I Just Want A Peaceful Life

by Stayrr

( avg 45k ) What if the strongest person reincarnated to another world. Will he keep pursuing his dream to have a peaceful life? “Ding.. The Idle system is fully integrated.” “Wait… Why am I keep getting stronger!” Or will he conquer this new world? Seek and stay tune Angus's adventure in another world.

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"E-Eh… What did you say?" said Jayna

"Did you have a problem with the result?" asked Angus once again.

"Err.. No, I just don't have to bother you, right? Hmph.. Even without this bet, I will not bother you. I am royalty, why should I bother someone like you?" said Jayna while looking away.

"Then, If there is no anything else, I will excuse myself." said Angus.

"W-Wait a second, kid." said Ban.

'Huft.. Just what the hell does this old man want?' thought Angus.

"Yes, is there any problem, Master Ban?" asked Angus politely with a lazy expression.

"Err.. actually I want to apologize for my behavior before. Also, it seems you are already being a disciple of someone. So, I am sorry to put you into an uncomfortable situation before." explained Ban.

"Disciple?? What do you mean?" asked Angus.

"Didn't you already have a teacher? The way you use that strange footwork and skill to throw me off balance is incredible. Your teacher must be a great man to create such skill." said Ban.

'Err… How come he concludes that. Well, since he thought that I was being taught by someone. Let them think like that for now.' thought Angus.

"I see.. then, I shall go…" said Angus

Before he completed his sentence, "W-Wait.. Angus." said Jayna.

'Damn… What's more?' thought Angus.

"I-Is there a way I could see this master of yours?" asked Jayna.

"Err… why do you want to meet him?" asked Angus back.

"I-I just want to become stronger like you." said Jayna.

'This is going to be a hassle. If I say no, it will only create trouble in the future. The son of the duke got a stronger teacher than the princess.' thought Angus.

Looking at Angus silent for a moment, "I-I will pay any.." said Jayna.

"Haa… This is troublesome. Alright, you are all wrong." said Angus.

"Wrong??" asked Jayna back.

"Yes, you are misunderstanding something. I didn't have any hidden teacher or master." explained Angus.

"Impossible, then how could you use and acquire that kind of skill?" rebuked Ban.

"I created it." replied Angus slowly.

"That's impossible!! Through my eyes, your footwork is very complicated yet precise and your skill to throw off me is also very sophisticated." said Ban.

"Well, I just read some books and created the technique." replied Angus.

"W-What…" as Ban didn't know what to say anymore.

'Technically, I created these techniques in my past life so I am not lying to them. But, they don't need to know this.' thought Angus.

"Hohoho… It seems you are more genius than what I heard from your father." said the old butler Darius.

"Eh.. What do you mean by that, uncle Darius?" asked Jayna.

"According to Duke Victory himself, Angus is quite a genius himself that could even find the way to medicate a Miasma-based wound. Though this is very confidential information that is still yet to be proven." explained Darius towards others.

"I-Is that true?" said Ban.

"*Sigh* Well, it's going to be announced later anyway. But, yes that's true. However, the medication technique is still not perfect and only could tend to the fresh injured wound." explain Angus further.

"T-That's still amazing. I bet you also do something to have that kind of body strength." said Ban.

Suddenly, Jayna bowed her head to Angus. Seeing this, the others immediately become confused except Darius.

"Angus, p-please teach me!!" said Jayna.

"Haa… W-Wait… Please raise your head Jayna before others see you bowing towards me." said Angus.

"No, I will keep bowing until you decide to teach me." replied Jayna resolutely.

"*Sigh* this is troublesome. Besides, why should I teach you? You may not know this but I am quite a busy person. I also still need to learn a lot of stuff like you." replied Angus lazily.

"B-But, you are strong. You even create a sophisticated skill by yourself." said Jayna.

"Haa.. listen here, I may have created the skill but that didn't mean I could become your teacher. Besides you already grade one combatant while I still haven't formed my core." explained Angus

"T-Then, teach me your skill." said Jayna adamantly.

Hearing this, Darius begins to step in. "Fourth Princess, that's an inappropriate question." rebuked Darius seriously.

In Firuman, demanding someone to spell or skill is kind of unethical. Especially unique skills that Angus uses. It's like asking someone about someone's family heirloom.

After being rebuked by Darius, Jayna flinched a little bit but she is back to lower her head towards Angus.

"Please… " said Jayna.

Looking at this, Angus looks at the other two men. "Jayna, Can I ask you one thing? Why is a princess like you so desperate to have power?"

"I-It's…" as Jayna raises her head and looks at Angus's serious expression.

"*Sigh* Let me guess, it has a connection about your possession state." said Angus.

"Yes.. But, I-It's kind of complicated." said Jayna.

"Then, tell me. Since you want something from me. At least give me a good reason why I should help you." said Angus.

"Young master, Victory…" said Darius.

"Uncle Darius, it's okay. I trust Angus. Master Ban, I am sorry, But, could you let us be alone." said Jayna.

"Alright, take all your time." said Ban as he walked away.

Soon, Darius also moves farther to give some privacy to Angus and Jayna. Then, Jayna begins to tell her problem to Angus.

Hearing the explanation from her, Angus gets a little bit of a headache. The problem is more complicated than Angus thought.

Since her birth, she is destined to have a political marriage to bind with another powerful nation. However, the King didn't specify which nation. At first, there are only several nations that want her

After she awakens her possession, more countries want her. But not being kept as political marriage but as a hidden weapon. Of course, the king also didn't want to let Jayna go as she awakened possession.

However, the king is bound by a contract with those nations. So, the king himself couldn't do anything. The only safe way to break this engagement is by Jayna defeating her political marriage partner to show they are not worthy of her.

But, some of her political marriage partners are from different races that are stronger than humans that could easily reach the high-grade rank.

As for why the King agreed about this stupid contract is because of the one that sign it is not him but his predecessor. The Heart Kingdom in the past was a normal human kingdom without any seven-grade leader.

To protect themself, King Leon's predecessor signed this absurd heritage contract. Because of this, King Leon is quite resentful towards the religious group that created this contract.

However, even with his almighty strength, he still couldn't break the contract and has a high possibility of getting a huge backlash from breaking the contract.

The one that could only take Jayna's hand is only decided by King Leon or by someone that helps the Heart Kingdom to prosper.

Heart Kingdom is a self-sufficient kingdom, so the second choice is very hard. However, the first choice must be fulfilled when Jayna reaches the age of twenty-one.

In summary, Jayna needs to be as strong as possible when she reaches twenty-one years old or her life will be turned into brainwashed weapons.

As a noble, Angus also realizes a few dark parts about this world. One of them is brainwashing people to mold them into loyal soldiers through various means such as torture.

Moreover, one of the clauses in the contract also prevents the Heart Kingdom from taking back Jayna after she gets married to the allied nation. She could also not run away or her father will receive the backlash.

Knowing this and looking at Jayna's face who is resolute to break her fate, Angus could only stay silent and think for a while.

At this moment, there is a commotion outside the training area. Then, Darius is back towards them.

"Uncle Darius, is something wrong?" asked Jayna.

"There is an emergency signal coming from the Black Fortress. It seems the monster horde is coming." explained Darius.

'Monster Horde!! I hope father is fine.' thought Angus.

Looking at Angus's worried expression, "Don't worry, young master Victory. The King will step in himself to prevent heavy casualty."

"Yeah.. I hope nothing is going wrong." said Angus

However, his instinct keeps alarming him that something is not right. After hearing that the king himself will go, he is certain that something is going to happen soon.

"It seems that the Fourth Princess already explanate everything to you. Why don't we have a small tea break while you ponder about your choice." said Darius.

"Alright, lead the way." said Darius.

"Then, I will change first before joining you." said Jayna shortly before walking away.

After Jayna walks away, "Uncle Darius, did you know which one nation that Jayna should watch for?"

"Hoo.. It seems young master Victory is interested in the Fourth Princess's problem. Well, these are all the lists about the kingdom that wants the Fourth Princess." said the old butler while taking out a document from his storage device.

Looking at this, 'He is already preparing this beforehand. Damn.. old fox.' thought Angus.

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While having a snack Angus read at the list of the other nation that wants Jayna. There are a lot of nations on the list but he ignores the one that didn't have any seven-grade combatant and focuses on the one that has this combatant.

He doubted that these kinds of countries could provide any significant help to the strong Heart kingdom. Especially since the current Heart kingdom does not lack any kind of resources.

He also ignores some human nations as he doubts by the age of twenty-one they have people as strong as Jayna. Although Jayna is not as strong as Angus, through her effort she is quite stronger as a grade one combatant.

Unless it is the second grade or above combatant, she will not easily lose in the frontal fight. As achieving grade two at the age of twenty-one, this couldn't be easily achieved by the human race except for a rare prodigy like Angus.

For this kind of prodigy to appear, it could be said that to be rarer than having a seven-grade combatant. There are also ways to accelerate grades like becoming a champion of god. However, each of these people is bound to their group and not part of any nation.

Unless they want to fight and offend King Leon, these groups will not interfere in this matter. Besides, each of these champions of god is like a hidden card for the religious group. It will be stupid to make them part of a nation along with Jayna.

After sorting out the list, he still finds many different kinds of nations. Some of the notable nations are the demon race kingdom and mixed-race kingdom.

In Firuman, the Demon race is famous for its power and unique ability that is on par with the elf race. Unfortunately, this race is always fighting with each other and always in a state of civil war.

Still, each of these demon races is very strong. Just from their birth they already have grade one mana core. Moreover, they are also not infertile like the elf race which makes their population quite a lot.

In summary, this race is born as a fighter and more superior in terms of grade core. Besides the demon race, Angus also worries about the nation of the Beast tribe.

The Beast tribe is stronger in terms of physical strength and combat capability than the human race.

They are also famous for their strong endurance and vitality despite having a lower mana core. Some of the famous beast races even could kill high-grade monsters using only bare hands.

Unlike the demon race, the beast race is unified under the leadership of the war chiefs. Though they are very divided into many territories, they never have a major fight with each other.

From Angus's knowledge, One of the famous tribes is called the tribe Blood Beast with the leader Warchief Might Nappolo. This tribe is military-oriented and different from others.

If compared to others they are more brutal and savage than others. They believe that personal strength is the only rule. Despite this culture and belief, they could be called the strongest tribe among others beast tribes.

Although this never proved since there is no infighting among other beast tribes. Still, their strength is recognized by others. The rumor said that one of their tribes could even fight two grades above them and emerge as the victor.

Fortunately, this tribe is very cautious towards strangers and only believes their kin. Because of this, they rarely accept foreign people and are never interested in a political marriage.

Besides these two superior races, Angus also found others such as orc, goblins, dwarf, and many others. The more he read the list, the more he found that the human race is weak compared to others.

Yet the human race is one of the most fertile races and has a massive population to occupy many territories in the Firuman.

While reading the description of a few nations he doesn't know, Jayna comes in wearing her royalty dress. Unlike in the academy, where she only wears the academy's uniform here she could wear anything she wants.

Seeing Jayna's appearance that is emphasized by her brilliant light blue dress made Angus look at her for a few seconds before he went back to reading the list.

Noticing that Angus didn't even give her a response, she begins to pout but she holds back since she still has his help. She joined Angus to have a snack and tea break. After a while, Angus released a sighing sound.

"How come there are a lot of nations that want you? I know Possession state is rare but looking at the list it could be said that almost half of the nation in Firuman want you." commented Angus while drinking his tea.

"T-That's because the Heart kingdom is the strongest of the human race. Because of this, we allied with many nations to not avoid having conflict with them.

"Otherwise, we will be at war with many nations until now. Although we aren't afraid of war, it is still better to avoid needless fighting. Because of this, we allied with almost all the nations that are not hostile against us." explained Jayna.

"Haa.. I guess being the strongest human race kingdom is also not easy. Alright, I will help you." said Angus.

"Really??" replied Jayna in a cheerful tone.

"Yeah, Don't be too happy yet. there are still some conditions," said Angus.

"As long as it is within my capability I will do it." replied Jayna

"Okay, First I don't want you to reveal my strength to others. Second, I will only help you not become your teacher. Third, I will not teach you any kind of skill." said Angus.

"Ehh… But, didn't that mean you will not teach me anything." said Jayna.

During this time, Darius intrudes on their conversation. "If I may speak Fourth Princess, young master Victory wished to help you but not teach you any of his skills.

"This means he may help you in another manner and may help you create a new skill that is perfectly fit with you. Isn't that what you mean, Young Master Victory?" said the old butler.

"As expected of the royal butler, you get what I mean" replied Angus.

"Creating my skill?? Why don't you just teach me the skill?" asked Jayna.

"Well, there are various kinds of reasons for that. But, the most important is you will be more proficient using your created skill over other skills. This means you could control it better than others."

"Since your opponent may not be of the human race, you are needed to become stronger in various ways not only by depending on the strong skill you could barely utilize" explained Angus.

"Besides that, if you truly want to become stronger, you need to create a strong skill by yourself. It's better to use a skill that is perfectly made for you than using an unknown strong skill that is not compatible with you." added Angus.

"I see, but didn't create skills is very difficult and needs years to achieve?" asked Jayna.

"That's why I will help you. Did you know why you never touch me when we spar?" asked Angus back.

"Err.. It's because of your superior skill?" replied Jayna.

"Nope, I didn't use any skill when sparring against you. The answer is control over the body. Before you create your skill, you need two things one is experiencing, the other is knowledge and control over your own body."

"Without these two things, you will not create a skill that is perfectly fit for you. Many people only rely on experience to create a skill without the control over their body and harm themself."

"Likewise creating a skill without experience will also result in nothing. In your current state, the best way is by mastering your own body as experience could only be achieved through many battles." explained Angus.

Hearing Angus's explanation, "But, I already have good control over my body." said Jayna.

"Really?" asked Angus as he took out a silver needle and thread.

"Then, can you do this?" Angus hovering the needle and thread before making the thread entering the small silver needle hole.

"T-That's easy." said Jayna unsurely.

Then, Angus gives the needle and thread to Jayna. As she tried to make it hover in the air, the needle kept moving along with the thread. After a few minutes, she still could not make the thread entering the needle.

While Jayna is trying hard, Angus is completely silent and drinking his tea provided by Darius who is standing beside him.

'I guess it's right to ask for Angus to help Jayna. Still, that kind of mana control is very delicate. I doubt even four-grade combatant could do the same feat as him.' thought Darius.

'Besides, based on what he said, it means he already has a vast experience of creating his skill at such a young age. This is not the class of prodigy but a monster. My eyes are not wrong, this kid is dangerous.' thought Darius.

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While Jayna was trying hard to make the thread entering the needle, an employee inside the royal palace hurried out towards the capital city. Then, after walking around for a while the employee went back to the royal palace.

During that moment, someone sees this employee and writes a letter to others. After a series of moving around through many different people, the letter arrives at the Lefty Coin base.

Looking at the letter, "Finally, it's time." said Victor inside his underground base.

"Boss, are you sure about this?" asked one of Victor's subordinates.

"Don't worry about this, we even managed to hire a Bloody Star member for this job. Just do exactly as the plan and we will be rich soon." replied Victor.

"B-Bloody star?! That famous assassin group." commented on the people before getting a nod from Victor.

"Alright, boss." said the other Victor's subordinate while feeling relieved that Bloody Star also joined their operation.

"Then, start preparing everything. We will move tonight." said Victor.

"Yes, Boss." replied the people inside the underground room."

"Kukuku… Just a little bit. You will be free again, my lord." muttered Victor.

Soon, the night is approaching. During this time, half of the royal guard accompanied King Leon towards Black Fortress. Although there are only half left the security is still tight as the Royal guard consists of the high-grade combatant.

At this time, Angus lamented his condition. He could go back to his manor a few hours ago. However, Jayna keeps pestering him about the technique to control a thread entering the small needle hole.

Despite a few hours of trying, the Princess didn't want to give up. Finally, left with no choice, Angus obliged to accompany the princess. Furthermore, Darius suggests for he to have dinner together with Jayna.

He feels that the old butler must have some planning. But, it didn't matter for Angus. He also feels that it is safer inside the royal palace than his townhouse during this time.

Although the king and half the royal guard are out at the moment, there are still many defense mechanisms and a lot of guards inside the royal palace. So, if there is chaos inside the capital city, the safest place will be the Royal Palace.

Fortunately for Angus, the dinner will be held privately. It seems it's quite normal for the other royalties to not have dinner together in everyday life. Especially at this time where the king is going out to fight against monsters.

They are not in the mood to eat together since whenever they eat together, the meal will become like a small party. No one in their right mind has a small party during this tense situation, it will be a good thing if not being executed on the spot.

Now, Jayna and Angus follow the old butler Darius towards the small dining area. Inside the room, there is already Master Ban who is starting to eat first.

Unlike both Angus and Jayna, Ban is not born as noble so he only knows a little about noble etiquette where people wait for the host before they start eating. Still, none of the people in the room find having issues with Ban's behavior.

Angus himself never likes formal etiquette while Jayna is too busy playing with the thread and needle to notice this. As for Darius, he didn't say anything since no one protested about it.

Moreover, Ban is a strong swordmaster with a lot of prestige and connection. So, it is not worth getting into trouble over this simple matter. Soon, the other food also came but Jayna is still busy by herself.

Noticing this, "Jayna, why do you keep playing with that thread and needle? I found you keep busy with those things since entering this room." asked Ban.

"Ahh.. Master Ban, this is infuriating." grumble Jayna who just realized Ban's presence.

Then, Jayna begins to talk about Angus's challenge to Ban. Hearing Jayna's explanation, Ban immediately laughing very hard.

"Hahahaha… You got pranked by Angus. To control mana in such a way for you is like trying to do a long run without learning how to walk first. It's an impossible feat for the current you." explained Ban.

"Ehh.. then, how come Angus could do it easily?" asked Jayna.

"Ehh.. Angus could do it??" asked Ban back while looking at Angus who is engrossing himself to eat the food but still in a noble manner.

'Hmm.. This monster meat is delicious. As expected of royalty, their dinner is different.' thought Angus before he noticed that everyone was staring at him.

"Err.. Is something wrong?" asked Angus innocently.

"Jayna told me you could manipulate the thread and needle perfectly." said Ban.

"Yeah, it's easy. What's wrong with that??" As Angus took another needle and thread to demonstrate it.

Looking at Angus's demonstration, "Kid, did you know what you are doing is completely absurd?? especially for you who are still not forming your core." said Ban.

"Err…" as Angus tried to find some excuse.

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* Before Angus could answer, everyone heard an explosion sound from far away. Although the explosion is far away, it still causes some tremors inside the royal palace.

After the tremor ended, a guard shouted from the outside, "The capital city is on fire!!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately looked toward the balcony where they could see that there was some big wildfire and chaos inside the capital city.

"Tch… You guys wait here. I will check the current situation." said Ban before jumping out.

During this time, "Fourth Princess, please return to your room first. I smell something fishy about…" *BOOM* Then, a huge explosion comes out from the Royal Palace entrance.

The explosion is quite big and causes the entire Royal Palace. Some of the guards are burned alive.

"Young master Victory, please move with the fourth princess to her room along with the guards. I will check the situation." said Darius before getting a nod from Angus.

Then, Jayna and Angus move back towards the royal palace. Angus notices that Jayna is still quite shocked and keeps silent during this incident.

'She must be shocked as this is the first time she feels this way.' thought Angus.

While they keep moving, through a big hall Angus feels a dreadful sensation all over his body.

"Everyone, Duck!!" shouted Angus as he pushed Jayna's back.

Before the other guard could respond, a series of flying dagger imbued mana came towards all of them in the blink of an eye.

The knife easily hit the vital spot of the guard and instantly killed them despite wearing enchanted armor.

"Ohhh.. My.. How come I missed it??" a hoarse voice heard in the air.

During this time, Jayna looking at the guards getting easily killed, "I.. I am going to die. I am going to die. I am going to die" muttered Jayna as her mana became erratic.

At this moment, she gets hit by Angus in the neck before falling unconscious. Then, Angus put Jayna in the corner before summoning his Sky Thorn.

Looking at Angus trying to fight back, "Kekeke… what a futile effort?" another hoarse voice heard in the air.

Angus puts on a serious face and silently uses [Mana Echolocation] to detect the hidden assassin. After locating the assassin, "For an assassin you talk too much." said Angus.

Then, he threw several flying daggers towards the assassin's location. The assassin is surprised at this, but still reacts and dodge all the daggers.

Knowing his cover was already blown, the assassin approached Angus from the front. During this time, Angus ready his Sky Thorn and fires the hidden mechanism inside the weapon. *BAM*

Didn't expect that the weapon could be launched at fast speed, the assassin received the blade ends at point-blank range and flew over towards the nearby wall.

As for Angus, he used [Yin Yang Balance] to reduce the recoil. But still feeling hurt from his hand. Looking at the embedded assassin in the wall, Angus feels relieved.

'Fiuhh.. Fortunately, he underestimated me."

Suddenly, Angus feels a mana fluctuation from the assassin's direction. Angus immediately shot the other end of Sky Thorn towards him. *BAM* *Blarr* The attack missed and only cracked the wall.

"Brat… That hurts!! I'll kill you!!" Shouted the assassin as his body became bigger.

Soon, his body changes into something similar to a beast. Angus recognizes the shape is similar to the werewolf from his past life.

'Great… A beastkin… Damn it!!' cursed Angus inwardly.

*AWOOO* shouted the assassin before disappearing from Angus's vision. Using his instinct, Angus managed to avoid the assassin's attack but still got hit.

Scratches, bruises, light wounds begin to appear on Angus's body as he gets attacked from all directions. During this time, Angus could only defend himself using Sky Thorn.

Despite the huge difference in strength, the assassin still does not target Angus's vital area as he wants to toy Angus to death.

Soon, Angus was bleeding all over his body. During this moment, the assassin feels a dreadful chill when he approaches Angus. Thrusting his instinct, the assassin moved back away.

Right now, the assassin feels like being glared at by a bloodthirsty abomination. His instinct tells him to run far away from the kid in front of him.

Looking at the assassin's reaction, "Come, little dog."

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"Come, little dog." taunted Angus

"Dog!! Brat!!! I am… *Arrrgghhh*" shouted the assassin as he was pierced by a short dark blade.

*Cough* *Cough* "W-Who are you?" said the assassin.

"Naz, the Jackal. By breaking the code, You are no longer part of the Bloody Star." heard a hoarse voice from the black cloud behind the assassin.

"Grr.. Who do… you think… " before Naz could finish his sentence the person behind him beheaded Naz in one move.

Looking at this, Angus immediately takes up his guard and is ready for another battle.

'This person is strong. I couldn't even detect this person even with [Mana Echolocation].' thought Agnus while keeping focusing on the new intruder.

Looking at Angus put up a guard, "At ease, kid. If I want you dead, you will already be dead by now." said the person.

Still Angus didn't lower his guard as he felt a dangerous feeling from him. Then, the person ignored Angus and took out a card.

"Before I forget, I thank you for delaying Naz before he did something unforgivable. So, On behalf of Bloody Star, I thank you for your effort." said the person while throwing the card to Agnus.

"Why do you thank me?" asked Angus while catching the card easily.

"We Bloody Star may be an assassin but we have our own codes to keep surviving since ancient times. One of them is never to target royalty or leaders. Naz breaks this code while even using our organization name."

"If it is not because you delay him, he may already finish his job. So, we are in your debt. Use that card if you need one of our services. As long as the target is not royalties or a leader we could fulfill our contract." said the person before disappearing into nothingness.

Looking that the person is completely gone and the silence returns to the hall. Angus feeling relieved before finally slumping on the ground. For the first time since he reincarnated into this world, he feels that he is being so close to death.

'Huft.. I should just stay in the manor.' thought Angus inwardly.

Then, Angus takes a look at the card. It has a picture of a black background with a red star in the middle. The other side there are two words 'Silent Killer' with red blood color. Besides that he didn't see anything.

After a moment, Angus feels Darius approaching from far away at fast speed. Then, Angus stores the card and his Sky Thorn before calming his surge adrenaline and rough breath.

Although the battle only happens for a few minutes, Angus feels like fighting for hours or days. Each of the Naz attacks may not target his vital point but it still wound and hurted him badly.

Moreover, Angus needs to constantly imbue his body with mana or he will be thrown away by Naz's attack force.

After a while, "Fourth Princess!!" shouted Darius

He noticed that all the guards beside Angus and Jayna were dead. Furthermore, Angus is constantly bleeding from all his small wounds while the princess is unconscious. He also found Naz's corpse and his broken bloody star emblem.

"Uncle Darius…" said Angus.

"Safe it for later, young master Victory. We need to tend your wound now." said Darius.

Then, Darius commands the other guards to take Angus and Jayna away. During the way, Angus couldn't help but fall unconscious from losing too much blood.

Fortunately, there is a medical doctor that stays inside the Royal Palace. By using healing magic and potion, Angus's condition will be recovered easily.

While Darius and some guards take him to the medical room, the other royal guard is fighting against the Lefty Coin's member at the Royal Palace entrance. Still, because of the difference in both parties.

The Lefty Coin's members could easily be subdued by the Royal Guard and Ban. At first Ban is going towards the capital city, however arriving at the entrance few people run towards the guards and explode themself.

By using his magic eyes, he knows that there is something wrong with these people as their mana is too volatile before they explode themself and avoid them.

'Something is wrong. This is people… only low grade people without any significant power.' thought Ban while he kept subduing the Lefty Coin's member.

"Boss, most of our members are getting subdued already," said one of the intruders towards Victor in the back.

"Really?? Then, it's finally our time to shine." said Victor.

Victor flares up his mana. Ban who noticed this, "Quick!! Kill that man!!" as he ran towards Victor.

Feeling he couldn't reach Victor in time, Ban brandished his sword [Sword Art - Sword Thrust]. Many invisible bullets flying hit Victor's body, However Victor already finished what he wanted to do. Soon, all the subdued Lefty Coin's member mana begin to volatile.

Noticing this, "Everyone, get away from them!!" shouted Ban.

Before long all the members of Lefty Coin exploded themself. *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* The explosion was so strong that it could have wounded all the nearby royal guards. Even Ban with his superior speed couldn't avoid it perfectly from such a close range.

"*Cough* *Cough* Is everyone alright?" said Ban while he stabilized himself.

Most of the royal guard decimated and tried to stabilize themself from the huge explosion. They didn't think that the subdued member will be suicide in this way.

Looking that some of the Royal Guard were heavily wounded and killed. Ban feels a little bit angry and approaches Victor who is thrown away from the explosion.

"Did you realize what you are doing?" asked Ban while glaring at Victor who was bleeding from all over his body.

"Kekeke… Of course, *Cough* All of what I did... is for the sake of my lord. *Cough* *Cough* You.. Are too… Late." as Victor died from his wound.

'My lord?? Who?? Why am I late??' thought Ban inwardly.

"Master Ban, are you alright?" said one of the light wounded royal guards.

"Yes.. How are the others? Any casualty??" asked Ban back.

"So far there is no casualty but there are few seriously injured guards." said the Royal Guard.

"Alright, increase the security be it inside the royal palace and the surrounding perimeter. I will be back to the Fourth Princess side." said Ban.

"Right away, Sir." replied the royal guard before commanding the others.

As he went back inside the Royal Palace, he found that Angus and Jayna were in the medical room. Worried about his disciple and her friend he immediately went towards them.

Meanwhile, In the outskirts of Capital City there is a hidden fortress. The fortress is concealed with many magic rune and defense mechanisms.

Besides few important people in the Heart Kingdom, no one knows the location of this Fortress. The Fortress is called Altez Prison. The most secure prison in the Heart Kingdom.

