Chapter 318: Gonna teach you a lesson

Chapter 318: Gonna teach you a lesson

Erian was up next, standing at his starting position, he invoked multiple things one by one. Firstly an armor around his body, then a sword, a shield, and even large wings behind his back.

Real flight at level 57? Interesting.

The Exidian student charged, flying up then diving like a bird of prey. He tried to swerve around Pareth, but wasnt fast enough. Without teleportation, he couldnt use the same strategy En used, and attacking from above did not work well for him.

No ranged attacks I guess. His summoned stuff is sturdy but not as good as Orichalcum, not very flexible either.

After a few failed attempts to bypass Pareth, Erian pulled back just a bit, and after a few seconds of channeling, four thick walls appeared around Pareth and Erian took that opportunity to try to fly by him. Pareths fist burst through the wall as Erian neared and grabbed him. Erian tried to free himself, striking at Pareths arm with his sword to no avail.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.

Alright, stop, Sofia ordered, Nice try.

Hes trained in swordsmanship I think, from his posture and all. But he tried something different since he saw what happened to Lolas spirit knight. The walls were an interesting attempt at something, but still clumsy.

Erian unsummoned all of his stuff and fixed his uniform before coming back.

I apologize for the poor display, he excused himself before regaining the ranks of students.

As I said, nice try. Just like Lola, you had a bad matchup against Pareth, theres no helping that.

Even my mithril weapons couldnt do anything Lola chimed in.

Pareths just quite sturdy, although hes fighting as if he was your level, hes still a high-level fighter with the health to go with it. Shailys turn.

Ah- Can I Can Guerand go first? the short Exidian girl pleaded.

Depends on him.

I can go! the red-haired dwarf enthusiastically accepted.

Youre up then, show us your best golems.

Guerand ran back to the classroom to grab a backpack that had been placed in a corner since the start, it looked quite heavy. He brought it to the arena and dumped the contents on the sandy ground. Sofia counted five head-sized clay dwarf statuettes, a small magic staff, a pickaxe and a polished round stone covered in runes. With a tiny speck of magic from Guerand, the clay statuettes came alive and started running around, gathering sand around the round stone. Then, with a much larger mana consumption, Guerands magic pulled the gathered sand in the air along with the stone, transforming it into a sand golem resembling Guerand, who quickly bent down to grab the magic staff.

But she has the best controle out of all of us, Erian continued, her skills are higher level than she is, he stated with admiration.

Stop Shaily meekly protested, the blue skin of her face turning slightly purple.

Spends a lot of time training then? Good start. Reminds me I should get on with my own training It looks like the three Exidians are good friends at least, I wonder about the other two.

Good, good, good. I think I can teach a great deal of useful insight to all five of you. You all have your own strengths and weaknesses and thats fine, we will work around that.

Sofia changed her plans and spent the rest of the class going over each fight, and having everyone ponder about how the fights would now be if they had to go again, being aware of Pareths capabilities.

This approach proved to be both instructive and engaging for the group. Each fight was analyzed in detail, and everyone was encouraged to share their ideas on how the encounters could have played out differently, considering the unique strengths and weaknesses of each participant.

Guerand, the dwarf, eagerly participated in the discussion, sharing his thoughts on how he might have faked out Pareth more effectively or improved his control over the clay golems to make them harder to catch. Lola and Erian, the two who had failed, offered insights into the dynamics of their own magical abilities and how they think they could have done things better. Shaily, though still exhausted from her recent battle, managed to contribute her understanding of control and manipulation of mana when it came to using multiple skills at once, which everyone could have benefitted from.

As the conversation flowed, the group discussed various tactics and strategies. Sofia encouraged them to think outside the box, emphasizing that battles were not always about brute force but about clever thinking and adaptability, especially for those who had the most rigid skill sets at first glance.

Before they knew it, the two hours were up.

Alright, tomorrow same time. Well go over everyones class skills for the first hour then youll have the second hour to try to make me lose some health any way you can. And show up with your mana already topped up, alright?

Yes, teacher, Shaily answered, knowing that this was targeted at her.

And thats it, anyone want to say something before I leave? Any comments about the class?

It was great! Guerand was first to answer.

I liked it, En agreed, her tails still swaying behind her back.

It was fine, Erian muttered while awkwardly looking in another direction.

Shaily and Lola both tried to speak next but their voices were drowned by the sound of an explosion. Sofia had been standing right in front of the door, and the entire wall behind her was suddenly blasted open from the outside.

Sofia dispelled the magic responsible for the attack with a thought, [Heat Death] negating it for the meager cost of sixty thousand mana while magic quickly gathered in her right hand and her scepter appeared in the other. Pareth had instantly teleported to Sofia and brandished two greatshields of light to protect the students from the rain of debris.

Fucking hell, at least wait until I leave the classroom! Sofia yelled before hurling a piercing bolt toward the fleeing flying attacker.