The villain daughter did all kinds of things

"Senior...you've always wanted to surpass your older sister, right? But if you can't even imitate her, how can you surpass her? I believe in you!"

She is often physically abused and emotionally manipulated with gentle words. In addition, she has to hypnotize herself to say that phrase in order to activate her Mystic Code. Now, Sulina's feelings for Emerald have changed significantly without her realizing it.

Of course she wouldn't accept it. If Sulina suddenly gained an unfair advantage and became invincible, she would definitely knock Amelie to the ground and stomp on her a few times.

But that's all. Even though Emeryte killed Sulina's boyfriend and completely disregarded Sulina's dignity, Sulina never thought of killing Emeryte, and didn't even hate her much.

According to Emery's own plan and speculation, when she helps Sulina truly realize her dream and stand in the center of the Sphinx Grand Theatre stage, this supple and beautiful senior will truly belong to her completely, body and soul.

Regardless of what Sulina thinks of Emerald now, her ability to run the Morning Light Opera House so successfully on her own is undeniable.

So Amelie didn't have to worry much about filming "Kalevy Girl". She just arranged a few photographers for Sulina and she took care of almost everything herself.

Su Lina is a true artist; she has a knack for drawing inspiration from other subjects. Her talent for filmmaking is evident, and she picks it up much faster than the average person. Her future is promising.

Amelie observed all of this and nodded inwardly, thinking that it wouldn't be bad to let this senior student work part-time as a director in the future, at least she would definitely be able to make art films.

The construction of the cinema on Vance Shopping Street went smoothly, as did the filming of the two new movies. Before we knew it, almost a month had passed.

On this day, when Emery entered her CEO office, she saw a gray raven standing by her window, looking at her with eyes full of human wisdom.

finally come!

Emery smiled slightly, quickly opened the window to let the crow in, and even grabbed a handful of snacks to feed it.

"...Thank you, generous Miss Emerald Melson."

Without any hesitation, the crow opened its beak and devoured all the snacks in a few bites before speaking to Emerald in perfect human language:

“On behalf of my master, Ark-Lohid, I extend this invitation to you…”

Chapter 157 Time to get rid of that annoying fiancé

No matter how advanced humanity's magical technology becomes, we must acknowledge that human magic originated from elves. Regardless of the improvements and innovations humans have made to the magic we use today, its prototypes can all be found in elven magic.

Elves are the source of all magic in this world.

For a long period in ancient times, humans were merely slaves and toys of elves, and only a very few humans with powerful magical talents were able to gain freedom.

In this context, the first person to steal magical knowledge from the elves and pass it on to other humans so that they could also use ancient magic was the progenitor of Lohid.

It was under the leadership of the first group of Lohid that humanity finally gained the strength to struggle and resist the enslavement of the elves. Later, some of them successfully crossed the Emerald Strait and escaped to settle on what is now the Federation continent.

The elves only sent a small number of slave hunters to hunt down these humans, without deploying a large army, thus giving these pioneers of the Allen Federation a chance to catch their breath.

However, the fact that the elves' pursuit was not strong does not mean that humans are having an easier time.

Since the demonic tides have existed since ancient times, and there was no Federation army to clear them back then, one can imagine how many demons were on the Federation continent at that time.

Humans can only survive by gathering together to build villages and towns and relying on fortifications, in order to barely survive attacks from various monsters.

To give humanity the power to survive, the ancestors of Lohid founded the Lohid Magic Academy to impart magical knowledge. The Lohid Magic Academy is the only academy in the entire Allen Federation established before the Federation's founding, and it is also humanity's first academy.

The establishment of the Lohid Magic Academy gave humanity a greater ability to protect itself, but life was still far from easy, with people frequently losing their lives to monster attacks.

There's no way around it; humans' magical talent is far inferior to that of elves.

Like Viliana, most elves, having undergone more than ten years of systematic study and diligent practice, can achieve mastery of almost all types of magic, possessing thousands of spells.

Human mages, on the other hand, over 99% can only specialize in one type of magic, and the number of spells they master is rarely more than 50. Humans who can specialize in two types of magic are geniuses among geniuses, and those who can specialize in three types of magic may only appear once every hundred years.

