The Other Students (2)

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**(Colosseum - Elizebeth)**

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*Whoosh~ Swoosh~*

'Oh god. She's as talented, if not... even better than Hana.' Gluri looked at the snow that was falling down into the colosseum.

He felt his entire body slowing down just from being in the area of snow, 'It's even slowing my movement down.' He stared.

Don't get him wrong, the snow wasn't even that deep, only about an inch, but the mana imbued in this spell gives a -5~20% movement speed debuff, depending on how strong someone is.

The area that had snow quickly turned into a hailstorm, constantly falling with huge blocks of ice, snow, and even icicles.

'Look at that range! It's already the size of a fourth of the colosseum!' Gluri dodged another barrage of ice raining at him.

"Not bad! Keep going at this pace for as long as you can, understand?" He yelled, slashing yet another icicle apart.

"Understood, professor!" Elizebeth nodded.

She continued to rain barrages of snow/ice type attacks on him, even changing the ground to spikes, following his trail, forcing him to constantly move, cut the attacks while also being unable to get to her.

'Her physical ability ain't bad either!' He threw a [Mana Slash] towards her.

Because she was also in the snow area, a large shield made of ice formed, blocking the attack for her.

They had been going on for a few minutes to test her stamina, which she kept up for a whole 15 minutes with a constant barrage of attacks, range, size without losing consistency.

After the 16 minute mark, the snow and ice had finally started to melt.

Elizebeth placed her staff down on the ground, panting, "So... h-how did I... do... Mr. Gluri?" She asked shyly.

"Mn. You did amazing, there's nothing I could do to help you since your understanding of magic is even higher than mine... as expected of a princess of a country." He sighed.

"Is there any other weapon you would like to at least learn the basics from? It's good to be versatile in at least two weapons." Gluri asked her.

"Umm... Then I want to learn how to use a dagger!" She looked at him resolutely.

"Mn, alright." He nodded, passing two daggers towards her.

She smiled at the two small daggers in front of her.

"Why are you so happy about a training weapon?" Gluri asked.

"Well... back in the castle, father doesn't allow us to practice any weapon except for the ones assigned to us to maximize our experience with one weapon." Elizebeth explained, not a trace of her usual shy self.

"Oh? I've seen several royals able to have at least two weapons though..." Gluri frowned.

"They are usually the ones who receive praise from the military and have reached a certain proficiency in their own weapons, so they are allowed to carry a second weapon." She explained.

Gluri nodded, "I see... No matter. Come on, let's get you started with the basics first."

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**(Colosseum - Sam)**

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There wasn't much damage in the colosseum, though... except for the huge footmarks on the floor and several sunken lines around the entire area.

*Boom~*

Gluri kicked the shield in front of him, leaping a few meters away from Sam.

"So you're a tank... although it was easy to know that you're the servant of a royal, your body type on the other hand..." Gluri stared.

Currently, Sam was wearing some heavy leather armor all around his body and head, with a long sword and a huge wooden shield covering a large portion of his body.

"I will take that as a compliment." Sam replied dully.

"It was a compliment, Hm!" Gluri gripped his sword and swiftly swung at the shield.

*Boom~*

Sam was pushed back a few inches, 'Damn, his strength is so strong!'

Recovering, Sam rushed towards Gluri, attempting a shield bash.

*Whoosh~*

Sam felt a cold piece of wood at his neck.

"Don't rush towards an opponent several times faster than you unless your absolutely sure your able to take their attacks." Gluri frowned.

Sam smiled under his helmet.

He let go of his shield, elbowing Gluri... too bad that even with his clones, Gluri was faster than him.

Sam expected this, after all, a teacher shouldn't be so weak!

"Hah!" Sam flicked his wrist, aiming for his neck.

*Swoosh~*

Gluri reacted, blocking his strike, and countered with a straight fist towards Sam's chest.

Samm had also begun to deflect his sharp strikes and counterattacked his own way.

The small exchange of fists, mainly of straight punches to the chest, face, and arms had lasted for a few short seconds, allowing Gluri to strike Sam with a palm whne he finally revealed an opening.

*Boom~*

"Kuh!" Sam was blown into the air, landing onto his shield, barely cushioning his fall.

Gluri didn't give him any time to rest, releasing a small [Mana Slash] towards the shield.

Sam saw the green arc, placed his hands on the shield lifted it off the ground, and swiped the attack, enhancing himself with [Physical Enhancment] and [Mana Shield], perfectly blocking his attack.

Gluri placed down his sword, "Mn. That should be all for today, I've recorded your every move and sent it to the other professors. I guarantee that at least one of them would want you as their student!" He looked at Sam.

Sam nodded and bowed, "Thank you, professor!"

"No need to thank me, it's our academy's duty to train talents like you." Gluri smiled.

'This kid did better than David in terms of dodging and taking damage! Though it's apparent that he's not as strong as him in terms of... physical abilities.' Gluri thought.

'These seven students... they are definitely going to be quite the set up if they party together!' He imagined the potential of them working together.

"It seems like I'll have to make two separate groups for training now..." Gluri whispered.

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Chapter 86 End...