Chapter 12: Mountains of Universal Ore

With Claudia's energy, it is indeed not difficult to obtain a large amount of Ten Thousand Responding Mine.

But Claudia was still quite curious as to why Erend suddenly needed so much Ten Thousand Responding Mine.

Logically speaking, he had just obtained the Black Furnace Demonic Sword, a powerful pure star-style weapon. He was not a researcher himself, so he had no need to make other heavy color weapons or research any technology. Why did he suddenly need so much Ten Thousand Responding Mine?

"Can I ask what these Ten Thousand Responding Mines are used for?"

Claudia didn't refuse on the spot; she just asked, which made Erend secretly find it interesting.

When faced with Claudia's inquiry, Erend replied without deliberately lying.

"This is related to my next training."

Hmm... It can definitely improve strength and combat effectiveness. It's not unreasonable to call it training, right?

"Training...?"

Claudia blinked.

"Yes." Erend nodded in praise. "If everything goes well, my strength should be able to improve very quickly in the next period of time, so I have the shamelessness to ask the president."

"I see." Claudia expressed understanding.

As for the specific content of this so-called training and why so much universal ore was needed, Claudia didn't ask any more questions.

It was related to personal training methods. This was undoubtedly a small secret. In this academy, where duels were the purpose, all students might become competitors with each other. Asking such a thing directly—even if it was not considered a taboo—should still be avoided.

"If it concerns your training, Erend, then of course, I will not refuse."

So, Claudia readily agreed.

"Is this okay?" Erend felt a little embarrassed and said, "Although it's just Ten Thousand Responding Mine, once the quantity increases, it should be worth a lot of money, right?"

Even if it was ordinary ore, once the quantity increased, it would cost a lot of money to buy. As an academy sponsored by the integrated enterprise consortium, Durmstrang did not lack Ten Thousand Responding Mine, but a large amount of it was still a considerable amount of wealth. To spend it on a student so casually was not an easy thing, no matter how one looked at it.

Claudia had the energy to do this, but this was equivalent to asking a girl to help him pay for it. If there was no other way, Erend actually didn't want Claudia to do such a thing for him.

Claudia didn't care about this.

"Don't think too much. The academy has various preferential treatments for outstanding students. If they are ranked high, the academy is even willing to grant a lot of privileges, let alone provide some resources for students to train. As long as they can truly and effectively improve their training results, they will definitely be very happy."

Claudia seemed to be planning to apply for a batch of Ten Thousand Responding Mine from the academy in this name.

In her opinion, the academy had no reason to reject this application.

The reason was simple.

"Erend, you should be planning to participate in the Star Warrior Festival, right?"

Claudia suddenly asked.

"Of course."

Erend was stunned, but there was no need to hide the matter, so he nodded directly to admit it.

"In that case, the academy has reason to support you," Claudia said without being surprised at all. "I think you should know, Erend, that in recent years, our Livermorny Academy's performance at the Star Warrior Festival has always been unsatisfactory, right?"

Hearing this, Erend nodded silently.

Although he didn't remember everything in the original work very clearly, he had been browsing the internet these past few days, and Erend had learned a lot.

Livermorny Academy's performance in the Star Warrior Festival had been unsatisfactory in recent years. This was a topic frequently discussed online.

As a world-class, large-scale battle performance, the student martial arts competition—Star Warrior Festival—co-sponsored by the United Enterprise Foundation and held in Asterisk, was welcomed and sought after by almost everyone around the world. It took place over a three-year period, divided into seasons.

During these three years, three competitions would be held.

In the summer of the first year, a two-person partnership competition called the Phoenix Star Warrior Festival.

In the fall of the second year, a five-person team competition called the Griffin Star Warrior Festival.

In the winter of the third year, an individual competition called the Wanglong Star Martial Arts Festival.

Every three years, three games were held, forming one season.

Then, in each competition, students who achieved excellent results would receive different scores according to their rankings in their affiliated schools. These scores were compiled at the end of the Star Warrior Festival of a quarter—after the third year's Wanglong Star Martial Arts Festival—to calculate the overall scores among the schools and determine rankings.

Livermorny Academy had been ranked low in recent quarters.

"Our Livermorny Academy was ranked fifth in the overall ranking last season. Britain Company, which was ranked sixth, was not considered in the Star Warrior Festival's overall ranking due to its own positioning and strategic policies. So, we are actually in last place," Claudia said to Erend seriously.

"In order to improve this situation, the Star Director's Office pays special attention to the growth of students and the quality of new students this year. As long as they know, Erend, that you need a lot of Ten Thousand Responding Mine and that it will help you make great progress, the academy's senior management will definitely approve it without hesitation."

Of course, this was the kind of treatment only Erend would receive now.

Having become a user of pure Star Brilliance weapons, and a powerful pure Star Brilliance weapon like the Black Furnace Demon Sword, Erend had now entered the sights of the academy's top leaders and was regarded by them as a strong competitor for this season's Star Martial Festival.

In particular, the compatibility between Erend and the Black Furnace Demon Sword had broken the limit value. This unprecedented situation made the academy have greater expectations for his future.

Thanks to this, as long as Claudia raised Erend's needs, the academy would definitely not mind supporting him with some universal ore.

"You don't need to feel embarrassed. As long as you perform well in the Star Martial Festival, that will be the biggest reward for the academy."

Claudia tilted her head and smiled at Erend.

"You don't need to feel that you are bothering me. After all, I just need to help you raise your voice."

Hearing this, Erend could only nod.

But he secretly thought in his heart:

"Whether it's this matter or the application for the loan of the pure Star Brilliance weapons last time, it was Claudia who helped behind the scenes."

"I have to remember this favor."

Because of his family, Erend had lived an independent life for many years, suffered a lot, and fallen many times.

Because of this, he especially hated those who took advantage of him when he was struggling. On the contrary, he was always very grateful to those who were willing to help him and would remember their favors.

Claudia had helped him. In her opinion, it might have been just a small matter, but for him, it was definitely not easy to accomplish these things.

So, he had to remember this favor.

Thinking of this, Erend didn't know what he thought of. He turned his eyes away without leaving a trace and looked at Claudia's waist.

He already had a plan in his heart.