Chapter 20 (1/2)
Mightiest Melee Magician
Chapter 20
The preparations for the 4th test finished smoothly.
Even now, whether it was about the ‘Grand Festival’ or ‘Valedictorian’, the academy was noisy with talks about me and Michael.
However, I chose to stay focused on what I needed to do.
Which was, Quests.
I trained for 4 more days after my strength became .
And finally,
You have attained 1000 strength.
You have attained the title ‘The Preparations are Over’.
The Repeatable Quest will upgrade to level II.
The difficulty of Repeatable Quest will increase by double, and the reward will increase by triple.
The Incarnation of Strength, Straang is promoted to Rank 2 **
Your Strength will increase by 200 as a reward.
As my strength reached 1000, Straang was promoted to Rank 2.
Thanks to this, my strength instantly increased to .
“So, your strength finally reached 1000?”
“Yeah. To be precise, it became 1200.”
“This is where you start for real. Look at your quest. The difficulty and reward should’ve increased.”
I opened my Quest window.
It was true.
Repeatable Quest
Body Training II
You have matured to a basic level of body strength required for battle. However, training never ends. Continue to strive forward.
Punch: 0/5000
Kick: 0/5000
Spin Kick: 0/5000
15km Run: 0/1
Real Battle Training: 0/1
* Reward: Strength +30.
As the quest entered the second stage, the number of punches and kicks I needed to do in a day increased, and a 15km run was added too.
But thanks to Straang’s recent advice, I had already increased the punching and kicking to 5000 each, and since I was steadily increasing how much I ran, it wasn’t an unbearable amount.
Rather, it became a favourable situation where the training amount felt the same, but the reward had increased threefold.
However, there was one quest that I didn’t understand at the start.
Which was,
Just what was I meant to do?
At that moment, Straang, having eaten his fill after advancing to Rank 2, told me while rubbing his bloated belly,
“Burp~! That was nice. I told you when we first met, right? That I could become anything?”
“Yeah? You did.”
“I can do it now. Materialization transformation.”
The now Rank 2 Straang could stop looking like a teddy bear spirit and could transform into a ‘Materialization’ form that one could touch and see.
“Then, can you transform into a human form?”
“Yep. If I become Rank 5. But for now, it’s impractical for me to transform into a complete human.”
“Then what can you transform into now?”
“Should I show you?”
Straang laughed jokingly.
Before I could respond, a red smoke suddenly covered his body.
The smoke seemed to spin around Straang’s body, and after a bit, he appeared with a completely different form.
Which was…
“…a scarecrow?”
The form of a scarecrow.
It looked slightly different to the normal wooden scarecrows, as it had both arms and legs attached to it.
Considering he was the Incarnation of Strength, I expected him to take a more divine form, so a scarecrow was quite unexpected.
As I showed a puzzled expression, Straang spoke to me.
“Don’t ignore me just because I’m a scarecrow. Do you know how big of a help I was when Draka first did his Real Battle Training?”
“Real battle training? So, what you’re saying is… you’re used for training?”
“Yep. To be more accurate, it’s for your quest.”
“…Ah.”
That’s right.
The objective of Straang’s current transformation was…
To be a scarecrow used for the Quest.
“So going forward, I need to do battle training with you every day?”
“That’s right.”
From now on, once every day…
I needed to diligently spar with Straang.
“I’m too weak currently, so it’s only to the level of a 3rd-class Magician or Rank 3 Knight… but later, when I regain all my strength again, anything would be possible. If you wanted, even demonkind or dragonkind.”
First, a humanoid scarecrow.
Next, a real human.
Even later, a myriad of monsters and also demons.
Straang’s unique nature allowed him to be free of a singular form.
If certain conditions were met, he could transform into any shape and size.
This also meant he could be used for training to increase my battle proficiency.
“…Wow.”
A jackpot.
Michael was a magician.
And a pretty capable magician at that.
Since I was a failure as a student for the past 5 years, I had never fought one on one against another magician, and in this situation, I had to prepare for the .
But now, that training was possible.
An ability that appeared just when I needed it most.
I didn’t have to worry about anything else.
I said to Straang,
“Then, let’s do it right now.”
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“Which one?”
“The Magician.”
As I requested the magician, Straang created a fissure in the air and a huge wooden staff appeared in his hands.
“Sure.”
And then, without warning…
“Hap!”
Started pouring out magic against me.
Straang shouted,
“Even if you get hit by my magic, it only does enough for knockback and can’t damage you. So, don’t worry about it!”
Only a knockback, even if hit by the magic.
Even if I hit Straang, he didn’t take any damage.
Indeed, a situation that allowed for endless training.
“…So is that it?”