Life After Prison by Silencieux novel Chapter 1927

Emery could not bear to witness her concede her position, but her pride had taken a hit of vulnerability when she faced the undeniable reality. In the past, she had been hailed as the Sixth Mountain's prodigy. The gap between herself and Celeste would be minimal, if not entirely absent, if Celeste did not have the Forest Constitution. Being spoken in the same breath as Celeste had imparted Emery with not just confidence but a touch of arrogance too. It was intensified all the more by her countless admirers.

Having struggled for three years without breaking through the fifth level, the news of Severin's achievement in just half a year hit Emery hard despite her laughing off previous comparisons between her and Severin. While she might lag in attainment talent compared to a core disciple like Severin, she deemed herself to possess a superior proficiency in alchemy.

As she contemplated her chances of being the first to reach the sixth-grade alchemist and possibly even challenging Severin for the position of the core disciple, Emery re-entered the Alchemy Tower with the same resolve she had just half a month ago.

Previously, she aimed to harness her formidable alchemy talent to raise her crafting recipe count in the fifth floor's assessment. She had surpassed her expectations, as she completed 990 and had only ten more to go before she could the sixth floor. She hoped that the achievement would put her far ahead of Severin at least, but the outcome was hardly to her expectations.

As she took a deep breath, she gritted her teeth and declared, "My talent is far superior to yours."

Disregarding her fatigued condition, she went back into the Alchemy Tower and resolved to reach the sixth floor. That was the only way for her to redeem her reputation as the Sixth Mountain's prodigy, and she refused to admit defeat that easily!