This is a special prison for high grade criminals that could not be executed in a normal way. High Grade people have more resilient bodies than ordinary people. Most of the criminals that are sent into this place are the ones with the most heinous crimes.

Most of them are already sentenced to death, however some of them are so bad that even a death is not a good punishment. So, the Heart Kingdom create this most secure place in the outskirt of capital city to torture the criminal for eternity.

After a certain time, the King himself will execute the criminal in his free time. However, because of the monster overlord incident, more people are coming inside the prison than people that are getting executed. As the King has become busier in recent years.

Suddenly, this secure prison heard a loud explosion sound and tremor from the capital city direction. All the guards immediately become alert and look at the outside. During this moment, something is thrown towards the fortress.

The elite guard immediately reacts and shatters the item. Then, the other guards found that it was a crystal with a rune on it.

"That's Sealed Crystal. Everyone get away from there!!" shout one of the leader guards.

Before everyone could move out, the guard nearby slump on the ground while coughing blood from all of their orifices. Soon, panic and chaos start from inside the fortress. At this moment, a group in the black cloak approaches the hidden fortress.

"Claire, it's your turn." said one of the men.

Then, the woman named Claire raises her hand above and creates a gigantic magic circle encompassing the whole fortress while chanting some unknown word.

Meanwhile, inside the chaotic fortress, more guards start to bleed from all their orifices and dying.

In one of the inner rooms, a guard coming in hurry, "Sir, we are under attack."

"What!!" said the warden before coming out to the outside.

Looking at the gigantic magic circle in the sky above the fortress and his poison that killed many of his guards, "Everyone, cover your body with mana!! There is poison in the air!!" Someone, notify the Royal Palace about this current situation!!" command the warden.

He could feel that this is not an ordinary intruder. Furthermore, he could feel that all the approaching group was high level combatant.

"Want to break into my prison!! Come get it over my body!!"

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"Want to break into my prison!! Come get it over my body!!" shouted the Warden

The Warden fires a few fireballs towards the groups to disturb the person that is casting the magic circle in the sky [2nd Circle - Fireballs].

Seeing the incoming attack from the warden, "Hmph.. mere fireballs are nothing for me." said one of the people in the group.

Then, the black-cloaked man waves his hand and creates a bluish barrier in front of the group [3rd Circle - Bubble Barrier]. The moment the fireballs reach the bluish barrier, they get dissolved without creating an explosion like it is supposed to do.

As the fireballs turn into some water vapor, a few of the surviving guards launch an attack towards the group from afar. However, all of them couldn't penetrate the [Bubble Barrier] as most of the guards used fire magic.

Moreover, they still need to cover their body with mana to prevent the poison from entering their body. This made some hindrance and consumed their mana at a fast rate.

"Don't waste your mana, fire the cannon towards them!!" shouted the warden.

However, at this moment a chaotic sound is heard from the inside of the prison. The sound of fighting begins louder and hindering the reinforcement from the inside. One of the guards ran towards the warden in a hurry.

"Warden Zeff, there is a prisoner outbreak from section one to three." reported the guard.

"I see.. they planned this well. Release the monster and have the executioner squad contain the prisoner. Other guards immediately take the cannon and weapon projectile to attack that group. Also, contact the Royal Palace for help." commanded Warden Zeff.

Before the guard aims to fire the projectile weapon towards the black-cloaked group, a series of explosions happens inside the prison. *BOMM* *BOMM* *BOMM*

The explosion shook the whole fortress and destroyed many parts of it. Since the explosion comes from the prison section that is located underground, the structure of the prison itself begins to crumble and crack.

"Urghh… What happen?" asked Warden Zeff

"Sir, some explosions are coming from the prisoner area. It damages all the defensive mechanism systems and the Fortress structure."

"Damn it!!" curse the warden before looking at the magic circle in the sky that is glowing in red.

"Everyone takes cover!!" shouted the warden.

Soon, the magic circle activates and creates a rain of fireballs towards the entire fortress [5th Circle Spell - Bombardment]. *BAM* *BAM* *BAM* The rain of fireballs kept coming for a few minutes before it stopped and burned the whole fortress.

"Urghh.." *Cough* *Cough* even the warden himself couldn't completely dodge such a large-scale attack.

Meanwhile, the upper layer of the prison is in chaos, deep underground below the Fortress there are a few rooms that are different from others. Each of these rooms is heavily enchanted and resides by one person.

Inside one of these rooms, "Kakaka.. What a big tremor to even shake this area!?" said one of the bald prisoners who is chained with a mana restriction chain.

"OIII… Guard, you should upgrade this prison otherwise we could leave this place Kakakaka..." laughing the bald prisoner.

"Shut up, Orpus!!" shouted one of the guards.

"Hahaha… That's right guard, why don't you just let us go??" said the other prisoner.

Soon, more prisoner commented and shouting one at each other

"Kakaka.. This is going to be… URRGGHH" before the bald man could continue he get electrocuted from his chain.

"Shut up all of you or I will keep electrocuting you for hours!!" shout the chief while turning on his device.

*BOMM* Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard from above the ground. During this time, one of the guards reports to the section chief, "Sir, all the power is cut off including the communication device with the upper section.

"Damn it!! All Guard ready your weapon!! Kill all the prisoners the moment there is a break…" before the chief finished his command.

A loud explosion happens from the entrance area and hurts some of the unprepared guards. Still, all the guards here are different and on par with the royal guard.

Few of them immediately recover and summon their weapon to fight but after moving for a few steps, the elite guard slump on the ground, having serious pain all over their body.

"ARRGGGHH!!" screamed all the guards while bleeding from all their orifices.

Soon, a group of people in prisoner clothes and wearing a gas mask come out from the entrance.

The group immediately killed all the poisoned guards before going towards the bald prisoner room. After opening and unchaining the bald prisoner, they give a mask towards the bald prisoner.

But, the bald man refused the mask, "Kakaka… I don't need this thing. I am different from you guys!!" said the man while he stretched his stiff body.

After stretching for a while, "It's been a while I could feel my mana again." As the bald prisoner flare up his mana and making a crack on the heavy enchanted wall

"Hey… Don't forget about us!!" shouted the other prisoner.

"Yeah.. release us!! Commented other prisoner

"Release me and I will kill anyone you want." said another prisoner.

"My lord, what should we do with these prisoners?!" said one of Orpus's subordinates.

"Of course, release all of them!! Kakaka.. " laughed the bald man while giving order to all the subordinates.

After that, Corpus began to walk his way up to the upper area. The upper section is very chaotic where all the prisoners are escaping from their prison and fighting the guard and monster.

Although the guard couldn't tame the monster, they could still use their ferocity to suppress any riot-like now. Especially since most of the prisoners are still having their mana restricted.

Looking at the chaotic situation, Orpus laughs loudly before disappear from his spot. A moment later he arrived in front of the guard group with a wide grinning smile.

Some of the guards notice the person in front of him, "Y-You Orpus, the mad monk!!"

"Ping Pong... Right answer. Now, DIE!!" said the bald prisoner.

Using his bare hand, Orpus starting to tearing all the guard like paper. All of the guard's attack seems impervious towards his body. While the mad monk is doing his killing spree, his subordinate helps the other prisoner free their mana restriction chain.

As Orpus amass the prisoner to break the prison together, in the upper fortress, the warden fight the group of black-cloaked people while all his soldier is death by either poison in the air or from the [Rain of fire]

"Tch… Who are you guys?? Don't you know what this prison contains?" shouted the warden Zeff.

"Shut up, old man. Just lay down and die." Said one of the cloaked men in front of him.

Still, despite his injury, Warden Zeff could keep all the group at bay.

'Tch.. Where is the reinforcement from the Royal Palace?! The prisoner inside also managed to break out. I hope they didn't reach section six.' thought Warden Zeff while clashing with the people in front of him.

"Oii.. old man, it seems you are planning to delay us. It's useless. No matter what, no one will come to help you!! Now, Die!!" as the cloaked man brandished his spear towards Warden Zeff.

Still using his vast combat experience, Zeff could deflect them and avoid some fatal wound. After clashing for a while, Zeff felt a chilling cold behind his back.

"Hello, Zeff." said Orpus from behind Zeff.

"Orpus, the mad monk. Now, I understand why there are a lot of high-grade people among you." said Zeff solemnly.

"Kakaka… as sharp as usual, Zeff. So, why don't you join me? I could use people like you Zeff." asked Orpus.

"Hmph… My loyalty is only for his majesty King Leon, Die you monster!!" shouted Zeff as he charges at Orpus

"Haa.. How unfortunate!!" said Orpus.

Orpus didn't avoid Zeff's full-strength attack but chose to grab the sword with his bare hand. Despite Zeff's full strength as six grade combatant, he still couldn't make Orpus bleed.

"I-Impossible!!" shouted Zeff.

"Kakaka… Nothing is impossible in this world. Now, did you change your mind?!" asked Orpus while grinning.

"Never!!" Zeff releases his sword and takes another sword from his bracelet.

But, at this moment Orpus launch a punch towards Zeff at extraordinary speed. Getting hit, Zeff's body launched towards the nearby rubble getting buried by the Fortress structure.

"Kakaka… Now, let's get away before that annoying man pursues us." said Orpus.

After running for a while, Orpus stopped and looked back at the hidden fortress.

Looking at their leader stopping, "Is something wrong, my lord??"

"I forgot to give Leon a gift. Kakakaka…. " said Orpus while beginning to chant in unknown words.

Soon, a red magic circle appears from the ground covering the entire fortress. The magic circle flashes brightly and makes all the corpses inside the Fortress shine.

Before long heard a series of explosions and crumbled the entire Fortress [5th Circle - Maas Corpse Explosion]. *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

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[5th Circle - Maas Corpse Explosion]. *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

The huge explosion is heard until a few hundred kilometers away. Even the capital city could feel the tremor and shockwave from it. The entire Fortress turns into a devastating sight like just being hit by a calamity.

As for Orpus's group, they had already gone from their spot along with a few prisoners. While the other prisoners, they already go in all directions to escape.

During this time, the Royal Palace just realized that the Altez prison is under attack. However, they also couldn't move as they were just getting attacked.

Moreover, most of the soldiers are still trying to suppress the chaotic situation inside the Capital city.

Inside the capital city, not only many buildings are burning from the first explosion but almost all the secure locations like warehouses or barracks are under attack.

Because of this, they didn't have any spare soldiers to reinforce the Altez Prison. Now, they only see a huge mushroom cloud from far away at the Altez Prison.

Looking at this, some of the soldiers and royal guards know that there is something wrong with the Altez Prison.

"So, that's their target from the start." said Darius as he looked at the mushroom cloud from the window.

Before Darius went back to his work to clean up and secure the royal palace. Although the Altez Prison was attacked and in unknown condition, as the head butler of the royal palace, he still couldn't do anything.

By sheer coincidence, the crown prince and the queen are not in the capital. So, there are no real people to command the soldiers during this situation. While some of the nobles are currently not in the capital city.

They may be in their own territory to maintain it or fighting together in the Black Fortress against the monster. Even if there are some nobles nearby, it will take time to gather the soldiers and handle the capital city situation first before going towards the Altez Prison.

It could be said that now the Capital city is in the most vulnerable state since the Heart Kingdom existed.

As for Darius, he may be trusted by King Leon. But, he still has limited authority to command the current soldier. Moreover, his priority is to make sure his master and the royalties are safe.

All Darius could do at this time is only report to his majesty King Leon about the current situation. He also didn't expect that the Altez Prison was going to be down and lost contact only in a matter of hours.

Considering that there are many high-grade guards and soldiers inside the prison. There are also many hidden defensive mechanisms inside the prison.

Darius speculates that there are some spies or traitors inside. Moreover, this is a well-planned attack that no ordinary organization could achieve.

From his years of experience, he could guess a few organizations that may have launched such an attack. Still, his current priority is to secure the royal palace.

Meanwhile, at the Black Fortress, King Leon already heard the full story from the communication squad. Rather than anger, King Leon had an expressionless face and stayed silent deep in thought.

After thinking for a moment, "Tell the border to increase their security and don't let any prisoner escape. Then, send this information to the Exterminator Squad. They will know what to do.

"Also send this information towards the nearby nobles in the capital about this situation. Tell them to increase the security inside their territory before going towards the Altez Prison. I want the list of escaped prisoners by the end of this week." Commanded the King.

The communication squad immediately worked and relied on their king's command. Soon, all the Heart Kingdom also knew about this incident through the communication device.

The King himself decides to stay in the Black Fortress while keeping vigilant in case another monster horde comes.

Now, the most vulnerable situation is Black Fortress as the high-grade combatant still rests or lay unconscious. It will be like killing everyone on this Fortress if the King is going right now especially since his two dukes are still in the unconscious and exhausted state.

After a while, "Sir, here's the report about the other nation. From the 37 Nations that border the Black Forest, only seventeen of them didn't respond which makes them unknown about their current situation." reported the soldier.

"Seventeen.. That's quite low. Any news where the Monster Overlord shows up?" asked King Leon towards the soldier.

"Yes, we got a mass distress signal from the Holy Alliance about the Monster Overlord. However, a few hours ago, we lost contact with them." said the soldier.

"Holy Alliance?? Lost contact.. Hm.. Means they also fall." said King Leon before staying silent for a while.

'Undead.. Holy Alliance.. This monster overlord is more dangerous than we previously thought. It seems the next leader meeting, something interesting is going to happen.' thought King Leon.

"Alright, good job. Keep monitoring the other nation's movement." as King Leon dismissed the soldier.

Meanwhile, the Heart Kingdom having its internal trouble from the escaped prisoner of Altez Prison, the other Nation also having its internal problem.

Almost all the huge hidden organizations begin their move during the Monster Overlord attack. This causes some of the nation to come into a high alert state. Few of them even get to the state of civil war.

Still, the worst situation is the Holy Alliance as the Monster Overlord decides to personally attack this nation. The Holy Alliance is a very strong nation because they are formed from the accumulation of all the nearby big religious groups.

Though there are some issues from one religion with the others, each of these religious groups stays strong and keeps one of the others. This stalemate situation creates a sort of stability inside the nations.

Even Though there are no leaders or seven-grade combatants in this nation, they have a lot of six-grade combatants as a product of becoming Champion of God.

They even create an elite squad consisting of only a few people but all of them have the title of Champion of God. In terms of the overall main fighting force, the Holy Alliance is stronger than a nation like the Heart Kingdom.

Yet. no one could imagine that this strong nation that keeps getting stronger through their believer is gone in a single night.

Now, inside the Holy Alliance, a big magic circle covers the entire nation and black miasma balls keep raining down the land.

Countless undead monsters and monsters of various kinds run freely to hunt the remaining survivors of the Holy Alliance.

The Holy Alliance capital city should be spotless and colored in white as the sign of purity and holiness turns into a dark red colored city and ruble.

Inside the city, stands a blue-haired humanoid monster holding a horn with a huge black orb embedded on it.

"RAS.. VALL.. GULL.. SURVANT…. [Such a strong artifact yet not being used properly. What a foolish society. With this, I have an endless army!!]" roared the Blue Haired Monster while looking at the artifact in its hand.

Although the monster is only the size of a human, none of the monsters dare to approach it. Suddenly, in front of them, a bloody brown-colored humanoid appeared.

"Monster Overlord!! I will slay you!! ARRGGHH!!!" said the man before charging towards the monster at fast speed.

However, the monster could dodge all the attacks easily. Then, it manipulates the surrounding miasma into many pointy spikes towards the desperate man. The pointy spike hit the man and threw the man away.

Another pointed miasma attacked him and kept him bounced away. Still, this pointed spike could not penetrate the man's defense despite its strong force.

The man seems to be engulfed in white light and stabilizing himself in the air, "ARRGHHH!! Don't underestimate me!! Take This Wrath of God!!" shouted the man.

The greatsword of the man begins to shine and become a huge greatsword. Then, by using all his remaining strength he brought down the huge greatsword towards the blue-haired Monster Overlord.

On the contrary, the blue-haired overlord only looks at the approaching greatsword calmly without the intention of dodging. *BOOM* The greatsword hit the humanoid Monster Overlord directly and created a shockwave towards the surrounding area.

After the dust is settled, the monster overlord is still standing with the greatsword stop on top of his head. Grinning happily the Monster Overlord waved his hand and broke the greatsword into two.

Seeing this, "I-Impossible, that's all my strength with forbidden skill!!" said the man.

The man himself is in bad condition from all his injuries and all his hair turns white. Before he realized various kinds of miasma spikes were already embedded into his skinny body.

The Monster Overlord approaches the man's corpse with a grinning smile. Holding the corpse, "Ruff...Var.. Sor.. FII.. [Rise from the dead and serve me for eternity] roared the monster overlord.

After that, the man's body engulfed with thick miasma turns him into a dark black-skinned humanoid monster with red eyes. It held the greatsword artifact and release full of his grade six mana aura towards the surroundings.

Then, the humanoid monster kneels in front of the monster overlord. It is waiting for its master instruction and command.

"FUL.. BAIF FLA… [Hunt.. and bring more corpses like your caliber to me]" roared the monster overlord.

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Few days have passed by since the attack of Monster Overlord. Many of the nations from the Civilization Society end up in chaos. The Monster Overlord takes a base on the Holy Alliance nation and begins to invade the surrounding nations.

Feeling such a threat from the Monster Overlord, the nations nearby the Holy Alliance were forced to work together to defend themself. Through this joint effort, the nations managed to contain the Monster horde in the Holy Alliance.

Still, this is only possible as the Monster Overlord didn't step in during the small invasion. The Monster Overlord seems like it has gone into thin air. No one knows where the Monster Overlord's current location is after the first big invasion a few days ago.

In the meantime, the situation inside the Heart kingdom has become more stabilized as King Leon sends the Exterminator Squad to hunt and kill all the escaped prisoners. King Leon didn't give them any mercy and directly commanded all the escaped prisoners to be executed.

He even put a series of high bounty towards the escapes. Unfortunately, they couldn't find any trace of Orpus and a few other people from section six of Altez Prison.

Meanwhile, Angus is still recovering inside the private noble's hospital. Now, he is having a conversation with the Exterminator Chief Squad about the current accident.

The current assassination attempt is very dangerous since they could be going inside the royal palace without anyone knowing.

"So, to summarize. There is another Bloody Star member that is killing this Naz person. Then, he/she explained that the Bloody Star will never target royalties and this Naz is banished from their group. Is that all?" asked the man in front of Angus.

"Yes, that's all." replied Angus nonchalantly.

After looking at Angus for a moment, "Alright, thanks for your cooperation. Hope you get well soon. young master Victory." said the man before leaving Angus alone.

After getting out from Angus's quarter, "Chief, did you think that kid is hiding something?" asked the other man.

"Yes, he may have concealed something from us. Until now, no one survived when they met with a Bloody Star member." said the Extermination Squad Chief.

"Then, why.." said the other man.

"Josh, I know that kind of look," said the chief.

"Sorry??" asked Josh confusedly.

"I know that kid's look. It is the look of someone getting defeated." said the chief.

After a while, "Besides, that kid is highly noble and there are more important cases than this one. We still need to hunt those prisoners." explained the chief.

"Then, what should we write in the report?" asked Josh.

"Of course, just give some believable explanation along with the kid's story. Let me remind you, now our forces are spread thin. The last thing we want is fighting against a big underground organization like Bloody Star." explained the chief towards his subordinate.

"Y-Yes, sir."

"Good, let's move along. There is still much more to do after handling this case." said the chief while walking away.

Unbeknown to Angus, they thought he was devastated because couldn't do anything to the intruder. However, Angus himself didn't think too much about this accident.

'Haa… I am still weak. But, there is still a huge difference in combat capability between high-grade combatants and me. This is a fact and I cannot solve it in a short time.' thought Angus inwardly.

Then, Angus checked his status panel.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 12 Years Old

MP: 163/163

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 25

Dexterity: 25

Intelligence: 40

Vitality: 40

Soul Point: 56

After forming his mana core, there is a major increase in Angus's mana for a few months. Then, it begins to grow slowly even Angus using his special breathing technique continuously.

His strength and dexterity are also grayed out once again after reaching the 25 marks. However, Angus feels that his body strength has already reached its limit.

'Despite having this kind of strength. I still get toyed by that assassin.' thought Angus inwardly

This shows how vastly different beastkin physical strength is when Naz toying Angus despite his already reached his body pinnacle strength.

Unbeknown to Angus, he didn't know that every member of Bloody Star is unique and stronger than their peers. In Firuman, the name of Bloody Star is famous in the underworld. Each of these members is special and rarely misses their target.

They are also famous for their stealth ability and never leave a single witness. Some rumors even said that they could even decimate a heavily guarded fortress without everyone knowing.

It is said that all the residents along with all the guards are dead and beheaded cleanly. Moreover, this happens in a single night without anyone noticing or hearing any fight.

Now, Angus is feeling down not because he lost to Naz but because he is feeling hopeless when being toyed by Naz.

'Well, this is life. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Better using this time to get some sleep. *Yawn*' thought Angus before he went back to sleep.

However, before he managed to go back to sleep, someone came into his quarter.

"Brother, how is your injury?" asked Vergil who is approaching Angus.

During the past few days, Vergil always visits Angus's quarter to accompany him every day.

"Well, I am getting better. You don't need to come every day to check on me. There are already some guards stationed outside and nurses to take care of me." reassured Angus.

"Nonsense, It's my job as your older brother to take care of you." said Vergil.

"Alright-Alright…" said Angus

Then, Angus and Vergil begin to talk about various kinds of stuff. Be it about school and other stuff. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. *Knock* *Knock*

"Come in." said Angus.

Then, the door opened and showed Jayna in her royal dress while bringing a basket of fruit. Looking that the fourth princess is the one that comes inside, Vergil immediately stands up and gives away towards her.

Then, Jayna approaches him and keeps looking at Angus worriedly. Angus's current appearance is similar to a mummy, bandaged all over his body. Although there were no fatal wounds, he got wounded all over his body.

Moreover, Naz used a special kind of dagger that enchanted to make the wound bleed more than usual. It also prevents the wound from closing by itself. Only after getting some potion and medicine did the wound finally close.

Otherwise using Angus's high vitality, the wound will heal up after a day of rest. Fortunately, there will be no scar and mark on his body. Since it is not a miasma-based wound, it could be treated easily with magic.

"Then, I will excuse myself," said Vergil.

Noticing the atmosphere, Vergil excuses himself and ditch his younger brother alone with the fourth princess. He even gives a wink towards Angus. He knows that Jayna is having some sort of connection with Angus from the recent invitation.

Then, an awkward silence happens between Jayna and Angus. After putting the fruit basket on the side table, Jayna decides to break the situation.

"A-Angus, How is your body?" asked Jayna meekly.

Looking at Jayna's worried look, "Don't worry about it. I am still alive and kicking."

"O-Okay.. Umm…" said Jayna.

"Is there something in your mind?" asked Angus.

"Umm… T-Thank you." said Jayna meekly.

"Ehh… For what??" replied Angus nonchalantly.

"For saving me and protecting me." said Jayna.

"Well, no need for that. Besides, it is already my obligation as noble to protect the royalty." said Angus

"Still, I am thankful for that." said Jayna.

"Alright, then. Anyway, you are not telling anyone right?" asked Angus.

"About what?" asked Jayna back.

"About my true strength." replied Angus shortly.

"No.. I didn't tell anyone." said Jayna.

"Good. Then, everything will be back as usual." said Angus.

"Umm.. Angus, Why did you hide your strength??" asked Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus notices Jayna who is looking intently at him.

"Hmm… Well, let's just say that having too much power is troublesome. especially if it becomes known to others." said Angus.

"But, you will get…" said Jayna before Angus interrupted her.

"Not all things can be solved with power. Let's stop talking about this. Anyway, did you manage to make the thread entering the needle??" asked Angus.

"Err.. About that. I still can't do it. But, just you wait, I will do it soon." replied Jayna.

"Haa.. Forget about it. I realize this is still too advanced for you. Hmm.. How about you do try doing this first?" said Angus while he plucked his black hair.

Then, he imbued the hair with mana and made it stand up like a needle. After that, he took an apple from the basket near him. Angus pierced the fruit with his thin black hair.

"Why don't you try this first?" asked Angus.

"That's easy." said Jayna.

After that Jayna plucked one of her blonde hair and imbued it with mana. On the contrary to her expectation, Jayna found it is incredibly difficult to imbue her hair with mana. After a while, she managed to do it.

However, she expends a lot of mana to do it. Before finally managing the hair to straight up like a needle. The moment she loses her concentration, the hair goes back to being loose.

Looking at this, "Hmm… It seems you have trouble controlling your mana."

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"Hmm… It seems you have trouble controlling your mana." said Angus.

"No way, I am always practicing mana controlling exercise every day." rebuked Jayna.

'Hmm… that's weird. Although my mana controlling exercise is superior, the difference should not be this much. Moreover, the mana controlling exercise that father gives is not far inferior to my controlling exercise technique.'

'I bet Jayna's mana controlling exercise is superior to the one father gives. Then, the problem is...' thought Angus while looking at Jayna.

"Lend me your hand, I need to check something." said Angus nonchalantly.

"Ehhh… O-Okay." said Jayna while giving her hand meekly.

Touching her hand, Angus begins probing Jayna's mana circulation while ignoring Jayna's embarrassed look. The moment he probes, he feels like being inside a storm. Jayna's mana is circulated very fast. It is almost three times more than normal people.

'As I expected, her possession state has a huge effect on her mana.' thought Angus.

Then, Angus releases Jayna's hand and starts thinking about something. As for Jayna, she keeps silent to not disturb Angus.

After thinking for a while, "It seems helping you is more difficult than I thought." said Angus.

"Ehhh… Is there something wrong with my body?" asked Jayna.

"Not a problem. You could say a blessing or curse. Your mana circulated three times faster than normal people. This means you could utilize spells or skills faster than others. However, it also means that your control over mana is reduced."

"It may not be a problem for low circle spells or skills. But, if you use high circle spells or complex skills, it may cause you a problem." explained Angus.

Hearing this, Jayna realizes her true condition.

"Is there a way to fix this?" asked Jayna.

"This is not a problem. Along the time, your body will adapt to this by yourself. However, it may take months or years depending on how fast your body adapts. Then, you could properly control your mana." explained Angus.

"Y-Years!!" said Jayna.

"Yeah.. It all depends on your body and I suggest you let your body adapt to it naturally otherwise it will affect your mana circulation and body." explained Angus.

"Is there another way that is faster?" asked Jayna.

"There is but…" said Angus hesitantly.

"What is it? I will pay you back!" said Jayna while holding Angus's hand.

'Haaa… why did it come to this? I just want to help her a little bit. But, now I am involved in this mess. Whatever, it's just a technique. Besides, it's not like anyone could use this technique.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Alright.. Calm down first. I am still not certain about this solution and need to research a little bit before you could practice it. For now, you need to completely master your current emotion. You have a skill for that right?" said Angus.

"You mean [Heart of Perseverance]?" asked Jayna.

"Yeah, that skill. Practice it until you can keep your emotions at bay." said Angus

"Ehh.. Is there a connection between this skill and my mana control?" asked Jayna doubtfully.

"Normally, no. But you have a unique condition. If I am not wrong it is called [Possession]? This state makes your body, mind, and soul unbalanced. Your soul part is much stronger than your mind and body which lead to your current condition."

"By mastering your emotion it will help you rebalance your mind and soul. Your body will slowly follow up. So, for now you need to keep in check your emotions and practice [Heart of Perseverance]." explained Angus.

