5 minutes later...
"Onii-chan, what is he talking about?" Iris looked at me with confusion, as if she was bamboozled by what he said.
"This boy is called Loby."
"Yes, Onii-chan, I know that."
"He said he is an Archwizard who can use Explosion and Fire magic."
"Oh, I see..."
"And I forgot the rest of his long-ass speech, so I can't explain them to you."
"Oh ok..."
"Don't you two ignore me! I said my name is Loby, the strongest Archwizard from the Crimson-"
"-Demons-"
Loby fell face-first onto the floor.
"What's wrong?" Iris looked at him like she was looking at a puppy.
"Nothing... It's just I haven't ate for a few days."
"And you are concerned about where you are instead of how close you were to dying. Brilliant." I sighed as I facepalmed myself.
Iris elbowed me in the ribs.
"Anyway, are you interested in joining our party? I can train you if you like. After all, I am a Magic Swordmaster, so I know a thing or two about magic."
"Training is unnecessary! I have mastered the Ultimate Magic, Explosion!"
"Onii-chan, how strong is Explosion? Why is it called the Ultimate Magic?"
"Iris, there is no such thing called Ultimate Magic. Never in my life have I ever heard of it. This is also your second lesson: Every skill and magic has its own strengths and weaknesses. As for your first question, Explosion is a magic that costs a large amount of mana and skill points. However, Explosion deals a huge amount of damage, which is effective when dealing with large monsters."
"I see..."
"Wanna try my Explosion?"
"Sure. But not here. Let's do it after we have our breakfast."
"Hello..." A familiar dark, creepy voice echoed all of a sudden.
"I have been watching you, for a very long time, my dear Magic Swordmaster."
"What the fk?" I asked as I slightly tilted my head in slight annoyance.
"What is it, Onii-chan?" Iris asked with a hint of concern in her voice as she looked at me with a worried expression.
"Did you guys just heard something?"
"No." Iris replied as she shook her head.
"I see... Never mind that, let's have breakfast first!"
While Iris was taking a test from Rain, I was currently being challenged by... a Walking Nuke.
"Now, fight me!" Loby declared confidently pointed his staff towards me.
*sigh* "Alright then, bring it." I said as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Show me what you got, OK? Don't go with Explosion right off the bat, is that clear?" I reminded him.
"Fireball!" Loby chanted as a Fireball launched from his staff.
I pulled my sword out and blocked the Fireball.
After a boring hour of dodging fireballs...
"Onii-chan, I am don-" Iris said cheerfully as she waved at us. However, that cheerful expression of hers instantly turned into a shocked one as she saw a large magic circle
of Explosion on the ground.
"Oh hey Iris! Gimme a sec-" I replied as I waved back.
"Core change, Water Dragon!" I muttered as a set of dark blue armor replaced the blue trenchcoat that I usually wore.
"Pierce through, Explosion!"
"Water Absorb Shield, activate!" I activated the Water Absorb Shield, which started to glow with a sky blue light and raised it towards the sky.
Fortunately, I managed to activate the Water Absorb Shield just in time, and absorbed the Explosion.
"Heh, did you see my Ex-" Loby exclaimed proudly as he strike a chuunibyou pose, which lasted two seconds before he noticed the spell was absorbed. 'What?!' He looked at me with disbelief as I turned off the Mana Absorption System after absorbing the Explosion.
"Onii-chan, is that...?"
"The Mana Absorption System? Precisely, milady." I replied as I bantered her casually. "You have seen it once in action."
"Huh? (Are?) Did I?" Iris asked with doubt as she scratched her head, trying to remember the time she first saw the Mana Absorb Shield.
"Yeah you did. Remember at that time Rain-san tried to cast Lightning at me? I absorbed her attack with the Light Absorb Shield."
"You don't remember that? Check this out." I looked at Iris with disbelief as I changed the Absorb Shield.
"Shield change, Dragon to Pegasus!" I muttered as the dark blue shield transformed into a milky white shield with a symbol of the Pegasus in the middle.
A few minutes later...
"Oh yeah! You used this shield back then!"
A/N: Stay tuned for the next chapter! Hope you found this story fun to read!