Novel Full Chapter 1088: Sparring Match
Chapter 1088: Sparring Match
“What’s this?”
“A sparring match?”
“Isn’t that Iris?”
“Look at the person in front of him.”
“Who?”
“You seriously don’t know him? Well, you are only a first year, so you probably have never seen his face. That’s your senior, Nathan. The one who is known as a unique summoner.”
“What? Really? Doesn’t that mean he’s the teacher of that girl?”
“That’s what I heard. Is he confident enough to teach someone like her?”
“I know, right? He is only a second-year, right? But if I’m not mistaken, he has dropped out as well.”
Suddenly, a man entered the field, looking at Nathan. He was the one reacting to that question. “For all of you, he might be just a second year student who has dropped out of the academy. For those who were once his classmates, he didn’t drop out… He graduated early.”
“!!!” They couldn’t help but turn around. “Ah!”
“Senior August!”
August, the son of the current blacksmith guild’s head, arrived at the field. His panting made it look like he had rushed to this place. Because Nathan, Selena, and Sera had dropped out, while Prince Rudeus had returned to his kingdom, he was currently the number one in the second year.
However, compared to Nathan’s achievement, he hadn’t made a large contribution.
“Senior August! You are the strongest second-year student. You are also the current vice president of the student council. Are you sure he’s that strong? I have heard about the rumors of his achievement, but they’re not related to his strength.”
August chuckled. “You probably can’t sense his true strength. It’s no wonder, after all, I also can’t sense his strength. That only means one thing… His strength has far surpassed mine.”
“What? Even Senior August, who has defeated three mature class aliens by himself, acknowledges him to be stronger?”
August had once aimed for first place, but he wasn’t as competitive as Rudeus. That was why he never saw Nathan as an enemy.
Now that their paths were different, August had no feeling other than admiration for Nathan.
“Yeah. Look at your senior right now. You will see why he’s stronger.” August smiled.
The students were quite speechless, but they couldn’t help but watch the sparring match. They wanted to know what made Nathan and them different.
Meanwhile, in the field, Nathan noticed that the field had been a bit more crowded. After knowing that Iris had had a hard time in school, he first visited the principal just to show his face around.
It was enough to create a rumor, which piqued everyone’s interest. After knowing he was visiting the field with Iris, a lot of students chose to see him.
This was Nathan’s plan. It might have looked like Nathan was helping, but it was actually a test that Iris had to overcome. As long as Iris managed to meet his expectations, everything would be fine.
Nathan raised two fingers. “You are free to use everything you want. I will be using the same amount of ena you’re currently capable of utilizing. You have your familiar, right?”
“Yes. I have two familiars.”
“Then, you may summon them.”
Iris looked shocked. If Nathan lowered his strength to match hers, wouldn’t it be too much if she also summoned her familiars? But it looked like she would lose immediately if she didn’t do it.
Hence, Iris nodded his head while summoning her familiar. “Yes, Master.”
Iris hailed from a family that boasted of its defenses. At the same time, she was learning from Nathan.
That was why her familiars reflected her fighting style. The first familiar was a silver golem. It looked like a silver golem, but it was actually a mithril golem.
The second familiar was actually a dark elf. It was adept at stealth.
“Interesting. Your first familiar is that golem, huh? Then the second one is the elf…” Nathan could understand why Iris picked them.
As his first familiar, Iris had no choice in summoning the golem. It was considered most compatible with Iris.
It was clear that the golem was good at defense. He would act as a barrier that separated Iris and her opponents.
However, the dark elf was more interesting. Iris knew there would be enemies who managed to slip past the golem. Hence, there should be another fighter protecting her.
Normally, she would have to choose another great fighter, but the dark elf would be a bit too weak in frontal combat. In other words, Iris would most likely use her own barrier ability to fight against the enemy while the dark elf would take her time to deliver the killing blow.
Yes, Iris was using herself as bait. It was a daring plan, as he used to be.
“Yes, Teacher. These two are my familiars.”
“In that case, let’s begin.” Nathan smiled while summoning two cubes. Because of the limitation of his ena, he could only split these two bullets three times, which created only 16 bullets from each.
Iris nodded. “Go!”
The mithril golem was skinnier than any golems he had faced before. At the same time, its speed was quite high.
Nathan first sent his bullets toward this golem. The golem raised both arms as the metal suddenly expanded. Due to the characteristics of the metal, the bullets were actually absorbed.
Then, the mithril golem concentrated that power into its sharp right arm before waving it down as if swinging a sword down.
The energy from the bullets flew back to Nathan.
Nathan smiled. He first took a step to the side, effortlessly dodging the attack. At the same time, Iris grabbed her rifle and shot at Nathan. The bullets flew away, but they suddenly curved toward Nathan, approaching him from the opposite direction.
With the slash on the left and the bullets on the right, Nathan could only go forward or backward to avoid them.
Still, the dark elf was ready to intercept his movement if he moved back. If he moved forward, he would be facing the golem in close combat.
“As expected of my disciple, you have surrounded me right away, but this is not enough.” Nathan smirked.