After that, Angus explained various things about Jayna's condition. Before long, Jayna went home to practice. As every minute is quite important for her.

Unbeknown to her, Angus possesses a complete technique to fix her condition. However, it will be stupid for him to give the technique right away. Not only will it raise a question but it will create many troublesome situations at a later date.

So, Angus decides to pretend to research the technique through various stuff for a while before giving the technique to her. This will also help make her not keep pestering him.

At first, Angus intended to give Jayna some hint or suggestion to help her create a new skill or spell. However, hearing her sad story, makes him want to truly help her.

Especially, after knowing that fighting other superior races than humans is harder than he previously expected.

His fight with Naz, an ex-assassin from Bloody Star, helps him realize that the one he fights will not always be human in the future. There are a lot of different fights against humans and other races.

Angus is an expert at fighting humans. However, his experience will be null if he fights against other races especially those that have different features like beastkin or demon race.

Their resilience, endurance, and many other features are different from humans. Moreover, there is also the magic that needs to be factored in. This makes the battle in this world much more complicated than in his past life.

However, this also ignited his fighting spirit. Angus feels excited at the thought of fighting people using all his true strength. Last time, before he could truly fight to the death against Naz, the ex-assassin himself was already getting killed.

Thinking about the Bloody Star, Angus took out the card that the other assassin gave him. Looking at the card with the word 'Silent Killer', Angus begins to think about this mysterious organization.

From what he inquire through Darius, Bloody Star is a huge underworld organization that is engaged in assassination job. This organization is one of the oldest hidden organizations in Firuman.

Their reputation is very famous and feared by many. However, they are also famous for their code or rules. It could be said the reason they could survive this long is because of this code. One of them is never to target royalties or leaders.

Because of this reason, none of the leaders ever hunt down this assassin group. Rather they are the ones that will employ their service.

As someone that has become a professional assassin in his past life, he feels intrigued about this assassin organization. If the rumor about this organization is true, then he may look at this organization in the future.

After storing the card back, Angus went back to sleep. Fortunately, for the rest of the day, there is no other visitor. So, he could easily lay around and sleep peacefully.

Another few days passed by, and Angus was already discharged from the hospital. Now, he is back at the Academy for the new term like usual.

In the meantime, the leaders from various nations once again have a meeting about the monster overlord. Up till now, there is no major movement from the monster overlord after he destroys and invades the Holy Alliance nation.

After some investigation, it appears that the number of monsters occupying the Holy Alliance is increasing along with the undead monster.

Some nations managed to catch some of this undead and do research about them. According to them, the undead retains their ability to think like when they are alive. They could also regenerate their body indefinitely as long as there is miasma nearby.

The only visible weakness, for now, is by only destroying the body until it didn't leave anything or the holy spells/skills from the various religious groups.

Unfortunately, the base of this group is already destroyed when the monster overlord invades the Holy Alliance. The only one that still survives is from the branch group and Temple of Death.

Unlike other religious groups, Temple of Death is a decentralized organization. As long as they didn't contradict Temple of Death's rules any high member of Temple of Death could create their base.

This way, they have their base in almost every country. This is also one of the reasons why Temple of Death is the most influential and strongest religious group in Firuman. Despite their lack ness of the Holy maiden and Champion of Gods.

The Holy Maiden is an important person inside the religious group as they could communicate directly with their god. Though it was called communication, they could only perceive it as vision.

As for the Champion of God, they are a blessed individual that already surpassed the ordinary person. This makes them have grade six despite being still young. Still, no Champion of God managed to reach the grade seven realm of legend.

No one knows the concrete reason for this, but it is said that every vision from the holy maiden was always missed when they were involved with the grade seven people.

This makes people speculate that grade seven people are a walking god that is unbeatable. As for all the seven grade people they didn't care about this. It is because when people arrive in this realm their worldview is changed.

Especially when they remember how they managed to get into this realm. If passing grade six, people need to risk their lives. Then, upgrading into grade seven people needs a miracle. In other words, it is impossible to reach grade seven unless an unknown factor happens.

Inside the meeting through the communication device the elf race gift, all the leaders solemnly hear about the report according to the undead.

After a while, "Then, what are we waiting for? All we need to do is kill that Monster Overlord."

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"Then, what are we waiting for? All we need to do is kill that Monster Overlord." said Warchief Napollo brazenly.

"*Sigh* Like it could be done easily." commented one of the leaders.

"Agree, One does not simply kill the Monster Overlord. There are hordes of high-grade monsters around it. Not to mention these undead monsters are something we have never encountered before." said another leader.

"Tch.. What a pussy. Why don't you say that you are all afraid?" taunted Napollo.

"What do you say, Napollo?!" shouted one of the leaders.

"Unacceptable, Did you think you are safe because we didn't appear here physically?" shouted another leader.

"Yeah, Don't think I cannot incarnate all your tribe right now." Commented another angry leader.

"HAH…. Despite being a seventh-grade combatant, all of you are hiding behind someone else. COWARD!!" said Napollo.

"You dare!!" shouted another leader.

However before the situation escalates further, "Gentlemen, please calm down… We still have a Monster Overlord to take care of." said one of the elf leaders.

After everyone calms down, "Warchief Napollo is quite right. This Monster Overlord is unlike anything we have encountered before. We must slay it before it does more damage."

"Moreover, from our investigation, these undead monsters are much more resilient than we thought. Only high-level holy spells or advanced holy skills could stop them. Otherwise, they will only stop for a while before moving again."

"By using these conditions, only high-grade combatants could stop these undead monsters. I believe none of the nations here has enough power to stop these kinds of forces, especially if their number will keep increasing in the future." explained Vandor, one of the elf leaders.

"Because of these, we elf race propose to combine our forces against this Monster Overlord. Now, let's vote who agrees with this." said Vandor.

Hearing this, most of the nation's leaders immediately agree to combined and support these decisions. As for the nation that does not agree or support the idea, they immediately left the meeting.

The undead monster not only appears from the Dark Forest's monster horde but also appears from all the monster habitats. As long as there are monster corpses with thick miasma nearby they will be turned into undead monsters.

Because of this, most of the nation knows the true horror of these undead monsters. They may not be very strong right now. But, soon their number will continue to increase and could overcome any nation by only their sheer number.

Just by imagining this thought, all the leaders are already having a cold sweat. As for the leaders that didn't support this, it is not because they are not afraid of these undead forces. '

But, because their nation is still in turmoil and instability. They are already short-handed to handle their problem let alone giving additional force to fight the Monster Overlord.

After that, they begin to discuss various things about these joint forces from the force division, supply, logistics, and many others.

Most of the nation may be diverse and very divided. However, in the presence of this intelligent Monster Overlord along with its undead monster army, they are forced to forget about their dispute and join together.

In the meantime, the national leaders begin their move, Angus, already back to Royal Academy. Although the situation of the world is tense and chaotic, the student still could learn peacefully inside the Royal Academy.

The only difference is now they are more strict about their security. Many academy guards could be seen patrolling every single academy spot.

Moreover, most of the guards have the strength of at least third grade. Normal intruders will not bypass their perception easily.

Now, Angus is having a course about combat training. As Magician Class, their combat training is more like guidance training to cast over spells.

Normally, students will use this time to ask about their problems when learning new spells or something similar. Angus also used this time to learn more spells he couldn't cast.

"Alright, everyone, today we will have a combat training course like usual. Like always, you could study spells on your own or ask me for some guidance. Then, we will have a small spar at the end of the class." said teacher Gustav.

"Teacher Gustav, I have a question about this water element spell?" asked Wylda.

"I also have…" asked another student.

"Alright.. Let's calm down. I will go towards your place one by one." said Gustav.

Then, Teacher Gustav begins to walk around from Wylda to help the student.

A moment later, he arrived at Angus's place, "Angus, is there something I can help with?"

"Ah... yes. Teacher Gustav, what is your element of affinity?" asked Angus curiously.

"Element affinity? Mine is fire? Is there something wrong?" asked teacher Gustav back.

"Nothing is a problem. It's just that I notice you could easily cast water when you help Wylda. I am quite curious how you manage to do that?" asked Angus.

"Excellent question, That's some nice observation you got there. You will learn this in the upper grades when you have more mana." said teacher Gustav.

Hearing all of this, All the students immediately pay attention to the teacher again. All the students were interested in learning more about this upperclassmen stuff. Noticing this, teacher Gustav couldn't help but explain further.

"Alright, let me first explain this. There are many factors for you to cast another element spells besides your affinity. However, majorly known there are three things affect this."

"First is your mana control. As you know, the better your mana control, the better you wield it and convert it into an element."

"Second, the knowledge of the properties of the element. For example, I have a vast major knowledge of the characteristics of water. By utilizing this knowledge you could turn your mana property faster and better." said teacher Gustav while he cast [Aqua Ball] in his hand.

"The third one is the hardest part. It is called transmutation. For those that have a course in alchemy, they may be familiar with this word. It is to transmute other elements into different elements."

"By adding this transmutation magic circle into the spell, you could easily cast any element you desire without wasting more mana. However, like all you know, it is also a hard feat to add more magic circles when casting a spell."

"The problem lies in the time when applying this to the magic circle. It also needs a lot of calculation and research to keep the magic circle stable. Even for me, I could hardly do this technique without getting backlash."

"There is only one person who could manage this technique perfectly in history. He could be called the strongest magician in Firuman as he could wield any kind of element and his vast spell repertoire." explained teacher Gustav.

"Teacher, who is this person's name?" asked one of the students.

Hearing this, Gustav began to say proudly, "This person is known as Archmage Bern."

"Bern?? Isn't that the most famous human Alchemist and Magician in Firuman?" said one of the students.

"True, Bern is a human that is gifted in mind and creates various magical things. Be it in alchemy's product or magic artifact. Unfortunately, he is gone before he can find his successor." explained teacher Gustav.

"Alright.. Enough about this. Let's continue our lesson." said teacher Gustav.

'Bern.. Transmutation… Interesting. Let's find more information about him later.' thought Angus inwardly.

After the combat training course, Angus had his lunch at the canteen as usual before attending the Magical Engineering course.

Since Angus is already in his fifth year attending this course, he got permission to do some practicals. Fortunately for Angus, there is a battle golem that was recently donated from the Black Fortress.

The Golem is too old and already beyond repair from continually fighting with the monster half a year ago. Because of this, they donate this golem to the royal academy as they do not have any value again.

As a fifth year, Angus has a right to study the golem, even dismantle it a little bit with the teacher's supervision.

Using this opportunity, Angus immediately learns all he can about the golem. From how they work to how they move.

Angus found that Golem is powered by mana core. The higher the mana core grade, the better its performance. Through various kinds of enchantment, the mana core could turn into energy and move all the parts.

There are two important things for the golem, First is the brain. The part where it manages all its movement. If it is compared to a computer it is the processor part.

The other part is the mana core, without it. The golem itself will not move. Because of this reason, these two parts are located in the middle of the golem.

Not only is it for better configuration for all the Golem limbs but it is also very easy to make since it is similar to people's biology.

This chest part is also the hardest. Most of the time, Golem will be destroyed for all its limbs first before its chest area gets destroyed.

While examining the golem part, 'No wonder, Battle Golem is as expensive as an artifact.'

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'No wonder, Battle Golem is as expensive as an artifact.' thought Angus.

While learning about the battle golem, Angus found that Battle Golem has a very complicated circuit, rune, enchantment, and many other parts.

All of these parts could only be built in the hands of experts from various kinds of fields. Moreover, it is only to be found in the old Battle Golem. Angus couldn't even think of how much advance the current Battle Golem is.

Battle Golem is a huge project that involves a lot of people. It also takes a lot of time and precision to assemble one Battle Golem. It is similar to building a supercar on earth. It needs a lot of material, research, and work from a lot of people.

'This is only Battle Golem level, I couldn't imagine how complex Colossus or Titan level is.' thought Angus.

Unfortunately, Colossus and Titan could only be created by specific races such as Gremlin and Goblin who are experts at magical engineering.

Like the Halfling race that is an expert at alchemy, Gremlin and Goblin have more aptitude at Magical Engineering stuff. The rumor said there is nothing that these two races could not make.

Some rumors even said that they could even create a battle golem during the fight in a matter of seconds.

However, like the way the world keeps everything balanced, these two races didn't have strong physic or combat power. The strongest of their known combatants only could reach fifth grade. But, their Colossus product is comparable to a six-grade combatant.

As for Titan, the rumor said that it could destroy one small island or country from one of its attacks. This is also the reason the technique to create Colossus and Titan is safely guarded, unlike Golem who spread around the world.

After learning various parts, Angus feels like to learn more than from reading dozens of books. Unfortunately, time keeps moving on. Soon, he needs to reluctantly part with the Battle Golem as the magical engineering course time has come to end.

Although Angus is a good student, he still couldn't tamper with the golem alone without any teacher supervision. One more move may cause the battle golem to explode and danger himself especially when he touches the core part.

"Thank you for today's lesson, teacher Exius." said Angus towards the old teacher.

"No problem, Mr. Victory." replied the old teacher.

Then, Angus goes outside from the Magical Engineering facility. Looking at the time, he still has some time before the sunsets. He decided to go towards the library to borrow some books before going back to his dorm.

Walking through the academy, Angus sees a lot of students passing by and joking peacefully despite the strict rules about the new security policy.

Looking at this, Angus couldn't help but smile, 'Maybe this is the true peace I am looking for?' thought Angus inwardly.

Soon, Angus brushes his unnecessary thoughts and arrives at the library. Entering the library, Angus immediately goes towards one of the receptionists.

"Welcome, is there anything I can help.. Ahh.. Angus" said the student behind the counter,

"Afternoon, John." said Angus.

"Here for another book?" asked John

"Yes, did you have the book about the Archmage Bern." replied Angus.

"Of course, they are quite a popular topic among the magician class. Let me check first which book is available." said John while getting through some device that was similar to a computer.

In Firuman, technology is developing differently than on earth. Because of this, some technology may not be the same as on earth.

After waiting for a while, "Did you also want the biography and some fiction about Archmage Bern?" asked John

After thinking for a while, "Yes, please." replied Angus shortly.

'I will just read them in my free time.' thought Angus.

Then, Angus got a slip of note for the book's location from John. He went towards the book section and location. He found that there are a lot of books about Archmage Bern. Starting from magical theory, biography, or even his achievement book.

Despite this, Angus still collects all of them. While rummaging through the books, Angus found a fictional novel book as thick as an encyclopedia about Bern's tale.

"Err.. isn't this book too thick for a fictional book? Whatever, I will read them in my free time." said Angus while collecting the book.

Angus registers all the books he borrows at John before storing them at his wristwatch storage. Achieving his purpose of coming to the library, he immediately walked back to his dorm to enjoy the sunset in his precious spot inside the Dorm's garden.

Now, he is not being stalked by Henry anymore. Henry is already in his last year before he graduates. Therefore, he needs to prepare a lot of stuff for the graduation exam.

So, Angus could walk and get rid of this annoying stalker that sometimes gives him more trouble than protection.

Arriving at the dorm's garden, Angus found Ian lying on the ground beaten black and blue. He guesses that Ian once again challenges Jayna in a fight.

The current Jayna is already forming her core and could easily beat Ian. There are many differences between someone with a mana core and not. First, they have more mana be it qualitative or quantitative.

Second, their control over mana is better. Although Jayna's mana control is weak it is still better than Ian who is still not forming his core.

Finally, their body is also vastly different in strength, speed, reaction, and many others. Although the change is not as big as when monsters form their mana, it is still enough for people to overpower the ordinary person just by using their physical strength.

This is the true difference between someone forming a mana core and not. Except for certain prodigies like Angus, every ordinary person usually will easily lose in a fight against a grade one combatant.

Despite this, Ian keeps challenging Jayna madly. Although Angus himself is kind of a battle maniac, he still uses his head and will not challenge someone rashly. Otherwise, it is just a new kind of idiotic way to suicide.

Ignoring Ian who is laying on the ground, Angus walks towards his spot under the tree and begins to read the books he borrowed while waiting for the sunset scenery.

After a while, Angus notices Millie coming to tend the garden like usual along with Mia. To be exact Mia is accompanying Millie while she takes care of the garden.

"Afternoon, Milie." greet Angus.

"A-Afternoon, Angus." replied Millie.

"Tending the garden like usual?" asked Angus.

"Yes.." replied Millie but she is interrupted by Mia.

"Angus, how many times have I said to you not to talk to Millie?! A lazy bum like you is not worthy of Millie's time." rebuked Mia

"M-Mia… That's rude. Although Angus is a slacker who is good for nothing, you should never say that in front of him directly." said Millie.

'Err… Why do I feel my title is getting worse?' thought Angus while ignoring the bantering of the two girls in front of him.

"Anyway, is it rare for you to read a book, Angus? What book did you read?" asked Millie curiously.

"Ahh… This is nothing important. I just found out that Archmage Bern is an interesting person and I want to know a little bit about him." replied Angus.

"Hmph... At least you are doing something useful once in a while." retorted Mia.

"Mia… That's rude!!" rebuked Millie.

"I just stated a fact. Besides, you are also too kind. Because of this, you got into this current problem." said Mia.

"Problem?? Is there something wrong, Millie?" asked Angus curiously.

"N-Nothing.. I just have a feud with some seniors." said Millie.

"Hm… Let me guess, this senior is giving you something like a love letter and forcing you to become his girlfriend." said Angus

"Ehh… How did you know? You are not stalking Millie, right?" said Mia

"Mia…" said Millie but she also wanted to know how Angus knew.

"Well, it is easy to deduce that. Especially for a beautiful and kind girl like you. You may not know this, but your popularity is even heard in the whole academy. Some people even said that you are an Angel descended from heaven." explained Angus.

"Ehh… T-That's not true." Millie blushing a little bit from Angus's praise.

"Then, you should know your place and not talk to Millie." commented Mia.

"M-Mia… That's rude.." said Millie.

"No, Millie, this is for your good. You are too kind to others. You need to be a little bit aggressive to these boys. Otherwise, they will only take advantage of you." said Mia

"B-But, Angus didn't do anything wrong except being good for nothing." said Millie.

'Oii… I am still here.' thought Angus while feeling insulted directly.

"Ehem.. Why don't you ask for help from Jayna? She could easily handle this problem." said Angus.

"Ehh… No way, I can't bother the Fourth Princess. Besides that, It's rude to call the Fourth Princess by her name. As a noble you should respect her." lectured Millie.

"Don't worry, it's just some trivial stuff. The person herself also probably didn't mind about it." said Angus.

Suddenly, they heard a voice out of nowhere, "Who's not minding about it?"

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"Who's not mind about it?" said Jayna who is approaching them.

"Ahh.. Afternoon, Jayna." said Angus as nothing happened.

"You said something behind my back, right?" asked Jayna grumpily.

"Really?? I don't remember anything about it." replied Angus lazily.

"Grr… " as Jayna ready to punch Angus who is blatantly lying in front of her.

"Hold up…" said Angus before Jayna pounced on him.

"Did you forget about what we talked about before?" asked Angus

"What did we talk about before?" asked Jayna back.

"About that one." said Angus

"Emm… Huft…" as Jayna closes her eyes and uses [Heart of Perseverance] to calm her agitated mind.

While Jayna calms her mind, the other two girls are surprised at Jayna's reaction. Normally, Jayna will immediately launch an attack towards Angus while Angus is trying to run away.

However, this time the famous short-tempered Fourth Princess listened to Angus and tried to calm down her mood.

After Jayna calmed down, "Alright, anyway Jayna can I ask you a favor?" asked Angus nonchalantly.

"Favor? What is it?" asked Jayna.

"It's for Millie. Currently, she is having trouble with the upperclassmen. Can you help her a little bit?" said Angus

Jayna immediately looks at Millie, "E-Eh… No, Fourth Princess. This is just some unimportant stuff." said Millie hurriedly.

"Hmph… Don't worry about it. Just tell me your problem." said Jayna.

"B-But…" said Millie before being interrupted.

"Come on, Just tell me your problem. I guess it's about stupid vulgar boys." said Jayna.

"Ehh.. How did you also know?" said Millie.

"Of course, with your reputation. You will have trouble with this sooner or later." said Jayna.

Normally, a girl in Jayna's age will envy a pretty and popular girl like Millie. However, Jayna herself is too busy to be getting stronger to think about this stuff.

Although she is royalty with high pride, she actually could tolerate these things and only focus on getting stronger. This is also the reason why she always challenges Angus before.

For her to not land a single hit on Angus is making her feel weak. However, after looking at the bout of Angus with her master, she feels that Angus is truly an enigma and couldn't be thought of with normal common sense.

Because of this, she didn't have any choice to ask Angus to help her and become meek in front of him. One of Angus's requests is to control her emotion and not be easily agitated.

Her [Possession] state makes her mind, body, and soul unbalanced that leads her to get easily agitated.

The more she is getting too emotional, the more her body becomes unbalanced. It is also harder for her to control her own body and mana.

As long as she can't control her body and mana properly, Angus can't do anything to help her. So, the first thing she needs to do is to control and calm her easily agitated mind.

Then, Millie begins to tell her story about her predicament to Jayna. While the girls are having their girls talk, Angus goes back to read his book.

At first, Angus wanted to focus on the book while enjoying the sun that began setting slowly. But, he couldn't help hearing the girls talk using his enhanced senses.

Millie is getting entangled with a high noble scum. This high noble scum is named Taul Burgess son of Marquis Burgess. Taul is famous for being a playboy scum that already does many deeds with many women.

In Firuman, a human becomes a legal adult after the age of fifteen right after puberty. However, Taul has already done many kinds of immoral deeds even before he reaches the age of fifteen.

He only escaped from the law because of his high noble status, But now he targets Millie who is currently famous inside the academy. Although he couldn't touch Millie as she was also a noble, he still self-proclaimed himself as Millie's girlfriend.

At first, she ignores Taul. However, every boy that tries to converse or tries to get close to her is getting beaten up the next day by him or his lackey. The situation is getting worse when Taul is getting more clingy towards Millie.

If it is another adult woman that seems fine even if it is an inappropriate act, but Millie is still an underage girl. Angus who heard this couldn't help but feel a little bit angry. Touching an underage girl is a crime no matter what.

Even though Angus knows that in this world there are no such laws because of different cultures. But, touching an underage girl is a different matter. This is like inhibiting someone's future. This kind of activity is the worst for Angus.

Hearing this story even Jayna couldn't keep her calm and wanted to kill this Taul guy. If he is not a high noble, Jayna will send a person to eliminate this guy.

"Tch.. what a wastrel.. Alright, Millie. You are not going to worry about this anymore. Just tell me when he is trying to harass you again. I will beat him into a pulp." said Jayna proudly.

Hearing this, 'I hope nothing will happen from this.' thought Angus worriedly.

As someone who is learning about the noble's society, Angus knows that dealing against high nobility such as Marquish titles is quite troublesome even for Royalties.

Unless it is related to serious matters about the kingdom. The high nobles usually have a certain law immunity. The higher their rank, the higher their law immunity. Because of this, even royalties are having difficulty punishing high noblemen over small matters like this.

'Well, if something goes wrong, I will just handle it before it escalates further.' thought Angus inwardly while back focussing at his book.

From what he has read so far, Archmage Bern's biography is actually like a fairy tale. He is born from the commoner class society. His parents are farmers that barely enough to support their everyday life.

He only gets lucky to learn magic from the local merchant who happens to have spellbooks. Then, he enters a normal academy for the commoner and his talent begins to shine in there.

His talent at magic and alchemy keeps growth further. From then on, he became the apprentice of the academy headmaster and formed his mana core at the age of 13.

Just by using his calculation ability, he managed to simplify many complicated spells and reduce their time to cast over them. From here, he created a transmutation technique that helps them using other elements.

Although this technique seems simple, not everyone could use this technique as it required a fast calculation mind. Then, his legend began to spread further when he reached the sixth grade.

According to the book, when he reached sixth grade he already mastered many kinds of elements and hundreds of spells. He could even copy a spell just by looking over it at once.

His talent in alchemy is also not lost with his talent as a magician. As an Alchemist he found a lot of new elements and potions. He was also the first person that could transmute a lot of elements into new elements.

This new element he found is always better than the founded element. Because of this, he could be called the father of alchemy despite being a human race. Moreover, he also created many techniques for casting spells and concocting potions.

One of the most famous potions he created is the Mana Zone potion. A potion that creates a sense of mana inside a certain area. By using this potion, the combatant inside will have their mana regeneration increase and could utilize more spells or skills.

Soon, the night came. The girls are already going inside the dorm to rest while Angus keeps engrossing reading his book to pass his time inside the garden. After a while, Angus goes inside the dorm.

Inside the dorm, Angus hears another commotion from the dining area. Ian once again was stubborn and challenged Jayna in a fight. On the contrary to her normal behavior, she kept ignoring him while waiting for her dinner to come.

"Hmph… Jayna, don't ignore me?! I will beat you later." said Ian.

However, Jayna kept ignoring him like didn't see him at all. At this moment, Angus comes into the dining area and sits next to Jayna.

"Jayna, what's the menu for dinner?" asked Angus.

"It's a hamburger steak." replied Jayna shortly.

"Hamburger steak?! It's been a long time since we have that. Right, Millie?" said Angus.

"Ehh.. Y-Yeah.." said Millie as she was surprised at being suddenly called out.

"Angus, don't talk to Millie casually!!" said Mia

In the meantime, Angus converse with the girls, the other two boys are completely being ignored. Feeling ignored, Ian couldn't help but be grumpy inside. While Axel already used to be ignored by others.

After the hearty dinner, Angus went back to his room to do his secret training. He summoned his system panel and chose a manual battle system.

Today he planned to practice his spell and his casting speed. He believed that his mind was already capable of using transmutation techniques.

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Inside one of the books Angus borrowed, he found a copy of a detailed method to do the transmutation technique spell that is written by Archmage Bern himself.

He chose to practice this technique inside his manual battle system. After using it over the years, he could select an animal or other easy opponent for practice.

By using this method, he could practice or learn new spells to his heart's content. The only downside is he doesn't have any control of his real body when he is training inside the manual battle system.

This makes his real body in a vulnerable state. However, with the tight security inside the academy, he doubts there will be any intruder for the time being.

He also found that everything he did inside the manual battle system is reflected on his body be it wound or his body development. He could also take out any weapon or things from his wristwatch storage device inside the manual battle system.

The manual battle system could become his personal space for him. Now, Angus intends to use this to try and practice his spell. After choosing a small harmless mouse as his enemy, he entered the manual battle system.

Arriving at the familiar place, Angus took out some books and began to read all over them. According to the book, the transmutation technique could only be applied during the casting process.

This makes this technique very difficult to use. Even the elf race finds it hard to execute the spell perfectly. Only a handful of people with the brightest minds could do these techniques.

Angus didn't know if he could do this transmutation technique with his current mind but after looking carefully about the technique and the calculation it needed. Angus feels he could barely do it.

The transmutation technique has a simple principle yet complex execution. First, people need to draw the magic circle or cast a spell-like usual. But rather than using normal mana, people need to use their affinity element mana.

Normally, using elemental mana over incompatible magic circles will result in failure or backlash. People usually already convert their mana to their respective element that is compatible with the magic circle before being injected into it.

However, by using Bern's transmutation technique, people could use his affinity elemental mana or non-elemental mana for any kind of spell.

Before the mana is injected into the magic circle, the mana will go through another layer of magic circle that will change it into the compatible elemental mana. This magic circle is the core transmutation technique that Bern created.

Each of the magic circle spells is different because of the environment, user mana, and many other factors, the transmutation magic circle is also always different and not the same as other spell magic circles.

Because of this reason, only people with a high calculative mind could do this technique. This is only a technique for smart and bright people.

