A few minutes passed... I’m now lying on the bed and getting ready to sleep.
Ruby has academy work to do, the sa goes for Keara—she left with teary eyes, not wanting to part with .
I reassured her that I’ll still be here when she cos back.
I also want to spend ti with her, but I’m really tired now and I want to rest.
So when they left... I closed my eyes.
-Raven.
But then, Levina called out for .
"What?"
I replied without opening my eyes.
-Ruby is weird.
Levina said.
"I know."
I casually replied.
-No, I an, I can feel demonic energy from her.
When Levina declared that, my brows furrowed, but I still didn’t open my eyes.
"Is she a bad person?"
I asked her.
-That’s what makes it weird. She’s not a bad person—she’s more on the good-natured side.
Levina answered, confusion evident in her voice.
"Then it’s fine."
I casually waved my hand in the air.
Ruby is an rank hero, so maybe she has a duty to kill demons and their energy sticks to her.
Also, she runs the [Paradise], where demons, majins, and heroes are everywhere. So it’s not that strange if so demonic energy got accidentally stuck on her.
With those reasons in my head, I didn’t put much thought into it.
I could still hear Levina talking, but I couldn’t understand her anymore because I was so sleepy, so I just ignored her and went to sleep.
And I would co to kinda regret this decision of mine about a year from now.
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*****
Waking up the next morning, I did my regular routine.
I took a bath, ate breakfast, then I started to run through the whole academy.
Looks like Blake is exhausted from their training yesterday, as I don’t see him today.
"What a nice day."
I mumbled with a smile and kept on running.
The only bad thing is that Keara isn’t with because the assessnt test is getting near, thus her and Ruby’s workload is increasing.
"I feel sorry for them, but I can’t do anything to help."
They aren’t even allowed to tell what they’re working on.
I already know it’s about the assessnt test—maybe the other students know as well.
So I think it’s not really a secret anymore. Don’t know why the academy is still trying to hide it.
-This place is aweso.
Anyway, as I was running, Levina spoke. She’s peeking from the chest pocket of my training suit.
"Just talk to my head. Soone might hear you."
-’Fine.’
Though dissatisfied, she followed my instruction.
"Thanks. In exchange, I’m gonna run all around the academy so you can see everything here."
-’Thanks!’
It’s Levina’s first ti seeing buildings and structures that humans made, so she must be excited.
I secretly smiled as she acted like a child. Then, just like I promised, I ran through every corner of the academy.
It took about 2 hours.
..
..
After doing that, I headed straight to the training grounds.
The place is packed with countless students and so professors.
I also saw the main characters, but because all of them are imrsed in training, they didn’t notice .
I didn’t bother to greet them, so I just went into a room in the shooting range.
I selected 10 moving targets at difficulty level 7 for my training.
I didn’t waste ti and quickly circulated mana through my whole body.
Crackle—crackle—
Electricity particles started appearing all over my body.
Then, I activated and .
After doing so, my head and body started to ache.
But in exchange, the world seed to drastically slow down for , and my thoughts flowed smoothly.
[Session Begin.]
Bang! Bang! Bang!–
As soon as the session began, I imdiately pulled the trigger 10 tis in just seconds.
10 bullets flew, and each of them hit one moving target.
[Session Finished.]
[Ti it took: 3.38 seconds]
A satisfying result greeted my effort!
-You’re getting better at manipulating electricity! Good job!
Levina complinted —she’s still in my chest pocket. I used on myself earlier, so I don’t sll sweaty.
Moving on... A smile appeared on my face, and even though the gun I’m holding doesn’t have bullets anymore—
I still unconsciously pulled the trigger by impulse.
But then it made frown. I looked at the trigger of the academy’s gun I was using...
"Looks like it can’t handle rapid fire."
Then I grumbled.
The trigger was crushed, and I assud it’s already broken.
[It’s not that it can’t handle rapid fire—you just literally pulled it 10 tis in a short amount of ti.]
The system appeared and said that.
"Isn’t that what rapid fire is all about?"
I sarcastically mumbled.
[I know you know what I an.]
"Sure, sure."
I shrugged and got out of the training room.
I imdiately took a new handgun provided by the academy.
It’s free and I’m the only one who uses guns, so they have a lot of extra ones for !
Even the bullets!
But I got bored going back to the shooting range.
So I headed to Ruby’s office instead.
"I should request a spar."
I muttered excitedly, like a child who got a new toy. I’ll use my new skill against her.
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*****
"I didn’t know you’d request a spar right after you ca back."
Ruby said as if she found my request interesting.
"Well, I learned so new tricks, and I want to test them out."
I replied with a cunning smile.
We’re in the sa room we sparred in last ti. Looks like the wall I got slamd into already got fixed—I don’t see the cracks anymore.
"So you learned new tricks, huh... That’s interesting."
After saying that, a smile crept up on Ruby’s face.
Then a normal dieval sword appeared in her right hand. It’s the sa quality as the swords the academy provides to freshn.
"Just so you know..."
I muttered.
Swoosh~
Then a katana appeared in my right hand!
"It’s gonna be different this ti."
"...!"
Ruby’s eyes widened when she saw holding a sword. Then her smile deepened, turning curious.
"Interesting..."
Ruby mumbled.
"You can start whenever you want, take the first attack too."
