June 1st

On the morning of June 1st, Landen was in no hurry to return to the Royal Capital. Instead, he first trained seriously in the Training Array. The battle last night had made one thing clear: even with an advantage in mana, Landen, who was nearly on the verge of advancing, still could not do anything to a weakened Archmage.

Aside from Landen's lack of combat experience, the fact that he had learned too few spells, that they were too simple, and that the way he cast magic was too one-note were all important reasons for this disadvantage. So Landen's most urgent task was to train constantly in the array and advance to the high rank as quickly as possible.

"Great Knights and Grand Mages can form stable auras and Magic Fields, and after entering the high rank, they can sense and connect to the Magic Web," Landen kept searching for the sensation of entering the Magic Web through the Training Array as he trained. "Doesn't that mean as long as I'm in this array, I'm in a high-rank state?"

"That's not quite accurate," Tania replied to Landen directly from within the Magic Furnace. "The night before last, I watched you fight that Dark Mentor. The way you used mana and the level at which you gathered magical elements were completely inferior to his."

From any perspective, a professional entering the high rank was a qualitative change, a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of magic. Watching Landen train constantly, Tania also sighed with feeling. "Perhaps we're all stuck here. You think the high rank is connecting to the Magic Web, and I think becoming queen is obtaining greater mana. Maybe we're all too impatient."

Landen's training could not continue for too long, because all the girls from the Magic Workshop, several