For Angus who has his mind enhanced through the system, he feels he could do all the calculations it needs. Angus tries to create the [Aqua Ball] spell magic circle slowly before applying the transmutation technique towards the spell.

A moment later, he imbued the magic circle with mana and a water ball came out from his hand towards the moving mouse.

"Yes...I did it. But it took more time than converting my mana into a water element. Though, I use less mana in this way. It seems I need to practice to increase the speed of using this technique." analyzed Angus about his shortcomings.

Angus planned to use other element spells besides fire. Fire element spells are often related to destruction and damaging spells. Only a few are related to defending or restraining opponents.

From his last encounter with Naz, he knows that he has shortcomings in this aspect. Although Naz is a high-grade beast race that is much more powerful than Angus, he feels he could buy more time effectively if he could use defensive spells or skill.

The most famous element for its defensive nature is the earth element. During his stay in the Magician Class, he already learned many earth elemental defensive spells. However, most of them take time to be cast.

Like in his previous fight, his opponent may not give Angus time to prepare. So, Angus needs to find a way to cast different elemental spells faster and efficiently.

After a series of practice, Angus finally could apply the transmutation technique for around twenty seconds which was an incredible feat. Normally, converting mana into different elements other than their affinity one takes around a minute or more.

This is also the reason, people seldom cast other element spells besides their affinity one. People could increase the conversion rate by understanding the element characteristic and have superb control over their mana.

After exercising dozens of times using the transmutation technique, Angus found his mind exhausted despite still had mana and didn't move a lot. He feels like didn't sleep for a few days. His calculation ability also down and takes more time to do the technique.

"Haa... Ha… I guess this is my limit." as Angus slump on the floor.

Then, he took out a green potion from his wristwatch storage. Uncorked the vial, he drank the horrible taste of the potion.

"Weekk… I will never get used to this taste of mind-clearing potion." Said Angus while he put out his tongue.

Feeling his mind refreshed a little bit, "Still this is better than nothing. I guess that's it for today." said Angus while he searched for the mouse.

Angus still needs to kill his chosen opponent to get out of the room. After killing the mouse and choosing the option to exit, his consciousness returned to his real body.

"Damn… I feel I could sleep for days just for this one session of training." said Angus as he slumped on his fluffy bed.

Few days passed by and Angus kept training his transmutation technique. Now, he could reduce the casting time for transmutation by around fifteen seconds.

The advantage of using this transmutation technique is the casting time didn't change even for high circle spells.

So, as long as Angus's intelligence increased he could cast high circle elemental spells like he cast his elemental affinity spells.

Now, Angus is sparring with the old dwarf Balrug. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* a series of clashing and shockwaves created for each time they clashed. Right now, Angus's body is glowing with many different colors.

"Kid, you are cheating!!" said Balrug as he kept following Angus.

"Hahaha… who said I can't use spells in our spar?" said Angus who keeps increasing in speed and power.

Angus buffs himself with spells from various kinds of low circle spells such as [Stone Skin, [Agility, [Light Body, [Power Up, and many others during the sparring. At first, Angus had a hard time using these spells.

But, After predicting the old dwarf movement and getting himself some opportunity he began to cast these low circle spells one by one.

"Tch.. Don't be a cocky kid. This is not even half of my real strength." said Balrug as he increased his speed and bash Angus with his hammer.

Of course, Angus couldn't react to such a fast attack. He could only brace himself for impact. *Bang* as Angus threw away in the air while defending himself using Sky Thorn. At this moment, Angus stops himself in the air using the recoil of his Sky Thorn.

Before he stabilized himself, Balrug was already in front of him and swung his hammer. Angus defended himself and clashed with the hammer using his Sky Thorn. At this moment, he manipulates the other end Skythorn through its chain and launches it at Balrug.

*Bang* *Bang* Balrug couldn't help but defend himself at the flying sharp edge. Using this opportunity, Angus cast another spell to buff himself [1st Circle - Heavy Desisty].

The Sky Thorn became heavier than usual. Then, using Beast walk he approaches Balrug and swings his weapon towards him. *Bang* Another shockwave was created.

Balrug managed to react and defend himself with his hammer. Still, he gets pushed back by a few meters away.

Looking at this, "Tch.. What a tough defense?" as Angus slump on the ground exhausted.

His colorful light around his body is also gone. But, he still retained his battle position.

Looking at this Balrug smirking, "That's a good attack. But, now.. It's a beaten up time." said Balrug.

Angus training with Balrug has two sessions. First, sparring between Angus and Balrug until his mana was exhausted. Then, he will continue sparring with Balrug without mana.

Rather than sparring it is more right to say one side is beaten up. If the first is to give Angus experience fighting upper-grade warriors, the second is to temper his body to become more resilient.

Angus needs to get beaten up black and blue to temper his body. Although his body has already reached its limit, Balrug tells him to keep training so that it doesn't deteriorate.

While Angus is trying to survive on Balrug onslaught with his hammer, the underground door opens and a girl in academic uniform is coming in.

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While Angus is trying to survive Balrug's onslaught with his hammer, the underground door opens and a girl in academic uniform is coming in.

"A-Angus, are you here?" asked Jayna.

Hearing her voice, Angus gets distracted for a moment and is punched by Balrug. Despite Balrug holding back his strength, his punch was quite a force that could send Angus away.

By a coincidence, Angus threw himself into Jayna's position and lay on the ground near her. Looking at this, Jayna is confused and doesn't know what to do.

"Urrgg.. That crazy old man almost killed me. Ohh.. Hi.. Jayna." said Angus nonchalantly as he noticed it was Jayna that came into the room.

"A-Angus are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Nah.. This is fine." said Angus.

Despite that, Jayna could see Angus is beaten black and blue. She also notices that he has many bruises all over his body.

"Ohh.. who is this pretty girl?" asked Balrug as he approached Angus.

"She is Jayna Heart, the fourth princess of the Heart kingdom." said Angus

"A Princess?! Hahaha… I don't know you have such high taste, lad. Not bad.. Not bad.." said Balrug as he looked between Jayna and Angus.

Hearing this, Jayna becomes more blushing like a tomato.

"Shut up, old man. Don't make the situation more complicated." said Angus.

"Eh.. you still didn't get her? Take this advice from the old man, lad. Just grab what you have before being grabbed by others." said Balrug in a teasing tone.

"Whatever.. Jayna, ignore this crazy old man. He likes to talk nonsense. Anyway, how come you know I am here?" said Angus while ignoring Balrug.

"Emm.. I asked some students in the smithing facility and they said you might be here." replied Jayna.

"Ehh… Damn it, old man. You said no one will enter this area easily!!"

"I told Bail to guard the entrance. Say, girl, during your way here, didn't you find another dwarf?" asked Balrug

"Ohh.. That dwarf.. Yeah, I found a dwarf who was sleeping in the office area with some drinking bottle near him. I couldn't wake him up despite calling him many times."

"Then, I found a door leading to this basement. I could feel a small tremor from it and looked into it." explained Jayna.

"Damn.. Bail!!" curse the old dwarf as he goes out leaving the two kids alone.

"Haa… Anyway, why are you searching for me?" asked Angus.

"Ahh.. I already did it. I could control my mana through the hair." said Jayna.

She takes out a hair from his storage device and imbues it with mana. The loose hair begins to get straight and hard.

Angus is surprised looking at this, although it seems simple with her body condition to do this thing is still very hard. So, he didn't expect she could do this in just a week.

"That's… Incredible." said Angus

Then, he notices some dark marks under Jayna's eyes. Without hesitation, Angus grabbed her hand and probed her body.

"How long have you been sleeping at night these days?" asked Angus sternly.

"Eh.. I-It's around six hours maybe." said Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but sigh, "Forget it.. I will not help you anymore." said Angus before turning back from Jayna.

"Ehh.. W-Why??" asked Jayna frantically.

But, Angus kept ignoring her.

"No.. Alright-Alright… It's for around one or two hours. I am sorry I lied. Please, Angus help me… Hic.. Hic…" said Jayna who began to tear up.

Then, Jayna feels a blanket wipe her face. She found Angus having a sad expression.

"Jayna.. I know you want to get stronger. However, you also need to pay attention to your own body. If you don't take care of your body and rest properly, your body will soon collapse by itself."

"I don't care about your problem. But, if you want my help and are getting stronger, you need to rest properly. Otherwise, it will not be long before you killed yourself." explained Angus.

"B-But…" said Jayna.

"No, but… Jayna, did you know the reason why I helped you?" said Angus.

"Err… I don't know." said Jayna uncertainly.

"You see… since childhood I always see that everyone near me wants to get stronger. My guard, staff, maid, brothers, and even my father always seek to get stronger for various reasons."

"However, I never want to help them. But, during our few years we stayed in the dorm together, I found you are the only person that seeks power relentlessly. Even though it is impossible, you always try to hit me without giving up."

"When I hear your reason why you want to get stronger, I want to help you a little bit because of pity. It's a pity because you couldn't enjoy your life despite being royalty. I thought that by helping you a little bit, you could at least enjoy your life."

"However, looking at you disregarding even your health just to practice this. It makes me mad. I know that you are a hard-working person. But, I just want you to also enjoy your life, be it as human and royalty."

"Did you know? Not many people have many privileges like you. Many people have a worse start and fate than you. If you do not enjoy what you have, it is like mocking all these people." explained Angus.

"B-But.. I don't have time. I.. I need to get stronger." said Jayna while still tearing up.

"Jayna, Did you trust me?" asked Angus seriously.

Looking at the boy's deep black eyes, Jayna feels safe and comfortable with him, "Mmhmm… I trust you" said Jayna.

"Then, keep trusting me. Because I will help you become stronger before you know it. Besides, a pretty girl like you should not think a lot of complicated stuff" said Angus jokingly.

"P-Pretty… I-I..." as Jayna is surprised by sudden praise especially when Angus is very close towards her.

"Yeah.. If you do not rest properly and enjoy your life, you may ruin this beautiful face." teased Angus while touching Jayna's chin with his hand.

At this point, Jayna is blushing like a tomato while looking at Angus.

After teasing Jayna a little bit, "Alright, you should get out of here and rest properly." said Angus.

"O-Okay… But, how about your body? You are hurt?" said Jayna concerned.

"Ooh… Don't worry about it. I am more sturdy than you thought." said Angus.

During this moment, Angus notices two grown-up dwarves peeking at them from the door.

Feeling irritated by the two dwarves, Angus summoned his Sky Thorn and shot it towards the two peeping tom. *Bang*

"Ehh.. Eh.." as Jayna didn't understand what was going on.

"Damn, kid!! I thought you would kiss her." said Balrug while he deflected the Sky Thorn end.

"Kiss??!" said Jayna while become more blushing

"Shut up, senile old man. Nobody will think you're a mute if you are not talking." said Angus.

Looking at the blushing red Jayna, "I am sorry about that, Jayna. This crazy old man can be a pain in the ass sometimes." said Angus.

"Hahaha… Anyway, lad. I couldn't help but hear you want to help this princess. Is she in some kind of trouble." asked Balrug.

"Well, kind of. Urgg.. " said Angus as he began to feel hurt as his adrenalin effect wore off from the spar before.

"I will tend my wound first." said Angus as he took off his training clothes.

Seeing Angus take off his clothes in front of her, Jayna immediately screams, "A-Angus, What are you doing?" said Jayna while covering her eyes but still looked at Angus through its gap.

Angus ignores Jayna and takes a mana potion bottle. After drinking it, he used his healing art to tend his internal wounds while somehow also making them stronger.

Looking at the blue flame in Angus's palm, "Err.. What is he doing?" asked Jayna towards the old dwarf.

"Tending his wound. I don't know the specific details but using that blue fire and those strange movements, he could heal his internal wound easily. According to him, it didn't have the same effect towards outer injuries or any fatal ones." explained Balrug.

"Ehh… So, is this one of Angus's personal skills?" asked Jayna.

"Since I never see this kind of technique or skill, it could be said that it is his skill. But, it is as expected since he has a rare talent." said Balrug.

"Talent.. What talent?" asked Jayna.

"Did Angus never tell you? I thought you were and he is very close considering your intimate action before." teased Balrug.

"I-Intimate?!! N-No… We are just friends.. yeah we are just friends." said Jayna like trying to talk to herself.

"Alright, then. Anyway, have you ever heard of Weapon Master?" said Balrug.

"Weapon Master." asked Jayna back.

"Yes, Weapon Master is…." As Balrug begins to explain the Weapon Master title to Jayna.

While Balrug and Jayna talk to each other, Angus keeps focusing on healing his internal wound. Since his body is getting sturdier along with his increasing vitality, his body's natural healing also increases.

Because of this, Balrug needed to hit harder to temper Angus's body. Even for Balrug, it is quite difficult to control such a strength which led Angus to have various internal wounds and hidden injuries from the impact.

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Soon, Angus is done healing his internal wound. All the light bruises also healed from his high vitality.

"Damn, you crazy old man. You hit too hard this time." said Angus.

"Not my fault, lad. It's to adjust my strength around this level." replied Balrug.

As they start bantering and insulting one with the others, "Erm.. Could you also train me?" asked Jayna.

Hearing this, the two of them stopped arguing, "Oii.. Old man, did you tell her everything?" asked Angus

"Well, since she is your girlfriend, I thought she should know about it." said Balrug.

'@%#@.. This stupid old man!!' curse Angus inwardly.

"*Sigh* Fine.. Since I will help you, you will know about this sooner anyway. However, this kind of training is kind of different. Right, old man?" said Angus seriously.

"He is right, little princess. What Angus training could only be done by only a few people. Heck just from the injuries he sustained all this time, he should be cripple from a long time ago. If it is not because of his unique healing art, I will stop this training." explained Balrug.

"So, if Angus could heal me, I could also do this training?" said Jayna as she still didn't want to give up.

"Haa… Jayna, my method of training is not simple. According to this old man, Only I could progress this fast. The others need years or even their entire life to reach my current progress." explained Angus.

"This brat is telling the truth. Normally, it will take ten years or more without stopping to get a result from my training. Otherwise, it will only increase your physical strength a little bit."

"B-But…" said Jayna

Seeing that Jayna is still not convinced, "Alright, how about this? If you could dodge me for ten minutes in a spar, you will be allowed to do this training." said Angus.

'Ten minutes dodging Angus, even I can't do that. This boy is too sly.' thought Balrug. But, Balrug didn't comment on it. He knows that his training is too inhuman and incompatible for the human race. Angus could do it without any repercussions is already a miracle.

"Alright.. Let's do this now." said Jayna resolutely.

"You sure? You are not still in the best condition right now." said Angus.

"Yeah.. I just want to know our differences first?" said Jayna.

"Err… you don't mean to challenge me every day if you fail, right?" asked Angus

"Of course, I will." said Jayna.

Hearing the spirited Jayna reply, "Haa.. fine.. Just make sure, you do not challenge me in public." said Angus.

Angus took a watch, "Let's set up some rules first, we will fight within a space ten meters square around us for ten minutes. As long as I touch you or hit you, you lose. Do you agree?" said Angus.

"Alright, you may dodge all my attacks. But, I am also good at dodging attacks." said Jayna.

For Jayna who found Angus a true enigma, she wants to experience how far Angus's strength and her strength.

Looking Jayna ready, "Then, let's start…" as Angus presses the watch button.

In a moment, Angus disappears from Jayna's vision [Beast Walk]. The moment he appears, he already touches Jayna's cheek with his finger.

"Alright, It's my win. Let's get out of here." said Angus nonchalantly.

"E-Eh… How??" said Jayna.

"Don't think too much about it and let's get out of here." said Angus as he walked towards the basement entrance.

After changing his clothes, Angus walks with Jayna who keeps silent and thinks about her spar.

Seeing this, Angus could only *Sigh, "Anyway, Jayna. Congratulations!!" said Angus.

"Huh.. for what?" asked Jayna confusedly.

"You managed to keep your emotions at bay during all this time. I bet you practice very hard to achieve this. Tell you the truth, I like this side of yours." said Angus nonchalantly.

"T-Thank you…" muttered Jayna while blushing.

"Anyway, since you also managed the previous exercise. Tomorrow, I will help you control your mana to be better. But, For now, you need to rest." said Angus.

"Okay.." replied Jayna shortly while still blushing.

Soon, they arrive at the Spring Dorm. The moment they enter the dorm perimeter, "I finally find you. Jayna, let's fight." said Ian.

Rather than angry like usual, Jayna looked at Angus for a moment, "No, I am tired. I want to sleep." replied Jayna shortly before ignoring Ian.

As for Angus, he was already walking towards his spot inside the garden ignoring two of them.

"Hah.. I bet you're just afraid to lose to me." taunted Ian.

But, Jayna keeps walking towards the dorm ignoring Ian. Being ignored, Ian begins to insult and provoke Jayna more.

However, Jayna keeps ignoring him while having a cold expression before entering the dorm and going towards her room.

Inside her room, Jayna sits on his bed and touches her cheek, the one that is being poked by Angus at the spar.

After a while, "Angus.. No.. No… I am royalty. But, he said he likes this side of me. Argh.. stupid Angus." said Jayna as she lies down on the bed.

While Angus and his friend have a peaceful academic life, the world starts to turn into turmoil. The impact of the monster undead does not only affect the war between civilian society and the monster overlord. It also affects all normal people's lives.

One of the main resources that civilian society uses comes from the monster. However, since the monster could always turn into the undead in the presence of miasma, the supply of these resources cut down significantly.

Many monster corpses burned down or destroyed to prevent them from turning into undead monsters. The only possible safe supply comes from the dungeon where the monster is not getting affected by Monster Overlord or turning into an undead monster.

Still, this makes the price of some resources keep rising since the monster corpse supply is cut down. The price rises enormously, even grade one mana core which should cost around one or two gold rises to five gold.

In some nations, it even raised to ten gold per one grade one mana core. Mana core is important as it supplies energy for various kinds of devices. It is also one of the main ingredients for potions and a lot of alchemy products.

This economic crisis indirectly affects the supply for war against the monster overlord. Some of the nations are even in the brim of collapse because of this economic crisis.

The Heart kingdom managed to avoid this crisis because they have few dungeons inside their territory along with the vast resources from various trading guilds.

They also managed to sell the monster corpse from their battle in the Black Fortress because the Temple of God already purified all its souls which helped prevent the economic crisis.

Moreover, the Heart kingdom is located far away from the Holy Alliance Nation which makes them quite safe for the time being. Still, they have their problems because of the breakout of Altez Prison.

The Extermination squad worked tirelessly to hunt and execute all the prisoners. Because of this, public safety became less secure. Small crimes appeared in many cities inside the Heart Kingdom.

Although the nobles try to suppress this situation to not turn into chaos. With this, the work for Duke Victory is increased more besides defending the Black Fortress.

After the last fight against the monster horde, Duke Blue and King Leon return leaving Duke Victory defending the Black Fortress. From their recon inside the Black Forest, there is hardly any monster left in the Black Forest perimeter.

Because of this, the Black Fortress is left to Duke Victory as it is part of his jurisdiction. By a coincidence, it means Duke Victory also will not partake in the reinforcement to fight Monster Overlord at the Holy Alliance nation.

After the leader's meeting, King Leon decides to take two dukes along with some elite army reinforcements to fight against Monster Overlord.

From the previous encounter, King Leon learned that only high-grade combatants could fight in this kind of fight. However, he still leaves his royal guard in case there is some unforeseen situation like last time.

Though this decision is to make Duke Victory less work, he is still concerned about his friend's well-being. But, he couldn't do anything other than hope nothing happened to King Leon.

Now, Duke Victory is sending many investigation squads towards the inside of the Black Forest. He needs to make sure there will be no other huge-scale attack during the time Leaders and Monster Overlord fight one with the others.

"Haa… I miss home. It's been a long time since I went home." muttered Duke Victory.

"Kakaka… I already told you to leave this fortress for me. Nothing will happen by the time you get back." said the general dwarf.

"No, Borkins. During this precarious time, we need to keep vigilant. The last thing we want is the Monster Overlord coming towards our direction." said Duke Victory seriously.

"You are such a worrywart. You need to relax a little bit, brat. Enjoy your life a little bit." said General Borkins jokingly.

As the Duke and General are having a chat, unbeknown to them a group of mysterious people coming towards Black Fortress.

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Another few months pass by, the war against Monster Overlord is prolonged. The reason is the mobility of 7th-grade combatants. To safely fight against Monster Overlord at least need two seventh-grade combatants. Another one needs to successfully kill it.

This means it needs at least three big nations to work together to kill the Monster Overlord. However, there are still countless high-grade monsters and undead monsters which need at least another two seventh-grade combatants to keep them at bay.

In total, they need at least five-nation leaders or seven grade combatants to fight against the Monster Overlord army. Even the elf race didn't have such a power to handle all of this alone.

Since the last Monster Overlord attack, most of the big nations have had internal problems that cause some instability in their nations. Some of them even in the state of civil war. Furthermore, there is an economic crisis that has plagued all over the nations.

Because of this reason, most of the seventh-grade combatants or nation leaders couldn't move and end the war against the monster overlord. It is difficult to gather five seventh-grade combatants on the spot.

Since it is concerned with a lot of people's lives, every decision and major move needs to be thought carefully. Moreover, up till now, the Monster Overlord is not coming out as if waiting for something.

The monster side only launched a small skirmish attack towards the surrounding nation near the Holy Alliance nations. Although it is small, it still consists of a horde of various kinds of monsters and undead monsters.

Fortunately, with the supply of and help from other nations, these countries managed to survive and become a sort of defense for other nations.

In the meantime the nation fell into a stalemate state with an unpredictable future, Angus still having a peaceful life inside the academy.

Now, he is having a combat training course. However, it is not his usual combat training course where he will learn about spells.

After getting specialized into different classes, the student will have joint combat training every once in a while. They will be randomly matched into groups to work together.

For low-grade combatants, they need to work in groups to increase their survival chance when they are fighting monsters. It is also a basic principle since only seventh-grade people usually fight alone.

So, Teamwork is essential for survival, especially fighting against monsters. This way the student will at least have the basic skill to work together when they will go through a dungeon examination.

Angus got teamed with two students from Warrior Class, one from Hybrid Class, and Millie. After getting teamed together by the teacher, there is some kind of awkward silent atmosphere as nobody says anything.

After a while, "Alright, let's introduce our name first. My name is Guile Lambert. I am from the warrior class and good at close combat fights." said one of the students.

"Next is me. My name is Vindict Vallen. I am also from the warrior class. I am good at defense and shielding." said the student next to Guile.

"My name is Isbel Boston. I am from the hybrid class. I am good at close and medium-range combat." said the girl beside Vindict.

"Um.. My name is Millie Golberg. I am from a magician class. I am good at low circle fire-based spells and long-range attacks. I am looking forward to working with you." said Millie shyly.

"*Yawn* Alright, My name is Angus Victory. From magician class." said Angus lazily.

Everyone is looking at Angus like waiting for something. Feeling the stare, "Umm.. What's it?" asked Angus confusedly.

"Aren't you supposed to say what you are good at?" asked Guile.

"Well, I am good at… dodging." replied Angus.

"Dodging??" asked everyone back confusedly.

"Angus, they mean what spell you are good at." said Millie.

However, at this time the teacher called them to gather around.

"Alright, everyone. You already took five minutes to introduce yourself. Now, you will have spar from one group towards others." said the muscular teacher.

Soon, the Angus group paired with another group to have a spar. Angus didn't recognize any student in their opposed group.

Soon, the teacher called their turn to enter the circular platform. All the students immediately go into their position. Since this is a mock battle with the mind of real combat, they used real weapons.

The warrior and Hybrid class students began to take out their weapons from their storage device while the magician class took some distance in the back.

"Alright, the rules are simple, you will fight for five minutes. the one that activates their defensive barrier or gets out of the platform is disqualified." said the teacher.

After the student gets into battle position, "Start!!" said the teacher.

The opposed warrior and hybrid student class begin to fight in close combat range with Guile and the others. While the opposed magician class immediately chanted their spell.

Looking at this, Millie also wants to prepare to cast her spell to counter them. As for Angus, he looked at the battle silently.

'Haa… What kind of stupid defender that jump into the front?' thought Angus while looking at Vindict that charged at another student.

Soon, The other magician student cast [Fireball] towards Millie. Millie also did not stay still and cast back [Fireball] towards the approaching attack.

The two [Fireball] hit each other and create an impact on the surroundings. *BANG* The shockwave pushed the nearby student and got them staggered for a moment.

But, another [Fireball] coming towards Millie from the other magician student. Like predicting this will happen, Angus shot a [Firebolt] towards the [Fireball] and made it explode in the air. *BANG*

Angus still looked silently towards the other magician students. The other magician student was stunned and didn't know what to do. They plan to take out the magician before helping the warrior and hybrid student.

However, Angus could easily counter their [Fireball] attack with [Firebolt] like he is predicting the course of its path. [Fireball] spell is famous for its lethality. However, the spell is so fragile that other 1st Circle spells could destroy it.

Now, the opposed magician student didn't know what to do and came into a stalemate. During this moment, Guile managed to beat the other student and activate his opponent barrier which made him lose.

After that, Guile helps his friend Vindict fight his opponent. Looking at this, Angus couldn't help but slap his head.

'You should help Isbel or attack the magician student. Why did you help Vindict who is focused on defending.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Hey, Magician why are you not helping?" said the opposed warrior student.

Hearing this, the opposed magician students begin to chant and aim to help their teammates. Looking at this, Millie also prepares to cast another spell.

"Millie cast [Fireball] after they cast their spell." said Angus silently.

Hearing this startled Millie but she still did what Angus said. Soon, the magician cast their [Fireballs] towards Guile. Using this moment, Angus shot [Firebolt] towards one of the Fireballs and created an explosion. *Bang*

The explosion made the other [Fireball] explode on its way and staggered the opposed warrior student. *Bang* Suddenly, Millie cast [Fireball] towards the defenseless and exhausted magician students. *Bang* The impact managed to activate their protective barrier.

Using this chance, Guile also knocked his opponent. Soon, they help Isbel and win the mock battle.

Then, they got called by the teacher and were criticized. Vindict being criticized for jumping to the front line, Guile being criticized for poor decision-making in the spar. As for Isbel, she is being criticized for the way she fights.

The magician student and Millie got lectured to not use only 2 circles in a fight. Angus got lectured to be proactive in battle which he ignored and quickly got away.

The other student spar is quite boring for Angus but they have more development in skills or spells. The only noteworthy fight is between Jayna's team and Ian's team.

The result is truly one side defeated. After having a few months of help from Angus to control her body and mana, her movement, skills, and spells are more refined.

Combined that she is the only one that already forming mana core makes her could spam skill and overpower the other student.

After the joint combat training, the student got free time until lunchtime. Most of them have already exhausted all their mana and couldn't do anything.

Taking this time, Angus takes a big book from Angus's wristwatch storage and reads it under the shade of a nearby tree.

As Angus begins to read, Jayna suddenly approaches Angus which gathers everyone's attention. After getting her emotions in check along with her maturity, she becomes more attractive and always gathers everyone's attention everywhere she goes.

"Angus, I already managed to do this." said Jayna as she raised her finger.

Above her finger, she finds a thin long thread made of mana. Looking at this, he notices how talented Jayna is. To create an extension mana outside the body is a difficult task. Yet Jayna still could do it in just a few months.

"Alright, next is…"

"Alright, next is… do all these with the other finger while keeping the first one." said Angus.

"Ehh… That's kind of... " said Jayna.

"Hard and takes a lot of time. But, believe me, by the time you are done with this training your mana control will be increasing by leap bound. Well, I am not going to force you if you don't want to do it." said Angus.

