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Mons charged to the right.
Davian waited a moment, then went left.
'Skill duration is running out.'
Practically the last chance.
A hair's breadth gap could mean instant death in this precarious fight.
After exchanging blows for 30 minutes, the stress levels of the three had reached their peak.
Mons, who was holding up well in this situation, was truly remarkable.
Despite being hit and cut continuously, he avoided fatal wounds.
Meanwhile, he occasionally landed sharp attacks, buying time for Davian.
He didn't have an active skill like Davian's, which allowed him to move twice as fast.
He didn't have a passive skill that regenerated wounds.
He couldn't use magic either.
Yet he had endured this sharp and fierce battle for 30 minutes.
'Amazing, Mons. Okay, this is the last one. Let's hold on just one more time.'
The final exchange.
Soon, the Festival of Fire supporting from the rear would disappear.
The balance of the battle would collapse.
Somehow.
He had to end it before that.
Realizing that the Festival of Fire could be used this way was a gain.
Knowing that the Marino Empire had plenty of strong individuals like this was also a significant gain.
Sierra's attack method, freely using and emitting a unified energy that was neither internal energy nor magic, was also refreshing.
The same energy was used to enhance movement, generate powerful force, increase defense, and launch explosive ranged attacks.
Clang!
Mons's and Sierra's swords clashed.
Thud!
Sierra kicked Mons.
In the gap that was created.
Whoosh!
He shot a wind element magic and.
Swung the ice sword mightily.
Clash!
Sierra's enormous, bizarre sword collided with the ice sword.
"You seem impatient."
The Festival of Fire blazed even more fiercely in response to Davian's will, engulfing Sierra's back.
"Because I don't have time."
Meanwhile, Mons charged in again.
Clang!
Clash!
Sierra was dealing with the flames from behind, Mons's sword, and Davian's ice sword simultaneously.
Her skill was truly astonishing.
'Sorry, Mons.'
He pushed a Fireball, which he had been preparing slowly, between Sierra and Mons.
A Fireball imbued with 7-star magic power.
The two desperately protected themselves with swords coated in aura.
Boom!
Sierra took a step back.
Mons was pushed back ten steps.
At the same time, Davian also leaped back.
While leaping.
'Solidify the steam into a ball. Fire element magic from bottom to top...'
Davian's gaze faced forward.
Sierra, raising her sword and beginning to run towards Davian.
The sharp tip of her enormous, bizarre sword was aimed precisely at Davian.
"Mons!"
Simultaneous with Davian's shout.
Mons released the sword hilt.
"What kind of trick is this..."
More than a trick, it was an adventure.
A magic he hadn't yet completed.
A magic he had hesitated to use until the end because he wasn't sure he could control it properly.
'Please. Fly towards that huge lightning rod.'
Crackle.
Electricity seemed to generate in front of Davian's hands, then.
Flash!
A dazzling lightning bolt tore through space.
A speed of 100,000 km per second.
The lightning that ripped through space immediately reached the end of Sierra's enormous, bizarre sword.
The closest metal, currently pointing its sharp tip towards Davian.
Crackle! Bang!
A strong electric magic enveloped Sierra's body.
Although a tremendous current was wrapped around Sierra's body, she was not one to die from this level of attack.
Davian created a new ice sword and then quickly rushed forward.
Following Davian's will, the Festival of Fire also rushed at Sierra from behind.
Sierra, who was directly hit by the electric magic, was momentarily unable to move her body properly.
Even so, she glared at Davian with wide eyes.
'What amazing defense. I admit it.'
Lightning Bolt.
Not fire, water, or anything like that, but electric magic.
Normally, one should become black ashes upon being hit.
The Festival of Fire began to wrap around Sierra's upper body.
Electric magic followed by fire element magic at the upper 8-star level.
Finally.
Slash!
Davian slid, throwing his body, and swung the ice sword.
Slice.
The ice sword cut off one of Sierra's legs.
'Got it.'
The tenacious Sierra wildly swung her large sword while being hit by electric magic and engulfed in the Festival of Fire.
However.
The match had already been decided.
Slash!
He severed the remaining leg as well.
Thud.
Sierra's body fell to the ground.
"Farewell."
He swept away the Festival of Fire.
Stab.
He thrust the ice sword horizontally, piercing Sierra's back.
Precisely where the heart was located.
No matter how strong Sierra Clock was.
She could not endure it anymore.
"Davian... Naou..."
Sierra turned her head, glaring at Davian with wide eyes.
But she could not say Davian's full name until the end.
Thump.
Sierra's head dropped.
"It's over."
"Yeah."
"You've worked hard, Young Master."
"You too, Mons. Take this."
Davian took out a healing potion from his pocket and handed it to Mons.
"No! Young Master first..."
"I'm fine."
Davian moved his arms and legs, showing that he was okay.
"I tend to recover a little faster."
Only then did Mons drink half of the healing potion and start spraying it on his wounds.
"If the Vice Commander, or rather, she's this strong. What kind of people are lurking above her?"
"That's what I'm saying."
"I need to grit my teeth and improve my skills even more."
"That's what I'm saying. Let's go, Mons."
"Yes, Young Master."
One week later.
Davian's lodgings.
