Mathias immediately went to their meeting room, seeing the seven of them except Ren doing their respective things awkwardly.
"You all!!!"
"Let's do it! Practice!!!"
"Mathias!!!"
Cyriel held his glasses and went towards Mathias, holding his shoulder.
"You!"
"I'm fine, right Johan?"
Mathias smiled broadly looking at Johan who was holding his fifth cigarette and smiled broadly in return.
"Yes"
"You Johan?!"
Andrejz approached Johan and held his nose due to the cigarette smoke that bothered him, and approached him in a whisper.
"You persuaded him?? Johan??"
"Well who else, my sweet mouth captivates the hearts of all men and women"
Johan made a joke, Andrejz made a frown.
"Jeez..."
While Mathias approached Riley who was surprised by Mathias' change in attitude.
"Riley, I heard that among all the experts you are the most knowledgeable in controlling magic, please teach me"
Mathias made a hopeful face and Riley couldn't refuse his request after what happened to him earlier.
"Okay, but... you have to practice the basics of magic with Ren first"
"Without a foundation and direction, your magic will be in vain, Ren comes from the best magicians of this era, the Sakura Kingdom"
"Learn from him, I'm sure Ren will be happy to help you"
Riley smiled for the first time, Mathias nodded in understanding, suddenly the door opened Ren entered and walked past Mathias.
"Ren"
"Riley called Ren who seemed to have a tense face, Ren ignored him and went towards Johan.
"See you tomorrow Johan, bring Bosco"
"Hey Ren"
Cyriel held Ren who seemed to be holding back his anger, then Ren brushed Cyriel's hand away.
"What's wrong with you Ren, is there a problem? just tell me"
"I'm sorry Cyriel, I'm a little tired, I'm fine"
"If you're tired, rest, tomorrow you can help Mathias practice teaching him the basics of magic"
Ren looked at Rudra in shock and astonishment, then he looked at Riley and Mathias in shock.
Ren looked at Bosco who had a blank expression, as if agreeing with what Rudra said.
"Me?"
"Why me? Why not someone else"
"Because you were the first Prince to be accepted here, right? You were also the one who taught Riley the basics of magic"
Ren just looked at Mathias who seemed to have high hopes for him.
"What else do you want..."
Ren let out a long breath, and approached Mathias.
"See you tomorrow in the underground training room, at 5 am"
"I'm waiting for you"
Ren looked at Johan who seemed to smile at him, Ren held back as if holding himself back from getting even more angry.
"Mathias, you managed to win Ren's heart, it's not easy to persuade that stubborn Prince"
Cyriel whispered happily, Mathias just smiled broadly.
"I'm so excited, and can't wait for tomorrow"
THE NEXT DAY
5 AM
Mathias who woke up early continued to prepare himself in the chaos of the dormitory room.
"Damn, it's been almost 5 minutes, Ren must have scolded me"
"I'm fast!!!"
Mathias put on his training clothes and quickly ran throughout the corridor which caused some students in the dorm to be surprised.
After a few minutes, Mathias finally reached the gate and opened it in a state of breathlessness.
"Mathias..."
Mathias saw Ren who was sitting holding back his anger, Mathias approached in a state of fear.
"Forgive me Ren!!! I fell asleep late!"
"That's not a good reason to do 100 push-ups!!!"
"Huh? You said we practice magic!!!"
"Who taught you now huh? Me or you?!"
"Quick!!!"
Mathias immediately did push-ups, at the beginning of 20 push-ups he seemed to be able to use up all of them but the effect of Mathias' energy was clearly visible.
"At the Palace, my teacher often teaches discipline no matter what, if we have promised, we must fulfill it"
"And you didn't do that Mathias"
"30...31...32...33..."
Mathias fought back so hard that his body was sweating, he looked up while panting.
"I can't do this...Ren..."
"Just keep going!!! I want 50 push-ups in 25 minutes!!!"
Ren continued to wait while reading the book, seeing Mathias fighting alone, his hands shaking, in a state of exhaustion.
"40...41...42...43...44---"
Mathias finally fell and his face turned towards Ren, who was angry.
He closed the book in anger, he approached Mathias while stepping on his hand, Mathias endured the pain.
"Punishment for failing the first training"
"If you are still like this, you will fail and lose to them Mathias"
"Your opponent is not easy, if you get Raivo you will lose in the first round, so Mathias can you do 100 push-ups in such a short time?"
"Give me 10 minutes, I will prove it to you"
Ren lifted his foot from stepping on Ren's hand, and sat down again.