"No, I will do it. Just you wait for it, I will do it in no time." replied Jayna.

"Okay, good luck then." said Angus as he went back to read his book.

Before Jayna could go away to practice, "Ahh.. Jayna, make sure you also rest properly." said Angus while he was staring seriously at Jayna.

"Y-Yeah, I will." replied Jayna properly.

Unbeknown to Jayna, Angus gives an almost impossible task to her. Making a thin thread in one finger and on all of her fingers is a different level. First, she needs superb control of mana. Then, she also needs good concentration and focus to keep them.

The final and the harder part, she needs to be doing many things at the same time with the same focus and concentration. This last hurdle could not be done by many people.

Most of the people could only do two-three things at the same time. But, doing more than that needs good talent and faster mind work.

After helping Jayna for the last month, Angus found that Jayna is quite talented at controlling mana despite her current [Possession] state. Angus planned to test how far she could go by testing this to her.

So far the only person that could do this task perfectly is only him. But, the world is big and full of surprises, Angus will never know when he will find someone with his talent.

Although this task seems impossible to Jayna, she will get many benefits just from practicing this exercise. Beside training her mana control, it will also train her focus, concentration, and her multitasking skill.

After Jayna left to practice, Angus went back to read his book. The book he read is about a fictional tale of Archmage Bern. The book itself is very thick, similar to any encyclopedia book. Moreover, it contains absurd fictional stories and could never be done in the real world.

At first, Angus wanted to give up reading this book. But, he finds the book quite interesting despite its absurd story. So, he decided to read the book in his free time. Since he now has some free time, he decided to continue reading the book.

He has already finished reading the book many times before. But, he feels like reading it again as there are quite a few fictional books like this one inside the library.

After a while, Angus finishes reading the book and closes the book. Suddenly, everything begins to get weirdly silent around him. Looking at the other students, all of them stopped moving which made him quite startled.

He feels like the world itself has stopped moving. In front of him, a person is wearing a cloak that suddenly appears before he could sense it. To be exact he found that he couldn't feel any kind of sensation through his perception.

"Rosful.. das asmos yol fu tarea of…. [Oh young one, Rejoice… You are qualified to inherit my legacy. Fight for all. Only the brightest mind will find my true legacy.]" said the man in an unknown language but Angus somehow could understand him.

Then, the person disappears leaving a ring on his spot in the air. The ring flew towards Angus and fell on his hand. After that, the world came back to normal. All the students nearby moved again without sensing what happened.

Looking at the inconspicuous ring in his hand and hearing the person's word, Angus immediately threw the ring to the ground.

'Fuck.. Rejoice my ass!! Who wants to carry another mysterious legacy!! I already have this mysterious chi inside me who wants another one, something like that.' Curse Angus inwardly.

Then, Angus leaves towards the canteen to have lunch in a bad mood. From his experience inheriting such a legacy from a mysterious person which he thought Archmage Bern is nothing but looking for trouble.

Many people have been looking for the legacy of Archmage Bern for countless years, yet none still managed to get it. This shows how difficult it is to obtain his true legacy.

Besides, if he somehow manages to get it, he will be hunted by a lot of people as people's greed knows no bounds. In summary, searching for this kind of legacy is nothing but trouble for him.

'Damn it.. This is ruining my mood. *Cough*...' thought Angus while he ate his lunch.

Suddenly, he feels something weird in his mouth while eating. After throwing out the thing inside the mouth, he found the same golden ring coming out from his mouth.

"Gyaaa... Why the hell is this thing here?!!" said Angus before throwing the ring into the sky.

Fortunately, no one pays attention to Angus otherwise he will embarrass himself by shouting out of nowhere. As Angus wanted to continue his lunch, he found the ring near him on the table.

'Fuck it…' as Angus takes the ring and throws it inside the trash can.

Not in the mood to continue his lunch, Angus walked out of the canteen. As he walks he feels something in his pocket. After taking it out, he found the ring inside his pocket.

Feeling stressed from the ring that keeps following him, Angus goes towards the incinerator in the smithing facility. At this time, there are only a few people working inside as it is not the smithing course day.

He immediately throws the ring inside the incinerator and waits for it to melt into nothingness. After that, Angus walked towards the Magical Engineering class. Despite his bad mood, he still cannot pass up the opportunity to learn about this subject.

Especially in the last few months, he got the chance to work with the old model battle golem. After a few months of learning about its mechanism, Angus now could try to assemble his small droid, the simplest of artificial intelligence.

Of course, Angus still needed to be supervised by the other teacher to make sure he didn't do anything dangerous. Entering the facility, Angus goes towards his workstation and begins to work on his draft of a droid.

The hardest part in Magical Engineering is not the building or assembling part, it is the planning and designing of the model. In the planning section, people need to calculate many kinds of possibilities that could happen to their product.

Just one wrong calculation could make their product go unexpectedly. In the worst case, it could even explode. Because of this, a lot of calculation and time planning is needed even to make the simplest droid.

Angus is already permitted to assemble his droid with the given blueprint from the academy. But, Angus wants to know and experience what is necessary to make the droid from the start.

He feels he could learn more by doing this. Still, this is hard work that not everyone could do at his age. If Angus didn't enhance his mind through the help of the system, he may also give up on building the droid from zero.

Usually, it takes a team for students to build a single droid. But, Angus is adamant to build it by himself as he wants to learn all the parts about building a droid or other artificial intelligence product.

As he focused on his plan and calculation, he didn't notice there was a ring that suddenly appeared near him on his workstation table.

Soon, time goes by and the Magical Engineering course comes to an end. Angus reluctantly stopped his work and put out all the paper and his calculation inside the wristwatch storage.

While tidying up his workstation, he found a similar ring that kept following him. Looking at this, Angus could only release a sigh before taking the ring into his pocket.

He didn't have any more energy to curse the ring as his mind was quite exhausted from all the work he had done before. So, all he can do now is just take the ring before he studies it later.

Arriving at the dorm, Angus immediately goes towards his room to take a bath. After having a shower and refreshing his mind a little bit, he ordered the caretaker to send the dinner into his room.

Then, Angus takes out the ring from his uniform pocket. From Angus inspection, the ring is made out of unknown material with gold color.

It has a B letter engraved on top of it which confirms his previous suspicion that it is related to Archmage Bern. Now, the one that puzzles him is why the mysterious person gave the ring to Angus. After all, all he has done is read his fictional storybook a few times.

"There must be something that triggers this. Especially, the man himself said that I was qualified to inherit his legacy. It means there must be some prerequisite for this to happen."

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After thinking for a while, Angus couldn't find the one that triggered his qualification. At first, he thought it because he read the thick fictional book about archmage Bern over time.

If that is the case, there will be a lot of people having this qualification. Since magician combatants in this world are practically people who need to read a lot of books. The book about the Archmage Bern itself is quite popular for the magician.

Even if the fictional book is useless, many people also read it at least a dozen times. Especially the one that searches for Archmage Bern's legacy. They must also learn and read this kind of book dozens of times.

Judging by the unknown material the ring is made of, he guesses that it is something that could not be built easily. It is not easy to get qualifications and receive this ring as it is limited.

'Haa.. What a troublesome ring. Oh, well.. Since I can't get rid of it, I might as well wear it hoping I didn't get cursed or anything.' thought Angus.

There are few cases where an unknown artifact gives a nasty curse towards its wielder. Some of them even turn their wielder into a mindless berserker who thirsts for blood.

However, Angus wasn't afraid of this. Since if he is the archmage himself, he will not truly hurt his inheritor candidate. Otherwise, there will be only a few people that search for his legacy and in the worst case, no one wants to try for it.

Without wasting any moment he put the ring in his pointer finger. Suddenly, he is getting a headache from the sudden influx of information on his head.

"URRGH… "groaned Angus.

He feels like his head getting hammered down by a nail. After a while, the pain subsided while he slumped on his bed having a cold sweat.

"Damn it… That hurts a lot." muttered Angus.

Angus kept lying down on the bed as he still hadn't fully recovered from the sudden influx of information. While he lay down for a while, the dorm's caretaker knocked on his door to bring his dinner. *Knock* *Knock*

Dragging his sluggish body, he opened the door and let the employee bring the dinner inside. After the employee gets out, he begins to eat his dinner without thinking about anything.

Angus feels like wants to sleep as soon as possible to rest his mind. He is too exhausted to think about any heavy stuff, for now, especially after the sudden influx of information he just received.

The next morning, Angus found his mind refreshed. After doing his morning routine, he takes shower like usual. When taking a shower, he begins to organize the information he receives from the ring.

The ring gives him a lot of information. Some of them are about a few locations where Archmage Bern left his legacy. Most of this location is unknown to Angus and the one he knows couldn't be approached for the current him.

He only knows these locations from its nearby area and books. Besides the location of Archmage Bern's Legacy, Angus also found few recipes of alchemy products such as potions and many other new elements.

However, he feels like being tested by Archmage Bern himself, the recipes and other alchemy's formula is incomplete. He needs to work by himself to complete the recipe.

Among many potion recipes, one of them interests him. It is a miasma-curing potion. By using this potion, the potion will expel any miasma in the wound. Fortunately, it only works on fresh wounds like his healing art techniques.

This is also one of the potions he wanted to create before. However, unlike the others potion recipe, it only contains unfinished research notes. This means even Archmage Bern himself still didn't find the way to miasma curing potion.

Still, the research note will help him a lot in research for the material. The difficulty of creating a new potion is not at the brewing or production method. It is at the selecting ingredient phase.

There are millions of ingredients to be known up to this date. To create a new potion, Alchemists need to select some of the ingredients with the right properties from these million choices.

Furthermore, the alchemist needs to know what to do with these ingredients to get the effect he desires. For example, the mana potion's main ingredient is the mana core from the monster.

Before combining with the other ingredients, mana core needs to be processed first. There are various kinds of processes like slicing, burning, melting, boiling, and so on. Each of these processes will give different results.

This is the reason why creating a new potion is very hard and not many people could do it. Some fortunate Alchemist could create a new combination potion that is more potent. But, some unfortunate ones could even create a dangerous potion.

After having breakfast, Angus goes to his history class. The history class ended with most of the students becoming absentminded like usual.

Then, Angus has some lunch before he goes towards the alchemy facility. By a coincidence, he has an alchemy course for today to test the research note he got from the ring.

Angus planned to create this miasma curing potion to relieve him from working himself to cure the other people. So far the news of him could cure miasma-based wounds only known to few people.

The reason for such secrecy is Angus needs a huge concentration to do the medication which means he could not do it for anybody as it is exhausting him.

As for passing the technique itself towards others is also almost impossible since when he gives the technique to his father, most of the healer and expert only know half of what he said in the note. In summary, the only one that could practice his healing technique is only him.

Arriving at the alchemy facility, Angus immediately visits the ingredient store in the facility. The alchemy facility also sells raw ingredients to the student. Fortunately, the ingredient could be bought with gold coins and points.

Otherwise, Angus's research will be delayed because of a lack of points to buy the ingredient. Besides that, one of Angus's current advantages is that Angus didn't lack any money.

Especially with the current situation where monster ingredient material prices have risen. A few days ago, Angus got a message from Ernest, the Golden Trade Merchant manager.

Ernest wanted to purchase his monster ingredient at five times the normal market price because of the economic crisis. Hearing this, Angus immediately agrees and sends all the monster ingredients he gets from the system to him.

Because of this transaction, he got almost half a million gold coins. He even told Ernest to procure more grade one and ungraded monsters to be donated to the Royal Academy.

Although catching monsters is very difficult, with enough money and connections like the Golden Trade Merchant guild it still could be done.

Using this opportunity, Angus also asked Ernest to get him a few poison recipes. He still didn't forget his initial reason he learned alchemy.

After purchasing many ingredients in bulk, Angus goes towards one of the empty workstations and begins to brew his miasma curing potion according to the research note. As for creating poison, he couldn't do it in an open public facility like this one.

He could only create it when he was at the manor's house. As the fifth-year student that is learning this course, Angus already got permission to brewing his potion.

Still, he needs to report to the teacher at the end of his potion he works on later. He planned to give just another report of the potion he already mastered when practicing it on the break.

Few hours of testing, Angus finally found the main ingredient for the Miasma curing potion according to the research note Archmage Bern left behind. The main ingredient is Elephant Grass which could even be found in the backyard or on the roadside.

No one is thinking that this common grass is worth nothing but food for domestic animals could be the main ingredient for such an important potion like Miasma curing potion.

Although Angus couldn't test if it could repel the miasma in the wound, he is still sure about it according to the research note. Still, it needs the other ingredient to keep the potion balanced. It needs other ingredients that do not decrease its effect or make it volatile.

Using his expertise at healing art and with the help of the research note, Angus chose a few ingredients to be tested with Elephant Grass.

Unfortunately, the time of the alchemy course soon comes to an end and he needs to stop his current research. Still, he is developing faster than he thought.

If nothing goes wrong, he estimated that he could finish the potion in a few months or one year. Having the prospect of not working in a healer path made Angus's mood happy.

'I never thought that the Archmage Bern's legacy would be useful for me. Still, I don't understand why he thinks that I qualified for his legacy. Well, I will know about that in the future.' thought Angus while walking towards his dorm.

On the way towards his dorm, Angus heard a commotion that attracted many students nearby.

"Look, they are coming back."

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"Look, they are coming back." said one of the nearby students.

The student looks at the group of students who are in the center of the crowd. According to Angus's knowledge, this group of students is actually in the final years and quite famous for being the highest ranking.

Getting the highest ranking in the final year is quite an achievement since it means the student could be called the strongest or the brightest that is known to the public.

The group that consists of four people in the middle of the crowd is the highest ranking for this final year student.

'It seems they already passed the graduation exam. Well, none of it matters to me anyway.' thought Angus while continuing his walk towards his dorm while ignoring the crowd.

Students in the final year will do a certain quest to pass the graduation exam. This certain quest has many different varieties and difficulties. The harder the difficulty means the better score they will get.

However, it also increases their chance to fail the quest which also automatically fails their examination.

As Angus arrived at the Spring Dorm's entrance, "Come on, Millie. Let's have dinner at my place. Today, my brother is coming back so there will be a party." said the student with brown hair.

"I am sorry, Taul. I will decline your offer." said Millie meekly.

"Yeah, Millie is too busy for you." commented Mia while separating Millie and Taul.

"Tch.. I am not talking to you bitch!!" shouted Taul.

"What did you say, punk?!!" said Mia.

"I say you should get the fuck off from here." said Taul while he makes his lackey surrounding them.

Looking at this, Angus could only sigh inwardly but still keep walking at a normal pace to them.

Being surrounded by Taul's lackey, "W-What are you going to do? We are still inside the academy." said Mia fearfully but still trying to protect Millie

"And what? My father is a Marquis and my older brother is the highest ranking in this academy. You should just get the fuck off and mind your own business." said Taul.

Taul's subordinates begin to move closer to the two girls. Suddenly, they found Angus walking at them like he didn't see them.

After a while, Angus kept walking past them towards the dorm. This makes the atmosphere awkward for both parties. But, The feeling of being ignored rudely by Angus infuriated Taul.

"Oii.. you!! Do you know who I am?" shouted Taul towards Angus.

But, Angus kept walking without stopping at a slow pace.

"Tch.. Get him!!" command Taul towards his lackey.

As the lackey wants to approach Angus, Angus turns back, "Are you sure?" said Angus with a lazy expression.

Looking at this, Taul's subordinate stopped their move. Some of them finally recognize who the student is in front of them.

"Why are you all stopping? Beat him!!" shouted Taul

"B-Boss, he is…" said one of the subordinates.

But at this moment, "Why are you all making this much commotion?" said Jayna.

Looking at this Taul immediately greeted Jayna, "Ahh… Fourth Princess, this is nothing. I just want to invite Millie to my brother's party. You could also come."

"Why should I waste my time attending your useless party? And who do you think you are fooling, you just want to get closer to Millie." said Jayna.

"T-That's not true, Fourth Princess." said Taul meekly.

"Tch.. I don't care about that, now get out of here!!" said Jayna

"Fourth Princess, this is only… " said Taul as he tried to reason with Jayna.

"I said get out from here!!" said Jayna sternly.

At this moment, "There you are, Taul. You sure are hard to find." said a person with brown hair and a face similar to Taul.

"Brother Paul, you are here." said Taul happily.

"Why are you here, Taul?" asked Paul.

"Err.. it is actually…." said Taul.

Hearing this, "Why are you still here? Didn't I say to get out?!!" said Jayna.

"Hold on, Fourth Princess. You can't just casted out someone like that. Can we talk about it first?" said Paul calmly.

"I see, so this is how you want to play, huhh? Did you think I was afraid to beat you." said Jayna as she flared up her mana.

"T-This.. First-grade mana core." commented Taul.

Feeling this, the older brother Paul also looks at Jayna seriously. "Congratulations, Fourth Princess, for forming your core."

"I don't need your compliment. Now, get out of this dorm or I will beat you." said Jayna.

"Hmm… I don't think I can do that. My brother here still has a business with these two ladies so could you be lenient, Fourth Princess?" said Paul while he also exerted his mana.

Looking at the situation getting worse, "F-Fourth Princess, it's okay." said Millie meekly.

"No way, As Royalty, I will be looked down, if I can't even protect my friend." rebuked Jayna as she glaring at Paul.

Looking at this, "Well, since you are adamant to chase us out, How about this? If you could lay an attack on me in five minutes, we will get out of here. However, if you can't, how about you and these two beautiful ladies coming to my party?" said Paul.

Suddenly, everyone hearing someone laugh, "PFFTTT… HaHaHa…"

Everyone looks at Angus who keeps laughing, "Hahaha… I am sorry. But, this is too funny. First, the highest-ranking of the academy, Paul Burgess challenges a fifth-grader like us."

"But, the most laughable thing is you dare to make a bet with a royalty despite only being what.. a son of Marquis. I doubt even your father didn't dare to do such a thing. You are truly brave. Even I didn't dare to do such a thing." said Angus while keeping laughing.

"You there, Mind your own business or..." shouted Taul.

"Or what exactly, Mr. Burgess. What will you do to me and are you sure about that?" said Angus in a lazy expression.

"You…" said Taul.

Before Taul could move, a hand stopped him. "I am sorry for my lateness of greeting, Young master Victory." said Paul glaring at Angus.

"Y-Yeah.. whatever, anyway. You are truly brave men to make a bet with royalty such as the Fourth Princess. I guess I will tell my father about this matter. It seems that Marquish Burgess' family is getting braver to even dare to do such a thing." said Angus nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Paul immediately had a cold sweat. "It's not like that, Young Master Victory. That's just... my blunder. I apologize for that Fourth Princess." said Paul while bowing towards Jayna.

Then, Paul immediately dragged his younger brother away from them. This makes everyone look at Angus weirdly.

Feeling the stare, "What?? Is something wrong with my face? Anyway, Millie, isn't it time to water the garden?" said Angus.

"Ahh.. Yeah.. Mia, Let's go now." said Millie while dragging Mia leaving Angus and Jayna behind.

"Hmph.. I don't need your help. I could beat him anytime." said Jayna shortly.

"Yeah, I know. But, I still didn't like seeing you get played by him." replied Angus.

"W-Who is getting played by him?" said Jayna.

"Then, you should never let him talk. I know you are carefully dealing with Paul as he is the son of Marquis but remember you are also royalty. You have every right to beat the shit out of him and get away with it." said Angus while he walked away.

Following Angus behind, Jayna approaches Angus, "Thank you." Jayna said in low voices while she ran toward the dorm.

Still, Angus manages to hear this and only smiles silently while keep walking towards his usual spot.

"For a silent type guy, you are oddly quite close to Jayna." a voice heard near the tree.

"Well, you could say it is my obligation to help her as noble. Besides, I just don't want you to jump out and make things more complicated, Ian." said Angus.

"Tch… whatever, just tell me. If those scumbags come harassing Millie again." said Ian before leaving Angus.

Angus only shook at Ian's reply before sitting at his usual spot to enjoy the sunset scenery.

'Ahh.. why don't they just take a break and enjoy the scenery like this.' thought Angus inwardly.

Meanwhile, Angus enjoying the sunset scenery, the two brothers who get away from the Spring Dorm walk towards their dorm.

"Brother, why are you in such a hurry?" said Taul.

Hearing this, Paul couldn't help release a sigh, "Listen here, Taul. Don't ever disturb them again. They are not something we could touch, okay?"

"B-But... " said Taul

"No, but… Remember this. Just because of your lust towards that girl, you almost doomed our family." said Paul sternly.

"But, isn't he the only son of the duke?" said Taul

"Yeah, he may only be the son of the duke. But, he has every right to do anything in the name to protect royalty. Moreover, Duke Victory is a close friend of our King. He has more prestige than other dukes." explained Paul.

"Just forget about that girl. Now, we need to prepare for my party." said Paul.

"Tch.. all of this is because of that kid." muttered Taul.

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Meanwhile, Angus keeps his study and research inside the Royal Academy, Duke Victory keeps his vigilance inside the Black Fortress in case of an attack from the monster horde.

Soon, the sun goes down and the Black Fortress seems to blend with the darkness of night. If it is not because of the magical lamp around the fortress, people will hardly notice this big fortress.

In the middle of the calm and silent night, many guards could be seen patrolled across the wall of the Fortress. Though there is no danger nearby, nobody is relaxing and keeping their vigilance as they know the importance of their job, especially at this precarious time.

Unbeknown to them, a group of black-cloaked people managed to get near the Black Fortress from the Heart Kingdom's direction. Hidden by the darkness of night, the black-cloaked people keep moving at a steady pace towards the gate.

At normal times, these gates become access for other people to transport supplies or as the checkpoint for adventurers before going towards the Black Forest. In normal times, this place will be full of long queue people even until the night.

However, in this precarious time, the gate is closed as no sane person wants to enter the Black Forest even for high-grade adventurers.

Not expecting someone to sneak around the gate, the group of black-cloaked men easily scale the gate and wall. This also shows that these people are not ordinary people. After entering the Black Fortress, this group keeps moving silently.

"I never thought entering this Fortress would be this easy." said one of the men inside the group in low voices.

"Kekeke… That's because they never suspect anyone will be sneaking from the kingdom direction especially at this time." replied the others in a low voice.

As they kept sneaking around, they finally found a normal guard patrolling. Using fast movement, they managed to knock out the guard silently. They keep walking silently towards the huge Fortress Wall.

As they walk carefully, one of the people in the group steps on the hidden invisible rune and activates it. *TING* *TING* *TING* as an alarm heard through the whole fortress.

Hearing this, the cloaked people immediately hurry their step towards the Fortress wall. Suddenly, a huge hammer came blocking them. *BANG* The leader of the group parries the incoming hammer with his arm.

"Sneaky rats!! How dare you come into my Fortress!!" Shouted General Borkins.

"Tch.. it seems we can't leave peacefully." said the leader of the group.

Then, he takes out his hood and reveals a bald man with a crazed smile.

Looking at the person, the dwarf general immediately recognized him. Suddenly, at this moment, a big fire wyrm appears from above and attacks the black-cloaked group.

One of the groups raises his hand and creates a bluish barrier towards the incoming Fire Wyrm [3rd circle - Water Barrier]. The bluish barrier instantly holds the attack of Fire Wyrm.

"Orpus, you dare to come towards this place?!!" said the Duke Victory who kept controlling the Fire Wyrm.

"My.. My.. Isn't it Duke Victory? The last time we met, you were still a grade-five combatant. I guess you are becoming stronger during my absence. Why don't you join me?" said the bald man.

"Stop, your nonsense!! Everyone attacks!!" Command Duke.

Out of nowhere, the Orpus group already surrounded by the guard and get attacked from all direction. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* Various projectiles and spells hit the [Water Barrier].

Soon, the water barrier collapsed. As the water barrier collapses, the guard begins to clash with the group in close combat. All the guards have the strength of a third-grade combatant with few belonging to a fourth-grade combatant.

Such a force, giving Orpus group a difficult fight despite their higher grade power. While the group is trying to fend off Orpus and his group. Duke Victory began to cast spells without interruption from the back.

As for Orpus himself, he is being held by general Borkins in close combat. The strong physical trait of the dwarf managed to keep Orpus's strength at bay. Moreover, the dwarf also got help from Duke Victory from time to time.

Looking at the situation, "Claire, bombard the Fortress!! Everyone, protect her." command Orpus towards his subordinate.

Hearing this the black-cloaked group huddles up while the woman in the middle casts a huge magic circle in the sky as the others protect her.

However, at this moment [4th Circle - Inferno] *BOOM* a huge explosion appeared in the middle of the group.

"Orpus, it seems you forgot that we magicians are specialized at dealing with a group of people at once." chimed Duke Victory coldly.

The explosion left the unexpected group and knocked most of them. Using the strong wind blast, Orpus jump into the fortress wall.

"Kakaka… Gentleman, this is the day to remember as you almost caught me." said Orpus before going towards the Black Forest.

Looking at the Orpus running towards Black Forest direction, "Sir, what should we do?" asked one of the guards.

"Stand down and contact the exterminator squad about this incident. Also, increase the guard be it from the Black Forest or kingdom side. Throw these people into the dungeon until the extermination squad arrives." Duke Victory giving a series of commands.

"Yes, Sir." replied the nearby soldier.

After the guard dispersed and cleaned up the place, "Jacob, Do you think he will survive inside the forest?" asked the dwarf general.

"As long as he doesn't enter the inner area, he will survive with his strength. I hate to say this, but Orpus is strong enough to fight for days." replied Jacob.

"Hmm… Why did you think he came here anyway?" asked Borkins.

"That's also something I don't know. No one ever could guess the mind of the crazy people, especially the mad monk. He is too unpredictable. The only reason we could catch him last time is that he attacked one of the dukes when there was another duke nearby." explained Jacob.

"Yeah.. I also heard about that incident. What a truly strong and mad lad. He even matched my physical strength in our previous bout." said general Borkins.

After that, the two men back inside the fortress while peace comes back to the Black Fortress. Few days after that, the news of Orpus escapes to the Dark Forest reaches the capital city.

This news makes King Leon frustrated, but he knows how strong Orpus was. So, he couldn't dispatch his force to hunt them down, especially at the Dark Forest where anything could happen.

Few months have already passed since Orpus managed to escape to the Dark Forest. Since then, there is no single news about this mad monk. The peace starts back at the Heart Kingdom as the exterminator squad keeps apprehending the escaped prisoner every day.

As for the fight with the Monster Overlord still coming into a stalemate state. However, the other nations notice that monsters in the other habitat also become more aggressive. Sometimes they also launched a small attack towards the nearby nation.

In the meantime, Angus is currently having another class tournament as the sign of the end of the academy term. After getting divided into specialized classes, the class tournament is different from before.

The class tournament will be like joint combat training where students will be divided equally into groups.

Angus got into a group which he doesn't know about each of their members besides Ian. By some coincidence, Angus got into one group with Ian who is famous for being a troublemaker.

After introducing themself which Angus didn't bother to hear, they begin to talk about strategies to work as a team.

The current Class Tournament theme is another battle royal where they will fight in the nearby forest for a certain time. Angus didn't care about all this stuff and kept silent while nodding with a lazy expression.

'*Yawn* This is getting boring. I should just take a nap at the nearby tree when the fight starts.' thought Angus inwardly while keeping yawning every few minutes.

Currently, Angus is not in the mood to have a class tournament as the experiment of creating Miasma Cure Potion preoccupied his mind for the last few months.

He is still trying to search for the ingredient to complement the Elephant Grass as it is too volatile and dangerous to consume alone. Over the past month, he already found a few materials that may complement it.

