Overluck MC

"Buying material should be after we return from Mountain Range of Monstrosity. We should train as well." (Sai)

"Now that you mentioned it, where is the training place Yukina-san and the others went to?" (Miu)

"Ah, that place is called Beginners' Plains, it's just a 20-minute walking distance from here. As its name suggest, it's a place for beginners to level up. It has low-level monsters and considerable drop rate. We will just train outside the gates since your stats are pretty high." (Sai)

"Sai-san is going to train me?" (Miu)

"Yeah, you already have your martial arts trained to the limit. You can easily defeat any human with a couple of seconds."

"For Sai-san to praise me…. hehehe." (Miu)

"This training will help you realize your flaws. An advance warning to you, Miu. Take this training seriously or else it will result to your demise." Sai warned Miu with a smile.

"Eh?" Miu got a bad feeling with Sai's smile.

After several minutes of walking, Sai and Miu arrived outside the Central Base Camp. There were several meters distance between Sai and Miu. While Kyouko and Jenseits were watching on the sidelines.

Sai change into golden armor and put on golden earrings. He also changed his hair color into gold and his eyes into scarlet-red.

"Sai-san, what is with that appearance?" Miu asked with curiosity and confusion.

"For reference's sake. Anyways, we will be fighting seriously, Miu. You better remember my warning earlier." As said finished his words, Divine Gates appeared in the air. Sai is using the Gate of Babylon.

One of the doors fired one sword at Miu's right side.

(The golden ripple fired a sword? Don't tell me...) (Miu)

What Miu thought is accurate, all of the Doors behind Sai can fire weapons. And after the warning shot, Miu become alert and started running towards Sai.

(Good judgement. She didn't wait for me use the Gate of Babylon and decided to focus on the user. This way it would disrupt my operation of the Gates. However…) (Sai)

Sai fires hundreds of treasures at Miu, each treasure is fired with accuracy and swiftness. Miu is barely dodging it and wounds already appeared on her. And she was stopped in running and was forced to focus on dodging. But Sai will be a little serious in this sparring. While Miu is busy dodging the treasures, a giant Door appeared above her.

"Appear, Ig-Alima." (Sai)

Miu noticed it too late. When Ig-Alima is about to hit her, it disappeared, along with the Doors behind Sai. And Sai's look returned to normal.

"How is the experience, Miu?" (Sai)

"Terrible, Sai-san didn't hold back. It almost killed me." Miu said while gasping for air.

"I'm still holding back, you know. I didn't open the Gates to its full capacity and didn't fired the treasures with accuracy, after all. Here." Sai is 'consoling' Miu while he is using Healing Magecraft on her.

"Sai-san is still holding back…?" Miu can think in terror how serious Sai could be.

"Huh? What's these green lights? My wounds are gone! This is magic, huh." (Miu)

"Now, have you realized the flaw that I mentioned?" (Sai)

"Yes." Miu answered with a sullen face.

"Although, you are invincible in close-quarter-combat, but it is useless if the enemy uses long-ranged attacks and others. And Magecraft is very dangerous for you who relies on her physical body, since one can use mental-interference and illusions." (Sai)

"What should I do, Sai-san?" (Miu)

"Simple. Give you Magic Resistance and let you learn how to handle long-range attacks. So, there you have it, use these scrolls on Magic Resistance once you learned it." Sai gave Miu a Magic Resistance Skill Scroll along with ten Skill Rank-Up Scrolls.

"Are you sure Sai-san? This is expensive, right?" Miu asked with a worried expression.

"If it's you, then it's worth it." Sai answered her with a smile.

"Y-yes." Miu replied with a blush on her face.

"Papa…" Jenseits appeared behind Sai and spoke to him in a chilling voice.

"Eh?" Sai is too late to notice and the Etherlite was used on him.

"Jenseits, what's going on? Why did you just use Etherlite on me?" (Sai)

"To prevent Papa from escaping." (Jenseits)

"Papa, you used another weapon aside me. Did you get tired of me already and now that you found a new weapon for yourself, you will throw me away?" Jenseits speaks with a cold voice and her eyes were empty.

