He Ate the Dragon's Heart and that's What Happened to Him! - Manhwa Recap

Russell Raymond is an aristocrat from a fallen Noble family now he spends his days as a mercenary after losing both his family name and The Last Hope of restoring his family's former glory these days he wanders around taking mercenary jobs just to make ends meet his latest search for work has brought him back to the capital city of the Kingdom which is known as Camelot it's not called the capital for nothing this is where the magic Tower stands home to the Kingdom's most powerful Guardians at one point in his life Russell also worked hard to

make his way into the tower to stop his family's downfall you see after his father died in the war against the empire his family was forced to flee the castle Russell had to get into the magic Tower to regain their territory and in the process he was separated from his mother when he was quite young all the sacrifices he made were for nothing because he was expelled from the academy before he even got the chance to apply to the magic Tower he received three failing grades and according to the head of the academy this was

a first in the entire history of the academy although he performed well in theory the problem was that he couldn't reach the second Circle in Magic the reason he couldn't progress was due to a condition called manavan narrowing apparently his manavan were thin and weak meaning he could only absorb a limited amount of mana on top of that he couldn't release any of it which is the worst curse a mage can have so Russell ended up living his life as a mercenary although all his experiences in the mercenary field helped him reach the second Circle

he still considered a third rate Mage the gates of the White Tower suddenly open and the attendant announces that today's registration for temporary jobs is over so they'll have to come back tomorrow everyone who had been waiting outside for half the day gets annoyed to hear this but since they have no choice they decide to leave meanwhile our boy just sits there quietly listening to what others are saying one person mentions a rumor that the museum is looking for temporary Mages but another person argues that they're only looking for first Circle Mages for some menial

task so working there would be just embarrassing but our boy doesn't see it that way especially since he barely has any money left later he arrives at the famous Museum the Lou inside he follows the owner of the museum who introduces this place to all the newly recruited workers including our boy the owner explains that many Aristocrats will be visiting this week so everything needs to be spotless he warns them to be gentle while cleaning because if they cause any damage they should be ready to face the consequences as they walk through the hallway adorned

with artifacts that might very well be fake our guy suddenly spots a closed door that feels oddly familiar the name plate reveals it's the fantastical species room and Russell gets a strange lingering feeling at the back of his mind that he's seen this place before at that very moment his mother's ring begins to vibrate for some mysterious reason he stares at the door for a while and before he knows it his body starts acting on its own he opens the door and steps inside once inside the vibration of the Ring grows stronger Russell closes his

eyes in order to listen to what his mother is trying to tell him his mind drifts back to the past to a time when he had visited this place with his mother he remembers an unexplored part part of the museum that he never got the chance to visit after a moment of reflection he walks toward that area there he finds something extraordinary the ancient heart of a dragon placed separately from all the other artifacts the ring on the other hand begins to vibrate even more intensely Russell notices the connection between these two artifacts the ring

is shaped like a dragon's eye and the object in front of him is an ancient dragon's heart he quickly puts the ring into his finger and the vibrations gradually stop however after a brief pause the ring begins to crackle with mysterious power and a voice starts to Echo in his mind the voice tells him that since the eye and the heart have met it has opened another eye a giant dragon looming over Russell in his mind reveals that he is destined to be the Cornerstone of a new mythology because of this Russell has been granted

another chance this time for the sake of the mythology itself as the voice Fades he awakens his system and everything around him distorts in an instant he is regressed back in time he can faintly hear his teacher shouting angry L at him followed by the unmistakable sound of a book slamming directly over his head he jolts back to attention as the teacher berates him for napping in class like that of course Russell has no clue what the hell is going on or why Professor Hubert is suddenly haunting him after all as far as he remembers

Hubert already passed away he glances around curiously looking left and right at the students then down at himself it doesn't take him long to realize he's somehow been sent back to the past meanwhile Hubert kicks him out of the class as a punishment Russell on the other hand still has no idea what kind of magic could have triggered his regression now that he thinks about it he is sure that it must be the doing of that Dragon who talked to him then he notices his ring is missing which makes him Wonder for a moment if

his mother might have something to do with this right at that moment the teacher comes out of the class even though our boy apologizes for his mistake the teacher isn't satisfied with it and invites him to the office for a one-on-one meeting although Russell is in trouble he is actually liking this feeling but he soon gets a solid slap to the back of his head of course it's a group of classic bullies here to mess with our boy one of them a guy with blonde hair decides to slap Russell too but his friend stops him

because the professors are watching Russell recognizes the blonde guy as coma Frederick Frederick then shoots him a death glare and orders him to follow them to the bathroom if he values his life with that they walk off while Russell just feels exhilarated once again to finally get a chance to experience all of this suddenly his notification system prompts him to teach these bullies a hard lesson in return he'll earn a Magic Stone Russell isn't sure what kind of Illusion this is but before he can figure it out Frederick calls out to him again telling him

to follow them or he can try running away either way they wouldn't mind since these guys are clearly asking for it Russell makes up his mind and decides to teach them a lesson before doing anything else after several years of living the mercenary life the shallow threats and death glares Frederick gives him are nothing compared to the terror he felt when facing down monsters in comparison these guys are like cute teddy bears you can cuddle with anyway once they're in the the bathroom Frederick throws a sassy jab at Russell but my guy responds with the

same energy calling him a bed bug bastard the trio is bewildered to see him exuding this unshakable confidence but they're not here to take any crap the most eager of the bunch balls up his fist to punch but Russell whizzes past him and delivers a devastating punch that knocks the guy out cold the second one seeing his friend go down charges at Russell as well but he too gets rocked with a punch that's strong enough to knock him out in one hit even then this isn't enough to scare Frederick in fact he's getting more cocky

he throws his smoke pipe aside and prepares to fight he throws a jab at Russell while mocking him saying that since Russell can't use magic he's learned some cheap martial arts this he claims is to be expected from a fallen family Frederick then slips four rings onto his fingers reminding Russell that while magic is forbidden small artifacts are allowed with that he launches himself at Russell but my guy just grabs the fist coming his way twists his wrist and watches Frederick's knees Buckle in pain Russell's cold glare shakes Frederick to his core and he's livid

that someone like Frederick would dare mention his family name with one final punch Russell takes care of the bastard once he has done drilling the hard lesson to these bullies Russell leaves the bathroom and sits against the wall on the floor wondering if he went a little overboard right at that moment the system notification materializes before him and he receives the lowest grade Magic Stone as promised as soon as the stone is in his hand the system tells him to consume it while Russell is not sure if he's really supposed to eat it he believes

that this must be another opportunity that's mixed in with being given a chance to live life the second time he starts to chew the stone and he realizes it tastes really nice suddenly a red energy called Mana starts to appear around his body the energy soon envelopes him and it freaks him out the screen notifies him that he has obtained the Mana contained within the stone suddenly he feels a sensation coming from his chest and he's still freaked out our guy suddenly realizes what's happening and he places his hands on his chest to stabilize himself

he realizes that the Mana he consumed is Flowing out so he calms down so it can do its thing the screen comes back and tells him that the Mana in the circle is increasing the Mana isn't just increasing the Mana he received is being absorbed by the magic circle around his heart he remains calm and is glad that it's finally stabilizing our guy suddenly grins because it looks like he's hit a jackpot with this new method he can finally overcome the manavan narrowing that he has always dreaded he thinks about the fall of his family

and then his expulsion from the academy as if those experiences weren't bad enough he had to SLE as a third rate mercenary finally it looks like he can change the future that he has foreseen he Paces through the hall with a newfound joy and it looks like things are looking bright moments later Russell knocks on Professor Hubert's door and he's told to come in he walks into the room and the old man tells him to sit Russell sits down dejected and the professor calls his name the way elderly people do when you get into trouble

Professor Hubert tells him that he's not his usual self today to help solve the problem he continues by suggesting what the problem could be he asks Russell if he's going through something difficult the professor informs him that he heard a rumor that his classmates are bullying him and he wonders if that's the cause Russell recalls his fond memories with Professor Hubert in his past life and he recalls how he never gave up on him he finally smiles when it's his turn to respond and he remembers that he always wanted to say this so he informs

the professor that there's no need to worry the old man is shocked by his words and Russell thanks him for asking the professor coughs and states that it is his job as a professor to take care of his students he adds that however because he'll get punished because he dozed off in class today the professor opens the book in front of him and tells him the punishment won't be an easy one he's given an assignment to write an analytical report on a part of their textbook apparently it's a section that even those in the upper

years struggle with while he speaks the screen pops up again and announces to him that his new mission is to complete Professor Hubert's assignment the system informs him that he can get additional rewards depending on the level of completion and Professor Hubert's level of satisfaction the reward is another lowest grade manastone plus some mysterious thing Russell's eyes widen when he realizes that even completing assignments are missions the professor notices his eyes widening so he asks him if the assignment is too difficult Russell tells him it's not so he thanks the professor later Russell completes the

assignment after a few hours he thinks to himself that the assignment isn't as difficult as it was made to look in his previous life he used to study the theoretical part of magic really hard because he was hopeless at using Mana practically but there is something else to pay attention to in in this new life there's something else that's just as important as studying that thing is called manavan training Russell remembers one of his jobs as a mercenary where he's escaping from a monster he explains that the Mana vein is the path that circulates mana

mana is absorbed through breathing Mana is also circulated through the manav veins and is collected at the heart in the flashback the monster closes in on our hero the monster smashes one of its large claws on the ground and Russell quickly jumps out of the way while he's running he turns back and notices that the monster is coming to attack him again he explains that the reversal of Mana flow out of the body is called Magic in the flashback he does some circle magic and releases some fire out of his hands it's a great deal

of fire and the fire envelopes the monster the thing is that the stronger your Mana veins the more Mana you can collect and the faster you can release it after the fire clears out the monster is obviously unscathed it seems that he couldn't release a fire that's strong enough to hurt it he realizes he's cooked so he tries to generate a shield to block the monster's next attack before he can complete the chant to cast the spell he feels a sudden impact the monster quickly gives him a sucker punch with its tail the monster finally

moves forward to finish him off still in the flashback Russell explains that his sickness made fighting monsters an absolute nightmare he remains in the Rock slightly unconscious suddenly he regains his Consciousness he's quickly met by another hit by the monster that launches him deeper into the hollow Stone he wonders if the sky sympathized with his unlucky fate or if it could just have been luck the thing is that fall launched him into an underground site when he gets up he groans and tries to find his way out inside this site he finds two grimo containing

strange Secrets our guy walks towards the books and goes to pick them up the first book is called over Vain and the other is called wizard body back in the present Russell goes on a jog to continue his Mana vein training he explains that the book named over vain trains the physical body and broadens one's Mana vein the other book called wizard body teaches you trainings that help substitute your muscle tissue for a part of the Mana vein in other words the stronger your body gets the more firm your manavan gets Russell recalls that the

change he experienced doing this as an adult wasn't so much but since he's in his growing stages now he'll be able to see greater results our guy trains vehemently determined to overcome manavan narrowing this time shortly after the Sun starts to set while he's still training our hero goes to rest near a tree and he confesses that he can't go on anymore he gives himself a pad on the back that this much training should be enough for his training regime for one day suddenly the screen appears again and notifies him that the mission to practice

the ancient skill called over vain requires him to run 5 kilm but he's only done 0.05 out of five the reward of going 5 kilm is that the speed Improvement resulting from practicing the skill will increase Russell wines after reading the notification to give him an incentive the system notifies him that while practicing over vain he can repeat this Mission once a day the system also adds that based on how he improves the distance that's required each time will increase lastly after he reaches is a certain level of over vain the mission will no longer

appear Russell becomes alarmed and asks the system what the rush is the notification sounds like a threat so he decides to train he reasons that he barely managed to obtain such an opportunity so he can't just sit still and let it pass him by shortly after our guy pushes further and goes 1.4 km out of 5 he goes further and does 2.7 km out of 5 at this point his legs begin to shake it gets to a point that he has to take a break because it feels like he's broken his knee he checks the

screen and notices he's gone 3.6 kilm so he Comforts himself that he's almost done he decides to give it one last push with all his remaining strength our boy runs like a madman to meet the target late at night he finally sees the notification that he has completed the mission and there are rewards for it he lies on the ground and he feels like he'll die if he takes another step the great achievement makes him smile and he wonders how he's going to walk back to the dorm the next morning Professor Hubert goes through Russell's

report and he can't believe his eyes based on how in-depth it is he looks up at Russell and asks him if he's sure he was the one who prepared the report our guy gives a Sly smile and affirms that he did it himself the professor notices his confidence Professor Hubert finally speaks and tells him he's very satisfied with his report suddenly the screen pops up again and notifies him he has completed the mission and he'll now receive a reward his rewards are another lowest grade manastone and an additional Gem of the same size he also

receives increased understanding of the art of summoning beasts because of this increased understanding he'll get an increase in power a decrease in Mana consumption and reduced casting time Russell realizes that the higher his level of understanding becomes the stronger he becomes he quickly decides to leverage on that the professor commends his work and tells him he can take his leave now before he leaves Russell decides to ask the professor a favor moments after Russell has asked the favor the professor asks him why he would want to use the faculty Library the man mentions that the

student Library should have enough books to suit all of his needs our boy informs the professor that he's read all the books in the student library that sounds hard to believe so the professor asks if he's really read all of them to which Russell replies affirmatively his teacher says that's shocking to hear however he says that even if he's being truthful it's an entirely different matter to allow him to use the faculty Library the professor tells him that he'll put him through tests to ensure if he's qualified for that Russell lights up and agrees that

that is totally understandable shortly after several Mission Windows pop up all requesting that our guy complete each assignment that the professor gave him to get the rewards while he's out running he thinks about how many assignments the professor gave him and reasons that he's quite a picky man considering that the better one can understand Theory the stronger their magic our boy decides that it will be worth it he determines to get access to the advanced level knowledge in The Faculty at all costs eventually he considers that he'll also get a Mana Stone from each Mission

so it's like killing two birds with one stone while he's enjoying his drink of water someone walks up to him and calls his full name the boy's name is Anton Frederick and he seems to be related to Coma Anton mentions that coma his friend had to suffer because of him Russell sharply retorts by asking what's wrong with that and he asks if Anton is here for Revenge Anton laughs and says there's no point in coming here to take revenge against him and his friends laugh with him he tells russle to stop deluding himself he jokes

that no one would take revenge on a worthless piece of shut like him Anton tells him that he'd rather trample him than take revenge here the bully walks past him and intentionally collides with him reminding him that they'll meet in class Russell REM remembers that they have class soon and he wonders why Anton is so smug about it he suddenly recalls that the class they have together is Practical Magic combat studies where students are graded based on their sparring matches with each other the bad part about it is that in his fights against Anton in

his past life he was always humiliated in that class he recalls Anton always beating him at Fire magic and towering over him he would grin and make fun of him because he doesn't have good Mana veins Russell can't believe he had foolishly forgotten that they have to do those our boy decides that he has to quickly start preparing for it better late than never suddenly the screen notifies him that he has a new mission to achieve the second Circle by increasing the level of understanding of the attributes that he currently possesses that day Russell spends

all this time doing each and every assignment the professor gave him and he works into the night the next morning he brings a pile of papers to the professor's office to submit the assignments the system shows several notifications for each assignment and tells him that he has completed his mission and will now receive his reward that evening Russell returns to the dorm after a day well spent and decides to check out his rewards he looks at about 10 Mana stones that the system gave him and he contemplates what to do with them a growing uncertainty

Rises within him as he picks them up he wonders if his body's Mana Lo will be able to handle several Mana stones at once without causing adverse effects eventually he seems to accept his fate and proceeds to take the stones he tells himself that he'd have to trust the training he's been going through for so long a few seconds later our boy tosses all 10 stones in his mouth and chews them up for a short while nothing happens moments later the Mana from the stones is released and his body is suddenly enveloped by the Mana

it becomes more pronounced and the entire room is consumed by a bright light he suddenly begins to feel like his body is burning to absorb the Mana towards his heart he quickly makes a path into his Mana veins Russell starts to create a path to mold the flow of the Mana he continues to direct the flow of the Mana to channel it to his heart it's clear that he's in some pain but he decides to Bear it furthermore he starts to twirl the manaow around to draw a new circle around his heart like the first

one he has so he can achieve a second Circle if he fails at doing this properly his heart won't be able to make it our boy carefully draws the second Circle but hesitates before he reaches the end afraid that he'll mess something up he decides that there's no going back so he decides to finish it up his veins begin to absorb the generated Mana once he concentrates and completes the circle our boy refuses to give up no matter the consequence there's no way he can achieve his dream of being a worldclass mage without doing this

so he promised proes himself to achieve a second Circle suddenly a bright beam of light bursts out through his window and it looks like he's exploding moments later Russell wakes up on the ground and he realizes that he was able to do it successfully he realizes that he's finally achieved the second Circle finally the Mana flows into his body while he lays on the ground suddenly the system notifies him that he has completed the mission and will now receive rewards apparently his understanding of the elemental attributes has risen greatly so the power of each Elemental

Magic has also risen and greatly the next morning the professor reads through all of the reports that Russell submitted to him he exclaims in amazement and confesses that he can't believe that he was able to complete all those tasks in a short period the professor tells him that there's one last question before he can grant him access it's a question that is more fundamental compared to the previous ones the professor asks which of the structures is the most important among the four structures that magic is comprised of the question shocks Russell who just stands there

in silence Professor Hubert notices his silence and starts to regret asking a student a question that he himself has recently just figured out to avoid overwhelming him the professor quickly gets up and proposes to ask a different question Russell who was silent all along starts to answer the question anyway the professor is taken aback by Russell's confidence shocked that he has an answer Professor Hubert stops talking and listens to him Russell finally answers that the most important structure in Magic is the mental image of the one performing magic the professor hesitates for a moment and

considers the answer he gave Professor Hubert finally asked asks him why he thinks that is so Russell thinks deeply about the question before he speaks he says that magic is manifesting something into the real world using Mana the world categorizes this process into four different levels the first level is known as assimilation where you learn the principles that guide natural phenomena the second step is creating a mental image where you visualize what you've learned in your mind the third step is called construction where you construct formulas in order to manifest the visual image the final

part is manifestation where the magic comes to exist in the real world through the formula Russell adds that understanding construction and manifestation can be learned through enough effort and studying however mental image is not something that can be reached through effort breaking out of one's limits and reaching freedom of imagination through courage is what decides the level of mental images our boy holds out his hands and generates a flame to explain his point he explains that he can choose to pretend that this flame is an arrow and visualize that in his mind if he does

that the flame will become the second Circle magic fire Arrow true to his words the flame in his hands morphs itself into the form of an arrow next he says that he can also choose to imagine something else apparently the flame will follow his imagination and will become something entirely different he says that he doesn't have to place a limit on his mental visualization because doing that can allow him to create something that doesn't exist in this world the professor just listens keenly and affirms all that he has said Russell says that it all begins

with understanding how the world ends and then twisting the rules of the world to achieve something beautiful Russell puts out the flames and confidently ends his explanation Professor Hubert who has been listening all along thinks about how remarkable Russell seems to have become he finally speaks and says he's been able to confirm what he's been thinking the professor Smiles at him and says that the student library is too small a world for him suddenly the system notifies our boy that he has accomplished the mission of gaining entry into the first floor of the professor's library

and he'll get two low-grade Mana Stones later that day Russell walks into the first floor of the professor's Library only the first floor seems to be pretty expansive which he finds intriguing to him this is very different from the student Library he quickly starts digging through the books and finds a few he goes to have a seat and starts reading through the books to him these books are more practical than what they usually have access to suddenly a woman steps into the library and watches Russell from behind she finally exclaims to get his attention and

she tells him that he's reading quite an interesting book Russell is shocked to hear her voice and he realizes he's not alone he quickly drops the book and turns around oddly he doesn't see anyone and it turns out that the woman has somehow disappeared to his front and she signals him to look forward she is dressed like a Mage and Russell recognizes her the woman Smiles at him and he recognizes her as duah Snow White the master of the flame Tower he quickly greets her and introduces himself Russell immediately becomes uncomfortable in her presence this

is because she is in the realm of the eighth Circle which not many in the world have been able to reach despite being over the age of 80 she uses an incredible amount of Mana to to maintain her youthful appearance she is the master of the best ranking magic Tower of the red Tower faction called The Flame Tower Daria is surprised to learn that he knows her she brings out a large lollipop out of nowhere and she quickly puts him at ease telling him there's no need to be nervous wondering how a student was able

to gain access to the professor's Library she turns around and asks him Russell informs her that Professor Hubert had allowed him to use the library Daria exclaims softly and asks if an uptight man like Professor Hubert really allowed him to use the library our boy starts to grin when he realizes that the professor can be a bit uptight in truth she mentions that it makes sense and it explains why he was learning something quite interesting when she came in the woman scans him with her eyes and notices that he has extremely pure mana and senses

that his Mana distribution is very stable too she glances back at him and mutters that it's rare to find someone like him Daria walks past him and tells him not to worry to ease his tension she assures him that she's not here to lecture him or get in his way Russell bows again and thanks her for her kind words Daria suddenly strikes the ground and a bright light comes out from the spot she tells him to grow to the best of his abilities but when he looks back up at her she's nowhere to be found

all that's left of her is the bright light and it appears she had teleported elsewhere Russell is left a struck and he just looks at the spot where she was standing after he finishes MC steps out of the professor library and quietly shuts the door still shocked from the encounter while he's still daydreaming he hears a voice from behind who's asking if it's our boy who is standing by the door Russell looks back at the person talking and it turns out to be Anton and his gang Anton's friend wonders why Russell is coming out of

the professor's library and asks who he thinks he is Anon remarks that it seems Russell must have kissed some professor's a-hole but it doesn't change the fact that he won't amount to anything the boys walk away laughing and Anton tells Russell to keep trying his best as he walks away he glances back and says that it's not going to do him any good anyway shortly after the students gather in the academy stadium for real situation magic Battle Studies the first one to be named comes down to the stadium grounds and gets to choose another student

to be his or her opponent the professor in charge tends to choose the weakest student this is done so that the student can choose someone of their own level to compete Against All Eyes suddenly go to Russell and it seems everyone's expecting him to be called Russell mentions that he was always the first to be called in his past life some boys nearby jokingly gossip that Russell will be the one to be chosen again because he has a condition known as manavan narrowing one of the students immediately starts begging Russell to choose them as their

opponent when he's called out so they can raise their grades this semester another student tells Russell not to pick that bastard but to pick him instead the professor notices the Ruckus and he tells all the students to quiet down he proceeds to pick a student and starts to call the first name everybody starts to whisper that it's going to be Russell and some people start to laugh much to their surprise the person called out is Anton Frederick and this shocks the students they're shocked to hear Anton's name and they wonder why he gets to be

first Anton proudly walks by the professor he thanks the professor for calling him out but the professor tells him that this is nothing compared to the favors that he receives from the Frederick Merchant Association Russell becomes alerted and says within himself that he was expecting this to happen Anton walks to the center of the field and stops to pick one of the students he looks right at Russell and tells him to come down to the stadium meanwhile Professor Hubert receives an unexpected visit from his teacher and he says to her that it would have been

nice if she had told him she's coming beforehand it turn out to be no other person other than Daria Stone white she proceeds to take her seat and says that it's fine she retorts that it's not a big deal for a teacher to visit her student recalling the student she met in the library the teacher asks him if he gave a child named Russell a professor used Library entry pass Hubert quickly affirms that and he worriedly asks if the child made any mistake Daria informs him that he didn't but it's just that she hasn't seen

something so rare and precious in a long while Hubert agrees with her and says that Russell's monave narrowing is an uncommon illness even on this continent the master tells him that he's a fool because she wasn't talking about at all her words shock Hubert who promptly looks up to know why she said that she informs him that Russell has managed to overcome his own problem and Professor Hubert asks her what she means by that she doesn't speak for a while and continues with her tea when he doesn't see to understand what she's talking about she

finally breaks the news and notifies him that the child has managed to make his second Circle Professor Hubert is sincerely shocked and he wonders how that's even possible meanwhile the two boys take their spot and prepare to spar on the academy stadium before the game begins another screen screen pops in front of Russell the screen notifies him that the next mission is to win during magic training and he can receive lowest grade magic stones and have a compartment that can carry things weighing 40 ker Russell is happy to learn he'll be getting a compartment because

this is Magic that only the wealthiest Mages can use the compartment allows you to store things so it'll be quite useful when storing magic Stones while he's still thinking Anton calls out to him and calls him an insect the bully asks him if his body is frozen Anton tells him his only option of surviving this fight is to beg our guy just laughs suddenly Russell covers up his entire body with energy and asks Anton if he's talking to him Anton notices his transformation and wonders if it's what he's thinking while they're chatting the professor coordinating

the games tells them to move back to their spot in the circle so he can start the match he recalls the magic that Russell just used and wonders if someone with Mana vay narrow [ __ ] was able to achieve second Circle but he quickly dismisses the idea because it's not possible once the game is started Anton quickly releases a second Circle Magic called flamethrowers out a stream of flames and shoots it right at our boy Russell quickly spots the flame heading right for him and responds he quickly summons a shield that deflects the fire

the fire hits the shield and moves upward unable to penetrate through the shield Russell keeps the shield in place and continues to endure the stream of fire one of the professors watching nearby is shocked by his Splendid response the professor anchoring the game watches also and is shocked at Russell's performance Anton who has been pouring out Flames for quite a while now quickly grows tired of keeping his arms in place and he's shocked that Russell is able to endure the onslaught of fire suddenly the stream stops because his body needs to regulate the Mana he's

losing and Anton starts to curse because the fire has ceased our boy notices the stoppage and quickly takes advantage of it because he's been expecting that to happen Russell also uses a second Circle magic known as a fire arrow he quickly launches the arrow at Anton who has stopped shooting flames Anton is shocked to see him use the fire arrow and immediately tries to respond he starts to wonder if Russell was able to achieve his second Circle and he quickly surrounds himself with a shield to stop the arrow the arrow smashes into the shield but

doesn't reach him Anton feels the impact of the fire arrow and wonders how an insect like Russell can put up such a fight while he's still holding the shield to protect himself from the impact of the still burning fire arrow he notices something else what he sees startles him right in front of him Russell has already successfully cast a second fire arrow our boy launches the arrow at him and doesn't show any Mercy the second arrow heads for Anton's shield and Russell doesn't give him any breathing space the professor anchoring the session is shocked and

wonders if it's a double casting the other Professor tells him that it's not double casting but it's more like his casting speed is so fast that it seems like it while they talk Russell creates another fire arrow Anton notices this and he wonders if making a fire arrow is all that his opponent is capable of he decides on a secret way to beat him and he changes his shield structure he changes his shield into one that's specialized against fire using another second Circle magic meanwhile Russell notices the change and smirks because that is what he's

been waiting for Anton gloats about his plan to wait till Russell expends all his mana on his fire resistant shield then fight back unlike what he expected Russell cancels the casting of the fire arrow and starts to cast another spell the fire in his hand disappears and some strong wind starts to appear Anton is shocked by the sudden transformation and he exclaims because it seems his plan has been foiled Russell uses a second Circle magic called a wind arrow and launches it right at his opponent's Shield Anton is struck by the arrow and Falls backwards

he's shocked that the insect was able to identify the type of Shield he was using and modify his casting the new professor who is watching the fight opens his mouth wide and wonders if this is the same russle he knows meanwhile the professor who rigged the selection to pick Anton can't believe his eyes and continues to sweat profusely Anton groans from the pain of the impact and loses control of his shield the impact pushes him far back and he's almost out of the circle anger rises in his eyes and he can't believe that such a

little runt is beating him but before he can make his next move Russell closes in on him and starts to cast another spell this time our boy casts a lightning spell a lightning beam comes out of his hand and hits Anton right in the chest knocking him further back his eyes roll back and turn white as he groans from the excruciating pain of the strike he tries to generate fire to counter the attack but he's too weak Russell doesn't give him a breathing chance and rushes him again with another attack he attacks the bully with

another lightning strike the professor who rigged for Anton starts to protest that he doesn't recognize the type of magic that Russell is using and says the match needs to be immediately stopped nearby Professor Hubert tells the complaining Professor to take a closer look at what's covering Russell's body so he can be convinced it's really magic the professor quickly looks at Russell's body and is shocked he sees in bright Aura around Russell and stammering remarks that he's using Mana like a Knights Aura Professor Hubert Smiles proudly and mentions that he doesn't know how he got to

do this but it seems he's found a way out of his problem meanwhile Russell continues to Pummel Anton to the ground he soon stops after Anton creates a comfortable hole in the ground the students are all shocked by the turn of events and their jaws almost fall to the ground the crook Professor wonders how this could have happened while he's thinking he hears a voice ask him what he's doing he quickly looks to his side and Professor Hubert reminds him that he's supposed to announce the winner the crook Professor stutters and quickly announces the winner

he loudly declares Russell Raymond as the winner due to the odd turn of events the professor slowly walks towards him he awkwardly commends Russell and tells him he can leave but Russ says that it's not over yet when the professor asks him what he means our boy reminds him of the class rules according to the class rules unless a Victor surrenders they should be allowed to call upon the next opponent Anton's friends exclaim in shock because they realize that they're up next to get their behinds whooped Russell prompty points at one of them and tells

him that he's next the system suddenly brings up another notification that informs him his new mission is to win the next Magic Duel with rewards of two lowest grade Mana stones and additional rewards for consecutive wins Russell looks at the boy and he tells him to come to the fighting circle after the game Professor Hubert mutters to himself that our boy won 14 duel in a row considering the game he reasons that Russell has great Insight he seems proud that he was able to recognize how much potential Russell had a long time ago however the

professor starts to wonder how he was able to grow so quickly he recalls all his moves on the field meanwhile Russell receives a notification that he's completed his mission and a compartment has been unlocked as a reward the sister notifies him that all his rewards will automatically be put in the compartment from now on he also gets a series of Mana Stones as rewards for each fight he won there seems to also be an unknown thing in the compartment which the system gave him as a reward Russell glances over at the notification about the unknown

