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A minute passed.

Alex didn't feel any special power. The magical scene he imagined didn't appear, making him wonder if he had mispronounced a word. But that was impossible. These words weren't under his control; they were spoken subconsciously. There was no way he could have 'mispronounced' them.

Five minutes passed.

Pietro and Kara stood quietly beside the altar, still anticipating Alex's first display of magic.

Unfamiliar with magic, they didn't know if this was normal. Although they found it strange, since Alex hadn't said anything, they assumed it was normal and wondered how long it would take for the magic to be released.

Alex stood silently for a while, confirming that there was no supernatural activity around him. Feeling like a fool, he slowly tilted his head and looked at the uneasy John. The suddenly tense atmosphere in the lair made John very nervous. Especially when he noticed Alex's gaze, his anxiety peaked.

"Don't, don't look at me! I don't know why either!" John screamed in fright under Alex's gaze.

"I hope you can give me an explanation, John." Alex said calmly, making it impossible to gauge his emotions, which added tremendous psychological pressure on John.

"I really don't know. This shouldn't be happening!" John angrily scratched his head, quickly walking to the altar to carefully check each step to ensure he hadn't made any mistakes.

"Everything's fine. All steps were followed correctly. How could this happen? Could it be something happened at the edge of hell? That's impossible. If the Hell Lord made a move, I'd get the message."

The more John checked, the more he couldn't control his trembling body. He never imagined such a simple sacrificial spell would fail. His biggest fear now was that Alex, in a bad mood, might chop him up and feed him to the dogs.

"Impossible, impossible."

Watching the nervous John, Alex frowned, a guess forming in his mind. "John, stop checking. Whether there was a mistake or not, why don't you try it yourself?"

"Ah?!" John looked at Alex cautiously, unsure of his expression under the mask. "Believe me, I have no intention of deceiving you."

"I believe you." Alex said, stepping off the altar and nodding towards John. "So, you try it. If you fail, it proves something's wrong with the spell or the edge of hell. If you succeed, then..."

He left the rest unsaid, but everyone knew what he meant.

John hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily. With mixed emotions, he took the parchment and, under Alex's watchful gaze, reluctantly walked up to the altar.

John quickly entered a spellcaster's state. As a long-time wizard, he handled this effortlessly. Alex and his friends watched silently as John chanted the illogical words. Unlike Alex's scene, when John recited the latter part, the altar's candles suddenly burned fiercely with blue flames.

Seeing this, Pietro and Kara couldn't help but turn to Alex, curious why the results differed so dramatically despite following the same steps. Seeing this, Alex felt quite helpless. Despite being a two-lifetime man, this was his first attempt at casting legendary magic, and it ended in failure, as if the altar was targeting him.

As expected, the sacrificial magic was successfully cast. Using the magical energy stolen from the edge of hell, John not only performed levitation but also cast another spell, Calamity Wind. This indicated that the sacrificial magic should have succeeded, and every step was correctly executed. But this made it even stranger—why did the spell that even a child could cast fail?

John stood silently on the altar, looking at Alex below, puzzled. Not only Alex but John also couldn't understand why it failed.

It was as if...

It was as if the edge of hell wouldn't allow Alex to steal magical power!

The steps were correct, and so was the spell, leaving only one conclusion: Alex was the problem. He couldn't connect to the dimension of the edge of hell, or rather, that dimension rejected him, making it impossible for him to steal even a bit of magical power.

Thinking this, John's gaze towards Alex became more horrified. He couldn't comprehend what kind of existence would be so rejected by the edge of hell—something even ancient dark wizards couldn't achieve.

If John was merely curious about Alex and his companions before, he now had no desire to probe their origins. Such an existence was beyond his reach.

"So, it's my problem, right?" Alex said helplessly. "Since it's a sacrificial spell, it should open a channel to the edge of hell according to the incantation. But I couldn't even do that, let alone steal power from that dimension."

"I'm afraid so. I've never encountered someone like you. The edge of hell has issued a one-sided expulsion against you, making it impossible to open that channel with any method. It's something I couldn't even imagine," John said, bowing his head deeply.

Alex sighed, unsure why this happened. His only unique trait was being a 'transmigrator.' Besides that, he couldn't think of any reason the edge of hell would reject him, as he'd never met those hell lords.

However, Alex wasn't inactive. When John cast the sacrificial spell and opened the channel for a brief second, Alex successfully left an anchor on the other end of the channel.

This was something Alex had instructed Miss Minutes to do before John began the magic. It was just an attempt, but it worked. Miss minutes used 6% of her power to leave a dimension anchor at the edge of hell.

At this point, John spoke again. "But I have another way. Since the edge of hell rejects you, we can connect to other dimensions. I know a friend who has a deep understanding of the edge of hell and other dimensions. She even signed a master-servant contract with a beholder!"

Afraid of Alex's anger and adhering to the idea of sharing risks, John quickly spoke up.

"I'd be happy to take you to her. I'm sure she'll help you master the magical arts, after all, you know, I'm a bloodkin and don't understand magic as deeply as real wizards."

"Oh?" Alex's interest was piqued again.

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