Chapter 310: I Have Soul

"Fight her." said King Leon.

"As you command." said Roy.

Then, Roy jumped into the arena from his place. As the head of the royal guard, Roy always wears his armor and sword, ready to battle. Hearing that the one that is going to fight is Roy, the head of the royal guard, most of the nobles in the room are relieved.

After that, master Valeron gave a bracelet to Roy and Lily. The bracelet could create a safety barrier and hold up to a six-grade attack. It could also hold up any lethal attack once. These kinds of protective items are costly and rare. Its price is even higher than artifacts in the market.

The match rule is simple, whoever manages to break the defensive barrier first will win. Besides that, they could  use any kind of thing, even lethal moves. After receiving the bracelet, Lily takes out two daggers and wields them on both her hands.

Seeing that the two of them are ready, "Alright, let's start the match!!" said King Leon.

After getting the sign, Lily immediately dashed towards Roy. In the blink of an eye, Lily already appeared in front of Roy and stabbed him in the eyes. 

Still, the head of the royal guard is not only a title and managed to completely dodge the fast charging attack by moving his head towards the side.

'She is fast!!' thought Roy while swinging his sword horizontally to fend off Lily.

Like already predicting this, Lily easily jumps over the sword slash and counterattacks using her daggers. Without any choice, Roy begins to step back to create some distance. However, Lily keeps pressing on and attacking Roy from various angles.

Could not withstand the pressure anymore, "Don't get cocky!! [Flame Armor]." yelled Roy.

*Whoosh* Roy's body was completely enveloped by fire and pushed Lily back. Using this opportunity, Roy began to counterattack [Sword Art - Blazing Slash]. Roy's sword begins to engulf in fire and release multiple fire arches towards Lily.

Before the attack arrives at her, a magic circle appears on the stone platform [2nd Circle - Water Torrent]. The water sprouted from the magic circle and clashed with the fire. Then, hot steam was released towards the surrounding area.

"Is that.. spells??" commented one of the nobles.

Coming out from the thick hot steam, Roy pursued Lily again while covered in flame armor. At this moment, in front of Roy appeared one of Lily's daggers as Lily threw it. Roy dodges towards the side and halts his momentum using his monstrous reflex.

Using this opportunity, Lily cast another spell towards Roy using her free hand [2nd Circle - Ice Spike]. Few sharp spikes made of ice launched at Roy. Knowing that the ice spike may be getting through his Flame Armor, Roy immediately uses his sword to parry them. 

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang* Under the fire sword, all the ice spike is gone. At this moment, another complex magic circle appears below Roy. Looking at this, Roy feels a dangerous phenomenon and immediately tries to get out of the magic circle range by stepping back.

Soon, the magic circle flashes [3rd Circle - Neverwinter]. *Crack* Half of his body that didn't manage to get out from the spell area instantly froze. Roy decides to thaw his frozen body but suddenly, he hears something broken. *Prang* A barrier envelops his body and shatters.

A few millimeters in front of Roy's eyes, there is a dagger ready to pierce through his eyes and go through his brain. Looking at the dagger, Roy couldn't help but have a cold sweat.

'What a dangerous and fast attack!! Since the barrier is active, its power is also not low either. Truly terrifying.' thought Roy.

"I-I surrender." said Roy.

Hearing Roy's surrender, Lily takes back her dagger and takes a few steps back from her position. In the meantime, everyone could only stay silent with Lily's power demonstration. Although the match is fast, everyone can see how dangerous Lily is.

Moreover, some lower combatants couldn't even see Lily's last charge attack. Her movement speed is too fast to follow. Not only that, but she could also effortlessly use magic while having close combat. Her casting speed is also breakneck compared to seasoned high-grade magicians.

Breaking the silence, "*Clap* *Clap* Marvelous, Well done." said King Leon while clapping his hand.

"Your name is Lily, right?" said King Leon.

"Yes, your majesty." said the female homunculus.

"Say, Lily. Do you think you could beat me in a fight?" said King Leon.

Hearing King Leon's question, everyone becomes silent and looks at the female homunculus. Most of the nobles in the room often get the same question from him. This is actually a test from King Leon, and there is no correct answer to this question.