thing and wonders what it could be he summons the compartment to find out our boy reaches into it and checks around when he brings it out it turns out to be some sort of map where x marks the spot a notification pops up again with a new mission where he has to go to the location on the map and complete the mission assigned there the system notifies him that some lights will guide his way when he approaches the location the reward for the mission is something unknown as well as five intermediate grade Mana Stones the

system issues a warning that it's best to try this mission after he has reached the third circle Russell is shocked when he reads that he'd have to get to the third circle he thinks about the third circle and he remembers that he's tried multiple times in his past life but has never managed to get to that level another issue is that he doesn't know where this mystery place is and he can't seem to be able to tell from the map he quickly goes to the professor's library and hopes to find something that will hint at

where the place is he drops a series of books on the table and hopes to find a clue in one of them the first one he finds is called emian kingdoms outer territories and he eagerly flips through it there's no luck with that one so he checks the next one he doesn't find it so he checks the next one that one too doesn't have any information so he checks another one but doesn't find it after checking dozens of books he groans in frustration upon realizing that none of the places in these books match the location

he's looking for he curses in frustration as he leaves the library and realizes that he's wasted too much time he decides it would be better if he just focuses on reaching the third circle first when he goes through the hallway several of the students cower in fear after watching his display in the stadium Russell thinks to himself that he's managed to escape resentment and bullying the only issue is that he's still a loner while he's thinking he hears someone call out to him from behind he looks back and it turns out to be Professor Hubert

who warmly asks him if he can come see him in his office Russell cheerfully accepts to come see him when they get to the office Professor Hubert remarks that it's almost summer break he pours them both some tea and asks Russell if he has any plans for the break Russell tells him that he doesn't have any plans yet upon hearing that Professor Hubert asks him if he would like to work with him on a research project and this shocks him the professor mentions that depending on how he performs he can even get to have his

name right after his as the author Russell picks up the research paper and looks at the image on on it and he recognizes the place the professor asks him what he's thinking about when he notices the surprise on his face Russell promptly apologizes and tells Professor Hubert that he actually has plans for the summer the professor looks at him puzzled wondering why he had just said he didn't have any plans Russell hands him the book and tells him he plans to go to the place drawn in front of it he also hands him the map

that he got Professor Hubert looks at the place on his map and recognizes the place as maldiva a while later when summer break arrives Russell begins his journey to maldiva he sits in the back of a coach as he enjoys the view from the window later Russell summons the compartment again he picks a monotone from the compartment and tosses it in his mouth he tells himself that this will fill up his stomach for the journey ahead he says to himself that he'll reach the third circle before he reaches Mala meanwhile the professor thinks about the

strangeness of Russell's trip the reason it seems strange is because someone else is also going to maldiva he believes Daria his teacher must be in Mala right now and it may be a good thing that Russell is headed there Meanwhile by the Dion maldiva sea Daria gets a suntan by the beach and enjoys her vacation she says within herself that the place may be her hometown but it's always beautiful in her eyes she enjoys a drink and wonders how long it has been since her last break she realizes she's been busy protecting the Empire making

magic research presentations and even developing her students the master recalls a time when she was addressing her student she mentions the numbers 9 six and three to them she creates some fire in her hands and explains that these three numbers hold hold special meaning to Mages the kids are astounded by the depth of her skill and they listen to her closely Daria teaches them that the three numbers signify the end as a person who is already walking the path of Ninth Circle magic it signifies the completion of a sixth Circle for the Mage that's yet

to get there and the suffering they'll go through to become a grand Mage the third circle signifies a different thing it signifies the start of a person being alone as a mage Daria thinks about how it feels to be alone as a mage suddenly she recalls her meeting with Russell and wonders if the child is doing okay she continues thinking about how she saw him reading an advanced magic book meanwhile the coach that Russell is in finally reaches Mala and the rider informs him they've reached their destination the coach Rider waits for a while and

notices that our guy isn't coming down when he comes to the back to check out his passenger he exclaims in shock based on the state he finds him in sometime later Russell furiously gobbles down some food he tears a piece of hot dog with one hand while he eats a loaf of bread with the other in front of him is a mountain of food and he recalls that he used too much strength trying to calm down the crazed Mana when he was trying to draw the third circle in a flashback to when the coach writer

came back to check on him the writer finds him unconscious and frantically tries to revive him thinking he had died in the present Russell swallows a drink and he's glad he's finally able to achieve the third circle he empties the cup in front of him and drops it on the table he thinks about how awesome it is for him to achieve third circle magic the fact that he was able to overcome his limit from his past life just months after he returned to the Past astounded him he dropped some coins to pay for the food

and proceeds to leave as he leaves he tells himself that he'll have to go further than the third circle the system brings back the mission that's connected to the map and notifies him to find the location marked on the map the screen notifies him that light will guide him once he takes the Bold step to go near the area marked X Russell checks the map again and he realizes that he has to find the place on the map but he doesn't know the landscape while he's still thinking about how he can get directions he overhears

a tour guide informs some men that he'll take them on the best tour around Pompeo volcano the tour guide screams loudly and explains that he's offering a special discount Just For Today shortly after Russell joins the tour and follows the guide as he leads them to a rocky path the tour guide tells them that Pompei was originally a regular Mountain that somehow turned into a volcano the mountain suddenly turned into a volcano because a special creature started Living in it their guide instantly mentions that there's only one creature with that description in the entire world

the creature is none other than the red dragon Russell decides it may be a good idea if he starts to move alone from that point our boy crouches behind the other tourists and proceeds to leap off the cliff they're standing on while the guide is still telling the other guys about the location Russell jumps off the cliff our boy jumps on the nearby River and begins to walk on water he says within himself that there may be a connection between this place and the reason he was sent back in time his growth his missions and

the rewards he's been receiving as he follows the map up to a waterfall he reasons that it could be that all that was to lead him to something our boy believes that everything he's gone through recently may have something to do with the dragon that once lived here while he looks at the map portions of light come out of it and float in front of him the light mixes up and turns into something circular that looks like an eye suddenly the streak of light moves away from the map and starts to head somewhere he suddenly

recalls that this must be the light that he was told would guide him the light moves over the river and makes its way through the waterfall Russell Smiles slightly and realizes that his mission is behind the waterfall he quickly casts a wind spell he shoots a wind arrow through the waterfall to give him a clear passage to go through after that our boy leaps right through the hole to avoid getting himself wet once he gets inside he lands on a rock and finds out there is a lava cave right behind the waterfall he remembers that

the system warned him to wait till he achieved the third circle to come here but he notices that he can't see any monsters or beasts here and wonders why the warning was issued our boy continues to make his way through the cave cautious of every step he runs into some pillars which points to the fact that someone or some people had lived there a while back he places his hands on one of the pillars and he wonders how long it's been built while he's checking it out something catches his attention from the corner of his

eye he finally finds the light he was following stop in front of a strange door Russell walks towards the door to investigate what's behind it when he nears the door his sense suddenly begins to tingle and he feels as if something is wrong he stops walking and wonders if he's suddenly forgotten the things he learned from his life as a mercenary the thing is in a situation where there are no monsters beasts or any sounds there can only be one explanation it means you've entered the territory of a strong Predator suddenly a huge lizard surfaces

in front of Russell and looks down at him Russell leaps backwards to avoid getting his head bitten off when he's a few meters away from the creature he looks at it again and realizes it's the kodo lizard monster he remembers from his days as a mercenary that it's a monster that can only be defeated with at least two teams of mercenaries our boy watches the monster Advance towards him and decides that the only thing he can do now is to run because there's no way he can kill it he decides to slow it down by

casting some lightning magic Russell chooses the second Circle magic called lightning arrow and starts to generate one the Komodo lizard Roars at him again as it gets close our boy doesn't give in to fear and aims the arrow at its face he launches the arrow right at it hoping he can land an attack and slow it down so he can get a chance to run away the impact is so strong that it electrocutes the kodo lizard and immobilizes it for a while Russell is glad he's been able to stall with that move so he decides

to make a run for it he heads straight to the Stone Gate where he had seen the light stop to get to the next part of this Mission as he gets inches away from the door the two statues in front of the door block his passage with their staff and declare that he must prove he is worthy to enter with his Mana Russell is shocked by this and realizes they won't let him get off easy the kodo lizard soon reaches where he is and it appears that it easily shook off the effects of the lightning

strike Russell looks behind him and notices he can't go this way or the other he thinks on his feet and decides to do something erratic since his way is blocked turning around in Rage he tells himself he'll have to make his own path he reaches out his hand and generates some fire that he directs toward the Komodo lizard suddenly the stone on the door scans the Mana that Russell is emitting the monster notices the response the stone has to Russell's mana and watches in shock instead of advancing the kodo lizard suddenly stops Russell is just

as surprised and he wonders why the lizard has suddenly stopped in its tracks the kodo lizard monster Bears itself up and almost stands upright and Russell just watches in utter confusion suddenly the guards blocking the gate retract Spears and stop blocking his way into the gate the mysterious voice that spoke earlier tells him that he has proven himself this means he can now enter the Crimson Stone on the gate starts to shine brightly the light becomes much brighter until it envelopes the entire cave that Russell is standing in shortly after our boy wakes up with

a terrible headache in a totally different place he quickly scans his environment and notices that things have changed he touches the ground and notices it's made of ice and he wonders how he's standing on ice when he was just standing in a cave just moments ago it's unclear where he is as all he can see is an ice cave and some ice statues as he looks around he remembers that he was just in a cave a few moments ago and wonders if he was taken here through teleportation magic while he's thinking he notices another odd

thing right behind him right up a nearby stair that's also made of ice is some mysterious magical horn that's held down by a series of chains while he's thinking a screen pops up again the screen notifies him that he has a second mission which is to defeat all the ice golems in the area and clear out the trial of fire some noise from behind him causes him to quickly turn back to investigate he realizes the ice statues he saw were actually golems and they've now come to life he looks around him and realizes that he's

surrounded by about several Hefty ice golems and wonders if they're really expecting him to defeat all these Golems on his own there's no time to waste so he decides to get right to it and starts to generate some fire magic in his palms he curses and mentions that this mission is way too harsh but it seems like there's nothing he can do he generates another Firebolt and Fires at a nearby Golem like a madman the Firebolt courses through the ice cave and heads right for the monster the bolt hits the Golem right in the chest

and it looks like it should do some pretty good damage since fire trumps ice Russell recalls that in order to kill a Golem one has to crush the core inside of it the Golem he fired at looks completely unscathed if it could talk it seems like it's asking him if that's all he's got the Firebolt only managed to leave a crack on its chest this looks like game over for Russell and it seems he's going to be Golem food Russell wines when he sees this and he wonders how cold the ice that it's made of

is he decides to try another approach if Fire doesn't work so he starts to create some wind magic in his palms there seems to be an issue because the wind doesn't respond to him our boy notices this and he's shocked he wonders why his wind magic is suddenly not working while he's still playing around the goleem rushes towards him and attempts to smash his brains into the ground Russell responds quickly and decides to use some lightning instead the lightning doesn't come up either and Russell realizes he's cooked the Golem smashes into the spot he standing

luckily Russell is able to move backwards before the hit lands he drifts backward and stops when he reaches an ice wall he thinks about the notification that came in earlier trying to get some information as to why his magic isn't working all of a sudden he remembers that the system mentioned something about clearing a trial of fire another Golem comes to swat him like a bug hoping to crush him into the wall but our boy quickly moves backwards again he suddenly realizes that he's not going to be able to use any magic here other than

fire trying to avoid the monster he trips over an ice rock he gets push towards the wall and he ends up on a dead end all the Golems trap him in that dead end and it looks like it's about to hit the fan Russell groans from the terrible impact of hitting the wall his head starts to bleed and it looks like he also hit his head against the wall with a deadly look in his eyes our boy creates another Firebolt and walks towards the Golems he finally stands up to the challenge the Golems stare at

him in awe as his entire body is encircled with fire and man Russell fires three Firebolts at the same time the ice Golem looks shocked by the sudden change in tactics but it can't move out of the way because the arrows are pretty fast the impact of all three bolts is quite explosive the Golem's core is exposed by the explosive bolts Russell proceeds to take it down he fires another bolt at its core and smashes the Golem to Pieces Russell does the same to another Golem standing nearby and the method Works he starts to pant

and he realizes he's only been able to take down two of them so far at this rate he'll probably run out of Mana before he can take them all out our boy grimaces and he decides to try something else one of the Golems tries to punch him into the ground but our boy quickly runs back to rest strategize he considers that to shatter their solid ice sheet at once he needs to use something similar to how Knights shatter iron Shields with one strike to do this he has to focus all his power at a single

point in the end he believes he needs to pack in more mass into each volume of his attacks this isn't going to be a simple spell so he decides to get further away to get time to cast such a complicated spell when he creates some space between himself and the Golems he begins the spell he starts by creating a fire arrow he applies the formula for amplification on the Arrow to make it larger and carry more weight to make the bolts replicate he adds the replication formula it all works well and several fire arrows emerge

finally there's something else he needs to do to make the attack really dense he has to merge all the arrows into one so one Arrow carries the power of several at once he has managed to replicate five fire arrows and all that's left is for him to merge them together Russell begins to apply the magical formula for compression he merges all between palms and starts to make them into one suddenly one of the ice Golems appears in front of him the Golem rushes at him with a full punch and it looks like it's rustle that'll

get merged to the ice cold floor he starts to scream and begs the arrow to quickly merge so he doesn't get killed in the nick of time he releases the merged arrow and a great explosion occurs the explosion is so Grand that it stops the golems in their tracks one of them gets a full-blown hole in his chest from the explosion where his core used to be Russell moves away and lets the ice Golem crash to the ground he walks majestically with his newly crafted weapon which he calls the blaze Lance once again his eyes

transform into those of a dragon the system gives him a notification that his understanding of fire elements has transcended Beyond limits Russell agrees with the notification and says he can feel it he reasons that the power he's feeling is close to something from the fifth Circle he holds on to the spear and notices just maintaining the spear is a huge energy drain to avoid wasting energy he makes the first move the Golems Rush towards him to let him know that they're not intimidated by his flashy new weapon he launches his attack right from where he's

standing and burns through the core of three of the golems and goes to the next and to the next Russell counts that there's just four of them left so he quickly proceeds to finish what he started he breaks the core of one of them easily he slices through the second one with his weapon destroying the core also now there's just two of them left while he's counting one of the Golems launches an overhead attack and attempts to hit him but he easily moves out of the way he jumps at the monster to take it down

he slices it in half for its insolence after that one goes down our boy starts to pant because he's running out of Mana but he can't rest till they're all down the last Golem decides to go long range and it throws huge ice rocks at him luckily Russell blocks the Rocks but some of them hit him and he realizes he would instantly have been killed if he hadn't blocked it with his spear at this point he's left with one breath of mana and his spear starts to dematerialize Russell gets back up and maintains the spear

he tells himself that there's one last thing he can do if that's the case he decides to throw the spear at the monster this is the last blow so it's critical it' be terrible if he missed Russell finally throws the Arrow when the monster gets close enough and hopes it reaches it finally the arrow breaks through its ice shield and gets to its core Russell just stands there after his throw and watches the arrow Pierce through the monster our boy keeps watching and he looks through the large gape in the monster's chest when he realizes

that he's taken them all out he collapses to the ground the system suddenly shows up again and notifies him that he has completed the mission and will receive the reward of two low grade Mana stones and three lowest grade Mana Stones he will also receive the unknown object the unknown object is something called The Forgotten King's horn it turns out that the mysterious looking object that Russell saw in Chains is the Forgotten King's horn the horn becomes enveloped with fire the screen pops up again and shows that this is the Forgotten King's horn and it

has fire Essence the horn starts to release a great deal of light that fills up the entire ice cave the light fills up the cave but Russell isn't aware of it because he's passed out from exhaustion the system displays that he need to enter the thoughts of the Forgotten King in order to receive his reward shortly after Russell wakes up in an odd place in this Dimension he's tied up by some chains and he tries to recognize the place the screen pops up in front of him and tells him he's obtained the unknown object called

The Forgotten King's horn with fire Essence it also shows him that he has to enter the thought of the Forgotten King in order to receive his reward when he looks around at his chains he wonders what sort of reward this is because he feels like he's being tortured suddenly the voice of the Forgotten King comes up the voice of the Forgotten King continues and tells him that he's going to bestow upon him something called The King's fragment the horn appears where he is covered with fire the tip of the horn starts to come towards him

and Russell is shocked because it seems he's about to be impaled just like he thought the horn pierces through him he screams out in pain and it's clear that the chains were put there to stop him from running away from this the pointy end of the horn pierces through his flesh and enters into him the horn releases a great deal of energy into him and he looks like he's about to explode he continues to scream at the top of his lungs due to the pain The Voice continues and tells him to use the power to

do something but Russell can't hear him anymore because of what he's going through his body starts to burn up and he seems to be overloaded with Mana behind him a large dragon that seems to be the Forgotten King appears moments later Russell appears on the shore after the water carries him there he suddenly wakes up and groans because everywhere seems to hurt he wonders what's going on and tries to figure out where he is it seems to him that he's still in Mala because the style of building seems to point to that he looks confused

for a while and it seems his memory starts to fail him the system notifies him that he has consumed the Forgotten King's horn and has reached a limit he's also told that the Mana that was over his limit has been stored the system also tells him that his intermediate understanding of flame attributes has reached its limit and has become an advanced understanding of flame attributes Russell closes his palm and tries to activate his Mana to confirm what he's been told his body suddenly releases a great deal of Mana uncomparable to what he's experienced before which

shocks him seeing how close he is to the fourth circle he looks around him and wonders if this Mana is really coming from him our boy remembers the treatment he got when he was in Chains but he smiles because the rewards are pretty worth it he suddenly hears the voice of someone from behind him telling him it's nice to see him here behind him is the grand Miss Daria Snow White in regular clothing whom he's shocked to see in Mala she takes him to one of the bars by the beaches and mentions that she had

sensed a sudden burst of Mana she says she came to check it out and that was how she found him Russell thanks her as he receives the drink she gives him he smiles and says he didn't expect to see her in this place meanwhile the master scans him with her eyes and realizes he's almost reached the fourth circle in such a short time she also notices that his Mana has become more pure in that time as they continue their chat Russell asks the tower Master what brings her to maldiva she tells him that maldiva is

her hometown but many people do not know Russell is surprised to hear that and he asks again to know if he heard properly Miss Daria replies with an affirmation and says that's the reason she comes here every summer because she's curious she also decides to ask him what brings him to Mala Russell hesitates before he answers and he decides that it may be too early to tell her the truth he finally finds a good enough excuse and he says that he came to see more of the world the tower Master Smiles at him and affirms

his statement but she wonders whether to check the child's abilities she decides to go ahead so she asks him if he Minds helping her out for a bit and Russell seems confused by her question Miss Daria flicks her finger and suddenly some magic happens some fire surrounds Russell's body and clothes him with a black cape he recognizes the symbol on the cape as the flame Tower symbol and wonders why she gave it to him the master tells him not to worry and informs him that the task she wants to give him is something he can

handle a screen suddenly pops up and notifies him his new mission is to pass Miss Daria Snow White's test he is informed that he'll have to help her fight off human trafficking ship Pirates at Mala Harbor to pass the test the reward for completing the mission is an intermediate grade Mana Stone the master mentions that she's sure that he's already aware that emion strictly forbids slavery she explains that this is why they don't allow human trafficking ships to land at their Harbor unfortunately there are still some people who ignore their laws she informs him that

there are some guys trying to land their human trafficking ship near maldiva and she'd like him to help her deal with them that evening they both get on a boat and proceed to carry out the mission Mysteria informs him that she can do the mission on her own the only issue is that the plan involves rescuing the victims as well as taking the ship Russell catches on and tells her that means they need to pretend to launch an attack in order to distract the enemies and rescue the victims the master commends his quick understanding as

they continue the journey Russell thinks deeply he considers the fact that a 100 Mages would come running even Barefoot if the flame Tower Master ever asks any of them for help so if she's specifically asking him for help it's not because she really needs him but because she wants to test him soon enough they reach the ship they're looking for before she gets off the boat she tells them that what happens from now on might be too much much for him she explains that he has to deal with it because the path of a guardian

is not always smooth and Noble apparently this is just another fate of Mages after she's done talking she steps on the edge of the boat to go to the ship she levitates to the side of the ship and tells him that she'll attract their attention and make it look like an attack which will give him enough time to save the people they kidnapped Russell just watches as the flame Tower Master flies to the top of the ship and he seems pretty tense Miss Daria flies upwards until she gets to a comfortable height above the ship

when she gets to a suitable height she stops there and says this height should do it she suddenly begins to activate her Mana the entire Place fills up with a bright blinding light and she screams out to Russell to go help the people when the Pirates see the bright light they become afraid that they're being attacked they head to the deck and start to prepare a giant crossbow to fire at the flame Tower Master several of the men arm themselves with smaller side crossbows and they prepare to protect the ship their leader gives the signal

and tells them to fire at the light that's over the ship dozens of Arrows fly into the sky aimed at the light over the ship Miss Daria Just Smiles from within the light at their pathetic attempts to attack her one of the soldiers starts to curse when he realizes their arrows didn't reach the master Miss Daria creates a ball of lava in her hands and releases it towards the ship causing it to split into several parts Master Daria says she'd like to see if they're as skilled as they're bold on the deck the portions of

lava drop onto the ship and start small fires around the ship the Pirates see the fires and are shocked one of them tries to put it out by stomping on it but it doesn't work if eventually a fiery hand comes out of the fire and grabs the guy's leg they're not fire after all but Golems made of fire the guy is extremely shocked as he struggles with the little creature holding onto his leg all the portions of fire transform into little fiery dwarfs that seem to also be holding weapons made of fire the men crowd

around the Golems unsure of how to deal with them these Golems were specially created by Miss Daria Stone white and are called Dwarfs of burningwood while the men cower in fear one of them who's pretty confident walks towards the Golems with his axe meanwhile Russell climbs onto the ship he manages to jump into the ship while the men are distracted The Confident man tells the others to move because they're afraid of nothing Russell watches as the man walks to one of the golems and attempts to deal with it he watches as the man Bears down

his axe on the gollem that's just watching him innocently the cocky guy swings his axe and divides the Gollum in two moments late the goblin starts to mend its body back and it doesn't look too happy Russell keeps watching and he's amazed that he gets to see these creatures in person the assaulted Golem responds and changes its shape and starts to wrap around the Man's legs soon after the Golem completely changes its shape and constricts around the man setting him on fire Russell is shocked by how quickly the Golem is able to transform its body

meanwhile the other men watch their mate get burned to death in shock in horror Russell snaps out of it and decides this isn't the best time to be watching such things in amazement he leaves the spot and makes his way down some stairs to get to the interior of the ship below deck there's a large prison facility that probably houses the captives the the guy that's on guard Duty notices the Ruckus and wonders what's going on on the deck one of the prisoners blurts out that it seems the Navy has come to get them and

he rejoices that they're saved their guard hits their door with his weapon to scare them and stop them from Talking he tells them that it doesn't matter what happens because none of them will ever escape from their grasp and the men cower in fear when they keep quiet he asks if they heard what he said meanwhile Russell lays a hand on the back of his neck our boy decides to knock him out so he uses some lightning magic a lightning bolt comes out of nowhere and hits the fat guy one of the prisoners notices their

unconscious guard and comes closer to ask if he has come to save them he smiles at the man and tells him he has come to save them but he informs him that it's safer for them to remain indoors until all the Pirates are gone the man falls to his knees and starts to thank God for answering his prayers Russell looks around and wonders how many people are confined in this small area while they're waiting our guy sees something quite disturbing he sees a little boy crouched in a cell and is shocked that the heartless Pirates

are even selling kids as slaves he becomes really angry and calls the Pirates trash like bastards moments later some of the other men come to the prison and they spot Russell the men quickly notice the unconscious body of their comrade that's lying on the ground they realize that the ship has been invaded by the enemy and one of them tells the others to get the bastard that invaded the ship all three men bring out their swords and move towards Russell our boy who was already angry that they would kidnap a child tells them he'll be

the one apprehending them and he starts to create a chain out of lightning he uses a second Circle magic called chain light lightning and throws the chain towards them the chain bounces from one person to the next and electrocutes all three men on the spot they're all electrocuted and become unconscious one of them threatens that something bad will happen if their Captain comes but Russell doesn't let him finish his statement and he electrocutes him with more lightning our boy continues by checking the other room in the prison facility he runs into a dark cell and

asks what the deal with the cell is one of the people inside the cell asks him if he's a mage from the flame Tower Russell quickly creates a ball of light in his hands so he can see better into the dark cell what he sees shocks him because he notices the cell contains several elves the male elf asks him if he's a mage from the flame Tower one more time Russell realizes he must be asking him that because of the symbol on his cape he informs the elf that he's not a member of the flame

Tower yet but he's met with a rude response as the elf says that whatever he says is fine the elf stands in front of the gate looking unimpressed and tells him to open the door already Russell thinks to himself that he's obviously going to open the door but he wonders why this guy is annoying even though elves are known to have huge egos he takes a good look at the guy and wonders if he should just leave them there suddenly another voice comes from within the cell and tells the first guy to stop the female

elf among them reminds the first guy to mind his manners the other male elves are startled by her voice and they call her IO she tries to stand up so they help her get up IO informs the others that Russell isn't an ordinary human she walks towards the gate and tells them that he possesses Mana that's as pure as the light from a sunset apparently Russell is giving out a the scent of spirits so she smiles at him and tells him the other elves are shocked by the statement that the Mage isn't human the mouthy

one asks ELO what she meant by that Russell is equally shocked by her statement and wonders what she means by the scent of a spirit the elves are left puzzled and they wonder how a human can give off the scent of a spirit even Russell starts to sniff himself and he tries to pick up the scent of the spirit that IO had mentioned while he's trying to sniff himself the mouthy elf calls out to him the elf requests that Russell save them from there and he even bows to him all the elves in the prison

follow suit and the mouthy one begins to beg him Russell becomes slightly uncomfortable as he watches them he notices that all the elves who are usually known for their big egos were easily Changed by one sentence from the female elf he looks at her and wonders if she's a high elf later on he starts to apply some heat to the lock and tries to break it while he's on it IO refers to him as a guardian and asks him if he has defeated the Pirates and bosses Russell wonders what she means by Bosses meanwhile in

the other room in the prison facility a man in a knight's armor walks in and finds the guards on the ground in the hidden room IO tells Russell that the bosses are more powerful adversaries she says they're more powerful than her Warriors who are very skilled with magic meanwhile the Knight notices the trail of bodies and notices the door of the other compartment is open a Sly grin crosses his face as he thinks about all the things he's going to do to the Intruder meanwhile on the deck the Pirates keep trying to fight off the

fire Golems their Captain watches them fighting while he tries to stabilize the ship the captain finally stabilizes the boat and proceeds to bring out his sword suddenly he rushes to the lower deck and decides to join in on the fun he quickly cuts the heads off the fire golems and it doesn't look like they can recover from this one when they're gone he asks the men if they were all struggling because of such a light attack meanwhile the captain has a glow about him which signifies that he's a knight the men begin to rejoice when

the captain joins them and they loudly tell daah that she's done for M Daria watches them in Amusement surprised that they were able to take care of her fire creatures she decides to come down from the height and join them on the ship to investigate what's really going on seconds later the master lands on the ship's deck all eyes turn towards her as the Pirates are shocked to see her come to them the captain smirks when he sees her and comments that she has the guts to close the distance between them Daria cheerfully looks at

him and says that it looks like he's the captain the captain proudly affirms his position as the captain and tells her that he's called Don click darus scans his body and his sword and notices that he's using something called an aura the only explanation for that is that he must have been a night before so she asks him what he's doing here in a pirate ship Don laughs for a while and he asks her if the honor of a knight feeds you meals and pays the taxes he laughs profusely and confesses that the click brothers

are earning so much more from the slave trade when Don gets tired of the chitchat he wields up his sword and proceeds to tear the Mage a new one he covers the distance between them in the blink of an eye and tries to cut her unfortunately he's unable to land his attack before the flame Tower Master flies backward Wards and Dodges his attack meanwhile below deck a large cut appears on the wall of the inner prison compartment while ELO tries to explain to him that the bosses are dangerous he quickly turns back to check out

what had hit the wooden walls the cut turns into a loud explosion that causes the wall to cave in Russell moves backward from the smoke but he tries to see what's behind it he quickly blocks himself with a shield to avoid being hit the second click brother jokingly points out that Russell was able to block his attack the Knight proceeds to get his sword and comes close to him as he gets close closer he notices that Russell must be a mage meanwhile Russell notices he's using an aura which is only exclusive to Knights the system

gives him a new Mission and informs him that he's faced with a difficult fight the mission is to win his first battle against a swordsman ELO feels tense due to the presence of the Knight and she warns Russell to be careful she informs him that the second click brother is the Vice Captain of this ship which means he's pretty dangerous the Vice Captain just brings out his oddl looking sword with a large grin on his face he tells Russell that he may be a mage but he's still a kid as the Knight moves forward he

asks Russell why he had only knocked the men out he remarks that he should have killed them when he had the chance to the Vice Captain tells Russell that he'll show him how it's done Russell also activates his own Aura using his Mana our boy thinks to himself that flame magic does a lot of damage in the surrounding area because it's made of wood so he decides to use lightning magic especially because the man is wearing iron armor he uses a lightning bolt and fires several bolts of lightning at the Vice Captain the Vice Captain

quickly spots his attack and moves his sword to block it before the lightning bolts reach him the Vice Captain breaks the wooden floor in front of him and throws up some of the fragments into the air to stop the incoming lightning bolts he commends Russell's quick thinking because he had realized his sword and suit should be conductive suddenly instead of blocking the streaks of lightning flying around the Vice Captain charges into it and tells Russell that there's something that he's missing Russell notices the lightning flying around isn't affecting his armor and continues to fire lightning

bolts as our boy fires the new set of bolts the Vice Captain continues to charge towards him and he tells him that his attacks won't work on him as the lightning bolts inch towards the Vice Captain he just smiles and blocks them with his iron sword the bolts hit the sword and dissipates instead of shocking the Knight Russell who is still in the shield stares in horror and wonders how the man's sword is not conducting electricity the vice captain gets close to him and swings the sword towards his shield the Vice Captain lands a strong

hit on the shield but it doesn't seem to shatter it suddenly the Knight stops hitting and simply removes his sword slowly from the spot he hit as he removes his sword Russell notices something astounding there's a large crack on the spot the man struck with his sword and it looks like his sword isn't an ordinary one suddenly the part that was struck cracks open meanwhile on the deck Don click moves towards the flame Tower Master quite quickly and attempts to slash her in two he successfully cuts her in two but he's shocked to notice that

it was just a decoy that later bursts into flames when he finishes his attack he sees Daria in front of him surrounded by flames and he hisses he remarks that she's a mage that's really good at fleeing but Daria doesn't respond to him when she finally speaks she asks him if his brother is also a knight Don click proudly replies that his brother is also a knight but he adds that his brother isn't as amazing as he is while they talk the fire around Daria becomes another flame dwarf and Don laughs at it he asks

her if she's using the same trick on him again the master tells him she's not and adds that it'll be a bit different this time Dawn becomes alarmed and wonders what she meant the flame dwarfs emerge from the floor they walk toward him with their weapons and Don wonders what's going on Daria finally asses his curiosity and informs him that the more of them he cuts the more they multiply unlike the previous ones shortly after Don attacks the flame dwarfs as they Advance towards him and they become almost a dozen these flame dwarfs are Miss

daah Snow White's own creation and she called them Dwarfs of Hellfire she watches him struggle with the dwarfs and she has a look of deadly satisfaction on her face Dawn starts to get tense when he realizes he's outnumbered luckily really fast and he keeps fighting them off he wonders how his opponent is able to wield such peculiar flame magic and when he looks at her again he realizes who she is he sees the Striking resemblance with the famous Witch of the flame Tower and he realizes she's the one meanwhile there's some Bloodshed below Czech after

