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Chapter 79 Two Disciples Get Entangled

Two weeks had passed since the training of Mion and Dona began.

Having successfully completed their physical enhancement training, the two were now engaged in combat training under Croix’s guidance.

Mion had body-enhancing magic.
Dona had a sword.
In contrast, Croix faced them barehanded, fighting against the two of them.

“Ha!”

Thanks to the physical enhancement training, Mion’s movements had improved significantly compared to before.
Moreover, with the aid of body-enhancing magic, her speed was such that an ordinary person couldn’t even properly perceive it.

“Hah!”

Dona was not falling behind.
Although she was slower than Mion, her intuition and reflexes were extraordinary.
She was adept at maneuvering to avoid getting caught in Mion’s line of fire.

Mion’s ultra-fast heel drop.
Dona’s sweeping slash, adding weight to his speed.
For an ordinary human, avoiding immediate death would be impossible.

The simultaneous strikes were intercepted by Croix’s index fingers.
The surrounding area echoed with a tremendous noise.
However, Croix remained perfectly still and expressionless.
He then pushed back, sending both of them flying effortlessly.

“Still light. Your footwork is lacking, and you’re not putting enough weight behind your attacks.”
“Ugh…!”
“Tch…!”

It had already been more than ten days since they started this training.
The standard for passing was to land a hit on Croix with 50% of his full strength combined.
However, rather than landing a hit, the two hadn’t even managed to budge Croix an inch.
Honestly, the gap in their abilities was greater than they had expected.

They repositioned themselves in mid-air and prepared to attack again.

“Sister, what should we do? This is impossible.”
“Master Croix wouldn’t give us an impossible challenge. He is confident that we can achieve this within a month, which is why he presented us with such a difficult task.”
“That may be so, but…”

Despite the feeling of gradual improvement day by day,
the strike just performed was the best they had managed since starting the combat training.
Yet, faced with the reality of not moving Croix even a little, they truly doubted if they could achieve it.

“Anyway, let’s focus on attacking for now. With your combined assaults, a chance should eventually arise.”
“Yes, sir!”

The two of them dashed forward simultaneously, once again launching an attack on Croix.

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“Ouch… We didn’t manage to make any progress again today.”
“Yeah. It’s not going as planned.”

After finishing their combat training with Croix, Mion and Dona headed to the Royal Army’s training grounds.
After combat training, they always review their performance and train together.
Without this, they’d never be able to land a hit on Croix.

Additionally, this time was perfect since the Royal Army’s training had also ended.

“What do you think we need to do to land a hit on the Master?”
“Hmmm… Honestly, a direct approach head-on is tough. Since we have the advantage in numbers, we should make use of that.”
“For example?”
“One person should definitely attack from the front, and the other should definitely attack from behind.”
“But that puts too much burden on one person.”

While discussing and trying different ideas, they practiced hand-to-hand combat.
Although it was quite fast, for the two of them, it was just a light warm-up… more like play.
Then they moved on to proper sparring. Mion used body enhancement, and Dona used his sword.
Of course, they held back and stopped short of actually hitting each other.

While they were engaged in this sparring, which also served as a review session, Mion suddenly noticed something with her ears.

“Stop.”
“Senpai?”
“…Someone is approaching from this direction. Three people. I don’t recognize their voices.”
“Huh?”

Mion looked towards the entrance of the training grounds.
Following her gaze, they saw:

“Huh? …What? Dona?”
“Why is he there?”
“Didn’t he run away?”

The three people who had been violent towards Dona were there.
Mion glanced quietly at Dona.
Dona was clearly distressed, and there was also a hint of fear.

“Hey, Dona. Where’ve you been? We were worried about you!”
“Did you come back just to be a punching bag again?”
“Gwahahaha!”

The ugly smiles and dirty emotions were unsettling.
Mion knew about Dona’s situation. With her current state, she shouldn’t have to deal with these kinds of people.
But they didn’t have the luxury of time.

“What do you want? We’re busy right now.”
“Huh? Who is she?”
“Isn’t that the ‘human guests’ they talked about?”
“Ah, I remember hearing about that. First time seeing you, cute little lady.”

One of them, with a vulgar smile, reached out towards Mion.
Mion sighed, grabbed his arm roughly, and used body-enhancing magic to grip lightly.

“Ahhhhhhhh!? Nooo!?”
“Don’t touch me. You’re disgusting.”
“Eeeekkkkkk!?”

Even though she only applied a little pressure, his reaction was over-the-top. It was somewhat anticlimactic.
Seeing how pitiful he looked, Mion released her grip, and he fell onto his backside when suddenly freed.
Mion sighed at his pathetic state.

“Dona, let’s go. We’re done for today.”
“Y-yes, Senpai.”

For now, Dona followed Mion.
The three people who had only recently instilled fear in them now felt like nothing at all.

“…Do you think I’m getting stronger?”
“No one comes out of that training without getting stronger. And…”
“And?”

“There’s no one scarier than Master Croix in this world.”
“I couldn’t agree more.”