Chapter 1: The Awakening of the Young Man! Thaumaturge...

  In the silent and holy dawn secret training ground, a sudden loud muffled explosion sounded.

  The sound was like someone hitting a wooden stake with incredible speed and continuity.

  However, the actual source of the sound was a clearing in the woods where thirteen giant wooden stakes stood with tightly wrapped ropes. These thirteen stakes were all closely packed together, just like thirteen guards standing shoulder to shoulder, forming a wall.

  Ailin is just at one end of this wall.

  Every punch he threw gave off a sense of explosive power, and thirteen wooden stakes simultaneously let out a loud rumble.

  Compared with the perfect "Ice Crown" ten days ago, Ailin could feel the increase in power within every tiny molecule of her body.

  A burst of physical strength, even more controlled by the mind.

  At that time, he was able to exert his full force on the thirteen wooden stakes, with the maximum power reaching the ninth stake. However, now he can make all thirteen wooden stakes suffer a strong instantaneous shock at the same time.

  Kate passed on to him the only skill "Ice Snow Crown", a kind of skill that first explodes the yuan particle's power, and then simultaneously superimposes the body's power on it. Although he basically doesn't know what level of secret skill Jialan's "Fire Evil Eye" and Kate's "Ice Snow Crown" are, he can clearly feel them out. The advantage of the Fire Evil Eye lies in its ability to affect the opponent's neurons, making the opponent hallucinate, but the "Ice Snow Crown" is a purely destructive skill that pursues fierce destructive power, and is even more powerful in terms of pure strength!

  So it seems that Kate teacher, who always looks like a gentle and kind old good person, is indeed an elite teacher, and she really has some standards!

  Eileen was full of energy and spirit.

  "Oh no!"

  But suddenly he let out a loud cry and rushed frantically towards the outside of the secret training ground.

  Tomorrow is the final match day of the Seikyuusha Cup Academy Championship!

  Yesterday evening after finishing training, Kate told him that today he would go to the third gymnasium for a pre-match meeting of the Academy's small team. Because he had also been secretly training here before, this meeting was also his first formal meeting with other members of the Academy's small team. Moreover, Kate would explain some characteristics of the God Shield Academy team members and give final pre-war guidance!

  But he had been coming here to practice for a long time and was used to it, so after getting up early this morning, he actually forgot about the whole thing and came straight here. The teacher in charge of managing this secret training ground probably didn't know about Kate's arrangement either, and as usual, after registering, she let him in without giving him any reminders.

  When he finally remembered, it was almost the time Kate said the meeting would start. More importantly, he had promised Kate that he wouldn't reveal any of his abilities until they actually entered the competition arena, and in the academy, he couldn't even run quickly!

  So he could only hurry to the gym in a particularly awkward half-running and half-walking posture!

  ……

  "How come Ailing hasn't arrived yet?"

  In the third training hall piled with specialized training equipment, Kate furrowed her brow as she held a small notebook.

  Apart from Ailin, all the other college team members have arrived a long time ago.

  "It's about time, shall we get started?" asked Colleen tentatively.

  He is the oldest and most participatory member of the entire Saint Dawn team, and all the previous team leaders were very particular about the team's discipline and sense of time, so he would say this sentence, and he has already seen Andre and Skoll and other old members subconsciously revealing dissatisfied expressions.

  "Just wait a bit." Kate glanced at the closed door and said without hesitation, "He won't be late for no reason."

  "Not strict at all."

  "So sloppy... can he really lead us to victory?"

  "Ailin may have a surprising talent, but after all, he's just a newborn who hasn't even condensed his yuan particles yet. Why does it seem like you're placing particular importance on him?"

  Several old members of the college team did not express any objections, but they all involuntarily rose with unpleasant feelings in their hearts.

  Time is passing minute by minute and second by second.

  Just as the five minutes Kate mentioned were about to arrive, suddenly, with a loud bang, the iron door of the training hall was pushed open by someone. Ayrin appeared in everyone's line of sight with an apologetic expression on his face. As soon as he saw Kate and the rest of the academy team members in one corner of the training hall, Ayrin exclaimed, "Sorry, Teacher Kate, I went to train again, I forgot this morning..."

  "Don't ever forget this again! If you miss the match, it's really over!"

  Kate cut off Elin's words sternly, "Close the door and come over here."

  "Good!"

  Ailin blushed and ran quickly to Kate's side.

  He saw Rogrit and Debora in addition to the few squad members from last time and the South Wind College match.

  However, there were four other team members who had passed the selection, but he did not know them.

  Kate didn't introduce the team members and went straight into the topic.

  "Tomorrow, our Dawn Academy will be battling against Shield Academy. According to the information we have, apart from their captain Ivan and vice-captain Charlotte, the remaining three members should be among Sherry, Brooke, Slade, and Bertha."

  "Ivan has no records of his own, soon after the newborn training, he was specially tutored by a special teacher from House Lannister, and now he has become a formal combat instructor of House Lannister. He should also be an instructor of special bloodline."