"Okay, I'll wait"
"45...46...47...48...49...50"
"If he keeps going like this, he'll lose in the first 5 minutes of the competition"
Ren said to himself as he watched Mathias struggle to reach 60"
After more than 10 minutes, Mathias finally managed to do 100 push-ups, but failed in the exact time trial where he was over 9 minutes.
Mathias held his tired hand and approached Ren who was still reading a book.
"I know I am more than the time I gave you"
"It's good that you know"
Mathias lowered his head in silence, holding his aching and tired hand, his whole body exhausted.
"Is my body this weak?, this is just the beginning of training..."
"Don't be too sad, you still have time, if you are serious and don't despair you can master your magic"
"Do you know the power of your magic?"
"I don't know, and I never let it out right away"
"Stand there"
"Huh?"
Ren pointed to the middle of the vast hall, then Mathias walked towards it, Mathias's curious expression was strong.
"Invisible Wall...."
"Ren what happened--"
Suddenly Mathias's voice disappeared, he couldn't speak as if he was mute, he didn't hear a single sound, Ren just smiled at Mathias who was scared.
"What is this?! I can't speak!!! Ren!!!"
"Ouch!!!"
When he was about to run towards Ren, he felt like he hit something hard but to the naked eye he couldn't see it.
Mathias tried to run from side to side, he was stuck, he knocked on the invisible wall asking for an explanation from Ren, who was sitting comfortably reading a book.
"Try to get out of that thing in an hour"
"Otherwise you can't get out, the wall is getting smaller and smaller, like a mouse entering a trap"
"What is he talking about I can't hear!!"
"Calm down Mathias, there must be a way! This might be his power! I can't see with the naked eye, this thing is invisible!"
"I'm sure this thing is getting narrower because I can't get there!!!"
"Thinking Mathias!!!"
Mathias tried to calm down and read the situation, there were two ways he was thinking, one he used his power to break the invisible wall, or the second way he had to call on his magic power.
Mathias chose method one to punch the invisible wall with all his might, but he was thrown far away which caused him to be pressed by the pressure from the wall behind his body.
Mathias' five fingers were bleeding, Mathias tried to stand up and close his eyes while Ren was still reading a book avoiding looking at him.
"I leave everything to you, come out..."
"I hope to you..."
Crack Crack Crack
The wall suddenly made a strange sound so Ren woke up, he saw Mathias just closed his eyes, did nothing, he saw the wall making a sound that was getting louder.
"Now!!!"
Mathias punched the invisible wall in front of him hard, his blue eyes shining, the whole hall was noisy with a loud crashing sound, Ren's reaction was stunned, he only saw Mathias holding his chest and breathing heavily.
"I succeeded..."
Mathias collapsed, he looked at the wall above the hall while smiling, while breathing heavily, he saw Ren approaching him.
Extending his hand, Mathias welcomed with a smile.
"I admit that even though your body is small, your power is terrifying, a bright white light"
"White light?"
"Why can't you see it?"
Mathias shook his head in surprise.
"It's okay, now we both know your magic power"
"What is it, Ren???"
Ren pointed to the wall that could be seen in front of him.
"The wall seems thick, it should be...my finger"
"YOUR POWER...HATED VERY MUCH BY THE WORLD'S WIZARDS AT THE MOMENT"
"ANTI-MAGIC"
"Huh?"
"Still don't understand?, that means any type of magic attack is okay in front of you, even if I..."
Ren made a hard rock ball in his hand, then threw it at Mathias without any hesitation.
"Hey!!!! what are you doing Ren!!!"
Mathias just closed his eyes as his hand tried to catch the rock, he opened his eyes and saw the rock shatter before heading towards him.
"Do you understand now??"
"That's....strange...."
"That's not strange, it's even cool"
"You still have a few more, don't you, let's continue the next training..."
Mathias just nodded in understanding as he looked at Ren, unsheathed his sword, while pointing at Mathias' face.
"I'm fighting you?!"
"Well, what else, we're running out of time, we can't play around anymore and fight seriously until we get injured..."
"NOW...MY OPPONENT IS MATHIAS EASTON"
Mathias swallowed his saliva, looking at Ren who made a serious face while showing a ready position.
Ren continued to run towards him with a sword like a wolf who wanted to hunt a predator.
Meanwhile,
MONARCH'S PALACE,
THE COUNCIL HALL.
The seven of them are finally complete and discuss the developments of the Nubian Kingdom with MAJA IGOR who was sent there to investigate secretly.
