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"Three demon lords above the legion commanders...."
After a long while, Davian raised his hand and asked.
"Are there any other demons stronger than the legion commanders?"
Professor Wendy smiled brightly.
"If another student asked, I'd just think they were curious, but when you ask, Davian, it sounds like you're planning to pick a fight."
"Not at all."
"Just kidding, Davian. According to the royal family's investigation, that's it. The Demon King and his three direct subordinates above the five legion commanders."
Davian nodded.
Roughly calculating, excluding the Demon King, there were a total of five demons who seemed stronger than Davian.
Davian, too, was growing faster than anyone else.
He would soon be able to catch up to them one by one.
The problem was how much the gap widened as they went higher.
"Alright, that's it for today's class. You all know that the final exam period is coming up soon, right? I'll make a brief announcement about the final exams."
As the students buzzed at the news of the final exams.
'Is it already the end of my second year?'
Davian looked back on the past year.
Rescuing the juniors who were about to be massacred.
Dealing with the Red Sand Brigades.
Preventing Odin, the branch manager of Base X-7, from breaking into Davian's dorm.
Forming the Davian Alliance.
Killing Jedicus, the legion commander of Phlegeton, on the school trip.
Protecting Bonita's mother and castle from Marquis Harrington.
Resolving the Lich's widespread mental magic crisis.
Going to the royal palace with Espin to ferret out spies and collaborators.
Preventing the amplification of the dungeon core with the club members during vacation.
Stopping Base X-3's hellish operation to take over Portus City.
Stopping the mad dragon Insanis.
Rescuing his kidnapped father.
Before he knew it, the second year was coming to an end.
Even excluding the minor incidents, it was this much.
'I've been living a busy life.'
Not just the second year.
It was the same in the first year.
Of course.
It would be the same in the third year as well.
Professor Wendy continued to explain about the final exams.
"The written and practical exams for each subject will be the same as always. But you all know by now that the regular exams at Elton Academy don't end there, right?"
Elton Academy's regular exams included written and practical evaluations for each subject, as well as.
Special exams such as entering dungeons in parties.
Volunteering at battlefield medical stations.
Or conducting group tournaments were attached one by one.
"This second semester's special final exam for the second year is a free assignment."
Free assignment.
Davian nodded.
Some students whispered, wondering what that was.
"It's exactly as it sounds. It's an exam where you freely display what you've achieved in the past two years in front of the professors. If you need anything or need help preparing, ask the teaching assistants from each department."
A few days later.
The student cafeteria.
Bellum asked.
"What book are you burying yourself in again, Chatterbox? You've been buried in books for days! Hey, hey, you're going to get sauce on the book."
"Preparing for the final exam."
"Ah, that free assignment?"
"Yeah."
As Bellum said, Liber hadn't put the book down for a moment outside of class time.
Bellum slightly lifted the book Liber was reading to check the cover.
"Advanced Magic Power Manipulation Through Mental Magic and Application of Mental Magic According to the Subject's Characteristics... Why is the title so long? I can't even read it all at once."
"It's a book that teaches you how to manipulate magic power through mental magic."
Latia showed interest.
"Manipulating magic power with mental magic?"
"Yeah."
"Is that possible?"
"Um... I don't know yet. Just reading a book or two doesn't give me a clear picture. I need to read more."
This time, Karin asked.
"But who are you going to cast it on?"
"Teaching Assistant Dennis Fjord."
Karin, who was learning 4-element magic and telekinetic magic as a detailed major in magic, tilted her head.
"Teaching Assistant Dennis? Are you talking about the teaching assistant who assists Professor Kinesis?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"Why is that teaching assistant letting you cast mental magic on him?"
Liber, still with his eyes fixed on the book, shrugged.
"I don't know. Me neither. He suddenly came and said he would help me."
Karin had a look of not understanding what he was saying.
Of course, Teaching Assistant Dennis Fjord didn't volunteer to help Liber.
"Teaching Assistant."
"Huh? Oh. Davian. What's up?"
"The free assignment for this final exam. Can you help Liber with it? You've already done it once."
"Get hit with mental magic again?"
"Yes."
"Do I... have to do it?"
"Yes."
"Haa... I understand."
Bellum shifted his gaze to the other friends.
"Anyway, it looks like Liber has decided what to do. I haven't decided yet. Bonita, did you get that?"
"Not yet."
"What was that thing called again?"
"Pereanium."
"Ah, right. But what if the teaching assistant can't get it?"
"Ah, he said he already got it. It's coming to the academy."
Pereanium.
One of the strongest metals found on the Pax Continent.
There have been continuous attempts to make weapons such as swords and spears with this metal.
However.
It is difficult to sharpen it sharply in the first place, and it is not easy to sharpen the dull blade, so it has not been commercialized.
This time, Davian asked.
"What are you going to do with it?"
"Cut it."
"Cut Pereanium? Can you show your skills to that extent? Swordsmen around 4-star or 5-star can cut it off with Aura, right?"
"I'm going to cut it without Aura. With the tip of the sword."
"Ah...."
It was a free assignment selection befitting Bonita Fortis.
"Latia and Karin are doing the free assignment together, right?"
Karin nodded.
"Yeah. We're going to have a magic power control competition."
Nubes asked.
"Haven't you guys settled the score yet? Another competition?"
Karin shook her head.
