It was a normal day for Rachel.
Just listening to the lectures while paying little heed to them.
"I wonder how Wilhelm is doing?" She wondered.
Wilhelm had disappeared for quite a few days and hadn't come to class in quite a while.
Thus, she couldn't help but be worried after all he was the only one who to some levels was her equal.
As she was thinking this, The Siegfried System notified her of a Combat request.
Checking the name of the sender, her eyebrows rose up a bit and a smile cracked into her face.
"Just when I think about you." She murmured.
She didn't accept it right away and instead turned her attention back to the present which was listening to the lecture of Mr Amon.
"Thus to keep The Coven of The Foul Horned Devil sealed, Sunlord Gwyn severed The Right Hand of The Azomandias and used it to cast a spell that linked every single member of the Coven together and threw it into the Ginnungagap." Mr Amon explained as he pointed to the board with his chalk that featured a diagram of a Sun and a stick figure between whom was a chasm.
"So? Any questions?" He asked as his eyes wandered to each of the students of whom Rachel raised her hand.
"Why didn't Sunlord Gywn just destroy the hand to kill the Coven entirely?" To her this class was a class of stories, the events that they were discussing had occurred even before The Sovereign's arrival into their lands.
Thus what harm was there to just entertain the story by digging deeper?
Hearing the question, Amon smiled
"Good one, as we know The Azomandias was a Daemon that had reached The Termina Nexi State and thus gained physical form. The Termina Nexi State now also brought about a secondary ability to The Azomandias which is it's ability to live in all that know of its existence.Even if it perished in that battle, it would resurrect through the bodies of one's of its followers and if they were all wiped out then the next person who knew of The Azomandias would be used as a conduit for it's resurrection. And so in the end Sunlord Gwyn would've had to kill himself if he truly wished to eradicate The Azomandias. Sealing The Azomandias in the Ginnungagap was the best course of action of Sunlord Gwyn as not only did it allow him to not eliminate any other entity and also eternally seal it." Amon concluded his explanation with a smile.
"Thanks." Rachel muttered a reply and sat down.
"Well anything else?" He asked around.
."Alright you all are dismissed!"
With that Mr Amon waved his hands, sending the students back to their dorms.
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The Combat Classes had just begun that Rachel immediately took out Wilhelm's Combat request and pressed 'Accept'
She was instantly transported to one of the battle zones.
It was the one where they had their first bout.
She immediately caught a glance of Wilhelm who was about a few meters away from here.
"Where have you been? It's been so long?" Rachel asked as she adopted a stance.
"Training." Wilhelm briskly replied and also got into a position.
"Good, that means you have gotten stronger I assume because if so then be prepared." She grinned as she stretched her hands.
Fire erupted from her hands as it slowly but surely took a form.
Seeing this Wilhelm raised his eyebrows.
"You broke through?" He asked to confirm but he was already sure.
"A few days after you went missing." She confirmed as the flames took the shape of a spear.
The spear looked quite primitive with no carvings visible nor any abnormality in form.
Flame Spear!
Seeing the spear he nodded.
"Good one." He acknowledged and dashed forth.
Rachel also dashed forward.
He didn't instantly summon Frost Lance but met with the flame lance head on.
This of course was a stupid decision as even if one took into account the physically enhanced form of him, it wouldn't help him a lot as he would still get burned, only much slower.
Yet this was what he wanted.
Wilhelm was by no means an intellectual genius nor was he someone who could adapt to situations instantly.
He was none of those and probably wouldn't ever be like those.
Rachel meanwhile was exactly that, her skills were far above Wilhelm's who could only match her due to his body and Niflheim.
And that was only when her was a 1st Grade Wizard who didn't have an offence oriented spell.
Now not only had she become a 2nd Grade Wizard but also had obtained The Flame Spear which without doubt was more powerful than The Frost Lance.
The chances of his win were already in the single digits but there still was a way.
It would be a way that would be painful however.
"If she is allowed to gain momentum during the battle,I'll lose without doubt. To defeat her in a single move is the greatest and the quickest method to victory with the least chances of variables."
Rachel was indeed such a monster in battle, the more she fights the better she will be at it.
By now Wilhelm had already arrived in front of her,all the previous calculations had been firing off since the very first step he had taken and now it was time to put it into action.
"Hyah!" Rachel cried and thrust the spear forward while also being prepared to lunge into the side as Wilhelmwould have to in order to avoid the spear.
But Wilhelm didn't dodge.
No, he struck with his fist.
"Niflheim!" Icy winds coiled around Wilhelm's right arm as it met with the flame spear.
"Huh!" Rachel was caught off guard, she didn't expect Wilhelm to straight up punch a flaming spear.
And this he knew.
If he had used Frost Lance, then Rachel wouldn't have been stunned as much.
Only by doing something unexpected would be able to beat her.
And he would.
Wilhelm, ignoring the searing pain, grabbed the flame spear and took it away from her and landed a swift and powerful blow with his left hand to her face.
BAM!
The attack knocked her to the side but Wilhelm wasn't done.
She was a resilient one.
Rachel quickly conjured and shot out a tongue of ember which flew towards Wilhelm.
SWOOSH!
The latter immediately used Niflheim's frost to freeze the air in front of him to block the attack.
The result was the eruption of cool vapour that wafted its way into Wilhelm's nostrils, causing him to feel a tingly sensation.
Ignoring it, He was about to think of his next course of action when Rachel appeared before him, throwing a roundhouse kick while in the air.
BAM!
Wilhelm luckily managed to block it and pushed it aside, but Rachel used the momentum gained to throw a fist of fire to his opposite side.
"Shi-" He cursed and brought forth his Frost Lance to meet with the fist.
The tip of the lance melted instantly but Wilhelm was able to push the fist away and deliver a punch to the gut.
BAM!