This makes human mages far less powerful than elven mages of the same level. Elven mages can easily solo dragon-level monsters when they are serious, but human mages need a team of 5 or 6 to defeat them, and there are often casualties.

Many human mages, carefully trained for years by the Lohid Magic Academy, were lost before they could participate in many battles for various reasons... and the magic tide refreshes every month.

The training speed of human mages could not keep up with the consumption speed of fighting monsters. During that period, although humans could barely survive, they could only survive and could not develop or become stronger.

Until Melson's ancestor appeared out of nowhere and invented magic technology, allowing people to cast spells through magic devices even if they had no understanding of the principles of magic.

In the beginning, if humans wanted to defeat a dragon-level monster, they needed at least four qualified mages to form a team, and there was a high chance of casualties.

But after the advent of magical artifacts, everything changed.

The four human mages no longer needed to personally engage in combat; they only needed to summarize, based on their own experience, which spells to use and how to defeat the target monsters.

Melson will be responsible for inscribing those spells into magical devices and equipping them in large quantities to mages who have received accelerated training, so that they can also hunt down this dragon-level monster.

Normally, to master a spell, in addition to having enough magical power, one also needs to understand the theory behind that spell.

For a spellcaster to train their magical power is like a student on Earth training their physical fitness. With the right methods and hard work, anyone can do it, and with the help of various drugs, it can be done quickly.

But magic theory is different. It's like advanced mathematics. People without talent simply can't learn it, no matter how hard they try.

The magic device is like equipping physical education students with a calculator, so they no longer need to learn math to calculate; they can get the answer with a single click after entering the question.

In short, Lohid gave humanity its initial freedom and the ability to protect itself, while Merson enabled humanity to develop and become stronger.

Even today, both families continue to fulfill this responsibility.

Lohid is the largest academic clique in the Allen Federation, focusing on the research of magic and developing newer, stronger, and more suitable magic for human use every day.

After Lohid develops these spells and summarizes his experience through actual combat, Melson will then inscribe these spells into magical devices and popularize and promote them to all of humanity in the Federation.

It can be said that even if the Allen Federation were to perish for some reason, as long as Lohid and Melson have survivors and they continue to cooperate, human civilization will surely rise again.

Of course, all humans have selfish desires, especially large families. Melson and Lohid did not become pioneers and protectors of humanity for free; their own interests must be guaranteed.

Technological monopoly is a given. Both Melson and Lohid use magical devices and magic that are at least 10 years more advanced than those on the market. Moreover, both families have strict regulations prohibiting the outflow of technological products. So much so that if a young lady like Emery wants to get a set of exclusive magical costumes for the family maids for Marcy, Marcy must first be promoted to a full-fledged position.

Moreover, just as Melson would not allow other companies or private workshops to mass-produce magical devices, only Lohid was allowed to open a magic academy in the Federation.

All new technologies related to magical artifacts will ultimately belong to Melson. And all the magical geniuses in the Federation will only become apprentices of Lohid.

It is precisely because of this absolute monopoly that Lohid and Melson have been able to maintain their position at the pinnacle of the Allen Federation, unshakable by any individual or force.

Of course, there are all sorts of birds in a big forest, and over the years, there have always been some stubborn people in the Allen Federation who want to break this absolute monopoly.

Unfortunately, they all met with bad ends.

Take Emerald's fiancé, Connor Holm, for example. If he hadn't accepted Myerson's offer of amnesty and instead chose to compete with Myerson using his technology, he would most likely have died by suicide or in an accident soon after, and would have written a will before his death, selling all his achievements to Myerson at a low price.

Similarly, if a magical genius is unwilling to study at the Lohid Magic Academy, he will either quickly lose his talent due to the lack of systematic education, or he will simply die young.

After all, while Lohid and Merson made significant contributions to human civilization, they were not benevolent figures or saints, but rather self-serving academic and financial tycoons.

As for the relationship between Lohid and Melson, it has always been very good. In fact, members of the two families have intermarried in every generation. After thousands of years of intermarriage, the members of Lohid and Melson can be said to be relatives, and people of the same age call each other brothers and sisters.

For example, Amelie's grandmother is the cousin of the current head of the Lohid family, and Amelie also has an aunt who married into the Lohid family.

The person who sent the familiar raven to extend the invitation to Emerald is Ark-Lohid, the eldest son of the Lohid family and the eldest grandson of the current head of the Lohid family.

