Chapter 114: Taking the Fall for My Sister, That's Where I Excel
"There are too many types of magic, compared to analysis, building is still the most troublesome."
Rin frowned, pressing his thumb and forefinger against his chin, deep in thought.
At his current level, which is equivalent to a maximum of second grade, he still needs to learn more techniques.
As for the antagonist mission to reach the top four, he really lacks confidence.
Giving up the mission? Just quitting ahead of time is embarrassing and won't affect the main storyline, right?
Ha, if I can reach the top four, why should I let others take my place? Do I not care about my reputation?
Indeed, I need to study hard with Suyu.
Rin was about to open another book of common techniques when he suddenly glanced at the Sword Saint and couldn't help but chuckle.
Yuki was now staring at a blank sheet of paper, nodding off gradually. Whenever she woke up in a startle, she would scratch her head in frustration. The starry patterns in her dark red eyes had turned into circles.
Then, the Sword Saint stopped contemplating, gritted his teeth, and started repeatedly writing, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Rin mocked her disdainfully, dodged the paper she held out, rolled it up, and tapped her head with it.
"Illiterate Sword Saint, what are you writing? Took you over an hour just to think of six words?"
Yuki looked a bit sad and lowered her head in embarrassment, "I... I never studied literature or wrote essays..."
She held Rin's hand and said, "Please don't look down on me, little brother."
Rin rolled his eyes annoyedly and tapped her head, "Oh, come on, what's not to look down on you for? You're so dumb and clumsy, you rely on me for everything!"
He shook his head in disbelief, "Your handwriting is so ugly... Forget it, let me do it. Foolish Sword Saint, be grateful and obedient from now on."
Rin took out a fresh piece of paper, paused for a moment, and started writing.
He was always a good student on Earth and never had to do this kind of thing before... but he had written many for his silly sister, Lin Wuyue.
He had to write two of these every month, wondering what that weird sister was doing at school all day long!
So, Rin was very confident in writing this self-critique for her.
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"For the school selection process, a random battle is held every afternoon. The two teams with the highest scores will be chosen. If there are more than two teams with the same scores, a final match will be held."
Since Yuki had returned, she continued to be the combat teacher, responsible for the team and individual evaluations. The other teachers were in charge of overseeing each match separately.
"Now, the team captain whose name is called will enter the training ground and begin the battle."
Yuki held the list and meticulously read each name aloud. Her tone softened only when she reached her brother's name.
"Team Rin Fenix will battle against Team Victor Marlowe."
Rin proudly led three girls into training ground Zone C.
When Rin saw the familiar green-haired shield warrior on the opposite side, he scoffed and even gave a disdainful look.
Victor was indeed angered. He forcefully placed his shield on the ground, feeling very angry, "Always acting as if no one else matters. Do you really think you are so great?"
"Hmm, no matter what, I'm better than you, oh, how boring, can't we have something more challenging?"
"Fenix, I'm not afraid of you, and I won't show mercy! I will use this shield to show you that lineage and titles don't mean everything!"
"Well, it's no wonder that being born in a humble background like a commoner, your army commander father taught you this way? I am truly worried about your intelligence and future."
After speaking, Rin couldn't be bothered with him, he turned to the teacher acting as a referee and asked, "Can we start now?"
"Oh... Oh! The rules of the competition are: no use of magic devices, no use of magic cards, so get ready... start!"
Rin was full of energy at that moment, starting to chant his spell, but... today, Waste Hero was very energetic, charging forward and sweeping through like a whirlwind, sending all four opponents flying out of the arena without a word.
"Um... the result of the match is, Team Fenix wins!"
"Darn it! Just because you have a hero on your side! Don't get too cocky, I will be back!"
Victor fell to the ground, then stood up, yelling angrily at Rin, only to be hit by the falling shield and fell down again.
Rin felt no joy in victory, he scolded Waste Hero sternly, "How many times do I have to say it? You need to follow our planned tactics! Don't charge in recklessly! You leave none for your teammates! You selfish smelly cat!"
Emilia held her head, still looking confused, she meowed at Rin a couple of times before saying, "No need, we're wasting time here."
"Let it go this time! If you keep this up, you'll be in big trouble when facing strong teams in the future! Silly cat!"
Remembering the time he had competed for the championship with the original main character team, Rin realized they were up against the genius of geniuses found by the Holy Empire from all over the world - rare in both occupation and talent.
This meant that Waste Hero had the potential to join the future hero team at that level.
Moreover, their skills were quite mysterious, they could temporarily trap Waste Hero and also distract the silly elk. Rayne's team almost failed at that time, but Rayne managed to create a special item on the spot, turning the tables unexpectedly.
By the way, to facilitate different occupations combating each other, the battle matches were not like simple animal fights; they would arrange various scenes, allowing even Alchemists and Array Spellcasters to demonstrate their specialties.
The spear that Rayne synthesized was not classified as a magical device, but rather as a weapon equipment that could be carried, as long as it was produced on the spot and not a pre-prepared high-spec weapon.
Because there were so many odd occupations in this world, the rules of the matches were quite lenient.
Rin thought about what happened to the previous main character team, scolded three teammates, then left the training ground and hurried to the test site for spell deconstruction without stopping.
He was facing a quiet girl who didn't seem to stand out much and usually focused on studying. She looked a bit scared seeing him at this moment.
Rin still put on a standard villain expression towards the opponent, then entered a room filled with magical circles, standing inside a complex blue pattern circle.
The spell deconstruction training mainly involves simulating, which can directly make various spells "manifest."
Inside the magic circle, various strange and messy spells will appear immediately. Some are completely correct, while others are haphazardly put together and cannot be released properly.
Analyzing and breaking down these spells, then recombining them with others to create magic, without the need for chanting, directly inputting them into the magic puppet, which is then released by the puppet to see who wins in the end.
How should I put it?
Actually, compared to battling, this kind of project with gameplay and brain challenge is truly Rin's favorite.
