Many days of hard training have passed. During that time, Rem and the other members of Ver trained by running every day during the morning at 6 and the evening at 8. They also raided 4 more portals which means they have raided 5 portals in total. All the members trained extremely hard. Thanks to Rem's training, each member in the group is stronger than ever. There are 14 days of Winter Break and so far, only one day of Winter Break remains. Rem and the other group members are currently in the training room.
"Since today is the last day of Winter Break and the tournament would start tomorrow, I will test each one of you again to see how much you have improved. Who would like to go first?" Rem asked.
"Me, me!" Karina has been waiting a very long time for this moment.
She wants to show Rem exactly how strong she had become.
"Give me all you've got." Rem replied.
"I guess I'll be the judge for this one." Yukino stood between Rem and Karina.
[Name: Karina]
[Job: Blade Archer]
[Level: 41>50]
[HP: 26,000/26,000>32,000]
[MP: 52,000/52,000>64,000]
[Element: Wind]
'Last time she was level 41 and now she's level 50. It seems like she hasn't met the requirements to rank up yet. Still, her stats are pretty good.' Rem thought.
"The match will begin in 3...! 2...! 1...! Start!" Yukino said, stepping back.
Karina created an arrow using her wind magic. She aimed at Rem and released the arrow. Rem could sense the arrow Karina shot was more powerful than before. Rem tried dodging the arrow but before the arrow landed on Rem, the arrow turned into 2 more arrows. 3 arrows were going fast towards Rem. Rem used her skill, Phantom, to avoid all the arrows. In the end, she was only able to dodge one arrow.
'Sneaky...' Rem used her shadow magic to create a few shurikens.
She threw 5 shurikens towards Karina at the same time. Karina reacted by slashing the 5 shurikens by using a dagger which she always has with her in her left sleeve.
'She's gotten quicker... She's well prepared as well...! Good!' Rem equipped a wooden sword and charged straight at Karina.
Karina put her bow away and pulled another dagger out which was located in her right sleeve.
Rem slashed Karina's side but somehow, she dodged it. Karina ran away from Rem. After getting farther from Rem, Karina took her bow out and shot a few arrows towards Rem quickly. Rem always went easy with every person she battled and she still is. Rem was ready to dodge every arrow. She was extra cautious about the arrows this time. While Rem was dodging the arrows, Karina was charging an arrow. After dodging all the arrows, Rem noticed what Karina was doing and purposely waited for her since she was curious about what she's about to do. Charging the arrow took around two minutes. Karina finally finished charging the arrow. She aimed her bow towards the high ceiling.
'Hm...' Rem was ready for any attack to come.
Karina released the arrow and the arrow turned into even more arrows. The arrow did not come towards Rem horizontally. Instead, it attacked Rem from the ceiling. The arrow seemed as if it teleported above Rem. Rem could sense many arrows fall on her from the ceiling. Around 20 arrows fell on Rem quickly before the attack finished.
'That was unexpected... She's improved a lot! I've never seen any attacks like that before...' Rem thought, smiling slightly.
"Um... This is all I have to show you, Remie." Karina looked at Rem.
"You did well." Rem replied.
Karina smiled happily like a puppy who got complemented by its owner.
"Who would like to go next?" Rem asked.
"Me." Yukio walked towards Rem, getting ready to fight.
Rem looked at Yukio's new stats.
[Name: Yukio]
[Race: Half-Wolf]
[Role: 3rd Prince Of The Southern Wolven Kingdom]
[Job: Ice Wielder]
[Level: 28>50]
[HP: 19,000/19,000>66,000]
[MP: 38,000/38,000>51,000]
[Element: Ice]
'His health is definitely higher than Karina's... His health used to be lower than the total amount of mana he had. How did this change so quickly...?' Rem wondered.
"I'll be the referee again?" Yukino tilted her head.
"Sure, and thanks." Rem said, standing still.'
'Whatever, his health is impressively high. His health and mana are about the same. He could be a great defender and attacker.' Rem thought, looking at Yukio.
"Alright then... The match will begin in 3...! 2...! 1...! Start!" Yukino backed away from Rem and Yukio.
Yukio stood there, waiting for Rem to attack.
'Does he want me to attack first...? Okay, why not.' Rem ran towards Yukio, not using her full speed, she decided to use some of her martial arts.
For Rem to not hurt Yukio, she had to control the amount of force she uses. When she was close to Yukio, she threw a punch at his right arm. Without moving, Yukio already created an ice shield. Rem ended up punching hard ice.
'Cold...' Rem stepped back a few steps.
In response, Yukio turned the whole training room into ice. Now, there is ice on the floor, ceiling, and walls. There were also ice blocks everywhere.
'Now he knows how to control his walking noises... I can still sense him though. Still, making this place into ice would give some people trouble. Of course, for me, this is nothing.' Rem ran towards Yukio again.
Yukio dashed behind an ice block. Rem destroyed the ice block with her fists but when she did, Yukio wasn't there.
'I can sense that he's here...' Rem looked around.
Yukio took this chance to attack Rem. He created a few small spikes and threw them at Rem. Rem sensed the spikes and destroyed them with her hand. Yukio then appeared next to Rem, mid-air, using his sword to slash her. Rem couldn't sense Yukio's presence.
'How...? Is this some kind of skill of his? This world sure is different than the world I was in, in my past life... It's full of wonders...!' Rem thought, Yukio's blade going through her.
"Great job! You've improved drastically. How did you hide your presence?" Rem asked Yukio.
"I did not hide. It's a skill of mine. I can move my presence and trick others to think my presence is there. I can only do that when everywhere is ice though." Yukio replied.
"I see. Anyway, your skills are very useful. You'll never know if these skills will save your life one day." Rem stated.
"It did. That's how we are here now..." Yukio muttered silently.
Although Yukio was muttering, Rem heard what he said clearly.
'What does he mean by that...?' Rem wondered.
'Oh well... He doesn't look like he wants to talk about it. Whatever... When did I ever care about someone...? The last time I remember I cared for someone was...' Rem thought deeply.
'Was who...? Urgh, my head hurts...' Rem rubbed her temples and decided to stop thinking about this any further.