Mountains of Omni-Response Ore

Given Claudia's influence, getting her hands on a large amount of Omni-Response Ore truly was no difficult task.

Yet, Claudia still felt quite curious as to why Azer suddenly needed so much Omni-Response Ore.

Logically speaking, he had just obtained such a powerful Pure Star Radiant Armaments like the Black Furnace Magic Sword, and he was no researcher himself. He neither needed to craft other Huang-style Armaments nor research any technology, so why would he suddenly need so much Omni-Response Ore?

"May I ask what the purpose of these Omni-Response Ores is?"

Claudia did not refuse on the spot, simply asking that question, which made Azer secretly think to himself that there was a chance.

Faced with Claudia's inquiry, Azer did not deliberately lie either, replying with a single sentence.

"This is related to my upcoming training."

Well... being able to genuinely increase his strength and combat power, calling it training was not completely out of the question, right?

"Training... is it?"

Claudia blinked her eyes.

"Yes." Azer nodded and acknowledged, "If things go smoothly, my strength should be able to progress quite quickly over the next period, which is why I am shameless enough to ask this favor of the president."

"I see." Claudia expressed understanding.

As for the specific content of this so-called training or why it required so much Omni-Response Ore, Claudia did not ask any further.

Matters concerning personal training methods were undoubtedly secrets of a certain magnitude. In this academy aimed at duels, where all students could potentially become rivals to one another, directly inquiring about such things—even if not quite a taboo—was something that should be avoided.

"If it concerns your training, student Azer, then of course I won't refuse."

Thus, Claudia readily agreed.

"Is this really okay?" Azer felt somewhat embarrassed instead, saying, "Although it's just Omni-Response Ore, once the quantity gets high, it should be quite valuable, right?"

Even ordinary ores, once the quantity went up, required a large sum of money to purchase. As an academy funded and sponsored by the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, Seidoukan Academy certainly did not lack Omni-Response Ore, but a large amount of Omni-Response Ore was ultimately a considerable fortune. Spending it so casually on a student was, no matter how one looked at it, not a simple matter.

Claudia indeed had the influence to accomplish this, but it would be equivalent to having a girl help pay for his things out of her own pocket. If he hadn't been completely out of options, Azer actually wouldn't have wanted Claudia to help him do this kind of thing.

In response, however, Claudia remained unconcerned.

"Don't overthink it. The academy naturally has various preferential treatments for outstanding students. If one ranks high, the academy is even willing to grant many privileges, let alone provide some resources for student training. As long as it can genuinely and effectively improve training results, they will definitely be very happy to do so."

Claudia seemed to intend to apply for a batch of Omni-Response Ore from the academy under this pretext.

In her view, the academy had no reason whatsoever to refuse this application.

The reason was simple.

"Student Azer intends to participate in the Star Martial Festival, right?"

Claudia suddenly asked.

"Of course."

Azer was slightly startled, but there was no need to hide this matter either, so he directly nodded in confirmation.

"In that case, the academy has a reason to support you." Claudia said without any surprise, "I suppose you must know, student Azer, that in recent years, our Seidoukan Academy's performance at the Star Martial Festival has always been rather less than ideal, right?"

Hearing this, Azer nodded silently.

Although he wasn't to the point of remembering the events of the original work in complete detail, having browsed the internet these past few days, Azer had also learned quite a lot.

Seidoukan Academy's unsatisfactory results in the Star Martial Festival in recent years was a topic that had always been discussed online.

As a large-scale world-class combat entertainment jointly hosted by the Integrated Enterprise Foundation and held in Asterisk, the student martial arts tournament known as the Star Martial Festival—a competition welcomed and chased after by almost everyone worldwide—was conducted in seasons with a three-year unit.

During these three years, three separate tournaments would be held.

In the summer of the first year, a pair-combat tournament named the Phoenix Star Martial Festival would be held.

In the autumn of the second year, a five-person team tournament named the Gryphon Star Martial Festival would be held.

And in the winter of the third year, a solo tournament named the King Dragon Star Martial Festival would be held.

