Classes in the second semester of Hormonworth have gotten harder.

In addition to the Spell Theory, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Potions courses, Griffith's own specialized courses became more and more obscure. The school hired a number of senior commanders to teach them part-time courses, and all of them had to study infantry, cavalry, and artillery command doctrines, as well as the theory of barracks and logistics, and conduct sand tables and exercise simulations based on cases.

Professor Erich, head of the Military Command Section, drew his new theoretical framework on the blackboard. It was a brand new course that was to be taken by all but the fourth grade.

"In future wars, in order to avoid falling into an expensive and protracted war of attrition like the Eastern War, we are working on a completely new concept of warfare. Many of you are from the Junior Non-commissioned Officer School, and former Superintendent, His Excellency Heinz William, will be joining us this term. ”

Teacher Heinz is coming here!, Griffiths was in a good mood. There are many things to ask him for.

Professor Erich knocked on the blackboard and stopped the small commotion:

"This course is a research course, and everyone will participate in staff assignments, sand table exercises, and equipment tests, and the final grade will be determined by your performance.

"In the new strategic concept, it will no longer be your task to storm the enemy's array. Legionary infantry and auxiliary cavalry would form a strong front, freeing up the armored cavalry.

"Hinds will work with us on how to break through the enemy's multi-layered front with armoured cavalry and dragoon units, rather than following the slow army as usual and merely as a short assault force on the flanks.

"The resulting communications and logistical problems will be difficult for combat and formation. We believe that a full set of heavy armor with armored horses is not suitable for such a battle, and how to make you and the horses assault further on the basis of armor protection that meets the minimum requirements will be the focus of this course.

"Quiet, I know what you're thinking.

"Our logistical difficulties will be inevitable. However, once the assault is successful, the goal of the assault group will be the enemy's transportation hubs and depots, destroying their logistical and replenishment capabilities, and disintegrating their organization, which is the only way to avoid you being surrounded and annihilated in the process of penetrating deep behind the enemy's flank.

"Light troops will follow you, maintaining your connection to the rear for a certain amount of time and space, which is the key to distinguishing it from the nomadic raiding tactics.

"Breakthrough, breakthrough with unprecedented speed and strength. Break up the enemy's logistics before they disintegrate, and crush their organization before the enemy and us go all out. Then, together with the main force of the Legion, you will surround the enemy forces in disarray, divide and destroy them.

"This is the research and teaching goal of this course that requires all of you to be involved together. ”

The professor made a preliminary point, then swept over the presence of Shitolal and noticed several people raising their hands.

"Ophelia, you tell me first, what's the problem?"

"Professor, if we encounter an extraordinary person who can't be fought against during the assault, well, the transcendent doesn't matter for now, what if we encounter mythical creatures and strong barriers?" asked the two-colored Xiu Toral, "Our lethality is insufficient, will we incorporate the assault group into the transcendental?"

"That's one of those things we're going to study and simulate," the professor said, "and the premature idea is that wizards will join you in the fight instead of trebuchets, but the downside is that these above-eyed creatures are ignorant and arrogant, and they probably won't even be able to cast spells in your assault group."

"To do this, we will try to incorporate the lightweight horse-drawn bed crossbow into the cavalry units. ”

At this, Professor Erich suddenly blinked: "A completely new weapon is being tested. I have a hunch that one day it will change the world. ”

......

As soon as the morning class was over, Griffith headed to the magic classroom. It was lunch time, and Sonia had already prepared information about Ishus de Kloser, waiting for the opportunity to give him.

The students, mainly Minerva Academy, walked out of the Charms classroom.

Griffith sees Aaron again, and he doesn't show up at the opening dinner for unknown reasons. This mysterious young man, the son of prophecy, was already surrounded by a large group of friends from various colleges, and the arrogant Fisher walked beside him, and carefully dropped half of his body, four or five boys opened the way for Aaron, and many girls looked at him with sparkling eyes.

His delicate countenance, bright blonde hair, bright red eyes, and extraordinary temperament make him unparalleled attractive. Such a feeling reminded Griffith of Randale in Tsuruura, whose appearance had a similarly irresistible charm.

It is indeed bright and moving, but in addition to beauty, there seems to be something else that has surpassed the limits of human beings.

Aaron passed by Griffith and stared at him as if the two had never crossed paths. Griffith also looked at him like everyone else.

Their eyes met and they exchanged silent contact, but they understood each other.

"Sooner or later, I will kill you. (It won't last sooner or later.) ）”

"Griffith. Sonia passed by him and shoved a small envelope into his hand. Her face was devoid of her usual charming, sunny smile, and she felt like she was about to cry.

"Are you alright?" asked Griffith in a hurried whisper.