Then she added.
I nodded my head without saying anything.
FWOOSH—
And as usual, I grew a pair of black wings on my back.
After that, I channeled mana throughout my whole body.
Crackle—crackle—
FWOOOO—
Soon, black-colored electricity and wind covered and my katana.
I also activated and to the max!
I’m using everything I can to its maximum efficiency from the very start!
Then... Everything around seed to stop moving.
F W O O S H~
My whole body was screaming in pain—but not that I gave a shit—as I pressed my feet on the ground.
TAP!
"[Strike everything in your path...]"
I looked at Ruby, and for the first ti—I saw her frowning.
I smiled, and without further ado...
BOOM!
S W I S H—!
I kicked the ground and flapped my wings once—my body shot toward Ruby at terrifying speed!
I quickly arrived in front of her, and when I did—I slashed vertically down!
"[Lightning Bolt!]"
TIIIIIIING—!!!
BZZZT—BZZZT—
A loud clashing sound rang out along with buzzing electricity as my katana and Ruby’s sword made contact.
Ruby blocked my attack—but I made her take a step back.
SWOOSH—
From the clash of our weapons, a strong air shockwave was produced.
Ruby’s arms and hands were covered with mana.
She’s a water-attribute user, but my electricity barely worked on her.
Well, I already expected that.
Fwip-
A gun imdiately appeared in my left hand and I aid it at Ruby.
I was about to pull the trigger—but then...
Swish~
A transparent window appeared in front of !
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[With the help of your abilities and strong luck, you successfully acquired a new skill!]
[NEW SKILL]
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I was shocked, and in that mont of distraction—
"Huh?"
Ruby grabbed my arm and threw away.
BAM!
"ARGH!"
I got slamd into the wall again.
"That attack wasn’t bad."
Ruby said, looking at with a satisfied smile.
"But why did you let your guard down? Usually, you wouldn’t stop attacking or drop your guard."
She followed, wearing a questioning expression.
I stood up with a frown and brushed my clothes.
"Sothing ca up."
"What is it?"
I smiled and shook my head.
"It’s a secret."
Before Ruby could say anything else, I rushed to the door of the room.
"I rembered that I need to do sothing. Thanks for making ti for , and I’m sorry for the inconvenience. See you in class."
Click—
Then I left. The last thing I saw was Ruby frowning—she looked unsatisfied with sothing.
*****
As soon as I got back to my dorm, I imdiately opened my mouth.
"System, show the new skill!"
My tone was like that of an excited kid—but I didn’t care. I was really that excited.
’I just created a skill!’
So it’s normal for to feel this way!
[You’re like a child... Well, anyway, this is the skill you acquired.]
After the system said that, a transparent window was projected in front of .
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-Accelerate your thinking process to the point that ti seems to slow down for you.
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"What the..."
The description of the skill was so good, I couldn’t even put into words how shocked I was.
I was stupefied...
-What’s wrong, Raven?
Levina’s voice snapped out of my daze.
Glancing at her—
"Sothing good just happened."
I said.
-What is it?
Levina asked, but I didn’t answer. Instead, I activated !
My head hurt a little, but I ignored it and looked around.
Just like the description said—
The world seed to slow down.
I looked at Levina.
-Hey... are... y..ou... lis..te..ning... to... ?
She was talking really slowly to .
Then I tried to walk, but just like her, my movents were also slow—actually, I was slower than a snail!
’Guess just because I can think faster doesn’t an I can move faster.’
In short, my thinking had drastically accelerated to the point that everything seed to move in slow motion.
But my body couldn’t keep up, so I was moving slowly too.
’Well, I already anticipated this.’
I just tried it to confirm what I suspected. And I already had a solution in mind.
And the solution was simple—sothing I’ve done many tis.
I manipulated the electricity in my cells. My thinking beca even faster, and at the sa ti, my movents beca faster.
I rged my body with my electric attribute.
’Electricity is strong...’
I mumbled in my mind.
’Electricity... is fast.’
And as I thought of that, my movents beca a lot faster. Now it felt like I was moving as slow as Levina.
Before, I couldn’t even tell if I was moving at all...
I knew that in the normal flow of ti, I was moving very fast.
I tried moving to get familiar with the feeling.
My hands, arms, feet, and legs.
A satisfied smile appeared on my face.
Then after playing a bit more... I deactivated the skill.
"!!!"
But then, a coursing pain radiated throughout my whole body—especially in my head!
"GAAAAHHH—!!!"
I let out a pained scream. My body stiffened and started to fall.
"What happened?!"
Levina, now in her human form, caught and slowly laid on the bed.
’This has to be the side effect of the skill!’
I thought, cursing my stupidity.
Because of my excitent, I didn’t think this might happen.
Looks like my body can’t handle the skill properly, causing this kind of pain!
The pain still flowed through my body—I bit my lower lip to keep quiet.
I didn’t want anyone to see in this state.
I was glad I tested the this in my dorm.
"Raven, are you okay?"
Levina asked loudly in a worried tone.
I looked at her and weakly shook my head.
"Of... course... I’m... not... stupid."
She frowned, but I didn’t care and continued speaking.
"Don’t... worry... I... just... need to... rest..."
I muttered, and as soon as my words faded—I lost consciousness.
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