Chapter 44 (1/2)

After ed his clothes and opened theto let the air circulate Whatever that was left on his body didn't srabbed his blanket and opened the door There was no light in the hallway, and all the roo of people and the noises h the hallways,out of his room

Angele went straight to the bathroom at the end of the hallway and took a shower He then returned to his rooele felt refreshed, then putting all his dirty clothes at the corner

'As a wizard apprentice, I can only meditate for a certain duration each day Otherwise, my body wouldn't be able to handle the pressure There are still three leaves on the Dead Soul Grass, and when I finish all three, rass anyele recalled the information from the book The maximum number of hours he could noas 5 hours per day He carefully put the box containing the grass beneath his pillow and fell asleep right after

The second

Angele awoke at 5 o'clock in the ot off the bed and looked at the Wizard's book on the desk

'The dorh a place for this I should ask Master to keep theht He placed the book and the box inside a black bag and left the room with it

It was still early in the e for hire was there yet He didn't return to his bed and instead walked toward the sword training ground He passed by the dor toward a hill west of the building Built upon it was a platforround Batches of equipray stone house behind the platforround, green grass surrounding the ground all over It was still a bit dark,in the forest nearby

Angele tied the bag around an ar a wooden sword from the stone house He heard noises in the air as he did several basic slashes Angele felt satisfied He walked toward the du tied on it and decided to start practicing

'Unknown hu Distance: 103 ele didn't know that people would come so early just to hone their sword skills, but he wasn't too concerned about them He knew several students who occasionally practiced very early There were three ele With Angele's excellent hearing, he could easily hear their conversation

” … I heard that several new faces joined the school's grand tourna,” one of them said

”Whatever, those people are always the cha I heard he was selected to be the future leader of the harbor's police depart at the patrol already There are some people who have exceptional sword skills such as Allen, Albert, Nancy, and Alger They won't be easily defeated by newcomers,” someone else said

”They ainst As the other contestants look like a joke I choose to be a swordser has been practicing at the training ground very early recently We ht meet him there,” another one said

As the footsteps were getting close, Angele shook his head after hearing their conversation He laughed because he had seen As and his skill set was refined It ele's basic sword skill set Angele round, and he ele used his chip to collect data on As after that those skills required the Life Energy Seed to unlock the full potential The set was at the level of a grand knight, but it was useless to Angele

Coele's basic skills were focused on technique and precision If Angele tried to practice the set, he would just get a backlash as he didn't meet the requirey Seed The Grand Sword Tournament was a tradition of the Andes Alliance, which was held every other year The school would becoh-class nobles would be invited to be the judges Not only were the contestants the students in the school, even the alu

Angele never cared about it as his goal was reaching stage one as a wizard apprentice and awaiting the boat of the Wizard organizations Angele stopped listening to their conversation, deciding to focus on practicing instead He raised his wooden sword and initiated a front slash on the du As the three students arrived at the training ground, they becaele

”It's Angele, the language genius! I heard he's Master Adolf's favorite student, and he even taught Angele privately,” one of them said with a faint voice

”Shall we greet him?” he continued

”Nope, let's not disturb him I heard he's also an impressive archer such that many students said that he has a 90 accuracy rate even when the targets are 100 meters away! If we have a tournament for archery, he'll be at the top 3 for sure! Also, I heard he doesn't like other students, very self-centered, and even has a bad temper Some students once said in public that they don't like his like that They probably had a 'great tiele,” the other one said

”Alright, let's just stay away froer him,” the one as at the front said

The three talked for a while, though they tried avoiding any eye contact with Angele They picked a place far fro ooden swords they had taken Angele found it funny when he heard their gossip while practicing He thought he didn't attract any attention in school, but apparently, he ell-known The students who didn't like Angele were just rando to fight hiht them a lesson within several seconds They left hi that he was Adolf's student After that incident, ruele wasn't one to be trifled with

Angele didn't too deeply about it However, people were saying hoas self-centered and had a bad teele speechless He shook his head and decided to continue training

In the next several days, the school becaoing Angele sawto and fro with swords tied to their waists Many tiround It seemed that the tourna the audience area