"Cain, training! Training!"
Eris waved excitedly at him from the doorway, a training Wooden Sword in her hand.
Right. Eris had failed. After hours of practice swings, she still couldn't make her sharp-edged Battle Aura cling to anything else.
On the lawn, it was two against one. That hardly seemed fair. Three against one, or even four, might have been closer.
Cain gripped his Wooden Sword and watched Roxy channel Magic Power into the Dragon Jade at her neck. With Eris, Roxy, and the S-rank Flamebone Dragon Guard attacking him from three sides, he gave a small nod. The blade-like Battle Aura around him gradually faded, replaced by an aura that flowed like water.
The Magic Power-rich Battle Aura flowed slowly over Cain's body. He exhaled, looked at Eris and Roxy, and nodded.
"Begin!"
The moment Roxy spoke, Eris and the massive Flamebone Dragon Guard charged!
But the enormous icicle Roxy unleashed was faster.
Cain raised a palm before him. Clang! The several-meter-long icicle struck something as hard as tempered steel and shattered in front of him.
So this defense could withstand Advanced-class Magic?
"Blade of Light!"
Eris swung her Wooden Sword. A shrill whistle cut through the air, but Cain knocked her thrust aside with one hand, moving even faster. He effortlessly countered her Blade of Light, and the force of his swing sent her flying. In the same motion, he chopped the incoming Rock Cannonball into fragments.
Then, thud, thud! The Flamebone Dragon Guard charged in with earthshaking steps. Cain remained calm. Flowing Battle Aura covered his body, and his Wooden Sword danced. In an instant, swish, swish, swish, swish! Countless flashes of light slashed across the guard's enormous frame.
The skeleton, over four meters tall, collapsed into countless tiny fragments.
Roxy's eyes widened. As she watched Cain's