[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-863":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620551,2087,"Chapter 863 - 846: Pay Attention to Someone","bear-school-astartes-chapter-863",863,"\u003Cp>When Lann blew a breath next to one’s ear, almost no one in the world could resist such a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least Margaret had no immunity to it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she could only obediently follow orders like a marionette under Lann’s command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said that Margaret’s private tutoring in alchemy indeed provided great help when participating in Lann’s experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advanced alchemy is almost like a magical ritual conducted in a large cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Experienced and professional alchemists use items like ’tears filled with love’ and ’blood filled with fear before death’ that possess imagery features in magical theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the alchemist can accurately and strategically apply these images within the ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, magical rituals, curses... do not require the initiator to have highly advanced magical prowess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a farmer on a hillside or at the edge of a swamp whispering could resonate with the chaos magic power scattered in the world due to intense emotional fluctuations, thus becoming a real and effective curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lann wasn’t some resource-strapped solitary alchemist. Why go outside seeking ways to resonate with chaos magic when one could find a powerful female warlock to charge one’s alchemy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret’s progress in alchemical knowledge was well reflected in this alchemical experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could understand some of Lann’s setups and their meanings in alchemy and coordinated her magic power to cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, she walked around the container in a regular pattern while inputting magic power, to align with the current seasonal and lunar phases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walking itself was a part of the ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, the first experiment still ended in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of the anticipated cluster of metal like plant roots levitated by Margaret’s levitation spell,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it turned into a metal block wrapped in white bone spurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, both Lann’s and Margaret’s expressions remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because after all, this was an experiment, and anyone who’s ever conducted experiments knows: countless disappointments are the norm in experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Margaret didn’t do much alchemy experimentation, she did plenty of spell experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s expression could even be described as optimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were a great help, Rita.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter took the object from the levitation spell, scrutinizing it from left to right while speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With your current level, the experiment progress can be greatly accelerated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Lann set the failure aside, intending to place it in his trophy cabinet in his cave room later as a keepsake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos, based on the previous experimental steps and his computing power, finely adjusted the experiment process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lann also replenished materials into the alchemical container, preparing supplements for the steel ingot and bone powder that had not reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These remaining materials were enough for at least five or six more experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Lann believed that even after five or six times, he probably wouldn’t achieve his vision, it still accumulated data for subsequent experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the ’failure’ that must be experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one can build the second floor without building the first one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected by Lann, in the following days, he and Margaret conducted several more experiments, all ending in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frequency of experiments was mainly tied to Margaret’s recovery speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, chaos magic power is ultimately a dangerous, unnatural energy that wizards must handle with a subtle balance of ’releasing and restraining’ control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Great Mage, when staying in a casting state for too long, might encounter unimaginable accidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the incident with Triss last time on Mushroom Mountain... now called Fourteen People Mountain, which resulted in magic power loss leading to self-immolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann once handed his Fifth Period Team Shield Emblem to Margaret. It contained a specialty from the New Continent, [Early Recovery Amulet].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It accelerates the wearer’s injury and stamina recovery speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann could adapt in two and a half days and regain consciousness after new organs occupied space and compressed him, thanks significantly to this amulet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, [Early Recovery Amulet] seemed ineffective for Margaret’s condition due to prolonged control of magic power, which was more of a mental exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a few days later, Lann received a message from the Lady of the Lake, indicating the new chaos magic power tide was approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would start a new journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This specialized version of the [Tendon Coil] would have to wait until his return before continuing the research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, you need to pay attention to someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the morning of his departure day, Margaret whispered while lying on Lann’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female warlock’s golden hair spread across the pillow, merging into a blend of gold and silver with Lann’s hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the magically temperature-controlled bedroom, there was only a thin velvet blanket on the bed, which nevertheless modestly covered the warlock’s alluring body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inevitably, the draping velvet also accentuated the fiery curves of the Dean Airetusa’s body—a huge shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m listening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann drowsily buried his head next to Margaret’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, this time Margaret did not succumb to her fancies, and she seemed quite serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viggo Fortez, does the name ring a bell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his lover’s posture, Lann slightly frowned and lifted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he the one... the leader who organized the wizards to partake in the Sodden Mountain battle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s memory, thanks to Mentos, was almost infallible under normal circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke in question form mainly to avoid misunderstandings due to name duplication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in Western contexts, having the same name is very common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, people often use nicknames in close relationships, such as Tishaya and Lann calling Margaret ’Rita.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, ’Rita’ coincided with another warlock, Coral Rita Nid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prevalence of name duplications is evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Margaret’s serious expression indicated to Lann that she was referring to that very person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about him?\" Lann turned over, speaking in a more formal tone. \"I was completely immersed on the battlefield then, only hearing about such a figure but never met him. Why should I be concerned about him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because he was one of the few who immediately recognized your performance and contributions in the war the moment it ended and didn’t hesitate to connect with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This only shows he has strong execution abilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it also shows he has a strong ambition!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret retorted discontentedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think rallying a bunch of pampered, or deeply research-focused wizards to go fight on the battlefield is something that can be done with just ’strong execution’?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know our group too well, Viggo Fortez must have expended a significant amount of thought and effort, using countless plans to make so many people owe him favors and trust him, aligning them cohesively at that time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1104,"2026-06-06T10:40:27.676Z",1,"novelbin.me","d81efa9e463046792250a402514fea25b0c64c59966c716404813829dbb777c1","bear-school-astartes-chapter-864","bear-school-astartes-chapter-808",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]