Chapter 138: Training Turns Into Chaos!
A day had passed since I attended the King’s summons. The memories of yesterday still lingered in my mind, and I had scolded Envi for his antics. But as usual, he just grinned and kept teasing me about building a harem. I was already tired of hearing it and decided to ignore him.
Graduation was in five days, and a week after that, I would face the Hero’s Trial. I couldn’t afford to relax—I had to train and get stronger.
That was what I told myself as I lay in my dorm room in the morning, staring at the ceiling.
My thoughts kept circling back to my confrontation with King Aslan. The gap between our strength was overwhelming.
When King Aslan attacked me, his power was immense—far beyond Cain’s, and even my own father, the Patriarch of the Blackmore family. And yet, he had only used the first form of Braveheart Swordsmanship. Even with just that, he completely cornered me. If not for [Power of Incarnation] activating in time, I would have lost one of my lives.
That battle also made me realize a fatal weakness of Dark Magic—it was incredibly vulnerable to Divine and Light Magic. Given that my current body, Naoki, was fundamentally attuned to Dark Magic, I was at a major disadvantage.
For now, I could counteract it using [Resonance], but that consumed too much mana and left me open to significant damage. If my opponent was below my level, I could manage, but against someone stronger—like King Aslan—I would be in serious trouble. I couldn’t rely on Dark Magic alone.
I needed to push my [Aura Force] to the Supreme level, but I was struggling. Maybe I needed a proper teacher, someone other than the Patriarch.
For now, I had to focus on what I could improve—like my newly acquired skill, [Future Sight]. During my battle with King Aslan, I had been unable to control it properly. That needed to change.
As I drowned in my thoughts, my head felt like it was going to explode.
Then, Marius—who was lying on the lower bunk—spoke up.