Russell's Shield is broken the Knight notices that Russell has suddenly vanished from before him and he wonders where he went to he quickly looks to his side and he sees Russell standing there so he quickly faces him to finish him off he wonders how Russell was able to dodge his attack when it was in such close range our boy just stands there and holds his bleeding chest trying to stabilize himself the Knight recalls that his sword made contact with Russell's chest and he could have sworn that he should have been cut into two pieces by

now when he looks closer at Russell's body he notices that he also has an aura around him and he wonders if he's also covering himself with magic to strengthen his physical abilities Russell maintains his Aura to speed up his physical abilities and to heal himself from the injury the Vice Captain thinks to himself that it doesn't matter since his opponent is basically like a rat caught in a trap IO who has been watching the fight sympathizes with Russell Russell keeps panting and he tries to stabilize himself from losing much more blood than he has he

says within himself that he knows a thing about Knights he remembers that he has met a knight one time in his previous life this Knight that he met was quite ruthless and had slaughtered an innocent mercenary group because one of them simply bumped into his shoulder one of his last victims was Russell who was badly wounded but suddenly another mercenary came to his rescue a strange man steps in front of him in the nick of time and decides to protect him from the ruthless Knight apparently the man who barely managed to stop this Knight's Madness

was a mage the Mage created a shield between himself and the Knight who attacked his shield in Rage the Mage was eventually able to subdue the Knight the Knight would have won if not that the Mage had a secret skill up his sleeves Russell proceeds to create another shield to protect himself like the Mage did the Vice Captain rushes towards him again and proceeds to land another attack on his shield to break it like he did the last time while he does that Russell recalls the method that the Mage used in saving him in his

past life and he replicates it the Vice Captain lands another strong attack on the shield in an attempt to crack it he successfully cracks The Shield like he had expected but something seems to be different this time Russell reveals that the method the Mage from his past used was to use one Shield over another that is the method he decided to replicate and the vice Captain's attack has only cracked the first shield he's using the Vice Captain stands back Expecting The Shield to crash but he is surprised to see that Russell is unaffected Russell catches

him off guard and casts a wind spell he uses the second Circle magic wind arrow and lands one right in the knight's chest the attack is so strong that it throws the man towards the other end of the room the Knight hits his head on the wall and lets out a groan with some blood sputtering out of his mouth meanwhile Russell staggers a bit and he looks like he's yet to recover from the gash in his chest his body seems to have healed but he's still in pain and he wonders if he has lost too

much blood he quickly breaks off the lock that he heated up so he and let out the elves when the elves come out they thank him for rescuing them our boy asks them to follow him out of the compartment so they leave the ship suddenly the vice captain of the ship calls him a little brat he gets back on his feet and it seems the effect of the hit didn't last too long the Vice Captain looks pretty angry and he tells Russell he should have gone for his head when he had the chance Russell wonders

how he's able to survive when he replicated the attack that the Mage that saved him did none of that matters anymore so he quickly tells ISO to get the other captives and go upstairs where they'll be safe the Vice Captain laughs at their planning and rhetorically asks Russell how he has time to rescue the slaves he moves from where he standing to land an attack at the speed of light in a split second he's already on Russell but our boy quickly activates the shield as usual the blow from The Sword cracks the first shield but

doesn't crack the second one the Knight tells him that he won't give Russell any chance to Counterattack him this time like he did the last time he starts to attack the shields rapidly breaking every generated shield in a matter of seconds Russell has no choice but to keep Shield after shield and the Vice Captain keeps smashing every Shield he creates Russell decides to keep stalling until the elves are able to get the humans and leave while they continue to fight the elves manage to retrieve the key to the prison Russell endures the assault for a

while and waits till they can set the men and the kid free when IO shouts out that they've taken everyone out and they're safe he takes that as the signal to act on his plan the Vice Captain continues to slash as the shields like a maniac when he hears IO inform him that they're free he announces to our guy that nothing will change because he will still get them Russell suddenly changes his voice to the voice of the dragon and he tells him that this changes everything the thing is that he's been unable to do

what he wanted to do because the room was filled with captives suddenly the entire room fills up with fire and they're both surrounded the Vice Captain is shocked by how quickly the atmosphere has changed Russell tells him that the captives leaving changes everything because he's now going to crush him every inch of the room seems to be set Ablaze the Vice Captain looks into Russell's eyes and notices their now reptilian which freaks him out he quickly Retreats and repositions his swords the Vice Captain gives an uncomfortable laugh and he wonders if Russell has changed his

mind and he's finally ready to kill he decides to act first before Russell can act he moves quickly as usual and tells Russell he's going to pierce through him and The Shield at once as he moves closer a bright light suddenly shows up which causes the Vice Captain to slow down Russell has taken down the shield and he's now holding one of his own magical inventions which he used to destroy the ice Golems his special Blaze Lance the kn still continues advancing forward to impale Russell with the sword he wonders if what he's holding is

a usual fire spear when he perceives the aura he realizes it's not just a fire Spear and he notices that this weapon is at least several levels above an average spear made with fire he continues his frontal assault and Falls head on into Russell's trap when the vice captain gets close Russell strikes him with the blaze Lance and everything blurs out meanwhile above deck Don click continues to battle with the Dwarfs of Hellfire he soon begins to curse when he becomes overwhelmed he realizes that the more of them he kills the more they keep increasing

but he also knows that he can't stop killing them Don wonders where his dumbass brother is and why he's not come to join him the fire dwarfs keep attacking and multiplying Don has no choice but to keep fighting back he tells him that he needs to hold on just a bit until he can strike suddenly a bright light starts to come out of the ground through the floorboards Don looks at the ground and he's shocked to see the light coming from the cabin underneath he stops feeding when the light becomes brighter and appears to be

tearing through the wood under his feet seconds later a great burst of energy emanates from that hole and almost tears the ship in half the impact of the energy wave knocks da off his feet he falls to the ground and slowly becomes unconscious the flame Tower Master watches the entire thing and wonders what's going on while she's still looking she hears a noise from behind her miseria sees the abducted people coming out below deck Russell lays on the round in the middle of the rubble he looks unconscious and doesn't open his eyes the screen pops

up and displays a notific a that shows that Russell has cleared his mission and he'll now be receiving rewards of intermediate Mana Stones when the other men notice that their Captain is down they get on some guard ships to fight back and take over the situation Miss Daria notices the plans and laughs as she reaches for her staff she summons all the fire Dwarfs with her staff and they float off the ground and become round to destroy the Pirates in the ships she throws the Golems into their guard ships the Hellfire dwarfs land on the

smaller ships nearby and take them all out meanwhile below deck someone comes near Russell and starts to heal him after a short while Russell becomes conscious and he asks her what happened as he tries to get up ELO tells him not to move she continues the healing process and adds that her Mana is not completely back yet so her healing isn't as quick as it used to be when the master notices that Russell has revived she tells him he did a good job by defeating two knights on his own but Russell doesn't know what she's

talking about nearby Don and his brother are tied to a pillar for their terrible Behavior suddenly IO chimes in and tells Russell that she owes him so much she informs him that she can't repay him immediately but she'll find a way she introduces herself as ILO Lady of the white ash tree tribe and swears on the honors of her founding fathers that she'll find a way to repay him someday Russell introduces himself by name and courteously mentions that he just did what he was supposed to do as a guardian nearby the two male elves quickly

return to the flame Tower master and they report that they've checked on the conditions of the prisoners which Daria commends Miss Daria is impressed by their commitment and she commends is for training such kind subordinates Russell stares at them in amazement and he notices the elves seem to be much nicer he asks lady ISO what she meant by what she said when they were in the cabin lady ISO just looks at him and struggles to remember what he's talking about she asks him if he's talking about what she said about detecting the scent of a

spirit on him and their conversation catches Miss Daria's attention Russell affirms that this is exactly what he was referring to the lady answers his question by asking him if perhaps his blood is mixed with a dragon's blood the Precision of the question shocks Russell she goes ahead to tell him that she also has the blood of the green dragon running through her veins she explains that for her the Dragon Blood she has is more like a drop of water in a lake so it's not something major she only adds that even with the small amount

she has she's learned that Dragon Blood can also attract Spirits Miss ISO holds our boy's hands and tells him that she can smell a thick scent of spirits from him and that's why she asked Miss Daria Stone overhears the conversation and she wonders if the mixed Dragon Blood is why Russell grows strong longer at such an incredible Pace she thinks to herself that Russell might end up being a being who will shake up the kingdom of emion and even the entire world shortly after some of the good Knights come to help the captives out of

the ship when it's time to leave Miss Daria Stone tells lady ISO that she assumes that she is going to be staying in hiding until she is able to regain her Mana lady ISO boldly affirms that this is what she plans to do the master informs her that her Mansion is not far from here and informs them that they're welcome to stay there with them she also adds that she believes that lady ISO can be of help with Russell's training Russell just looks completely lost as he wonders what training the flame Tower Master is talking

about ELO sees this as an opportunity to repay her debt to Russell she slightly blushes and declares that she'll be glad to join them Miss Daria asks Russell why he's overreacting and jokingly asks him if he doesn't want her to train him our boy quickly tells her that this isn't the case and he says he'd love to the master shows them the way and notifies them the carriages will be here soon which they thank her for while they walk to where board the carriages Russell asks the flame Tower Master if it'll be okay if he

undergos her training when the semester at the Academy is beginning soon miss Daria simply assures him that Professor Hubert will take care of it shortly after they all get to the carriages shortly after the coach Riders stop the coaches and it seems they've reached their destination Miss Daria tells the others that they've arrived and before them is a magnificent looking Mansion the flame Tower Master realizes they may feel overwhelmed so she tells them not to feel pressured and stay comfortable as they go inside as they move through the garden everyone keeps looking around the beautiful

mansion ELO commends M Daria's house and says it's a very beautiful place she thanks M Daria for her Goodwill towards her and her men while they're moving in Russell glances behind him and he notices something pretty familiar he stops moving and looks around for a while something apart from the mansion's beauty draws him to the scenery but he can't place his finger on it suddenly he recalls that he came here with his parents years ago Russell approaches Miss Daria and mentions that he'd like to ask her a question she stops stops and turns to listen

to his question so he asks to confirm if the Villa wasn't originally hers Miss Daria becomes uncomfortable and tells him that people will think she stole it if they hear him so Russell embarrassingly apologizes she affirms his suspicions and informs him that he's right because she acquired The Villa from some Merchant Association years ago Russell realizes that this Villa is one of the places that his family owned before his father was killed and his family fell apart Russell recalls that after his family's downfall he heard that the Villa was sold at a low price he

wonders how odd it is to return here in this manner one week later ELO wakes up and enters the living room the flame Tower Master scans her Aura and mentions that she's relieved to see that ELO has regained much of her Mana ELO tells her that it's all thanks to her kindness and help Miss Daria asks about the matter they had previously discussed regarding helping with Russell's training ELO cheerfully replies that she's ready as ready can be suddenly IO stops talking and asks where Russell is Miss Daria laughs and informs her that she sent Russell

to do something meanwhile Russell falls off a cliff and screams at the top of his voice luckily for him there's a stream of water beneath so he falls into the water he quickly swims back to the top and gasps for air he looks back at where he was standing and is worried to realize he failed at the exercise again he recalls the assignment that Mr Ria had given him a few hours ago she asked him what the greatest thing he needed during his previous fight was Russell thinks back to how he had to continuously use

a shield to survive that fight so he mentions that the thing he needed the most was distance the master affirms that and tells him that in combat distance is the most important thing for Mages she smiles at him and asks him to watch carefully as she does something M Daria takes one step off the cliff but some fire envelops the leg that she placed on the void shortly after her entire body is enveloped with fire and the master is nowhere to be seen she suddenly appears on the other end of another Cliff still covered in

Fire and Crosses over to the other side as Russell watches he realizes that she just used space Distortion magic this particular method is called blink after she crosses the void between the cliffs Miss Daria tells him that from this point on out he'd have to try to cross the cliff with blink she informs him that he's going to need it in the future suddenly the screen pops up and tells him his new mission is to learn blink it reveals that the rewards are intermediate grade Mana Stones Russell finally makes his way out of the water

and crawls to the shore as he climbs back up to reach the tip of the cliff he thinks about the method called blink and he reasons that the ability to use this method isn't based on whether you're on a lower or higher surface CC when he reaches the tip he reasons that it's a magic that can only be learned by comprehending its logic our boy gets up again and tries to attempt it one more time Russell takes another step of Faith he falls to the ground again and exclaims as he falls towards the water hours

later Russell manages to climb back up on the Rock and he wonders if this blink thing is really just practice or is a ploy to get him to work on his stamina after he reaches the top he decides to focus harder this time suddenly as Russell takes another step a field of fire appears under his leg as he prepares to take the new Step his second leg is also enveloped by fire as he proceeds off the cliff he hears a startling noise from behind him telling him to act now he falls once more then he

looks behind him and realizes that the person who interrupted him is Daria Daria watches him fall and gives an uncomfortable smile while our boy screams as he falls to the ground that night Miss Daria takes Russell and ISO to a private place in a rocky area before a fireplace she tells Russell that starting today he'll learn about contracts with spirits the flame Tower Master informs Russell that ILO will help him with that ELO gets up from her seat and says she's glad to be able to help out our boy also thanks ELO when they begin

IO asks Russell to close his eyes slowly she asks him to imagine something related to fire suddenly Russell's entire body is soon engulfed with the fire as he thinks about fire she informs him that she'll enter into his imagination to guide him and she does just that in the world of imagination ELO appears in Russell's mind and holds his hand to lead him across the right path ELO starts to explain that there's something that most people don't know she says that the door to Spirits is there for everyone it doesn't matter if you're a human

an elf or any entity this doesn't matter because all entities are born of nature after all in his mind she starts to see visions of death and Great War suddenly more Flames are released from Russell's body the fire is so great that even the flame Tower Master looks surprised meanwhile IO who is still checking out his mind wonders what the torrent inside his heart is she keeps trying to recognize it and she sees a very disturbing image of a man getting killed and it's too much for her to take she peers deeper into his mind

to the gate to the spirit world before the gate there's a great torrent of water that separates them from the gate she wonders what the great torrent could be meanwhile Russell stands behind her and he's weeping profusely she keeps scanning his emotions and realizes that he's filled with hatred when she scans deeper she realizes it might not be hatred but something else in the real world Russell frowns at the painful impact of reliving terrible memories from his past on the spot the Mana coming from ILO and Russell continues to increase until the light becomes blinding

the blinding nature of the Mana alerts Miss Daria she notices that the light is so bright that it looks like they're about to explode so she decides to stop them from going further as their Manas keep increasing to an alarming rate Miss Daria casts a spell to protect the two of them a few hours later Russell wakes up and finds the flame Tower Master by his side he sees the flame Tower Master by his side and he's shocked to see her standing there he wakes up with a headache and he asks her what happened to

him he explains to her that it felt like his Mana suddenly exploded while he speaks lady ISO steps into the room he notices some bandages around her arms and asks her what happened to her arms lady ELO tries to calm him down by telling him she's okay a morbid realization hits him and he asks her if he did that to her Russell becomes sad and profusely apologizes for hurting her later that night Russell heads out to clear his head and gaze at the stars meanwhile Miss Daria watches him from inside her office she decides to

have a chat with Lady ILO she asks lady ELO what happened exactly during the training she says that she remembers that they reached the path leading to the spirit's Gateway the only issue is that upon reaching there they were unable to go further ELO says that the problem was a great torrent of enormous emotions that was stopping them from accessing the portal ELO explains that the emotion she sensed was hatred but it seemed more like sadness to her she continues by saying that it was such a huge sadness that she wondered how he was able

to hide it all along sometime ler Miss Daria calls Russell to herself Miss Daria gladly informs him that he'll be doing his new training today as Russell bows down to accept the new training she bluntly lets it out that he'll have to do some cleaning Russell stares at her in amazement and wonders what she's talking about the flame Tower Master informs him that he's going to help with the mansion's servants deep cleaning for a week Russell is shocked to hear this and wonders why his training has to do with deep cleaning the Mansion Miss Daria

adds that she and Lady ELO will be heading out to the capital ELO greets Russell goodbye and mentions that she'll see him next week he quickly affirms and simply tells them to take care of themselves before they leave Miss Daria reminds him that this isn't a punishment he agrees to do it but within himself he decides to clean the house and practice the blink technique in the remaining time before they leave the magic Tower Master adds more information just in case she tells him that she's Banning him from using magic this week and Russell is

shocked after the Chariot leaves he's left in complete confusion but he accepts his fate later Russell grabs a mop and prepares to mop the hallway our boy decides on an equally great plan since Miss Daria has stopped him from using magic he rushes across the room with the wet mop and tells himself that he might as well physically train himself even though he can't use magic while he's rushing through the hall he slips over some water droplets that are on the ground as he falls over his leg incidentally kicks a nearby vase into the air

when he lands on his backside the vase that he knocked over also shatters close to him suddenly the headmate appears behind him and asks him why he was cleaning at full speed she adds that the vase he destroyed was that Miss Daria really cherished he recalls how before she left Mah had told him that all he needs is to follow the head maid's orders in the present time the headid towers over Russell and waits for him to clean up the mess he made Russell quickly gets up and tries to pack up the shards of the

broken vase with his hands and apologizes for making the mess the headid puts up some gloves and she informs him that she's aware that he can't use magic for a week she hands him a napkin and tells him to please follow her directives in cleaning the house from now on later Russell is tasked with dusting the vase face and the headid suddenly shows up behind him and tells him to hold up the vase from the bottom so it doesn't fall while he's mopping the floor she shows up again and asks if he's considered cleaning behind

the door she seems to be everywhere he goes and this disturbs Russell for the rest of the day he keeps getting more instructions and corrections as he continues his tasks eventually when he finishes he collapses somewhere and lets out a loud sigh our boy asks himself why he's been suddenly enlisted as a maid in his training regime he recalls how the headid kept coming around to mention one thing or another and he wonders if Miss Daria is trying to train his mental strength while he's deep in thoughts the headmate informs him that it's time for

lunch she walks towards the kitchen and asks him to follow her Russell who clearly doesn't want to go anywhere with her tells him he'll have his lunch later the head maid glares at him and insists that he follows her in a more Sinister voice Russell has no choice but to obey in the kitchen the other workers in the building gather around to eat and chat with one another Russell notices that there are a lot of people working in the villa while he's looking around a man next to him asks him what his name is he

quickly turns to his side to see the modest looking man who is smiling at him he tells him that his name is Russell Raymond the man looks surprised when he hears that his name is Raymond as it seems he recognizes that name Russell starts to sweat and he believes that the man must know about him and his family contrary to what he thought the man just says he's a handsome young man and commends his black hair and red eyes someone called the cops another maid at the table overhears the man and notices Russell's red eyes

which she considers to be cool another worker that's standing behind our boy's table mentions that he seems pretty fit and asks him if he can touch his biceps when he touches Russell he almost screams out in shock and it seems he's about to be molested the guy smacks the back of his head and tells him that he's joking and everyone laughs at Russell Russell hesitantly laughs with them but inside of him he weeps that he'd have to endure this for one week he tells himself that it's most likely training because there seems to be no

other sane explanation for all this sometime later Russell and the other work workers go cut wood and carry them to the Villa he reasons to himself that he would have been able to finish this quickly if he could use his wizard AA but he can't they carry the wood past a small bridge and go back and forth after they're done transporting and cutting the wood the workers all sit down by the lake to celebrate a job well done they all toast to a job well done Russell doesn't hesitate and begins to chug the beer like

an expert which alarms the worker sitting near him the guy smacks Russell in the back and the shock causes him to spill out the beer in his mouth our boy asks the man why he suddenly hit him the guy tells him that he's still a student and he'll lose his muscles if he drinks Russell recalls that he's in a young person's body and he had confused the present time with his wine bibbing days as a mercenary one of the elderly workers mentions that it's okay the man pours some more beer for Russell and tells him

he's supposed to learn how to drink from an adult as the man sits down he says that it would be a sin not to drink considering the beautiful scenery in front of them all the people at the table look in front of them and they see the beautiful sight of the rays of sunlight while they watch someone near nearby says there's another sin that they would be committing they all quickly turn back to know who's talking and why the person said that it turns out to be the headid who tells them that it would be

a sin if they continued drinking without having snacks she brings a basket of snacks and shares it among the workers they all enjoy the snacks and cheer to a new family member referring to Russell everyone laughs including Russell and there seems to be true joy in their midst the headid notices that Russell is Happy staying with the workers so she watches him closely she notices him laughing with the other worker who told him not to drink and they truly seem to be a real family over the next few days the headid supervises Russell as he

cleans the roof at night they also gather to eat again and everyone chats and laughs as usual on the last day before Mia returns Russell sits down at the fountain and realizes that tomorrow would mark one week since Mah and Lady ILO had left he feels slightly dissatisfied and wonders why suddenly the headid interrupts his thinking and points out that he likes staying by the fountain he's shocked to see her so he quickly gets up to greet her she adjusts her glasses and asks him how many times he plans to greet her in one day

and Russell laughs at her statement and says he did it without thinking she asks him if there's a reason he always comes to this spot and he hesitates before he answers her question finally he tells her that he can remember certain people when he comes here the head maid mentions that she heard Mages can teleport and asks why he doesn't just go meet these people he's thinking about he mentions that teleportation magic is difficult but even if he could do it now the people he's thinking about are at a place where he can't meet meet

them she sarcastically tells him that she thought Mages wouldn't have any worries and Russell jokes that her comment is absurd as she walks away she reminds him that tomorrow is his last cleaning day and asks him to do his best till the end Russell quickly affirms her instructions and tells her that he will before she leaves she mentions that she doesn't know magic that well but she thinks he's a good person this time she doesn't call him Mr Russell as usual but just calls him by his name Russell is touched by her statement and just

stares at her in silence she finally jokes that even if he doesn't become a good Mage she wants to use him as a good servant our boy playfully replies that he'll think about it the next morning Russell goes outside to welcome Miss darah and Lady ISO the women ask him if he's been well which he affirms miss Daria calls Russell to the side and tells him to come with her as they walk through the garden she mentions that she realizes that he's gone through a lot this week and he remarks that it's not like that

at all she adds that it took quite a bit of time to search for the medicine that will restore ELO's lost Mana after the incident where they tried to reach his spirit gate she also mentions that she checked the archives and she found something interesting Miss Daria mentions that she found out that the Villa belonged to the Raymond family in the past Russell looks down morosely and doesn't say anything the flame Tower Master informs him that ELO had told her that there was a big torrent of water in his heart and that's why they couldn't

reach the door to the spirits she asks if he feels angry and if not if he feels sad Russell still continues looking at the ground and he tells her he feels all of that at the same time Miss Daria tells him that all this reminds her of the first time she saw him in the library she saw him studying voraciously to develop his magic she realizes that he was fighting alone now that she thinks about it she mentions that after giving it much thought she believes he is a lonely patriarch who is trying to rebuild

his family Miss Daria decides to make him a proposition so she asks him to take the property Russell almost loses his mind and asks her what she means she finally calms his nerves and tells him she's not giving it to him for free she suggests that he become the flame Tower's War Mage and become the protector of the country if he does that he can earn a lot of money from it and buy this property off her hands Russell breathes a sigh of relief when she explains what she meant she smiles and asks him if

he understands she cheerfully adds that he doesn't need to struggle alone that night Miss Daria lady ISO and Russell go into the woods again for their training lady ISO informs Russell that the last time she didn't wake up his Consciousness while they approached the door of spirits she informs him that she guided him with her unconsciousness Mana but this time they'll head to the door together Russell doesn't look so happy to do this again and he asks her what will happen if she gets hurt again ELO cheers him up by mentioning that they brought a

lot of medicine but Russell tells her he'd prefer not to hurt her at all ELO just asks him to close his eyes and think of a fire like he did the last time she tells him she'll wake up his imagination so he's conscious when they get there suddenly they reach Russell's subconscious and our boy is able to see and identify ISO this time he looks at his hands and checks out what his pure Mani form looks like for the first time she leads him forward and says the journey will be smooth like the last time

until they reach the torrent as they walk further they both stop at the edge of the cliff and ELO informs him that the torrent is still there she tells him that it's still hard for them to reach the origin and get to the door of spirits Russell moves towards the torrent but IO warns him not to get close as he gets close he feels a strong rebuttal that pushes him backward and he screams in pain lady ISO tells him that it's dangerous enough to see and perceive this torrent and it's worse to try to step

into it the impact of walking towards the torrent allows Russell to perceive what it's made of and he starts to see thoughts about him successfully graduating the academy selecting a tower to join rebuilding his family and revenging the death of his father the weight of the thought shocks him and he learns that they're things dear to his heart he becomes sad and apologizes because these thoughts aren't something he can get rid of suddenly they hear a voice asking someone how it was to stay with Russell Russell looks up and detects that it's the voice of

the flame Tower Master Miss Daria in the real world the headid reports to miss Daria that Russell was a good person meanwhile in his subconscious World Russell hears the head maid's voice and figures out that she and the flame Tower Master must be having a conversation Mysteria asks the headmate if she didn't leave his side like she asked her to and the headid affirms that Russell continues to listen to the conversation and he figures out the point of the week-long training he recalls Professor Hubert who has always had his best interest at heart he recalls

his celebration with the workers where they had cheered for a new family member referring to him another experience that touched him was the head mid's last words to him when she told him that he's a good person lastly he recalls Miss Daria who told him not to struggle alone since he has people with him Russell pieces together the whole thing and realizes there's a lesson to be learned from it which makes tears roll down his eyes there seems to be only one thing he can do even though he realizes that he can't get rid of

the torrent he gets up from his dejected State and says he can jump over the torrent Russell recalls the training that Miss Daria gave him by the cliff as he moves towards the edge of the cliff lady ELO tries to stop him because it's dangerous for him to go closer the pain from the torrent impact continues to grow but he continues to walk towards it and tells himself that it's okay he tells himself that it's okay if he falls because he's not alone as he takes his first step off the cliff some fire appears under

his foot ELO watches in horror from behind and hopes that he survives it Russell suddenly activates the blink method and he disappears from the spot and leaves a trail of fire after Russell uses the blink method lady IO doesn't see him again so she looks at the other side to know if he has successfully crossed the cliff luckily Russell appears on the other side in a pool of fire lady ISO tells him that's he has really done it and Russell looks back at her and Just Smiles unable to hear her behind him the torrent continues

to rage the lesson here is never to face your fears or deep problems but to just jump over them suddenly a notification screen appears and notifies him that he has cleared the mission and has received an intermediate grade Mana Stone as a reward Russell stands in front of the door happy that he's been able to cross over but it seems he doesn't know what to do do next out of nowhere he hears ELO's voice in his mind and she tells him to go to the door of the light in front of him her voice surprises

him and he wonders how he's able to hear her lady ELO informs him that they can still communicate with each other because their Manas are still connected another screen pops up and shows Russell that his new mission is to contract with a spirit he's told to summon a spirit according to the iso's explanation and form a contract with the spirit lady ELO asks him to put his hand into the door and he does that after he puts his hands in he asks her what happens now because he doesn't feel anything she tells him that it's

now up to the spirits to decide she adds that no one knows what will happen so Russell continues to hold out his hand into the door and wait for something to happen ELO says that no one knows what kind of spirit will come it's also possible that he might not get chosen so lady ELO reminds him to hold out his hand and just wait meanwhile in the real world missarah watches Russell while he's in the trance lady ISO tells Russell that all they can do is wait Russell remembers the spirit of the Dragon he met

and he tries to commun unicate with the spirit by speaking in his heart he says to the spirit that it's okay if it doesn't come if it's too hard to do so he adds that he won't be upset because of that suddenly a large red dragon appears around him on a magic circle when Russell notices the dragon he communicates the fact that he's thankful for all that has happened leading up to this moment the dragon moves closer and touches his hands and they sign a contract suddenly they're all pulled out of the world and Russell

jolts back to reality he opens his eyes and wonders what happened when he fully opens his eyes he's surprised to see a miniature red dragon on his laps the little dragon growls in a cute way and our boy wonders if this is how Spirits look lady ELO and Miss Daria laugh nearby ELO congratulates him and Miss Daria informs him that there's something else to also celebrate Russell wonders what she's talking about and figures it out when he looks at his chest once he looks at his chest he suddenly realizes that he's reached the fourth circle

meanwhile the cute red dragon continues to Roar suddenly another screen pops up and notifies our boy that he has awakened new knowledge with the spirit summoning and has reached the fourth circle he's told he will receive unknown extra rewards Russell reads the text and wonders what the extra rewards could be while he's thinking the little red dragon Roars again trying to catch his attention and flies upwards the dragon jumps on his head and Cuddles into his hair the little dragon starts to bite his hair and continues to Roar ELO comes to play with the dragon

and she mentions that she doesn't think it's a normal Spirit she asks him if he'll give him a fitting name she tells him that naming him would complete the contract Miss Daria affirms her words and tells Russell to give him a good name Russell stares at the little dragon and tries to figure out a name he mentions that it's red because it's red He suggests to name him bacon and the ladies open their mouths in shock Russell realizes his dark humor and laughs our boy thinks again and asks what they think about the name pepper

the little dragon makes a cute roaring noise and it seems he likes it ELO fawns over pepper and says it's a cute name and Miss Daria says it's not bad Russell thinks to himself that pepper would be short for pepperoni but he doesn't tell them that Miss Daria suggests that they go celebrate and they can start the real special training tomorrow Russell continues to play with pepper and he says he's looking forward to the training he continues to play with pepper who continues to test his vocal cords with an adorable growl and Russell tells pepper

it's nice to meet him a month later we return back to the academy in front of the gate all the professors line up to receive some important guests on the day where the towers finally choose students one of the professors says he wonders how many graduates will be chosen this year another teacher close by mentions that it's basically already decided while they talk an announcement is made that the Kingdom's white tow judge has arrived the judge arrives with one of the students and the teacher that was talking mentions that each Tower had picked out individuals

to train all semester shortly after the Kingdom's yellow Towers judge arrives with the candidate they had been training all semester moments later the kingdom spear tow judge arrives with a female student they've been training the professors continue to gossip and one another professor mentions that they need to do something more for these special students that have been shortlisted and they all agree when they notice Hubert frowning at them they quickly change their discussion and say they need to do something special for everyone in the school and not a few Hubert glares at them and he

asks how they can call these children their students if they only prefer a few talented students while they talk another announcement is made that the Kingdom's flame Towers judge has arrived the students standing nearby are scared because the flame Tower is one of the most prominent Towers in the Kingdom unlike what they all expected a different person named Vermilion Olsen steps out of the flame Tower's coach Professor Hubert looks at Vermillion and wonders why he's here Vermilion looks pretty tough and he looks around to look for Russell when he doesn't find him he mentions that

it seems that he's not here yet Professor Hubert becomes worried that it would seem that Miss Daria doesn't plan to choose Russell because she sent Vermillion as the judge meanwhile someone teleports across the sky using fire magic it turns out to be Russell who is rushing to get to the ceremony early Vermilion notices the strange presence and looks upwards to know who it is Russell eventually lands nearby and lets out a sigh of relief he realizes he was almost late but is glad that he made it in the nick of time Russell's gaze meets with