Bellum grabbed Bellus's shoulders and shook him vigorously back and forth.
"Wow! You're really amazing, Bellus! I don't know much about spirit magic! But you've accomplished something incredible, right?"
Luna clapped her hands, explaining Bellus's achievements.
"Last week, he entered the forest behind the Medio Garden for the first time in class, and guess what? He came back with 15 spirit contracts. Including high-ranking spirits!"
Liber added.
"It's the first time in the academy's history! If he keeps this up, he'll be able to make contracts with dozens more spirits within a year, right?"
Latia crossed her arms and tilted her head.
"Calling them 'spirits' makes them sound like animals. Are you going to call Glacie a spirit?"
"Ah, is that so? But Glacie is a top-tier spirit, and there are also many animal and elemental spirits, right?"
"...That's true."
"Anyway, he's going to make contracts with dozens of spirits!"
"Dozens of spirits, what's with that?"
"Oh, never mind! That's not the important thing."
Bellum, who was listening to the conversation, shook Bellus's shoulders back and forth again.
"That's right. The important thing is that our Bellus is a super amazing freshman!"
"He's really amazing. Even just going into the forest behind the Medio Garden for the first time and feeling the spirits is amazing. But he came back with contracts. And 15 of them!"
Bonita turned her head and asked.
"But Davian. What are you looking at so intently?"
"A book."
"Ah, so you're looking at a book, but what kind of book are you looking at so intently? You weren't usually a big reader, were you?"
Davian put his finger on the page he was reading, closed the book, and showed the cover.
"Warriors of other continents? What kind of book is this?"
"It's literally what it says. A book that summarizes how strong individuals from other continents fight."
"Oh, is our continent too small now? Are you seriously going to advance beyond the continent?"
"Not really. There are some things I need to know."
In fact, this was not the first book.
For a week, Davian had been borrowing and reading over ten books from the library, starting with the cultivation methods of other continents.
"It's been a while since I've seen Davian studying so hard."
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."
"What does that mean? Is it something that comes out of that book?"
"No, there's something like that. It means that if you know the enemy and know yourself, you will not be endangered in a hundred battles."
Bonita nodded.
"That's a good saying. And it's true."
In fact, Davian had been looking at books for a week.
It wasn't just for knowing the enemy.
The energy that Sierra possessed.
To be exact, it was close to internal energy.
But its role was not only to enhance movement and manifest aura.
She had also blown Mons away by emitting it with her bare hands.
She had also strengthened her defense by sending it to specific parts of her body in an instant.
Of course, she had also become strong enough to wield that huge sword freely with one hand.
'After all, we're all the same humans. Absorbing natural mana is also the same. There will be differences in cultivation methods and operation methods.'
This was Davian's conclusion.
If so.
If he could grasp their cultivation methods and operation methods.
Perhaps he could merge the magic, internal energy, and external force in Davian's body.
He remembered the conversation he had with Hugo Molton last year.
"The magic that resides in your heart. The internal energy gathered in your dantian. The external force spread in your muscles. These three energies are a little different from others. The mana absorbed into your body is a bit special. It's true that it's absorbed into the heart, dantian, and muscles respectively, but their properties are not very different."
Hugo Molton said that he had tried to push mana into his sword but had failed.
But Davian had told him that it might be possible.
But Davian had not yet succeeded either.
'Maybe. The clue to the solution may lie in the mana operation methods of other continents.'
This was the case with Sierra.
The same goes for Sarah.
The mages of Alcancia can only emit magic with both hands.
The people of the continent of Osid, where Sarah lived, can also emit magic through their legs and feet.
After Erium Alcancia unified the Pax Continent a thousand years ago and founded the Alcancia Kingdom.
Alcancia had continued to develop in its own way for a thousand years.
But as peaceful as it was, it remained stagnant.
'I need to broaden my horizons.'
The extremely difficult quest of 'Game Elton Academy' that he experienced in his third playthrough.
He may not be able to clear it until graduation by accumulating only the points given by the system.
After the 6th grade.
If dozens or hundreds of Marino Empire warriors like Sierra, or even better than Sierra, invade Elton Academy.
Even if Hugo Molton and Sirims Andrian and Leo Martian are here.
Can they stop them all?
Davian shook his head.
'Impossible.'
If so.
In the end, I have to solve it.
Become stronger.
Create more helpers.
Prepare more perfectly.
"Davian. What are you thinking about so suddenly?"
It was Bellum's voice.
"Oh, just. It's nothing."
"Are we doing the same group? You and me and Bonita and Nubes. The first practical evaluation in swordsmanship."
Davian nodded.
"We have to do it together."
Bellum turned to look at Nubes.
"Nubes, you too?"
"Of course, I have to do it together too!"
Bonita also nodded.
"Good! The four of us are doing it together?"
"Yeah."
The Marino Empire is the Marino Empire.
To graduate, you have to work hard at the academy too.
In the last 3rd playthrough, he got demerits from the academy because he was doing external quests.
To avoid being kicked out for ridiculous reasons.
You have to raise your grades and points enough in advance.
"What kind of evaluation is it that they asked us to form a 4-person group? Didn't you hear anything from your sister?"
"No, I don't know either."
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