Chapter 20

*Practical Training*

The students of the Academy would find themselves out in the open field.. Inside a dome which can make fiction into reality resembling Nathan's Master Celine's Magic

In the middle of the field a voice woild echo

' ' Attention, Cadets. I'd like to introduce myself as Professor Luna Rose, I'll be your Practical Training Teacher starting today,Now I'll explain the rules, You hunt monsters to gain points, The higher the rank the morw points you get, You will get covered in a protective shield, treat it like your health if it breaks your automatically out and teleported. Anyways one more thing. If you eliminate a fellow Cadet, You gain their points. Now dismissed ' '

The moment Luna said this a giant forest would sprout from the ground covering the dome with a large field of vegetation

'Just have to hunt for 3 hours. Shouldn't be hard'

Nathan would walk around the forest hunting monsters which he came across, It was rather basic only Class-D and Class-E monsters with the occasional C-Rank monster showing up

'If I was a normal student it wouldn't be this easy, But. Why not raise the stakes up, And I know exactly what to do'

Nathan would move swiftly as if hunting someone down

After jumping from roof top to roof top I would spot the Academy's Rank 3 Student Elizabeth Windsor The princess of Britain

'Someone's watching me huh.'

Elizabeth would clench her Rapier Divinity tightly while observing her surroundings then suddenly she would open her left palm

Barrage of Light

Suddenly streaks of light would emerge from Elizabeth's palm striking the tree top Nathan was on forcing him to come out

' ' My my~ Isin't this the famed Rank 1 ' '

' ' I got bored so I'm hunting a top 10 ranker so. Yeah. ' '

Nathan would open his right hand where Inferno would emerge

The two rankers would prepare for the duel

Elizabeth would attack first thrusting her rapier

Royal Swordsmanship Elizabeth Variation:Streak of Light

Her thrust strong and confident would resemble a streak of light similar to the bifrost of myths aimed directly at Nathan's chest with astonshingly fast speed

Nathan seeing this would activate his bless in order to see the blade

Hyperfocus

Immeadietly time slowed down for Nathan he could think freely as he deflected divine with the flat end of Inferno allowing for him to counter

Sword of the Eclipse:2nd Form, Dawn

Nathan would strike Inferno upwards grazing Elizabeth's cheek as she barely managed to back away

'If I had summoned Sol prior I could have eliminated her there with a thrust.. A shame'

Nathan opened his left palm

'What's this? He's planning to use his second sword? huh? This Flunctation of Magic is not a sword'

Nathan smirked as he activated his own unique Magic

10 Holy Flames: 2nd Holy Flame, Gungnir

Suddenly a massive spear made of Golden flames would emerge from the palm of his hands floating at his side

' ' You're boring Nathan, Already wanting to end while I'm just getting started.. I'll answer you with a technique of my own then ' '

Divine Radiance

Suddenly Divine would glow with a light so bright it could rival the sun but it wouldn't bother Nathan much thanks to Hyperfocus

And suddenly both rankers would unleash their attacks

The Golden spear named after the spear of the Norse god Odin, Gungnir

And the radiant light which was sent to rival the spear from the tip of Divine, Divine Radiance

BANG!

both attacks collide with each other causing a massive shockwave felt throughout the dome

' ' Guh! ' '

' ' Argh! ' '

Both warriors groan as the shock wave encompases them both

' ' It was a stalemate Huh. no.... Not exactly I lost, I din't shield myself in time ' '

Elizabeth smiled as she got teleported out the dome as Nathan looked around the crater in the middle and then expected his own shield with only 10 durability left

And just as the battle ended all rhe Cadets would be teleported back to the start

' ' I'll announce the placements. If you had gotten eliminated but your points was quitevthe haul don't worry much You'll still get a high grade. ' '

Rank 1, Nathan Walker 1,879 Points

Rank 2, Yuriah Romanov 1,468 Points

Rank 3, Qiang Kun 1,189 Points

Rank 4, Kim Yoanna 986 Points

Rank 5, Joan Grace 923 Points

Rank 6...

'The reward should be quite useful... The Mana Absorption Amplifier, After I drink it it should boost my meditation by atleast 5 times for an hour. So. ' '

Nathan would look at the potion at hand and go to the Training grounds greeting Celine before abruptly entering the Training room

'Weird, He would usually say something, I guess he got something from the practicals then'

*Meanwhile in the training room*

Nathan would chug the potion as he struggles to contain the magic amplifier

'This is dangerous! But I need to contain it'

Nathan would sit down and begin meditation working on easing his body and slowly...

Hyperfocus

He would manage ro control the amplifier as more and more mana seeps into his body his body would tremble before the heat as sweat drips down his cheek

'I need to focus... I need to Maximize what I can with this blessing'

And suddenly as Nathan thought this pink smoke would fill the room, Though he had his eyes closed he could sense it

- Oh~ Mortal~ I've come after hearing your call~ fufu...

'Don't I'm focusing'

- Is that the proper way of talking with such a Beautiful woman like myself~

'Are you even considered as a woman?'

Etourdir would butt in the conversation

- Shush, Spirit Let me do my magic

Temporary Increased Blessing

- I'll let you have the full strength of Hyperfocus until your Amplifier runs out~

As the temperoray blessing takes affect Nathan would be introduced unto a whole new world in which he could attain full focus at the task at hand

Knowing his limited time woth both the Amplifier and Hyperfocus he would meditate witth uninterrupted focus.

As he continued a Huge Mana storm would begin swirling across his body

Mana storm

A phenomenon when too much mana tries to enter one's body in which their circles cannot contain anymore.

And wirh the mana storm the Guardian and the Spirit both knew

A breakthrough will happen soon

Flames would envelope Nathan's body as his body begins to burn from the intense heat

Boom!

As the smoke clears Nathan would open his eyes still sitting as the 1 hour mark passed his once Red Eyes had turned Blue from the mana and his circles went from the 3rd Rank to all the way to 4th-Circle immeadietly.

'I can see the flow of mana with my eyes..'

Nathan would touch his face

To be Continued