Although humans now send mages with magical devices to fight monsters, the Lohid lineage still maintains the tradition of forming teams of human mages who practice ancient magic to go deep into the wilderness to fight monsters and hone their skills.

Whether a new spell, better suited to humanity, is effective is determined through practical testing by the mages of Lohid. Only when a new spell's combat data meets the standards will it be recorded in a magical artifact and made available to all of humanity.

Of course, modern human mages also use magical artifacts to aid in combat. Their casualty rate is much lower than in ancient times, and these trials are often accompanied and protected by powerful individuals.

The trial that Ark-Lohid invited Amelie to participate in was a long-standing tradition of the Lohid Magic Academy.

Every year in late autumn and early winter, the Lohid Magic Academy sends out teams to the northern snowfields for hunting training. They must hunt at least one dragon to be considered successful—not a dragon-level monster, but a real dragon.

Strictly speaking, dragons are also intelligent life forms in this world, and quite powerful ones at that. Every dragon, upon reaching adulthood, possesses at least the strength of a master-level mage... Therefore, the Federation's Monster Compendium names this level of monster as "Dragon-class."

Unfortunately, the dragon race is weak and disunited. In the early days, they were beaten by the elves in the southern Emerald Strait and had to flee north. Later, they were beaten by the developed humans. Now they can only hide in the northern snowfields and barely survive, and are often hunted by humans.

There's no way around it; dragons are made entirely of magical materials. Even the most useless dragon meat is a delicious, top-tier ingredient that both humans and elves love to eat.

Furthermore, since the dragon race was disunited and easy to bully, humans and elves conspired to label the dragons as monsters, allowing them to be hunted at will.

The Lohid Magic Academy even makes hunting dragons its annual trial objective.

The trial team usually consists of about 50 students and about 10 teachers, with at least one fusion-stage mage or archmage in charge, making it generally very safe.

Therefore, during each trial, the Lohid Magic Academy would send its familiars to invite some friendly foreign guests to accompany them for a tour, which could be considered a demonstration of new power.

As the eldest daughter of the Melson family, Amelie was undoubtedly qualified to be invited by Lohid as a guest. She could even personally bring her friends to participate in the hunt if she wanted to, which was a long-standing tradition between the two families.

In the original game, Emerald also received this invitation, and players could choose whether to accept it, making it a major side quest.

If it can be made into a side quest in the original game, then this hunt is bound to go wrong.

Before each of these dragon hunting trials, the Lohid Magic Academy would usually scout and lock onto the target, and this time was no exception—they discovered a solitary male red dragon with average dragon strength, which was a suitable target, so they decided to make it their target.

However, what the Lohid Magic Academy didn't know was that this red dragon wasn't actually single; it had a very powerful wife, a female shadow dragon. The reason the female shadow dragon hadn't appeared beside the male red dragon for so long was because it was about to break through to the Elder Dragon level and was undergoing secluded training.

When the female Shadow Dragon successfully broke through and was about to find her husband to share the good news, she discovered that her husband had been killed by humans. Those humans were even holding a bonfire party near her husband's nest to celebrate, eating her husband's flesh and stewing the bones for soup.

This kind of thing would be intolerable to any intelligent being, let alone a dragon with its naturally volatile temper.

Despite knowing that her appearance would attract an attack from human experts, the female shadow dragon still launched an attack on the celebrating human mages.

Although there are strong human members in the hunting party, the explosive power of dragons is much higher than that of humans at the same level. Moreover, the Shadow Dragon has a very powerful talent for disguise, and can usually strike first in battle.

Thus, the teachers and students of the Lohid Magic Academy who were undergoing trials met with tragedy.

In the original game, if a player chooses to decline the invitation, they will see it in the Federation's major news a few days later—the hunting trial at the Lohid Magic Academy has encountered a mishap, with heavy casualties among teachers and students, and even the eldest son of the Lohid family, Ark Lohid, has died from his injuries.

If players accept the invitation, they will also be attacked in the hunting party and have to fight a very difficult BOSS battle.

In terms of skill level, a player team at that time could never defeat a berserk Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon, not even with the help of a Grand Mage-level NPC.

