Speedrun II

Ren spent the week given to him familiarizing his power with Freya's guidance.

Freya may not follow the basic magic system, but her power is not that much different. A person with a strength like hers could teach a lot to beginners like Ren.

"It's a pity..." Ren shook his head with pained smile. If that power could remain, he would be already set up for his life.

"Don't worry, you will regain it. It's just a matter of time." Freya by his side cheered him up.

"Yeah... it's time for the next trial." Ren nodded.

When the countdown turned to zero. A new series of text appeared.

(Task to accomplish all the following stages.)

[Stage 1: Start!]

Soon, ten humanoid figure made of black flames appeared. Each holding a flame sword.

Freya was about to step in and end it quickly.

"Let me handle the early stages. Getting boosted for every little thing will make me rusty." Ren stopped her. He also wanted to test the control of his power, whether there was significant change.

"Okay, as you wish." Freya nodded with a smile.

"[Lightning Dragon], go!" A crisp sound of thunder sounded.

Roar!

An eastern dragon made of lightning was summoned, destroying his enemies within an instant.

[Stage 1: Cleared.]

[Stage 2: Start]

...and so on.

Ren's dragon continued on overwhelming his enemies until the tenth stage. There were exactly a hundred enemies in this particular stage.

As the stages continued getting higher, enemies with spear, shield, bow, and etc... started appearing. It could even do battle formations, supporting each other, however with a lightning dragon, it was still futile.

However, the eleventh stage was different, completely different. Suddenly, a thousand humanoid figures appeared. Moreover, some of them now possess magic attacks that can cause devastating damage.

Causing for Ren's dragon to disappear in thin air, in just a matter of seconds.

"This dragon I created is still not perfect, it's all attack based, no defense." Ren shook his head. The dragon he created can't be compared to Claire's dragon from before, though. Claire's dragon at that time was a hundred times more bigger.

"I used a ton of magical power maintaining it this far. Still, it's not over yet." Ren decided to personally go to battle.

"[Lightning Storm]." Ren teleported at the center of his enemies and as a crisp sound of thunder sounded. Chaotic lightning was created all over the place, his body being the center.

His enemies were wiped out.

Ren breathed in exhaustion.

"Magic with this kind of destruction really can cause one a lot, huh..."

"Don't push yourself." Freya reminded.

"I know. I'll somehow pull this through, just watch." Ren nodded.

[Stage 11: Cleared]

[Stage 12: Start!]

This time, two thousand enemies appeared.

"It really doesn't let me catch my breath... [Lightning Flash Cry]." Ren's body was equipped with a speed comparable to lightning, as he moved, everything that was blocking him was pulverized out of existence. It's just sad that this magic only last for a moment.

The magic caused a disarray on the enemy lines as the ones that lined when Ren passed through was gone, disappearing into fine particles.

"[Lightning Golem]... end it!" A huge golem made of lightning destroyed his remaining enemies.

[Stage 12: Cleared]

[Stage 13: Start]

One should know by now on how many enemies will appear. Right. It was three thousand.

"Freya. I'll deal with this as the last, I'll leave the following stages to you." Ren said, planned to exhaust all of his magical power remaining.

"Leave it to me." Freya smiled.

"Good... for now, this one could be said to be my strongest magic." When those words left his mouth, the entire landscape changed. It was a world of lightning, clashing with the black flames.

*Screech*

A loud boom of thunder sounded.

"This idea came from cultivation novels, what's the strongest lightning in the cultivation world? Of course, it's the punishment of heaven. [Lightning Tribulation]."

In an instant, all three thousand enemies got bombarded with lightning coming down from above. Effectively, destroyed all of his enemies.

Freya tried to feel up one lightning strike, but it didn't do any damage to her, but her eyes still widened in surprised.

"If he casted a magic like this if we are on the same level, it would be disastrous. Furthermore, it's a magic that can't be controlled, it has a great possibility of hitting your allies. How did he make this? Cultivation he said? Like cultivating plants?... I don't understand." Freya commented while shaking her head. Honestly, some of his actions are super weird for her.

She already knows that making a magic in this world is very rare, and this little master of hers already created several original magic on his own.

[Stage 13: Cleared]

[Stage 14: Start!]

"Freya." Ren called out, slumping down the ground to rest.

"Mhn." Freya nodded.

So on Freya's hands, all the following levels were cleared easily, each time the enemies are summoned. They didn't even have time to move before they were smashed into smithereens.

...

[Stage 20: Cleared]

[Stage 21: Start!]

"Eh?" Ren was surprised reading the text, he thought it was over. The trial should only have twenty levels.

'I guess it is stronger on this one? A different sun; a different trial, right?' Ren thought. He didn't had the time to know whether the first trial was stronger than the original. If you fight Freya, all enemies are the same.

Freya continued clearing the stages.

Whether if it was already stage 30 or stage 40, all enemies were still instantly destroyed.

"How many stages in all does this trial have." Ren wondered. It was already stage 41.

Ren even had the time to recover half of his magical power. It was good that all the wait was not for nothing. The trial finally ended at stage 50. The enemies above stage 20 were not humanoid anymore. It was ancient beasts.

In the last stage Freya faced with ancient beasts made of flames such as, dragons, griffins, chimeras, and etc... that exactly numbered a hundred thousand in all.

"What in the hell kind of trial is this? If it was me... I can't even imagine what would happen." Ren gasped. His skin felt cold thinking of facing all of those monster beasts alone.

"What? Scared?" Freya teased. In front of her, all of those monster beasts were nothing. Although she couldn't kill all of them instantly, as they were just too many, but still...

"No... how can I be?" Ren shook his head, and then an absurd idea flashed from his mind.

'Since this trial in this sun is even more stronger than the original, then does that mean that rewards is even more exceptional. But what could surpass a War Maiden? Freya herself is the evidence of how strong they are.' Ren thought of the possibility