Chapter 341: Proof of Determination... Part-6.

Chapter 341: Proof of Determination... Part-6.



"I see, so this is the highest area of this mountain..."

While standing in the air, Liam glanced at the snow-covered area with a look of

contemplation on his face.

"Yeah, I was thinking that it would take a few days, but you already cleared all the areas in a matter of minutes..."

Themes appeared beside Liam at that moment and sighed while thinking about Liam's speed of progress.

"Well, I can't possibly let you go back so early; otherwise, the other evaluators will laugh at me for being bad at creating evaluation test, so..."

Themes waved his hand, and a giant summoning circle appeared on the snow.

A giant python with white scales and red eyes appeared from the summoning circle.

"Ah, Ardi, sorry to disturb you, but you need to keep this kiddo accompanied in combat for a day or two; you gotta delay some time..."

Liam frowned as he heard those words and glanced at the white python with a serious look.

'What kind of summoned best is that... This is the first time I've seen something that gives off such an ominous aura...'

Although Liam didn't want to stay in this place long, he can't argue with an SS-ranker over this matter.

Themes can change the content of the evaluation test according to his wishes, and thus, Liam has no way of complaining about it.

He has already climbed nearly the whole mountain, but only this small, snowy area is left. 'This snake is going to block my way up, it seems... then I have no choice but to fight it...' The snake named Ardi nodded his head at Themes in agreement, but then asked,

"Er, is it really okay to use my powers against such a young kid?"

Themes shook his head and replied,

"Don't underestimate him; he's a 'Genius'; he cleared the test too fast! That's why I need to delay him!"

"Ugh, I was an idiot to underestimate the member of a team that won the supreme tournament... should have made a more difficult test..."

Themes rubbed his temples and waved his hand at Ardi,

"Go now; just don't go all out; control your power, and it should be fine..."

The snake nodded his head and slithered in front of Liam, blocking the way.

"Kiddo, don't blame me for blocking the path; it's just that you are too good, so we gotta make some changes to accommodate a genius like you..."

Liam rolled his eyes at those words and replied,

"No worries... I also wanted to test out my newly improved strength. I will take you as the test subject; don't blame me later for being too overbearing..."

Ardi laughed a bit at Liam's words and said,

"ahaha, you are an amusing kid... to think someone will treat me as a test subject someday. The human race really is quite amusing... Good then, let's do it..."

[Serpent Glare: Petrified Killing Aura!]

A dense killing intent suddenly appeared and put massive pressure on Liam. Liam's eyes widened in shock, and his legs sank in the snow from the pressure of that massive aura.

'Such insane killing intent, my body feels like it's been petrified... I see, it's a debuff type skill, and this snake likely doesn't have much combat ability of its own...'

'No wonder it felt like I had never seen this type of beast; this beast is an auxiliary type and can put strong debuffs on the enemy just by existing on the battlefield...'

The very moment Ardi appeared, it already put a 'confusion' debuff on Liam, causing him to get confused about Ardi's identity.

'This would have worked earlier, but now I have a perfect counter to unusual abilities like these...'

Instead of getting afraid of the dense killing intent, a smirk appeared on Liam's face. [Mana Field!]

Liam has seen Link and Rio use their respective legendary skills in combat, so he knows a little bit about how to use his mana field more effectively.

He directly condensed his mana field, and instead of expanding it on a larger area, he focused it all on his own body.

"Idiot, don't wait for him to wake up; go and send him back from the place you kidnapped

him from..."

Themes glared at Ardi and said,

"I didn't kidnap him! Don't make me sound like a criminal! I was taking orders from the king,

you know!"

Ardi sighed at those words and said,

"The dragon king can just shrug his shoulders and say that he didn't give the order... In the end, you will be considered the culprit because you were the one who did the work..." Themes's expression turned solemn at those words.

"Ahem... I-I guess it's time I return him back to the dragon palace then... It wouldn't be a

good idea-"

Before Themes could finish his words, Liam's voice sounded in his ears.

"No! I want to train more with this snake of yours; he seems like the perfect training partner

to improve my control over the skill..."

Both Themes and Ardi were shocked by the fact that Liam had suddenly woken up at some point and was now looking at Ardi with an excited look on his face.

"You see, I am quite behind my two dear friends in terms of skill control, so I will appreciate

it if you can help me with it..."

After hearing those words, a smirk appeared on Themes's face.

"HEH, I knew it! This kid is a genius!!"

Liam has already passed the test, so he can now use his summoned beast to heal himself and

endure Ardi's debuffs again and again to improve his control over the mana field.

Ardi's debuffs kept causing Liam to faint, but he didn't give up at all.

He kept persisting for three days straight and eventually ended up collapsing from extreme

mental exhaustion.

But in this test, Liam proved himself.

Liam didn't want to expose Ellie and wanted to protect her.

The fact that he awakened a legendary skill just to hide Ellie is proof of his determination to

protect her.

In this test, not only did he gain a legendary skill, he even improved his control by doing that

intense training.

After those three days, he was sent back to the dragon palace to rest.

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Author's Notes.

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