Chapter 12 - Rank Ones!
"Bloom, Flames of Trochia, pass the walls and burn away the nine calamities! Primrose!"
As Julis shouted, the flames condensed in the air, forming 9 fireballs. Each fireball struck at Lester in a different trajectory.
On the opposite side, Lester obviously had no suitable means to deal with this kind of wide-range attack.
He could only wave the axe-shaped Lux 'Bardiche-Leo' in his hand to shoot down the incoming fireballs as much as possible.
"Damn it!"
Neither technique nor attack speed is what Lester is good at. Faced with such multi-directional attacks, he simply cannot shoot them all down.
However, this alone does not put him at a disadvantage as the member of Page One.
A blue starlight fragment flashed on his body. He withstood the attack of the remaining four fireballs and charged in the direction of Julis.
Just when he had taken two steps to charge, that hateful woman's voice sounded in his ears again.
"Open, Gloriosa!"
Boom--!
Julis looked at Lester who was once again blown away by the trap she set, and she couldn't help but persuade him: "That's enough, you can't beat me, it's time to give up."
As Julis said, the scene just now has been repeated multiple times.
In the distance, Lester had no means to deal with Julis' long-range attack, and if he wanted to get close to Julis, he needed to avoid the trap she had set.
Even if he succeeds in getting close to Julis, it is still unknown whether Lester can break through her defense.
The outcome has actually been determined long ago. Lester has the worst compatibility with Julis.
However, Lester never gave up. Even if he was hurt, he focused on protecting his school badge.
Luke, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, watched as Lester roared and rushed towards Julis again, and was blown away again.
"I see, they are indeed two very talented people."
Although Julis' control of flames is amazing, her tactical design is also beyond ordinary people's excellence.
But what surprised Luke even more was another person.
"This kind of physical strength and perseverance is like a monster."
He didn't think much about it when he read the original work, but now after seeing it with his own eyes, Luke was really surprised by Lester's monster-like physical strength.
He could tell that Lester had not learned any systematic physical skills and had no effective defense against damage.
He really relied entirely on his own physical body and perseverance to withstand Julis' attacks again and again, forcing this duel that should have ended long ago into a protracted battle.
"Claudia, did Lester MacPhail really reach the seventh rank in Seidoukan Academy simply by relying on brute strength?"
Luke looked at Lester who stood up again, and asked Claudia beside him with some surprise.
"Well, it is indeed because of this that MacPhail became the seventh in the ranking."
"As the student president of Seidoukan Academy, I actually feel it is a pity. After all, our Seidoukan Academy does not have particularly outstanding martial arts teachers. If he had joined Jielong Seventh Institute instead of our Seidoukan Academy, his current achievements would probably be far more than this."
Claudia looked at Lester in the field and felt a little uncomfortable.
This situation where there are obviously excellent students but are unable to realize their full potential is really uncomfortable.
As the student council president of Seidoukan Academy, she is well aware of the advantages of several other schools.
Currently, Seidoukan Academy is ranked fifth among the six schools and is the second to last.
Even lower than Seidoukan Academy is Queenvail Girls' Academy, which doesn't care about strength at all and uses idols as its development strategy.
Even if results are excluded and the strength of the students is simply compared, Seidoukan Academy is currently more than one step behind other schools. Even Queenvail Girls' Academy, which is at the bottom of the list, is not weaker than Seidoukan Academy.
If nothing else, it can be seen from the rank ones between the schools.
The current number one is Saint Galahadworth, and the rank one in Page One is the 'Pendragon' Ernest Fairclough, who owns one of the four-color magic swords, Orga Lux named 'Lei-Glems'.
He was once known as the strongest swordsman in Asterisk City. Even now that Luke has become famous, the battle between the 'Extreme Swordsman' and the 'Pendragon' is still one of the hot topics of discussion.
Many people speculate that the "Extreme Swordsman" who has supposedly surpassed "Banyuu Tenra" should be better, but no one has witnessed "Extreme Swordsman" actually taking action, so currently the supporters are still in wait-and-see attitude.
Then there is the second-ranked Arlequint Academy. The situation of Arlequint Academy is quite special.
The ranking within the school is generally meaningless, but as a school with top-notch Meteor Engineering technology, in terms of performance, Lux controlled by the students within the academy are more than a step ahead of other schools.
In recent years, Arlequint Academy's performance has been consistently high, and it can be said to be the most mysterious among the six schools.
The third-ranked academy is the Jielong Seventh Institute where Luke is located.
To be honest, this year's Jielong Seventh can be said to be the focus of the entire city.
The emergence of the third generation of 'Banyuu Tenra' has caused the average level of Jielong Seventh Institute to rise sharply, and now in terms of the number of high-end combat capabilities, Jielong Seventh can be said to have an overwhelming advantage.
Needless to say, 'Banyuu Tenra', her number one disciple, 'Hagun Seikun' Wu Xiaohui is stronger than most ranked ones in other schools. Even top-ranked students from other schools don't have the confidence to defeat him head-on.
In addition, there is a more powerful "Extreme Swordsman" Luke, who is even said to have surpassed his master "Banyuu Tenra" Fan Xinglu.
In the current Jielong Seventh Institute, among the powerful individuals at the top of the hierarchy, there are four in total, including the once top-ranked 'Seiten Taisei' who disappeared from everyone's view after being defeated by Fan Xinglu.
In terms of pure strength on paper, Jielong Seventh Institute is now so powerful that it is frightening.
Ranked fourth is Rewolf Black Institute, whose current number one is Orphelia Landlufen, the 'Ereshkigal'.
She appeared in the last 'Lindwurm Festa' and won the championship easily.
As a Strega, her nearly endless Prana reserves and extremely evil abilities have made her known as the strongest Strega. In terms of strength, she is recognized as one of the best in Asterisk city.
Except for the fifth-ranked Seidoukan Academy where Claudia is located, the last remaining one is Queenvail Girls' Academy.
Although it is at the bottom of the list, Queenvail Girls' Academy just doesn't care about strength. The first place in the ranking of this academy is also a powerful and terrifying Strega, "Sigrdrifa" Sylvia Lyyneheym.
That is a Strega whose ability is almost 'omnipotent', and her strength is also recognized to be outstanding.
However, as a world-class singer and top idol, she is more widely known for her singing talents.
As for Claudia, as the student council president of Seidoukan Academy and the first in the ranking, to be honest, he felt that she could not win any of the above.
It could even be said that against most of them, she couldn't even see a glimmer of hope of victory.
The results of Seidoukan Academy have been sluggish in recent years, which is not unreasonable. Nowadays, they are not even able to provide good guidance to their students which is really disappointing.
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