"There is the threat of evil god and church, so the academy will going to be the centre point of information exchange because youngsters of every race will gather there so it is easy to exchange information and there are some clues that church is operating dark gild from academy ground."
"is that so, then I will also join but there is a surprise for you"
"what is it"
"you will find out when the academy will start," Vena said with a mischievous smile on her face.
"won't do something too crazy!"
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"shouldn't lose this, it's a token that grants permission to enter the examination area," said Igaris giving max bronze token, which looked like medium size coin with an academy symbol.
'someone is so eager to kill that Ainsworth brat kakakaka~'
'no, the enemy of an enemy is a friend haha~' Max said to siniawis inside his mind.
'you know, I can read your thoughts, you don't have to tell me about simple things like that'
"mmhmm," said Max to Igaris and Siniawish at the same time. he also was looking forward to the royal academy. now that he knows that his 'friend is not he looks' he needs to form some connection and gather some information about what he is up against.
today Max was wearing a black shirt with a black leather jacket, his previous positive and cheerful aura is now replaced by Siniawis's dense negative aura!
Max left Light Village with Igaris.
"We can use my magic vehicle" When both of them reached the outskirts of the village Igaris tack out the magic vehicle from his storage ring. it looked like an SUV from Nux's past life.
The interior of the magic vehicle was highly luxurious, max who was lived in a small village for his whole life it was like he entered a driven ride of the gods.
"It's looking too expansive"
"if you helped thousands of people, you deserve some glory"
'kakaka helped?...thousands of people??. more like slaughtered!'
'I will take my sweet time when I..' Max thought
after a few hours of ride, Max suddenly felt a magic vehicle come to a halt?!
"don't, I want to fight" Igaris was about to relish his spell when he heard Max's voice.
"but it's level 50 male crystal bear, are you sure about that?"
'good choice. you can't level up by using 'record of Yama' after all because it corrupts internal mana which is called 'life force', the system can't able to use the corrupted life force for levelling up' siniawis said in Max's mind.
Max stepped out of the vehicle and tack out his sword, he rushed toward the bear. crystal bear which was about 5 meters tall dogged Max's strike with fluid motion, even with his enormous body he was agile as a rabbit. after a few bets, Max was overwhelmed by the speed of the bear and even with the enhancement, the speed of a crystal bear was too fast for Max.
'you idiot your method of enhancing is completely wrong!
Coating your body with a thin layer of mana is WRONG.
it doesn't even count as enhancement, it uses for protection against pure mana attacks, if you need mana to enhance your body then direct your mana to your mussels and bones' said siniawis with an annoyed tone.
'but I was taught 'if you want to enhance your body make thine layer of mana around you.'
'wrong do that when you want to defend against pure mana attack you dumass!'
Max directed his mana toward his mussels and bones just like siniawis said, then he dashed toward the crystal bear just like before, but this time his sword made a deep cut on the bear's back limbs.
'he learned in an instant, he's a genius but lacking experience because of his origin.' thought siniawis inside Max's head.
Crystal Bear tried to attack back but Max was many times faster than before so he dodged it easily. he take a sword stance and waited for the bear to close in, after a few bets crystal bear rushed his claw and dashed toward Max.
Max used his sword to block the beast's attack but he has thrown away like a stick,
'even with your enhance body you forget to take count of weight difference you fool' sigh siniawis let out a low sigh inside Max's head.
Max stood up again and took his sword stance This time he concentrated his mana on the edge of his sword and slashed toward the bear.
"swwwwshhhhhh~~"
bright crescent sharp mana short toward the bear and collided on his side, deep sword wound can be seen on the bear, and even his mana core is now visible.
without wasting breath he rushed toward crystal bear and trusted his sword on his mana core. crystal bear let out a final cry before closing his eyes.
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'he acts like a master swordsman sometimes and sometimes a fool who pike up a sword by accident! we have a long way to go.' thought siniawis after watching Max clashing with crystal bear.
pov: Igaris
I saw a crystal bear on our route, it was level 50 but I can kill it with a signal spell, also max will never be able to find that my spell was a death magic spell, I was about to relish my spell but
"don't, I want to fight," said Max with a determined look.
"but it's a level 50 male crystal bear, are you sure about that?" what is he thinking he is too weak to fight a level 50 monster but something inside me is telling me to let him fight!, also I always interfere if things go south.
'that day after he came back from the forest something inside him changed and I want to know every change in my precious little puppet hahaha~'
Max took out his sword and rushed toward the monster, first few moments he struggled but then he suddenly became faster?!!
when I saw him with mana vision I found he was using some strange enhancement technic!
'I think he found something in the forest, I need to report this.'
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after 12 hours of driving, they finally reached the royal capital.
Igaris stopped the magic vehicle a few miles away from the city gate and they completed the remaining distance on foot.
"selection will start tomorrow so we will stay in the inn for today, is it ok with you?" Igares asked max
"yah"