Chapter 39

(3'rd POV)

Right after Ashborn disappeared from his place, he appeared into a large open battleground. There were some people already fighting, but Ashborn didn't mind at all. They might come in handy later.

"Hm, that might be enough." He checked the size of the battleground and it was enough to hold battles between his group.

"Now what to do with them?" Ashborn asked himself, looking at other students doing spars.

While some woman was flying on similar to Hawky the creature and observing them. She wasn't very strong, but comparing her to students would be as if comparing gold to dirt. She had experience in fighting that was noticeable, her posture, her way of observing, in addition to that she had some defenses around mana-core. Comparable to Jasmine, but still weaker.

'I haven't told them where exactly they should come, right?'

In that case, Ashborn will just wait. He can assign some of his soldiers to this task, but they weren't suitable. Imagine Beru training someone who can't do something from his first explanation. Without him around that, someone would lose their head...

"Well, here they come." Arthur with his class already arrived, their expression showed determination.

'They want to level up so much? That's good.' Thought Ashborn.

"Hm, I don't remember having your class today, Claire." The female teacher who landed on the ground called out for Claire.

"We were told to come here. We should have some kind of a quest here." Claire answered and looked around for Ashborn.

"Well, I don't know what quest you will have here...but I have a lesson, so you will have to wait." The woman responded, turning them down. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't have the authority to decide anything.

"Professor Glory, I think someone who brought us here wouldn't like what you said." Awkwardly said Curtis, scratching the back of his head.

Clueless about who this woman was, Arthur, or now the teacher of this group just stood silently waiting for others to do something. He still couldn't sense her core because of her defense, which intrigued him.

"Eh, really? Whatever, I have a lesson to continue. Anyway, I wouldn't mind having battle training with you guys..." She eyed Arthur, confusing him.

"Why not. Fight with the group of these students and defeat them. Fatal attacks... are acceptable." Ashborn's voice reverberated in their ears, they couldn't catch him in sight, but obviously, he had to be somewhere close.

Professor Glory was shocked. she didn't know, but the person whose voice she heard now had to be strong. She couldn't even notice anyone's presence other than students.

"Now this is something... Even the directress isn't so proficient in sound magic to enchant the area without anyone noticing." Unknown to Professor Glory, Ashborn wasn't using sound magic. His voice traveled through mana itself.

"We should start right now." Theodore cracked his knuckles, he couldn't wait to get stronger just like others.

"Whoever is this teacher of yours, I would also like to battle him." Professor Glory grinned at the thought of fighting against a strong opponent.

"Forget it, professor, you are no match... for an S-Class adventurer that is." Curtis's words shocked the woman even more.

"So, he is in this school for real!" She exclaimed.

"Begin it already, I hate wasting time." The chilly voice of Ashborn stopped them from continuing meaningless conversations.

"O-Okay, everyone gather in a circle here!" Professor called out for her students.

After being called out by their teacher, a bunch of people. Girls and boys in the same uniform gathered in a circle, waiting for the professor's explanation. They didn't have to wait before the professor started explaining what they would be doing.

"We will have group battles, between Student Council, Disciplinary Committee and you. We can divide into grou-" She again couldn't finish and got interrupted by Ashborn.

"Not necessary. Arthur's class against yours, simple as that. In war, you might not have time to split up into groups..."At the mention of war, Arthur tensed up. He didn't quite understand why his brother brought up war to students? Also previously he was talking about teaching 'how to survive'. Arthur could already connect dots about the bigger picture.

"I guess that's it then, you guys get ready on the other half."

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Arthur and others finished changing into training attire. Simple blue uniform with some protecting pads. They got ready for battle and waited for Ashborn's statement.

"Upperhand or defeat making them unconscious. Rules are easy, just make sure you don't kill. You are already split in half, so you may begin your battle whenever you are ready." Ashborn announced suddenly, they expected him to count down and later start.

Arthur wastes no time, runs forward ahead of everyone. He then stopped for a second and looked back to his teammates.

"In war, you won't have a timer!" He commented with a grin before marching forward again.

"Let's get this done quickly then!" Theodore grinned and channeled mana in his legs and began running towards enemies.

"Don't underestimate us yet! Don't you remember, I'm on their side." Professor Glory yelled from the other side of the battleground.

"I'll take care of a teacher. You guys go fight against students." Arthur reassured his class, but they were not relieved at all.

"Hey! You want to take most levels!" Instead, they started arguing about who should fight against the teacher.