Vermilion and he's shocked to see him here Vermillion just stares at him absently as if he doesn't know him Vermillion turns around and walks towards the academy and goes past the line of teachers he smirks in an evil Manner and tells himself that it's going to be fun to enjoy breaking Russell in a flashback to when Russell decided to leave maldiva for the Academy he thanks Mia lady ILO and the headid for all they've done for him he wishes lady ILO safe travels as she heads back to her hometown and she thanks him for his

Goodwill before he leaves he leaves a message for the headid he informs her that he'll return as the owner of the property and he asks her to manage the place well for him in the meantime the head maid just laughs and says she hopes it ends up as he expects he thanks them for all they did for him in the short time they spent together Miss Daria tells him she has one request for him on his way back she hands him a sealed envelope and tells tells him to deliver the letter to Hubert for her

Russell receives the letter and Promises to deliver the letter as she requested she thanks him but he notices she doesn't look to well he wonders what the content of the letter is and why she seems down in the present time Russell and the professor sit down in his office Russell gives him the letter and Professor Hubert mentions that it's a relief that he's arrived at the right time the professor reads the letter and tells him that the only issue is that it would be hard for him to help out during the selection he covers up

the content of the letter and explains that something that he has to do quickly came up Russell smiles and says that it's fine before he leaves Professor Hubert gives him a piece of advice that could prove useful he informs Russell not to take brother Olsen lightly because he can be a force to be reckoned with the professor tells him that he cannot afford to try his best he must be the best he adds that he's sure that Russell can do it and Pats his shoulder Russell Smiles at him and tells him not to worry suddenly

the screen notifies our boy that his new mission is the tower selection his mission is to show an overwhelming difference in levels and receive reive the acknowledgement of the 10 selection judges shortly after the first round of the selection begins all the students sit in front of a professor to write a preliminary written exam Russell considers that the written exam isn't hard he recalls that he flunked this exam in his previous life so it isn't so much of a challenge to him now he considers the fact that there is something else to be worried about

the major thing to be worried about is the letter that Professor Hubert received from his previous life he recalls that after the professor received the letter his trips became more frequent so frequent that that he won't be able to teach his Academy classes shortly after that Professor Hubert would pass away the year he gets his sabatical after he finishes the exam he steps outside he thinks to himself that he doesn't know what exactly happened to Professor Hubert in his past life he believes his death occurred due to a really dangerous task he mentions that Professor

Hubert must have passed from a really dangerous task that is left to a high-ranking mage in the flame Tower after the results are collated Russell Raymond is announced as the student with the top score in the written exam some of the students are shocked he got the top score others think it's incredible some say he studied well and others feel jealous meanwhile Russell's mind is not even focused on the selection process he thinks about the death of the professors that's about to begin and he wonders if he's able to stop it shortly after the second

stage of the selection process is announced and the students are told that the interview test will begin shortly the students all sit down somewhere and they're told to only come in when their name is called after some students are interviewed Russell is called he steps into the interview Hall and sees his professors sitting by his left and the 10 judges right in front of him he tells himself that the evidence that he can change things is right before his eyes Russell considers that he doesn't recall seeing brother Olsen come to the selection process as a

judge in his previous life the fact that he's here means he has changed the past and that means he can join the flame Tower and stop the deaths of the professors to do that Russell realizes that he needs to be acknowledged by the judges meanwhile Vermilion Olsen stares at him with contempt in his eyes the professors announce the rule and tell him that the judges will ask him a question and he has to respond shortly and verbally the White Tower judge decides that they start right way so she reads out her first question about a

formula created by the Mage or rugan gong 3 years ago a series of questions are thrown at our boy and he answers them well and articulately the hardest part of the interview questions is a hidden second task shortly after the seat where the judges are starts to shine bright as they release bursts of Mana to see if he can stay composed to address their questions as they release the Mana it's customary to the selection process and Russell tells himself that he'd have to endure the Mana exertion of the selection judges he remembers that he always

failed this part in his previous life and he would profusely cough until he almost passed out in the present time he confidently endures the Mana subjection and continues to answer their questions the yellow Tower judge mentions that Russell is incredible because his expression doesn't change despite the swirling Mana storm meanwhile vermillian olon doesn't seem impressed brother olssen smirks and mentions that this isn't much of a Mana storm he suddenly amplifies the intensity to know if Russell will be able to Bear it when it gets stronger Russell notices the strange change in the Mana intensity and

it becomes harder to withstand its effect Olsson just smirks and the effect of the Mana storm starts to affect the guards who are standing behind the judges the yellow Tower judge looks at Olsen and he confirms that he's really a Crazy Tiger the yellow Tower judge tells himself that the candidate could die if this continues Russell starts to find it a bit harder to cope but he doesn't budge he continues to look right at the judge as he expects their next question the spear Tower judge is shocked to see that Russell is enduring this barrage

of Mana he notices that even the newly appointed professors assigned to the examination are having a hard time enduring the intense Mana storm the spear Tower judge considers that Russell is surely a desirable genius suddenly the system brings up a notification that Russell has managed to get the acknowledgement of nine judges out of 10 Olson continues the intensity but he is surprised to see that Russell is enduring it he decides to increase the intensity a little bit more to know if our boy will be able to survive Russell starts to get pretty uncomfortable but he

manages to maintain his position Vermillion olssen doesn't back down and keeps increasing the intensity of the Mana storm suddenly the spear Tower judge places a hand on Olsen's shoulder and informs him that they have other interviews to perform so he needs to stop Olsen hisses at the spear Tower judge's comment but he decides to stop Olson retorts that it's such a shame because it was about to get fun meanwhile Russell stands Resolute but his clasped hands start to shake behind him meanwhile the new professors who have been sweating profusely Rejoice that they survived the manastorm

one of the judges commends our boy that he did well and informs him that he can leave they ask the next person to come in and Russell heads out of the room our boy collapses on the waiting chair after the intense exam he heaves a sigh and says within himself that he thought he was going to pass out suddenly a notice screen pops up the screen tells him that he has gained the acknowledgement of nine selection judges out of 10 Russell Smiles uncomfortably when he realizes that the system is trying to tell him this isn't

enough and he needs one more to pass the mission he laughs within himself and says Olsen isn't an easy target after the second test the judges From The Towers walk through the hall and they talk about Russell Raymond the spear Tower judge mentions that Russell is the student that the fire tower master has been keeping an eye on which means he's off limits for them the yellow Tower Master mentions that he's a student that anyone would want on their side and it's a Pity that he's already taken vermillian Olsen doesn't say a word and just

walks in front of them the White Tower judge cheerfully asks Olsen when he's going to start to train Russell as the youngest flame Tower iple but she's met with some rebuttal Olson angrily turns back and asks her who told her the boy is going to be his Junior the White Tower judge realizes she stepped on a nerve so she quickly tries to rephrase what she said the other judges just watch uncomfortably and olssen angrily turns away from them they wonder why he's so uptight Olson recalls a time when he had taken some newbies that just

got enrolled into the flame Tower into the field to fight in the flashback one of the newbies doesn't do a great job at maintaining the barer while some Swordsmen attack them the enemy strikes their barrier and cracks it the knights kick down the younger Mages and stab them to death that night olssen eventually takes out all their enemies but the younger ones don't survive the ambushment as he stands amidst the dead bodies tears roll down his eyes as he Mourns their deaths in the present day he remembers that if there is one weakling among them

that falls Everyone Falls it seems this is why he's so hard on Russell shortly after the third round of the screening test begins and they all gather outside the organizers announced to the participants that their next test is something like a treasure hunt of sorts the man tells them that they'll have to go into the Lush Walker Hill forest and they'd have to find green Mana Stones he announces that they will be awarded points based on the number of man W Stones they can find and the order in which they return Russell reasons that some

of the other guys will be desperate enough to try to steal other people's Mana Stones so he has to be careful they're told to line up so they can be released into the forest while they're forming a line a notification screen appears before Russell again and tells him that the last part of the mission is winning Olsen's approval he looks at the screen blankly and he wonders if senior disciple olssen will even acknowledge him at all he considers how he's been treating him since the screening began and he wonders if olssen will still approve him

if he clears the third round while he's still thinking he hears the announcement to start searching Russell joins the other boys and they Scurry into the woods to find the green stones as the boys rush into the woods to find the stones our boy decides that there's one thing he can do to find the stones faster moments later Russell uses some fire magic and begins to summon pepper pepper soon appears in his arms and Russell tells him it's been a while he apologizes for keeping him away and explains that he couldn't use magic at school

pepper seems quite excited to see him and playfully Roars like he always does Russell asks pepper if he can help him and summons his compartment to bring a red Mona Stone he tells pepper he needs him to help find a stone that looks like this he moves the stone closer to the spirit and pepper sniffs it pepper picks up the scent of the mono Stone and flies away when he detects a scent nearby Russell notices pepper heading in a direction and excitedly mentions that that it seems he's found one for some time our boy follows

the spirit through the woods as they continue their quest to find the stones soon after they reach a spot where there seems to be a red magic circle meanwhile in another part of the Kingdom some people have a discussion inside a magic material store a man in a cloak who appears to be a flame Tower Guardian questions the store owner and asks him where the Mage he traded with went the man who looks quite confused tells him that he doesn't know and all he did was to sell him some raw materials for a ritual the

interrogator changes voice and asks him if he knows the truth about the ritual he speaks of he asks him if he knows that the Mage came to buy those materials for a pagan spell the man is shocked to hear that his customer had bought materials for a pagan spell the guardian pushes him roughly to get him to talk he tells the man that aiding a cult is the same as treason against the kingdom and the man realizes he's in a lot of trouble the guardian who is now very angry asks one more time if he

knows where the Mage went the man stammers and repeats that he doesn't really know where the man went he goes on to say that all that he heard was that a snarly woman who kills people by burning them had taken a disciple and this Mage they're looking for has gone to check it out in a flashback this dangerous Mage watches as Miss dadia speaks to Russell in maldiva the Mage watches as Russell receives a cape of the flame Tower guardians from the flame Tower Master the guardian lets go of the man and thinks to himself

that the person these people from the cult have a grudge with is no one else but his teacher he uncovers his face and it's clear that it's Professor Hubert the professor rushes outside and he tells himself that Russell is in danger Professor Hubert's body is consumed by fire and he runs from the place using teleportation magic running to warn the academy about how dangerous the screening test is meanwhile one of the students looks around and curses when he can't find any of the Mana Stones he complains that he's unable to use light magic because he

doesn't want to attract the attention of other contestants and become their target as the guys walk further into the woods he notices a dark strange figure the boy stops when he sees the moving figure and he exclaims the boy sends a wind Arrow at the strange figure but nothing happens the attack doesn't seem to do any damage the boy notices that it looks like a man so he tells the person that he startled him the candidate keeps watching the strange figure and he wonders if he's also a candidate when he doesn't get a response he

decides to turn around because he thinks he's dead he wonders whether to check on him but he decides to ignore the man since it's a competition and it's every man for himself as he walks away he gets an idea he looks back at the strange figure and reasons that this strange guy might just have a stash of Mana Stones he can take when he turns back to check out the Man's dead body he doesn't find him there when he notices the spot is empty he wonders where the strange figure went he notices something moving behind

him and quickly glances back and he's shocked by what he sees a loud scream ripples through the forest and it's clear the contestant is down meanwhile Russell keeps following pepper around to find the Mana Stones as they move in Russell wonders if they've gotten to the middle of the Forest right in the middle of the field there's a bag that looks like it's filled with a bunch of green Mana Stones Russell comes closer and and wonders why the Mana stones are in one place when it was supposed to be a treasure hunt Russell Pats pepper

in the head and tells him he did a good job but he reasons that something seems strange about this place he notices something else inside the bag and crouches down to see it it turns out to be a Golem's core our boy picks up the core and notices that it's broken as he inspects it he notices that it looks like it was broken before a Golem was even summoned as he investigates pepper seriously growls at something behind him so he turns behind to see what it is suddenly a series of spikes emerge from the Earth

and try to impale Russell the spikes keep coming out of Earth and keep advancing to where our boy is crouched Russell notices the spike and wonders what the heck is going on the spikes from the earth start rapidly moving forward and extend higher so Russell quickly activates his wizard body Aura and jumps out of the way as he jumps out of the way he sees a different attack with light magic and Russell wonders how his attacker is quickly able to switch magic like that balls of light float in the sky and shoot dangerous beams to

the ground the balls keep shooting beams at our boy but he manages to dodge each attack because he's quick on his feet when he uses his magic Aura as the attack continues Russell figures out that he's not being attacked by one person suddenly some magic Spears are fired at him while he's not looking but luckily pepper spots them pepper quickly releases some fire out of his mouth and burns the spears before it reaches Russell Russell looks behind and realizes pepper had deflected the attack so he commends him for doing a good job our boy quickly

summons his Firebolt he shoots bolts of fire through the light balls and breaks them the explosion from the impact is quite great and it causes smoke to break out in the surroundings Russell tries to peer through the smoke and he wonders why he's being attacked even though the attacks have suddenly stopped and there's a moment of silence Russell still maintains his Firebolt When the Smoke Clears Russell sees the three Mages he's been fighting against hiding in the bushes when he looks closely he recognizes them as the honor students that have been selected by the towers

beside another Bush the White Tower honor student who's been using light magic hides there Russell also notices the spear Tower honor student and he asks them why they're using cowardly tactics like this the yellow Tower honor student tells him to shut him and asks him how a bastard like him was able to discover the Mana Stone first the guy reasons that he's sure that they're the only ones who knew about the Mana Stone's location when he looks closer at Russell he notices pepper behind him so he realizes he has a spirit with him the spear

Tower honor student also notices the spirit and she proclaims that she understands how he found the Mana Stone so quickly the White Tower honor student also notices and wonders how Russell had managed to hide this level of skill that allows him to contract with a spirit from them Russell just laughs at their words and asks them what's so great about finding the Mana ston so quickly he adds that they make it seem as if he shouldn't have found it Russell finally tells them that something comes to his mind as he thinks of this scenario he

informs them that he knows that they made a secret deal with some of the professors to get them to put all the Mana stones in one place where only they would know the yellow honor student doesn't say anything but he only thinks to himself that Russell is a quick thinker our boy says that he doesn't have the intention of getting involved in their secret deal but he tells them to get out of his way the yellow Tower honor student gets angry at his words so he activates his Aura and rushes towards him as the guy

rushes towards him Russell suddenly disappears and appears behind him he smiles and Whispers into his ears that they'll regret it if they don't let him go ahead shocking the guy the spear Tower honor student also notices it and is shocked the White Tower honor student opens his mouth wide as he realizes that Russell just used the blink teleportation magic while they're still at it pepper begins to growl at something that seems to be hidden inside the woods Russell notices this and asks him what's wrong he quickly realizes that they're not alone so he looks into

the woods to investigate what's wrong Russell notices that the trees are moving he turns toward the yellow Tower student and asks him if the professors who were helping them told them that they would also destroy the Golem core that he found in the bag the yellow Tower honor student tells him that they didn't the other students walk forward and they mentioned that they also thought it was strange that a broken Golem core was in the bag Russell suddenly unhand the other guy when he realizes there's some trouble Brewing he quickly summons a Firebolt when he

hears some noise coming from the forest he focuses away from them and looks at the forest and says that something is coming the birds in the forest also begin to fly away in response to whatever is disturbing the peace inside the woods some ferocious and dark-looking monsters with green eyes Rush towards the boys when Russell spots them he exclaims and mentions that they're the undead the spear Tower honor students ask how the undead got into the testing area and the rest of them look scared the yellow Tower honor student suddenly freezes due to fear and

he tells himself that he needs to run away as he turns to the side to make a run for it he finds out that there is nowhere to go he stops in his tracks and a look of Despair develops across his face the undead form a large circle around them and there's nowhere to run suddenly Russell creates a large firew wall around them while pepper goes to fight off some of the beasts the yellow Tower honor student sees the firewall and realizes that Russell is using fourth circle magic which none of them have attained Russell

looks at them and tells each of them to pick a direction to face and fight the monsters that manag to break through the walls the students just stare at him speechless crippled by fear our boy shouts at them and tells them to answer him because they're running out of time they all stammer and give an answer as they realize that they're the ones who were ambushed when they thought they were the ones setting an ambush for him the yellow Tower honor student says to himself that it's hard to think that they were picking a fight

with someone like him if they had gone ahead something really bad would have happened while he thinks an undead manages to break through the wall in his direction as the undead cross the Wall they're met with fire arrows that pierce into them due to Russell's quick reaction Russell tells them that the firewall is only a temporary measure and they need to find the sorcerer who summoned the undead beasts meanwhile inside the woods two Sorcerers who are controlling the beasts chat with one another one tells the other that the child from the flame Tower is here

referring to Russell and the other one laughs and says he wonders how long Russell will last in the middle of the forest some of the undead keep breaking through through the firewall one Hefty looking zombie guy breaks in again he ends up with a hole in his head as he's hit with a bolt of fire Russell stands in front of the headless zombie and he thinks about how these Undead monsters must have surfaced he thinks about the Heretics who seek forbidden magic he recalls that in the past the flame Tower Master had brutally killed the

members of this heretic cult he wonders if these new ones are remnants of the old heretic movement that survive the destruction our boy wonders what the Heretics are now planning to do by coming here as he's thinking three undeads who have managed to break through the fire come towards him he releases another Firebolt and creates wide holes in their heads Russell realizes that going deep into his thoughts will affect him so he decides to focus on the fight in front of him he analyzes that the magic that they're using is a type of curse Russell

recalls that one of the characteristics of such curses is that it uses low levels of Mana so the longer the fight drags on the more they'll be at a disadvantage because they're expending a lot of Mana to fight this swarm of Undead soldiers he quickly turns back at the other guy and tells them to use their Mana efficiently he explains that they can do this by decreasing their Firepower and aiming for the vital points of the undead Army the yellow Tower honor student hears him and says that's easy to say but harder to do the

White Tower honor student agrees and says that the selection judges will be here soon anyways so they only need to hold out until they arrive the spear Tower honor student overhears him and tells him that the selection judges won't come and the yellow Tower honor student asks her what she's talking about Russell agrees with the White Tower honor student and says he's right he adds that there's no way that the selection judges won't notice this they're sent from the capitals prestigious magic towers and they definitely would have noticed this wicked form of energy around them

the spear Tower honor student doesn't agree and says that their enemies are probably using a trap to erase all signs of Mana Russell remembers the circle he saw just moments before discovering this site and it seems that the girl's theory is right the yellow Tower honor student starts to get worried that they'll have to face this many people on their own the spear Tower honor student realizes the best thing they can do is to follow Russell's advice so she tells them to reduce the size of their attacks and make the edges sharper and she does

the same to her ice Spears she reshapes the Spears and fires three of them at the heads of three zombies and the attacks knock them down easily meanwhile the White Tower honor student starts to streamline his beam of Lights to minimize the amount of Mana he's using one of the sorcerers notices that the students are saving their Mana so he informs his fellow that they're quick witted the other sorcerer who appears to be his senior tells him that it doesn't matter because he's about to give them a problem that will cause them not to be

able to save their Mana right behind them there's a large Undead troll monster with a huge metal axe in the middle of the firewall the students notice something different coming through the fire this time the large monster easily walks through the fire bearing his metal Axe and armor it looks like it's about to go down the monster looks at them with green eyes and growls angrily the students all stop fighting shocked to see a troll in their midst the spear Tower honor student quickly creates a trail of ice in front of the troll to make

it it slip and lose its footing while the White Tower honor student tries to attack it the White Tower honor student releases some light balls and attempts to fire deadly beams at it the student fires the troll with several beams with a magic called Crystal laser after the attack ends the troll doesn't look affected at all and there's not a single wound on the Beast all their attacks did was to make it angrier the troll raises its sword and proceeds to Pummel the White Tower honor student to the ground the student just stands in front

of him crippled with fear and unsure of where to run the boy just stands there scared to his bones suddenly Russell summons his signature move and brings out the blaze Lance before anyone can say Jack Robinson Russell leaps to weeds the monster with his Lance in hand and cuts through its chest with maximum release of power the Lance cuts through the Troll's chest and burns through its body Russell lands back on the ground and watches to see how much damage was done meanwhile inside the woods the core that the sorcerer was using to control the

troll suddenly breaks and that shocks him the junior laments to this senior that Russell managed to take down a whole troll in one blow but his senior just angrily fumes inside the firewall the spear Tower honor students notice that the magic that Russell just used is distinct she scans The Sword and realizes that the power from it Rivals the destructive power of fifth level Circle magic she keeps staring at Russell and she wonders if he's a student in the same Academy as she is Russell doesn't notice her staring at him but something in the sky

suddenly catches his eye he looks into the sky and notices pepper flying around a particular region in the camp of the enemy the sorcerer notice pepper hovering over them and they're unsure of what to do Russell smirks when he picks up the signal and he excitedly mentions that he's been able to find out where they're hiding Russell activates his wizard body to give him more strength to do what he's about to do he bends backward with the Blazing Lance and proceeds to throw his eyes whiten and fill up with rage as he gathers all his

strength to make the throw Russell throws the Lance with all of his might and a little more so he tells them that it's his turn to attack them a blast of fire emerges from where the boy is and heads right into the woods to where the sorcerers are staying the two Sorcerers see the advancing bolt coming towards them and the Junior tells his supervisor that they need to dodge because their location has been exposed the Blazing Lance keeps tearing through the sky and it heads for the two Sorcerers the senior sorcerer decides not to dodge

the attack and says that they need to block it to block it they control several of the undead to stand in the way of the Blazing Lance and take on the impact the undead Rush right towards the Lance as if it's their long lost cousin the zombies collide with the Lance with a strong impact and an explosion ensues the senior sorcerer becomes shocked by what happens next it seems that his idea of using the undead as a body Shield doesn't work so well because the Lance rips through them and continues to head towards them the

man quickly starts to create a shield to repel the Lance backwards soon after a great explosion occurs in the forest and the students see it from where they're standing Russell looks at the spot and wonders if he was able to get them the undead Army that was attacking them seems to have stopped after he sent an attack to those who were controlling them from the spot where the explosion occurs the the senior sorcerer curses that Daria seems to have raised a monster the sorcerer holds up the junior sorcerer whom he had used as a body

shield from the attack he mentions that they were saving a secret weapon to fight the selection judges the senior Sorcerers smirks and say that it seems that they'd have to use it on russle first in the middle of the forest Russell sees something shocking some Undead skeletons Advance toward them while holding some students from their Academy hostage about a dozen Undead skeletons come out with a student from their Academy each and they're unable to fight back without injuring their colleagues in the academy some of the Crooked professors try to stop Professor Hubert from entering the

examination center and respectfully protest that only selection judges are allowed in there Hubert doesn't listen to them and charges inside to speak to his Superior senior brother Olsen olssen sees him and asks him if the mission he went on is over Professor Hubert quickly informs him that the cult followers are also on the Move Professor Hubert tells him that the cult members are after Russell and that the candidates at the examination grounds are also in danger this provokes olssen who asks how the cult members got the eony to cause trouble where he's present meanwhile in

the woods the sorcerer informs the students not to move as much as a finger if they don't want trouble he controls the undead to make the captives kneel and they Point their swords at them the sorcerer tells them that he'll kill all the captives and turn them into his soldiers if they make any funny moves Russell remains silent and he notices that the sorcerer had gagged all the captives to prevent them from casting spells he considers teleporting towards the guy using his blink method and piercing through him with his Blaze Lance the issue with that

is that the guy can quickly control the undead to kill the captives before he dies and that not be a good plan he'll not only kill the captives he'll kill them all the sorcerer tells them not to try to resist and says they should step forward the sorcerer specifically requests that Russell steps forward referring to him as the kid from The Flame Tower Russell confirms his suspicions that they came here to get him he clenches his fist and creates an aura but he decides it's not a good idea to fight back our boy slowly walks

forward as was instructed to avoid any bloodshed the sorcerer tells him that he thinks it's impressive that he'd give up his life to rescue his friends Russell scoffs and says these guys are barely his friends he says there people who prey on the weak to their own Advantage the yellow Tower honor student overhears him and realizes they're fried he also adds that there're those who will get closer to the strong to their own Advantage the spear Tower honor student overhears him and she doesn't feel too good about herself Russell continues by saying that all he

ever got from the other students was scorn loathing and envy he says that they're all just people that are jealous of others the sorcerer looks at him in silence processing what he had just said Russell breaks the silence and tells him he probably cannot understand he says he's doing this because it's the mission of a guardian to protect people his words shock the rest of the guys who had expected him to express hatred and enmity the sorcerer doesn't understand his logic and asks how he can still be thinking about missions and Justice in a world

where the strong prays over the weak the sorcerer says that words like that are too big to be coming from weak people Russell Smiles at his remark and retorts that but it's funny he's saying that because he's been hiding at the back all day and hasn't had the courage to kill his enemies by himself his words Sting the sorcerer who tries to calm himself the sorcerer decides to respond and says he'll oblige him since he wants him so much suddenly one of the undead skeletons comes behind Russell and ties up his arm the sorcerer controls

the undead to gag Russell's mouth so he can't cast spells and tells him he'll kill him with his own hand since he wants that so much the sorcerer calls him the flame Tower kid as an evil Aura surrounds him entirely after our boy is dude the man grabs an oddl looking green sword and jokes that it's a shame that he won't be able to hear his screams as he kills him but he realizes that he doesn't have a choice the man walks closer to him and brings the knife closer to stab him Russell recalls that

there's a type of magic that does not need you to chant spells to use them this type of magic is one that you can cast from within your mind he remembers the time when he had just contracted with the spirit and the system appeared to inform him that he would be gaining an extra reward for attaining great Enlightenment by summoning Spirits he remembers wondering what the additional reward was in the flashback the system delivers a strange ring to him back in the present he thinks about how artifact magic is the type of magic that allows

you to use magic without actually casting spells the ring is called a cloudy ring and it has the shapes of a ring but it transforms into a thundercloud when needed suddenly a strong Thundercloud develops over the place where they are the sorcerer doesn't notice it and continues to pour out threats about what he's about to do the man tells him that his death will be the first of many in their Revenge plan suddenly the sorcerer hears a lightning strike behind him and he wonders what's going on as he looks up he notices a strange Thundercloud