"How is the progress of the Zeus Blueprint, Maja?"
Jeremiah looked at Maja who shook her head.
"It's hard to believe, we as the World Government Representative have sent many elite forces and the best analysis in every world figure, but the Blueprint is still difficult to find"
"Does that mean...there is no hope of finding it directly???"
"Neither Ivy, I heard that the Zeus Blueprint was handed over to someone who was trusted by the King of that time but..."
"But?..."
Ivy looked at Renzo who suddenly became serious, placing his hands on the table while contemplating for a long time.
"There is no historical record, what person was trusted to guard the world's treasure, too bad the King of Nubia is now acting arrogantly and not wanting to cooperate with us, the guardians of the world..."
Ilya just chuckled to himself while holding his eye mask, the six of them saw him Jeremiah just smiled as if he knew what Ilya was thinking.
"The elders in the Holy Land of Katharos are giddy aren't they?, it seems they are really looking for the Blue Print...before it falls into the hands of their PEOPLE who have been waiting for decades...ahh...not hundreds of years maybe?"
Ilya looked at Randall making eye contact, Randal just avoided it.
"Are you sure the prediction is true Ilya?"
Jacie looked at Ilya who was playing with his leather gloves not making eye contact with everyone"
"ACCORDING TO YOU ALL?"
"Was that person already born?,Or does he not know who he is now? OR NOW..."
"HE...IS HE...BEING HELD BY SOMETHING INSIDE HIM?"
They all saw Ilya who immediately stood up and waved his hand.
"Remember my friends, the FIVE of them are also waiting for that person to show themselves~, don't worry...he will realize who he is soon"
Ilya left with a strange statement, Jere just looked at Randall's tense face.
"If Ilya is right...so...that person...was born from our generation?...somewhere in the far corners of the world..."
They all looked at Jacie after listening to her statement.
"NATURAL ENEMY OF THEOSEMNOS NATION AND THE WORLD GOVERNOR"
They all had serious faces, except for JEREMIAH who just smiled sarcastically, waiting for the arrival of the predicted person.
"Huh~~~~~"
"Finally...it's over...I still lost to Ren, how many times have I fought him?? It seems like a million...
CRHYSUS ACADEMY
UNDERGROUND HALL
AT 7.00 AM
Mathias just rested his body which had reached its strength level, tired and wanted to sleep which he imagined in his mind.
"Are you okay?"
"Can you stand up?"
Ren extended his hand, Mathias greeted him and stood up while taking a deep breath.
"I'm okay, thank you...I learned a lot from you..."
Mathias seemed to hold back tears, Ren immediately laughed out loud, Mathias' face was red and mocked by Ren, the Golden Prince members accidentally came when the two of them were chatting and the five of them were shocked.
"Ren..."
"This is the first time..."
Cyriel and Riley looked at each other and nodded with a wide smile, Bosco smiled a little.
"Ren laughed all the time and showed his expression..."
Johan just shook his head and smiled at Ren and Mathias, who were joking around.
"I told you it wasn't Ren..."
"That person..."
"Will bring smiles and sadness to everyone"
Mathias who immediately realized seeing the five of them immediately waved.
"Rudra!!! Andrejz!!!"
"Ohhh you're here too!!!"
"Riley, Cyriel, Johan, Bosco!!!"
"Nice to see, wasn't the training bad?"
Andrejz shrugged Ren's shoulders, Ren reacted flatly and calmly.
"It was really bad training, Mathias can't beat me, the important thing is that he understands the basics of magic and is ready for the next level"
"Hahaha, so I can fight you Mathias?!"
Andrejz hugged Mathias, the small man seemed to be panting in Andrejz's embrace.
"Of course if I'm strong"
"I'll prove why I deserve to be in this academy"
Cyriel patted Mathias' shoulder, the man with glasses smiled proudly, like a brother to his younger brother.
"I'm sure you can Mathias"
Mathias nodded while smiling with his face red, then he turned to Riley.
"Riley... I'm sorry about what happened last night, your face..."
"It's okay, I've recovered thanks to Ren"
"I..."
"Please see me in the competition later, Riley"
"Of course...you are my member...as the leader I must give full support to the three of you"
Riley extended her hand, Mathias returned and shook his face red and moved by Riley's words, this was the first time he had seen Riley smile big.
"I will protect you, all of you..."
Mathias saw the five of them, he and Riley nodded then Mathias ran to them all.
"BECAUSE THEY ARE MY NEW LIFE THAT I WILL PROTECT"