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Student cafeteria.
"What, Luna? Do you really believe it?"
"You're saying we have to put our collections back because of something a prophet said 600 years ago?"
"Luna is so naive."
"Luna's charm is her cuteness and naivety."
"Oh? Davian. Where have you been? You didn't come to the morning class either."
"I had somewhere to go."
"Come and sit down. Eat. Nubes piled up so much food, you just have to sit and eat."
Latia stared at Davian, who sat down on the chair.
"Davian, you look different?"
Davian turned his head to Latia.
Oh.
As expected of Latia Meridiem.
Even if she can't observe the mana and internal energy inside other people's bodies like Headmaster Hugo Molton.
Thanks to her high mana affinity, she vaguely noticed that Davian had changed.
"Oh! Come to think of it!"
Davian tilted his head.
Bellum noticed the change too?
How?
"Your part seems to have changed!"
Davian shook his head.
Back in his dormitory, Davian began planning how to defeat the Mad Dragon Insaneness.
Even if he absorbed the heart of the archmage and possessed the highest level of mana in the continent.
Even if he could use fire element magic 3.5 times stronger with the Fire Wave skill.
The opponent is a dragon.
The one who killed most of the senior professors of Elton Academy.
'We managed to hold on that much because he was half out of his mind...'
A simple attack pattern without any reason.
If it hadn't been for that, everyone might have died in one blow.
It was a day he truly felt the power of a dragon, which could destroy an entire country if it wanted to.
'After getting hit by the professors' final attack, he emitted an even stronger aura.'
It must be dealt with properly.
He heard that he can't exert 100% of his power in the polymorphed human state.
If he's touched haphazardly and transforms into his true form...
'I'll need a helper.'
I need a helper to hold him down until I prepare an attack that can finish him off for sure.
Bonita is not enough.
Even Mons's skills can't be guaranteed.
'Headmaster Hugo Molton? Leo Martiang, head of the swordsmanship department?'
Davian shook his head.
Run away, Davian.
Davian, you are the future of the kingdom.
You must live.
If he asked the headmaster or the head of the swordsmanship department, 'The Mad Dragon Insaneness has appeared, would you like to go catch it with me?'
They would surely evacuate Davian beyond the continent and lead the faculty to solve it themselves.
'Marquis Espin Ellaina?'
No way.
Marquis Espin would also bring his elite guards and say he would take care of it himself.
He needs someone who believes Davian's words as they are and can think a little more openly.
Friday.
"What?"
Professor Stella Cloud looked at Davian with a dumbfounded expression.
"You suddenly come after half a year and... what are you and I supposed to do?"
"As I said."
Ha.
Stella let out a short sigh.
"So. Someone incredibly strong is coming to destroy the academy, and you and I are going out to stop it?"
"Yes."
"How strong is this someone?"
"I'll tell you if you agree to go with me."
Stella's eyes sharpened.
"You're hiding something, aren't you?"
"Because you haven't agreed to join me yet."
"You can't open up everything until I give you a definite answer?"
"Yes."
Stella's mind became confused.
A student she was in charge of in his freshman year suddenly came and asked her to form a two-person party and go stop the impending disaster.
He says that if he enters Elton City, enormous damage will occur.
"Then wouldn't it be right to tell the other professors and form a subjugation team? Davian, I know you're strong, but sometimes you need to rely on adults. You're still a student. How many great professors are there here? What are you worried about?"
Davian slightly shook his head.
'Those great professors are all dead.'
First, he needs to give a rough excuse.
"I'm the only one who knows how to catch him. The more people go, the more damage it will cause. If only Professor Stella would join me, we two can catch him."
Stella stared at Davian.
This is Elton Academy.
Hugo Molton, the greatest swordsman of the continent, is the headmaster.
Sirims Andrian, the spiritual pillar of all magicians in Alkancia, is the head of the magic department.
And what about her teacher, Leo Martiang, the head of the swordsmanship department?
The rest of the faculty are all prominent figures in the kingdom.
Who on earth is coming to destroy such an academy?
It doesn't make sense.
If it were someone else, she would have told him not to talk nonsense and leave.
What confuses Stella is that Davian Naone is the one saying such absurd things.
How many things did he somehow know and prevent in advance?
He was great even as a freshman, but the feeling and eyes he gives off have become much sharper and firmer since she last saw him.
'It's probably not nonsense...'
Since it doesn't make sense for someone to destroy Elton Academy with power.
He's probably using some strange trick to put this place in chaos.
Davian knows that fact in advance.
He seems to know the strategy as well.
"Okay, I understand."
"Really?"
Anyway.
Isn't it worth a try?
It's a leisurely Friday evening.
It wouldn't be bad to go with her student Davian to see his skills after a long time.
If he's really trying to deal with someone dangerous.