in the sky meanwhile Russell who is still tied down by the undead starts to release streaks of lightning from his body when the time is right our boy summons the Thundercloud in his mind and he tells it to crush them all the magnitude of the lightning strike is so large that even the honor students have to cover their faces to avoid getting Blinded By The Enormous Light released the lightning strike continues to hit on the spot and everyone that seems to be in its way becomes barbecue the sorcerer passes out and drops the core he

was using to control the Undead on the ground and it breaks the man just stands there and seems to be experiencing some rigor mortise as the electric charges run through his body finally he falls to the ground and the other Undead soldiers follow suit but Russell is the only one standing Russell who is still pretty electrified tries to loosen the rope that was used to tie him from behind suddenly someone appears behind him and helps him out it turns out to be the spear Tower honor student who tells him that she can't believe that he

thought of artifact magic in a situation like this she Whispers within herself that this guy is really something after she frees him Russell Smiles at her comment and thanks her for helping him out the spear Tower honor student scratches her head and tells him that they're the ones that are supposed to be thanking him she quickly turns around and says that they have to call the judges here quickly she informs Russell that it looks like everyone needs treatment meanwhile the yellow Tower honor student removes the rope from another student hands and tells him not to

forget to notify the judges what he did for him Russell ures the spears Tower honor student that the judges are going to arrive soon so she asks him how they'd know about what's going on here Russell just smirks and informs her that his friend will guide them here nearby pepper finds the Trap that the sorcerers had used to block the Mana and burns it with his breath through the entire Forest pepper manages to create a trail of fire to direct anyone who's willing to find the students Russell explains the plan to the spear Tower honor

student who is astounded by his Brilliance and she wonders how many steps ahead he was thinking as she walks away Russell notices his ring is still releasing lightning he looks at the Cloudy ring on his fingers and realizes that it uses much more Mana than is expected as the spear Tower honor student walks past the unconscious bodies the body of the sorcerer starts to move with his face half burnt he starts to chant to a spirit and he tells it that his devotion is to it as he dies he proclaims that he devotes his life

his lifespan and even this death Russell and the spear Tower honor student hear him talk so they quickly turn around to investigate the issue the sorcerer invokes a terrible spell that combines his body with all the bodies of the undead Army to summon something called a giant skeleton soon after a huge Undead skeleton emerges and it looks like he's here to get revenge Russell wines from its bright Aura and realizes that the monster is something that far exceeds the fifth Circle the spear Tower honor student urges the others to quickly run into the forest because

the new enemy is quite formidable the yellow Tower honor student is the first to run away before he leaves he spots the bag with the green Mana stones and considers taking it the spear honor student notices Russell isn't running and questions why he's staying to fight Russell explains that the large monster is targeting him he says he's the only one who can buy time until the judges arrive meanwhile olssen and Professor Hubert rush to the training field the girl reasons that Russell should be out of Mana by now and wonders what he plans to do

the monster quickly raises its claws and smashes the spot where Russell is standing Russell teleports from the spot because the attack can't be blocked with a shield he prepares his Blaze Lance and concludes that even one strike can be quite dangerous he decides to quickly attack with the blaze Lance the Lance cuts a deep gash in the monster but it looks far from dead Russell observes that the attack injured the monster but realizes it's going to be harder than he thought he notices the flesh beginning to regrow and hisses wondering if it also has the

ability to regenerate while he's thinking the monster strikes at him with its tail but misses the monster quickly launches another attack right in front of his face he manages to dodge that one but the monster responds before he can regain his footing he realizes he's in trouble and exclaims out of nowhere some ice strikes the tail and deflects the attack surprising Russell who is about to be impaled nearby the spear Tower honor student loudly reminds Russell that he saved her life so she can't just leave him behind the monster is shocked by the Intruder and

looks toward her meanwhile the other students Scurry away to safety she reminds him of what he said that this is the mission of a guardian meanwhile the White Tower honor student and some others turn back when they hear the monster roaring the yellow Tower student questions why they're going back and calls them crazy he insists it's not his problem if something happens to them meanwhile the junior sorcerer wakes up revealing he didn't die after all he notices the monster and wonders if it could be a sacrifice spell his senior cast he laughs at Russell and

sneers that it serves him right meanwhile the other students return to join Russell in the fight the White Tower honor student apologizes for being late but Russell is surprised they came back he looks at them in confusion eventually he smiles glad to have the support he summons his Blaze Lance and eagerly tells them he won't stop them since they want to fight together however he instructs them to follow his lead if they want to survive and win this fight meanwhile the spear Tower honor student continues battling the monster Russell announces to the others that he'll

create a crack with his Blaze Lance so they need to put their all into it he launches his Lance one more time and aims right for the monster's face when the Lance almost reaches its Target he signals the others to fire their attacks the Combined Assault results in a great explosion half of the monster's face is blown off but it's still standing Russell tells them to go one more time but his hands are now shaking he immediately attempts to summon another Blaze Lance meanwhile the professors find the root that Pepper created Russell declares that everyone

has joined him because it's the mission of a guardian so they have to push further he tells himself he needs to protect them so he generates another Blaze Lance and sets it to full output his eyes become reptilian signaling that he's in his Dragon mode he fires the Lance at The Monster at full power as the other students launch their attacks the great fire from the Lance flies through the air and Strikes the monster face again shortly after Vermillion closes in on the huge monster he's shocked to see the students fighting a massive skeleton he

wonders what these weaklings are trying to accomplish together and remarks that they should have just run away Vermillion olssen believes that being fragile is a weakness to him if one person falls everyone else Falls along with them meanwhile he observes Russell generating his Blaze Lance at full output and directing it at the monster as he waits to see what will happen he notices the Lance tearing through the monster at that moment Vermillion realizes that if one of these weak ones Rises up all of them rise up he watches as their combined effort triggers a large

explosion that takes the monster's head clean off suddenly the head of the senior sorcerer is exposed making it clear that he's the one controlling it he cries out that it's not over yet and the monster begins to heal again Vermillion quickly takes charge and launches himself at the monster he uses a magic spell called overheat channeling a great deal of energy into his hand the sorcerer is stunned as he spots Vermilion charging toward him Vermillion calls him a wicked being and commands him to disappear the attack is so intense that it almost blinds the students

the monster is completely vaporized by the attack Russell Smiles at Vermillion and remarks that he should have come faster if he was going to intervene he suddenly collapses from Mana exhaustion Professor Hubert catches him and commends his good work Vermillion Smiles at him and seems impressed the screen shows that he's gained the approval of the last judge and has been awarded an intermediate Stone sometime later Russell wakes up somewhere else he gets up and finds Professor Hubert by his side he immediately inquires if the other candidates are safe the professor assures him that they are

thanks to him Russell says that's a relief and the professor agrees adding that they might all be dead if it weren't for him Russell Chuckles and says he had some help the professor promptly asks if he's curious about the test result Russell suddenly remembers they had a test and urges him to reveal it the professor explains that the judges had many concerns especially because of the attack caused by the Heretics due to the attack the third test became irrelevant as teamwork proved more important than competition meanwhile the yellow Tower student ran back with all the

Mana stones and didn't stay to fight the professor reveals that with this in mind the judges reached a conclusion they decided that in this selection test the person who deserved the highest score was Russell Russell is shocked to hear the news that he got the highest score he thanks the professor glad that he can finally graduate from the academy the professor informs him that an investigation has begun into the Heretics to uncover The Mastermind behind the attack he assures Russell that they'll soon get to the root of it Russell informs Professor Hubert that there was

one more heretic on the field the professor is surprised to hear this because they had only found one apparently the injured sorcerer escaped amidst the chaos as he escapes he swears to make Russell pay for this humiliation Vermilion who has been standing nearby comments that it seems they lost the other sorcerer senior Vermillion steps in and asks to speak with Russell for a while Professor Hubert protests saying Russell needs rest Russell notices the tension and reassures him that it's okay later Vermillion and Russell Head outside Vermillion remarks that Russell must have felt dragged down while

fighting the Heretics he says this because he assumes Russell had to fight alongside weak people he explains that he still believes being fragile is a weakness and that perspective hasn't changed Russell agrees but asserts that the weak exist so the strong can grow stronger and protect them because of this the weak will always strive to improve inspired by the strong who protect them thus no one is Left Behind and everyone takes a step forward ver million listens silently he suddenly smiles and remarks that it wasn't a bad response he tosses a white sack to Russell

and urges him to open it Russell is shocked and wonders what's inside he unwraps it to find a cloth he immediately recognizes as a flame Tower robe Vermilion smirks and warns him not to get ahead of himself just yet he explains that if Russell wants to join the flame Tower there's still one more test Russell is confused since the selection test has ended the senior explains that it's an ancient tradition of sorts they put them through before they can join Vermillion suddenly creates a circle around himself he declares that the test is for Russell to

force him out of the circle using any magic he wants he states that if Russell can't move him there will be a fitting price Russell replies warning him not to regret giving him the opportunity to attack and retrieves a manast stone from his compartment before consuming it he smirks and reiterates that he can use any magic Russell Smiles as he formulates his plan shortly after Professor Hubert notices something that shocks him senior Vermilion tries to brace himself as he is hit by one of Russell lightning bolts and one of his legs crosses the circle he

smiles as he recalls that he's covered by armor that is no less than a fifth Circle but oddly he is still moved back by this boy's attack Professor Hubert rushes to the spot and asks senior brother Olsen what he's doing he complains that he would Corner the young boy when he's yet to recover Vermillion doesn't budge and tells him that this is their flame Tower long-standing tradition Hubert retorts that his behavior is something that he'd expect from a new disciple Vermillion gets angry and asks him what he means by that and and says the tradition

is to instill discipline in Russell before he joins them Hubert angrily rebuffs that he thinks the Academy's pillars are going to fall if he installs more discipline in the boy Hubert apologizes to Russell in senior vermillion's stead but Russell laughs and says it's okay Vermillion ignores Hubert's comment and tells Russell that he's the only person who has passed this test since he started doing them it seems that Russell used a specially crafted magic that he invented using the power of his magic ring as well as the blaze Lance at once not only that much to

vermilion's surprise he summoned a spirit to add to the attack Vermillion tells him that he was honestly surprised and Hubert is shocked to hear that Russell summoned a spirit Russell summons pepper and introduces him to them the two men look at the spirit and they think it's cute sometime later at the Academy's graduation Russell reads his valedictorian speech he wishes the other students well as they continue the Journey of Life everyone claps for him after he ends his speech sometime later Professor Hubert commends his speech and Russell thanks him Professor Hubert reminds him that he's

not a student anymore so he tells him to call him senior brother now Russell affirms that and calls him senior brother Brother Hubert smiles and asks him if he has a place to stay in the capital Russell informs him that he's thinking of getting a small room on the outskirts of the capital Hubert tells him not to do that but to stay at his place since he can't go home until his contract with the academy ends Russell excitedly asks if that's okay and the professor says it is Brother Hubert says he bought the house from

the master and it's funny that he hasn't used it sometime later Russell moves into the house the system congratulates him on his graduation and gives him an unknown reward and a high-grade Mana stone for the first time Russell checks out the unknown reward and finds the map from the last time the system notifies him to find the place marked on the map and solve the connecting Mission Russell Smiles because he recognizes the place it's a forbidden island that humans are not allowed to step on called kulil Island it's because it is swarmed with magic beasts

and it's a very dangerous place where you have to be at least a sixth Circle our boy reasons that he's very curious as to what this opportunity requires of him he recalls that the power of the king's horn was put into him he wonders if all of this is just to make him stronger or if there's a greater mission that he needs to get stronger for he sits down to rest and realizes he doesn't know just yet regardless he concludes that he has to get stronger because there's a lot to protect anyway sometime later on

a coach Vermilion asks Russell if this is his first time going to the capital Russell tells him it's not because he's been there before Vermillion recalls that he's from the Raymond family so he should have known Russell suddenly tells senior brother Vermillion that he has something to ask him he asks him about the duty that Professor Hubert was tasked with and asks if it's something that's related to the Heretics Vermillion just stares at him and listens our boy says that if that's not the case there's no way that the professor could have returned when they

were attacked Vermillion smiles and comments that he's quick witted he affirms his suspicions and says that Hubert's mission is to track the Society of the Heretics he says that he's not sure whether it's right to call their cult a society Russell excitedly confesses that he would like to help with that mission as well Vermilion is shocked by his statement and asks him if he's serious he watches the boy closely and he notices that it doesn't look like he's bluffing he Grins and tells Russell he's a man so it's okay that he dreams big he promises

to inform The Master about his interest and Russell thanks him Vermilion says he'll only do it if he can learn the magic he'll teach him before they arrive at the capital Russell laughs when he realizes brother Vermillion really likes to place bets he says that the magic is called overheat he Grins and says it's a magic that kills with one hit Vermilion triggers the magic and says it's a oneit kill spell done by focusing one's Mana in one spot although it's temporary he says you could think of it like pulling back on your mana and

shooting it like a slingshot he smirks and asks Russell if he can do it later the two of them get down from the coach to see if Russell can use overheat Russell slows down and tries to focus all his Mana in one Palm later he tries it by shooting an attack at a rock after the Smoke Clears The Rock reveals a huge hole and it looks like it's a successful test Vermillion smiles and and says to himself that this was beyond his expectations he's surprised that Russell used overheat with his own origin magic which is

fire he wonders if he's seen anyone as talented at this before Russell's hand suddenly begins to shake Vermilion informs him that overheat uses momentary Focus so he has to be careful because he won't be able to immediately attack after using it Russell notes that and says that it's a risk using it against a strong opponent Vermillion smiles and informs him that's not always the case he tells him that the best defense is the greatest offense when they reach the capital Vermilion reminds him about what he said about not knowing when a stronger person will appear

he says that however the strong are bound to underestimate the weak and they always have a moment when they let down their guard meanwhile a man named Allen tries to help an older man come down from a high place Russell sees the man and recognizes him Vermilion continues his explanation and tells him that if he's in such a situation the trick up his sleeve will decide who wins the fight later Russell meets with Master Daria he thanks her for her help which has helped him rise to this position she just smiles and congratulates him for

joining the flame Tower she tells him that his arrival overlaps with the visit of the spear Tower Master Hemingway Melville who had arrived with a young spear Tower Mage Allan page Melville speaks and says he was wondering why Daria chose today of all days to meet him he says that he now realizes that it was to brag about a disciple she got in her later years and duah tells him that he's right she says that Russell is a hero who took down a heretic at a young age Russell looks at Alan Page again and he

recalls that in his past life he obtained the title of the youngest sixth Circle in a few years he recognizes him as a strange genius and he recalls he was the Mage that saved his life Melville jokes with Daria and says it's normal for him to brag he says that if she looks at it objectively Allen's skills are better Vermillion becomes tired of them going at it again Daria asks Melville if he has forgotten that their newest disciple is younger and Melville says he knows the two oldies jab each other in a back and forth

quibble Allan suddenly places his hand on Melville's shoulder and says their Master isn't usually like this but he shows his childish side when he meets daah Master Melville exclaims and calls Allan a rascal for spouting such nonsense but Allan jokes that he must miss his youth Allan reminds him that they have to visit the Royal Palace and master Melville agrees Allan approaches Russell and apologizes for his master's behavior on their first meeting Russell laughs and says that it's fine our boy says that however he was disappointed because he'd like to show him his magic Vermilion

is shocked by Russell's words and reasons that the boy must be full of himself Melville laughs and says that Russell is quite daring he says he wonders where that confidence comes from and fills the room with his Aura Russell is shocked to see the aura of the spear Tower master and says it feels like he's in an Ocean Master Melville laughs at Russell's comment and says he didn't know anything could surprise him at his old age as he gets up to take his leave he asks daah to bet with him and this surprises her he

tells her that in 5 years if her disciple catches up to his completely he'll give her one of his mythical relics Daria looks satisfied and exclaimed Russell hears him and recalls that mythical relics are artifacts from the age of myths they're relics that existed in the Forgotten age of myths according to what he's heard even the weakest relics hold Mana bordering the seventh circle darus says he should change it to 3 years and Melville is shocked she proposes that if her disciple doesn't catch up to his in 3 years then she'll give up her own

mythical Relic Master Melville laughs and reminds her she can't take it back now she just smiles and informs him to prepare his artifact ahead of time Melville finally leaves and notifies Alan to follow him Allan bows respectfully and informs the flame master that they'll be taking their leave as Melville continues laughing when they step out Alan asks his master if it's okay for him to put a mythical Relic on the line for a bet Melville informs him that it is not which shocks Allan the master turns back toward him and tells him to do his

best to give it his all Allan cringes and says he feels like the older one in this relationship meanwhile vermillian tells Russell that he doesn't seem to be able to stay still on his first day he asks him if Allan is his friend so Russell apolog Oles our boy wonders if he really did something wrong later miss Daria speaks with Russell and informs him that Olson told her that he'd like to help with tracking down the cult members he confirms that he would like to master Daria mentions that he spoke just in time because she

just received reports from their spies she informs him that they discovered traces of the cult member who attacked the academy he was seen somewhere in sudra a neutral City and he's trying to run away all alone Russell recalls that sudra is a so-called Paradise for criminals which must be the reason he chose this place place to run to master Daria mentions that tracking the offender down will be easier for him since he's confronted him before she says the only issue is that the offender will probably be prepared to defend himself again she asks him if

he's still going to take the risk Russell surprises her by saying that he will fulfill his duty as a guardian of the Kingdom the master seems pleased by his reply and informs him he'll depart the next morning she tells him that she'll prepare a teleportation portal for him and reminds him not to forget his supplies our boy is glad she gave him permission and he figures that he's taken the first step to stop Professor Hubert's death the next morning Russell travels to sudra in a coach inside he's surprised that they gave him two highest grade

potions which he's never been able to use because they're pretty expensive Russell guesses that the master is worried since he's their youngest disciple even though she allowed this Mission while he's traveling he sees a building that catches his eye so he decides to stop by for a bit it's the louvam museum where his time travel began he rushes to the room where he saw the dragon heart he says to himself that all this time he's been wondering why such a miracle happened to him his conclusion is that it was for him to grow more and

protect even more people suddenly a screen pops up with a mission to get the heart of the Dragon folk with an unknown reward another notification shows him another mission called Dragonic where he draws on the power of a dragon at his will with rewards of three intermediate Stones Russell realizes that securing the heart of the Dragon folk means he has to make a great contribution to Warrant the granting of a commodity belonging to the royal family which is pretty difficult but not impossible he checks the other Mission and wonders what on Earth Dragonic is the

system decides to explain it to him when it realizes he doesn't understand it to explain it the system triggers a strange burst of mana and Russell's eyes become like those of a dragon Russell recalls that he's felt this sensation before when he experienced a boost of magic at moments of Crisis he notices his reptilian eyes in the mirror and wonders if he's the one in the mirror later that day he reasons that this power must have manifested during the fire trial and it must be the reason he was able to survive it he wishes he

was able to control the sensation at will he also considers the fact that he might be able to increase its potency by adding the overheat technique to dronic if he manages to do that it may be an extreme death blow that could come close to being a sixth Circle the only issue is that he doesn't know how to master it since the power only manifests on its own when in danger pepper overhears him complain that he doesn't have time to train because of the mission and realizes it won't even be possible to summon dronic with

the usual training pepper gets an idea and tries to drag him away way he keeps sulking and he tells himself no matter how much he focuses he can't feel the same sense of crisis at will Pepper notices he doesn't budge and gets angry suddenly Russell notices a stream of fire over his face he quickly gets up and notices pepper growling in dragon language Russell laughs and asks him if he can help him out pepper smiles and growls affirmatively later Russell sits attentively as pepper sits on his head he tries to cross over into the Mana

world just like lady ISO taught him he soon appears there in his mind and remembers he was here with ISO the flow of time here is different compared to the normal world and it might be the perfect place for magic training the only issue is that he doesn't have a sparring partner suddenly he looks back when something startles him a huge massive Dragon appears and it's clear that it is pepper Russell is shocked to see his true form but pepper just playfully nudges him he thanks Pepper for helping him but he says he's not comfortable

fighting him Russell notices that pepper brought some other Spirit beings for him to fight against and he laughs that he was worried for nothing one of the spirit beings looks like a man and Russell smiles when he sees him he cracks his knuckles and tells pepper to do him a favor meanwhile in a pub in sudra some of the spies report to their captain that pagans have left the city and ask if they should chase them the captain orders them to get all hands on deck to pursue the captain asks a man named Jackson to

report to miss Daria that the situation has changed Jackson affirms his orders and tells them all to be careful the captain smiles and says that he doesn't have to worry he informs him that he heard a Divinity trained by daah herself is coming to help he adds that he can't let whoever it is come to take away his chance to play immediately after he orders the men to follow him as they go out on the Mission 3 days later at a hideout in sudra jackon realizes that they need the flame Tower Divinity to get here

quickly he sends a report through a crystal orb and notifies them that the flame Tower Scouts are missing later that day some guys noticed something odd on the street they're surprised to see a kid like Russell in a hardcore place like sudra sudra is a neutral City where criminals usually come to escape the law Russell realizes that it would have taken him a while to reach sudra if it hadn't been for the teleportation gate in the Royal City regardless it still took him a week to get here with the gate but thanks to the image

training in the spirit realm he was able to train well and it was as if it took him months to get here he remembers his fights in the spirit realm and how he was able to learn Dragonic after he does the system notifies him that he has manifested the power of a dragon at will and his Dragon horns will manifest as per his current level he's also told that during Dragon fication his use of the flame attributes will increase greatly regardless he realizes that there are still too many problems that need to be solved he

remembers fighting with the gruesome spirits in the realm and how his dragonification stopped after a few seconds allowing the monster to strike him to the ground the first problem is that the power lasts just for 15 seconds the second problem is The Recoil of using it just like when using overheat you become pretty defenseless immediately after using it meanwhile while walking Russell sees a big stick swing in front of him a man stops him and asks if he's lost his way the man smiles and tells Russell that he can show him the way if he

wants but our boy doesn't reply since it's clear the guy is trying to rob him Russell grabs the stick from his hand and tells him it's such a coincidence that he ran into him and all the men who surround him are confused after being beaten to a pulp the guy cheerfully takes Russell to a place called The wyvern Tavern like he has promised the two beaten men bow in respect and say that they hope he had a comfortable trip Russell laughs within himself that these guys are worthless idiots so he tells them to leave when

Russell steps in he spots Jackson who's working as a bartender when he sits Jackson asks him what he would like and our boy says he'd like a cocktail of a red Drake mixed with a 12-year-old Briggs one guy nearby laughs and calls Russell a lunatic because he's going to have a cocktail of drinks with over 70% alcohol Russell realizes that he could die if he drink something like that but the order he made is a secret code of the flame Tower Jackson catches on and says within himself that he can't believe such a young boy

is a Divinity of the flame Tower as he serves him a drink he wonders if he's not too young suddenly Russell is surrounded by a Magic Shield Jackson tells him that it's sound proofing magic and the customers cannot hear their conversation he introduces himself to Russell and informs him that he's a mage of the red Tower dispatched here he says he works under cover as the manager here at the yellow wyvern Russell also introduces himself and suggests that they go somewhere else when they step outside Russell asks him about the scouts that went missing 3

days ago Jackson affirms that this is true and the last they heard of them was that the scouts were headed towards the desert ruins tailing the sorcerer that attacked the boy Russell asks if they fell into a trap but Jackson says they aren't the type of men to act in a rush and fall for some trap Russell asks him if he has the map for the path to the desert ruins and Jackson wonders what he needs one for our boy says he needs to rescue them but Jackson tells him that place isn't one where he

can go alone he says that the ruins where the Scouts went missing are close to the Empire's borders and are quite dangerous Russell reasons that Jackson doesn't seem to trust his capabilities but Jackson suggests that he waits for extra reinforcement suddenly Russell activat Ates his Mana Aura and this shocks the man Jackson recalls that he heard he reached fourth circle recently but the energy he's giving off is at least fifth level magic the worst part is how easily he's controlling it Jackson coughs from the impact of the Mana Aura and confesses that it seems he

was a bit Hasty he says he'll tell him the way to the ruins Russell smiles when he realizes his approach worked meanwhile somewhere else in sudra the sorcerer reports to some people higher up in the heretic sect and tells them that they left behind traces as per their order the two concealed Sorcerers commend his good work and say they can already smell the blood of those who would come to investigate the next morning Russell heads to the desert ruins as he guzzles a bottle of water he wishes he had known about the heat earlier so

he could improve his ice magic he pours some of the water on his head because the place is pretty hot eventually he arrives at a building in the middle of the desert ruins where the men were last seen our boy notices that there are a lot of entrances into the building he reasons that if his mission was only to find the cultists he would have just nuked the ruins and forced them out but since they might have the scouts captured in there it's not an option and he'd have to go inside Russell reasons that they

probably have traps inside the building he decides to go in through a different route if that's the case in a bid to enter through the most unexpected way to surprise them he leaps onto the top of the building he drops in through the roof and cushions his Landing with some wind magic after he lands he's glad to notice there aren't booby traps coming for him when he looks in front of him he sees a large drawing of a man fighting alongside a dragon the man that's standing next to to the dragon seems to be a

black-haired Warrior he looks to the end of the drawing to see the opponent but realizes that part of the image has been torn out while he's looking he hears someone say it's a surprise to see him he turns around and spots the sorcerer from before the sorcerer comments that he can't believe it's the guy from The Academy that's chasing him with him there is an army of enemies on both sides the sorcerer says he's glad he walked in here on his own so he won't have to go through the trouble of finding him again the

Army is made of Undead soldiers as usual the man says that he'd Grant Russell death as a show of his gratitude Russell laughs and asks him if he hasn't been running a bit too far for a guy who talks so big the sorcerer becomes angry and his eyes burn bright he orders that he dies and the undead Army launches forward at Russell the sorcerer considers that these are the corpses of elite soldiers who died on the battlefield this means they'll be much stronger than the ones Russell fought before he Grins and tells himself that this

will be the boy's grave Russell suddenly responds and he creates a firewall around him like the last time the sorcerer is shocked and asks if he's using the same magic again Russell just laughs and says it's not the same one but it's going to be different this time our boy recalls that dronification isn't the only thing he practiced during his time in the spirit realm he relies on his training and starts to expand the magic fire wall after that he decides to add a vector formula to make it mobile and it becomes a fire wave

the undead Army remains around unable to cross the firewall suddenly the wall Burns fiercer and grows the fire reaches outside and envelopes the undead Monsters the fire burns them up and even covers up the entire room the sorcerer watches in shock as the fire wave burns up his army and he feels it shouldn't have been so easy after the fire settles Russell walks towards him and says that he can see him the sorcerer is shocked that Russell can see him because he was using an invisibility cloak he's shocked that Russell was able to use detection

magic amidst those Flames he curses when he realizes he's in trouble and it's too late to run away Russell runs towards him with a maniac grin on his face and announces that it's too late to run away the impact of the attack is so that a massive explosion rips through the entire ruin the man doesn't die he collapses and starts to cough profusely Blood starts to come out of his mouth and he wonders if this is all he can do to put up a fight Russell walks towards him and tells him to surrender now and

save them both the trouble the man says that he can't do that and Russell wonders what he's talking about the man staggers to his feet and says that his soul doesn't belong to him and as if that wasn't enough he sold his family too the man screams out that he's given out everything that belongs to him suddenly two people appearer over the ruin and jump down through the hole while Russell isn't looking the female named Beth uses a magic called demonic claw and the man uses one called nightmare tale they seem to be the people

the sorcerer was reporting to Russell quickly turns back and notices the monsters heading for him they both land an attack on the spot where they're standing and some dust and smoke cover the entire area the Smoke Clears and Beth laughs at the sorcerer telling him he's looking good the man says he understands that he's just the bait but he finds it pathetic that such a young kid would rough him up this much Beth scorns him by saying the look of a drying rat looks perfect on him the already weak sorcerer informs them that Russell is

the guy they're looking for he tells them that he's the target the disciple of the flame Tower Master the two cultists are shocked to hear that and become angry when they hear Daria's name meanwhile Russell protects himself from the impact using a shield he opens the shield and tells the attackers that filthy people like them better keep his master's name out of their mouths suddenly another screen pops up and gives him a mission to capture at least one of the three cultists or kill them all the cultists turn towards him and the male one tells

him he would have been much better off with a quick death Beth agrees as she laughs like a maniac she calls Daria a b word and says there's no way her disciple would die so easily the woman announces that she'll kill him make a marionette out of his body and then make it dance in front of the flame Tower the male cultist orders the sorcerer whom he calls Xavier to quickly block the entrance and he brings out his nightmare Tales Beth covers up the entrance with the bones of the dead soldiers she activates her claw

and says this is getting fun Russell notices these guys are using a full frontal attack and not calling on the dead while hiding in the shadows like the other sorcerers he figures that they're nothing like the other opponents he's faced till now Beth yells and asks if he's not going to come at them because they will if he won't Russell informs them he'd like to ask them one question he asks what they did to the scouts who came before him the male cultist asks him which Scouts he's talking about Beth becomes impatient and tells him

to stop pulling Petty tricks to stall for time she launches the demon claw Stingers at him and Begins the fight Russell jumps out of the way and wonders how these guys don't know about the scouts before he can land the guy targets him with his whips using nightmare tail the whips move pretty fast but Russell manages to dodge them he wonders if they don't really know or are pretending he decides he'd have to find out for himself Beth becomes angry that he's dodging and calls him the son of a bee suddenly Russell cuts to the

Chase and generates his Blaze Lance he easily deflects the demon claw using the Lance which shocks Xavier the sorcerer behind them screams out that the spear he's holding is the same one that crushed the giant skeleton Beth laughs loudly and says this is getting interesting she raises her hands up and summons two large hands using her demon claw technique the two hands clasp around each other and Beth tries to merge them together to create a greater impact she generates a spear of her own called the demon claw Spear and grins widely she laughs and tells