Still, it is in the theoretical process and still not to be tested as the material is hard to procure. Even with the help of the Golden Trade Merchant Guild, Angus requirement material is still hard to procure especially at this economic crisis time.

'*Yawn* It is better to fight against monsters than all these kids.' Thought Angus inwardly.

The moment the Class tournament started, Angus immediately sneaked away before Ian could react. He didn't care about the tournament and searched for a suitable tree to rest.

After hopping on the thick big branch, Angus immediately lay down on it and waited for the tournament to be done.

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Laying down on the tree, Angus passed the time by reading a book about the material. *Bam* *Bam* a series of noises could be heard from far away.

Angus guesses that the battle has already started. After a while, the sound died down and gave some peace for Angus to read his book. After a moment passed by, someone approached him.

"Angus, I finally found you." said Jayna.

Hearing his name being called, "Oh, hi there Jayna. What are you doing here?" asked Angus nonchalantly.

"Err.. I am your opponent in this class tournament." said Jayna.

"Really?? I never knew that." said Angus.

"*Sigh* you probably didn't listen to the explanation again." said Jayna.

"Well, What can I do? These things do not interest me." said Angus while getting down from the tree.

In the previous class tournament, Angus also ignores the teacher's explanation and gets over it. He even dared to read books while waiting for his group's turn.

"Anyway, since you are my opponent, I guess you already beat the others. So, let's get going. *Yawn*" said Angus lazily.

"Wait Angus, I am still not touching you yet." said Jayna seriously.

Hearing this, Angus stopped his walk without turning around. "You know you could never do that." said Angus as he stored his book inside his wristwatch.

"Yeah, but I still need to touch you to at least defeat your team." said Jayna while doing some stretching.

"Haa… how about the others?" said Angus.

Hearing this, Jayna smiled, "Shadow Guard, prevented the other teacher from coming near us." said Jayna.

After she finishes saying that, a bunch of shadows move from Jayna's shadow. After the last assassination, King Leon decided to attach more shadow guards towards Jayna for her safety.

"Done, Anymore problem?" asked Jayna as she prepared herself.

"Haa… I guess I didn't have any choice then." said Angus as he looked at the wristwatch.

"Alright, I will give you five minutes to try. It will start... Now." said Angus as he clicked his stopwatch.

The moment Angus finishes his sentence Jayna begins to dash towards him. Her hand tried to reach Angus, but Angus easily sidestepped and dodge it. Abruptly Jayna stopped her momentum and grabbed her fist.

She swung her fist while containing fire elemental mana towards Angus [Immolation]. The fire spread along with her hand. Like predicting this, Angus already backs away a few meters away from Jayna's attack range.

Then, Jayna quickly cast a few flame shots towards Angus. Still, he could easily dodge all these attacks. Without wasting a moment, Jayna enhanced her body with mana and engaged with Angus in another close combat.

Dozens of flurry attacks were launched by her towards Angus. Yet, every single punch and kick miss Angus by a hair's breadth. Jayna feels she is punching an air that keeps moving around.

Still, this didn't make her angry or frustrated. It only makes her more excited. Since she can't win against Angus's bet where she needs to avoid him, Jayna relentlessly challenges him like this.

She realized that whenever she kept her emotion at bay, she could find Angus's movement. The moment she saw that she knew how ridiculously insane Angus's movement was.

Every breath, every move, and every single part of Angus's body is moving without wasting any energy. Moreover, it is done flawlessly like he is being programmed from the start.

Later, Jayna found out that trying to decipher Angus's move gives her much more experience than any combat sparring she has before. This is also one of the main reasons she always challenged Angus.

As for Angus, he also realizes what Jayna wants to do. But, seeing her effort to cope with him by learning herself, he feels like helping her a little bit.

Still, he always gave her some strict conditions before she could challenge him. One of them is to make sure that nobody is around them right now.

After dodging for a while, Angus closes his eyes while dodging her attack. Looking at this, Jayna couldn't help but be stunned at such a performance before stopping her attack.

Feeling that Jayna stopped her attack, Angus opened his eyes, "Done already?" asked Angus

Hearing this, Jayna continues to launch attacks at close combat with faster speed while Angus closes his eyes once again.

Looking at this Jayna stopped her attack, "H-How did you do that? How did you keep dodging with your eyes closed?" asked Jayna's back but with glittering eyes.

Opening his eyes and looking at the shining eyes on Jayna, 'Urgg.. I really shouldn't have shown this to her.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Well, it's nothing difficult. You are not the only one that could learn something from your opponent." said Angus.

"Huhh??" asked Jayna confusedly.

"Look here, while you learn my movement. I also learn your pattern and breath of every attack. By mastering this, you could even know what your opponent will do before they execute it." explained Angus.

"Ehh.. That's absurd.. How did you even manage to learn that in the middle of fighting?" said Jayna.

"Well, we already fought a few times before. I just combined all this experience." explained Angus.

'Though I could already do it from the start after a few moves she did. But, she doesn't need to know about this.' thought Angus inwardly.

"I see.. Then, how do I learn this?" asked Jayna.

"You already did. This is different from a technique you need to learn and practice. You need to grasp your opponent's movement to its finer detail and combine it with your fighting instinct."

"It is like trying to understand your opponent's moves which you already did but at a higher level. The more you grasp your opponent's moves, the better the result. Like why I did it just now." explained Angus.

"B-But.. I barely understand your move?" said Jayna.

"Of course, there is no way I will let my opponent grasp my movement." said Angus.

"Hmm... Then, how did I cover my move like what you did?" asked Jayna after thinking for a while.

Rather than replying, Angus only looked at her expressionlessly for a moment. "Hmm… Ahh time is up. Let's get out now before we worry about the other teacher." said Angus while walking away.

"W-Wait... you still didn't answer my question." said Jayna.

But, Angus ignored her and kept walking. Looking at Angus back, Jayna knows that she is already over her boundary and makes Angus mood down.

'Stupid Jayna, I should never ask him to teach the technique.' thought Jayna inwardly.

Even Though Angus helps Jayna in controlling her mana, Angus never truly teaches her something like skills or technique. All this time, Jayna only tries to imitate or steal Angus's moves. But, asking for a technique is different than trying to imitate the moves.

After walking in silence for a while, "How many fingers could you do for the thread exercise?" asked Angus.

Startled by a sudden question, "Eh.. I could only make it four but if I give it my all I could make it five in a short time." replied Jayna.

"Five…" said Angus before back to silent thinking for something.

After a while, "Meet me in the dorm's garden at night and get rid of your shadow guard." said Angus before he went back to his lazy expression.

Before Jayna could reply, Angus was already back to his teammate.

"Angus, where have you been? Didn't I say to stay together?" asked Ian.

"Ahh.. I just happened to find a strange cat in the forest." replied Angus.

'Who the hell will believe that kind of lame excuse?' thought everyone.

"Ehem.. Since all the members of group four are eliminated, it means group three is the winner." announced the nearby teacher.

Although the teacher didn't know what happened during the five minutes delay between Angus and Jayna because of Jayna's shadow guard intrusion, they didn't bother since both of them were back already.

Since even the shadow guard prevents them, it is best that they didn't ask anything about Jayna and Angus.

Soon, the fifth-grade class tournament ends with Jayna's group as the winner. Then, they went back to their dorm.

As the sun begins to set, the peaceful night embraces the royal academy and each resident. On this starry night, Jayna walks out to the Dorm's garden. She found Angus looking at the starry sky.

"Isn't it beautiful and peaceful?" asked Angus.

Looking at the sky, "Yeah.." replied Jayna.

"Every time I look at this beautiful scenery, I feel kind of at peace. I feel the freedom. From problem, conflict, enemy, family, even from power itself." said Angus.

Jayna keeps listening to Angus without giving any reply.

After a while, Angus looked at Jayna intently. "Jayna, I am not going to lie even to myself. I am kind of… interested in you."

Hearing this, Jayna is blushed from the sudden confession.

"For me, you are as beautiful as the starry night in the sky. This is one of the reasons I want to help you till now. For me, you are like the brightest star in the darkest night.

"Yet, you also keep fighting for your fate even at such a young age. Truthfully, I want to help you as much as I do to fight against this cursed destiny of yours.."

After a while, Angus continued, "However… I am also a man with pride and principle. So, Jayna, what could you offer me for my technique?"

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"What could you offer me for my technique?" said Angus

"O-Offer??" said Jayna while she was still blushed and absent-minded from Angus's unexpected confession.

"Yeah, in exchange for my technique and skill, What could you offer me?" said Angus while looking at the petite girl in front of him.

Getting her bearing, "How about mo…" said Jayna.

Before she could finish her sentence, "Before you make an offer, make sure you think carefully. As I am someone who is barely lacking anything. So, what can you offer me, Fourth Princess, Jayna Heart?" interrupted Angus.

Hearing this, 'Stupid me.. Of course, Angus does not need something like money or other material. What is the one that Angus needs from me?' thought Jayna.

Suddenly, she thought of an absurd idea, 'D-Does this mean Angus want me? So, I need to give my body to him?' as Jayna thought, it began more complicated.

Looking at Jayna's complicated expression, Angus approached Jayna, "Don't think too much, Jayna. I will still help you even if your offer does not satisfy me. Just look at what you have right now?" said Angus while giving a calming smile.

"What do I have?" replied Jayna.

After thinking for a while, "Angus, I-I can offer you my heart and body. I don't have anything that may satisfy you." said Jayna meekly.

Hearing this, Angus's expression turned cold. Before Jayna could react, she got slapped by Angus. *Slap*

"Why are you offering your body and heart so easily? I know you are desperate. But, this thing is something that every woman should protect even with their life." rebuked Angus.

"B-But, I don't have anything.. Hic.. Even.. even though I am royalty. I-I realize I really don't have anything. Hic.. Besides, I don't mind if it is you. I also like you Angus!!" said Jayna while tearing up.

Hearing and looking at Jayna's expression, "Haaaa….. you make this more complicated." said Angus.

Suddenly, Angus hugged Jayna. "Jayna, looking at you tearing up always makes me sad. Maybe this is one of the reasons I always want to help you. I don't want you to be sad." said Angus.

Being hugged by Angus, Jayna feels warm and safe. She feels that all the pressure that binds her is finally released. Like a dam, Jayna silently cries. It is not a cry of sadness but a cry of joy.

After hugging each other in silence for a while, "Please don't leave me." muttered Jayna.

"I… Jayna, I can't promise you." said Angus.

"Why?? Didn't you say you're interested in me?" replied Jayna abruptly.

"I am just uncertain about too many things. How about this? when we are getting older, if you still hold the same feeling right now. At that time, I will pursue you with all my might." said Angus.

"Promise??" asked Jayna.

"Yeah, I promise. Did you trust me, right?" said Angus.

"T-That's the only thing I am certain about you. I will always trust you." said Jayna

"Then, I will take that as an offer. I will have your trust as royalty for me." said Angus while looking at Jayna's eye.

After that, they leave each other reluctantly, "Jayna, I don't think I need to tell you, But.."

Jayna cut Angus's sentence, "Keep everything hidden, right? You didn't like to have the spotlight." said Jayna while giggling.

"Yeah, anyway I am not going easy in your training." said Angus.

"Of course, I will do my best. Besides, If I want to be by your side in the future, I can't appear to be weak." said Jayna with a bright smile.

Looking at this, Angus couldn't help but get stunned by Jayna's genuine smile. After embracing each other for a while again, they both reluctantly go back to the dorm as they also have their respective class.

Going inside his room, Angus thought about Jayna and everything that they experienced together during all this past year.

"I hope I didn't make a wrong choice. Otherwise… Haa.. Let's not think about it." said Angus.

The next day, Angus had his normal academy life in the morning and side course in the afternoon. After the side course, Angus goes to the secluded part of the academy.

Arriving at the clearing, he found Jayna in uniform academy attire. Looking at her exercise mana thread hardly and seriously makes Angus happy.

"Focus... " said Angus.

Startled by Angus's sudden call, she stopped what she was doing. Looking that it was Angus she immediately thought about what happened last night and blushing.

Looking at Jayna getting distracted, "Keep your focus!!" said Angus sternly.

Hearing this, Jayna puts aside unnecessary thought and back to focus on her hand. Looking at Jayna back to focus, he approaches her from behind.

"I will send mana to your body to make sure you remember how I create mana thread in your body." said Angus before he sent mana towards Jayna back through Angus's hand.

The mana is moving delicately without damaging anything inside Jayna's body towards Jayna's hand and creates thin mana thread from all the ten fingers under Jayna's observation.

After a while, Angus takes back his mana from Jayna's body. "Remember the sensation and how my mana moves." said Angus.

"Umm.. " said Jayna.

Then, she tried to make the thread in her hand and managed to make five mana threads easily unlike before. But, the thread collapsed the moment she tried the sixth thread.

Looking at Jayna's sad face, "Don't be discouraged.. Not many people could do like what you did now, especially in the first-grade level." said Angus.

"But, you are still not first grade and already managed to do it." rebuked Angus.

"Who said I am not first grade?" said Angus while flaring up his mana.

"T-This is first grade.. Since when?" said Jayna inwardly.

"It's not important. Anyway, today you will learn how to conceal your pattern. This is the most important thing for a combatant. As an expert that grasped your pattern could easily predict your move." said Angus sternly.

"Right, so what are we going to do?" said Jayna.

"There are few ways to prevent your enemy from reading your pattern. First, end the battle quickly before your pattern gets read. Second, by changing your pattern. Third, by breaking your pattern. and there are many other ways."

"For the current you, the best method is by changing your pattern. To completely master changing your pattern, you need first to completely control your body which you can't do right now."

"So, we will create another pattern where you usually do. Let's say another way for fighting. As you keep changing between two patterns, it makes it harder for your opponent to read your pattern. I will help you create this new fighting pattern for you." explained Angus.

"First, we need to change your way of breathing. Breath is the source of power and life. It could be said to be the most vital point in the fighting pattern of everyone." said Angus.

"Now, try to hold your breath..." As Angus begins to teach Jayna.

Soon, the end of the term will come, and break time is coming for every student. As usual, Angus also went back to his manor house first like the other student.

The moment he entered the manor house, he immediately found a beautiful petite woman with black hair and brown eyes. Combined with the white skin she has, she is is comparable to the top model on Earth in Angus's past life.

Looking at the familiar woman, "M-Mother, why are you here?"

"Oh my baby boy Angus, look how big you have come?" said Angus's mother while pinching Angus's cheek.

"Urrgh.. mom, I already twelve and almost thirteen. Stop treating me like a baby." said Angus.

"Yeah.. Yeah.. say that after you bring a girl to our house." said Angus's mother

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but remember Jayna. Looking at Angus's expression, "Ohh my.. It seems my baby boy already has a girl. Now, Why don't you tell me about this girl?" said Angus's mother.

"I don't have any girlfriend. Besides, aren't you supposed to take care of the mansion and the city?" asked Angus.

"Oh about that. After your older brother Jason graduates from the academy, he is starting to learn to take care of the city. After learning under me for one year, he finally could take care of the city properly." explained Angus's mother.

"Enough about me, now who is this girl you are interested in?" teased Angus's mother.

The mother and son begin to chat for a while to catch up on all the years. Still, Angus often got teased when his mother asked his girlfriend. For Angus, his and Jayna's relationship is kind of complicated.

Because of their status, they decide to hide their current relationship. Everyone nearby only knows that Angus is helping Jayna in her training.

Soon, the time passed by, and night came. Angus finally could run away from her nagging mother and rest in his room.

"Haa.. I never thought that my mother would stay in the manor house for some time. I will contact Ernest tomorrow about our meeting." said Angus before laying on his bed.

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The next day after the start of Angus's break, he reluctantly held his plan to sneak towards the capital city alone. He is forced to accompany his mother on her shopping spree in the commercial district.

Just a few hours of accompanying her mother, '*Sigh* when this torture end?' thought Angus.

Angus feels more exhausted than fighting people for days. As Angus was exhausted mentally and sitting on one of the benches inside the store, "Angus, come here. You need to try these clothes." said Angus's mother.

'Urgg… No wonder there is a suicide case in my previous life when a man accompanies a woman shopping.' thought Angus.

Fortunately, this torture come to end for Angus in the evening. Although Angus didn't need to bring all the baggage, he still feels exhausted mentally just accompanying her mother.

The moment they return to the manor, Angus immediately ditches his mother and goes towards his room to rest.

"Damn it… No more accompanying a woman shopping. Fortunately, Vergil will be back from the exam tomorrow." said Angus while laying down on his bed.

Before Angus could truly rest, "Angus, You got a letter from the royal palace." said his mother from outside his room.

Hearing this, Angus's fatigue immediately went away and he opened the door right away. Before her mother could react, Angus took the invitation letter from his mother and back inside his room.

Looking at Angus's behavior, "Ehh.. What an energetic boy. It seems my boy is interested in the Fourth Princess." said Angus's mother playfully.

The next day, Angus managed to get away from her mother's nagging while going towards the Royal Palace.

'Haa… I never thought I would prefer to stay in this stupidly huge palace than in my own home.' thought Angus as his carriage entered the royal palace perimeter.

After being guided by Darius towards the same training area as the last time, Angus found Jayna already started training in swordsmanship with Master Ban.

Noticing someone arriving, Jayna stopped her training and looked at the approaching Angus with a smile.

"Morning, Jayna." said Angus.

"Morning, Angus." replied Jayna shortly.

"Let's continue our training right away. Before that, Master Ban, I presume you already know about fighting patterns with the constant use of your eyes." said Angus.

"Yes, of course. Jayna said you could break or change your fighting pattern. Is that even possible?" replied Master Ban.

"Anything is possible in this world, Master Ban. How about a little bit of demonstration?" said Angus.

"Hooo… Alright, how about doing the same spar as last time. But, I will not restrict myself with weight, Still, I will limit myself to the speed of a grade one or two combatant. As long as you could touch me, you win, kid." said Ban.

"Okay, that's acceptable. Jayna, make sure you see this. I will show you some of my skills." said Angus.

Then, both Ban and Angus go towards the center of the clearing. After that, Ban immediately channels his man to his eyes [Magical Eyes]. he immediately perceives every Angus movement, muscle tension, and breath.

Suddenly, all of these change, and Angus disappears from his spot [Beast Walk]. Angus appears behind Ban and punches him. Still, Ban managed to perceive this and dodge sideways.

As Ban dodged Angus's punch, he found another hand point at him. From the hand, shoot a few [Firebolt] at point-blank range. With Ban's fast reaction, he channels a huge amount of mana to his hand and slashes the incoming firebolt at fast speed.

After slashing the incoming [Firebolt, Angus pursues Ban once more. Gathering a great amount of mana in his hand, he pretends to punch Ban but aims at the ground below them [Iron Fist]. *Bang*

Such an attack makes the ground crack and tremble. Because of this, Ban lost his balance and footing. Using this opportunity, Angus launched a flurry of kicks towards him [Dynamic Torrent]. Ban could dodge all of these attacks and managed to get hit from the kicks.

"Kid, you are good. Let's continue." said Ban with a smile.

But Angus already walked, looking at the confused Ban, "What?? I already touched you so it's my win." said Angus nonchalantly while walking back to Jayna's location.

"Angus, are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Of course, besides the one that got hit is Ban not me. You look at my movement right?" said Angus

"Yeah, although you are moving very fast I still caught some of them." replied Jayna.

"Oy, kid. Don't ignore me." said Ban.

Suddenly, Angus disappears from his spot and launches a concentrated punch towards a spot. *Bam* Angus's punch got easily grabbed by a man with blonde hair and crown on his head.

"Hoo.. to think you could even perceive me. You are a very sharp boy." said the man before throwing Angus back.

"Ahh.. Father, You are here." said Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus immediately bowed his head towards King Leon. "I am sorry for my rudeness, Your Majesty." said Angus.

"Hahaha… don't worry about it, kid. Besides, I also didn't expect you to perceive me. If I am not wrong you are the third son of Jacob right?" said King Leon.

"Yes, Your Majesty." replied Angus shortly.

Right now, Angus is feeling a dreadful feeling from King Leon. Although the man itself didn't do anything, all his instinct is telling him to get away as far as possible from this man. It seems like King Leon itself is a walking disaster.

Looking at Angus's pale expression, "Relax kid. You are the son of my best friend. I will not do anything to you. Still, I never thought that you are another kind of prodigy that is even greater than Jayna. It seems the Heart Kingdom's future is good." said King Leon.

"You praise me too much, Your Majesty." said Angus.

"Hahaha.. Don't be too humble, kid. Not many people could perceive me when I want to hide. Besides, I bet even an ordinary grade two human combatant could not beat you in a frontal fight. Anyway, I hear you are helping my Jayna in her training?" said King Leon.

"Yes, Your Majesty." replied Angus shortly.

"Why?" asked King Leon in a low voice.

"Pardon me?" asked Angus back.

"Why do you want to help Jayna? I believe you already know about her current problem. So, why do you want to help her?" asked King Leon.

"Father, I.. " said Jayna but he stopped her as King Leon raised his hand.

Hearing King Leon's question, Angus couldn't help but look at King Leon's face who was glaring at Angus. Despite every being afraid of King Leon and telling him to get away from the man in front of him, he still steeled himself and looked King Leon in the eyes.

"I…" said Angus but during this time he got pressured by King Leon from his aura.

"I like your daughter. I will help her with all my might to keep her safe." said Angus resolutely.

Hearing this and looking at Angus's resolute eyes, King Leon began to smile, "Hahaha… It's been a long time since someone dared to declare something like that in front of my face. You are either foolish or someone with a true backbone." said King Leon.

"Alright, Darius helped them to procure anything they needed in their training." commanded King Leon.

"Yes, my liege." replied the old butler Darius.

Then, King Leon came back to see Angus, "Kid, show me that you are worthy for my daughter. Show those nations that both of you are not something to be played off." said King Leon.

After saying that, King Leon disappeared from his spot. The moment King Leon left the training ground Angus slump on the ground as all the pressure he felt before is gone.

Jayna immediately comes and hugs Angus, "Stupid Angus, why are you saying that?" as Jayna keeps hugging him.

Looking at the current atmosphere, "Master Ban, it seems we need to give both of them some time." said the old butler Darius.

"Err… Yeah, you are right." said Ban as he didn't expect to find King Leon.

After both of the butler and swordmaster were gone, "I am sorry Jayna. But, I feel if I lie like usual, I will never get you." said Angus while hugging Jayna.

"Stupid Angus, Didn't I already told you, I trust you. I trust you will get me." said Jayna.

After silence for a while, "Anyway, don't do that again. I thought I might lose you at that moment." said Jayna.

"Ehh.. How come?" asked Angus curiously.

"Well, last time someone mentioned marriage or something to get me killed instantly by my father." explained Jayna.

"Ehh... that means I just managed to avoid death." said Angus.

"Yeah.. you got lucky. That's true. Father is too protective when it comes to something like this." said Jayna.

"Haa.. No wonder there is no noble trying to court you openly. I guess I am the first, right?" said Angus while patting Jayna's blonde hair.

"Of course, you are the first that courted me like that in front of my father. S-So, you must take responsibility" said Jayna while blushing.

"Of course, my princess." Said Angus with a smile.

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After facing the King and having a break for a while, Jayna continued her training. With the help of Master Ban's magic eyes and Angus's guidance, Jayna could easily learn how to properly change her fighting pattern.

As someone with magic eyes, Master Ban could easily discern the fighting pattern of someone. However, after having sparred with Angus, he noticed that he couldn't predict Angus's single movement.

It seems that Angus's movement always constantly changes even when he launches an attack. This is the reason why Ban could get hit by Angus in the first place. Moreover, Ban is overly reliant on his magic eyes which reduce his true fighting capability to dodge Angus.

While Jayna is on training with the help of Master Ban, Angus just reads a book nearby. Despite this, he often gives some suggestions about Jayna's movement.

Jayna's current training is in the form of sparring with Master Ban while Jayna's trying to change her fighting pattern.

After training for a while, "Alright, let's take a break for a while." said Master Ban after finding out that Jayna could not move properly anymore.

"Haa.. Ha.. Alright." replied Jayna shortly before going towards Angus.

"Do the breathing that I taught you before. It will alleviate your fatigue." said Angus while reading his book.

"Okay.." said Jayna while sitting beside him and regulating her breathing.

Over time Angus training Jayna, she already gets used to Angus's behavior on reading books while guiding her.

After regulating her breath for a little bit, "Angus, what are you reading?" asked Jayna.

"Ohh.. It's about ingredients and their alchemical properties." said Angus.

"Are you going to create a potion?" asked Jayna.

"Sort off.. something like that. But, I am still in the selecting ingredient phase." replied Angus.

"I see… I think you could borrow some books from the royal library. There are some alchemy books in there." said Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus immediately focuses on Jayna, "Really? Can I?" asked Angus.

"Normally, you can't get in easily. But, I still have the authority to let you pass a certain level. Besides, my father told me to bring all the necessary resources for my…" said Jayna proudly.

Before Jayna ends her sentence, "Then, What are we waiting for? Let's go right away." said Angus as he dragged Jayna to lead the way towards the Royal Library.

Unlike normal libraries, the Royal Library is heavily guarded since it contains various kinds of dangerous information that shouldn't be known to the public.

Rather than a library, it should be similar to an archive since the only people that could access this place are limited.

Arriving at the Royal Library that is as big as Angus manor's house, he immediately asked the caretaker to lead the way to the alchemist section. Being with Jayna, the caretaker didn't ask many questions and led the way.

After walking past many bookshelves, Angus found the alchemy section. Inside the section, there is an old man in his forties with thick glasses and a white beard.

Looking at Jayna and Angus, "Ohh.. how rare is it to find the fourth princess here?"

"Greetings, Master Valeron. This is my.. friend, Angus Victory. The third son of Duke Victory." said Jayna while introducing Angus.

"Ahh.. Third son of Duke Victory. I hear quite a bit about you. My name is Valeron Smith, the head of the Heart Kingdom research division." said the old man introducing himself.

"Nice to meet you, Master Valeron." greeted Angus.

"Alright, If I may know what brings the two of you here? Perhaps this old man can help you a little bit." said Master Valeron.

"Actually, I am searching for an ingredient that complements my new potion." said Angus.

"Oho.. Truly a genius. At such a young age you are already trying to create your potion. Anyway, I presume you already research some of the material that is known to the public?"

"Yes, it is. To be exact, I already tried most of the common ingredients." said Angus.

"I see.. May I know what kind of properties you are looking for?" asked Master Valeron

Hearing this, Angus thought for a while, 'Since he is the head of the research division, I guess I could share a little bit.' thought Angus.

"The properties I am looking for are supposed to have cold properties and a calming effect. However, it should complement my solution. So, I need to try a lot of them." said Angus.

"Cold properties and calming effect. Well, there are a lot of ingredients with that kind of properties. but since you came here, it means most of them are incompatible with your solution. Can I look at the alchemical equation of your solution?" asked Master Valeron.

Hearing this, Angus begins to hesitate. The alchemical equation of the main ingredient is the core of the potion. Just by using this, people will know a lot of things about the solution. It's like revealing a secret ingredient.

Looking at Angus hesitating, "Don't worry, kid. I promise I will not share this with other people." said Master Valeron.

"It's okay, Angus. You could trust Master Valeron about this matter. Although Master Valeron looks creepy, he is a trustworthy person." said Jayna.

"Err.. the Fourth Princess is right. Besides, as a researcher I still have pride in myself rather than stealing a formula from a kid." said Master Valeron.

"Hmm.. Alright, I am sorry, Master Valeron. It's not that I don't trust you. But, I still need you to sign this contract first before I could permit you to look at my equation." said Angus while taking out a parchment contract.

