Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 310 - Installing the Magic Fortress

The joint training took place after school since the three teachers had their own schedules and the students had classes to attend.

“One person per day. We’ll take turns educating three days a week. During the remaining time, you’ll review what you’ve learned.”

“Then how will the training be conducted?”

As Max raised his hand and asked, Ethan answered.

“There are quite a few students here who participated in last year’s inter-academy exchange, right? Then you’ll know how the exchange is conducted. We’re training in preparation for the exchange.”

The inter-academy exchange was basically a kind of festival, and among them, there were five subjects that reflected grades.

“The overall grades are calculated by combining the five subjects to determine the winning academy. But we won’t be paying much attention to that.”

Ethan said.

At his words about not paying much attention, all the students looked puzzled.

Hadn’t he declared that they would win?

“We’re going to take first place in all five subjects. Things like how many points we got in how many subjects are of no importance.”

They would win all subjects and claim the final victory.

This inter-academy exchange was an opportunity to restore Ivecar’s honor.

“In fact, it’s fair to say that Ivecar has lost its position as a prestigious school, being overtaken by Freya. If you had the grades, you would have gone to Freya instead of Ivecar.”

It was an undeniable fact.

“That’s why a narrow victory is meaningless. Others might think it was just luck.”

Of course, winning by luck wasn’t possible, but the current Ivecar needed a definite impact.

Enough to make everyone forget about Ivecar’s past.

“We need to clearly demonstrate that Ivecar has once again revived as the prestigious school it once was.”

Gulp.

Someone swallowed dry.

In the previous exchange, they were almost crushed by Freya Academy. Even with Claudie, it wasn’t enough.

Max recalled the humiliation of that time.

After Oz took a leave of absence, Max became the top student and became Ivecar’s face and representative.

He had participated in last year’s inter-academy exchange as Ivecar’s top student.

“I came in this year, so I don’t know how it was last year. But I can definitely tell that the atmosphere wasn’t good. Teacher Claudie, who is likely to become a Master soon. However, students who can’t keep up with that teacher’s education. I guess that’s roughly the evaluation that came out.”

It was exactly right.

Max, Ivecar’s top student, couldn’t hold his head high and was completely defeated by Freya’s golden generation.

If he was like that, no other Ivecar student could hold their head high, and they ended up handing the victory to Freya.

An overwhelming defeat.

Max couldn’t face Claudie. How could he call himself Claudie’s disciple with such grades?

Everyone who participated in the exchange at that time gritted their teeth at that humiliating memory.

“It will be different this time. You’ll go to the inter-academy exchange as the same people, but in a completely different state. Look forward to it.”

After the explanation.

Everyone entered their respective classes with high spirits.

***

On the way back, Claudie approached Ethan and asked.

“Did you persuade Oz, Teacher Ethan?”

“He came to me first. Seems like he was quite impressed by the first lesson.”

“Oh, did that problem child accept it gracefully?”

“He had a clear desire. He’s a bright student, so he was clearly aware of his condition. Of course, being clearly aware and acting are different things, so he was acting contradictorily, but still.”

“I guess we can say he’s smarter than Mason.”

Claudie smiled slightly.

“You could have introduced him today. Is there a reason you didn’t?”

“I’m not planning to include him in the joint training.”

“… Not include him?”

Claudie knew that Ethan was planning to use Oz as a secret weapon.

If so, Oz should naturally have been included in the joint training.

Oz was full of talent, but his break was too long. A gap at the time when he should have been growing was enough to make him lose his touch.

It was a time when he could become stronger in an instant, but conversely, it was also a time when he could become weaker just as quickly.

Of course, there would be a lot of opposition to Oz joining. Most of the students participating in the joint training don’t have good feelings towards Oz.

Some students would be quite upset because their classes were disrupted because of Oz.

It was Ethan’s job to persuade them.

But Ethan was saying that he wouldn’t include such an Oz in the joint training.

“All the other academies will know that our Ivecar is sharpening its blade ahead of this inter-academy exchange. Not only Freya, but Vogue Academy will also be keeping an eye on us. In fact, Vogue might be showing much more interest than Freya.”

All eyes are on them.

“What happened at the department exchange. Teacher Claudie, who was already in the spotlight, and me, Max and Mason, and even Yuna and Ron, we’re all exposed.”

“The only one not exposed would be Roanna.”

“Yes, of course, the level of all students will change through this joint training, but I still want to create one secret weapon.”

“And that’s Oz Lazarus. But we can’t hide him completely, Teacher Ethan. The information that Oz has been Ivecar’s overall top student several times is already spread everywhere.”

