Callie, she was also at the restaurant?
"Oh, is that you Lupus?" Callie who was sitting down by herself with a mug motioned for him to come a no sit down with her.
Lupus naturally complied, and took a seat across from her, "What's up Callie?"
"'Nothing much, but what about you and your 'studying?'"
"Oh, yeah, it went great! I just came for a little break…"
"Yeah, I bet, anyways, tomorrow is the monthly battle exam, I hope you will be able to improve your rank a little bit."
Lupus didn't answer right away, 'Callie was always quite nice, wasn't she…If I remember in my last life she went on to become a top-tier well known witch, before that though she did always try to help me, She was a naturally kind person.'
"Of course, how could I not now that you put pressure on me, haha!" Lupus laughed and started eating his food that the waiter just brought to him.
"Ok, well I'm going to head out now, if you ever need some help studying you can come to my place." She said and then left the restaurant.
'Do I know where she lives? Oh yeah,I think she told me that quite a long time ago…'
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(1st person switch)
This body is rather strong compared to the others here but it is extremely weak when compared to me before and to some of the upcoming dangers, not that I'm worried, but for the sake of the old times, let's do some old fashion training.
…
I was nearly finished with my workout when I heard the system ding.
[Tomorrow during the monthly exams you original placed 23rd in your class, four places from last! As the master your goal is to get first place!
Rewards: 1st place - 500 MP and skill(max) Sharp Senses | 2nd place - 250 MP | 3rd place - 100 MP]
So my goal is first place, last time the hero came in first… with the help of my enchantments.
No one in class was necessarily too strong, some good talents but nothing amazingly strong yet.
Even in the academy the strongest person was the principal, Miss Taylor, a 26 year old prodigy with the battle tier of 46!
It was great and showed her great talent!
After tomorrow when I get the points I could directly go higher than that but it's not wise to do that.
The first 100 tiers are quite easy to obtain with just pure work, after that everything becomes a lot harder, points are better off being saved or spent on other important things.
Anyways after that I decided that my first day was done so I went to bed and slept quietly without having to worry about protecting the hero.
...
The Next Day
Lupus was sitting in the classroom, waiting for the teacher to arrive, around him anxious students shook and proud students smiled.
'When I was first here I never really payed attention to anyones skill, I guess this will be a first.'
A couple of minutes later the teacher arrived and smiled, "Today you all will be having your monthly battle exam, remember your prowess shown will be reflected onto your rank! Now follow me!"
The teacher strode out of the classroom, all the students followed him to an outside battle field with a blue semi-transparent barrier around it.
"As you all already know the rules, we will get right to the battles! Our first battle will be…"
The first battle was between two students with rather ordinary abilities, nothing remarkable really.
After that the next two battles were boring, the fourth battle was a show though.
"Fourth battle, Bella versus Hannah!"
Both were very competitive siblings, the battle was an intense one for sure.
Bella specializes in shadow magic, while not being the fastest, she was agile and very physically strong and skillful with daggers, Hannah on the other hand specialized in Dragon magic and was better suited with a sword!
As the battle began Bella immediately cast a magic barrier that darkened the battle field, whilst she was very slow, when having access to shadow she could move at extreme speeds!
Bella's figure flickered and then slashed at Hannah.
Hannah narrowly dodged the attack before opening her mouth and releasing a ball of fire!
Bella who noticed the fireball tried to live but failed to do so and got struck by it and thrown backwards by a few meters.
"The winner is Hannah!"
The students cheered for Hannah loudly but soon quieted down after the teacher announced the next battle.
"The next battle will be between Nathan and Lupus!"
"Lupus against Nathan? This is horrible for Lupus…" some students couldn't help but feel sorry for Lupus.
Callie who was watching it all also felt a little down, how was Lupus supposed to get better with such a strong opponent at the start…
Lupus, unaware of everybody's pity analyzes Nathan, 'I sense demonic blood in him, only a bit though, a half blood meaning his physical strength should be quite high and his magic talent should be as well. However he is arrogant and battle hungry, maybe I'll just fight him without strategy, sometimes the best, and most fun course of action is to do nothing, pure power on power!"
Still, despite saying this Lupus lowered his power to 20 which was what Nathan was also at.
As soon as the battle began Nathan rushed forward, claws extended out from his hand and fiercely attacked Lupus.
Lupus looked at the attack slowly before dodging.
Everything seemed to turn slow as Nathan watched Lupus with the corner of his eye before flying past him and into the barrier.
Nathan got a little madder and horns grew from his head, his eyes also became red.
Lupus looked at him interestingly, 'I don't remember a half-demon in my last life, he is rather weak, I guess I skimmed over him like everybody else, you can't expect me to do a thorough check on everybody right?'
Anyways, Lupus decided it was his turn, "So, you like close combat despite your magical talent, then that is what I will grant.
Immediately Lupus grew claws and his eyes turned beastly.
Psu!
The wind cracked like a whip and sound bent to Lupus' will as he sped towards Nathan and socked him right in the face.
Nathan, unable to react to the insane speed was immediately thrown to the barrier!
Everybody was shocked until some of the students started cheering loudly for Lupus.
'Whoops, a little to strong, it doesn't matter though because the battle is not over.'
Lupus smiled and looked at Nathan, however this time Nathan seemed to be far more demon than before, with huge tattered wings and sharp teeth.
Lupus looked at him before saying, "Unable to control it yet, now despite your power you are no more intelligent than a animal."
Nathan's power increased about double gold but Lupus still felt no reason to lift his restraints yet.
The demon Nathan roared loudly before rushing to Lupus and slashing at his throat!
Blood splattered everywhere, however the Lupus that was cut broke down into nothing and the blood was because Lupus' hand was in Nathan and about to pull out his heart.
At this point the demon-Nathan was scared and tried to fight but could not and watched in terror as his heart was pulled out!
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As it saw the heart stop beating it jolted back up and noticed that there was no blood nor his heart anywhere, Lupus was standing next to him with his hand on his shoulder, "Fo you surrender."
The demon-Nathan fell down unconscious, rendering Lupus the winner.
'Not exactly a nice thing to do but it will help him learn to control his demon form which will be very beneficial to him later. Demons are arrogant but also very scared and fearful, now that his demon side is scared he should take this chance to conquer it, now only Nathan could handle the situation.'