Three years like this, holding three tournaments separately—this was one season.

Then, in each competition, the academies belonging to the students who achieved outstanding results would receive different scores based on their rankings. These scores would be tallied after the conclusion of a seasonal Star Martial Festival—that is, after the end of the third year's King Dragon Star Martial Festival—to calculate the comprehensive scores among the various academies and establish a ranking.

Seidoukan Academy's rankings in the most recent few seasons had consistently been very low.

"Our Seidoukan Academy's comprehensive ranking in the previous season was fifth place. Meanwhile, the sixth-place Queenveil Girls' Academy is never considered in the Star Martial Festival's comprehensive rankings due to its own positioning and strategic guidelines, so we are actually essentially in last place."

Claudia spoke to Azer somewhat earnestly.

"In order to improve this situation, Seidoukan is paying special attention to student growth and the quality of new enrollees this year. As long as it's known that you need a large amount of Omni-Response Ore, student Azer, and that these Omni-Response Ores will give you substantial progress, then the academy's upper management will definitely approve it without hesitation."

Of course, this was treatment only the current Azer would receive.

Having become a user of a Pure Star Radiant Armaments, and furthermore such a powerful one as the Black Furnace Magic Sword, the current Azer had long since entered the sight of the academy's upper echelons, regarded by them as a strong contender for this season's Star Martial Festival.

Especially since the suitability rate between Azer and the Black Furnace Magic Sword had even broken through the limit value, this unprecedented situation made the academy side hold even more expectations for his future.

Thanks to this, as long as Claudia put forward Azer's request, the academy certainly wouldn't mind supporting him with some Omni-Response Ore.

"You don't need to feel embarrassed. As long as you have a good showing at the Star Martial Festival, that will be the greatest reward to the academy."

Claudia tilted her head and smiled at Azer.

"You also don't need to feel like you've troubled me; after all, I just need to put in a good word for you."

Hearing this, Azer could only nod.

Yet, deep inside his heart, he thought this to himself quietly.

"Be it this matter today, or the application to borrow the Pure Star Radiant Armaments last time, you are the one who helped behind the scenes."

"This favor, I must remember."

Because of his family circumstances, Azer had lived a life of self-reliance for many years, suffering quite a bit of hardship and stumbling many times.

Because of this as well, he harbored a special bitterness toward those who kicked him when he was down upon seeing him doing poorly. Conversely, toward those willing to help him, he was always exceptionally grateful and would remember those acts of kindness one by one.

The favors Claudia had done for him might just be small matters in her eyes, but to him, getting those things accomplished was definitely no easy feat.

Therefore, this favor, he had to remember.

Thinking of this, Azer didn't know what crossed his mind, but without leaving a trace, he shifted his gaze and looked toward Claudia's waist.

In his heart, he had already made up his mind.

Facts proved that Seidoukan Academy indeed did not lack those ordinary Omni-Response Ores.

Azer had only gone to see Claudia to talk about it in the morning, and by the afternoon, these Omni-Response Ores had already been delivered right before him.

"This is an underground vault within the academy; the Omni-Response Ore you need has been transferred over there."

Claudia sent him a location pin and a message, and the meaning behind it was exceptionally obvious.

Having endured an itchy heart, Azer finally managed to tough it out until class ended. The moment the dismissal bell rang, he immediately walked quickly out of the classroom and headed toward the pinned location.

Very soon, Azer arrived at that Underground Vault, performed palm-print verification at the door, and opened it.

Clearly, even work of this sort had been taken care of for him by Claudia.

While silently offering his thanks in his heart, Azer stepped inside.

The next second, the sight of a massive pile of green ores stacked into a mountain entered his field of vision.

"Very good."

Azer smiled happily.

There was no help for it; these were all elixirs that could help him raise his strength.

"Let's begin."

Azer could hardly wait any longer.

Right then, grasping the Activation Device of the Black Furnace Magic Sword, he walked toward that mountain-like pile of Omni-Response Ore...

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