.
“Even if you possess that extraordinary item, let’s see how long you can hold on!”
The one at the forefront knew more and was naturally less afraid, so he chose to speak up to maintain the situation.
For instance, the opponent was merely a teaching assistant witch who had lost all her means; her only threat was a shard of Extraordinary Knowledge, and their goal was to recover it at any cost. As for the traitorous girl, capturing her alive was preferable, but killing her was also acceptable if necessary.
Even though the shard Aipuli held was not an extraordinary item and did not require a clear price for use, the current Frozen World was no different from an extraordinary item for Aipuli.
Even Tang Han’s absolute zero required alchemical techniques combined with sealing techniques to create a sealed alchemical item, specifically designed to protect the user.
Even so, Tang Han would still suffer backlash from the extreme cold powers, while Aipuli directly wielded the Frozen World, sustaining damage that was even greater than the cost of ordinary extraordinary items.
In an instant, the scene fell into a stalemate; both sides were at different spatial tiers, unable to affect one another.
But ultimately, Aipuli would end up with nothing.
The Security Bureau had already come; it wouldn’t be long before the Wizard Academy heard of the news, and soon the Wizard Academy would send people for support. Then, there would truly be enrolled students, who had the power to use witchcraft and other means. Although they might not be able to break the Frozen World, it guaranteed that her fate would be exceedingly tragic.
Moreover, if the opponent brought something that was also a shard of an extraordinary item to break her Frozen World, they might succeed as well.
However… her physical quality couldn’t support such actions, and she would fall before it.
This kind of standoff was what she had longed to see, just earlier; she had many questions she wanted to ask. If she spoke up now to see her father, perhaps her father would appear before her again.
Yet she found that she had no one she wanted to see; none of her closest ones were present… her mother was already dead, her father was a complete j*rk, and her grandfather was not someone she could meet just anytime. As for other relatives, none left a deep impression.
Yet her silence didn’t mean that the Hothorn family members were willing to endure endlessly with her.
They also sent someone from the Hothorn Family to try and persuade her, but not the one who had commanded to open fire earlier.
Instead, it was another person Aipuli still remembered somewhat; indeed, it was not easy to find someone in the vast Hothorn Family that Aipuli could still recall.
However… at this moment, Aipuli could hardly hear what they were saying outside.
She only found them annoying.
She even missed her instructor a little; in the final moments of her dream, her instructor had given her a choice.
To choose to resist or to sit and wait for d*ath.
With that final opportunity, she followed the most emotional choice in her heart, defying the shackles of her family.
She thought that this was the best answer, but the cold reality taught her a lesson.
Sometimes, a lack of ability determined that she had no choice, just like now; she had chosen to resist, but in the end, she could only sit and wait for d*ath.
In her mind, memories began to surface of how her mentor Chris had repeatedly given her choices; if at that first instance she had followed her true wishes… would she have had a completely different outcome?
“I’m sorry… Mentor Chris… I’ve disappointed you once again…”
Aipuli suddenly knelt on the ground; her body was beginning to struggle to maintain the power of the Frozen World, or rather, the numbness was nearly stripping away her ability to maintain her body’s balance.
“But all of this is just a dream… Mentor Chris probably won’t hear this… it’s all my one-sided desire…”
Unknowingly, Aipuli’s tears gradually fell, but before landing, they turned into ice crystals due to the cold.
The collapse of the dream made her gradually realize that everything she had done was nothing but empty; Mentor Chris would not come here to offer her redemption.
Her last relationship with Mentor Chris had been completely severed after that combat match.
So… was there truly no hope?
Aipuli felt there probably was none, although her subconscious had not given up on resisting. The series of experiences she underwent was filled with an unusual sense of incongruity, proving that someone was controlling everything… but her instincts suppressed the birth of this subjective thought.
Aipuli watched the clumsy performances of those outside the Frozen World, wanting to mock them but unable to smile.
And at such a moment, a familiar voice echoed in her ears.
“Are you really going to give up like this?”
A somewhat ethereal voice reverberated in her mind, causing her to feel it might be another hallucination.
“Since you chose to resist in a way of avoidance, why not resist to the end?”
The voice that echoed again broke the possibility of Aipuli thinking this was a hallucination. Her body instinctively jolted, wanting to find something.
Through her somewhat blurry vision, she saw a familiar figure beside her.
“Chris… Mentor… how could you…”
“You want to live, don’t you? Deep inside, you still have dissatisfaction; you have your pursuits.”
“I… I am indeed dissatisfied…”
“Why was I born into such a family, and I understand… even if it’s not within the family, I still wouldn’t attain the life I desire… Why has this world become so deformed? Why can’t it be as beautiful as in my dreams? Even if it isn’t as beautiful as the dream, even if it’s just an ordinary life with very ordinary love… Is this also a luxury?”