"No, I will not throw you away. How can I throw away my beloved daughter?" Sai quickly said this.

Jenseits' eyes went back to normal. And she withdraws the Etherlite from Sai.

(Thank goodness, I'm safe or else what would happen if she continued.) (Sai)

"Papa, don't throw me away, okay." Jenseits dive into Sai's embrace and said this to him.

"Yeah." Sai comforted his daughter while continuously patting her head.

"Funya~~." (Jenseits)

Once he noticed that Jenseits is satisfied he put her down and went to Miu.

Thankfully, Miu is distracted with raising her Magic Resistance, or else she would see Sai helpless in the hands of his daughter.

"Sai-san, I finished learning Magic Resistance and raising it to EX Rank. Where is Kyouko-san?" (Miu)

"Kyouko went back inside me since she got nothing to do. Now that we cleared one problem, shall we proceed to long-ranged attack training?" (Sai)

"Long-ranged attack training? The same as earlier?" Miu is sweating profusely while asking this question,

"Yes." Sai answered her with a 'sweet' smile.

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Meanwhile, in a part of Beginner's Plain

Sayo's Side

The five girls agreed to divide the Beginner's Plain for them to practice peacefully. Right now, Sayo is sprinting her 'territory' while using her bow to kill monsters.

"That should be the 500th monster. And I'm getting the feel of using the power of the Hunt and Wind Goddess." (Sayo)

Mion and Shion are a little surprised since they didn't expect Sayo to possess two God Cores.

"As expected of Stiff Master. To master using your powers in such a short time really shocked us." (Shion)

"Yeah, for you to have us along with those God Cores, will make you invincible once you have grown." (Mion)

"Is possessing both powers are that special." (Sayo)

"Of course, with the power of the Gods, you will have the power of Authority they hold." (Mion)

"With the power of a Primordial Land, you will have infinite power and more." (Shion)

"Even Sai nor us knew the full details of what will you gain if you possess a Primordial Land." (Mion)

"But we can assure you that if you have us, you will have an entire world at your arsenal." (Shion)

"I see. Then, that makes it a high-priority to master these powers in order to release its potential." (Sayo)

"Go for it, Stiff Master." (Mion)

"If you're bored while hunting, feel free to talk to us." (Shion)

"Thank you for your support, but can you not call me Stiff Master?" (Sayo)

"Nope~!" (Shion & Mion)

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Rinko's Side

"Haha! That's an amazing amount of passion you have there, Master. You even grasped that Flame God's Burning Land, Blazing Sky. Your passion to learn is very satisfying!" (Lisara)

"Since I played a game where I'm a Sorcerer, so I got the feeling of it." (Rinko)

"But isn't that just a game where you move your hands? Still, you want to be a Flame Sorcerer." (Lisara)

"Yeah, I thought I will not able to be one." (Rinko)

"Oho, I just sensed an incredible passion in that sentence. Don't worry, you have the calculating capabilities, affinity, and mana needed, you will definitely become one." (Lisara)

"It's kind of embarrassing saying it out loud…" (Rinko)

"You really are a cute one, Master! But you should prepare a spell already, since another herd is coming." (Lisara)

"Yes! {Sea of Flames}!" (Rinko)

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Saaya's Side

"I didn't expect that the Golems will be that hard." (Saaya)

"But you are still lacking in using Numerology. Master must prioritize mastering Numerology since it will help you in issuing orders for the Golems." (Isuzu)

"Got it." (Saaya)

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Chisato's Side

"That will be my 1500th kill. I need to get used to the weight of this thing." (Chisato)

"A coffin that have missiles, machine gun, railgun, and others. Along with a skill that makes anything you shoot hit its target, you are a weapon of mass destruction already, Master." (Kazuki)

"That's not enough, since if someone come closer to me, then it's over." (Chisato)

"You can just use the Divine Light Arts." (Kazuki)

"Indeed, that's a solution, too. But I want to learn close quarter combat from Sai-san later." (Chisato)

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Yukina's Side

"Freeze." Once Yukina said that, all of the monsters coming her way froze and died.

