A Bet

"He's at the dorms, Your Lordship." 

"Go get him; someone wants to spar with him." 

The moment Asher said that, there was a sudden cold air that swept through the pit; even Alec looked at the people with Asher, searching for the man that would spar against Nero.

Ever since Nero joined the army, he had grown from being the one to be thrashed about to the one thrashing.

And this was just in a period of weeks!

Alex had made sure he went with the team in charge of keeping the stronghold's surroundings safe and killed lots of beasts in the process. His exploits were famous in the stronghold, and the reason for his fame was his young age.

Currently, he was now a silver-ranked dual swordsman, and the upgrade had increased his height to 1.6 meters! Though ten, he looked like a teenager with a lean yet muscular physique.

Throughout the night he had been refining his sword skills, which was why he was asleep while others were training.