Nathan

  Year 2851 | Month 2 | Day 25

  I can’t help but grimace as I run through the latest battlefield with my sword in hand cutting enemy soldiers apart while failing miserably at my magic. Doing the newest training method my hellish teacher gave me.

  A method that no one would ever use with a student who isn’t immortal.

  One where he straight up banned me from using any spells at all. From using even a single spell circle.

  And instead ordered me to only use magic through directly manipulating my mana while fighting through a battlefield. Because ‘if I can’t do it while surrounded by dozens of enemies, it doesn’t matter’. Also, in his words, ‘you need to practice doing it so much that you can do it in your sleep, and doing it while fighting will train you to do just that’.

  But, of course, I haven’t managed to make a single spell with my mana manipulation alone.

  So… this has led to a lot of discomfort for me. Seeing as I’m running through a battlefield cutting apart enemy magicians and soldiers with my sword while repeatedly setting myself on fire and blowing myself up on accident.

  None of which is fun.

  What’s even worse is that I’m pretty sure the other soldiers, magicians, and even some of the nobles are sending me pitying looks sometimes when I see them. All because of Juan’s training methods, which have been on full display for everyone to see.

  I’ve even seen some pitying looks sent my way from the enemies. When they aren’t running for their lives, being cut down, or trying to capture me.

  Although some of the enemies have resorted to trying to get me to turn traitor against the Kingdom of the Fallen. Which is interesting.

  The Class S magicians seem to be leaving me alone at least. Most likely because of Juan and the skeleton.

  I’m not sure what they told them, but they’re the only ones I can see stopping them from acting.

  On that note, Juan has been around to teach me less and less lately. Although I guess it makes some sense, since the battle between the Class S magicians is heating up. Especially after one of them was taken out of the running in the past few weeks.

  Specifically the dark Class S magician leading the forces of Entaria. Who also happens to be the second newest Class S magician to reach that Class. Other than the Chairman of the Republic, of course.

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  Which was exactly how he was killed. He was too arrogant and was captured in a pincer attack between the chairman and the doctor. Who ironically enough weren’t working together at the time.

  The guy just had poor luck.

  And thanks to that, his entire nation is on lockdown with their forces leaving the war.

  As for what will happen with Entaria after the war? According to the agreement, it’ll end up being the property of whoever wins the conflict. But I kind of doubt Entaria will just sit around waiting just because their Class S magician was killed in an accidental pincer attack.

  Not that it’ll matter much to the other nations now that they have no Class S magicians backing them up.

  I let out a sigh as I continue failing miserably at forming any sort of spells. Which my distracted mind is probably not helping.

  If there is one other bright side about the past few weeks, it’s that Juan had a special type of armor forged by his own hand for me. With some help from the skeleton and one other Class S magician who is completely neutral to this current war.

  The Class S nature magician, Leith Allen.

  And this particular set of armor makes it so I don’t have to end up exposing myself to everyone on every battlefield anymore.

  So that’s nice.

  The armor isn’t the greatest in terms of actual defensive prowess, but it is immune to fire damage, death damage – not that death magic actually damaged armor in the first place – and it can repair itself even after complete and utter annihilation of the entire set of armor. And rather quickly too, simply through draining nature mana from the ground through my boots.

  Or, in the case of my boots being annihilated, through any part of the armor. Albeit at a slower pace than the boots.

  And it even has a special charge that it can hold for when the entire set is annihilated.

  As for if that charge runs out and there isn’t any of it left to drain from the ground? It can drain directly from my own mana supply. But only as a last resort, and only with my permission.

  Overall, it’s a wonderful way to stop me from ending up naked in the middle of a battlefield over and over again.

  Because apparently that was bothering Juan and the skeleton quite a bit.

  Probably not as much as it was bothering me though.

  Anyways, I continue trying and failing and trying and failing over and over again to use a spell with direct mana manipulation. But every single attempt ends in failure. Failure without even managing to get my mana past the magical membrane around my skin, much less into the form of a spell.

  At the very least though, I am managing to learn things from a lot of the attempts.

  Even if I’m not learning anything from just cutting apart these soldiers. They’re pretty much meant to be nothing more than distractions while I manipulate my mana. Which makes me feel a little bad for them.

  Or it would, if it weren’t for the fact that they’re here fighting in a war in the first place. And I chose the specific battlefield where the White Kingdom is because they are all obsessed with war and have a choice to fight or not. Unlike the Republic where joining the military is mandatory for magicians.

  So the people I’m killing are all here by choice, and none were forced to-

  My thoughts are interrupted for a few moments when I’m blown up. Although I find it difficult to tell after I reform again whether it was me who blew myself up or some other magician who blew me up.

  Then it’s made clear when I’m blown up again without even doing anything with my mana.

  Rude.

  I rush over and cut the fire magician’s head off before continuing my training.

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