"You have become powerful in such a short time. Congratulations, Master." (Sayaka)

"This is not the end of it. I will get more powerful, powerful enough to clear the obstacles in his way." (Yukina)

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Back to Sai's Side

"All right. That's it for today." Sai clapped his hand and the treasures disappeared with golden lights.

"Too…. brutal…" Miu who is still gasping for air, complains.

"Don't worry. You will get used to it." (Sai)

"Yes…" (Miu)

"Let's head back and prepare dinner. Oh? It looks like you cannot stand anymore." Sai picked up Miu on the ground and carried her on a princess carry.

"Sai-san?!" Miu is shocked and embarrassed in her situation.

"Well, considering the fact that I'm the one who exhausted you, this is what I should be doing." Sai said to Miu. Since Sai's glasses doesn't work anymore, he doesn't care to wear it. But his skills are now in full force affecting Miu.

"Thank you very much." Miu can only thank Sai meekly.

"You're welcome." (Sai)

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Seventh Day of Examinations

8:30 PM

Central Base Camp Inn

After everyone ate dinner, they took a bath, then they went to their rooms and slept. The only one who is awake is Sai, who looks at the Hibernation Coffin in front of him.

"Do you plan to give that body a soul?" (Kyouko)

"Yes, it would be a waste to just let it inside the Inventory. And we will be going to set out tomorrow, so this will be the perfect timing to do it. I want the girls to achieve coordination in the training in Mountain Range of Monstrosity." (Sai)

"But that's not the only reason why you choose that place for training, aren't you?" (Kyouko)

"Indeed, I have other objective in selecting that place. I sensed the presence of 'that thing' in the direction of that place." (Sai)

"But obtaining that should be harder than before, right?" (Kyouko)

"That doesn't matter. 'That thing' escaped me once, I will get it this time, for sure." (Sai)

"By the way, Sai, I'm wondering about that body, what's going on with it?" (Kyouko)

"Ah, why is it only a body but still alive without a soul to operate it? Simple, the one behind this revived only the body." (Sai)

"The body is only revived?" (Kyouko)

"Yes, do you know the principle of the resurrection spell?" (Sai)

"No." (Kyouko)

"The principle is simple. First, you repair the damage in the body and restart the function of the body. Second, you fuse the soul with the body. When a person dies, their soul will not leave the body but will prepare to leave the body. By preparing to leave, the soul would lose the connection with the body and wait for the Manager's underlings to collect it. By using the Resurrection Spell, you can attach the soul to the body once more, thus achieving perfect Resurrection." (Sai)

"Then, the one behind this used a failed Resurrection Spell accidentally?" (Kyouko)

"No, their goal is to have a perfect vessel for Anubis. They intentionally used a failed Resurrection Spell and sent the original Shigure Kosaka's soul to the Cycle of Reincarnation." (Sai)

"With soul gone, then that body will not have that much value, isn't it?" (Kyouko)

"The value of this body doesn't change. The brain still contains the memories of Shigure Kosaka. You see, the memory storage in both the soul and in the brain are backups for each other. If the soul lost the memories the brain will supply it, then vice versa. I can still make a soul that is similar to Shigure Kosaka, since the memories in the brain are not damage and in perfect condition." (Sai)

"This is still the first week of the exam, and yet you already broken the rules of the world many times. Rebirth on the spot and now Creation on the spot. Really, there is no boring times with you around." (Kyouko)

"Flattering will get you nowhere, kissing me in the check will be more effective, you know."

"Is that so? Well then, excuse me." Kyouko moved forward and kissed Sai on his check.

*Smooch SFX* (Kyouko)

"You really did it." (Sai)

"You're the one who asked for me to do it, though." (Kyouko)

Thus, Sai noted to never tease the girls around him since it will back fire at him.