"It's not a competition. It's not a real competition either. It's kind of a show to show how meticulously we can control magic power. Latia and I are matching our skills."
The final exam written and practical evaluations were over.
Liber Specula took first place in the written exam.
Davian Naone naturally took first place in the practical exam.
The day of the free assignment evaluation.
Gymnasium.
All second-year students and faculty members sat in the audience.
There were students who formed groups of several people, but most students chose to do the free assignment alone, saying that it was more advantageous to get a higher score.
The evaluation proceeded in the order of calling out the names for a long time.
It was Nubes Arbo's turn.
"What is he preparing for so long?"
"What is he attaching to the ceiling?"
Telekinetic magic teaching assistants and even Professor Kinesis stepped forward.
A time for students to freely show off their skills.
It was also a part of the final exam.
On the other hand, it was also like a festival.
Faculty members, including professors, helped the students with their free assignment progress in every way.
If there was something they wanted to get, the teaching assistants would get it somehow.
Professor Camilla even became a sparring partner for magic department students.
Kinesis, who raised a giant iron ball with telekinetic magic, shouted at the teaching assistant in the center of the gymnasium far away.
"A little more to the left! A little more! A little more! Yes, there!"
Nubes's free assignment preparation was complete.
A thick iron chain is firmly fixed in the center of the gymnasium ceiling.
The iron chain stretches across the ceiling and is connected to a giant iron ball that Professor Kinesis himself fixed.
It is a solid iron ball with a diameter of 3 meters.
Professor Kinesis asked.
"Nubes Arbo. Are you ready?"
Nubes, looking at the iron ball hanging in the air, took a stance.
He stuck out his right shoulder forward and spread his legs wide to fix it firmly.
After firmly supporting his right shoulder with his left hand.
"I'm ready!"
Kinesis, who nodded, reached out to the iron ball.
Telekinetic magic was activated and the hook that fixed the iron ball and the ceiling was released.
Boom.
With a heavy tearing sound, the giant iron ball began to swing.
"What! Is Nubes really!"
"Is he going to catch that?"
"It's getting faster and faster!"
Some students and teaching assistants even closed their eyes.
The iron ball with a diameter of 3 meters flew towards Nubes at a tremendous speed.
KWAANG!
A moment later.
"I, it stopped."
"He stopped that heavy iron ball."
"What about Nubes? Is Nubes okay? Is he dead?"
Crack! Pop!
Crack! Pop!
Nubes, who pulled out his shins that were deeply embedded in the floor of the auditorium one by one, came out to the side.
"Waaaaah!"
A cheer echoed throughout the gymnasium.
Nubes, who dusted off his right shoulder, bowed towards the professors.
Leo Martiang, the head of the swordsmanship department, opened his mouth.
"Amazing, Nubes Arbo. It's an achievement that's hard to believe for your age."
"Thank you!"
"Is your shoulder okay? It looks like it's dislocated."
Only then did Nubes shake his right arm from side to side and grab his shoulder with his left hand.
Click!
He put his shoulder bone back in place properly.
"I'm okay!"
After more than a dozen demonstrations, it was Bonita Fortis's turn.
"What is that again?"
"An iron pillar?"
"What is she going to do with that?"
"It's not going to be something boring like cutting it with a sword, is it?"
A metal pillar slightly thicker than a human torso was erected in the center of the gymnasium.
Professor Camilla Lucia asked Leo Martiang, the head of the swordsmanship department.
"Is that Pereanium? The density looks amazing."
Leo Martiang nodded.
"The teaching assistants had a hard time getting that. It's Pereanium."
Professor Stella Cloud arrived late and barely sat down.
Stella's seat was arranged next to Leo Martiang, the head of the swordsmanship department.
"It's Bonita's turn, isn't it?"
"You came earlier than I thought, Stella."
"I tend to be very fond of the students in charge of the first year. I came in a hurry."
The day to check the achievements of the students in charge last year.
Stella Cloud rushed over as soon as the exam supervision for the grade in charge was over.
Leo Martiang, the head of the swordsmanship department, promised to hand over this grade to Stella again next year.
The students who will become Stella Cloud's disciples again next year.
"But what is that? Isn't that Pereanium?"
"She's going to cut that with a free assignment."
Stella tilted her head.
"Bonita Fortis? She brought that as a free assignment to cut that? Has she lost interest in grades now?"
"Well, she must have something in mind. Let's watch."
Swish.
Bonita, who stood in front of the Pereanium pillar, drew her sword.
After measuring the distance and taking a stance.
She doesn't move for a long time.
"What is she doing?"
"Why doesn't she move?"
"Shouldn't she push in Aura first?"
"The sword isn't vibrating?"
Bonita Fortis, still standing still.
Stella, who was watching from the professor's seat, opened her mouth as if she had noticed something.
"Could it be...?"
Leo Martiang nodded.
"It looks like she's just going to cut it off."
"Just? That thick pillar made of Pereanium?"
That's nonsense.
No matter how well she wields the sword, the sword will break first.
"No matter how much Bonita Fortis is...."
Moment.
The incident of cutting through the chest of the mad dragon Insanis came to Stella Cloud's mind.
Stella had broken through a wall since that day.
'Could it be...?'
Swoosh.
Bonita Fortis's left foot began to move smoothly.
Stella Cloud watched Bonita Fortis's movements with bated breath.
As if not to miss a single moment.
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