"Not yet, your majesty. The current me has less than a ten percent chance to win." said Lily in a plain tone.

"Hahaha…" laughed King Leon.

Suddenly, King Leon disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of Lily while grabbing her. At the same time, Lily suddenly disappeared from her spot and appeared a few meters away from King Leon.

"Hahaha.. As I thought before, it is not your actual speed. Alright, keep on. I will wait until you can match my speed." said King Leon.

*Crack* Despite Lily's monstrous speed, she still couldn't completely avoid King Leon's hand. Part of her shoulder is cracked from touching the King's hand. Fortunately, her shoulder is starting to regenerate because of Gilford's enchantment.

Because of her monstrous speed, her battle dress and boots are damaged as they could not withstand the pressure. After that, King Leon begins to move out and leaves the arena, followed by the royal guards.

Before leaving, "Valeron, continue your work. I expect good news from you." said King Leon.

"Certainly, your majesty." said Valeron. 

"Alright, everyone, the demonstration is over. You are dismissed." said Jade loudly before following King Leon.

After leaving the special training area, "Is everything ready?" asked King Leon to Jade.

"Yes, the extermination squad is already on standby." said Jade.

"Good, I wonder how many rats we get." said King Leon to himself.

In the meantime, most of the nobles immediately leave the area while only a few remain around the communal hall. One of these nobles is Angus and his friend. 

On the other hand, his father is quite busy and leaves first. Now, Angus brings Millie and Mia to Lily, who is still inside the arena getting checked up by the others.

"Lily, this is my friends, Milli and Mia." said Angus.

"Greetings, Lady Lily and Lady Mia." said Lily politely.

"S-Sure." replied Millie as she didn't expect her to be so human-like and polite.

"Millie, here is the one that will check your soul." said Angus.

"Really? Then, I will trouble you, lady Millie." said Lily.

"Sure, could you please lend your hand." said Millie.

Hearing Lily will get her soul checked, Benjamin and the others also approach them. They also want to know the answer. Then, Lily gives her hand to Millie for her to check. Millie closes her eyes and stays silent for a while before opening her eyes with a dejected look.

"I am sorry. You don't have a soul like any normal living being." said Millie.

Hearing this, the atmosphere has become more gloomy. Although Lily didn't express it, everyone knows that Lily hopes to have a soul like other living beings. Looking at this, Angus thought for a while.

"Master Benjamin, her memory and database is located in the head, right?" asked Angus.

"Yes, is there something wrong with it?" asked Benjamin back.

"No, there is no problem. Millie, could you recheck Lily, but this time it is from her head?" said Angus.

"Ehh??" replied Millie confusedly.

"Angus, don't tell me??" said Benjamin.

"Yeah, but it is not certain yet. So, Millie, could you do it?" said Angus.

"Sure. Lily, I will touch your head a little bit." said Millie.

"Do as you wish." said Lily while lowering her head.

As soon as Millie touched Lily's head, she was immediately startled.

"H-How is this possible?? She.. She has a soul on her brain." said Millie.

"Really??" exclaimed Lily.

"Yeah, I thought it is quite strange since, unlike other living beings, your soul only resides in your head rather than every part of your body." said Millie.

Hearing this, Lily blinks her silver eyes a few times before looking at Benjamin.

"F-Father, I.. I have a soul." said Lily while stuttering.

Benjamin immediately hugged Lily, "Of course. Of course, you are. You are my daughter."

Then, everyone leaves the two of them to give them some space alone. While leaving the arena, Angus meets with Balrug and the other crafter.

"Ahh… Little bastard, you are here." called Balrug.

Being called by the rough old dwarf, Angus could help but roll his eyes.

"What do you want, old man?" said Angus.

"Why so aggressive? Can't this old man call his unfilial student?" said Balrug.

"Who is your student?!! Your mother is your student!! No, your whole family is your student!!" rebuked Angus.

"What do you say, kid? Do you want a go?" said Balrug while flexing his arm.

"Who is afraid, old bone?!!" replied Angus.

Just as before they clash, the other people nearby hold them and prevent them from fighting each other. Still, both Angus and Balrug didn't stop bad-mouthing each other. From saying old bone to the despicable little monster.