Sonia gave him a sad look and punched him twice.

Well, it looks like she's done with the exam......

"What are you doing~?"

Galadia walked at the back of the crowd. She spoke to her brother, who was a professor, and as she walked, she saw Sonia gently tapping Griffith on the shoulder.

She held the big textbook in her arms, staring at the small pink envelope in Griffith's hand with wide eyes, looking dissatisfied.

"Some important information," Griffith replied with lightning speed, "and she's failed one of her exams, and she asked for it, well." ”

"Really?"

"Really. ”

"Nothing else?"

"No," Griffith thought for a moment, "Sidious approached me and pulled me into a seal. ”

Galadia reacted suddenly, turning her head to glare at Sidious, who was still watching her in the distant hallway. As soon as the latter turned around, he hid in his office.

"What happened to him?" asked Miss Elf, worried, "I just realized that he dared to give me a hint, or I would have told you who he was." I'm going to beat him up when I'm full of lunch! What did he tell you?"

"It's nothing, the final meaning is that I passed a certain test, and I want to continue to do my own thing. ”

"Hmph, nosy. ”

Galadia snorted, Lara Griffith's shoulder, "Let's go, let's have lunch together." Do you know why Sidious is here?"

"Let's see if anyone is bullying you," Griffith replied, the area of no danger already giving him some idea of Sidious's thoughts, "and the security of the school last semester was unsightly, and if I were Canaanite, I would definitely take steps to put pressure on me." ”

"Yes~ So you have to be kind to me and go out with me often!" the elf looked at him with a smile, "Otherwise, I will sue you for bullying me." ”

"......" Griffith was speechless.

Galadia was very pleased with his expression, and forced a smile: "There is another reason, I am going to be promoted to Sequence 7, and I need to go through a special ritual or trial. Although the promotion ceremonies and conditions of Sequence 7 are generally not harsh, my situation is somewhat special. ”

"How?"

"There are very rare cases where the Extraordinary have two features compatible. I'm one of them, and the caster and ranger traits make me stronger than the average extraordinary, but each promotion is also more mysterious.

"Based on past cases and multiple divinations, the difficulty of my promotion this time will be comparable to the promotion ceremony of a Sequence 6 transcendent. ”

Griffith listened with a serious expression and began to worry about the girl.

However, Galadia seems to have a plan in mind:

"Sidious is also compatible with both traits, and although it is different from me, the experience of promotion is worth considering. He's also pretty powerful, and if something goes wrong, he can save my life. ”

"Do you know the rituals, the steps, the timings now?" Griffith asked.

"I don't know~" the elf shook his head, "The rituals of Sequence 7 are relatively simple and fixed, but the rituals of Sequence 6 are different, and the power of the world's origin will unfold into a specific realm, a small mysterious world that is almost isolated, and it is almost impossible to predict the details.

"What I'm going to experience this time is likely to be an unpredictable challenge similar to that of the transcendent, I don't know when the challenge will be, but it shouldn't be far off.

"The only information I can know in advance is what the chances are of surviving and what key clues I can prepare in advance. ”

Griffith was shocked. It doesn't sound like an easy thing at all.

Isn't it a gamble to have a mysterious world where you can't predict details, an unknown realm, an uncertain time?

"Slowly," he nervously grabbed Galadia's arm, almost picking her up, cold sweat running down his forehead, "That said, Sidious isn't sure if he can help in the process, isn't it?"

"Let go, you want to be seen!" Miss Elf's face turned red, and she hurriedly looked around.

Fortunately, it's lunch break and the hallway is empty.

"Why are you so excited?"

"This is no small matter, of course I'm worried!" said Griffith, retracting his hand, turning all sorts of thoughts on how he could help, "what can I do?"

Galadia looked at the apprentice knight with a concerned face, and looked particularly satisfied: "This is not the first day I knew about this, and a lot of preparations have started very early. Even if I don't know the timing, process, and details of the ceremony, my family has been fully arranged under the guidance of Iluvash's prophecy.

"I'm the daughter of the Canaanite consul, and if I were killed so easily, where would the kingdom of God's family be placed!"

Griffith thought for a moment, and felt that her words didn't sound very reliable: "You, who are from the realm of God's family, didn't you let a few goblins, well, knock them over?"

As soon as he said this, his face was pinched and pulled to both sides.

Galadia strained and said, "Give you another chance to organize the language." ”

......

After a few days, Galadia's promotion ceremony showed no signs of opening. Pressure is like clouds and storms on the horizon, keeping a distance and threatening, but refusing to approach.

Griffith, who was extremely nervous and worried at first, gradually relaxed and began to push forward with some of his own things.

In Holmonwards, it is difficult for boys to enter the girls' dormitory, but it is not impossible.