'Was that really a good plan?' Ashborn doubted his decision. Implanting the system in the classes was itself a good idea, but this depends on how they use it. Right now they are arguing about levels, so he should set something here.

"Losing a match will result in losing three levels while winning guarantees two. So don't fight mindlessly, wanting to get strong is good. But in war, you should stick to working in a team if you don't have enough power." Ashborn advised, he himself particularly didn't like working with anyone. Why would he? He can do most of the things alone and he already has encountered a lot of betrayals. Just to fully trust somebody was already impossible.

"As I was saying, I will take care of the teacher." Arthur repeated and dashed to the teacher.

'Let's see how strong Arthur is without using his two elements.' Thought Ashborn, as he watched Arthur approaching the female professor. She was a good match for Arthur who is trying to hide his elements and beast will.

Arthur and the woman crossed their swords. Trying to pressure each other with raw strength, they tightened their grip on the sword, while also augmenting their bodies to increase strength. Arthur's wind element gathered at the sharp edge of his blue sword and the woman's sword was flaming.

Woman subconsciously smiled, with her right leg tried to kick Arthur on his side. Arthur, fully displaying his flexibility, avoided it, and with a quick movement, he thrust his sword at the professor. She of course managed to avoid it, but this was a feint. Arthur ducked down, kicking her legs tripping her over instead.

Glory immediately got up with the same grin she had before.

"What a monster you are!" She addressed Arthur who just chuckled in response.

"Yeah, I saw monsters bigger than me." Arthur in these words meant his brother. Who didn't know what to feel about it, he indeed was a monster when it comes to strength.

"You have quite a few monsters in your class too." Glory noted glancing at other fights.

Aside from Glory and Arthur, there were other battles going. Both DC and SC were utterly dominating enemies, without giving them time to catch their breaths. Even though some of the students were older than DC and SC members, they weren't strong enough to stand their ground.

"Try harder, are you a girl?!" Theodore yelled at some boy who was squeaking in fear, Theodore with his gravity magic could easily halt students. Without augmentation, it was almost impossible for a boy to move his limbs.

'I need stronger opponents to get level-ups fast.' Remembered Theodore.

Others from Arthur's class were also trying to find stronger opponents. Anxiety about leveling up as much as they can, was so high, that they wanted to heal their opponents and fight them again. Not the result that Ashborn was expecting, but he can work with it.

Arthur and Glory exchanged a lot of blows, slashes, kicks, and magic, everything was used. Sweat was tickling on Glory's face from all this fighting, she was getting exhausted. Arthur was the same as he was before starting the battle, with no visible exhaustion, his breathing was steady and his footwork wasn't floppy.

'Excellent job Arthur, your abilities as a human are extraordinary, in this world at least.' Ashborn praised Arthur in his mind.

'His future girlfriend is also strong.' Compared to others Tessia with her plant magic was strong not with raw strength, but with a tactical mind. She bound others with vines and later knocked them out.

Others were mediocre at most. Prince and Princess of Sapin were strong, but Curtis was using Artifacts, while Kathlyn with her ice magic couldn't balance between defense and attack.

Meanwhile, Claire used her sword with great proficiency. Arthur was still ahead of him in the usage of swords by a far margin, but Ashborn was comparing her to other students and Claire wouldn't lose to anyone in swordsmanship.

'Kaspian is her uncle... What should I expect from Kaspian?' Kaspian was a cautious man, he would obviously prepare for the future. After learning what is going on this continent, anyone would try to prepare and ensure the safety of their relatives.

"Gwah, I'm out monster." Glory slumped down on the ground panting heavily.

"So I win?" Reasked Arthur and Glory just showed thumbs-up.

"Took you a while to finish." Arthur's class approached him, Arthur looked at them, and seeing them pointing at opponents he turned to so-called 'opponents'.

Students laying who knows where, panting heavily, clothes dirty, and aches everywhere on the body. Arthur was impressed, but now he just wanted to hear how many levels he got from fighting another professor.

"We won the battle, now it's time to give us rewards." Arthur called out for Ashborn.

"Certainly... you won the battle, but who said the mission was accomplished? You won the battle, but not the war. You still have an enemy to finish off." Ashborn just entered the sight of the people present.

"You don't mean tha-."

"That's exactly it. Arthur, you are going to fight me."

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Another chapter. After not updating for 3 days, I came back home. I will try getting used to the new schedule, u know school and things...

Well anyway, some of you might know I got another FF.

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Well, that's it. Cyaaaa