My Muscle System in the Mage World

"How am I supposed to know?"

"Maybe Teacher Adriana is interested in Aur…" one of the girls whispered with a mischievous smirk.

Hearing this, the boys couldn't help but have other thoughts.

Although Adriana had a sometimes shitty personality, she did have the figure that every teenage boy dreamed of.

Some of the girls also had pangs of envy in their eyes while looking at their own bodies.

"We still have a lot to grow," they whispered among themselves.

Aur remained seated as he looked at Adriana with his crimson eyes.

"Yes, what would you like from me, Teacher Adriana?"

As Adriana looked around and saw nobody in sight, her expression turned serious as she asked with a tentative tone.

"Aur, I will be direct with you. Have you broken through the limits of a mortal?" she asked, frowning.

"Limits of the mortal? What do you mean?" Aur responded with an ignorant expression.

Adriana raised her eyebrows upon hearing this. "Oh, right. I forgot."

"Hmm, did some disgusting smell ever emit from you, and you vomited a substance filled with maggots and such? Then, when you went to bathe, a layer of your skin peeled off as if you were shedding?"

Aur had a thoughtful expression when he heard this. "Yes, it did happen one time."

Adriana clapped her hands with excitement.

"You have really broken through the mortal limits even when you were not a wizard?" Adriana asked.

"No, I think I broke through when I was training for my spell, a spell from five elemental magic. As for what that spell is…." Aur looked at Adriana with a smile on his face.

"The academy respects your privacy, and we won't ask for the spell that you would practise." Adriana nodded her head.

"Thank you for your understanding, teacher." Aur nodded his head with a smile.

"Come to the leader's office. As a once-in-a-lifetime genius, we will reward you greatly."

"Reward?" Aur's eyes lit up when he heard this as he stood up.

"Yes, follow me." As she walked out, glancing at the excited expression of Aur, she couldn't help but chuckle. "After all, he is just a kid."

….

William lay in his bed, his body malnourished and frail. Once plump and rosy, his cheeks now clung desperately to his bones, outlining the stark contour of his facial structure.

His muscles, once well-defined, had withered away, leaving his form weak and feeble. It was as though he had been deprived of nourishment not just for years, but for decades on end.

A constant green light emanated from his body, a futile attempt at healing that seemed to have no end.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die…"

These words echoed in his mind as if William were on his own deathbed.

"There must be a way out of my situation." William gathered his courage as he entered his mental space.

"Lily, have you found the cure?" William muttered internally, glimpsing at his mental space. His tone was old and dry, as if that of an old man.

"No, sorry, master." Lily replied with a downtrodden expression.

"Sigh, when did I go wrong?" he thought to himself with a sigh.

William gazed at the mana pool surrounding him, his blue eyes flickering with the effects of the poison. He found himself unable to access his own mana, rendering him incapable of using his spells any longer.

"Master, although I can find a solution for the poison, up to that time you might not be alive. I have to let you know the only way for you to be cured now is two ways only."

"What is it?" William asked, his eyes lighting up. "As long as I have hope to live, I can do anything."

"Well, one of these methods is to talk to this primordial demon. He is much more knowledgeable than me about this thing, and the other thing is the one which started your journey in the first place – the Golden Text," Lily revealed.

William wore a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Hey, Asmodeus, are you there?" he called out, only to receive silence in return.

"I really need you right now, Asmodeus!" William roared, his desperation echoing in his voice.

In the reflection of the Golden Text, the man, who seemed to have a galaxy inside him, curved his mouth upward with a sneer.

"Did you call me, William?" Asmodeus asked.

"Don't play dumb; you know my situation already," William's voice turned cold as he gazed at the Golden Text.

"Hehehe, so you want to make a deal with me?" Asmodeus said with a sneering tone.

"Yes," William replied in a deadpan expression.

Lily suddenly intervened with a hurried voice.

"Master, wait, wait, there is still the option of using the Golden Text…"

"Lily, I don't know what this thing is, and could it really help me overcome my poison?" William asked, silencing Lily.

Asmodeus looked at the book with a condescending gaze.

"I won you a bug," he whispered to the book before turning his attention to William.

"There are many ways for you to be saved, kid. One of the options just heals you; the other will make you immune to poison and even increase your strength significantly. So, which one will you choose?" Asmodeus said.

"I choose," William hesitated for a long time in silence. He still remembered the scene from before he was stabbed and defenceless, the moment he let his guard down for even a bit. "I want to increase my strength as well, Asmodeus."

"Good," a chuckle escaped Asmodeus' lips. "You are quite brave and decisive, just like a true conqueror."

The galaxy in his body started to tremble, and the stars rotated faster, as if the entire time in this realistic galaxy of his has increased.

Slowly, a drop of blood came out of his body. The moment it was out, a terrifying malevolent, bloodthirsty aura spread in the surrounding.

The book trembled, not with horror, but with excitement, as if sensing prey.

"What is this?" Lily muttered in a strange tone.

The malevolent blood travelled outside the golden text effortlessly and appeared in front of William, still emitting a terrifying malevolent aura.

William's gaze met the blood, and the instant it did, he felt an urge to kill, to taste blood!

"Hey, Asmodeus, explain," William said while staring at the golden text again.

"This is the thing that can save you and even grant you immunity to the poison. Not only that, you will gain power far beyond your comparison," Asmodeus said patiently.

"But what is this?" William's gaze narrowed at Asmodeus.

"What do you think it is?" Asmodeus questioned instead of answering.

William was about to reply with gritted teeth. However, just then, Lily suddenly voiced.

"This is the bloodline of the vampire master." Her voice was filled with disgust.

"The bloodline of the vampire, those weaklings who live in the dark, who can barely survive. Their races are almost extinct?" William raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, master, those weaklings."

"Asmodeus, are you scamming me?" William said in rage.