How to use Trait? (2)

"Trait? do you still not understand your Trait?"

"That's why I asked you."

Professor Rowena rubbed her chin before continuing. "Hmm, if you ask me how to use Trait then my answer is I don't know."

"What do you mean by that?"

Professor Rowena sighed lightly as she raised her hands. "You know, Trait is something that makes you unique, makes you different from other people, the characteristic of a living creature. If you want to know how to activate your Trait, then ask yourself what your Trait means."

"So you're saying I have to look for the meaning behind my Trait?"

"That's right if in the future you succeed in finding out the meaning behind your Trait and you succeed in awakening it. Please remember that there is a fee that must be paid when you use your Trait." Professor Rowena then picked up the plate of cookies from the table and started eating them again.

I stared at her for a while before taking some cookies from her plate, she was surprised by my actions but soon she shrugged it off. "Is there something that must be sacrificed when using a Trait?"

"It's not like that, the concept is the same as mana but the difference is that if you use Trait then mental strength will be the fuel."

It seems like I won't be able to awaken my Trait if I don't know who I am.

...It's quite annoying.

Professor Rowena put away her plate after she finished all the cookies, and then she looked at me with her mouth still munching on the cookies. "Okay, it seems like there's nothing you want to ask anymore, so I'll go first, thank you for inviting me to your room."

With that, Professor Rowena stood up and walked towards my room door.

"Oh, I almost forgot, what is the name of your Trait?"

"..."

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{ Nicholas Dendi }

[Nickname: -

[Age: 27

[Class : -

[Race : Human

[MP: 3100/3100] - [Stamina: 97/100]

[Strength: 31

[Defense: 18

[Magic: 7

[Resistance: 25

[Speed: 37

[Skills : (Mana control: Basic level 9)

[Trait : Space Control

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"The name of my trait is... Ignition."

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"..."

I couldn't believe it, why did she suddenly ask about my Trait? I shouldn't carelessly tell other people about my Trait. It seems that this Trait is a very crucial thing for a person because it is related to that person's identity.

I deliberately told him that the name of my Trait was Ignition, I was afraid that if she reported this to someone, then she would put me in danger. I sighed and leaned back on the sofa while thinking about various things, there are too many people I have to be careful of, I even have to be careful of Ethan, because he might be taken advantage of by someone.

"This is sucks."

...Sh*t, my overthinking habit is starting to return, I need to get back to practice, there's no point in constantly thinking about uncertain things.

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I returned to the field and saw that there were many people practicing swords in pairs, what was this? was I in the middle of sword training? why didn't anyone tell me?

...Ah, I forgot that I have a bad reputation.

I saw that among the people practicing was someone with a muscular build standing tall and watching the people. He was the new sword master, I think.

He glanced at me, his eyebrows were furrowed and his eyes were like a predator ready to attack, he shouted at me while brandishing his sword.

"Hey, why are you just sitting there, take your sword and find your partner!"

Is this person the second version of Lucas? The way he speaks is not much different from Lucas's.

People started glancing at me and muttering, I saw Ethan beating up his opponent.

...I felt sorry for that guy.

I took the sword that was provided on the side of the field, I walked towards the people but they all avoided me. Doesn't anyone want to be my partner? Even though I want to test how much I have developed, I think I know what I have to do.

I walked past people while releasing mana from my body, people started to move to avoid me like a bird that heard the sound of a gun blast.

Now I was right in front of the teacher, he looked at me in surprise because of the actions I had taken.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"As you can see, no one wants to be my partner, and the only person who doesn't have a partner other than me is you, sir."

His eyes widened at those words, and then he laughed very loudly.

"Hah! I like your blunt attitude, what is your name, young man?"

"Please don't call me that, it's better if you just call me Dendi."

His eyes widened after hearing my words. "What? Dendi? The person who defeated Lucas in the fight turned out to be you? Hah! okay from now on I will be your partner and my name is Grey, remember that well." Gray took out his sword and gave off an ominous aura.

It seems like you think that this is a bad move on my part, right? Actually, I agree with you. This is a bad move but if I didn't do this I wouldn't be able to know how much I have improved after using the Ignition method. I have to do this so that I can push my body to the limit so that I know what my weaknesses are.

"Are you ready Dendi!"

I raised my sword in reply to Gray. He smiled and immediately lunged at me, he quickly swung his sword, instead of blocking it I just dodged his attack and looked for an opportunity to counterattack.

His attacks are quite heavy, if I endure his attacks I doubt if my body can withstand them. He kept swinging his sword at me aggressively, damn it! He's much stronger than Lucas.

"Hey, is this what you can do? dodge and not attack like a loser. No wonder Lucas was defeated by a loser like you khahaha!"

I ignored his words and ran towards the fortress wall.

"There's nowhere for you to escape anymore!"

He prepared to stab me and quickly rushed towards me, I used mana to increase my body strength then I spun around and hit his hand with the hilt of the sword, His sword penetrated deeply into the fortress wall. I couldn't waste this opportunity.

I quickly ran towards him to cut off his hand, I sucked up the mana around me and channeled it into my entire body.

(Your Strength increases by +22 points)

(Your defense increased by +5 points)

(Your Magic increased by +2 points)

(Your resistance increased by +10 points)

(Your Speed increased by +25 points)

The system message kept ringing in my ears.

But what I didn't expect was that he easily removed the sword from the wall and then our swords clashed together.

I was thrown back and struggled to keep my balance, while Gray was only pushed back by one step, he covered his sword with something else, very similar to mana but also very different, and then he quickly ran towards me with such a speed.

I couldn't avoid his attack this time!

I enveloped a large amount of mana into my sword, then I cast a spell that I heard from Professor Rowena, I don't know whether this will work or not but I have to try!

"Ignis Orbis!"

My sword was enveloped in flames like a smoldering torch, My lips became stiff after using the magic but I ignored it while strengthening all the muscles in my body. Gray looked surprised but he continued his movements. Finally, our swords clashed with each other.

The clash of our swords made a loud sound like the explosion of a landmine. My body bounced and hit the ground from the impact of our swords.

"Ugh..."

I saw that my right hand had quite serious burns, the sword I was holding was broken, but what amazed me was Gray slowly walking towards me with a broken sword, he had a burn wound on his wrist.

For a moment, I looked at his figure in amazement. "Heh, I admit-"

"No, congratulations on defeating me."

Eh?

"Now go to the hospital, this is the training for today. I hope that by our next meeting, your skills will have improved a bit."

With that Gray left the field, and I saw Ethan quickly run towards me and woke me up.

"Dendi, I can't believe you managed to beat Mr. Gray!"

...What did he say?