Fortunately, the requirement for that battle was not to defeat the BOSS, but to survive for a period of time without being defeated, relying on tanks and healers to hold on. Afterwards, several top experts from Lothid would arrive and work together to quickly kill the Shadow Dragon.

With the help of the protagonist's party, most of the teachers and students, as well as the eldest son of the Lohid family, who would have perished from the dragon's breath, were able to save their lives. The protagonist's party also gained a large amount of Lohid reputation and item rewards, and could unlock the hidden shop at the Lohid Magic Academy, where they could buy several powerful skill books.

In the reality of this world, Emery would definitely accept the invitation.

Her current strength is already at the Fusion stage, and she also knew about Shadow Dragon in advance, so minimizing the losses is not a problem at all, and she can even make the Lohid family owe her a big favor.

Of course, most importantly, there is no better opportunity to kill her fiancé than during an attack by an Elder Dragon-level Shadow Dragon.

For Emerald, killing Connor Holm was never difficult; she could kill such a nobody anytime she wanted by simply stepping on him.

The difficulty lies in how to completely sever ties after the killing, while still finding a legitimate way to obtain her fiancé's research findings.

Now the opportunity has come. Connor Holm died in the Shadow Dragon attack. What does that have to do with the beautiful and kind-hearted Emerald?

Moreover, the dragon breath of that shadow dragon is quite special. People killed by it do not die immediately, but their souls are imprisoned in the corpse and burned for several days until their souls are completely destroyed. It can be said that they die a very painful death.

In the original game, if the player refused the invitation, Ark-Lohid would die, and the Lohid family would be powerless to stop it; that dragon breath was a unique ability of that shadow dragon.

Now, Emerald intends to let her fiancé experience this pain, as a way of venting her anger at his previous attempts to secretly hinder her business development through the United Arts Association.

. . . . .

In the president's office of Blue Star Films in Locke City, Amelie readily agreed to the invitation conveyed by the crow familiar, and even fed the crow familiar some snacks... this time all of them were Pancake's special cat food.

The crow familiar was full of praise and almost didn't want to leave. It would probably agree to let it switch jobs and become a familiar to Emeryte.

Amelie casually picked up the raven, ruffled its feathers, and then asked as if she had just remembered:

"By the way, can I bring a few friends with me on this hunt? Should you ask Brother Yak for permission?"

"No need, my master already instructed me before I came."

The crow nuzzled comfortably against Emerald's palm.

"If you bring fewer than 5 friends and attendants, you can bring as many as you like... If you bring more than 5, you can also bring them, but you need to let your host know in advance so that they can be prepared."

"Hmm, it shouldn't exceed 5 people, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Emery nodded repeatedly and continued petting the bird.

Although the crow familiar was quite fond of Emerald's snacks, it had a mission to inform the other invited guests, so it soon flew away through the window.

Watching the crow fly away, Emery's eyes flickered, and she recalled the scene in the original game when the crow came to extend an invitation.

The crow also arrived in the morning, but in the original game, Emery didn't start a company; instead, she willingly became Yulia's harem member... When the crow knocked on the window, she was still snuggling in Yulia's bed, acting all cute and affectionate, and ended up getting a good scolding from the crow.

Shaking her head to banish the completely different game scene from her mind, Amelie picked up her pen again and began writing a letter.

The trap is now set; all that's left is to lure the prey into it.

Given Connor Holm's current status, he is not qualified to accept the invitation. If he wants to visit the hunting trial at the Lohid Magic Academy, he can only do so as a 'family member' of Amelie.

However, although Emerald and Connor are engaged, they haven't been in much contact. If Emerald simply invites Connor to hang out, it might make Connor wary—after all, Connor is certainly aware of what he did before.

You can't get Connor hooked without bait.

But it's quite simple.

What is the most distinctive characteristic of a "phoenix man" like Connor Holm? It is that they will often do anything to climb up the social ladder, to enter high society and become a member of it.

Connor was determined to marry into the Merson family, and he didn't care at all who the Merson family wanted him to marry.

If it weren't for the fact that Emerald is currently the only one of Melson's legitimate daughters of marriageable age, and Connor wasn't in such a hurry to wait for Emerald's sister or cousin to grow up, he wouldn't actually have to die.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." By angering Emery, Connor Holm was destined to die in an incredibly painful way, lose everything, and have all his efforts come to naught.