The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

With a flick of his wrist, the half-grindstone flew into the air, tracing an arc.

Felix did not sheath his sword, nor did he use any sword techniques. He lightly swung his sword a few times in the air, and several sharp blades of light instantly left the blade.

The first whetstone was thus cut into neat little pieces.

It seems that this blade still retains some of the sharpness and bluntness of a blade.

"You can throw in the second one now."

Wiener did as instructed and threw out the remaining piece as well.

But this time, Felix had absolutely no intention of drawing his sword.

"Snapped!"

The whetstone shattered without warning in mid-air.

“Hmm, everything’s fine!” Felix calmly sheathed his cleaver, then turned to Wiener and asked, “Would you like to give it a try?”

“I won’t try it,” Viner said decisively.

He was well aware of his own limitations.

The fact that Felix could easily unleash all the characteristics of the blunt blade shows that his swordsmanship had indeed reached a high level.

These actions made him wonder whose awakened emblem truly belonged to Gondoraf.

"When did you become able to separate sword energy from your body?" Viner asked curiously.

The ability to separate sword energy from the body is considered a hallmark of swordsmanship once one has reached a high level of proficiency.

Felix demonstrated this skill when he cut the whetstone in half from a distance.

“Just a few days ago. If that woman can do this, I can’t fall behind,” Felix replied.

His last encounter with Jessica instilled in him a strong sense of crisis.

This is why Felix, despite having already reached the Silver rank, still maintains a full schedule of ranked matches, all in order to hone his swordsmanship against stronger opponents.

"Which one?"

At this moment, Vena was unaware that Felix had already met Jessica.

"You don't need to know!"

Felix inexplicably left a comment and ran back to his dorm, leaving Viner completely bewildered.

Chapter 117 Victory Celebration and Secret Weapon

Felix, who entered the Silver rank of the ranking tournament with a perfect record, still maintains a respectable win rate even when he starts playing against senior students.

This move completely silenced the rumors that he was just lucky or that he advanced through unspeakable means.

He's showing signs of becoming the top student in the first year.

However, this lead did not last long.

Spurred on by Felix, the pursuers, who were holding their breath, caught up one after another.

"The winner is River!"

"The winner is Sigurd!"

"The winner, Baal!"

......

"The winner is Mikazuki!"

"Tsk tsk, these little guys, pushing them a bit really works." Slav looked at the report in his hand and revealed a smug smile.

What is the worst freshman class?

Of all the students he has taught, this class has the most promising future.

Felix was like a catfish thrown into a stagnant pond, stirring it up.

What the Slavs did was simply release more fish fry into the pond.

If he hadn't forced most of the first-year students and the second-year students who were stuck at the Bronze rank to meet the weekly ranking tournament requirements, they wouldn't have been able to obtain so much nourishment.

Within a week, six new students were promoted to the Silver rank. In less than half a month, they accomplished what many people take a year to achieve.

“I think it’s because this year’s freshmen are of excellent quality. Even without these tricks, they wouldn’t be that bad,” Samif said coldly.

"Having a goal is always better than having no goal," Slav said with a laugh.

Take today's third-grade students, for example. Their overall quality is by no means bad compared to previous years, yet they are suppressed by one person and unable to stand out.

This person is Jessica.

It's not that no one has ever challenged Jessica, but the consequences have been disastrous.

Someone like her, who is not a role model, is not suitable to be a target to be chased.

Felix would be a better fit.

All the students who lost to Felix so far have bounced back quickly.

"Is this your reason for recommending this guy for admission?"

Samif pulled out a copy of the report with a cold smile and showed it to Slav.

This is a report documenting all the match records of "Mikazuki" (or rather, Vina) during her advancement to the Silver rank.

His path was fraught with difficulties and twists.

There were wins and losses in the previous matches, but at least we had a real fight against each other.

The subsequent winning streaks were almost entirely due to him playing defensively until his opponents were exhausted.

It's true that students with better combat records are more willing to invest in upgrading their weapons and equipment.

But no matter what weapons they used, they were no different from fire sticks in front of the bandit's sword and armor.

Someone specially invited a third-year elite from the Alchemy Department, renowned for his forging skills, to watch the competition, hoping to forge a weapon that could counter his defense.

"Weapons can be made, but I'm afraid you won't be able to use them. And don't envy others; you wouldn't be able to use that suit of armor either."

After witnessing the battle firsthand, the alchemy student advised the client to abandon the plan.

For a first-year student, at least a B-rank weapon would be needed to have a chance of breaking through the Thief's Armor's defense.