  "Charlotte became a combat instructor for House Lannister in her second year, possessing a mix of elven and barbarian bloodlines, resulting in an unusual combination of speed and strength. She specializes in the 'Heavy Ion' technique, a unique self-body technique that allows her body to become incredibly heavy during battles, rendering some impact-based techniques useless against her. Her attacking techniques are also highly distinctive, utilizing the 'War God's Technique' from the Divine Shield Academy, which combines magical particles and energy to create a durable metal war puppet that can last for at least three minutes. Her spiritual power allows her to control the puppet, whose strength far surpasses that of ordinary techniques."

  "Xie Er is from our Holy Lauren City's Daniel family, his most powerful technique is 'Blazing Bullet', he can continuously shoot out fireballs, in one breath he can blow out six fireballs, until the technique's energy is depleted."

  "Brook is of ordinary human bloodline, but he also belongs to the human bloodline with very good innate talent. He awakened at the age of twelve and his powerful technique is 'Steel Skin', which belongs to super anti-strike and strength-type fighting style."

  "Slay has a small amount of beastman blood, although not enough to reach the point of frenzy, but his agility and dodge are particularly good. His deadly technique is 'Rotating Ice Blade', three ice blades will continuously rotate outside, attacking the opponent, and after returning to his hand, he will add the power of magic particles again and throw them out. To fight against him, you have to face his physical attack and these three constantly flying rotating ice blades."

  "Bertha is from the Gol Blue Mountains' Berolome family, her specialty lies in 'Snake Technique' and 'Snake Body', her technique particles and power combined to form snakes that are more troublesome than real poisonous snakes. Her 'Snake Body Technique' can twist her body into various strange postures, most crucially, many attacks on her will directly slide away without taking effect."

  “……”

  Except for Kris and Ailin, who seemed to be listening with extreme concentration, their expressions unchanged, the faces of Corinne and the rest of the academy team members all turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on their backs.

  Even if you exclude Ivan and Charlotte, who are definitely monster-level and the only ones that Chris can possibly contend with, the remaining four members of the God Shield Academy team make them feel chilled to the bone, giving them an unbeatable feeling.

  "Against our school, God Shield Academy will likely adopt the strategy of South Seasoning Academy's team. They may put Charlotte in the first or second starting position and have her take out the rest of our school's team members, forcing a one-on-one with Kiritos."

  Kate had apparently already seen the views of these college team members, but he still said directly: "But their tactics will be more effective because Charlotte is more powerful than anyone in the Nanjing Wind College team. The God Shield College team that has absolute strength to enter the national competition, any other member of them, compared with the rest of the Nanjing Wind College team, will also be stronger."

  "How should we form our troops?"

  Corey took a deep breath and looked at Kate.

  He was very clear that in the case of slightly inferior overall strength, only targeted deployment and each member of the small team on the field clearly knowing their responsibilities and resolutely implementing them could have a glimmer of hope for victory.

  "I've already made specific preparations for each of you in your individual training, and tomorrow before the match, I'll do a final check on your physical condition. The final five-man lineup will be announced then." Kate looked at everyone, "Before the game starts, I'll tell each player individually what to do during the match. The purpose of this pre-match meeting is not to come up with a new formation based on the latest news at this late hour! The purpose of this meeting is to give all of you the confidence to win, and if everything goes as planned, we will take down this match tomorrow!"

  "What?!"

  The entire gymnasium was filled with shocked and disbelieving gazes. The vast majority of people suspected that they had misheard what was said.

  "I'm serious."

  Kate looked at everyone, nodded seriously, "As long as you have the conviction of winning, I can guarantee that if we defeat God Shield Academy, we will be even stronger in the next game and there will be secret weapons."

  ……

  Confidence is certainly an important thing.

  Those who have absolute confidence and are not nervous in the competition, often become more excited and perform better than usual, becoming a natural-born fighter and competitor.

  Everyone understands that Kate wants the entire college team to have more confidence and play normally.

  "Teacher, I have something to say to you alone, and also to Ailin, can I?"

  At the end of the meeting, one of the old team members of the college team, An De, suddenly plucked up his courage and said this sentence.

  "And now that it's just Ailin and me, what is it that you want to say?" Kate asked gently, looking at And with an empty training hall after dismissing everyone else.

  "During the meeting, your gaze often unconsciously lingers on Ailin, and judging from his tardiness, it seems like you have high expectations for him. So I think you're planning to put him in tomorrow's lineup! It even gives me a feeling that you want to place some hope on him." An De gritted his teeth and spoke up: "I know you might be disappointed with our old team members' performance in the last match, but I don't want you to have misconceptions because of this pre-selection match. As the team leader, any wrong judgment will lead to failure in the entire competition. I don't think our old team members are inferior to Ailin, a new student. So if you really want him to play, I hope you'll let me compete with him and I'll prove it to you."

  "You're still too young, too naive, or rather, you don't understand the capabilities of Saint Lehman Academy's elite teachers at all." Kate burst out laughing and glanced at Ailin, who looked like a well-behaved baby, "In that case, Ailin, have a match with him."