After doing many transactions with Ernest, Angus realizes how important the contract is. In Firuman, the absolute rule is not money like in his past life but rather a contract. Even King Leon, a seventh-grade combatant, will be helpless in front of the contract.

"Contract?? Is your solution so important for such a thing?" asked Master Valeron who is startled by this development.

At first, he thought to help the rumored young genius to create his new potion. But, the kid even brought out a contract for this matter. It means Angus's solution is really important or Angus is just playing with the old man.

Nobody is likely to be bound by the contract but Master Valeron's curiosity over Angus's potion becomes greater. Although it is not announced yet, he already hears Angus feat to heal miasma fresh wounds from the King himself.

He knows that a person of Angus caliber is not foolish enough to play around with the contract.

"Alright, kid. Let me see the contract first. I am becoming more curious about your solution where it needs me to sign a contract." said Master Valeron.

Looking at Angus giving a contract to Master Valeron, "Angus, Are you sure about this?" asked Jayna beside him.

"Of course, anyway you will also sign the contract since you already hear about this." said Angus while giving Jayna another contract.

"Ehh.. Why?? Even without a contract, I will not tell it to anyone." said Jayna.

Before Angus could reply, "Kid, are you sure about this contract??" interrupted Master Valeron after reading the contract.

"Yes, is there anything wrong with the contract?" asked Angus back.

"This is no ordinary non-disclosure contract. This is a soul-bound non-disclosure contract. Although there is no penalty in this contract, this contract should be very rare and expensive. Are you sure you want to use this contract rather than the usual non-disclosure contract?" explained Master Valeron.

"Soul-bound contract?!!" exclaimed Jayna.

"Yep, though it is quite rare and expensive. But, it is necessary as my solution could create a big impact." said Angus.

"How big is it?" asked Master Valeron.

"Big enough to affect the whole world." said Angus.

"Alright, you win kid. Let's see how important this solution of yours is to even affect the world." said Master Valeron as he signed the contract.

The moment he signed the contract, A bright light shone on the contract before it burned. Angus and Master Valeron feel like being bound by something.

The content of Angus's contract is simple. Both parties of this contract will not reveal anything about Angus and his potion information in the form of anything. Since it is the soul bound contract, they will be bound to not reveal anything even if they want to.

By using this contract, even someone trying to read Angus or Valeron's mind, the person will not or could not see the content about Angus and his potion. This is also the form of the highest non-disclosure contract.

"Urg.. What an unpleasant feeling? Now, can I see the equation?"

"Yes, Did you have a pen and paper?" said Angus.

"Here, you can use this." said Master Valeron as he took out a pen and paper from his storage device.

While writing the equation, "Jayna will you also sign the contract? or do you want to wait outside?" said Angus.

He is still aware that Jayna is sensitive about contract things as her life is quite miserable because of the said contract.

"Give the contract." said Jayna.

"Ehh.. Are you sure about that?" asked Angus.

"Of course, besides, I already said I trust you." said Jayna.

After that, Angus also gave the same contract to Jayna which she signed in without any hesitation. After the contract takes effect, "Jayna, disperse your shadow guard."

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"Jayna, disperse your shadow guard." said Angus.

Jayna immediately tapped her foot and her shadow was moving away from them. Looking at this, Master Valeron also dispersed his shadow guard to wait outside the library.

Then, Angus gives the alchemy equation he just wrote to Master Valeron. after looking at the equation for a while, "So, how is it?" asked Angus.

"Hmm… this is a really interesting formula. It seems I already see this familiar equation from somewhere? Kid, what is the potion you are trying to make?" said Master Valeron as he was still trying to remember something.

"You already know about this before? Well, this is actually the main ingredient equation for a Miasma curing potion." explained Angus.

Hearing this, Master Valeron looked at Angus with a shocked expression. It seems like his brain is short-circuited. Jayna is also surprised that Angus's potion is a Miasma curing potion.

After a moment, "So, it's a worthy right, for being a soul bonded contract."

Hearing this, Master Valeron wakes up from his stupor, "Kid, did you really manage to find an ingredient with this equation?" asked Master Valeron

"Err.. yeah, is there anything wrong?" asked Angus back.

"Is there anything wrong?? Are you out of your mind?? If what you said is true, you just achieve what everyone has been trying to make for hundreds of years. This will be another breakthrough. No.. This will be a miracle work." said Master Valeron furiously.

'Actually, I am not the one that found the main ingredient but they don't need to know about this. Besides, I don't want to reveal Archmage Bern Legacy.' thought Angus.

After calming down his mood, "Ahh.. I am sorry. I am too excited about this kind of discovery. Anyway, from your equation I found that your ingredient is not stable yet. So, you must search for a complimentary ingredient for these main ingredients." said Master Valeron.

"Yes, Master Valeron. Did you happen to know what ingredient may be compatible with this equation?" said Angus.

"About that, how about a little trip with me, Master Agnus?" asked Master Valeron.

"Master… I am too young for such a title. Just call me Angus or young master Victory like everyone." said Angus.

"Alright, if you say so." replied Master Valeron.

After that, they decide to schedule a meeting with Master Valeron at a later date since Jayna needs to continue her training. Besides that, Master Valeron also needs to prepare some ingredients that may be compatible according to the equation.

Apparently, Heart Kingdom also has its own research about Miasma Curing Potion. Like any other nation, this project didn't have any major development since they still didn't find the main ingredient for the potion.

Still, after years of research and calculation, they managed to find an equation for the main ingredient and many other ingredients that may complement it. This is the reason why Master Valeron finds Angus's equation familiar.

Even though they already found the equation, no one could determine what ingredient holds such structure till now. Each ingredient will have a lot of possibility of equation structure after being processed which makes the people unable to find the right ingredient.

To prevent any leakage of the information, Master Valeron tells Angus to keep the main ingredient to himself until their next meeting. The fewer people know about this matter the better.

Although Master Valeron already signed a non-disclosure soul-bound contract, it is still better to have precaution. Besides, as researcher Master Valeron thought that everything is possible in this world. So, breaking the non-disclosure contract is also possible.

As the head of the research department, Master Valeron's reputation is already famous in other nations compared to Angus. So, in case he gets abducted, he will not spill any information as long as he didn't know about the information from the start.

Agreeing with Master Valeron's suggestion, Angus held the information about the main ingredient to himself. After scheduling their next meeting, they part away.

"Angus, I never knew you would create that kind of potion. You truly care for others despite your cold attitude to everyone." said Jayna as they walked back to the training ground.

"You got it wrong, Jayna. I only create this for my convenience." said Angus.

"Huh?? What do you mean?" asked Jayna.

"Currently, the only person that could heal the miasma wound is me. If I am not creating this kind of potion. Sooner or later, I will be forced to work to death just by medicating other people. All I want is just having a peaceful life." said Angus.

"*Giggle* Angus, that's so like you. But, indeed, the medical path is not suitable for you." said Jayna.

"Hmm.. Then, which path is suitable for me?" asked Angus curiously.

"Of course, you are more combat-oriented. Although you always avoid having battles, when you spar with old man Balrug, your true nature is coming out. I even thought at that time if it was you or not." explained Jayna.

"Really?? Well, I kind of loosen up a little bit when fighting against old man Balrug." said Angus.

Soon, both of them go back to the training ground and Jayna continues her training. Unlike before where Angus guided her with only words, now Angus participates in Jayna's training.

Since his alchemy project is being halted until he meets Master Valeron, Angus decides to move his body a little bit and join Jayna training.

The training is simple, Jayna is needed to touch Angus while trying to change her fighting pattern.

Time passed quickly and a few days passed by. Now, Angus goes towards a very heavily guarded secluded research center to meet with Master Valeron. He managed to ditch his mom to Vergil.

After back from the Royal Palace, Angus got teased by his mother every moment especially when she asked about Jayna. Fortunately, Vergil has already come back from his exam. So, Angus could finish his unfinished business without being interrupted by his mother.

Entering the research center, Angus got welcomed by Master Valeron himself the moment he got out of his carriage.

The research center is very huge and vast. Inside the research center, there are various kinds of experiments going on. From new spells, skills, to new runes and enchantment. There are even research about various kinds of disease.

After walking through a long steeled tunnel, they arrive at the Alchemy section. Angus found himself in a white-colored room that looked clean and neat. It reminds him of some lab from his past life on Earth.

Soon, both of them begin to move towards the alchemy workstation. To prevent any leak of information, Angus only brings his processed Elephant Grass solution which he put inside of the special vials.

The vial itself is made of and enchanted with various kinds of preservation enchantment. Angus got this vial from Master Valeron himself after telling the old man he couldn't bring or contain the main ingredient solution.

Looking at the green-colored solution, "So, this is the legendary main ingredient that could save a lot of people." said Master Valeron.

"Yes, did you want to know about the ingredient?" asked Angus.

"Although I am truly curious about it, it's better for me to know about it for now. Anyway, let's not waste any more time and start." said Master Valeron.

After taking out a couple of vials with Elephant Grass solution, Angus and Valeron begin to work on it to find any compatible ingredient.

Unlike his previous workstation, the current workstation inside the research center is equipped with various kinds of detection tools to help analyze and work with the current material.

After working for a few hours, both of them took a break as they still didn't find the right combination for ingredients. To prevent any information leakage, only Angus and Master Valeron himself do the job.

Angus also put a requirement that the ingredient must be easy to be found and not something rare. This increases the difficulty of searching for the right ingredient but it also narrows down their ingredient choice.

While continuing to work together, Master Valeron becomes impressed with the teenager as he manages to keep up with him. Angus himself didn't mind it and kept focusing on his solution.

Using the high-tech equipment and workstation, Angus managed to work more faster and efficiently than working on his own.

The high-tech equipment helps him to diagnose and see the reaction of each ingredient with great precision. Angus is quite envious of this kind of advanced technology.

At first, he thought to get this kind of equipment for himself, but hearing that it is almost like an artifact for a single piece of equipment, Angus decided to forget about this matter.

After experimenting for another hour, "Haa.. Now, we only need to search for other cold-type ingredients to suppress it." said Master Valeron.

"Yes... however, we need to find the one with a fast reaction before it damages the solution," said Angus.

"That means cold and fast.. Hmm.. A troublesome ingredient." muttered Master Valeron.

"Alright, let's take another break. Anyway, can I borrow the equipment here for my own project." asked Angus.

"Of course, I don't mind it." said Master Valeron while still thinking of any possible ingredient that will match with the solution.

'Alright this way, I could create my own poison faster. it needs to strike fast.. Wait.. Fast.. Poison??" thought Angus.

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'Poison?!' Thought Angus.

"Master Valeron, why don't we try to use common poisonous ingredients?" said Angus.

"Poisonous ingredients? Hmm… That might work. As long as we could remove the harmful effect and leave the necessary properties. Alright, I will bring some ingredients that may work." said Master Valeron as he left Angus alone.

While being alone, Angus tries to create his poison. The one he wants to create is a simple paralyze poison that disturbs body movement. The process of making poison is more simple than making potions.

Potion needs a lot of calculation and consideration to not leave any harmful effect on its consumer. On the other hand, poison is the opposite of this. It needs to leave any harmful effect on its consumer.

Still, that doesn't mean the art of making poison is simple. In Firuman, where people have superpowers and unnatural endurance, they hardly could get sick or disease because of their strong body.

Because of this aspect, there are only a few poisons that could work especially against the high-grade combatant. There is even a rumor that said there is no poison that could work against seventh-grade combatants.

However, Angus didn't believe this rumor. In his previous life, he also could be said to be invincible against poison especially with his enormous chi. In the end, he still got killed because of the poison.

Because of this reason, Angus became interested in the art of poison. Not only will this art increase his lethality in fighting, but he also will train his body to have more resistance towards poison.

As long as his body could continue to resist the lethal poison, it is possible to have a body that will be impervious to poison.

According to Angus's knowledge, there are even certain races that are almost invincible to poison because they could produce more lethal poison from their body. Angus decided to follow this kind of example.

His experience teaches him that there is always a sky above the sky which means there is always something greater. He believes that there is an even higher realm than seventh grade or other impossible things that still have not been reached by others.

Just because it can not be found, it doesn't mean it didn't exist. One of the examples is Miasma Curing Potion which he is making right now.

After working for a while, Angus managed to create couples of poisons with the help of high-tech equipment nearby. According to his calculation and knowledge, the poison will only work for grade three below combatant.

Then, he stores the poison inside his wristwatch storage. He planned to make his body adapted to his own poison first. Not long after that, Master Valeron went back to the room.

"Ahh.. I am sorry for the delay, there is some other matter that I need to look after." said Master Valeron.

"Ohh.. Don't worry about it, Master Valeron. Anyway, let's continue where we left before." said Angus.

Soon, both of them went back to working together until late in the evening. Ingredients continue being tested off, as long as it is a common ingredient that will give effect to cold properties, they immediately try it on the solution they made before.

As time goes by, the moon already rises high in the sky. The citizens are already back to their own homes to rest. Yet the Angus and Master Valeron are still working tirelessly.

Working like this is quite normal in this world especially for people with high grades. Their body endurance is beyond normal people. Although Master Valeron is a researcher, he is still a full-fledged high-grade combatant that could still work continuously for a few days.

As for Angus, despite being only a grade one combatant, he has a high endurance from being enhanced by the system which makes his stamina better than a normal grade one combatant. He could still work non-stop without rest for an entire day without feeling fatigued.

Still, Master Valeron usually will suggest having a rest for every few hours to not overburden Angus as he is still in the growth period. However, now their project has reach conjunction and it will be decided as a failure or success.

Because of this, both of the two people work more fervently than before but still retain their precision in their movement.

"Fuu… just a drop of this and… " said Master Valeron while combining the solution.

Then, both of them look at the potion in front of them through the high-tech equipment. Observing the result, "It.. It's stable. It works... " said Angus.

"Hahaha… This is the first Miasma Curing Potion in the whole world. I never thought that I would be part of making this legendary potion. Thank you, Young Master Angus, for such an opportunity." said Master Valeron happily.

"What are you talking about, Master Valeron? It is also with your help that this potion could be created." said Angus.

After that, the two of them begin to discuss their next move. The potion may already be completed but it is still not yet to be tested. However, as the head of the research division, Master Valeron never lacked a testing subject.

According to their calculation, the potion should work just fine to anyone, even ungraded people. They also need to tell this joyous news to the King himself.

Although Angus and Master Valeron didn't care about politics, they still know that this potion may bring another fortune towards the Heart Kingdom especially at this time where everyone is still at war against the Monster Overlord.

After chatting for a little bit and creating more potion, Angus went back to his manor to rest. By the time Angus arrives at his manor, it is almost time for the sun to rise.

Fortunately, Angus already got permission to get home late or didn't go home at all before he departed towards the research center. This way, he could avoid his mother's nagging and immediately go to rest.

Angus may have superhuman endurance and stamina. But, he still got exhausted mentally especially after working for hours that needed high calculation ability and precision. The moment he touches his comfy bed, he immediately sleeps like a log.

A few days later, Angus went back to his academy to continue his studies. As for Miasma Curing Potion, they are already tested with various kinds of people. Like Angus suspected, the potion only works for fresh wounds below two weeks old time.

Otherwise, the miasma will already be ingrained too deep with the person's body and cannot be cured anymore. Still, the potion is already good enough. With the right manipulation, Heart Kingdom could monopoly the potion.

Moreover, no one will suspect that the creator of this potion is a twelve years old kid that still attends his academy class. Agnus is also the only person that knows the primary ingredient for the potion.

After thinking carefully, they decide to do more tests to observe for the unnecessary side effects before releasing it to the public. Master Valeron and Angus also need to create a production line that consists of droids to help mass production.

Angus needs to create the droid to help him prepare the main ingredient while the research center will create a production line that will turn Angus's solution into a potion.

By their estimate, it will take around one or two years for all of this to be done. It is not too late, since the current news about the monster war is reaching a stalemate for a few more years.

The reason is that it is hard to gather seventh-grade combatants in one spot for a long time. If it is for a few days it is still possible, but the Holy Alliance Nation is big and it will take a few weeks to take them back.

Moreover, fighting against the Monster Overlord itself takes time. According to the current record, it takes days when the few seventh-grade combatants fight against Monster Overlord. None of this fight is easy.

The nearby nation near Holy Alliance also does not passively defend itself. They also start to take back the Holly Alliance and push the monster horde little by little.

Since the Holy Alliance is already destroyed, it leaves a massive amount of land and resources behind to be conquered. The greedy nations nearby will not pass this chance to get these untouched resources and expand their domain.

Still, it is not easy to get all these resources and land. The deeper this nation moves towards the Holy Alliance nation, the stronger monster and undead monster along with its number.

After expanding their defensive line just for a little bit, they already meet with the endless horde of monsters and undead monsters. Basically, the war now reached a stalemate between the monster and Civilian Society side.

But, none of this truly affects Angus as he continues his life inside the academy peacefully while occasionally helping Jayna in her training.

Unbeknown to everyone, There is another force brewing inside the dark forest that is ready to be unleashed to the world.

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Few months have already passed since Angus managed to successfully create the Miasma Curing Potion. The test phase and the production line also proceed without any hassle.

All of this process is being handled by Master Valeron himself which leaves Angus to have a lot of free time for his study inside the academy.

Still, Angus needed to assemble his own production line to process the Elephant Grass as the main ingredient for Miasma Curing Potion.

The production line consists of a few droids that could easily assemble as long as he has the blueprint. Another part of it, Angus needs to enchant the production line to keep working autonomously.

It is not enough to just rely on the droid. Besides, all the big production lines always have a great enchantment. The problem is Angus could not hire an enchanter to do his enchantment for a confidential reason.

Because of this, he needs to enchant the production line by himself. Fortunately, Angus also learned enchanting in one of his side courses. Among the other side courses, enchanting is the only subject Angus has low progress.

It is because the difficulty of enchanting varies according to the enchantment itself. For example, hardening enchantment to a sword is simple. as long as someone learns basic enchantments they could do it.

However, if it has the addition of sharpening enchantment, the process becomes more complicated. Moreover, each enchantment also has its own difficulty.

Sharpening and hardening enchantment is categorized as basic level enchantment while something like mana gathering enchantment is categorized as expert level enchantment.

The difference between these two level enchantments is like earth and sky. There is also no true classification for enchantment level as hardening enchantment could become expert level if it is being modified to a certain degree than the normal one.

For example, normal hardening enchantment only increases the toughness by 10-20%. After being modified it could reach up to 100% or more depending on the modification itself.

In summary, enchanting is not about successfully applying the enchantment but about how strong the enchantment could be made.

Some myths said that there are even weapons that could be enchanted with very strong enchantments that could destroy anything it attacks.

Angus's level of enchanting is not as progressed as the other side course. But, he is still better than his peers or some seniors. One of the reasons is because enchanting heavily relies on knowledge.

Despite Angus's hard work, his knowledge of enchanting is still not on par with the master or enchanter expert. Enchanting also uses various kinds of symbols and language along with a calculation.

As Angus didn't have a lot of time to learn all the symbols and language, Angus's progress in enchanting is a little bit slow. Still, his calculation ability in enchanting helps him a lot when he applies the enchantment.

Since Angus lacks knowledge about language and symbols, he decided to learn all of this in his free time. Enchanting could be said to be similar to computer programming from Angus's past life. It needs codes which are symbols in this case and main languages for it to work.

Angus decided to create his own language like any other expert enchanter to hide his enchantment. As long as someone is not deciphering his language, no one could unravel his enchantment.

Because of this, most of the famous enchanter always has more than one set of language to do their enchantment.

Fortunately, Angus also attended a world language side course that teaches about other national languages. Using these languages as his base, he is slowly creating his own language.

While he is doing his research on making his own language, Jayna is training beside Angus in the dorm's garden.

Over the break, Jayna managed to create her own fighting pattern. Now, she is trying to get better control over her body. Angus teaches Jayna one of the secret techniques that are suitable for her. The technique is called the Arctic Heart.

The technique is quite complicated as it needs to circulate mana around the body in a precise way without any error. Just one of the wrong moves, it could create a backlash and hurt her.

Up till now, Jayna still has not managed to circulate her mana properly and already received countless backlash. Despite this, Jayna keeps trying to practice this method.

After practicing this technique for a while, she noticed the change in her temperament. She becomes more docile and calmer rather than her usual moody and hot-tempered nature despite not using her [Heart of Perseverance] skill.

Just by this effect, her control over mana is already increased by leap bound. Still, the backlash from the technique is not something that could be tolerated.

*Cough* *Cough* as Jayna coughs some blood from her mouth. She once again got backlash from the technique.

Looking at this, Angus closes his book and goes beside Jayna, "Jayna, you are rushing again. How many times have I said this technique is dangerous? You could only practice it step by step. What happens if I am not around to heal you?" said Angus.

Then, Angus creates a blue flame on his palm and touches Jayna's back. Slowly, Jayna's pale expression became more healthy. After a while, Jayna recovered from all her internal injuries.

"Thanks, Angus" said Jayna shortly before focusing on trying the technique again.

Looking at this, Angus could only shake his head before going back to read his book. Not long after that, Angus feels mana turbulence in the surroundings using his sharp perception.

'Hmm.. It seems someone managed to form a mana core nearby.' thought Angus before he went back to read his book.

"Yahoo.. I managed to do it!!" said someone from inside the dorm.

'This voice is... Ian. So, he is the one that managed to form his mana core.' thought Angus.

Not long after that, Ian ran towards the garden approaching their location.

"Jayna, Let's fight. I managed to form a mana core and become a first-grade combatant." shouted Ian.

However, Jayna keeps ignoring him and focusing on circulating her mana. Looking at this, Ian didn't know what to do.

Although he is a rascal and troublemaker, he knows that he could not disturb someone when they are trying to circulate mana inside their body. Otherwise, they could easily get backlash.

Looking at the sweating and pain expression from Jayna, Ian thought that she must train some technique.

After a few awkward moments later, Jayna didn't stop circulating her mana and kept ignoring Ian. Didn't know what to do, Ian could only wait until Jayna finished practicing. At this moment, Millie and Mia come to tend the garden.

"Ehh.. It's rare to find you here, Ian." said Millie.

"Yeah, you didn't plan to disturb Jayna's training right?" asked Mia bluntly.

"Ehh.. What are you talking about? Of course not, anyway what are you two here?" asked Ian to divert the topic.

"We are here to tend the garden like always. Why don't you move aside and let us work peacefully." replied Mia.

"Ehh.. yeah sure." said Ian as he gave away the two ladies.

At this moment, Jayna stops circulating her mana and opens her eyes. Then, she walked towards Angus's spot and sat beside him. Before Ian could say anything towards Jayna, she once again circulated her mana and ignored Ian.

Looking at this, Ian could only grumble silently before leaving the garden. Feeling that the troublemaker is gone, Angus yawns loudly before sleeping on his spot. The two ladies that looking at Angus's behavior could only shake their heads.

"Hey, Millie. Did you think that Jayna lately is closer with Angus?" asked Mia.

"Hush.. Mia, we shouldn't talk about this behind Jayna." said Millie.

"But, look at them. They are looking like a couple on a picnic." said Mia.

"M-Mia… You should not talk like that. Although they are recently closer like a husband and wife, we should never talk about it behind their backs." said Millie.

'Err… We can hear you, Millie.' thought Angus and Jayna.

After that the sun becomes setting and they need to go inside the dorm. Having dinner together in the dining area, Angus and Jayna eat silently while Ian keep trying to challenge Jayna in a fight.

However, like in the afternoon, Jayna is ignoring Ian. Still, the dinner is kinda special as Ian deicide to treat the others to dinner as he already forming his mana core and become a first-grade combatant.

For Ian who is thirteen years old, forming mana core is quite normal as many people also forming their mana core at this age. Hearing about Ian's age, Angus begins to remember his situation.

'It's been thirteen years since I have come to this world.' thought Angus.

In Firuman, they didn't celebrate someone's birthday as there are many long-life people. Unless it is someone important like royalty or nation leaders they hardly celebrate it.

Even some nation leaders rarely celebrate these things as most of them have a long life span. A high-grade combatant could easily live until around 200 years old while maintaining their strength.

As for six-grade combatants, they could live until around 250 years old while seventh-grade combatants could live more than 300 years old. Because of this reason, no one truly cares about age, especially for the high-grade combatant.

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Another few weeks passed by peacefully while Angus researched to make his own language. His progress in creating new languages is slow but steady.

At first, he decided to use some languages from his past, but the languages from his past life could easily decipher compared to this world language. So, he immediately abandoned this idea and decided to create his own language.

Although it usually takes a lot of time or years for a person to create their own languages, Angus believes he could do it especially with his enhanced mind through the system. Thinking about the system, Angus looks at his status panel.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 13 Years Old

MP: 198/198

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 25

Dexterity: 25

Intelligence: 41

Vitality: 40

Soul Point: 576

'Haa.. the conversion rate has already become so ridiculously huge.' thought Angus

While his Strength and Dexterity are grayed out because he already reached his body limit, his Intelligence and Vitality is reached a threshold where each increase costs 640 soul points.

This is a ridiculously huge conversion rate for Angus. Now, his system only generates around 5 points each day. Even if he worked tirelessly to accumulate points through manual battle, he could only raise his intelligence by one or two points.

Although it is only one or two, the effect is very significant. After passing the 40 marks, his calculation and memory ability are increased by leap bound. He could have a faster-thinking process and quite easily memorize things.

However, Angus couldn't have all the time to grind for soul points through the manual battle system. He still has his study and needs to attend all his side courses.

He knows that this knowledge he learns will be useful for him in the future. Besides, there is no such thing as useless knowledge. As someone with high curiosity, Angus chose to learn as much as possible in this academy then grinding for one or two points to increase his stats.

Using his enhanced mind, creating a language is easy. But, creating a language that is not easy to decipher is hard. For a language to not get easily deciphered it needs a hard complexity and a vast amount of words.

Normal language usually has around five hundred thousand to one million words. Angus decided to create around two million words for his new language to add more complexity.

For the current him this is the maximum capacity as he needs to remember every word he creates. He also needs to imbue it with the right intentions when he begins to enchant it to make his language work.

Basically, it is really hard work for a person without strong memory ability. But for Angus, this is like walking in the park. As long as he focused his mind, he could remember every word he created before.

The only problem is to imbue it with intent. Every word needs to have a meaning for it to work. So, he needs to decide each meaning for every word.

While creating his language in his mind, Angus looks at the joint combat training where the student is divided into groups.

Like the previous joint training, Angus and the other student need to be working together to fight the other group. Usually, they also will use monsters. However, after the news about the undead monster, they decide it will be dangerous if the monster changes into undead.

Even Though the monster corpse only starts rising with the thick miasma nearby, the teachers still don't want to endanger the student with this bizarre creature. Monsters are already hard to deal with. If it changes into a monster undead it may bring to some unforeseen accident.

Like always, Angus didn't care about the training as it is practically useless for him. With his current strength, he could take on all his peers easily. Angus even thought that even the current Jayna could take down all of their peers.

So, Angus totally ignored what the teacher said and his group while keep creating his language in his mind. In the middle of his 'daydreaming', he is startled as being called out of nowhere.

"Angus, it's our turn. Remember the plan and we may have a chance to beat the other team." said one of the students that Angus didn't bother to remember.

"Yeah.. Yeah.." replied Angus casually.

Entering the training area, he found his opponent was Ian's team which was quite rare. Since Ian always gets paired with Jayna as his opponent.

What Angus didn't know is that today the teacher is trying to make students learn when facing a strong enemy. The teacher already gave some lessons before but Angus didn't bother to hear all of this and kept 'daydreaming'.

