Zane arrived and went to the secret library. There he started looking for books which were related to what he was looking for.
"It’s almost three hours now and I haven’t found anything well, at least I have found this technique book," Zane thought while putting down a book on the table and sitting down.
"Mother, do you think he will be able to learn this technique?" Jane asked, standing in front of her mother’s desk.
"I don’t know, but since his father created one of those, that means he can," the Tower Leader replied while reading a book.
"Even though he is..."
"Some does not mean he will be able to learn it though, after all, we have heard many people get burned while trying to master that technique," Vane said while sitting on the couch.
"If Zane has the potential of both his parents, he will succeed," she said.
Vane sighed. "I hope he does not burn the whole tower or freeze it," Vane said.
"Don’t worry about that," she insisted.
"But with what I know, if he starts learning that technique he won’t be able to participate in the Freshman competition," Vane said while standing and looking at the couch.
"With what he has shown, it seems he doesn’t like to be in the spotlight, and he likes quiet places, that’s why he came here," she said, putting her pen down.
"The Burning Sun and Ice Edge this technique name is giving a strong edge, maybe if I learn this I can become stronger," Zane thought while opening the book.
Zane then spent the whole afternoon reading both books.
"This technique is really amazing, but I have noticed that I cannot learn The Burning Sun without Ice Edge, and also I cannot learn Ice Edge without The Burning Sun because if I do, I will be burned or I will be frozen to death," Zane thought while heading to the dining hall.
He then ate with his seniors and went to his room. There he continued to read the book so that he could understand it before trying to learn it.
The next morning, he did his morning training, ate breakfast with his seniors, and headed to the outside training grounds.
"Right now, I can start," Zane thought while sitting in a cultivation posture.
"So the first step is the Twin Pathways, dividing the main mana core into two opposing sides, the right side the Sun which is flame or fire and the left as Ice Edge," Zane explained .
"Cough! Cough!"
"Damn it, I failed. I used too much fire, let’s start again," Zane thought while wiping blood.
"Create two pathways, nice and easy, no rushing," Zane thought.
"It’s working," Zane thought, while his right side was igniting flames that burned his clothes, and the left side was freezing.
"This hurts so much," Zane thought while grinding his teeth and squeezing his eyes hard.
"I have to succeed, I have to," Zane thought repeatedly.
Then a month passed while Zane was still sitting in that posture, while his right side was pure red and the other was frozen.
And at the same time, the Freshman competition was starting.
"Mother, are you sure he is fine? Is he still alive? It’s been a month now," Vane asked, looking at Zane through the window.
"It’s fine, he is still alive. He is just unconscious, I can hear his heartbeat," Joy said.
"That girl who has been coming is participating in the Freshman competition. Is it okay that Zane is not gaining anything?" Vane asked while turning and looking at her mother.
"It’s fine. Who cares anyway," she said while taking a sip of tea.
"If you say so, I will be going to watch the competition, see you later," Vane said while kissing her mother on the cheek and heading to the competition.
The Arena was full of students who wanted to watch students who had potential.
"Welcome students! Today we are here to witness who are the strongest students in this year’s Freshman batch!"
"This year is going to be different. As you all know, we usually use rounds of duels, but this year we have changed."
"This year the students are going to go through a maze full of monsters, and the first eight to come out will then pick numbers and fight each other."
"So let the Freshman competition commence!"
The students were then transported into different entrances.
"So Zane didn’t make it. I hope he is okay with his training, as for me, I need to get first place," Eveline thought while tightening her fist.
"Zane didn’t come, is there something going on that I don’t know?" Leon thought while standing on the other side of the maze.
"Haa-Haa... I didn’t see that idiot today, he must have been killed," Brandon said while laughing out loud.
On the other side of the maze, there was a beautiful girl who was wearing white armor with a gold sword. "So he did not come today. I don’t think he still remembers me," she said while entering the maze.
The corridors held a little mist, and on the sides there were flickering wall sconces.
Eveline first encountered some goblins that she passed easily without effort.
"This is easier than I thought," she said while pulling her sword out from the monster’s head.
ROAR!
A deep roar echoed deep inside the maze, but Eveline didn’t get intimidated by it.
"This is more like it. I’ll use that big guy for a warm-up." She charged forward, cutting down all the small monsters she saw until she reached where the roar was coming from.
"You are a big one, huh?" Eveline said while looking up at the giant golem standing and blocking her way out of the maze.
FWOOSH!
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The golem attacked first, crushing down the maze’s wall while Eveline jumped into the air and charged toward it.
CRACK!
BOOOM!
Eveline then cut off the left arm of the golem. The golem tried to regenerate, but Eveline was a few steps ahead and stabbed straight into its core.
BOOOM!
Parts of the golem were scattered around after the core exploded.
Meanwhile, Leon, on the other hand, was having fun playing with a golem.
"This thing is no longer generated now. Oh, I guess it has its own limit," Leon said while looking at the scattered stones of the golem. He picked up its core and crushed it with his bare hands.
As for the girl in white armor, she just cut the golem into two, including the core, and continued toward the exit of the maze.
"HAH... Haah! This is amazing! I wish it was that idiot who wants to take Eveline Everheart from me," Brandon shouted, laughing wildly while throwing fire bullets across the maze!
While they were leaving the maze, Zane was also finishing his training.
CRASH!
CRACK..... CRACK!
The ice on Zane’s left side started cracking.
And then...
FWOOOSH!
A huge surge of flames erupted on his right side while the left side spread ice across half of the training ground.
"It worked," Zane said while opening his eyes.
[ DING ]
[ ICE MAGIC HAVE REACHED MASTER LEVEL ]
[ FIRE MAGIC HAVE REACHED MASTER LEVEL ]
[ CALCULATING REWARD ]