However, B-rank weapons require a high level of proficiency to be fully utilized, but there are no first-year students who can master the weapons to that extent.

It's like being stuck in a dead end.

Losing is not terrible, but losing in such a frustrating way is obviously bad for your physical and mental health.

Before more students would suffer as a result, Mr. Slav decisively chose to operate behind closed doors.

In subsequent matches, only pair Viner with second-year students who habitually slack off in order to complete tasks, so as to send him out of the Bronze rank as soon as possible.

"It's better than letting him stay in the Bronze rank and bully others, right?" Slav said helplessly.

The speed at which this kid, Wiener, was progressing forced him to admit that he had misjudged him.

Students who don't need anyone to urge them on and keep moving forward on their own are truly worry-free.

Before he actually hits an insurmountable barrier, let him go and try.

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The second floor of the college cafeteria.

"Why are you making such a fuss?" Lisette took out her student ID, made sure she hadn't gone to the wrong private room, and then gently knocked on the door.

As a top student at the Magic Academy, Lisette's life is quite regular.

After school each day, I would first eat, then go to the library for about two hours to read, and then go to the arena to finish my homework.

Finally, with the remaining spell slots, he went to receive Jessica's private training. Afterward, he returned to his dorm to review the day's lessons and then went to sleep on time.

But today, right after she finished her ranking match, she received a message from Viner, asking her to meet him in a private room on the second floor of the cafeteria.

He wouldn't answer when asked why, only saying that he would know when he arrived.

This forced her to ask Jessica, her senior, for leave and postpone it for a while.

"Coming, coming, coming!" Felix flung open the door at the sound of knocking and welcomed Listi inside. "Vina, Listi is here. Dinner's ready!"

“…Uh, if you’re really hungry, just eat first, you don’t need to wait for me.” Listy was startled by Felix.

“Never mind him, he’s already eaten.” Vena bluntly exposed him.

"I see." Listi immediately understood.

Felix has two states: one is "eating when hungry," which mainly involves three meals a day, and his food intake is no different from that of a normal person.

Another state is "Hungry, hungry," which means he's waiting to be fed. In this state, Felix becomes like a bottomless pit, accepting anything that comes his way.

Listy had the privilege of witnessing this scene when she treated Felix to dinner last time.

"So why did you call me here today?" Lissie looked at the table full of food and exclaimed, "You're really going all out. There are so many good places to use all those credits!"

“A victory celebration should be a bit more formal,” Wiener explained.

"What are you celebrating?" Listi pressed.

“Congratulations on Vena’s promotion to Silver rank!” Felix answered first.

"Oh, then I'll leave?"

Although Listi's win rate in ranked matches is not low, the number of matches she can play each day is limited due to the spell slot restriction, and she is still a little short of advancing to the Silver rank.

If this is the reason for the celebration party, then Lisette will not be attending.

“Don’t listen to Felix’s nonsense,” Venere quickly interrupted. “This is to make up for the big meal we talked about last time, and also to discuss tomorrow’s dungeon exploration.”

Before we left the dungeon last time, Vena said she would treat everyone to a big meal.

However, in order to save costs, I chose to cook it at home.

Unfortunately, the meeting ended badly, with only Felix managing to eat his fill while the other two barely touched their food.

“...If that’s the case, there’s no need to spend the money.” Lisette sighed.

She had seen it firsthand because she had specifically invited Felix once.

If you let him eat as much as he wants, he'll get at least a hundred or two hundred credits from that meal.

"I have other things to do later, so I'll leave after we finish discussing the dungeon."

"I'll settle the bill discreetly when I leave," Lisette thought.

Anyway, it's all credits from the Wiener credits.

"Oh, I see... Then I'll give you the things first, so you don't forget them later."

As she spoke, Venere took out a small rectangular gift box and pushed it across the table.

"This is?"

"A secret weapon I made for you."

Wiener grinned.

Chapter 118 Jessica Arrives Uninvited

Thinking of the many offenses Venus had committed during the last dungeon adventure, Lisette was reluctant to open the gift box.

"Open it and take a look. I'll show you how to use it," Viner said confidently.

"I'll trust you this once," Lisette said, opening the gift box with some skepticism.

Inside was a short sword, or perhaps a dagger, with a spherical gem set into the hilt.

Instead of using a scabbard, a sword pouch made of animal hide was used to store it.

“Let’s see how the conductivity is?” Wiener suggested.

Lisette grasped the bottom of the hilt with her right hand and pulled it from the sword sheath. With just a little magic power infused into it, the blade began to glow.

The near-lossless conductivity could only be achieved by one type of material.