Aiden wasn't one to boast, but after being taunted, beaten, and taunted by Raelia the entire fight, he wanted somewhere to vent.
Turning towards Raelia with a wide smile on his face, he asked,
"So how about it? Am I genius enough for you to believe me yet?"
Raelia looked at Aiden and then at the shattered sword in her hand and let off a defeated smile.
"Fine, I admit it. You are talented."
Although Raelia came off as hostile, it was because Aiden's claims were too crazy to believe that she instead thought he was mocking her.
Now that proof was in front of her eyes, she had nothing else to say.
A person that could turn swordsmanship into archery? She had never heard of something so crazy! If she continued to insist that Aiden wasn't talented, she wouldn't be stubborn but just plain stupid!
With his level of talent, his claims of familiarizing himself with archery in just one day don't even seem that outlandish.
In this regard, Raelia could accept that she was in the wrong.
But just because she could accept that Aiden was talented didn't mean she had accepted defeat!
She smiled as she looked towards Aiden.
"Aiden, you are talented, but talent doesn't always equal strength. In the world of the gods, all kinds of forces exist!"
As Raelia spoke, she threw away her broken sword, leaving Aiden confused.
But before Aiden could even ask, a deep growl escaped from within her body as her bones started to creak with a terrifying aura.
Aiden completely froze, his heart started beating rapidly, and he found it even hard to breathe.
Slowly, her nails started to sharpen as dazzling silver hairs began to grow out of her arms.
But fortunately for Aiden, before Raelia's terrifying transformation could continue any longer,
a deafeningly loud bell rang out, causing all students on the training ground to freeze.
"That's it, end your sparring. Today's training session is over."
As Raelia heard this, a dissatisfied snort escaped from her lips before she quickly ended her transformation before it had truly even started.
Aiden was quite literally saved by the bell.
Seeing this, Aiden breathed a sigh of relief.
But as he put his sword away, he suddenly noticed something
'Sweat?'
He was actually sweating from fear?
What was even more horrifying was Aiden truly wasn't afraid. This was something put his control, It wasn't emotional; it was biological fear!
As Aiden realized this, his heart trembled slightly.
Who was Aiden?
A divine descendant with the blood of the gods flowing in his body.
Although Raelia was also a divine descendant, she had completely suppressed him on a biological level!
What terrifying creature could cause him to feel fear on a biological level?
That girl, what exactly was she?
All of a sudden, Aiden saw Raelia slowly walking towards him.
Pausing for a second, she looked up at Aiden with her sparkling blue eyes and smiled.
"Aiden Evans, you fight well."
Hearing this, Aiden was surprised. The previous tension he had felt from Raelia's intimidation quickly left his body as his entire body relaxed.
Smiling, Aiden chuckled to himself.
"You too, Raelia. The fight with you taught me a lot."
As Aiden spoke, he stretched out his hand, and Raelia didn't think too much about it and shook it.
Leaving Aiden with a smile, Raelia turned around to leave, but before she could take a few footsteps, Aiden quickly grabbed her arm and spoke.
"Since we both agreed that my talent is up to par, don't we have an agreement to fulfill?"
"And what is that?" asked Raelia.
"Teaching me your archery techniques, of course."
As Aiden spoke, a wide smile appeared on his face.
This was his ticket to learning an exquisite set of archery for free; he'd be damned if he just let her walk away.
Raelia looked at Aiden and could see one emotion in the boy's eyes—greed.
He was greedy for her archery!
But after seeing the boy's display today, she couldn't really blame him.
If she was as talented in archery as he was, she would probably be more obsessed with archery than she already was.
Realizing this, she burst out laughing.
"Okay, Aiden Evans, if you want to take my techniques, then I'll teach you. But be warned."
"You've already seen my talent, there's no need to worry."
Hearing this, Raelia raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? I'll make sure to put that to the test then."
With those final remarks, both Aiden and Raelia put away their weapons before leaving the training grounds.
Aiden knew that there was still an afternoon class today, and after working up a sweat, he quickly wanted to head back to his dorm and shower.
But on his way back, Aiden unexpectedly saw Oliver, who was also heading back from his training.
His reddish-orange hair, that used to look like a majestic morning glow, had now been ruffled into that of a crazy bird's nest.
His shirt was slightly torn, and he was completely covered in dust.
Instead of dueling, Aiden almost thought that this man had been rolling around in the mountains!