Dark Magus Returns

Chapter 1314: A New Type Of Training

The trio , Beatrix, Liam, and Dame , had a plan. After the chaotic arrival and the unexpected spotlight on Safa, they needed to get their bearings. Their destination: the academy’s internal training rooms.

There were quite a few of these rooms scattered across the sprawling campus. Some were open to any student, a free-for-all for practice, while others were restricted, accessible only to certain classes or those of a higher ranking. There wasn’t a huge difference in the facilities themselves, but the academy had figured that more talented students, the ones who truly wanted to push their limits, would appreciate a bit of privacy.

Otherwise, they’d be constantly bugged, asked for training tips, or challenged to impromptu duels. These rooms were available during free periods, early mornings, or whenever a student felt the urge to train.

They were reinforced with powerful magical barriers that surrounded the walls, floor, and even the air, ensuring no stray spell or explosive impact could damage the building itself. Most of the academy had some level of protection, but these rooms were practically fortresses of magical containment.

The three of them decided to enter a B Class and above room. It was Dame who had suggested it, a flicker of worry in his usually confident eyes. They were concerned that the higher-ranked students, the A-Class elites, might seek them out and challenge them to a fight. Or, even worse, they might be watching them closely, trying to gauge their skills.

Right now, Liam, Beatrix, and Dame weren’t even sure how to properly use these new artifacts, or if they even worked the same way as the ones back on Pagna. The last thing they wanted was to look foolish in front of a critical audience.

So, a B-Class training room seemed like the perfect in-between. They imagined none of the arrogant A-Class students would bother venturing into a B-Class space.

When they stepped inside, a handful of students were already there, practicing magic with each other, their spells flashing and crackling in the air. The space itself was a large, empty hall, like a massive indoor arena, with tiered stands of seats lining one side. A few people were casually observing, chatting amongst themselves, their voices echoing slightly.

“Alright, this isn’t bad,” Dame observed, scanning the room. “There aren’t too many people here, so we should be able to get some decent practice in.”

“Yeah, so let’s get to using these things!” Liam exclaimed, barely containing his excitement. He held out his hand, and from what seemed like thin air, or perhaps from inside his own wing, the Lightning enchanted wand materialized in his grasp, shimmering with a faint blue light.

“How exactly do these work?” Beatrix asked, her brow furrowed in concentration as she held her own elegant staff in her hands. Dame, meanwhile, had already slipped on his new gloves, which seemed to hum with a quiet energy.

They positioned themselves on one far side of the room, away from the other practicing students. While some of the students glanced their way, probably recognizing them as the new transfers, they didn’t pay them much attention, quickly returning to their own training.

“Honestly, according to my system, they just work like our old artifacts,” Liam explained, twirling his wand. “As long as you can resonate a bit of energy into them , be it Qi or Mana, I guess , we can use them, and it’ll directly impact the power of the weapon itself!” He didn’t just explain; he demonstrated. With a dramatic flourish, Liam swung his arm out, and from the tip of his wand, a crackling lightning bolt erupted, crashing harmlessly against the reinforced floor.

It didn’t leave a mark, but the sheer force of it made a sharp CRACK! sound that startled both Beatrix and Dame, who were standing right in front of him.

“This is amazing!” Liam practically shouted, his eyes wide with wonder. “I really produced lightning! It wasn’t just visual Qi or anything like that, but actual, raw lightning!”

“But can you do anything else?” Dame asked, ever the pragmatist. “Can you control the power output? Or maybe the direction?”

Liam spent the next few moments experimenting. He inputted more Qi, pouring more of his internal strength into his attacks. He tried various hand movements and stances, performing all the tests his mysterious ‘system’ required to gather every bit of information he needed. He quickly discovered that he could indeed activate more of the wand’s inherent power by channeling more Qi into it. The strength and intensity of the lightning bolt also seemed to increase proportionally with the power of his own strike. It was almost as if his Qi and the magic from the wand were fusing into one, creating an extraordinarily powerful strike. There was a clear limit to the maximum power of the lightning that the wand could produce on its own, but there didn’t seem to be a limit to how much he could combine his own Qi with its magic.

“That reminds me,” Liam mused aloud, a sudden thought striking him. “Raze’s attacks were always stronger when he combined both Qi and magic. If he just used Qi, it was strong. If he just used magic, it was strong. But using both together amplified them, and it looks like this is having the same effect!”

For now, Liam could only produce thunderbolt strikes from the wand, and he couldn’t seem to do anything else. But he already imagined it would be enough. With his system guiding him and the sheer power of these strikes, he was sure he could perform extremely well. Plus, he still had his special swords if he needed them.

The others quickly tried doing the same. For Dame, his new flame-enchanted gloves were pretty simple to figure out. They worked just like Liam’s wand, only Dame could shoot powerful fireballs with a quick punch of his fist through the air. It suited his direct, explosive fighting style perfectly. What he could also do was just activate the gloves, and flames would entirely cover his hands, turning his fists into blazing weapons. It was a quick process for Dame, especially with Liam’s enthusiastic explanations to guide him.

However, the item that proved the hardest to master was Beatrix’s staff. The staff clearly had earth-like capabilities, but when Beatrix tried hitting it on the ground, it could only create a large disturbance on the floor and then kick up a single rock at the very end. She couldn’t figure out how to make complex earth creations with it, like walls or traps, the way she could with her old abilities.

“It’s okay,” Beatrix sighed, a hint of frustration in her voice. “I was going to ask Raze if he could fuse these two artifacts anyway, combine them into something I can properly use. I guess I’ll just have to wait until then.”

“Right, let’s just hope you don’t get into a fight until then,” Liam joked, a wide grin spreading across his face. “Otherwise, you’re going to have to rely on your old Windy Qi spell.” He started to laugh, pleased with his own wit.

Dame, however, cleared his throat abruptly, cutting Liam’s laughter short. “Umm… it looks like our time to fight might be coming sooner than you think.”

As Dame looked past Liam, a group of students , a mix of boys and girls , were walking purposefully towards them. Some of them, Dame recognized immediately from the A-Class roster. And he could only think of one reason why they would be coming over.

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