Chapter 825: Impossible! Absolutely Impossible!

Meanwhile, on this side.

There was someone whose focal point was entirely different from Horn's.

This person was one of the Twin Stars of the Empire, Nikolai.

It was probably also magic, though he didn't know what kind.

But it looked like this black-robed girl had mobility issues with her legs.

When Lan Qingyou appeared, his scrutinizing eyes immediately shifted to her.

Right now, regardless of what others thought.

At least in Nikolai's eyes, this black-robed girl's ability in mana control had already surpassed many of the mages, and even archmages, he had seen.

If nothing unexpected happened.

Just what were the backgrounds of these two people?

Why did they both seem so powerful?

Thus, he spoke up.

"This is..."

Nikolai dragged out his words, looking at the fat man, Arthur.

"Ah, my apologies, I forgot to introduce them. This lady in the white robes is Miss Elisa, and this lady in the black robes is Miss Lan Qingyou."

"Don't let their youth fool you; they are actually incredible alchemists."

"And at the same time, they are both outstanding archmages."

Seeing Nikolai ask, the fat man Arthur immediately introduced them.

Oh! Alchemists?

And outstanding archmages at that?

Nikolai became interested.

He did not doubt Arthur's words.

After all, he knew exactly what kind of person the other party was.

He believed the other party should also know who he was.

Therefore, Arthur wouldn't lie in front of him, and in fact, probably wouldn't even exaggerate.

At the same time, he didn't immediately jump out to refute it like the characters in knightly novels.

Saying laughable things like, 'How could someone so young possibly be an XXX?'

After all, just by looking, one could tell that the mana capacities of these two were definitely not small.

As for the title of alchemist...

In reality, it was something that could be proven just by having them brew a cauldron of potion, so there was no need to argue about it.

Of course.

The most important thing was that the white-robed girl was using a magical item created through alchemy.

If she herself was an alchemist, then it was highly likely that she made this thing herself.

And this would also explain why someone would make such a thing with no practical use.

Just for the sake of looking good—that reason was enough.

After all, alchemists were precisely this kind of group.

Making it for others might be impossible, because they still cared somewhat about their reputation.

But if they were making it for themselves, then there was nothing to worry about.

After finishing the introduction for these two, Arthur then turned to introduce Horn and Nikolai.

"This is the Commander of the Flamingo Knights, a mithril-rank combat technique expert, Commander Horn."

"And this gentleman, although you two haven't met him, you've definitely heard his name. He is one of the Twin Stars of the Empire, Nicolas Romé."

Pfft!

Nicolas Romé!!?

Hearing this name, Lan Qingyou narrowly avoided bursting into laughter.

"It's Nikolai."

She whispered this softly into Elisa's ear.

There was no helping it; strictly speaking, Elisa, who had learned Nikolai's theories and experiences, was in a sense Nikolai's student.

This point also applied to Lan Qingyou.

It was just that she was Albert's 'student'.

Of course.

Knowing it was one thing.

Whether they acknowledged it or not was an entirely different matter.

After all, in the past, they would call them 'Mentor' this and 'Mentor' that because they had indeed learned something from them.

But things were different now.

Because there really was an Albert here.

"May I ask if there is a problem?"

Even though Lan Qingyou didn't laugh out loud, her expression was still caught by Nikolai.

"It's nothing, I just felt that I really had heard of this title, Twin Stars of the Empire, somewhere before."

Lan Qingyou smoothly gave an evasive answer.

"The village chief of Fernweed Village mentioned this title before."

Elisa, the person who had just been angry because the other party stepped on a landmine, added a sentence at this moment.

This could be considered as smoothing things over for Lan Qingyou.

Therefore, Lan Qingyou also played along with her reasoning.

"Oh, right, now that you mention it, that does seem to be the case."

"..."

It was a bit fake.

But no one cared.

"By the way, Lord Nikolai and Commander Horn, you two wouldn't have brought the knight order north just for the meteor shower yesterday evening, would you?"

After the introductions, Arthur finally got to the main topic of their descent.

"Speaking of which, you just descended from the northern sky, so you should have also seen the meteor shower last night."

Reminded by Arthur, Nikolai and Horn finally remembered their mission for leaving the Imperial Capital this time.

There was no helping it.

After all, the visual impact of the entire caravan descending from the sky just now was simply too strong.

Coupled with the subsequent appearance of the black and white girls, everyone had temporarily forgotten their mission.

"Since you two are here for this mission, then there is no need to go."

"There is nothing to hide; that meteor shower was triggered by Miss Lan Qingyou's magic."

Saying this, Arthur spoke with an extremely proud expression and tone.

His demeanor was as if he were talking about himself.

He gave off a feeling of 'sharing in the glory'.

No matter what, he was a witness, so feeling a little honored was understandable.

However, his words directly plunged Nikolai and Horn into silence.

If Nikolai's brain could still comprehend what the fat man said earlier about alchemists and archmages.

Then this time, the fat man's words were not so easy for him to grasp.

A meteor shower triggered by magic?

Although he was just an alchemist and hadn't achieved much in magic.

He still knew about things like fundamental principles.

All magic in this world was driven by mana.

This meant that the larger the scale and power of the magic, the more mana it would naturally require.

He didn't know how much mana it took to trigger a meteor shower.

But it was obviously not something this black-robed girl in front of him could supply.

Even if this girl's mana capacity did seem to be quite large.

It definitely hadn't reached such a terrifying level.

Nikolai didn't believe it.

"What the fatty said is slightly incorrect."

Lan Qingyou shook her head.

See, this was indeed somewhat of an exaggeration.

Although he believed the fat man wasn't the type to exaggerate.

But this time, it was indeed a bit over the top.

Magic triggering a meteor shower?

What level would one need to be to achieve that?

A god!

Only a god could do that!

As for anything else, let alone magic, even a forbidden spell would be useless.

After all, even a forbidden spell fell within the realm of comprehension.

"To be precise, it wasn't triggered by my magic; rather, that was my magic itself, named Falling Stars."

"So it's not that my magic triggered a meteor shower, but that my magic is the meteor shower itself."

Uh...

Lan Qingyou's single sentence caused this favored son of heaven, hailed as one of the Twin Stars of the Empire, to break character on the spot.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Do you know how much mana that would require? That is simply not something a human can do!"

Horn, who had been silent on the sidelines all this time, waved his hands and shouted with a resolute face.

You've got to be kidding.

No one could possibly do something that completely violated the law of mana conservation.

Unless...

She was a god...