Elric screamed as he killed all the bandits coming at him. Anyone hit by his sword as a 1-Star Knight was quickly cut in half.
"M-monster!" a bandit exclaimed in fear as he saw Elric swiftly kill his comrades charging at him.
Elric leaped towards him, and the bandit's head fell off instantly.
Elric didn't realize he had already killed all the bandits.
He dropped to his knees and thrust his sword into the ground, slowly feeling himself lose consciousness due to blood loss.
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1 Month Later.
Elric swung his sword, and the training dummy was immediately split in two.
"This is the power of a 1-star knight," Elric said with a smile.
After last month's incident, the patrol team officials were deeply disappointed with Elric's loss of his left eye.
Especially Instructor Eldwin, who saw great potential in Elric.
However, their disappointment quickly changed to excitement when they learned that Elric could now use mana.
This meant he was a 1-star knight!
Next week, Elric would be transferred to the Ironspire army forces as a Vice Captain of Soldiers in main force.
At 19 years old, he had come a long way compared to his previous life.
Elric walked back to his area and immediately saw Chione there.
She had brought food again.
Elric smiled and approached her.
Every day, Chione came to see him.
He promised himself not to form any close relationships with people he met, only friendships, as they weren't deep and were easier to break off.
He couldn't marry because it would slow down his progress, and he couldn't bear to see his wife or love ones die eight times without the strength to protect them when the demons attack.
"Elric, I'm going back to the academy tomorrow..." Chione said sadly.
"Don't be sad; we'll see each other again next month when I'm promoted to Vice Captain in the Ironspire forces," Elric said with a smile.
"Mn, I'll strive to be number one in the war strategy class."
"So I can be with you and make strategies for battles when you become an admiral!" Chione said with a smile.
Elric smiled back.
Then Chione quickly hugged Elric.
She was blushing, Elric was stunned for a moment but quickly smiled.
"I'll count on that. You'll be my strategist to defeat the demons," Elric whispered.
"Demons?" Chione asked, puzzled.
She had heard of them but never seen any. To her knowledge, only the Empire knights fought them, and small cities like Ironspire lacked the ability to combat demons.
"It's nothing. Let's just eat what you brought," Elric said.