Aipuli’s voice was somewhat hoarse, many words came out almost as just intermittent sounds; perhaps only she could hear it clearly, but the emotions she poured into her words made her dissatisfaction and helplessness palpable.
“This world is sick; complaining is merely the groan of the weak. Only the strong can voice their own opinions.”
“But I… I…”
No matter how many principles she heard, Aipuli remained immersed in her own world; principles aren’t just for listening to, they must be experienced in order to be transformed into personal wealth.
She naturally understood Mentor Chris’s words, but now she could hardly protect herself; how could she be considered strong?
Everything was just a joke…
“Since you entered the Witch Academy, you actually had a path before you to walk, but from the very beginning, you overlooked its existence. Why not boldly attempt it?”
“What is…?”
Aipuli instinctively asked, but once she voiced it, she realized she seemed to know what it was.
It was the path of advancement that she had always abandoned, the one branded as a taboo by the family for forsaking humanity.
People in the family were selected to apply for the Extraordinary Academy, and the first lesson taught was that one should not advance to become extraordinary, as it represented a rejection of one’s self; advancing to become extraordinary meant abandoning one’s original self and becoming someone else, merging into another race; even wizards were no exception.
How many generations of ancestors went through attempts to advance to become extraordinary in the family, and the ensuing cases were countless— all ended in the forsaking of the family. So even if many still did not understand why they could not advance to become extraordinary, it had become a family rule that was quietly accepted and one that should not be exposed within the academy!
But now… Aipuli could not care less about it.
Advancing to become extraordinary did not seem as terrifying as the family claimed. The days she spent in the Witch Academy, along with her interactions with Mentor Chris and other mentors, showed that they were extraordinary witches, but they were also adorable beings who liked to be called “sister.”
But… did she really still have the qualifications to advance to become an extraordinary witch?
She had been expelled from the Witch Academy, having signed a witch contract that required her to adhere to the controlled expulsion of students.
She had lost all her magic sources and spellbooks.
She had completely lost the foundation to advance to become extraordinary.
“It seems you’ve already understood; the witch welcomes any aspiring witch who genuinely wishes to join the witch family.”
“Then now… fulfill your choice.”
As Chris’s voice faded, her figure gradually dissipated, leaving only a hand extended toward Aipuli, holding a magic source and gently offering it to her.
A magic source.
But it was enough; an initial magic source from the Witch Academy could theoretically support a preparatory witch to complete her advancement to an extraordinary witch within ten years.
Any extra magic source would be an additional pursuit of power.
At this moment, I, along with Sister Bai, looked on expectantly, waiting for a miracle to happen.
And I was ready.
For the transformation of life advancing to extraordinary moments, the completion of the concept of the witch race, the incubation of self-generated magic, the foundational support of the topic’s power, and the sublimation from soul material to soul…
Each of these transformations corresponded to what I craved, serving as an experience that could not be sought after.
And I was fully prepared to expose myself at the first opportunity and dominate the entire scene; no one could interrupt this advancement ceremony!
Bai Yu was on high alert beside me; she knew well that even the extraordinary couldn’t disrupt Xiao Han’s attempt!
At this moment, Aipuli was dazed, staring at the magic source in front of her, her eyes somewhat hazy.
“Really… a magic source?”
Aipuli thought all of this was just a fantasy from her heart, an overlap of dreams and reality, a falsehood before d*ath.
But… a magic source couldn’t be fake…
Unconsciously, Aipuli reached out her hand; she had never scrutinized a magic source so carefully before, since reaching the limit of ten thousand magic sources, she hadn’t cared for its existence at all.
But now, she suddenly found it so wonderful.
Her life level, nearly touching real time, was writhing restlessly.
Chris’s teachings on how to advance to become extraordinary echoed like a flickering lantern in her last moments of life.
She seemed to return to the time when she was willing to listen to Mentor Chris’s lessons.
At this moment, the magic source in her left hand overlapped with the magic source that Mentor Chris was holding during her lecture.
A resonance that words couldn’t describe stimulated every sensory nerve in Aipuli, as if something blossomed from the depths of her life!
At this moment, Aipuli felt an unprecedented comfort and smoothness, as if all the shackles of her past had made way for her.
The thoughts she desired most transformed into her most steadfast source of power at this moment.
“I just yearn for an ordinary life and love… so… is this the meaning of my ordinary topic?”
The scene in front of Aipuli transformed into the moment when Mentor Chris forcefully made her choose the ordinary topic.
Her past self didn’t plan to advance to become extraordinary and merely accepted it silently, but she had never considered that at that moment, Mentor Chris had already foreseen her predicament.
At that moment, Mentor Chris shot a b*llet that she couldn’t understand; it struck her forehead at this very moment.
But now, she received it with a smile.