Wouldn't it be safer for her to be with him than to bring a crowd of friends like before?
Elton City West Gate.
"Okay, now we're out of the West Gate. Are you still not going to tell me? You promised to join me as you said, Davian, and we're out of Elton City."
"That's..."
It's time to tell her now.
But Davian Naone couldn't easily open his mouth.
Professor, we're going to catch a dragon now. A crazy black dragon.
How could he easily say these words?
But he has to tell her.
Davian opened his mouth.
"Professor. First of all, the fact that I'm the only one who knows how to catch him is a lie."
"What?"
"It's not like there's some kind of strategy, we have to catch him with power."
"You're saying you lied to me?"
"But I... have that power."
Davian explained that he had absorbed the heart of the archmage.
So he now has the power of a mid-level 9-star.
In addition, fire attribute magic can be expressed several times stronger than even based on mid-level 9-star.
Stella Cloud looked at Davian with disbelieving eyes.
"So now... you're saying that your mana is greater than that of Head of the Magic Department Sirims Andrian? And what about fire attribute magic? That it will be stronger than the ancient archmage?"
"Yes. Please keep it a secret from the other professors for the time being."
"Ha, I don't know what to believe..."
She says that, but.
Stella Cloud knew that Davian didn't talk nonsense.
She just couldn't get a sense of what kind of changes the being walking along the path with her had gone through in a year and a half.
The beginning of freshman year.
Davian was a brat who didn't even know how to properly hold a sword handle.
She heard that he was pretty good at magic, but that was just an outstanding level among the academy students.
But now he can use a mana sword.
He even says that he has the greatest mana on the continent.
"Professor Stella has always believed in my words since I was a freshman."
"Well... whatever. Anyway. But what's the reason why the great Davian Naone came to me for help? You said you've become stronger than the Head of the Magic Department. Who on earth are we going to fight?"
"The Mad Dragon Insaneness."
"Ah, the Mad Dragon Insaneness... what, what?"
"The Mad Dragon Insaneness that was sealed by the archmage. He woke up today. He's probably somewhere in the forest around here now. If we don't find him first, he'll go to the Elton City West Gate and turn the area into a wasteland."
Stella Cloud stopped abruptly.
"Do you know what you're saying right now?"
"Yes."
"If what you're saying is true, we have to tell the professors about this immediately."
Davian shook his head.
"It's enough. The two of us, you and I."
"Ha."
Since his freshman year.
He always had that bold expression when he said something with conviction.
"Why did you choose me? There's also Headmaster Hugo Molton and Head of the Swordsmanship Department Leo Martiang..."
"I thought you would believe in my words and join me. And you're strong enough to face a dragon. Aren't you called the next generation's greatest swordsman of the continent?"
That's true.
She wasn't the second strongest swordsman on the continent.
But considering her young age and future potential.
It was the common opinion of the swordsmanship world that she would become the greatest swordsman of the continent in the next generation.
After a moment of silence, Stella opened her mouth.
"You're telling me to buy time, aren't you? Until you defeat the Mad Dragon Insaneness."
It could be a very rude request.
But she's already come this far.
Davian nodded.
"He's half out of his mind. So his attack pattern is very simple. If the distance widens, he shoots out a black aura like darkness, and then closes the distance again to engage in close combat. Each attack is fatal, but you can avoid it. You can't wound him, so instead of focusing on attacking, you just have to keep him within the area I set for you."
Of course.
He wasn't asking her to show such desperate close combat as last time.
If that kind of situation were to arise, he would have researched other strategies in the first place.
Luring him while keeping a sufficient distance and keeping him within a certain range.
That's Stella Cloud's role.
If Insaneness had to be tied to a 'point' for the professors' joint attack.
This time, he devised a strategy to tie him to a 'plane'.
Although the pattern is simple, its speed and power are beyond imagination.
Stella Cloud is the only one who can do this.
"What's the range?"
"Pardon?"
"The range of the area you've set."
"A circle with a diameter of about 100 meters."
"You're saying to lure a dragon and spin around inside like a monkey?"
"Ah, well, it's not necessarily like that..."
"Okay. Let's go. To catch a dragon."
Stella Cloud started walking first.
Davian followed behind her.
"Thank you, Professor."
"What's the point of saying that now that you've dragged me all the way here?"
"I thought you were the only one who could help."
"The strongest magician in our continent is going to catch a dragon, so I have to follow."
At that time.
Yelp!
A short howl of a wolf was heard in the distance.
Yelp! Screams of agony followed.
"It's over there!"
"Yes!"
Stella Cloud began running at full speed in the direction of the sound.
Davian ran side by side with her.
'What is this guy.'
She's pouring out all her 8-star internal energy to run.
But he's not falling behind at all.
Rather, it feels like he's leisurely matching his speed and running.
'How strong has Davian Naone become...'
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