-1366- The biggest challenge

Perhaps because they had learned about the formidable representatives of other academies, the students of Hagun Academy trained even more diligently in the following days.

Not only did they stubbornly face a large number of golems in the morning training sessions to push themselves, but they also attacked Edelweiss with great enthusiasm during the afternoon combat practice, absorbing all her advice as quickly as possible, hoping to further enhance their abilities in the remaining days.

Some students even made declarations to Rozen.

"We must face the higher-level golem you mentioned on the last day of training."

With this goal in mind, everyone worked hard and strived.

This was exactly the effect Rozen wanted. Otherwise, he would not have proactively informed everyone about the special nature of this year's Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and the powerful representatives from other academies, just to give them a push.

As for the golem mentioned by the students, Rozen had already decided that on the last day of training, he would let everyone spend the entire day fighting that golem.

In other words, Rozen had long planned to summon the higher-level golem he mentioned on the last day of the training camp.

However...

"If they knew I was going to summon a golem of the top-level familiar class, would they cry?"

Rozen thought maliciously.

A golem of the top-level familiar class.

That would be a colossal golem, its size easily surpassing that of the dormitory.

Moreover, the golem Rozen intended to summon was not a tactical-level golem but a genuine strategic-level golem, more than enough to fight against an entire country.

After a decade of constant battles, Rozen was now capable of summoning strategic-level familiars using his own abilities.

Not just golems, Rozen could even summon actual dragons. If necessary, Rozen could summon twenty-eight dragons, or even more, like Medb did in the fifth singularity.

Thus, once Rozen summoned the strategic-level golem, Stella and the others would face an enemy as enormous as a mountain.

At that time, it would no longer be just training; it might even be a life-or-death battle, where they would have to risk their lives to make it through the last day.

This was to push everyone's abilities to the maximum and unlock their potential.

Of course, Rozen would unlock the runes on everyone, allowing them to fight with full strength. Otherwise, they would be crushed into mincemeat without any chance of fighting back.

Unaware of this, everyone continued their high-spirited training, not knowing the cruel challenge that awaited them on the last day of the training camp.

At least Rozen had prepared a large number of healing runes, including specially made ones, ready to use at any time to prevent accidental deaths, which would make him responsible.

Thus, the ninth day of the training camp quietly arrived.

After tomorrow, the ten-day training camp would end.

Today, after everyone finished their last battle with a large number of upper-level familiar class golems and had lunch, they threw themselves into Edelweiss's final practical guidance.

As for Rozen, he stepped out of the dormitory and went down the mountain to make a phone call.

The signal in the mountains was poor, so Rozen had no choice but to go down the mountain.

The purpose of the call was to report the results of the training camp to Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene.

"This is the situation. Tomorrow is the last day of training. If everything goes well, we will return to the academy the day after tomorrow."

In a phone booth at the foot of the mountain, Rozen reported like this.

"Thank you very much."

Shinguji Kurono's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Originally, the task of reporting the training results should have been done by the student council president, Todo Touka, after returning to the academy at the end of the training camp, reporting to Shinguji Kurono.

Unfortunately, Shinguji Kurono would be at the venue of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, participating in work and meetings, and Saikyo Nene had official KOK matches to handle, so they would not be in the academy for some time.

Therefore, if they waited until the training camp ended to return, they would not see Shinguji Kurono and report. Since Todo Touka was in training, and even the vice president, Misogi Utakata, was busy cleaning the dormitory and preparing dinner, the task of reporting fell to Rozen, who had nothing to do in the afternoon.

Shinguji Kurono seemed satisfied and spoke up.

"With you two training them, their performance at the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival is really worth looking forward to."

Shinguji Kurono's voice was filled with such emotion.

In response...

"...I say, miss chairman, could it be that you already know my identity?"

Rozen was silent for a while, then squinted and asked this.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand."

But Shinguji Kurono played dumb.

"Stop pretending." Rozen snorted coldly and said, "You must have been curious and suspicious about my identity for a while. This time, Twin-Wings personally came to you and took on the role of the lecturer for this training camp. Even if you guessed with your knees, you would know she came for me and thus guessed my identity, right?"

As said before, people in the industry knew that Twin-Wings had been looking for Tenkai's whereabouts.

Rozen had shown some abilities in front of Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene, using dragon's blood to awaken Stella's true power and letting Attila train Ikki. These two old foxes would surely be curious and suspicious about Rozen's identity.

As a result, Edelweiss came knocking, inexplicably asking to be a lecturer in the training camp. It was obvious that the person Edelweiss was looking for was likely among the trainees.

And among these people, wasn't Rozen the most qualified?

The subtle and strange behavior of these two in the headmaster's office probably also had something to do with this, right?

In other words, Rozen's identity had already been exposed.

"Don't worry, we know our limits."

Shinguji Kurono no longer concealed and spoke directly.

"After all, we don't want to see the world plunged into chaos again."

That is to say, Shinguji Kurono and Saikyo Nene intended to help Rozen hide his identity.

"I thought so too." Rozen curled his lips and said, "Moreover, pulling me in at this stage is a hundred benefits without a single harm to you, so you have no reason to offend me, right?"

"That's the case, so you can rest assured." Shinguji Kurono nodded and said, "Anyway, those people are in your hands. With the world's strongest Blazer and the world's strongest swordsman training them, I look forward to their growth."

After saying that, Shinguji Kurono hung up the phone.

"As expected of an old fox..."

Rozen squinted his eyes and also hung up the phone.

The reporting was done.

Next, as long as the last day's training was completed, Rozen could take everyone back.

However...

"It seems someone doesn't want to see me go back."

Rozen stood in the phone booth, speaking without any emotion.

Upon closer inspection, there was a massive figure outside the phone booth.

The figure raised its fist high and smashed it down on the tiny phone booth below.

"Boom————!"

A heavy roar resounded instantly.