Night, the Dean's room.

"How is it?"

The Dean asked Nimophila.

"Her Life signs are very young, probably not much different from her appearance."

"As for his swordsmanship level, he didn't hide it too much, so I can still tell he should have crossed the threshold."

"However, his Life essence is a bit strange... It's too thin, which doesn't match the Life characteristics a Knight should have."

"I speculate his Life essence might have been severely damaged."

"Under normal circumstances, without something special, he wouldn't live past 30."

Nimophila replied calmly.

"I see, no wonder the Adventurers' Association sent him here."

"It's such a pity for a genius to have such a short life."

"He might not even have time to attempt to charge into the Legend realm..."

"Heh heh... I'm laughing at myself."

"What right does someone who can't even cross the Grand Magician realm have to feel pity for such a genius?"

Saying that, the Dean suddenly mocked himself.

Nimophila didn't speak, quietly watching the Dean's bitter smile.

"Alright, since there's no problem, let's end our conversation here. You probably don't like staying with an old man like me either."

The Dean said softly, then waved his hand, signaling Nimophila could leave.

Upon hearing this, Nimophila's figure gradually disappeared, and then the Dean's door was opened and closed by an unseen hand.

...

Back to Liens.

After the dinner at the cafeteria, Liens returned to his dormitory and entered the instance to fight Nimophila and the Dean.

The subsequent instances could basically be divided into three situations.

Firstly, his battle with Nimophila. Spot an error? Visit the original post on M&VLEMPY&R.

To summarize, it was passionate and evenly matched.

Nimophila was not much different from him in close-combat techniques...

And the two, one a priest and the other a Knight who had mastered Element Blessing, had no significant difference in the practical effect of their elemental application.

At most, Liens' indirect influence was a bit more troublesome and tiring.

But it didn't affect their actual combat ability.

Of course, this was also fortunate that Nimophila controlled the Water Element, not the Wind Element.

Otherwise, he would only be able to fight Nimophila purely based on his physical fitness.

The result would basically be the same as when he fought Lucrezia before mastering elements... He would lose thoroughly.

Secondly, his battle with the Dean.

To put it simply, it was an aerial battle.

The Dean reacted very quickly and was very cautious.

When facing his surprise attacks, he could quickly provide defense and counterattack, then fly directly into the air.

Relying on his aerial advantage, he constantly launched magical attacks at him on the ground, while also continuously applying various debuffs to him.

Forced to do so, Liens could only use "Aerial Staircase" to fly into the air and engage in an aerial battle with the Dean.

This did increase his proficiency with "Aerial Staircase."

Unlike his battle with Nimophila, he could win against the Dean.

Because the Dean was old.

Although from the elemental reactions, the Dean's magic power was always sufficient.

But his stamina and spirit could not support him in prolonged intense battles.

So, sometimes later in the fight, just when Liens was feeling passionate, the Dean would suddenly become shaky, then spit blood and collapse.

It was really disappointing.

But this also answered one of Liens' questions—

He was clearly very strong, but every time something went wrong, the Dean would wait for Nimophila to resolve it.

It turned out his body was already failing...

Seeing the Dean, Liens began to worry about himself being unable to lift a sword in old age.

But then he thought that he wouldn't live to old age anyway, so he relaxed.

However, jokes aside, Liens still set a goal for his future travels in his heart.

—To find treasures that could restore, replenish, and increase Life essence.

His wonderful life in this other world had just begun, and he didn't want to return to the netherworld again at a young age.

He still wanted to see more scenery, experience battles with stronger opponents, and touch the higher realms of swordsmanship...

There were many things he wanted, but time was always limited.

The third instance situation was his battle with Nimophila, who was assisted by the Dean's magic.

To put it roughly, it was a beating.

The duration of the previous two instance situations was relatively long, but in this one, Liens basically couldn't last for long.

Its purpose was probably to train his resistance to attacks and the speed of removing debuffs.

These were Liens' instance situations tonight.

As for why a perfectly good instance would evolve into three situations?

It was due to Nimophila's changeable personality.

Sometimes she would have the Dean assist, but other times she would fall into fighting intent and engage in a life-and-death struggle with Liens.

Even for instances at the same time, Nimophila's choices were not entirely the same.

So, even though he had exchanged blows with Nimophila many times...

He still couldn't guess what Nimophila's next move would be?

And when it came to Liens' battle with the Dean, without flying abilities, she couldn't help the Dean much either.

Thus, three situations were formed.

...

Early morning, Knight Academy, external training grounds.

Liens faced the slowly rising sun and began his daily sword practice.

And the so-called external training grounds, as the name suggests, were outdoor training grounds, roughly equivalent to a sports field.

Liens had inquired about the general situation of the Knight Academy during the dinner at the cafeteria last night.

The entire academy could basically be divided into several areas.

Firstly, the external training grounds just mentioned, which is commonly understood as a sports field.

This is one of the places for students to exercise and for teachers to teach combat skills.

However, according to those teachers, because the Knight Academy in Hughes Town is relatively small.

Therefore, the teachers responsible for teaching combat skills to students in the academy only taught swordsmanship, spear-fighting, and hand-to-hand combat.

And before Liens arrived, there was only one teacher for each.

As for why the academy needed to recruit a new swordsmanship teacher?

It was because many students chose swordsmanship, and the academy considered that Locke couldn't handle so many students.

So they recruited another new swordsmanship teacher, which is now Liens.

As for why many students chose to learn swordsmanship?

This brings up the issue of employment.

The Knights of the Royal Capital Knight Order all use swords... Do you understand?

Of course, the Knights here do not refer to Extraordinary Knights like Liens, but another term for soldiers.

Secondly, the teaching area.

The indoor training grounds where Liens and Locke sparred last night were in the teaching area.

And the indoor training grounds were also places for students to exercise and learn combat skills.

In addition, classrooms for cultural courses, the library, and the medical room were all in the teaching area.

And Nimophila was the medical teacher, also concurrently teaching medical common sense.

The rest were the teachers' dormitory area which also served as an office area, the students' dormitory area, and areas for public basic facilities such as the cafeteria, convenience store, and bathhouse.