26 Rapid (2/2)

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Nero was dancing on the edge of death, a dangerous blade passing by his skin with the width of a hair. The complex and precise blade protection was what put the King off the most. He knew how hard it was to master the basic blade protection, yet, in the span of days, this prodigy was able to perfectly perform a fast, dangerous, effective, complex protection around his body. He knew there was some force being applied as well, the winds screeching off the blade was a shred of clear evidence to how fast the blade was moving.

'A-a, he's a genius even beyond manipulation, in the field of melee combat as well! I have to be hallucinating, is this really happening?'

Truthfully speaking, Nero wasn't a prodigy in either of the fields, its just that he has access to the greatest resource, Nova. The learning curve for any skill is exponentially increased for Nero than for anybody, the level of guidance and precision Nova provides is any day better than from a seasoned mentor. Over time, he could use a skill much faster and better than anyone without an AI chip.

'Let's see his reaction to the automated wind blade.'

Swoosh Swish Woosh Woom

With a swift and sudden jerk, Nero's blade split the air in an instant, leaving a red blur behind that moved 2 meters from its origin before dissipating.

”I-INCREDIBLE!” The king stood up from his previous spot, in awe looking at this marvellous child, blessed by the gods above heaven.

The wind blade would travel 5 meters before dissipating if Nero was moving at full speed, just the 0.2x difference adds a multiplying effect on the created Wind Blade, both distance-wise and lengthwise.

”This is IT! We can sock those Nobles this time! Let's see...” The King instantly started formulating a plan.

He took out a gel pen, one of the most expensive objects Pinnacle has to offer, started to jot some notes down.

He finished up after a few minutes of repeated muttering to himself and proceeding to write down some stuff. It seemed like a mutter to Nero, but it was barely more than an inaudible whisper for others, having Nova boost hearing and his compositional change making his eardrums more sensitive made Nero a better listener than an attentive boyfriend.

”Okay, you need to travel to either the Nehoole Kingdom or the Haron Kingdom... you're too known around here it's impossible to sneak you in as a mage candidate seeing as you already are one.” The King explained his plan.

By next week, he had to travel with a bunch of merchants or travellers to get to either of the Large Kingdoms, the King couldn't travel with him, his duties had only multiplied since becoming a King and disappearing with Nero would only bring upon suspicion towards their next move.

'He wants me to be chosen as a mage candidate? But...'

”But what are the requirements to become a mage candidate?”

”Oh, simple! You have to have an aptitude for it, they have an orb which checks how far you can go on the path of a mage, that alone simply removes over 90% of the participants, then they check your battle ability, they'll hand you a completely new weapon and a manual which you have to follow, after that, you have to use this new weapon to rank in the top 10, and the final check to seal the whole thing...” There came a moment of hesitation.

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”You have to kill a human.”