Boys are allowed to visit at certain times of the day and must leave before going to bed, as long as they are strictly reported.

After several applications, Griffith finally got approval and went to Sonya's room to do some secret business.

Sonia laid out the carefully sealed crystal bottles one by one and introduced them to him:

"These are the potions materials you want,

"The blood of the frost wolf, the brain of the stone lizard, the nerves of the screaming bat, these are all strange things. The only relatively normal ones are the bear bile of the big-clawed bear, the spinal fluid of the deep-sea squid,

"What do you need these things for?"

Griffith took out his "Potion Modulation Notes" and shook it: "It is used to configure secondary strength potions and secondary agility potions, the effect is not as good as the genuine products, but it is much cheaper, and it can increase strength and agility to a certain extent in a short period of time." The cost of these materials will be covered by the poison sac I have deposited with you, can I?"

"Yes, there are more, I will give you some more, but these experimental records of unknown origin are very dangerous~" Sonia shook her head, looked at her collection in the cabinet next to the wall and sighed, "However, I am not qualified to talk about you." ”

The girl pushed the prepared materials to him and took out a few more bottles of stamina supplements: "It's a good idea to use potions for combat support, I want to praise you." Now, let's get started, it's better for you to take off your clothes. ”

......

Sonia observes Griffith with the Insight Crystal and notices that many of his attributes have improved.

"You're growing again.

"Constitution 19, Strength 21, Agility 18, Perception 15, Spirit 20 (Base 18 + Unclean Bracers 2).

"It's strange that your extraordinary traits are the hallmarks of the Spellbreaker's Path. The growth of strength is a little slower, but the physical strength and spirit are unimaginably high. ”

The girl changed a Insight Crystal and cast a different spell to observe it again. The results were no different.

Griffith was a little embarrassed.

He stood in Sonya's bedroom with barely clothes on. The sweet smell reminded him of peach-flavored sweet iced tea, a fine woolen blanket on a neatly packed soft bed, and an open book on a small table beside it.

The girl's room is so cozy! Oh, no, it doesn't seem to be quite like that.

Not far away, Fiona's bed was just cleaned up haphazardly, there were still scattered dice on the quilt, and the book of the war chess game that had just been thrown on the desk, it seemed that she didn't forget to improve her chess skills when she slept.

Sonia sat on the bed, carefully recording the results of the examination. At her request, in order to avoid interference and deviations, Griffith had to take off all his armor and wear only magical items such as unclean bracers to be tested.

Well, by the way, and a blanket around my waist.

"Sonia, I'd be grateful if you could shed some light on the numbers," Griffith said, touching his face, "I tested it when I first came to Earl's Court, is that important?"

The girl quickly finished her notes, looked up at him and explained:

"It's a very meaningful reference. Once a certain interval is crossed, there may be a qualitative change or a bad situation.

"Let me explain it to you.

"Taking physique as an example, 10-11 points is the level of ordinary people, and this level of physique will have some minor disasters and minor illnesses from time to time, and there is also the possibility of major diseases. 12-13 means that you are very resistant to disease, your body is solid, and ordinary trauma will heal quickly, which is what happened when you first came to Bayeran. 14-15, this is the level of a strong melee type extraordinary, even a heavy bleeding injury will not be fatal.

"In the absence of extraordinary characteristics or the favor of the gods, 18 points is the limit of what the human physique can reach, even if the body is covered with bruises, it can stand still, and the endurance of poison, disease, and pain is unmatched by ordinary people.

"If a human has any attribute above 18, it means that he has become a formal Extraordinary in Sequence 8, and has the possibility to pursue a higher future. Even transcendent humans rarely have a constitution of more than 18 points, and I speculate that even if you suffer mortal mortal injuries, Griffith, you may still survive, and even have a severed limb and regenerate. ”

Indeed, if it weren't for the little bit of character-enhanced physique left over from the bloodline, I might have been finished. Griffith nodded inwardly.

Sonia didn't ask him why his constitution reached 19, and tacitly left him some room for secrets, and continued to explain:

"Relatively speaking, the power of 14-15 is already beyond the reach of the vast majority of people, long-term vigorous running, fighting is commonplace, 16-17 is the only among mortals, the champion of sports competitions. If you reach 18, you can fight a bear hand-to-hand, and you should be able to beat a bear with your bare hands. I'm also a Sequence 8 extraordinary, but if I get hit head-on with 21 points of strength, I'll probably have to stay in bed for a week.

"When any attribute reaches or exceeds 25 points, the Extraordinary has touched the threshold of promotion to the Transcendent, possessing a power beyond human common sense, and being able to try to project this power in the world in an unbelievable way. ”