Russell to guess which one is sharper Russell doesn't say anything but he just stares at her when Beth lunges forward to attack the man tells her not to act on her own but she doesn't listen she rushes towards Russell and says it's too humiliating to be scared of a kid like him meanwhile Russell prepares to attack her as she lunges at him with her spear he meets her with his Blaze Lance both weapons touch one another and the demon claw spear shatters Beth sees this and her eyes widen with surprise she looks beside her and

sees that her arm is missing Beth screams at the top of her voice when she realizes that her arm has been cut off suddenly the man stretches out his Whip and cuts off Beth's head much to Russell's shock he calls her a [ __ ] and says it's her fault since he had told her not to act alone he faces Russell and calls him the disciple of the flame Tower he says he's his enemy but he acknowledges his skill suddenly his eyes begin to shine and he creates a web around him with whips releasing a

Mana Breeze Russell just watches him in confusion and waits for him to make his move the man says that from this moment onwards he'll tear him to pieces with all his might our boy notices the Whirlwind of whips and jumps back to avoid being hit the man tells Russell that it doesn't matter how amazing he is because he can't block attacks coming at him from all sides a huge fire suddenly erupts from where Russell is standing the guy notices something weird that catches his attention Russell appears in front of him with a smirk on his

face and the guy is shocked when he realizes Russell used blink Russell channels all his energy into one hand to use overheat he lands the attack on the guy's stomach moving quickly with his wizard body the guy groans from the impact of the unexpected hit Xavier Witnesses the whole thing and is surprised he notices Russell towering over the male cultist and wonders what is going on when he realizes that he's a dead man now he collapses when he sees they're losing again he tells himself he won't end in a simple death cursing the cultist for

bragging earlier as if they were some big deal next to Beth he sees a red object on the ground he recognizes it as an artifact and gets an idea meanwhile the male cultist Shivers after getting his behind whooped The Battered guy tells Russell to stop playing around and kill him but Russell orders him to shut up he holds the guy's head and points a Firebolt at him demanding that he answer his question he asks what happened to the Scouts the guy spits at Russell and asks him why he keeps asking about Scouts the cultist asks

what on Earth he's talking about Russell is shocked that it seems the guy doesn't know the guy spots an opening to strike Russell and considers that he doesn't have his guard up he reaches for his dagger and tries to take his chance before he can reach it a long whip extends across the room and grabs the guy by the throat Russell is shocked and looks to his side to see what's going on he sees Xavier performing another sacrifice spell with the artifact morphing into a monster our boy is shocked that he has to face yet

another sacrifice spell again the cultist sees Xavier and wonders if what he's holding is the hell Giant's heart he soon dragged across the room by the whip that came from Xavier meanwhile Xavier keeps devoting the life and death of himself and others to complete the spell as the cultist is dragged toward the forming hell giant monster he tells himself he can't let himself get merged with this guy's monster it's too late as he's dragged into the monster and impaled in every part of his body Xavier calls out the creature he calls the Abomination and asks

it to descend as the sacrifice is completed suddenly the giant mass forms into the creature referred to as the Abomination the Mana released from the creature is so strong that Russell begins to wonder what's wrong a system notification pops up telling him that the mission has been changed it says all the cultists are dead and he has to destroy the Abomination the Abomination glares at Russell with red evil eyes Xavier now transformed into the Beast looks at himself and growls he asks Russell how he dares to make him turn into such a mess the monster

uses a magic spell called demon claw stinger and tells Russell that he will make sure to rip him into pieces Russell is shocked to see the Abomination realizing it's using Beth's magic the Abomination fires some Demon claws at him and he looks at them in dread the explosion from the impact is so great that it brings down the whole building luckily Russell creates a firewall around himself to protect from the imploding Stones he calls Xavier a bastard realizing he barely made it out the monster seems to have caused the entire building to collapse over his

head so Russell calls him a [ __ ] he reasons that Xavier was unable to handle the power of such a monster and dug his own grave suddenly the rubble starts to shake and it seems the monster is still alive Russell notices the shaking and exclaims the Abomination lunges out of the ground again and it looks like it is hellbent on destroying Russell it releases his three-fold chains and smashes them on the spot where Russell is standing telling him to Die the Abomination threatens to chew him up until he's nothing but bones suddenly the monster

is hit by a fiery explosion on his back Russell who had thrown The Blaze Lance at it watches to see if it landed the monster is enveloped by smoke and everything is unclear finally the monster who is unscathed turns around and spits on him it declares that his attacks won't work on him Russell grimaces and realizes that the monster is right because he has unbelievable defense he realizes that he needs to think of a way out but the monster quickly attacks him with its spiked chains it tells him to think all he wants and smashes

the chains on the spot he's standing Russell quickly disappears from the place and tells himself that he needs to find a way to buy time the monster mocks him and insists that he run away and despair in the face of his overwhelming power Russell scoffs and says as if he'll ever run from such a dimwit he says to himself that this is just the beginning and quickly summons Pepper when pepper appears he asks him if he can give him a hand and pepper excitedly agrees as usual our boy creates some fire in his hand and

decides to get started he quickly erects a firewall between him and the monster after he does that he turns it into a fire wave and directs it at the Abomination the Giant Wave hits the monster but it manages to block it even though it inflicts some damage on it the Abomination calls Russell a fool and asks him if he really thinks such a magic spell could inflict damage on him when the monster looks up he doesn't see anyone in front of him and wonders where Russell went Russell who had hidden himself smiles and tells pepper

to act now while the Abomination is still looking around pepper rushes towards him the dragon fires a stream of fire at the unsuspecting monster pepper quickly runs circles around the monster and pours fire on it as it tries to catch him meanwhile Russell flies above to land his final attack our boy is glad that he's been able to keep the monster's attention off him because he'll now be able to land his attack he starts to generate the blaze Lance but combines it with overheat because it's the only magic he knows that has overwhelming penetration power

when pepper realizes that Russell is done creating the weapon he steps out of the way meanwhile the monster tells Russell to stop playing around and come out Russell who is jumping down at his head with the peculiar Blaze Lance says he'll Grant him his request shortly after our boy lands The Blaze Lance on the monster's head with great power the monster's head and body fill up with fire but it informs Russell that all he's doing is useless Russell tells him that he knows and laughs that he's yet to see his real deal suddenly our boy

summons lightning he creates a large lightning sheet over the monster's head to attack it with suddenly he summons the lightning to strike the top of the monster's head the magic is something called a thunder giants Hammer the bright lightning rips through the monster's entire system the impact is so strong that the Abomination explodes on the spot a large smoke covers up the area and it's hard to see anything finally Russell lands on his feet and wonders if he has finally destroyed the monster he looks closer and sees that the topmost part of the monster has

exploded and revealed Xavier's skeleton the system brings up a notification and informs him the mission is over and he will now receive his rewards Russell is relieved to see that the mission has ended and collapses on his back pepper appears on his shoulder and Russell commends him for doing a good job suddenly the skull slips off the skeleton and falls to the ground it bounces from where it falls and lands in front of Russell shocking him the SK calls his name and mentions that Daria trained quite an amazing boy in her final years the skull

asks Who would know that her Prodigy would be a Raymond and Russell is shocked that the skeleton is talking the skeleton continues and says that he wonders if the son will be more interesting than the father our boy just remains shocked as he listens to the skull Russell becomes angry and grabs the skull demanding to know who's speaking as it seems that someone else is speaking through the skull the skull laughs and tells him he'll find out sooner or later the skull also says he'll find out how his father looked in his last years as

as well suddenly it explodes in Russell's hands the voice laughs and says that his father had quite a fierce look our boy begins to cry in the rain due to the frustration of learning that the enemies know his father in the rain he demands that the voice tell him who on Earth he is and he begins to curse pepper comes to his side to comfort him the remnant of the Abomination body remains immobile in front of him meanwhile someone watches Russell with a telescope and informs his fellows that their Battle Is Over The Man orders

his subordinates to send a report to the base we switch to the 12 desert among the second Battalion of the Imperial Army inside the base the Battalion Commander VI count mtmt reads the report from the men he learns that the clash between the man assumed to be a mage of emion and a cultist resulted in the mage's victory the report also says that judging from the Magical Force The Magician's level is also estimated to be over the fifth Circle the information surprises him and he calls for the intelligence officer Commander vicount demands to know how

it's possible for him not to realize that a mage of this caliber came this close to their territory the intelligence officer apologizes and says that there were no reports of any unusual movements of high-ranking Mages of emian one other officer sitting nearby says it's possible that the person is a new Mage he adds that there's a rumor that the flame tower has a new youngest member the intelligence officer tries to defend himself by saying that the Mage must have just graduated from the academy so there's no need to worry as long as they don't come

close to the borders the commander calls him a [ __ ] and tells him that that fresh graduate is estimated to be above fifth Circle already he says that means he could be a major force of emion in the future both men keep quiet and the commander just sigh the commander curses and says he doesn't want to have to deal with it he says he has no choice but to call that maniac to deal with the threat referring to an unknown person meanwhile under the hot desert sun Russell sits on a sand hill and chugs

some water he's in deep thought and keeps thinking about something he wonders if the cultist really killed his father Russell tells himself that he has to focus on the mission to find the scouts right now especially now that he has people trailing him he can't afford to lose focus he looks to his side and figures the people must be Scouts sent by the Empire he notices they haven't attacked him so he supposes that their objective is just surveillance suddenly he sees a strange figure far away on the desert ground as he looks closer the person

starts to shine bright Russell rushes towards the person with his wizard body to catch him when he gets closer the person completely disappears he mysteriously sustains a cut to his cheek and he falls to the ground Russell gets up and wonders if all has seen as a magical Aura a system notification comes up and tells him that he's encountered an enemy of a level he has never encountered before his mission is to escape the clutches of the enemy unharmed with rewards of five intermediate grade Mana Stones Russell is shocked and he looks at his attacker

to know who he is the guy appears to be a swordsman and he recognizes him as someone named spandam spandam Just Smiles at him and says he definitely aimed for his neck the guy says that it seems that the report about a master above the level of the fifth Circle was true Russell Frank crowns at him and recognizes him as the Empire's superhuman he's the disciple of the Great Master swordsman mcry spandam Smiles like a maniac and tells Russell that it'll be fun slashing him Russell says that in the end the best way to describe

spandam is spandam the homicidal maniac The Swordsman is surprised that Russell knows his name he stretches out his sword at him and tells him that's a relief Russell doesn't move and just frowns at him spandam says that since he knows his name he'll be able to accept the time of utter pain he must endure our boy thinks about why spandam is called homicidal maniac spandam spandam sword starts to shine with a crimson Aura and Russell remembers having seen it just because they bumped shoulders with him in his past life he brutally cut down the whole

group of mercenaries and killed them Russell also almost died if it had not been for Allen's intervention they would have been cooked in the flashback Allan jumps into the scene just as spandam is about to kill Russell spandam isn't scared and Just Smiles like the maniac that he is the Knight and Mage clash in a fierce battle even at that time Allan pagee who had crossed the wall of a mage was barely able to subdue him and was injured Russell tells himself that spandam is an unprecedentedly powerful enemy spandam gets tired of waiting and he

says it's time to get started the Knight uses a slash attack called Flying blood Russell quickly creates a shield to block it and creates five layers the attack lands on the shield and smashes through it entirely Russell is shocked that one attack is able to break through five layers of Shield he has no choice but to jump backward to avoid the line of attack the flying blood lands on the spot he was standing standing and creates an explosion in the sand our boy wonders how spandam attack has this much power even after breaking through five

layers of Shield he wonders how Alan Page was able to deal with someone like him spandam seems surprised that he was able to avoid the attack and notices he overlapped The Shield he comments that Russell's judgment is good but the density of his magical power is too low he lands another Whirlwind of blood attacks Russell hears what he said and he figures out that's the solution as the onslaught of flying blood comes at him Russell generates his Blaze Lance since it packs a lot of power he uses the blaze Lance to cut through the incoming

attack and dissipates it spandam is shocked by his response and he wonders what's going on he notices The Blaze Lance and tells Russell that it seems he was hiding something quite useful Russell sarcastically asks if that is really so and he throws the blaze Lance at him spandam notices the Lance coming at him but he doesn't move away rather he's surprised that the blaze Lance remained intact even after Russell threw it he quickly generates a flying blood wave to block himself from the flying Lance the Knight smiles and says that he really finds battles with

Mages quite interesting suddenly Russell uses blink and appears behind him with the blaze Lance in his hand to strike him he quickly launches the Lance at spandam back to strike him from behind suddenly spandam disappears and it seems he also knows teleportation magic he appears behind Russell and comments that Russell can also use Blink like the rat that he is Russell is shocked to see spandam behind him when he turns around the Knight strikes Russell with his sword and there's Bloodshed spandam laughs and says it's been long since he's had this much fun before his

sword can go through Russell manages to teleport a few feet away from him our boy sustains a cut in his leg and spandam scornfully asks him if he's bleeding spandam keeps laughing and he tells him he'll wait for him to heal himself Russell tries to use some magic to heal the wound and he realizes spandam is using the aura around his body to enhance his speed which is why it looked like he teleported he reasons that spandam aura is not comparable to his wizard body meanwhile he tries to cut through the clothing to stop the

bleeding spandam keeps watching him and asks if all the people from The Flame Tower are this stubborn or if they have to be that way to join their organization Russell wonders why he asked the question and asks him what he means spandam Grins and says the ones he encountered a few days ago didn't give up until the very end referring to the Scouts he said they came to look for one of their Scouts that was missing Russell realizes he's the one who killed the scouts and he's horrified he asks spandam again if he was the

one who killed the missing Scouts spandam Just Smiles and shrugs Russell becomes angry and clasps his fist he recalls that he planned to escape after a short confrontation as the system told him so he could go find the scouts instead he activates and releases a great deal of Mana seeming ready to make a stand he angrily reasons that this isn't a time to be thinking about the future spandam smiles and exclaims that Russell's been hiding his real power while fighting him the Knight grasps his sword and says they'll see if he can stay easygoing while

his entire body is in pain from being torn to shreds Russell looks down at his cloudy ring and notices it hasn't recharged yet which means means there's only one way out in the end spandam raises his sword to land another attack he uses something called a rottle torrent causing a torrent of blood Russell sees the torrent rushing toward him and he decides to use his last option he activates his dronification Russell's entire body is suddenly covered in Flames as he sends out fire to burn through the torrent of blood spandam is shocked that the boy

is able to pierce through the attack meanwhile Russell doesn't emerge from the pool of fire he's in suddenly he jumps out after activating his dronification he starts a countdown and realizes he has just 14 seconds before the power runs out quickly crafting his Blaze Lance he rushes toward spandam spandam Smiles as he watches him and reasons that this might be quite dangerous regardless he doesn't move out of the way as Russell leaps toward him with the blaze Lance in hand Russell launches a destructive fire blast at the spot where spandam is standing shortly after the

Flames clear and Russell stands in the fiery furnace he looks around for spandam but the Knight appears behind him spandam speaks from behind shocking him he says he doesn't know what trick Russell used he attacks Russell with his sword but our boy deflects the attack with his hand spandam tells him he's sure he only temporarily boosted his powers Russell keeps counting down and realizes he has 9 seconds left spandam proceeds to attack again slashing across Russell's face with his sword but our boy quickly retaliates with a swing of his Lance the effect of the attack

results in a great explosion spandam jumps out of the way to avoid the explosion and Russell counts that he has 6 seconds left spandam scorns him saying that if buffing up his power isn't enough to kill him then it's a useless power the Knight leaps upward saying it's time to end this he uses a skill called Cyclone typhoon and a typhoon of blood slashes emerges Russell looks up at him and frowns the Knight leaps downward toward our boy aiming to tear through him with the attack but Russell blocks with the Lance to match the attack

spandam sword clashes with Russell's Lance but spandam quickly uses a blood wave to deflect the Lance and redirect the attack Russell's Lance hits the ground and he mistakenly fires into the ground instead the result fting explosion is massive and engulfs the entire fighting ground after the fire clears Russell collapses to his knees our boy pants looking exhausted as spandam stands in front of him spandam watches him on his knees while the fire clears out Russell keeps counting and realizes he has 2 seconds left spandam laughs and asks if he's finally done Russell tells him there's

still one more thing he says he still has one second and places his hands on the ground for his last attack the attack he uses is sixth Circle magic and it shocks spandam the ground beneath them begins to cck and fire begins to rise the crack widens and spandam looks genuinely shocked the fire turns to magma making it look like they're both inside a volcano Russell transforms the entire area into a volcanic Zone using a skill called meltdown in a flashback to when Russell was studying in the professor's Library he remembers reading about the Meltdown

method he recalls that he was able to understand the principle behind it but because it needed sixth Circle magic he couldn't use it the skill works by starting from small fire Embers and then covering the whole area with Magma in the present pepper comes to Russell's rescue and Carries him out of the magma in the sky Russell thanks Pepper for his help meanwhile pepper struggles to keep him up because of the difference in weight from the top of a rock Russell looks down to see what had become of spandam suddenly someone appears behind him Russell

quickly turns around to see who it is it turns out to be spandam who coughs profusely and looks badly injured with one arm cut off Russell goes close to him and targets his head with a Firebolt he asks spandam if he has any last words but spandam doesn't respond keeps shivering spandam finally smiles and asks him if he finds their situation funny spandam talks about the Guardians and says they drive them to war in the name of protecting their country but they don't let them know how to get out of it he mentions that you

have to kill over and over again he adds that the path of a guardian is indeed a bloody Road spandam tells Russell that he welcomes him to it Russell hesitates and spandam just keeps waiting for him seconds later Russell executes spandam on the spot he stands in front of the corpse and just thinks quietly the system soon brings up a notification that he has completed the mission and exceeded the requirements so he has awarded eight intermediate grade Mana Stones meanwhile in the tavern another Scout comes to give Intel to Jackson and tells him that word

has gotten around that spandam a knight of the Empire is acting in secret in the desert the man tells Jackson that The Disappearance of the scouts might be connected to him as well Jackson is shocked and he reasons that if this is true then the Divinity of the flame Tower is in danger as well he reasons that no matter how skilled he is he won't be able to stand against spand them while they're talking Russell walks into the tavern he walks to the counter and drops a broken sword on the table Jackson is shocked and

recognizes the sword as spandam sword Jackson just stares at him and doesn't know what to say Russell Smiles at him and tells him he just like a glass of water Jackson quickly gets him the water and says he can ask for whatever he wants that night Jackson goes to the orb and files his report he sends his report about the flame Tower Scouts and he also informs them that Russell Raymond killed the pagans and Spann them shortly after that word got around it even reached Camelot the capital of Emon everyone hears about Russell Raymond the

last heir to the Fallen House of Raymond they hear the rumor that he defeated Abomination the magical beast of the pagans and that he even beat spandam a knight of the Empire despite being a newcomer in the flame Tower the rumor was hard to believe and it was met with mixed feelings shortly after Russell returned to the tower through the portal when he appears the master looks excited to see him but brother olssen and Hubert seem intrigued some like Master Daria feel relief she rubs his hair and thanks him for coming back alive some became

competitive Master Melville reads the report and he laughs that it seems this is going to be a tough bet Allan also reads it and he comments that it seems this junior is way more awesome than he thought some felt hate and rage in another part of the world some people inform spandam Master mcra Hughes that he is dead mcra cleans his sword and he asks the men if that's all the information they have for him mcry is the swordmaster of the Empire and the rage is evident in his eyes the men cower before him and

tell him that's all the information they have Russell reasons that even though everyone felt different emotions they all had one thing in common meanwhile McCrae declares that it's going to be an eye for an eye a disciple for a disciple he smashes his sword on the ground in deep anger a dark force comes out of the ground where he strikes and travels forward the force travels from where he is into the forest and destroys the whole place the one thing everyone that heard the message had in common is that they all had a strong impression

of Russell Raymond gray remembers Daria Stone white and he says that he'll get payback for this at all costs later Russell gives Master duah a report of his mission she asks him if what he's saying is that the pagans were involved in his father's death Russell reaffirms what he said she informs him that a lot of records were lost during the war and it's hard to find out the true situation she says it will be harder to identify the culprit Russell tells her that he's aware of that to comfort him the master holds his hands

and tells him that one thing is sure she says that if they keep chasing the pagans they'll be able to reach the truth and she asks him if he thinks so the master assures him that she along with the flame Tower will always be here to help him and Russell heartily thanks her shortly after the coach writer announces to them that they've arrived at their destination Master Daria tells him that she hopes he can put his doubts and anxiety aside so that he can expand the Horizon of his knowledge for today they get down and

step into a large Building inside the building there's a gathering of the magic Tower Council the magic Tower council is a magic society that brings together the masters of more than 20 Magic towers that exist within emion Russell says that 2 months ago thanks to him defeating spandam he was granted access to attend this Council as an aid of the master despite being a rookie within the tower when they step in one of the Masters recognizes Russell as the Divinity they've heard about and another man says that it's an honor to meet him Russell laughs

and thanks them for their kindness while they're greeting someone else who approaches them nearby tells Master Daria it's been a while referring to her as senior Daria turns around to see who it is she recognizes the man as the yellow Tower master and she repeats that it's indeed been a long time when he nears them Miss Daria introduces the yellow Tower Master as Nicolo makavelli she informs Russell that he's the organizer of today's magic Tower Council Russell quickly bows and greets the master the man laughs and tells him that he doesn't have to be so

formal he remarks that he took down the disciple of that damned Rascal Russell looks up and wonders what Rascal they're talking about Miss Daria informs him that he's talking about McCrae Hughes the Empire's swordmaster she informs him that the man he took down was his disciple Nicolo points at the slash across his eye and says it was refreshing to hear the news Russell notices the cut across his eye and realizes that it must have been mccrae's doing Master Daria interjects and asks him to stop bringing up old wounds and to go get ready for the

presentation she reminds him that he had said he had an important agenda today moments later Master Melville and Alan Page approach them Master Melville greets the flame Tower master and the yellow Tower Master Russell looks to his side and spots the spear Tower master M darus smiles and tells Melville that he seems to be jealous that her disciple is being praised Melville laughs and asks her if she thinks he's as Petty as she is Nicolo senses the tension building so he quickly excuses himself to go prepare for his presentation Nicolo quickly escapes because he knows

they're at it again Master Melville mentions that since they're on the topic he hopes she hasn't forgotten their bet on the Relic from the era of the Gods but miss Daria retorts that she can't forget Master Melville starts to boast and says his dear Allan has already done something before he can finish finish his sentence Allan places his hands on his master's shoulders and reminds him they need to get to their seats Allan starts to drag him away and master Melville calls him a brat and tells him that he was still talking he screams at

Allan to let go of him Russell begins to laugh at the display by the master and his disciple shortly after the presentation begins and master Nicolo announces that they start this session of the magic Tower Council he announces that the main agenda for this meeting is about the ruins being excavated at Mount calvane he says that the ruins appear to date from the end of the mythological era and evidence of them having been looted is yet to be found this means there's still a good chance A Relic is intact so he grins widely Russell thinks

about the idea of a relic from the mythological era and master Daria comments that they just may unearth an artifact that will rock the times Nicolo announces to the Masters that this is why they need their help to secure the site Master Nicolo calls on Sir Alan page of the spear Tower to help out he also mentions Russell from the flame Tower and he says he would like to ask them both a favor the people begin to whisper and they say that's a good idea since Russell has already proven his skills Miss Daria gloats and

says to herself that it's certain they'll have to choose Russell and she asks whose disciple they think he is suddenly one of the Masters objects to the motion Master Daria swiftly turns to her side to see the person who objected it turns out to be a man named Blain Trilogy the red Tower master who had come to the meeting with a boy named giron a mage in the red Tower Master Blaine walks to the middle and Nicolo is surprised to see him Master Nicolo asks him to explain why objects if he doesn't mind master Blain

mentions the name Alex Raymond Russell's father he turns aside to look at Russell who is shocked to hear his father's name Blaine says that he objects because of Alex Raymond's defeat some of the people ask how the son can be blamed for his father's defeat and another man says that the war with the empire was a long time ago Blaine insists that even though they're correct the defeat cost the Kingdom's finest elite soldiers their lives after he left the fight without permission the entire room quiets down and nobody talks Miss Daria inter and says that

is pure speculation because they have no records of that time Blaine tells her that she's wrong because he was there Russell and master Daria are shocked to hear that Blaine says that he saw him run away with his own two eyes Russell listens in shock and he seems horrified to hear that his father fled during the war Russell recalls that it's no secret his father died during the war but he wonders why this man is spouting such nonsense Blaine declares to the Masters that the Raymond family owes a debt to the kingdom they must pay

back he adds that they need to consider how cheated out of the Kingdom's youth would feel if they entrusted such an important mission to the Raymond family Master Blaine says that the red Tower will not provide any support to this Expedition if Russell is in charge of the Guard some of the men consider their options because Russell is known as the rising Divinity but it's hard to leave out the red Tower from this Nicolo watches the situation and realizes that Blaine has swayed the crowd with just a few words he reasons that this is expected

of the red Tower and Blaine must have also expected this because of the backing he has Master Nicolo thinks about a high rank aning man in society Arch duuk bismar he recalls that Blain is trusted by the king's uncle and the most powerful man in the land the arch duuk Nicolo reasons that revolting against him means animosity toward the archduke's faction he recognizes that the only people who aren't careful when interacting with him are Master Melville and master duah meanwhile Master Melville listens to Blain's explanation and says that this is just ridiculous Daria senses Russell's

anger and tells him not to get involved because she'll handle it suddenly Russell informs the red Tower master he'd like to ask him something against Daria's instruction Blaine turns around and Russell asks him if he can take responsibility for what he has just said Master Blaine asks what he means by responsibility and Russell asks if he can take responsibility for insulting the house of Raymond master darus stops Russell and tells him that this is not the time meanwhile Blaine scoffs and remarks that the honor of a lowly fallen family means nothing he tells Russell to

be grateful that daah is his master he says if she weren't he would have torn out his tongue and turned him into an example for all the other arrogant and impudent Mages suddenly someone enters and mentions to the red Tower master that he acts more and more Royal every time she sees him she comments that one could mistake him for his majesty the king himself everyone turns around shocked to see who enters the Intruder is hecky rmos the princess of the Kingdom the Masters promptly bow down to greet the princess Blain also bows to greet

her but wonders why the princess is here princess hecy says she was listening from outside and she thinks that the red Tower master has a point she says that if someone owes a debt they have to pay it back Miss Daria tries to interject but the princess says there's a butt princess hecy says that for the person to pay back they must be given the chance to do so finally she announces to them that she's ordering that the spear Tower and the flame Tower act as guards along with the red Tower Blaine hears her verdict

and he's surprised princess HEC simply smirks at him Blain reacts and reminds her highness that this is not a matter to be taken so lightly princess heade calls on Nicolo and asks him who the greatest sponsor of the excavation is Master Nicolo mentions that she is the great sponsor the princess smiles and says they're going to proceed as she said after she makes her statement she leaves the room Blaine looks at her and smiles uncomfortably Nicolo quickly quiets everyone down and announces that the next item on the agenda is the schedule of the excavation Russell

seems dumbfounded by all that just happened and thinks about Princess hecy after the meeting Blaine reasons that this was his chance to nip the Raymond family in the bud but he can't believe the princess interfered suddenly Jon notices something on the the track of their coach and he jumps to the roof wielding a crimson sword the coach Rider stops abruptly when he reaches someone blocking their path Master bla comes down and tells Daria that he can see she still has no manners Daria Simply Smiles and says he's not the only one who doesn't have manners

suddenly giron points his sword at Daria's neck she smiles at him and asks if he thinks his sword is enough giron just looks at her not understanding what she means Master Blain steps forward and tells jiren to put his weapon away Jon is surprised by his master's change in tone so he B and leaves Blaine tells Daria that from knowing her he knows she's not here for an apology so he asks what she wants to say Daria says she wants to talk about Alex Raymond and Blaine seems surprised she asks him if he also witnessed

