4 I'm a Janitor Acknowledged by the School

When the bell rang, the two didn't slack off and immediately casted their spells.

Freya, having fought Deimon before, instantly casted her strongest spell—Water Dragon.

The water that gathered in her hands immediately transformed into a life-like dragon and roared towards Deimon.

"Water Dragon in the first engagement, interesting. It seems that you won't hold back this time." Deimon said as he also casted a spell—Earth Wall!

Although the power of his spells in other elements are greatly reduced due to being a Fire-born, it doesn't mean that he won't use it.

After the earth wall was erected, he quickly ran to the side and threw a fireball at Freya, to which she responded by casting a Water Wall.

Bursts of smoke quickly filled the arena due to the two elements clashing. Fortunately, there was a Wind-mage on standby that blew the smoke away.

"Heh, I knew you would do that." Deimon smirked and quickly chanted a powerful wind-spell to blow away the water wall.

Then, he chanted the Windrider spell which greatly increased his movement speed, therefore allowing him to appear in front of Freya in a blink of an eye.

Although he was a fire mage, he also learned hand-to-hand combat.

Closing the distance between them allowed him to gain more advantage!

Even though this is a bout between mages, hand-to-hand combat is not forbidden.

Just when he was about to throw a punch, he saw Freya's mouth turn into a curve.

"Heh, you're an idiot as always." Freya smirked. She quickly evaded the punch and a ball of fire materialized in her hand almost instantly.

Without hesitation, she threw an uppercut while her hands were on fire.

As he laid on the ground, Deimon looked at Freya with an astonished look, "Y-You... How could you cast a fire spell so quickly!?"

It would not be surprising if his opponent was a Fire-born, but his opponent is clearly a Water-born! When he thought about it, even a Fire-born can't cast a spell that quickly!

All of a sudden, realization dawned on him. He looked at Freya with horror and asked, "Have you... already reached that realm?"

The realm he meant is Integration. A realm where a Mage has integrated an element on themselves. In this realm, a Mage doesn't need to chant and simply needs gestures to cast a spell.

Freya nodded and turned around to exit the stage.

...

"As expected of a student hailing in a prestigious school. Although it looked a bit sloppy, ultimately, she still integrated an element into herself." Alfie commented.

Claude nodded as well. With the knowledge he copied from the teachers, he knew how difficult it is to integrate an element to one's self.

However, to him it is merely a matter of effort.

While everyone was not paying attention, he went outside and experimented with the things he copied.

He tried chanting and found that it took way too long, so he tried using gestures. With Intermediate Magic Knowledge, he can easily create a spell using gestures.

Feeling that it was pointless to watch any longer, he excused himself and went outside. Although Alfie urged him to stay, he was adamant. In any case, he still needs to experiment using his copied power.

…

When he went outside, he suddenly heard some ridiculing voices.

He followed the general direction of the voices and found a few students of Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy surrounding a few familiar faces.

Among them was the timid girl he blocked, Vaun who was now fully healed, and the blonde girl at school.

'So this is where they went.' He thoughtfully said to himself, 'No wonder I didn't see them when they were defeated.'

"Myriad Kingdom's Magic School, more like Myriad Kingdom's Trash School! I don't know why the government is still funding that school when all it produces are a bunch of trash!" One of the students of Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy mocked.

Every student of Myriad Kingdom's Magic School felt angry but they couldn't rebuke it. Even their geniuses were defeated by ordinary students, what else could they say?

Upon hearing those words, Claude didn't feel much. But since the school has been good to him, he at least wanted to save the school's reputation.

"Aren't these the students of Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy? Even though you've beaten these people doesn't necessarily mean that you could be arrogant. After all, these people aren't even considered students of Myriad Kingdom's Magic School!" Claude's majestic voice rang, which startled everyone.

The students of Myriad Kingdom' s Magic School felt grateful at first but then they heard the last sentence.

We're not even students of the academy? Then what are we!?

"Mister Janitor!" The timid girl suddenly exclaimed.

Claude smiled and nodded in acknowledgement.

"Hmph! This is not a discussion where a mere janitor can interrupt!"

"Ha? Even though I'm merely a Janitor, I'm a Janitor acknowledged by the school, unlike these people."

Everyone was speechless.

Is being a janitor something to be proud of?

And what do you mean by a janitor acknowledged by the school?

"Huh! Even if you're a janitor acknowledged by the school, take this!" A student from Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy casted a fire spell and threw it towards Claude.

Everyone in Myriad Kingdom's Magic School looked solemn as they glanced at Claude with worry. Even Vaun, who was usually arrogant looked at Claude's direction with slight worry.

After all, even if they have grievances, they are still in the same school. Not to mention, they're currently facing the same enemy.

When the fire spell reached Claude, he merely waved his hands and a water-ball was casted, therefore neutralizing the fire spell.

"Is this the power of Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy? How pathetic! Even an acknowledged Janitor like me can cast a far more powerful spell!"

With that said, Claude made some gestures with his hands and a fireball quickly materialized. But it doesn't stop there, the fireball quickly grew to an unfathomable size.

Claude glanced at the terrified students of Aizen's Imperial Magic Academy and smiled, "What now? Still want to compare?"