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"Hoo..."
Davian exhaled deeply and withdrew his mana.
Davian's flames, which had surprised hundreds of people, slowly faded away their heat.
He deliberately did not use the Fire Wave skill.
It was limited to fire element magic anyway.
Today was a place to show how much Davian's magic had gathered.
Swish!
The ice barrier surrounding the gymnasium melted at once and fell to the floor as water.
Strangely, the water that fell on the floor did not flow or pool, but disappeared as it was.
The rumor spread quickly and reached the royal palace in just one day.
"Is that really true?"
The royal chief mage and the newly appointed magistrates bowed deeply and reported to King Alonso.
"Yes, it is said that Davian Naone of Elton Academy showed 9-star intermediate mana in the final exam, which is already above the level of Sirims Andrian, the head of the magic department."
King Alonso stroked his beard as if in disbelief, a smile forming on his lips.
"Then isn't it a real celebration? To achieve that much at the age of eighteen. He's a talent whose future growth cannot be measured."
"That is correct."
At the same time.
Outside the royal palace, in the 5th Guards captain's office.
"What? Davian's magic has surpassed 9 stars?"
"Yes. It is said that he has already reached the highest level in the kingdom."
Espin Ellaina laughed loudly.
"Hahahaha! Davian Naone. I knew that seed was special. Hahahaha! I should go and buy him a beer soon! By the way, has his swordsmanship improved much?"
There was no reason why the rumor that reached the royal palace wouldn't reach other places.
"Is that true?"
"Yes. It's reliable information, and I even confirmed it again with the young lady at the academy because it's such an amazing fact."
Asked Iven Meridiem, the head of the Meridiem Dukedom.
"Latia? What did Latia say?"
"'Ha, did Davian really surpass 9 stars? It's not just surpassed. That weirdo really...' she said."
"He was being modest, saying he was too young and lacking to lead the alliance... Now he has the skills to be the leader of the alliance."
Southwest of the Pax Continent.
A count's castle built on a mountaintop with a clear view of the coastline.
"Honey, what on earth is going on? Our son..."
"It must mean that the day our ancestors spoke of is approaching. We just need to do all the preparations we can."
"Will Davian be okay?"
"Don't worry too much. Hasn't he already become the strongest man on the continent?"
"But you always said that being strong alone has its limits."
"Special training to overcome limits?"
"Yes. That's what you guys will be doing during winter vacation. I talked to the president and took away all nine of our winter vacation assignments."
"You took away our winter vacation assignments? Davian, you?"
Davian nodded at Bellum, who asked in surprise.
Nubes' eyes sparkled.
"Oh! Then we don't have to do our vacation homework?"
Bellum tried to smack Nubes on the back of the head... but instead tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey! Big guy. They're telling us to overcome our limits. I have a feeling it's going to be more intense than our vacation homework."
"Is, is that so?"
Libre asked.
"Continuously improving our skills is of course important... but why are you suddenly singling out this winter vacation?"
"Because it seems like you guys are ready for it now."
Bellus came out to the living room with a tray of juice cups from the kitchen.
"Here, have some, everyone."
Davian gestured to Bellus.
"Bellus, come and sit here too. There are nine of you including you."
"Huh? What is?"
"Winter vacation special training members."
Next week is the second-year winter vacation.
After that, Davian and his friends will be third-year students, and Bellus will be a second-year student.
Originally, during winter vacation, the other friends would do their vacation assignments, and Davian would go to the Core Amplification Imminent Dungeon with his club seniors.
But recently, dungeon core amplification has noticeably decreased for some reason.
And there were the appearances that the friends showed in the final exam.
Davian decided to set this winter vacation as a special training period.
Tanker Nubes Arbo.
Melee dealer Bonita Fortis.
Melee dealer Bellum Amandria.
Ranged dealer Latia Meridiem.
Ranged dealer Karin Oberia.
Healer Luna Pueri.
Supporter Libre Specula.
Supporter Bellus.
The skills of these eight people, excluding Davian, must be raised several steps higher than now.
Nubes asked.
"Then what should I do? Davian told me to just practice external force, so I've been doing that for almost two years."
Davian looked at Nubes' bulging trapezius muscles.
Nubes Arbo.
He has already had his school uniform remade for the sixth time.
Because the constantly growing muscles are trying to tear through the uniform.
If that physique and muscle are a talent, then his talent is on par with Latia.
Of course, that's only when limited to being a tanker.
"Now, practice internal force cultivation little by little, and practice learning movements for defense. No matter how high your defense is, if you can't move in time, you're just a big rock. Ah, Bonita, help him out with this."
Bonita turned her head.
"Me?"
"Yeah. Bonita, your swordsmanship is too aggressive too. You need to learn movements for defense too. Watch Nubes and get used to it."
Bonita Fortis wasn't one to listen obediently to what others said.
But it was a fact that she herself was feeling.
Bonita, who was hit on the mark, shrugged her shoulders.
"Then my winter vacation mission, after you took away my vacation homework, is to watch Nubes?"
Davian shook his head.
"Of course not."
"Then?"
"I'll get you something good soon, so focus on internal force cultivation this winter vacation rather than swordsmanship training. In my opinion, it's time to take a break from swordsmanship training."
Bonita's expression hardened.
"What are you, Davian?"
Who are you to tell me what to do with my swordsmanship training?
At the moment Bellum and Libre exchanged glances to stop Bonita, who was expected to say that.