Alex's death and he informs her that he didn't exactly see it Miss Daria says that's a shame because she's trying to get to the bottom of his death and thought she'd ask him just in case Blaine comments that he doesn't believe she'd go to such lengths and asks if she was acquainted with the dead Raymond Daria angrily rebuffs that it's a matter concerning her youngest disciple and a disciple's matters are their Master's matters she adds that she's simply trying to help her disciple settle a score and she's going to find whoever was responsible for his

death she immediately strikes her staff on the ground and disappears leaving the men surprised Master Blaine orders the rider to turn the carriage around and head to the archduke's mansion He says there is something there he needs to check meanwhile in the archduke's Mansion a skull is placed in a dark room with a heretic inscription on its forehead suddenly the skeleton comes to life and its eyes burn bright sometime later Master daah asks Russell if he's still leaving tomorrow she asks him how he will be able to perform well in the mission when he's so

distracted during his training she asks him if what that old man said is still bothering him Russell continues his fight against the monsters and he tells her he's not master Daria looks closely at him and she recalls that people had praised him as Divinity and now suddenly they're slandering his late father as a coward she wonders if there's a way that he wouldn't be shaken by it Master Daria comes down to speak to him she tells him that the truth will eventually come to the surface and she wishes he would just focus on walking on

his path Russell thinks about what she said about walking his path finally he asks Master daah to guide him once again the master laughs and seems pleased by his statement Russell realizes that it's not going to be an easy path but it's a path that must be walked he tells himself that children must step out of the Shadows of their parents meanwhile princess HEC walks out in the public and conceals her identity as she looks back at the palace she thinks about how large the shadow of her parents is she turns away from the house

and proceeds to explore the city 3 days later on Mount calvan a portal opens up from the flame Tower Russell walks through the portal and steps onto the mountain he looks around at the scenery of the mountain that he's heard about suddenly he realizes how cold it is and starts to shiver he flips his finger and releases some energy to warm up the atmosphere the people around are surprised to see that the air has suddenly warmed up meanwhile one of the people working in the excavation Center looks like the princess one guy asks Russell if

he is the Russell Raymond of the flame Tower and he affirms that he is the man tells him that they've been waiting so he shows him the way as Russell follows him he spots several Flags he spots the flag of the royal path yellow Tower another for the everall yellow Tower and another for the aaos yellow Tower he realizes that all the experts of earth type magic have gathered here for the work the man asks Russell if he thinks the scale of the work is impressive the man tells him that they even made the entire

building out of magic crystals Russell notices how reflective the building is and he says they're like mirrors the man affirms his statement and says this is why they call the ruins the Temple of mirrors shortly after they meet an old man who welcomes Russell he introduces himself as spiegelman of the yellow Tower the man in charge of the Expedition Russell respectfully greets him and introduces himself Russell recognizes the man as a skilled one who Rose from his status as a commoner to an elder of the royal path yellow Tower he is also the archaeologist and

adventurer who's Unearthed more ruins than anyone else in the Kingdom Russell wonders if he can ask him some questions that have been on his mind mind suddenly Allan arrives and he acknowledges Russell's presence our boy is excited to see him and he comments that he came so soon they both shake hands and Russell says it's nice to meet him Russell jokingly calls Allan a diligent genius and tells him that's cheating but Allan laughs and says he wants to protect the mythological Relic Allan says they'll have to wait for the guardian of the red Tower to

arrive so they can talk about their shift and their missions together Mr spiegelman reasons that it's definitely comforting to have the divinities of the Kingdom guarding the excavation site he also wonders what trouble they could ever have at these stinking ruins that made them send all these personnel there spiegelman thinks deeply and he feels it's a bit excessive while he's thinking a loud explosion catches the attention of all three men in another part of the site some of the workers run away and Russell asks them what's happening an ice Golem emerges from the spot and

growls at them spiegelman recognizes it as a Crystal Golem and Allan quickly tells everyone to run to a safe place the Crystal Golem becomes irritated and fires several Crystals at them speaking man protects the workers from an impact using Shields but the crystals break through them and impale the men spiegelman is shocked to see that the shields didn't stand a chance he decides to use something else so he hits his hands on the ground his actions cause the Earth to protrude forward to act as a wall between them and the Monsters crystals spiegelman tells everyone

to raise an earth wall to block the attacks princess HEC finds one of the injured men and helps him up telling him to hang in there suddenly the gollum appears behind the princess and the man she's helping the monster reaches out its large hand and shoots out Crystal bullets and the princess exclaims when she turns backward she raises her hands and tries to release some Mana to stop the onslaught before she can respond Russell comes to her rescue with his Blaze Lance and burns away the crystals with a sweep of his weapon the princess is

surprised to see him so she doesn't respond he turns towards her and asks her if she's okay but he sees something that catches his attention he sees her purple hair and he remembers that he's seen that somewhere he realizes she's the princess and calls her by her position but heck seems dissatisfied that her identity has been revealed the monster growls at them and stops their little funfair drawing Russell's attention once more meanwhile Alan Page uses an original magical construct of his called the glacier bow he fires an arrow at the monster's back but the attack

doesn't seem to do much except make it angrier Allan reasons that he tried to destroy its entire torso but it seems quite hard suddenly the monster is attacked by a great force that shatters through it the strength of the explosion causes Allen and Russell to protect themselves jiren appears and uses one of his original magical constructs called the bloody flame sword the impact of the attack smashes the monster to Pieces surprising everyone around after the monster is destroyed Geron mentions that he doesn't think he's late he introduces himself as Geron of the red Tower Russell

doesn't say anything but just stares at him Jon also just stares at him wondering why he's staring at him 3 days earlier giron and his master Blaine went to a secret room in the arch Duke's house Blain asks the mysterious skull about Alex Raymond Blain informs the skull that Daria has started investigating his death and he asks the skull if it has any idea about that the skull thinks for a while and says he can't think of any other reason other than the fact that Blaine ordered his death Blaine just keeps quiet and looks into

the distance the skull asks him what's wrong and asks if he's worried that he'll get caught Blaine says that's not possible but he's just disappointed he speaks to the person speaking through the skull and reminds him that if he had properly gotten rid of Russell Raymond during the tower screening duah wouldn't have even had the chance to have any doubts the skull tells him that that happened because he got the wrong Intel that Russell Raymond was just a kid Blain becomes angry and demands to know if he's blaming him someone walks into the room and

he asks Blaine if he called him here just to watch the two of them fighting it turns out to be the Archduke bismar rmos Blaine promptly bows to the arch dukee who asks him if it's true that his little niece interfered in the meeting and he comments that time flies quickly Blaine affirms that the princess interfered and said that they originally planned to keep the guards to a minimum the arch Duke tells him to get to the the point and asks how he plans to take the ruins Blaine informs him that giron his disciple will

join the guards he says jiren will create a branch in the protective barrier set up by the yellow Tower after he does that the henchmen of this ill-mannered Pagan will Ambush the Expedition team by Pagan he's referring to who's talking behind the skull the arch duuk thinks about what he said and reminds them that as they all know in order for their plan to succeed they must subdue the Masters that protect the current King he says that to cut off the support of those Masters they need the article from the ruins the arch Duke brings

out an object and asks them if they don't think they could use a little Insurance on this matter meanwhile princess hecy drags Russell somewhere private and he tries to stop her he begs her to let go of him but she doesn't listen the princess turns to him and tells him to be quiet she informs him that her coming here is top secret and it must also remain that way in the future she asks him to Simply ignore her and go on his own way even though it may be hard to understand Russell comments that she

must be very fond of these ruins he says that if if he were the one he'd be very disappointed not to have seen them for himself too since their ruins from the mythological era he smiles at her and informs her she has nothing to worry about the princess tells him that his majesty the king and his ministers are going crazy trying to keep her still but he doesn't seem to be so worried about her Russell replies that he caught a sneak peek of her Aura right before he came to save her he excitedly says she

has such monstrous power that even most Knights can't handle so he thinks there's no need to worry the princess is shocked to hear him call her power monstrous so she releases some Mana to her hand and Taps his head Russell just stands there with a bump on his head the princess tells him she'll get going and encourages that they do their best as she leaves she reasons that he's got a decent character but he's still a complete kid meanwhile Russell remembers that he should have asked her for the dragon heart that the system told him

to secure in exchange for turning a blind eye he wonders how he forgot and says he's an idiot meanwhile Elder spiegelman leads the other Earth magicians to break down a barrier to an entrance into the ruins Russell soon appears in a apologizes to Allan for being late he notices the men struggling to break the barrier and asks why magic spells aren't working at all Allan informs him that it's something called spatial disruption which is one of the most powerful protective barriers in the world regardless of how hard the men try the barrier doesn't break the

men Gran as they realize their efforts aren't working Mis spiegelman angrily curses and wonders why there is a spatial disruption now of all times when they finally found the gate to the ruins meanwhile jiren just stands back and doesn't say anything Geron reasons that he needs to send a report to the arch dukee later on Elder spiegelman is shocked to hear that there is a way to breach the barrier Allan informs him that with the Relic from the era of gods in the spear tow possession they can penetrate through the barrier and pass through Mr

spiegelman says that he doubts they'll give up something so precious so easily and Allan says he plans to go personally to ask for it Mr spiegelman grabs his hand in appreciation he tells him that if he can sort out this issue this time he promises to repay him for the favor as a representative of the yellow Tower Allan Just Smiles and says he'll try to get back as soon as he can Allan goes to meet the other Mages and tells them that although it's against his will he is indebted to both of them for covering

for him when he leaves Russell says it's not like that and assures him that everything will be okay jiren doesn't say anything but reasons that with Allen's page gone that leaves only one war Mage here and that's Russell Russell suddenly informs jiren that he'd like to discuss Duty rotations with him for the night today Jon smirks and tells Russell that he'll go first he turns back and forms the others that he's tired so he'll be going first Russell reasons that he's got such a creepy smile later that night some yellow Tower magicians sit by one

end of The Shield to guard the sight while they're warming themselves by a fire they spot some Intruders who are henchmen of the pagans outside the shield the men order them to stop where they are because this place is under the yellow Tower's jurisdiction they are suddenly pierced through by Crimson shots and scream in pain in front of them giron who is an inside agent uses his magic to finish them off he goes to the shield and creates an opening to let the henchmen in as they Enter he informs them that there's been a change

of plans he informs them that a spatial disruption appeared in the area where the ruins are being guarded he says that to bring the artifact that can break it down Allan page is headed for the spear Tower the masked guy amidst the henchmen takes a whiff of the smell of burning corpses and says it's lovingly nasty giron continues by saying that to Blackmail Allen they simply need to take spiegelman as a hostage the masked guy asks him about the guy who's called the Divinity of the flame Tower and says kidnapping is lame jiren tells them

to kill him he reminds them that he won't tolerate mistakes like the last time one really big guy in the knight's armor amidst the henchman walks up to him and says that's a lot of nagging coming from an onlooker referring to giron giron becomes angry and it looks like they're about to fight the masked guy stops the big guy and tells them that they're on the same side and they can't be doing this the masked guy adds that jiren is Sir Blain's cherished illegitimate child so he can't get hurt Jon hears what he says and

gets angry he brings out his sword and stabs the guy but the masked guy creates a portal in front of him to deflect the attack jiren angrily asks him what he said and the masked guy says he was just making a joke he tells Geron to calm down and open up his heart a bit meanwhile the other henchmen create a magic circle to cast a pagan spell soon after some gruesome monsters come out of the circle after the spell is cast The Masked guy walks away and informs Geron that although there's no way it'll happen

he should forget about using the object that the arch Duke gave him if things go wrong giron just looks at him and stays quiet he recalls a conversation with Master Blaine who reminds him that after the mission ends he has to live as a ghost until the day that the arch dukee ascends the throne Blain reminds him that there mustn't be a single Survivor to return from the Expedition giron asks him if it's okay to use the object that the arch dukee gave him if things go south for a while Blaine keeps quiet and just

looks at him finally he asks giron if he doesn't want to be acknowledged by him he tells the boy that he's simply going to carry out the mission well and ensure that nothing goes wrong at all costs back in the present J concludes to do as his master pleases as he watches the fiery monsters come out he decides that he'll become a ghost after the mission ends he says he won't just become a ghost but one that spreads fear and despair meanwhile Russell goes to speak to Elder spiegelman about his questions Mr spiegelman confirms if

he's asking about a dragon with multiple horns he asks Russell why he's asking him this all of a sudden Russell mentions that he saw a dragon while he was on the mission and it caught his eye because it was unusual Mr spiegelman tells him even he can't give a precise answer Russell looks dejected and asks if that's so suddenly Elder spiegelman tells him that there's one entity that comes to mind he informs Russell about something called The Divine Dragon King Russell wonders what the Divine dragon king is and wonders if there's such a thing in

existence Elder spiegelman says that however due to the lack of historical records very little is known about its achievements he says that it's said to have raised those worthy to face some great evil Russell remembers the image he saw of the black-haired Warrior suddenly pepper appears over his head startled Russell Elder spiegelman sees pepper and is surprised to see that Russell can summon spirits too pepper completely ignores them and just moves toward the door he stands in front of the tent door and growls at something they can't see suddenly something starts to push against the

tent covering it turns out to be the fiery beasts that the henchmen summoned Russell and Elder spiegelman are shocked to see the monster the monster appears to have several boils on its body and the boils release a great deal of explosion in the tent meanwhile the yellow Tower magicians outside scream out that they're being ambushed the big Knight advances towards them and The Magicians see him they decide to join hands to subdue the enemy together oddly the Knight doesn't move an inch as they direct Earth Magic attacks at him after they finish their attack he

scoffs and calls their skills pathetic The Magicians are shocked that he's still fine after they hit him with their attacks and they look horrified the big guy decides to return the favor by hitting them with his large Hammer he hits his hammer on the ground and shatters the ground under him the hammer releases dark purple light that crawls along the Earth and consumes the men who scream in Terror meanwhile the masked guy also comes across a couple of yellow Tower Earth magicians he simply stands with his hands behind his back as they try to attack

him the men join hands and fire earth arrows at him the masked guy just sigh and says their magic is annoying so he creates some magic portals the portals absorb the Earth arrows fired at him and another portal appears behind the men suddenly they notice the portal behind them but it's too late because their arrows pass through the portal and hit them from the back they scream in pain as they're killed by their their own attacks the masked guy walks past their corpses and into the camp he stops for a moment and wonders where old

man spiegelman could be meanwhile Russell protects himself and Elder spiegelman from the impact of the explosion using a shield Elder spiegelman angrily asks who these insane people could be who would dare to attack the excavation site of emion Russell removes the shield and he recognizes the monster as an undead Russell informs Elder spiegelman that those who use the Dead As Weapons can only be one thing Elder spiegelman asks if they're cultists and Russell just apologizes and says him that he has to go protect someone important as he leaves he tells the Elder to meet up

with him at the front of the ruins which surprises spiegelman Elder spiegelman watches Russell leave in confusion and wonders if the person is more important than him meanwhile princess HEC fights against a monster that's closing in on her she slashes at him with a magical Axe and wonders where these things suddenly came from the monster falls to the ground after she cuts its head clean off the princess informs the other workers that everyone is safe and asks the to follow her they rush to go meet her but they meet someone on the track that makes

them stop princess Hees also spots The Stranger and becomes alert right in front of them is the big Knight that had killed several of them earlier the princess leaps toward the Knight and considers knocking him down with one strike she jumps over him and hits him on the head using the Mana drenched weapon as she lands on the ground she expects him to fall down and die the Knight just looks at her and the princess is shocked that he was able to survive that the monster looks at her and asks her who she is but

she doesn't respond she wishes she had a proper sword to fight because that would be helpful the princess reasons that she can't lose her momentum here for the sake of the people in danger she tells herself that she is HEC rmos the princess of the kingdom of emion and she will protect her people she suddenly releases a burst of mana and proceeds to face the monster the big guy prepares to fight and says it looks like this fight is going to be interesting Russell suddenly appears and tells the big guy that he'll make it more

enjoyable he appears in a flame of fire and hits the guy with a blaz lance attack in his chest the the attack throws the Knight backward and sends him tumbling into a rock Russell looks back at the princess and asks her if she's all right he mistakenly calls her princess and then calls her Supply member to keep her cover the princess glares at him for making the mistake and Russell cringes from the smoke the big guy says that this seems to be the famous warrior that uses the Spear of flames he gets back up and

recognizes Russell as the Holy One of the flame Tower Russell turns back towards the big guy and tells the princess that he'll take care of this he asks her to take the people to the ruins entrance because they have planned to regroup there with the Elder meanwhile Elder spiegelman gathers some of the workers and tries to get them to safety princess hecky asks russle if he's sure he can handle this alone he turns back and reminds her that she said she would give him a chance to repay his debt the princess Smiles upon hearing that

so she gathers the people and informs him she'll leave it to him the big guy announces to Russell that it would have been more fun if the two of them had fought him together and Russell tells him not to worry because he's not fighting alone the guy just stares at him and wonders what he's talking about suddenly pepper rushes at him with a blast of fire in his mouth the resulting explosion is huge and it startles the big Warrior Russell uses the distraction to craft a weapon that combines overheat with his Blaze Lance and adds

the explosive formula to it the man emerges out of the fire and reminds Russell that his tricks won't work on him he raises his dark purple hammer and attempts to respond with his own attack before he can act Russell asks if he thinks this is just a trick and he strikes the guy's Hammer with his Blaze Lance another fiery explosion occurs shocking the big Warrior an onslaught of fire covers the entire Place meanwhile some other workers try to escape to the ruins to meet Elder spiegelman on their way they run into someone and have to

stop it turns out to be jiren who just stands there and stares at them the men ask him if he's injured they ask where he's been and inform him that enemies are attacking the site suddenly all three men are decapitated with one swing of geron's sword he cuts them all and watches their corpses fall to the ground immediately after he looks near him and sees Elder spiegelman gathering with the workers and front of the ruins Jon is shocked and wonders what their plan is when he looks closer he sees someone familiar among them and recognizes

the person as Princess HEC nearby a great fiery explosion occurs Jon quickly turns around to see what's happening and he sees the big Warrior Still Standing after being hit with the explosion suddenly the warrior sees something that shocks him on the ground pieces of his armor fall and he's shocked that the cursed refined black Iron got shattered after pieces of the armor fall and reveal part of the man's face Russell comments that they finally get to see his proud face Russell asks why he has such a sour expression and the man calls him an arrogant

fool he shouts at Russell and tells him not to underestimate him Russell sees the purple streaks of color around the man's body and is shocked that the man is able to use Aura like a knight meanwhile the guy realizes that he has to use the heart of a knight transplanted into him against Russell the guy has two hearts in his chest his original heart and the transplanted KN heart the big Warrior prepares his weapon and tells Russell that he'll cut him to shreds as he jumps forward to hit Russell with his hammer Russell jumps out

of the way to avoid the hit he's surprised that the big guy is able to move so fast the big guy angrily turns toward him to pursue but Russell Just Smiles Russell recalls his fight with spandam and reasons that spandam is much faster than him so there's nothing to worry about Russell jumps at the big Warrior and uses a special Blaze Lance construct called the cutter he runs past the warrior and cuts him by his side before he notices the warrior raises his weapon to attack Russell but he soon realizes he's been wounded Russell stands

behind him ready to finish him off and tells the man that it's time to end this before he can hit him a portal appears between them out of the portal water suddenly begins to gush out the rush of water sweeps Russell away and knocks him backward Russell manages to jump back to the ground and he wonders what just happened he looks at his clothing and notices it's drenched with water when he looks forward he sees the masked guy and wonders if he's the one responsible for what just happened the masked guy talks about how the

pressure of the deep sea is quite useful but the guy just tells him to shut up Russell says he won't miss this time and he prepares to attack again he creates another Blaze Lance construct called the cyclonic as Russell rushes towards them with the cyclonic attack he reasons that it's impossible for them to dodge it suddenly the masked guy gets an interesting idea and creates another portal between them the portal leads to where Elder spiegelman and the others are rallying in front of the ruins Russell who is rushing towards them spots the portal but it

seems like it's too late for him to stop the Cyclone fires into the portal and appears on its other end the workers in front of the ruins see the bright fire and wonder what's going on princess HEC who is also among them looks up and wonders what's going on suddenly a blast of fire comes out of the portal and heads for the people with spiegelman elder spiegelman and everyone else look up in horror as they see the blast of Fire coming towards them Russell is horrified by the turn of events and doesn't believe his eyes

he tells himself that this can't be happening but it is the blast tears through the portal and is directed at the spot where the men are gathering the extent of the blast is so so great that it results in an explosion moments after the large explosion hits the men the smoke from the impact Still Remains Russell arrives to check for survivors and he's horrified by what has happened he calls out to the princess and Elder spiegelman but doesn't get a response suddenly a hand emerges from the smoke and the Elder signals to him Russell finds

Elder spiegelman amidst some of the rubble he rushes to him and asks if he's okay but Elder spiegelman asks about the others Russell turns around and sees some corpses and he tells the Elder that he's sorry they suddenly hear a sound and they both turn around to see who it is they see giron carrying the unconscious princess towards them Russell loudly calls out the princess's name worried that something had happened to her Elder spiegelman is shocked to see that Princess HEC is present on their sight Russell finds out she's still alive and he thanks God

that she's safe Russell thanks Geron for rescuing the princess giron smiles and stabs him Russell looks down and sees jiren's sword in his belly he's horrified by the sight and he starts to cough out blood Elder Spiegel is shocked by the turn of events and he calls out to Russell pepper appears to attack jiren and jiren is shocked since he didn't expect it before the dragon can attack him the masked henchmen creates a portal in front of them and pepper enters it the masked guy says that pepper has been bugging him for a while now

and he calls him an insect behind them the henchmen appear through a portal Russell starts to become drowsy when his body starts to lose strength and he thinks about pepper jiren turns to the masked guy and reminds him he told him to take spiegelman hostage the guy suggests that they could also take him as hostage since Allan doesn't know he's rebelled suddenly Mister spiegelman fires an attack at giron and asks him how he could dare betray them the big Warrior orders spiegelman to shut up and he smashes him into the ground using his weapon spiegelman

passes out immediately under the weight of the hammer the masked guy asks giron who the woman he's holding is and Geron informs him that she's princess HEC he says having her is synonymous with controlling the emian kingdom Jon tells the guy that his foolish actions almost made the mission fail and the guy retorts that it's it's all good as long as the princess isn't dead while they're talking Russell declares to them that he can't let that happen they turn towards him and he tells them that they're not going to get away meanwhile he staggers to

his feet and tries to stop the bleeding the big guy informs the others that they'll take care of Russell so he walks toward him with his hammer Russell uses his cloudy ring and summons a Mist to cover the area the big guy reminds Russell that this is Revenge for what he did to him earlier and attempts to hit him suddenly a Mist covers the area and the masked guy notices it as the big guy is about to break Russell's head he excitedly says it's time for him to die Russell just looks at him and activates

his dronification the guy notices a sudden Outburst of fire from Russell but it's too late a great Outburst of fire envelopes the spot where Russell and the man are standing and it looks like game over for the big guy the masked guy notices the fire and he wonders if the Mist was supposed to block their Vision moments later jiren and the masked guy hear the screams of the other henchmen through the Mist when they look closely they see their corpses on the floor the masked guy quickly creates several portals around himself and he reasons that

this must be why those who came before them were defeated he senses a rapid increase in Mana that goes beyond Common Sense through the Mist he sees a bright pair of eyes and wonders what on Earth is going on suddenly Russell appears under him and impales him with the blaze Lance the masked guy looks into Russell's dragon-like eyes and he tells him that he's basically a monster as he begins to cough out blood Russell ignores him and just discards his injured body to face his next opponent jiren drops the princess to join in the fight

because he can't afford to leave any survivors so the mission doesn't fail he uses double casting and casts two bloody flame swords with the swords in hand he asks Russell to come at him Russell spots him but he realizes that his dronification timer is about to run out he wields his Blaze Lance again and prepares for a fight Jon leaps toward him with a double attack and Russell tells himself that he'll have to bet everything on one attack suddenly he fires a huge blast at jiren and a huge explosion occurs giron falls to his knees

Russell continues to cough out blood due to the damage to his organs Jon looks at his chest and sees a large hole where his heart used to be he soon collapses and dies Russell Hears A Sound nearby and turns around he sees the masked guy still standing and he looks healed of his injuries the guy asks Russell that he hopes he didn't think that it was only the big guy who has two hearts and calls him a simpleton the masked guy points to giron and says that they're the same Russell stares in horror as he

sees a sudden Outburst of green light where jiren fell the masked guy mentions that Geron is the possessor of power rivaling a dragon much to Russell's shock giron transforms into a monster the masked guy tells him that the monster is called chimera's heart this must be from the object that the arch duuk gave him jiren lands back on the ground and Russell is shocked by the sight he notices that the scale of his Mana is so great that it's almost immeasurable Jon reaches out and uses his power to apprehend the masked guy he chokes him

and lifts him off the ground jiren asks him if he was hiding his powers on purpose just so that he'd use his heart the guy laughs and says he knows he wanted to use it the masked guy reminds him that he gets to jump a few circles thanks to the heart he also reminds Jon that he didn't pressure him into losing to Russell so he can't be blamed Jon drops the guy to the ground he tells him he's right and that he has to deal with someone else first Jon reaches out and he notifies Russell

Raymond that he's going to put an end to him first a phantom hand grabs Russell and pulls him closer Jon wraps his hand around Russell's throat and jokes that he left quite an impression just moments ago he says that in the end he couldn't protect anything he informs Russell that it's over and he strikes the spatial disruption barrier with his new found strength the barrier is suddenly broken exposing a small opening into the ruins the masked guy is shocked to see that giron was able to create a rift in the spatial disruption and reasons that

giron must be enjoying himself Russell tells jiren that it's not over and he fires an overheat attack at his face the attack barely scratches jiren who just smiles and says that he's changed his mind he throws Russell away and says that he'll Grant him the death he deserves Russell is thrown into the broken barrier and he groans upon impact giron informs him that he'll feel the pain of his soul being torn into pieces inside the rift of the barrier the barrier slowly swallows Russell until it totally consumes him Geron tells him to die and curse

his incompetence for the rest of the remaining time he has Russell screams as he is thrown into the barrier he continues to scream until he wakes up in a hospital where a nurse asks him if he can hear her Russell jumps up panting profusely and he asks her where he is the nurse informs him that he's at the Camelot Hospital Russell is is shocked to hear that he's at the hospital and he asks her about the battle at the ruins but the nurse says she doesn't understand what he's saying he grabs her and asks her

about the princess and the Elder but the woman seems startled another nurse walks up to him and asks him to calm down the man notifies him that he was admitted here because he suddenly showed symptoms of a seizure while cleaning the Lum Museum Russell looks at him bewildered and he asks the man what he's talking about Russell starts to shout out Pepper's name and he asks where he is the nurses suddenly subdue him because they think losing his mind Russell wonders if he's really back to the time before he regressed he remembers falling into the

barrier and he tells himself that he's sure it happened suddenly a doctor appears behind them and subdues Russell with a magical chain the doctor asks him to calm down so they can discuss this somewhere else later in the doctor's office the doctor informs him that he fainted in the museum and showed extreme signs of hallucination Russell says that he's never hallucinated and the doctor tells him that she understands she asks if he's heard about something called The Nightmare tree and Russell seems puzzled she says it's a wicked tree that deludes people with the sweetest hallucinations

and makes them starve under them using their corpse as nutrition Russell asks her what that has to do with him so she informs him that apparently the pollen of a nightmare tree exhibited in the museum that day leaked out she says that many other people showed signs of hallucination apart from him Russell is surprised so she says that the good thing is that the museum will cover the entire treatment cost and they'll also be offering a compensation amount Russell wonders if all that happened to him was really a hallucination the doctor hands him the written

diagnosis to hand to the Museum's representative to collect his compensation the doctor comes up close and tells him that it's time to wake up from his dream Russell still looks horrified and he wonders if all of that was really a dream he's certain that it's not possible because his experience with Master Daria was definitely not a dream later Russell goes to miss Daria's Mansion he assures himself that the realistic Sensations cannot be a dream but guards at the entrance order him to stop where he is Russell informs them that he here to see Miss Daria

and he assures himself that the master will recognize him the guards turn to one another and ask themselves who he is Russell prays that all that he has experienced is not a dream he informs the men that his name is Russell Raymond and he was a disciple of myiah the guards are surprised to hear that and one of them says he's never heard that name before one of the guards says he's clearly a lunatic and orders the other guy to get him out of here Russell gets angry and he tries to run inside he begs

them to let him in for a while so he can see her just this once one of the guards gets angry and pushes him to the ground suddenly a carriage carrying miseria stops by and Russell sees miseria the master asks what's going on and the guard goes to bow to the master he tells her that this guy keeps saying that he's her disciple Miss Daria is surprised to hear that so she turns to see the person she looks at him for a while and doesn't seem to recognize him after a short pause she asks him

if she knows him Russell looks at her horrified Russell stares at the master speechless and she just stares back at him after a short while she tells the coach Rider to keep moving and Russell just remains in the rain later Russell breaks into the Lum Museum he goes to where he saw the dragon heart and he wonders if all that happened was really a hallucination from The Nightmare trees pollen out of anger he punches the glass ENC casement of the Dragon heart and says that this is crap he prays that someone wakes him up if

what's going on is a dream because there's no way that him returning to his normal life is real suddenly an alarm goes off in the museum and the guards find Russell the guards subdue him and demand to know who he is the head guard tells the others to drag him out but Russell keeps screaming that there's no way this is happening after that time Russell says he tries to proved that his life wasn't a dream but all of it was useless eventually a few years passed and he tried desperately to resist the utterly incomprehensible reality

but the years slowly dulled him eventually while sitting with other mercenaries one guy passes him a newspaper he reads it and sees Alan Page on the front cover and the paper calls him the youngest spear Tower Master as he reads it Russell reasons that there's no way someone like him could have been given a golden Chance by a dragon God in the first place meanwhile at the Walker Hill Academy Russell does some menial cleaning job and he reasons that he didn't expect to end up in this place he recalls that he emptied his mind he

abandoned his ambition and in the end he abandoned himself Russell thinks about it and says this life isn't half bad either he reasons that it might in fact be the right job for the person he currently is while he's cleaning he hears Some Noise nearby and goes to investigate he sees some bullies asking a kid named Spiegel what makes him think he can act the way he does and reminding him to know his place they tell him not to think they're on the same level Russell continues cleaning and he says that this has nothing to

do with him so he chooses to ignore them the kid tells the bullies that no matter what they say he's going to become a mage the leader of the bullies scoffs asking how someone who has Mana vein narrowing can be so chatty Russell overhears them and is shocked the bully reminds the boy about the crimes his family committed and he says that he's going to leave a mark on him that he never forget as the bully is about to hurt Spiegel Spiegel closes his eyes and he hears a loud noise when he finally opens his

eyes he sees the bullies passed out on the ground nearby Russell continues cleaning the environment and he asks why the spot he's cleaning is so dirty Spiegel figures out that he was the one who helped him later on Russell sits down on a bench to have his lunch he notices Spiegel sitting next to him and he asks him why he's following him around Spiegel Smiles at him and claims that he's just reading a book and the bench is a good place for him to focus Russell notices something nearby and the bullies who were spying on

them hide in a corner our guy decides to speak with the little boy and he asks him about his manavan narrowing he informs the kid that he knows someone like him who used to attend this Academy and Spiegel asks him what happened to him Russell tells him that the boy was expelled because he couldn't overcome his limits like trash that's determined to be worthless he says that for a mage manavan narrowing is no different from a death notice Russell says that sometimes giving up is courage but Spiegel promptly says he can't do that Spiegel gets

up to leave and says he can't give up Russell watches him walk away and suddenly his boss calls him Russell goes to meet the chief and the man asks to be careful with the boy he's hanging out with the chief mentions that he could get in trouble if things go wrong and Russell says he doesn't understand what he means the chief says that Spiegel is the son of the traitor that the red Tower Master expelled and Russell is shocked this means that Spiegel is linked to the fallen family meanwhile the pagans gather before the skeleton

that Master Blaine was speaking with earlier the announces that the world of the Guardians is coming to an end it orders them to walk to the Walker Hill Academy and announce their return sometime later spegel goes to a river to practice crystal magic the amount of Mana he releases is quite small so he tries to release a little bit more instead of releasing more Mana the crystal breaks and he strains his hand Russell walks up to him and asks why he can't let go of the path of being a mage Spiegel turns around shocked and