Soon, the spar starts. Ian immediately casts [Aqua Ball] towards the student from warrior and hybrid class. Get drenched from the [Aqua Ball, the students have a bad feeling about this.

Before they could react, Ian sent [Spark] towards the student. As some of them wear armor, the [Spark] immediately electrocuted them. The attack becomes more effective as it is combined with the [Aqua Ball] before.

While all of this happened, Ian's teammate took out the other Angus's magician teammate leaving Angus alone. At this moment, Angus felt an attack in front of him.

After taking care of the Warrior and Hybrid class, Ian launches a frontal attack towards Angus. But, Angus immediately backed away and dodge Ian's attack with a hair breath before leaping out of the arena and ending the spar.

After that, the teacher calls the student to evaluate their performance. But, Ian still rooted at his spot while looking at his hand.

'I missed?? I know Angus is good at dodging, but I also accelerate my body with the skill to attack him. So, How??' thought Ian confusedly.

"Ian, what are you doing? the teachers already called us." said one of his teammates.

"Ahh.. Yeah.. I am coming." said Ian while he is looking at Angus who is still absent-minded.

After clearing his unnecessary thoughts, Ian goes towards the teacher. Soon, the teacher finished giving some evaluation towards the student which Angus ignored as always. At this moment, Jayna approaches Angus.

"I thought you wanted to keep a low profile. With this, you might gather some attention." said Jayna in a teasing tone.

"Ahh.. Jayna. What are you talking about?" said Angus, waking up from his daydreaming.

"You managed to dodge Ian's attack in front of everyone. Some of the teachers are even surprised at this." said Jayna.

"Really?? That's troublesome. I hope they don't force me to do something." replied Angus.

"Hahaha.. Like they could force son of the duke into doing something." said Jayna

"That's kind of a relief." said Angus.

"If it bothers you, why did you not just take Ian's attack?" asked Jayna.

"Take his attack? Like that is going to happen." said Angus.

"Ehh.. Why??" asked Jayna.

"Well, how about you? with your current strength will you let Ian touch you?" said Angus.

"Huh.. No way I will let him. There is no way a commoner like him should touch me." replied Jayna.

"See.. You also have the same answer as me. Though the reason is quite different. Hahaha..." said Angus.

"Bad Angus, you know that the only man that could touch me is you." Jayna said in a lower voice.

"Okay.. Alright, Anyway how is your progress about [Arctic Heart]?" said Angus as he is trying to divert the topic.

"Ahh.. I managed to circulate the mana properly now." said Jayna.

"Good.. make sure you always circulate it until you can do it in your sleep." said Angus.

As the two of them are chatting, Ian approaches them. Noticing this, Jayna's expression turns into an expressionless doll, and looks coldly at Ian.

"What do you want?" asked Jayna coldly as she didn't like being intruded on especially when she was with Angus.

Looking at Jayna's glare, Ian only shook his head. In the last few weeks, Jayna manages to learn Ian's fighting pattern and could defeat him easily. She managed to dodge all his attacks easily.

Although she couldn't do it like Angus where he could dodge while closing his eyes, she still could beat Ian easily. Because of this, Ian knows that Jayna is already on a different level than him.

Ignoring Jayna's glare, "Angus, let's fight?" said Ian.

Hearing this, "Excuse me??" asked Angus back.

"I know you dodge, my attack is not a fluke. So, Let's have a proper fight." said Ian.

"Ehh.. But, I am a magician." said Angus while looking at Jayna to help him.

As for Jayna, she is holding her mouth to not laugh out loud about Angus's situation.

"That doesn't matter. So, let's.." said Ian.

Before he finished his sentence, "Nope, can't do it. I am too busy. bye." interrupted Angus while walking away.

Hearing this, Ian glaring at Angus. He decided to attack Angus from behind but before he could channel his mana, "If you try to sneak attack Angus, I will kill you!" said Jayna in a chilling tone.

After saying that, Jayna leaves Ian alone and walks in Angus's direction. hearing Jayna's warning Ian couldn't help but feel a cold sweat. Unlike the previous threatening she said towards him, he feels she will kill him if he attacks Angus.

On the other hand, while Angus walked away, "Haa.. you shouldn't have said that." said Angus.

"No one will hurt you." said Jayna resolutely.

Looking at Jayna's conviction, Angus could only sigh and continue walking.

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Late in the night at the Royal Academy where every student rests from all the activity during the day, many security guards patrol in the academy perimeters. Because of their enhanced body, every single one of them still could remain alert without being tired.

Still, the royal academy ground is very big to cover by all these guards. Furthermore, the royal academy also has many abandoned buildings. Most of these buildings were used as a facility in the past.

Along with the time and the new development of technology, these buildings are replaced by new ones. However, some of this building has a strong enchantment that is left behind by its previous user. So, they cannot simply destroy these abandoned buildings.

Besides, the building could be refurbished into a private place for experts or masters in various kinds of fields.

As the Royal Academy is also a place where various kinds of experts and masters gather to do their research, the headmaster gives some kind of private place for each of them.

For example, Balrug the old dwarf getting a smithing facility as his private place and residence. Of course, not every master or expert will get this kind of service.

During the silence in the night, one of the guards hears a whisper in the air. At first, he thought it was some kind of his imagination.

However, as he got closer to the source of the voice, the whispering became more audible from inside one of the abandoned buildings.

Gripping his weapon, ready to fight in case there is an intruder, the guard entering the abandoned building. As soon as he entered the two-floor abandoned building, the whisper was gone.

The silent chill begins to creep the whole building. Feeling something is not right, "Is anyone here?" as he is going deeper into the building.

Strangely using his sharp perception, he didn't feel any presence in the building. Soon, the guard decided to check the building.

Under the magical lamp he brings, he explores the building. As he goes deeper into the building, he feels like the surroundings become colder.

"Get Out~" a soft creepy whisper heard close to the guard's ear.

The guards turned around and didn't find anything besides him. Suddenly, he saw a shadow moving in front of him. The shadow is moving very fast even under his sharp sense.

"Who's there?" said the guard who became more nervous.

Still, the guard follows the shadow deeper into the building. At this moment, his magical lamp flickers. The guard tries to fix it but the magical lamp soon turns off leaving him in the middle of the darkness.

Noticing there is something wrong with this building, the guard decides to come back to the entrance. *Bam* Suddenly, the entrance door slammed closed. At this moment, the guards felt something behind his back.

Turning around, "ARRRGGGHH" shouted the guards.

The next few days, in the middle of the dorm's garden, Angus spent his free time reading books like usual. Besides her, Jayna calmly circulates her mana while Millie and Mia tend the garden.

Not far from them, Ian sits on the nearby bench and grumpily looks at Jayna and Angus. He felt frustrated because the two of them completely ignored his challenge and provoke.

He is certain that Jayna must learn something from Angus as the way they dodge his attack is similar. Ian is the type of person that learns from battle. So, he couldn't do anything if the other person didn't want to fight him.

Despite this, he also didn't use any other underhanded tactics like sneaking, attacking them, or blackmailing them. It is because his pride as a man and warrior will never let him do this kind of thing.

While thinking of how to make both of them fight him seriously, "Hey, guys… So, this is where all of you gather. Did you hear about the recent rumor inside the academy?" said Axel who is approaching the group.

"Ohh.. Afternoon, Axel." greet Millie.

"What rumor??" asked Ian

"It's about the ghost." said Axel excitedly.

"Ghost?!!" shouted Millie and Mia in contrast experssion.

Hearing this, Jayna and Angus stop what they are doing and focus on Axel. Looking that he gathered everyone's attention, Axel couldn't help but be happy.

Ever since he stayed inside the Spring Dorm, he always feels being ignored by others. He also feels is not as famous as the others. Jayna is the first rank in their year and the fourth princess. Angus is famous for his academic course and the son of the duke.

Millie is famous for her appearance and kind heart while Mia is famous for her skill in close combat battle in warrior class. As for Ian, Although he is not a noble like the others, he is the second rank in their year along with being the son of a famous wealthy merchant.

Compared to them, Axel feels behind in terms of his prestige. Even though he is the son of the noble, he is only the second son of a lower noble in count rank like Millie without any significant achievement.

Can't stand with his dormmate achievement and keep being ignored, Axel has a habit to go outside the dorm to have a connection with the other student in his years.

However, unbeknown to himself, he is a very sociable person that has a lot of connections even with the upperclassmen.

Getting attention from his dormmate, who is usually ignored him, gives him a sort of confidence in his heart.

"A few days ago, one of the academy guards was found gone without trace inside one of the abandoned buildings. The only clue left is his broken magical lamp and a scream before the other guard enters the building."

"Even after some investigation, the guards still couldn't find any clue about the disappeared guard. Some of the rumors speculated that it is the work of ghosts." explained Axel.

"How come it is related to the ghost? The guard may have just disappeared because kidnapped by someone." asked Ian.

"At first everyone also thinks like that. But, the next few days, many students could hear creepy whispers from the abandoned building at night. When they enter the abandoned building, the whisper is gone, replaced with a chilling atmosphere."

"Fortunately, none of the students was hurt as they immediately ran away the moment they felt the cold. After some investigation, the guard also couldn't find any trace of the whisper. It's like it is the work of a ghost." explained Axel.

"Cold atmosphere? Whisper? Interesting..." said Angus softly.

"Jayna, what do you think about this?" asked Angus who feels Jayna's gripped on his arm.

"Ehh.. N-Nothing. That's just a rumor." said Jayna meekly.

Looking at this, "Jayna, did you afraid of ghosts?" asked Angus.

"W-Who is afraid of ghosts? I will beat the crap out of them. Yeah... " as Jayna reassures herself.

Looking at this, Angus could only shake his head. From what he read in the book, there is no such thing as ghosts in this world. But, there are few creatures or races that are similar to ghosts.

However, most of this monster is very difficult to deal with. For Angus, he believes in the existence of ghosts. In his past life, he had many experiences with them. Rather than a ghost, it is more like spirits.

From his experience, there are two kinds of spirits. Good spirit and Evil Spirit. The first kind will never bother you and chill, but the second kind is quite annoying and some of them are strong enough to harm ordinary people.

There are even some groups or organizations that specialize in dealing with these kinds of evil spirits. Angus didn't know if there is a spirit in this world or not. Ever since he was born in this world, he has never seen a spirit be it a good one or a bad one.

"What, nonsense. There is no way it is the work of ghosts." said Ian.

"Hmm.. then, why don't we search for this ghost?" suggest Millie out of nowhere.

"M-Millie… What are you talking about?" said Mia.

"Don't you think that it is exciting to find the ghost?" said Millie

"Ehh…" said Mia

Hearing this, "Hmmm… Millie is quite right, we need to investigate this matter carefully before someone else is getting hurt." said Ian.

"I agree, this ghost thing may turn out quite interesting." replied Angus out of nowhere.

"Ehh.. Angus, not you too." said Jayna.

"Don't worry, Jayna. If you are afraid, you don't need to join us." said Angus softly.

"W-Who is afraid of ghosts?! I-I will join too…" said Jayna.

Hearing the response of his dormmate, Axel couldn't help but be happy, "Alright, then let's investigate tonight after dinner time." suggested Axel.

"Tonight!!!" shouted Mia and Jayna.

"Yeah, the faster we investigate this. The better, right?" said Axel.

"I agree. According to the book I read, it may be the work of some creatures or races. If that is the case, we may notify the teacher about this." said Angus.

"I-In that case, can't we just leave this to the teacher or other staff?" said Mia.

"No, can't do. The royal academy ground is very vast. If it is truly the work of some intruder, it will take a long time to find the culprit." said Ian excitedly in the prospect of fighting the intruder.

"Yosh, then let's go out after dinner time tonight." said Axel.

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In the evening, after dinner time, Angus and his friend decided to search for the rumored ghost around the academy ground.

Since inside the academy ground, there are a lot of masters and experts with various kinds of strength there are no truly curfew rules. For high-grade people who could work for a few days without being tired, there is no difference between day and night.

However, the majority of the students are still ungraded and need to rest at night which makes the academy empty in the evening time. Besides, the human race also has a natural biological clock to rest after the sun goes down.

In the middle of the silent academy ground, "So, how do we search for this ghost?" asked Angus.

Hearing this, Axel took out an academy map and let the other see.

"Since the ghost is coming from the abandoned building, Why don't we check this part where a lot of abandoned buildings are placed." said Axel.

"Good idea. Let's go now." said Millie excitedly.

"M-Millie…" said Mia who is already afraid when hearing the ghost word.

After walking for a while, the student passed some of the patrolled academy guards.

"Kids, go back to your dorm. It is not safe to go out at night for now." said the guards sternly.

"Ehh… but, we want to find the ghost." said Millie innocently.

Hearing this, the guard immediately facepalmed, "*Sigh* another one. There's no such thing as ghosts." said the guard.

"Another one?" asked Ian.

"Yeah, since the rumor about ghosts spread, you are not the only student roaming during the evening time. Now, go back to your dorm." said the guard.

"Can we take a walk first before going back?" asked Axel.

"*Sigh* Alright, I doubt you will get in trouble since there are also some students taking a walk." said the guard before walking away.

"So, how is it, guys? Did we continue?" said Axel.

"Of course, this is a rare opportunity to go out together," said Millie.

Looking at the enthusiastic Millie, the other reluctantly walks towards the abandoned building area.

Along the way, "Jayna, are you okay? You keep silent from the start." said Angus softly to Jayna who kept gripping Angus's arm.

Being called suddenly, "Ehh… N-Nothing." Jayna startled a little bit but came closer to Angus.

Looking at this, Angus could only shake his head. "Don't worry, I will keep protecting you from anything." said Angus softly to reassure Jayna.

Hearing this, Jayna couldn't help but calm down a little bit and feel comfortable with Angus's presence. Soon, the group arrives at the abandoned building area.

As soon as they arrive, "This is… " said Ian.

"Why are there so many students here?" asked Millie.

"It seems they are also searching for this ghost thing." replied Axel

In the perimeter of the abandoned group area, some students are walking in groups while joking with each other. Some of them even scared one of the others. It is like a recreational night place.

Looking at this, Angus's group knows that their adventure ends without being started. While they didn't know whether to stay or look around, inside of the abandoned building, near the window, a shadow looked at the student nearby before gone.

The appearance of the shadow is only a moment and hardly perceived by others. But, during this time, Angus looked at the window seriously.

'This feeling… Something is suddenly gone. There is something here.' thought Angus seriously.

Looking at Angus's serious expression, "Angus, is something wrong?" asked Jayna.

"N-Nothing." replied Angus.

Then, Angus's group decided to walk around for a little bit before going back to the dorm. After finding nothing suspicious in the nearby area, they decide to go back to the dorm to rest.

"Haa… This is busted." said Ian.

"Yeah... we couldn't find a ghost." said Millie sadly.

On their way back to their academy dorm, the air becomes more chilly.

While walking, "Hey, don't you think It's kinda chilly here?" said Axel.

"Axel, stop playing around. This is not funny." said Mia.

During the time they are inside the abandoned building area, Axel often scares the others as a joke until he is beaten into a pulp by Jayna.

Suddenly, the surrounding magical lamp is flickering along with the one that they bring. Soon, Angus notices his breath become a visible vapor along with the rapid drop of temperature.

The others also notice this, "Everyone there is something nearby." said Angus.

During this time, Angus became serious and cast [Mana Echolocation] silently.

After getting feedback from the [Mana Echolocation, Angus's expression became more grave.

"Jayna, don't leave my side." said Angus seriously while looking around.

"Angus, what is it?" asked Jayna as she realized this is a serious situation.

The temperature became colder and the fountain nearby even froze immediately. After a while, A shadow could be seen moving around.

"Kyaa… Something is moving around." screamed Mia

"Who's there? Show yourself!!" Shouted Ian while flaring up his mana to counter the cold.

Soon, the moving shadow ran away. Looking at this, Ian decides to pursue the moving shadow. Seeing this, Millie also follows him.

As Millie and Ian pursue the moving shadow, Mia didn't have a choice but follow which makes Axel also follow them leaving Angus and Jayna behind.

"Hmmm…" said Angus.

"Angus, is there something wrong?"

"Well, actually…" said Angus.

Suddenly, Angus swung his arm backward and hit a shadow behind him. *Bam* the dark shadow unexpected of sudden attack and thrown away. But, then it immediately disappears leaving Jayna and Angus alone.

Soon, the temperature rose and turned to normal. Angus looked at the ice layer on top of his fist in a serious expression.

"Damn.. we need to follow the others." said Angus.

"Emm.. Yeah... " said Jayna, a little bit unsure.

Using their enhanced speed, they managed to follow up the others that were stopping in front of the big abandoned building. The building is quite big as it is sort of a big facility before being abandoned.

"Angus, Jayna. The ghost is going inside the building." said Axel.

"I-I think we should stop here and call the guard or teacher." Mia said scarred.

"Don't worry, Mia. I believe the ghost is a good guy." said Millie.

"B-But…" said Mia.

"Let's enter the building." said Ian while opening the entrance door.

As Ian entered the building recklessly, the others couldn't help but follow. As soon as all of them enter, a whisper heard, "Get Out~"

Hearing the whisper, "Millie.. let's go back already!!" said Mia.

During this moment, the entrance door is closed suddenly. The surrounding temperature became lower and everyone could see the surroundings become darker. Even the magical lamp that they bring is flickering once again.

"GRUOO!!!" Suddenly a big black shadow appeared beside them.

With a reflex, Jayna who is frightened from all this stuff launches a fire punch towards the black shadow and is thrown away.

Seeing that Jayna managed to punch the ghost, "Pursue it!!" said Ian while running deeper into the building. The others also once again follow Ian while leaving Angus and Jayna who are rooted on the spot.

After being separated from the others, Angus took out his Sky Thorn. Looking at Angus taking out his weapon with a serious expression, "Angus, what is it?"

"I don't know. But, it is not a ghost or spirit. I guess it is sort of a beast." said Angus.

"Beast!!" said Jayna.

Hearing that it is a beast, Jayna immediately takes a battle position and unsheathes her sword.

Beast, a strong creature with various kinds of abilities like monsters. However, it still retain its wisdom and uses mana rather than miasma.

It could be said like a ferocious animal that could utilize mana. Some rumors said that the beast was the initial form of the monster before it was corrupted from miasma.

Soon, the shadow flashes around them again and the temperature drops rapidly.

"This is annoying, It can disappear and appear at will!!" said Angus.

As the darkness gets thicker, "Angus, leave it to me! [Immolation]" said Jayna.

Jayna's body was engulfed by fire and shone brightly. The fire from Jayna's body offset the dropping temperature and managed to light up the place.

At this moment, Angus moves, parrying some sort of black claw from the darkness that targets Jayna.

"Jayna, ready to cast the Fire spell!!" said Angus while keeping blocking shadow claws that keep appearing from all the directions using Sky Thorn.

Hearing this, Jayna immediately chants a spell. Hearing the chant and the accumulated fire elemental mana, the shadow begins to attack more recklessly.

This time, Angus didn't passively defend himself. He also shoots the Sky Thorn's end towards the spot it may appear. By keep using [Mana Echolocation] silently, Angus notices the appearance of the shadow before it could launch an attack.

After shooting the Sky Thorn's end, Angus manipulates it with his mana through the chain and swings it around. The chain and the sharp end become a sort of living whip that keeps deterring the shadow from attacking.

The battle between Angus and the shadow is going very fast. Soon, Angus managed to bleed the shadow and draw blue blood from it.

It immediately roared frenziedly after being hurt by Angus. Then, the shadow madly rushed at Angus. At this moment, Jayna's hand shone brightly.

"Angus, get down!! [2nd Circle - Flame Bomb]"

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"Angus, get down!! [2nd Circle - Flame Bomb]" shouted Jayna.

*BOOM* [Flame Bomb] hit directly towards the approaching shadow and exploded. The explosion is shaking the whole building.

After a while, the shadow and smoke cleared revealed a strange bizarre creature. The creature has a black scale with a lot of spikes all over its body. It has four legs with a sharp claw on its end.

Despite this, the creature's body is not as big as Angus and Jayna thought. It only has the size of a domestic cat or dog. The creature's body keeps a sort of shadow or dark mist along with cold properties.

Now, on its body, there is an open wound that keeps bleeding with blue-colored blood. Looking at the appearance of the creature and its characteristics, "If I am not wrong this beast should be Mundus."

"M-Mundus!! You mean that legendary beast Mundus??" said Jayna.

"It should be. Though its size is too small from the book description. Maybe it is a newborn one?" said Angus.

Hearing a newborn beast and looking at the pitiful beast in front of him, "Angus, could we keep it?" said Jayna.

"Are you sure?? Mundus could grow into a terrifying beast that is comparable to a dragon." said Angus.

"But… It looks pitiful. I even feel sorry to hurt him." said Jayna.

"Hmm…" said Angus while flaring his mana nearby.

"How about now? Did you still feel pity?" said Angus.

"Ehh.. What.. Why did I suddenly…" as Jayna becomes confused and absentminded.

"What a terrifying beast. To think has the power to influence the mind." said Angus while keeping looking at the small Mundus.

Looking that his last effort failed, Mundus could only stare back at Angus.

"To influence the mind??!" said Jayna surprisedly.

"Yeah… Anyway, I believe you are a smart beast to know about your current condition. So, I have a proposal for you." said Angus smilingly at Mundus.

Hearing this, Mundus directly speaks to Angus's mind, 'What do you want?' said Mundus.

'Become my familiar' replied Angus telepathically.

'Absurd!! I am Mundus, the legendary creature that could match a dragon. How can I become a pet?!' replied Mundus

'Really, then I don't have a choice but to kill you.' said Angus.

'Like hell, you could kill me. I will be gone before you know it.' said Mundus while growling a little bit.

'Then, be my guest. I believe my poison is strong enough to render you to move properly.' said Angus.

'Hateful Human!! You are despicable!!' said Mundus.

'So, what is your choice? Die or become my familiar??' said Angus.

'Hmph.. Alright, I give up. I will become your familiar.' said Mundus.

'Ehh.. this is too easy. He must have planned something.' thought Angus.

Looking that Angus kept his silence, 'Why did you silent? Did you not know how to make a familiar contract?' said Mundus.

'Nope.. Let's just be done with this.' said Angus as he sliced his palm.

The familiar contract is another soul-bound type contract. It is mainly used to make a familiar beast. Angus knows the general way to make this Familiar Contract. However, he didn't know that this contract was also dangerous.

After slicing his palm, "I, Angus Victory, willing to offer a familiar contract." said Angus.

'Accepted.' said Mundus.

The moment Angus hears Mundus's reply a strong bright light comes from the Mundus. Like a time being stopped, Angus couldn't move his body but his consciousness was still there.

'Foolish, little human!! You should have killed me when you had a choice rather than making me your familiar.' as Mundus stood up from his spot.

Then, the creature jumps into Angus's hand. Suddenly, Angus feels pain all over his body and his hand is feeling like being scorched.

"ARRGG… What the!!" screamed Angus.

"Hahaha… Little human, now I will devour you." said Mundus.

At this moment, Angus inheritance chi Misty Ball flares up and releases a huge torrent of energy towards the surroundings. *Busst* The energy becomes chaotic inside Angus's body.

Using this chaotic unstoppable force, Angus directs it to suppress the Mundus inside his body.

Being suppressed by unknown energy, "How come you have this much energy??! NOOO…" said Mundus as he got suppressed further.

After unknown time passed by, Mundus got suppressed completely and the chaotic energy in Angus's body was also exhausted. After that, the bright light died down and some information came to his mind.

As the bright light is gone, time begins to move again. Angus immediately slumps on the ground while heavy sweating. Looking at Angus slumping on the ground after the bright light, makes Jayna worried. As for the Mundus, it was gone from its spot.

"Angus, Are you alright?" asked Jayna worriedly.

At this moment, Angus is exhausted and a hologram panel appears in front of him.

"Familiar detected." [System]

"New Menu Combat Familiar is created." [System]

Angus brush and close the hologram panel. He decided to check the panel later as now he is still fatigued in mind and body. Fortunately, Angus has high vitality and could relieve his exhausted body.

Otherwise, he will fall unconscious and will create more trouble later. After reassuring Jayna that he is okay, Angus begins to sort off the information in his mind.

Apparently, Mundus is truly despicable. It baits Angus to do a familiar contract with him. If it is an unintelligent beast without wisdom, Angus could easily stabilize the contract after few agreements.

However, a legendary creature like Mundus is rare and seems to be protected by the world. Their familiar contract for them is quite special.

The contractor will be forced to fight mentally with the creature. Then, The contract will be established depending on the fight result.

There are few results for the fight. The first result is completely subdued where the familiar is completely defeated. The familiar will be 100% obedient towards the contractor. It will die if the contractor dies.

The second is Subdued. This is where the familiar is defeated by the contractor. The familiar will obey but still could fight back if being forced. It will be released the moment the contractor dies.

The third is Equal. This is a condition where none of the familiar and the contractor win. The familiar will be obedient to a certain order. The contractor also needs to give something for each familiar service. The familiar also will be released the moment its contract dies.

The fourth result is defeat. This is the result where the monster wins against the contractor. The familiar will not be obedient at all towards the contractor.

It will slowly corrode the contractor's life force every time, the familiar is summoned. The familiar also could break the contract anytime.

The last one is complete defeat. a result where the familiar completely defeats the contractor. the contractor will be devoured by the familiar.

'*sigh* Fortunately, the inherited chi reacted at the right time and I could completely subdue Mundus.' Thought Angus while looking at the black M shape tattoo at the back of his hand.

Looking at Angus still absent-minded, "Angus, are you truly okay? What is that tattoo?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"Ohh.. this is proof that I signed a contract with Mundus." said Angus.

Hearing this, "Y-You… What is the result of the contract??!" asked Jayna.

"Ehh.. How come you know about this?" asked Angus back.

"What is the result of the contract!!?" asked Jayna in a more worried tone.

"Don't worry, it's completely subdued." said Angus.

Hearing this, Jayna immediately relieved. "Stupid Angus, Why you suddenly make a familiar contract especially with a creature like Mundus?!!" said Jayna.

Before Angus could respond, "KYAAAA…." a scream was heard from the deeper area.

"That voice, it's Mia." said Angus.

"Angus, Can you move?" asked Jayna.

"Don't worry, Let's go to them." said Angus.

From the start of the fight with Mundus to contract it, only a few minutes passed by.

On the way towards Mia's voice, 'Hey, Mundus? Is there another Mundus in this area?' asked Angus telepathically.

'Mundus.. Mundus.. Stupid master, need to give me a name. Anyway, there is no other Mundus in this area.' replied Mundus inside Angus's mind.

'I will give you a name later. So, if it is not Mundus, is there another beast in here?' asked Angus.

'Of course not. Even if there is a beast, they will be found by other strong humans. It's probably that spirit.' said Mundus

'Spirit??' said Angus.

At this time, Angus and Jayna arrive at the big area and find their friend. In front of them, there is a white silhouette wearing a white dress and long hair.

"Get Out~ Get Out~" it softly whispers toward them.

Hearing and looking at this, "Kyaa… I-It's a GHOST!!" screamed Jayna and immediately hugged Angus.

Looking at this, Angus knows that this is truly a spirit. Angus didn't expect that in this world there is a spirit. Then, Angus look at the scared Jayna who is hugging him like a koala, and closed her eyes

"Jayna… It's okay.." said Angus

"No… No.. I want to go home." Said Jayna while hugging Angus tightly.

Then, the spirit is blurring and gone. At this moment, Angus could see his friend's condition. Looking at them, "Haa… This is going to be troublesome."

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