Magic With You

February 10 Year 20,346

"[Ice Magic: Ice Feathers!]" Kence waved his hand and made tens of sharp feathers made from ice that he used to attack a 'famous person'

"[Snow Magic: Snow Wall!]" Xian easily defended himself from Kence's attack by making a wall made from snow

The ice feathers weren't even able to penetrate Xian's defense and they all landed on the ground

After that, Xian controlled the snow wall and broke them into smaller numerous pieces that hovered around him

"[Ice Magic: Rising Ice!]" Kence made a raising motion with hand and sharp blocks of ice grew below Xian but he just uses the snow and it sticks to Kence's ice

After that, no matter how much effort Kence put into moving his ice, it wouldn't budge even by a bit

Kence pouted at that before using another magic of his. "[Ice Magic: Ice Fog!]"

Cold icy blue fogs came out from Kence's palms that covered a large area. With Kence reaching the Knight Rank, his attacks might not have much difference in appearance but it becomes stronger than before. After all, magic shouldn't be judge by its appearance

A Grand Knight can make a small ball of ice and it might already be enough to kill another Grand Knight

Besides, Kence's cultivation level is at Knight Rank but his comprehension is still quite lacking. If he was given some more time, his strength would surely increase again

"[Ice Magic: Ice Fog!]" Xian uses the same magic as Kence and they canceled out each other. But if Xian wants to, he can easily overpower Kence's magic with his. However, he won't do that as he doesn't want Kence to get hurt

Kence's pout deepened at that. He can already see that no matter what he does, he won't be able to defeat Xian at all

"Brother Xian, you're only a few years older than me, how powerful are you?" Kence should have already judge Xian's level after sparring but for some reason, he can't

Mages can hide their level but Kence should be able to sense it after Xian uses his magic

"Do you really want to know? You might get too shocked" Xian said and that causes Kence's curiosity to grow

"I want! I want!" Kence said while nodding his head like a child. Seeing how childish and cute Kence is acting, how can Xian say no to that?

Kence didn't know what Xian does but he can suddenly feel at what rank the Prince is

A Grand Knight! The Prince that is only a few years older than Kence is actually already a Grand Knight. This was really too shocking!

All the Grand Knights that Kence has met are all at least in their thirties. But Xian ... he might not even be in his twenties yet or he is just twenty as Kence is still only 16 years old now

A Grand Knight at or below twenty, what kind of concept was that? Kence eyes literally went wide open in shock!

"B-Brother X-Xian ... h-how ....?" Kence asked incredulously and Xian chuckled at his cute reactions

"To other people, they only see the Escardon Academy as the number 1 Academy in the whole realm. But their knowledge stops at that. They did not know the depths of the Academy at all, especially the Head Master. She is also known to be the strongest mage in the realm but to what extent? Escardon Academy and the Head Master is not as simple as people think"

"If the Head Master wants, she can help a lot of people become a Grand Knight before their twenties without harming their foundation. The only thing they need to work upon with was the comprehension but .... the Head Master can also help them a lot in the comprehension part "

"I'm at this level already because of my own talent and the Head Master's help. Show as much talent as you can so that she'll help you too, alright?"

Although Xian wants to protect Kence by himself but he still knows how the world works. It is better if Kence has a power of his own to protect himself and the Head Master can help him with that

"S-she is that, a-amazing?" Kence muttered unbelievably and Xian nodded his head

"There's no problem for us to become a Grand Knight, only if we want to become a Rank 4 Mage will we encounter difficulties" Xian said to prepare Kence for the future

For Kence, just being a strong mage amongst the Grand Knights was already a far dream, but now, he too wants to become a Rank 4 Mage or even become as powerful as the Head Master

"Thank you for your advice, Brother Xian!" Kence said sincerely. "It's nothing" Xian answered with a smile

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Back at the mountain that Calter is in. The youth was currently sitting on top of the mountain while using his mana to increase his body's durability

Calter's body is now even stronger than Magic Warrior mages that focuses on body strengthening

Around Calter were holes and broken pieces of the ground. All of that damages were done just by using his bare physical strength

Fortunately for Calter, he mostly focuses on cultivating his cultivation art. Calter doesn't know why but he already has knowledge enough for him to reach the Grand Knight Rank. The only factor limiting him is his body

Time and time pass with Calter strengthening his body while also using various medicines. This type of cultivation is harming his foundation but Calter is sure that the effects will be negated after he becomes a Magic Knight

Soon, after weeks of non-stop training, Calter is now ready for another breakthrough

The skies above Calter suddenly darken and the youth stood up while facing the skies

This scene is familiar to Calter as a similar memory of his original breakthrough from Apprentice to Warrior Rank was implanted in his head

A high-quality sword appeared in Calter's hand and the projection of his core appeared above him

Calter doesn't know why but both his core projection and the heavens' lightning that were flashing above him felt weaker than before

In weaker, Calter only means that the lightning from his first breakthrough was stronger than these ones. However, it was still not something he can endure just by himself and the difficulty also won't decrease

The heavens' lightning might have turned weaker but so is his core projection!

Soon, one of the lightning in the sky went to attack Calter. The youth was not afraid of it though as his core projection encloses his whole body

Calter poured his magical powers into his sword and met the lightning head on

The youth arrogantly slashed his sword towards the heavens' lightning, if it was just Calter, his existence would have been surely erased by now

Fortunately, the core image protected Calter from the majority of the lightning. Only a small part of it managed to harm him

Calter can feel the lightning frying his body and his hold on the sword loosened causing it to fall to the ground

The lightning starts wreaking havoc in and outside of Calter's body

"AAAHHHH!!!!" Calter shouted in pain while trying his best to endure. Calter can't pass out because of this severe pain, if not, he would surely die

"Endure! Endure! Endure!" Calter shouted in his mind while he kneeled on the ground

Calter already felt a lot of pain before but this one is the most painful one. Aside from the pain of being fried alive, the heavens' lightning also has an additional effect of inflicting more pain

Calter's vision starts to blur but he still steeled his mind. Calter absolutely can't lose consciousness at this time!

The youth endure and endure for an unknown amount of time. Oblivious to the pair of purple eyes that were staring at him

"This war is really ...." The Head Master said with a sigh as she can already see the future outcomes. "The Universe recovered now but it will be soon destroyed again. Darkness, why are you so intent on reaching higher heights even though no one in the universe can harm you anymore. Heavens, why are you so obsessed with keeping the world as it is? "

After an unknown amount of time, the pain finally subsided but Calter's mind was drawn to another space. His breakthrough is still not finished!

Calter finds himself standing below a ridiculously large and long stairs that reach the skies itself

"Mortals dreamed of reaching the skies, not knowing that after reaching the skies, a new sky will reveal itself to them"

Calter's core transmitted that sentence straight to his mind and to become a Magic Knight, Calter needs to climb this 1st Stair of Ambition

It might sound easy but it wasn't!

How can it be easy for a mortal to reach the skies? Not to mention, Calter will meet some obstacles along his way

However, no matter how hard it was, Calter will still do it! He needs to defy the heavens if he wants to continue becoming stronger and keep his life intact!