Russell asks him once again why he doesn't give up Spiegel tells him that he made a promise to his mother Russell looks at him closely and doesn't say anything suddenly they're ambushed by the bullies from the school Spiegel's bullies carry some weapons and are glad to have found them they say they were careless the last time but won't be careless today Russell activates his Aura and tells Spiegel to look carefully he says this is the only way he can become a mage Spiegel is shocked to see his Aura and they get ready to fight Russell

directs his energy to his hands and hits them with a destructive attack sometime later in the winter Russell takes Spiegel out to train an overload and wizard body just as he learned from the Scrolls Russell tells him to run fast because his life directly depends on the distance from his enemy this type of magic substitutes Mana veins with a trained muscular body unlike an adult with a completely developed body its effect will be maximized if a child in their growth years uses it later Russell trains Spiegel in some martial arts and he reasons that the

speed of his progress is miserable Russell asks him if this is all he's got when he made his mother a promise and Spiegel tries to breathe properly Spiegel gets back up and begs to train more time later in Spring Spiegel competes in the Academy's Practical Magic combat studies against his bully the boy fires an ice Arrow at his opponent and subdues him the professor announces that Spiegel is the winner and the audience is excited one boy is shocked that a boy with manav narrowing won and another person says the Gap in skill was amazing the

bully curses them all and tells them to wait for his comeback Spiegel looks happy and glances back at Russell he reasons that thanks to his new Uncle he's become a second Circle Russell looks at him from the Shadows and smiles at his performance suddenly someone calls out Russell's name and he turns around to see the person the man says it's been a long time and calls him an insect Russell looks closer and realizes it's his own high school bully coma Frederick later Russell is badly beaten up by koma's guards and he struggles to breathe the

chief cleaner reminds him that he told him not to get mixed up with Spiegel coma informs Russell that because of him his son was humiliated so many times Russell smiles when he realizes the bully that Spiegel beat is koma's son he mentions that it's no wonder the boy did the same crap that he did coma crouches and notifies him that it seems he's not aware of the situation he's in he informs him he can use his connections to get him thrown out of the academy along with the kid he Ador so much Russell glares at

him and suddenly begins to laugh much to com's surprise our guy asks if he really thinks he adores the kid he tells coma he just provoked him because it was fun messing with him and coma doesn't know what to say later Russell goes to pack his things he recalls coma ordering him to get out of the academy right now to prevent trouble as he leaves he thinks about Spiegel later that night as Russell approaches the gate Spiegel ambushes him and asks where he's going Russell replies that he's leaving this place but Spiegel asks him why

Argy tightens his hand around his briefcase and proceeds to rush outside Spiegel finds a way to get in front of him and tells him to stop right where he is Spiegel sees Russell's face and he's shocked he asks him what happened to his face and Russell asks him what he expected from someone like him he asks Spiegel if he really thought he was his teacher Russell walks past him and forc es his way through he tells Spiegel not to be delusional and walks away the boy begins to cry meanwhile Koma watches the entire thing from

his coach parked nearby he says this is the reason he loves money and power because you can make anything go away with it he decides to leave the academy but his Chariot suddenly stops Koma sees some of the pagans in front of his Chariot and he asks how they dare block the way of the House of Frederick the pagans release a huge green explosion that spreads through the area Russell notices the explosion and turns back when he returns to the academy he sees it Ablaze he opens his mouth in Surprise wondering what has become of

the academy meanwhile the Pagan leading the attack pronounces that this attack will announce the Revival of their cult into the world he orders the others to spread out and cause horror and despair everywhere he orders them to create a sea of blood as they fight with the students meanwhile another cultist who uses demonic claw power fights with some other students meanwhile spel fires an ice Arrow at one of the pagans and pins the person to a wall the man using the Demonic claw spots him and starts to cackle he faces him to fight and she

laughs that one small fly is still alive eventually Russell arrives but he hides near a wall to watch the fight he sees the Carnage and he spots Spiegel on his knees after the man has dealt with him the man casts another demonic claw to finish him and he mentions that he's amusing Russell keeps watching and wonders why Spiegel isn't running away the man asks Spiegel if he's scared of death and he tells her that he bought enough time for others to run away so he's satisfied Russell says to himself that he can feel the man's

tremendous magical power the man is so powerful that the professors couldn't handle him he remembers that he was only able to fight such a person after he had become a guardian he thinks about his life now and about how powerless he is so he wonders what he can do Russell turns around and says that he has to run away because there's no reason to sacrifice himself the man calls Spiegel a weak-- ass punk and orders him to know his place Spiegel laughs and informs him that he knows better than anyone that he can't win but

he says that protecting people is the guardian's calling Russell remembers saying that same thing and he stops in his tracks the man tells Spiegel that his naive thinking is going to get him killed and proceeds to take the boy out before he can hit Spiegel Russell stabs the man with a sword the man retaliates and Strikes Russell with a demonic claw attack the man calls him an insect and asks him how he could dare attack him Spiegel takes advantage of the distraction and uses a third circle Magic Ice bolt he fires the bolt at the

man and pins him to the wall Russell quickly picks up a nearby Spear and rushes toward the guy to impale him to the wall our guy rushes towards the man and stabs him in the neck after he stabs him he crouches down tired from all the blood loss after the man cut him in his torso Spiegel rushes to Russell's side and notices the cut he tries to stop the bleeding but he realizes the blood won't stop Russell tells him to quickly leave because others will soon come this way Spiegel says that he can't go alone

but Russell puts his hand on his shoulder he asks Spiegel if he's going to turn him into a teacher who can't even protect one of his disciples Spiegel is shocked to hear Russell call him his disciple and Russell asks him to go and make it out alive so he can become a guardian AR guy smiles at him and mentions that it won't hurt to keep one more promise Spiegel starts to cry and he tells Russell that he promises to become a guardian and calls him Master after Spiegel runs Russell thinks about how Spiegel is just

like his lost dream like the courage that he abandoned and that was why he hated him later some of the other pagans come in that direction and Russell tells them to stop Russell reminds himself that that was the same reason he also liked spegel the Pagan calls Russell trash and says that even Circle two magic would be a waste to use on him Russell smiles and he says to Spiegel in his mind that thanks to him he was able to live Russell leaps towards the two men and he decides to use magic that can be

learned with a principle that doesn't regard the level of one Circle he uses blink and appears in front of the guy with his spear the Pagan cultist is startled and Russell pushes his spear into him the guy quickly responds with a blast of energy a huge blast ensues and Russell speaks within himself that Spiegel has to make it out alive suddenly Russell appears in another dimension he hears someone tell him that it's about time that he goes he looks at his body and he wonders where he is a strange man walks up to him and

asks if he's finally awake the man asks him how the world he was in was Russell informs him that he lost his dream that he persistently held on to but he found it again and protected it suddenly someone appears in front of him that shocks him he sees Spiegel in this Dimension and he asks him if he was unable to run away Russell rushes to meet him but he's stopped by a transparent wall Russell hits the wall in fair and he realizes that in the end he wasn't able to protect anything The Man Behind him

informs him that he's wrong the man calls his name and calls him the heir to the dragon power Russell turns towards the man and asks him who he is the man informs him that he's the master of this wicked world he said those people call him by another name he tells Russell that he's called the Temple of mirrors Russell looks at him in shock and wonders why he's named that the man says that this place reflects the deepest fears in one's heart he says that in his case his deepest fear is qualification he reminds him

of when he told himself he's just a third rate magician and says he always wonders why such a power was given to him there was also the time when Blaine said he saw his father run from the war zone and he says Russell always wonders if he deserves to wield power he says that to that question he found his answer when he told himself that he got stronger to become a guardian and protect more people Russell collapses to his knees asking if this long period was a test the being replies that it indeed was and

that he has surpassed his own answer by showing that even without power he can be a guardian by choosing to protect a boy Russell returns to his young self and sees a vision of Spiegel telling him that he won't forget the promise the Temple of mirrors informs him that the boy in front of him is not an illusion but the purest courage he's protected and must continue to protect the being calls him successor and declares that he will fulfill his long-standing oath the man removes his mask and says there will be a new light when

he removes his mask he transforms into Spiegel and informs Russell that it's time to move forward suddenly another screen pops up and notifies Russell that he's absorbing Dragon Blood to reconstruct his body he's told that he has obtained the first golden mask meanwhile Geron tells Allan that his performance is quite impressive he asks Alan what his name was again and Alan who has been badly injured apologizes to the princess for being unable to save her the masked guy mentions that he's heard a lot about being a genius but Allen's ability to grasp the situation immediately

upon return and take action based solely on limited information was a valid move he says he was surprised that Allan even used the the artifact is bait to try to save the princess giron says that all that doesn't matter because nothing has changed the masked guy becomes impatient and tells Geron to stop playing around so they can get down to business jiren flies toward the barrier with the artifact that Allan brought to break it down with the artifact in hand a magical Contraption appears in the sky that can break down the barrier Mr spiegelman recognizes

the artifact as the artifact of the divines the princess wonders if the artifact can be blocked giron concludes that once he finds the item he won't hand it over to any of these Scoundrels referring to the arch duke or the pagans he says that he'll show the world that he's Superior to them giron orders the artifact to break through the barrier the contraption fires a shot at the barrier but the impact is suddenly stopped when a hand comes out of the rift the weight of the power that comes out of the rift shatters the contraption

giron watches in confusion as the contraption is broken the other onlookers are also shocked that the artifact of the divines was easily blocked Allan also notices that the contraption was blocked and he sees someone there suddenly Russell comes out of the barrier with the blaze Lance in his hand the masked guy and giron spot the mask on him and wonder if the mask could be the thing they're looking for Russell flies towards the masked guy and tries to attack him the guy quickly creates a portal to block the attack Russell tries to cut him with

the weapon but it is stopped by the portal suddenly something unusual happens that shocks the masked guy Russell manages to cut through the portal and trashes the man after he's done with him Russell jumps away and even jiren is shocked that someone can cut through a portal Russell goes to untie Mr spiegelman and the princess and tries to communicate with them when he unties them Mr spiegelman asks him what he said since they couldn't hear him over the mask Russell removes the mask and says that he's relieved that they're safe Mis spiegelman and the princess

are both shocked to see that it's Russell and they ask him how he made it Allan smiles and concludes that it seems the BET his master made won't be an easy one the princess reaches out to Russell and tells him she's glad that he returned alive Russell grabs her hand and stops her when he sees giron advancing toward them He suggests that they can talk about the details later because he has to handle this Jon comes closer and calls Russell an inferior one saying he is becoming an annoyance he informs Russell that just because he

returned doesn't mean anything changes he says that he'll kill him and take the artifact for himself moments later a great explosion occurs in the air as Russell flies up and takes the fight to jiren Jon insists that the mask belongs to him Russell asks if Blaine schemed all this but jiren tells him to shut up Russell flies into the sky and teleports behind him he asks him to stop right now and admit that he is Blain's Shadow Russell hits him with the blaze Lance knocking him hundreds of feet to the ground the impact is so

strong that giron keeps flying from one spot to another Russell flies down to join him giron replies that the truth is simple and he's not Blain Shadow he casts one of his original magical constructs called the grammar jiren hits the ground with his sword and a great explosive power rips through the Earth toward Russell the explosion causes smoke to cover the entire area for a short while after the Smoke Clears Russell seems unscathed but he wields two Blaze lances and is in his dronification mode donon declares that if only he had the mask Blaine would

become his shadow giron screams that power makes everything possible Russell reaches into his compartment pulls something out and informs jiren that he seems obsessed with power Russell brings out the mask to put it on and tells jiren that power isn't the most important thing a screen pops up before him and notifies him that the mask assists thinking and induces the manifestation of Dragon Blood the system not ifies him that the second dronification has become possible and asks if he would like to use the mask Russell confirms that he'll use it and his second dronification is

activated a great pool of fire surrounds him and Russell tells jiren that courage comes before power suddenly The Mask merges with his face and his dragon-like eyes become more defined giron scoffs at what he says and retorts that it's just bull coming from someone who has never fallen into darkness Russell looks at him for a while and stays quiet finally he informs Geron that that's not true our boy summons about five Blaze lances and says that he was in darkness too Russell says that the only difference is that he followed the light finally he combines

all the lances into an original magical construct that he calls the magical spear jiren calls Bull on Russell's claim to have experienced true Darkness he leaps forward to attack Russell and demands that he prove it giron jumps at him with his strongest attack and insists that he prove the light he followed Russell counters with the magical spear the strength of the Collision releases a huge explosion that covers the area it takes some time for the smoke to clear up and both of them survive the explosion but giron collapses to his knees he looks to his

side when he feels a sharp pain it turns out that the impact of the spear tore off his right arm and he's shocked he looks at his hand on the ground and wonders how this could have happened when he has a chimera's heart Russell still standing walks toward him to continue the fight jiren wonders why he's unable to reach Russell even with all the power of the chimera's heart Russell tells him to give up since it's clear he can't win those words provoke jiren and he tells Russell to shut up he suddenly grows several other

arms in place of the one that was cut off and loudly declares that he can't lose he releases a great deal of Mana but starts to cough blood since he seems to have suffered some internal damage meanwhile the system notifies Russell that he has 10 seconds left to use the second dronification Russell looks at the screen and replies to jiren that just like him he can't lose either our boy prepares the magical spear to land his final attack within the 10 seconds he patiently waits for Geron to make the next move so he can strike

jiren launches at him and tells Russell it's time for him to die Russell doesn't move at all and waits for him to get close enough to land a decisive blow our boy cranks up the power in the spear and directs all the energy to one spot using overheat with one swing he pushes the spear into Geron who was hoping to tear him to pieces Geron is shocked as the spear pierces him the resulting explosion tears through giron's body and extends for almost a mile behind him even the Rocks behind him don't survive the impact of

the hit smoke covers the entire area and Russell waits for it to clear after the Smoke Clears Geron who had been torn apart coughs profusely and argues that it's not yet time for him to go as he protests he continues to cough out blood and his body breaks soon after he gives up and collapses in his Fallen State he thinks about the power of CHA he tells himself that he wanted to become a dragon but he couldn't see it through to the end as the light dies in his eyes he wonders if this is his

Destiny suddenly a nearby volcanic mountain is triggered by the explosion that had earlier occurred Russell watches as m magma erupts from the mountain and pours down while he watches he hears some people call out his name it turns out to be Allan Mr Spiegel man and the princess who survived Russell Smiles at them and waves back out of nowhere pepper jumps on Russell from behind Russell is happy that he's okay and pepper Roars in unison they both hug and our boy thanks God that pepper is fine while pepper cries tears of joy the princess watches

their reunion and Russell says it's time for them to go back to emian sometime later after they leave the place a mysterious person appears and picks up jiren's amputated hand the man who appears to be with the Pagan cult takes the hand and goes into a portal sometime later in the emian Supreme Court the judges read out the charges concerning giron a mage of the red Tower who conspired with the pagans and threatened the security of the Kingdom the judge reads out that his teacher the red Tower Master is also responsible for them the man

requests that the defendant in Question Master Blaine step forward the judge asks him if he has any objections to the the things read out Blaine says he doesn't and claims that he didn't notice giron's Behavior due to his negligence Blain says that the sins of a disciple are for the master to bear and as the tower Master he must rightfully bear that responsibility while he's talking the arch duuk bismar Rises and signals to the judge bismar stands up and asks the judge if he can say something bismar glares at all the tower Masters who are

sitting nearby to threaten them he finely tells the judge that he isn't wrong but it's also true that the red Tower master has made significant contributions for the sake of the nation the arch dukee suggests that they conclude this with about 6 months of probation the judge nods in acceptance meanwhile Blaine grins widely Master Daria who is also seated reasons within herself that they're all in on it but she doesn't speak she looks upwards at the king who is watching the trial from above she thinks to herself that the arch duuk will constantly keep challenging

the Royal Family's Authority and she wonders what on Earth his majesty is planning meanwhile in the palace Russell gets a change of clothing and Mr Spiegel commends his new look while Allan stands nearby the princess walks in to meet them and says she didn't know they were here the three men bow and greet the princess princess HEC asks them to rise and says that she should be the one to greet them she bows to them and sincerely thanks them for saving her life she particularly thanks Russell and he's surprised as she walks out she Winks

at him and says she'll see him again as she jams the door to the room Russell looks like he's about to explode and the other men try to call him back to reality he quickly comes back to himself and reminds himself that he has to focus he reasons that this is an opportunity to imprint the Raymond family in the minds of the people after the trial all three men go to meet the king in his court in front of everyone his majesty informs them that their Gathering today is meant to honor the knights for their

contributions he says that they will discuss each individual's contribution after recognizing their Collective achievement the king announces that spiegelman resisted the pagans threatening the safety of the Kingdom he orders that he'll be awarded 200 gold coins and two pills of a Mana enhancing drug which spiegelman gladly affirms the king tells Allan the Second Son of count page that he has valiantly defended against the wicked pagans who were aiming for the relics and he'll be granted the medal of dawn Morgan rot and the title of Baron to which Allan agrees lastly the king turns to Russell

and asks him to lift up his head the king says that in the past his father deserted the battlefield posing a significant threat to the Kingdom's safety he says it was only natural for the ministers to doubt the Loyalty of the Raymond family Russell is stung by those words and anger rises in his heart his Majesty tells him to prove it here today and Russell asks him what he means the king informs him that the flame Tower Master told him that he has advanced to the fifth Circle meanwhile Master Daria watches the proceedings and says

within herself that the deeper the darkness the brighter the light his majesty tells Russell that with such achievements nobody will doubt his words and Blaine is shocked by the sudden turn of events he realizes that the king plans to make Russell a hero in front of everyone and weaken the archduke's faction Russell gets up and projects his Circle in front of everyone Blain reasons that it's a first Circle magic spell that reveals one's attribute but for these people who know nothing about magic there's no better spectacle the people watch in Surprise and master Melville notices

Russell's projection of all five circles Master Melville comments that it's truly explosive growth and even Allan seems impressed as the onlookers watch even Master Nicolo is impressed when Russell finishes his presentation he kneels down again and the King says that he thought his father was a withered flower but no one would have thought he was hiding such a beautiful seed Russell replies to his majesty that his Praises are too generous the king announces to everyone around that regarding the special case of the Raymond family he elevates his title to count he says additionally along with

a third class military Merit deal he announces that he hereby grants Russell the right to Levy taxes on 10,000 households in the neighboring City and Russell affirms his commands after the king finishes his statements he places a hand on Russell's shoulder and warmly asks him to rise when Russell Rises the king thanks him for saving his daughter he says that he's not speaking as a king but as a father his majesty mentions that he wishes to repay him and asks if there's anything he desires Russell thinks about it and tells the king what he wants

later on while at his house Russell recalls that he was worried about how he'd get what he asked for but things seem to have worked out great he looks at the dragon heart he asked for and considers how withered it looks although it looks ugly it will show its true form when infused with magic power he hopes he can handle it and starts to release Mana Into the Heart suddenly something shocking happens and Russell shouts the heart suddenly explodes into bits and releases a bright blue light along with the blue light come streaks of lightning

suddenly the bits of the Dragon heart transform into a horn that's surrounded by lightning Russell is shocked to see this and suddenly a screen appears the screen informs him that the dragon heart has revealed itself and he has obtained the Forgotten King's horn which has lightning Essence after Russell reads the message he realizes that the horn will have to infuse its power into him like the last one he closes his eyes to brace for impact act but the horn just releases its Essence into him without piercing him Russell recalls his last experience and says that

this one is much more bearable he lets out a sigh and his entire body begins to radiate with lightning he considers the powerful Thunderbolt energy around him and is surprised that a third of the fifth circle is already filled even without fully absorbing it another screen shows up and notifies him that he has absorbed the Forgotten King's horn with lightning Essence to his limit he's told that the Mana exceeding the absorbable limit will reside within him as dormant power the screen also notifies him that his intermediate lightning attribute understanding has reached its limit and has

evolved into advanced lightning attribute understanding suddenly pepper appears out of nowhere with a roar this time he looks much bigger and Russell is shocked by his new appearance he wonders why he changed and asks pepper if he was affected by the power of lightning to which pepper nods suddenly pepper turns around and jumps out he jumps out of the window and flies into the night sky Russell rushes to the window and calls out to him pepper soon returns to the window and Russell wonders if he wants him to climb on his back suddenly pepper grabs

Russell by his shoulders and flies outside Russell is scared out of his mind and tells pepper to wait he suddenly stops shouting when he notices how high up they flown he realizes that pepper didn't just grow in size but his flying ability has greatly improved Russell tells pepper that him growing bigger means he'll be easier to spot but pepper signals to him not to worry suddenly he lets go of Russell and transforms into a flame the flame becomes wings that join themselves to Russell allowing him to fly our boy comments that he now has Swift

Wings made from Spirit Flames he asks pepper if he should call these Spirit Wings to which pepper excitedly Roars Russell considers the fact that he's gotten the king Horn's lightning Essence intermediate fifth Circle mana and now Spirit Wings he says that he feels like he can face any opponent without fear with this power meanwhile Brother Hubert goes to the master when he hears she has a mission for him Master Daria informs him that the mission is to escort count Kimberly the special Envoy of the Keel Kingdom she says that all although the Keel Kingdom's National

Force is weak they maintain their position as a neutral Nation because of their abundant Mana Stone production she adds that apparently Marquee jorio kamanche of the pro-empire faction tried to bring the empire in there the master says that rather than falling under the control of the empires count Kimberly must have thought it was better to join hands with them later as Hubert heads out he thinks about the Keel Kingdom and reasons that this Mission won't be an easy one before he steps out Russell calls out to him Hubert tells Russell that it's been a while

and Russell replies that he's glad he's well our boy asks him if he's leaving for the Keel Kingdom right now and Hubert asks him how he knows Russell asks to come along with him and informs him that Master Daria gave him permission Russell recalls that from what he remembers Hubert will lose his life on this Mission Hubert seems surprised by Russell's offer and a screen pops in front of him with a mission to make it back alive with Hubert from the unknown danger Russell says within himself that there's no reason to stop him from leaving

so he has to go with him shortly after the two men head to the Keel Kingdom and Russell uses his cool new Wings Hubert informs him that they're almost there he tells Russell that it's reassuring to have him by his side but he asks if he has a reason for coming along Russell just replies that he wants to have new achievements and it'll be an achievement to do a mission with him Russell flies ahead and says that he'll go ahead and check the situation out as he flies he recalls that the mission's failure leads to

Hubert's death and the Empire interferes with ke's internal affairs which means there's a high chance that the empire was involved in his death while he flies the screen pops up again and gives him the mission to escort the special Envoy of Keel Kingdom to enter the Kingdom's territory with rewards of five intermediate Mana Stones Russell immediately spots some men fighting with count Kimberly's men he moves closer to them and decides that he's going to eliminate the threat from the Empire he attacks the enemies using a magic skill called a fire Cannon and tells himself that

he has to prevent Hubert's death from happening count Kimberly notices the use of fifth Circle magic and wonders who the person is Russell soon comes down after he has helped knock down The Intruders he approaches Roes the count and introduces himself as a mage from the flame Tower who has come to escort him count Kimberly lights up and comments that he's the famous sir Russell he thanks him for coming and says people started trailing him the moment he left the castle Russell notices some problems nearby and turns to investigate he asks the count to give

him a moment and walks toward the place from a far distance someone senses Russell's presence the man reasons that Russell is at least on spandam level and maybe even more skilled some of count Kimberly's guards struggle to fight the man off and the lead guard orders the others that the count must not have gone far yet the lead guard surrounds the man with the other guards and tells them that they need to buy more time the man just cackles at their resolve suddenly the Fight Continues and he stabs two of the guards at once Russell

looks farther away and spots the person who's attacking the count a huge explosion suddenly erupts from the place where the fight is happening the explosion breaks down several surrounding trees and the mystery man stands amidst the trees Russell realizes this man is the one who killed Hubert in his past life and he recognizes him as Ray Hughes the swordmaster of the Empire and the late spandam Master shortly after Hubert arrives on the scene and meets Russell with the count he tells them that he's glad to see they safe and introduces himself to count Kimberly the

count introduces himself too and thanks him for coming to help Hubert looks down at the dead guard and informs them that the people tailing the count are part of the Imperial Army based on the scent he picked up Russell comments that it looks like they weren't trying to hide their identities he says they either don't feel the need to or things were just too urgent for them to bother concealing in themselves the count is shocked by his words and Russell turns to him to confirm suddenly the princess of the Keel Kingdom steps out of the

carriage she removes her cloak and informs Russell that he's as extraordinary as the rumors say because he was able to quickly uncover the situation she formally introduces herself as Princess Camila of the Keel Kingdom as they extract them from the place the count explains that Marquee kamanche is trying to consolidate Power by having his son marry the princess count Kimberly explains that with the backing of the Empire kaman's Ruth might be incomparable Kimberly suddenly asks if there's a reason they're rushing so much since they've shaken off the pursuers and Hubert tells him that they chased

them as soon as they left the Fortress and he's sure that there's another group behind Russell who is carrying the princess reasons that they've created some distance and he doesn't see any signs of them being chased regardless he keeps getting an ominous feeling and wonders why suddenly he senses something and tells everyone to get down they all bend down just in time to avoid a mighty attack that sweeps past their heads the attack is is so strong that it cuts down the trees in front of them the attack on the trees causes them to catch

fire and a blaze starts Hubert tells their friends from the Keel Kingdom to run and assures him they'll handle things while they run Hughes shows up and the two Mages stand in the Gap Hubert sees the man and recognizes him he recalls that the man is a disaster in the form of a human and the Empire's great sword tiger he notices his distinct features and recognizes him as McCrae Hughes Hughes looks at Russell and announces that he must be the famous disciple a red screen suddenly pops up and notifies Russell that his mission is to

make it back alive with Hubert from the danger with rewards of five Advanced grade Mana stones and seven intermediate Mana Stones Russell reasons that the pressure the man emits just from looking at them is insane meanwhile Hughes declares that he'll make him pay the price for taking his disciples life Hughes suddenly sends a crimson wave attack at them called the sword creisi master Hubert quickly creates an earthquake and Russell casts double Shields to protect himself and Hubert from hughes's attacks The Shield rips through the ground under hughes's feet and he cuts through some of the

rocks with his sword and jumps to avoid the earthquake when Hubert notices that Hughes avoided the first attack he quickly responds with another hands come out of the ground and grab all of hughes's Limbs and Hubert orders Russell to attack in a split second Russell closes in on Hughes with his Blaze Lance hand the explosion from the hit is so strong that it sends rocks flying everywhere and blocks Hubert's field of vision Russell jumps back into position to create some distance and see what happened to Hughes from within the smoke Hughes tells Russell that it

seems he only learned tricks from his cursed Master referring to daah Russell notices that Hughes wrapped his body in Aura Hughes puts his sword down and says he'll show them something interesting in return he brings out a small Crimson sword called sword fuchia suddenly energy bursts out from The Sword and pierces Hubert in the chest Hughes explains that it's a sword made from the bones of a dragon and corrupted with the blood of 10 Mages he quickly grabs his sword and runs toward them to finish them off saying it's a sword perfect for fighting against

Mages Russ picks up the wounded Hubert and attempts to fly away as Hubert hits the spot they were just on as Russell flies into the Sky Hughes comments that his skills are impressive Russell looks around and spots some stones that look like firebomb Stones Hughes throws another attack of several Crimson waves at him and tells him to dodge this if he can the waves fly into the air towards Russell in all directions and Russell manages to dodge them meanwhile Russell tells himself that the firebomb Stones should be enough to confuse Hughes Russell drops Hubert by

a tree and lands back on the ground Hughes asks him if he's trying to buy time for his friend who had earlier escaped because he can't beat him Russell doesn't say anything and speaks with Hubert Russell asks Hubert to run and join the princess and the count when he gives the signal because he plans to buy some time Hubert asks him if he's asking him to leave him there and run Russell begs him to trust him and Promises to go back with him Hughes becomes impatient and asks them if they're done talking suddenly Russell generates

some lightning in his palms with his new lightning Essence he fires a chain of lightning at Hughes he gives Hubert the signal and Hubert teleports away and runs into the woods Russell tells himself that the firebomb stones will give Hubert enough time to escape he reminds himself that he can't take Hughes lightly so he adds a thunderstorm from his cloudy ring into the attack Russell also activates the second stage of his draconif foration and says that he'll give it his all finally he drafts several Blaze lances and magical Spears at once to land one powerful

attack with all that power Russell lands an explosive attack on Hughes whom he had earlier electrocuted Hubert who has managed to find the count and Princess notices the explosion from where he is the attack is so strong that it creates a crater sized hole in the place russle Retreats and guesses that his attack worked before he can finish his statement Hughes says that he's really done it now and tells him not to think he'll die a peaceful death Russell is shocked that he withstood that and Hughes moves forward to land an attack Hughes suddenly begins

to struggle with his sword and curses wondering what's wrong with the sword a voice emerges out of nowhere and asks Hughes how he would dare try to harm the Dragon Lord with the bones of a dragon Russell recognizes the voice as the one he heard in front of the Dragon Heart The Voice calls Hughes a ridiculous human and the face of a huge Dragon appears behind Russell Russell wonders if it's the Dragon King speaking on his behalf