"I was already thinking that it was about time to do that. Are you reading my mind or something?"
You can tell by looking.
Looking at swordsmanship alone, it's doubtful whether there are any professors left at the academy who can teach Bonita anymore.
Now is the time to focus on raising internal force.
Of course, after raising internal force to some extent, you'll have to train swordsmanship to match it again.
As long as she doesn't let go of swordsmanship like this.
Bonita Fortis will obviously become so strong that the standards of being a certain star swordsman will be meaningless.
To do that, now is the time to bulk up internal force.
Latia asked.
"Then what should I do?"
"You just do what you've been doing. What advice can I give to a magical genius girl?"
"That's it?"
"While doing what you've been doing. How about coordinating with Karin?"
"Coordinate? Coordinate what?"
Davian recalled the final exam of the first semester.
During the tournament match with Davian.
Latia and Karin's fire element magic resonated and blew off the roof of the Great Auditorium.
Karin, who recognized Davian's intention first, asked in surprise.
"Davian, you don't mean! That thing from back then?"
Davian nodded.
Latia also shook her head with an expression that she understood what he was saying.
"No, that's too dangerous. I don't even know if we can control it properly."
"That's right. If Davian hadn't helped us back then... I don't know what would have happened."
Latia and Karin shook their heads, disagreeing with each other.
"No, absolutely not. It's too dangerous."
"That's right. There's no guarantee that resonance will happen again like it did back then if we try again."
If he had ordered this to a moderately good magician, they would have said, "Really? Should we try it?"
One is a genius magic girl recognized by the continent.
One is a secret weapon that the royal magic department carefully selected and raised from a young age.
They were two people who immediately calculated how difficult and dangerous what Davian was saying was.
"If you succeed. You will be two people who will go down in history. 'The founders of resonance magic', or maybe 'Two girls who protected the kingdom with resonance magic'. These titles might follow you for hundreds of years."
Latia was the first to make a swallowing sound.
Davian smiled inwardly.
'Sometimes they're simpler than I thought.'
Latia was the one who swallowed first.
But it was Karin who stood up.
"Let's do it! Latia. Let's do it! Let's go for it!"
"What?"
"Let's do it. I've been thinking, wouldn't it be really awesome if we succeeded?"
"That's true..."
"Let's do it!"
"Shall we?"
Next is Libre Specula.
"Libre, you."
"I'll research mental magic. Along with practice. To the extreme."
"You know it well."
"Professor Liliana Rachel has agreed to help me."
"That's good."
Luna asked.
"Then what about me?"
"Healing magic, just keep practicing as you are now. In addition, let's practice support magic."
"Support?"
"Yeah. Temporarily increase defense, or increase magic efficiency. Your position is at the center of the party, so if you can spread this out when healing isn't needed, it will be a big help."
Luna's big eyes, which were already big, sparkled.
'There's something else I can do besides healing magic!'
Luna Pueri nodded her head greatly.
"Yeah! I'll work hard!"
Bellum, who was turning his head frantically while listening to Davian and his friends' conversation, made a slightly subdued sound.
"Come to think of it... If we do what Davian says, everyone will get much stronger. But what should I do...? There's nothing special about me, so I guess I should just practice swordsmanship more?"
Bellum Amandria could be said to be the most uncharacteristic of the Gray Bear Exploration Team.
Originally, Libre was in charge of the same position as Bellum.
But recently, as he greatly improved his achievement in mental magic, even Libre escaped from the "nothing special" position.
"What are you talking about? Your role is the most important, Bellum."
"U, uh? Me? What can I do..."
"During this winter vacation. No, from now on, try to get to know people from other grades."
"Other grades?"
"Yeah."
"It's not difficult to get along with people... But why suddenly? The other kids are all doing special training, but you're telling me to get along with people?"
"Yeah. You know that we'll be seniors when we're in 4th grade, right?"
1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades are classified as lower grades.
4th to 7th grades are classified as upper grades.
It is usually after the 4th grade that students of Elton Academy begin to make a name for themselves on the continent.
"Of course I know that."
"What can you do when you're in upper grades?"
"Hmm?"
"Student council president."
"Wh, what?"
"You can run for student council president. From upper grades."
"But?"
"Prepare well from now on, and run for student council president when you're in 4th grade. And you become the student council president."
Bellum pointed to his face in surprise.
"Me? Student council president? Me, who has never even been a grade representative?"
"You know that the grade's male and female representatives are given based on grades. The student council president is different."
"Ah, I know that, but..."
Davian continued.
"I looked it up, and there were a lot of people among the past student council presidents who weren't necessarily good at their skills."
"Really?"
"That's right."
Bellum made a serious expression.
Davian nodded, looking at Bellum like that.
'It would be even better if it happened, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't. Just making friends with people from other grades in the process can be of great help later.'
Bellum's help was a big part of why the 2nd grade dormitory could be cleaned up so quickly during the lich's wide-area mental magic incident.
Thanks to him running around and spreading the situation to his friends and telling them what to do, they were able to move in an orderly manner before long.
Of course, Bellum didn't forget the prefix "Davian said," but with that level of leadership, he could lend his name a hundred or a thousand times.
"Okay! I'll do it! I'll go to the common space throughout the winter vacation and get to know the seniors!"
"That doesn't mean you should just play too much. You shouldn't neglect swordsmanship training and internal force cultivation either."
"Yeah! I understand!"
It was a very bright voice, unlike the one that was a little subdued earlier.
"Hey, oppa... what about me?"
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