Chapter 355: First Training Lesson Of The Year

Classes finally resumed in the academy, and Ethan did his best to learn as much as he could in preparation for the upcoming weekend, where he and Henry would team up to fight against the ten-meter-tall Bronze Giant.

When Henry fought against the Giant, he became very exhausted, so he had been unable to beat it.

This Legacy was a bit special, in a way that it only allowed its challenger to try clearing it three times. If the challenger was unable to defeat the Bronze Giant after using up all three chances, the Legacy would disappear and look for a new owner.

The first time the Golem had to be fought, only one person could fight it.

The second time, two people could try their luck.

The third, and final time, up to three people could work together to challenge it.

But there was a limitation. Only those who were near the Challenger's age could help him clear the trial.

This prevented Henry from asking Professor Rinehart or Professor Barret to help him clear the trial of his Legacy.

Henry had already lost once, so on his second try, he could bring one more person to help him, and that person was none other than Ethan.

Professor Rinehart didn't know the full extent of Ethan's true power, but he could make an educated guess.

The Sea God's Trident and his Core Magic, Illumina, represented the Sea, allowing Ethan to control water.

Of course, this was only a conjecture at first, but after seeing his battle against Cedric, where the young man manipulated the Thunderstorm to his will, he understood the true nature of Ethan's power.

Because of this, he had agreed for the two of them to take four days off from their classes in the academy and to be personally escorted by Professor Barret to go to the Sea, where Ethan would be able to use his powers to the fullest.

Truth be told, Ethan was very excited about this development because it had been a while since he fought in the Sea.

He wanted to know how much he had grown since his battles within the Lands of Alastor.

Only by fighting against strong opponents would he know the extent of his control over his element.

The last time he fought in the sea was when he was fighting against the Sorcerers of the Magdar Kingdom. He had grown a lot since then, so he wanted to see if the Bronze Giant that defeated Henry, would be able to overcome his territorial advantage.

Today, Ethan was in his Martial Arts Training Class, and Sir Lionel was teaching them about different styles of fighting.

"The weapons of Magic Knights are a bit different from those who wield Elemental Weapons," Professor Lionel said as he unsheathed his sword from its scabbard. "The handles of these weapons have a hole at the bottom like this."

The Professor showed the hole that was at the center of the pommel of his sword.

"These holes are made on purpose because it allowed us to insert our wands inside it, like so," Professor Lionel demonstrated as he placed his own wand inside the hole, making it one with the handle of his sword.

"Because of this, we are able to use Magic even while wielding weapons in our hands," Professor Lionel explained. "But those who have mastered their Core Magic can have their wands move autonomously while they fight.

"I'm sure that you have already seen instances where a wand fights alongside their master, even if it wasn't being held by them."

The gazes of Ethan's classmates landed on him because there had been occasions when Ethan fought while only holding onto his Trident.

His wand would often move autonomously and unleash spells as if it had a life on its own.

They had already seen his Partial Resonance, which turned his wand into a faint silhouette of a Mermaid, allowing him to increase the power of his water-based spells, overcoming his foes in battle.

"Although mastering Core Magic is still very early for most of you, there is still a way you can enchant things to move autonomously and support you in battle," Professor Lionel stated. "Something similar to this."

Professor Lionel then raised his sword, and several daggers flew out of his body, hovering around him.

"This style of fighting not only drains a significant amount of Magic Power, it also drains your Mental Power. But once mastered, it can greatly help you in battle, especially if you are fighting multiple enemies at once. We call these autonomous moving objects, Satellites.

"Of course, this style of fighting is not only limited to weapons. You can even use spells for this. At the end of the day, it's all about control. So, all of you are going to train and make a few of these autonomous moving Satellites.

"Those who are able to have even just one Satellite fighting alongside them will gain 100 Merit Points. The more Satellites you have, the more points you will get. But the maximum number of points you will receive in today's lesson is 1,000 Merit Points. Bear that in mind.

"Now, I will teach you how it is done. I will only explain it once, so listen carefully."

Professor Lionel explained the process of imbuing Magical Power in an object and giving it a command. The simplest way to master creating a Satellite was by imbuing them with a single command.

For beginners, it would either be attack or defense.

For those who had mastered this technique, they were able to do both. Professor Lionel knew that not many would be able to accomplish his assignment before his class ended.

However, he still went along with it because he believed that his students would continue to practice this technique even if they weren't in his class.

Ethan watched as Chloe attempted to make her Fire Bullet Spell fight autonomously. However, every time she summoned one, all of them would shoot out from the tip of her wand and fly in the direction she was pointing at. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

After watching her struggle for a while, the young man thought of a good idea about how she would be able to learn the skill quickly.

"Chloe, summon Kon," Ethan said. "I think she will be able to create Satellites. Then, ask her how she does it so that you can do it too."

Chloe's eyes widened in shock because she hadn't thought of this strategy.

Kon was similar to Illumina, but instead of being part of Chloe's Resonance, the little fox was more like a summoned Familiar.

The Fire Fox had strong control over its Fire Powers, and the young lady clapped happily when her familiar created four small fireballs that were circling around her.

"How do you do that, Kon?" Chloe asked.

The Fire Fox made barking-like sounds as she tried to teach her Master how to do what she was doing.

Since Chloe was her Master, the young lady was able to understand what Kon was saying. However, understanding it and putting it into practice were two different things.

At the end of the Class, Ethan was able to get a perfect score of ten, while Nicole managed to control five Satellites.

Fortunately, Chloe was able to make one of them by the end of the lesson, making her very happy.

No one knew at that time that this simple lesson would drastically change Chloe's fighting style, allowing her to dominate her enemies using sheer fire control that surpassed her peers in battle