“That’s just enough. The problem child Oz has made up his mind. It seems like something is going to happen. That’s just enough.”

At those words, Claudie immediately understood what Ethan meant.

“Are you saying a sword is most feared when it’s in its sheath?”

“That’s exactly it.”

As Ethan smiled, Claudie also smiled very faintly.

“I’m not feeling too good about this. But.”

Then he patted Ethan’s shoulder.

“It’s a good idea, Teacher Ethan.”

“Are you praising me?”

At Ethan’s words, Claudie turned around and disappeared without answering.

***

The first day’s class was taught by Claudie Hyde, the swordsmanship teacher.

“There are a few students here who have never taken my class. So let me tell you in advance. My class usually doesn’t accept many students. That’s because I don’t have the talent like Teacher Ethan. Such a teaching method is difficult for anyone other than Teacher Ethan to even imitate, so if you think of it too naturally, you’ll have a hard time in the future.”

At this point, Mason’s heart was pounding the most.

Mason, who had the highest possibility of becoming Claudie’s favorite disciple. Although he had kicked away that opportunity, he was secretly expecting it as he ended up taking his class after all this time.

Moreover, he had already pushed his body to the limit against Ethan and the special golem.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Not only Mason, but all the students were brightening their eyes.

But Teacher Claudie’s favorite disciples, led by Max, were quickly taking deep breaths.

“First, physical training.”

Claudie’s classes were generally very hard.

What he cared about the most was the basics, and the start of the class was to lightly swing the sword a thousand times.

“Since it’s the first class, we’ll start lightly. It’s neither a long nor short time until the exchange, and it’s best to bring your body condition up to match that time. Then start. A thousand sword swings. Swing right away. Magic students can swing their staffs if they want. Anything is fine as long as you can warm up your body.”

A light warm-up of a thousand times.

“What I value most is memory.”

At Claudie’s words, Mason’s eyes lit up.

“You might think that you make all judgments rationally, but that’s wrong thinking. Fights always come suddenly. In sudden situations, what can make judgments is not reason but instinct. Instincts are different for each individual. Some people might make the right instinctive judgments even in urgent situations, but some might not be able to cope in crucial situations.”

This was orthodox.

Therefore, many people viewed this instinctive something as the talent that person possessed.

“I think this instinct can be handled through training. After all, instinct is based on memory.”

“I don’t understand well, teacher.”

“Let me give you an example.”

Claudie picked up a sword.

Claudie was originally sharp, but when he held the sword, his aura became unimaginably keen.

He clearly looked like a sword in human form.

As Claudie exuded his aura to the fullest, the magic students instinctively stepped back.

Some of the magicians unconsciously tried to create magic circles before stopping.

“Did you see, magic students? And swordsmanship students.”

Like the magic students, the swordsmanship students showed similar reactions.

Some hesitated and some put their hands on their empty waists.

“Instinct follows the body’s memory. Handling this instinct is what instinct training is all about. Judgments based on reason are slow. But instinct is fast. We use that. My class is about imprinting memories in the body. The body doesn’t easily forget what it has remembered once. What you’ve built up, your head might forget, but your body doesn’t. Remember it, and when you start training again, it will instantly recall and reproduce that time as it was.”

Claudie said.

“But the body doesn’t remember easily. The body is very picky. For this memory to reach the realm of instinct, it needs to be repeated a lot. More familiar than breathing. Now, let’s continue.”

***

“Ugh… We’re not used to this kind of class.”

“The physical swordsmanship department might be okay, but…”

“Still, you guys move less. What you need to remember is not swinging a sword, but swinging a wand and drawing magic circles.”

“You think drawing magic circles is easy?”

“But it was amazing. Now I understand why Teacher Claudie’s class is so popular.”

The students were quite satisfied with Claudie’s class, the first class of the joint training.

“I’m looking forward to Teacher Duty’s class too. I wonder what the magic department’s teaching method will be like?”

But what they were looking forward to the most was something else.

The person in question, Ethan, was currently in the Whiskers territory.

“Wind Cloud.”

He was there to install the magic fortress, a magic obtained from the Tschernkastel family.

“It seems everyone has already arrived. You must have been very curious.”

The magicians from Tschernkastel had already arrived at the Whiskers territory.

The pretext was to help install the magic fortress, but in reality, it was to see with their own eyes whether Ethan really understood the magic fortress perfectly and could install it alone.

“We should make a bet.”

Since they had come to the Whiskers territory, he couldn’t just send them back.

“We have to earn our keep.”