The Mysterious Black Magician

When Yman went back to the waiting room, the room was so silent. Together with their deities, their curious eyes were on him.

In his mind, they must be wondering how he was able to fight like that, especially since he was the person who always fainted in their exercises.

Right, Yman wasn't only popular for being the person who could not muster his mana, he was also the infamous person who had the lowest stamina.

Well, that was a thing in the past.

This fight of Yman surprised all the other trainees. His first match, against Bruno, did not have much impact on them. It even came to the point that most of them forgot how he won that match. After all, everyone was so excited about their own match.

But in this match, against an elite student, most of the trainees started to be wary of him.. It was unthinkable that someone from the lower class was able to defeat a trainee in the Elite Class.

While looking at him, most of them felt Yman had transcended to become a new person. Now that they thought about it, he certainly looks very different from before. It was not just a slight change. It was an overall change.

Although most of the trainees were now feeling wary of him, some were surprised and happy at the same time for this great change of him.

Almina stepped forward. "Uh, C-Congrats on winning. That surprised me…" she said bashfully, yet did not forget to muster a warm smile.

He nodded and said his thanks. When he was about to add something, Almina stopped him while saying he needed to rest. Well, he looked so tired.

Jugo wasn't an easy opponent. After using his Prime State and Growth Artefact at the same time, most of his stats already surpassed Yman's. Although he won in the end, it was a hard-fought match.

But there was no worry in his expression, nor fright. There was only satisfaction. He wanted to win this competition, but more than that, he wanted a match that would enable him to exceed his limits. Just with that, his attributes would show an increase. 

The blonde, Maena, looked away, she had conflicted feelings at the moment. The reason for it was because she used to look down on him. Honestly, she wanted to ask how he became that strong, physically. This win of him against an elite surprised her greatly. But still, she wasn't the type to openly show it on her face. Maena tried her best to remain as normal as she could be in front of Yman.

Bob and Chloe said their congratulations as well. It surprised them also that Yman was this strong now. That fight was not just a simple fight. The hardened stage was in a mess. It had been broken all over.

Most of the trainees were now looking at him differently, but not all. 

"Heh! Look at this guy. Feeling strong? Haha!" Kiko snorted, then asked tauntingly as he walked forward with a chuckle. Following behind him was his gang. "That's not even a good fight. That's just a boring brawl of two muscle brains. Don't think you are so awesome because of that. Just wait when you face up with me. I'll burn you to a cinder," Without waiting for Yman's reply, Kiko and his gang left after saying it. He couldn't wait facing him on the stage.

It angered him that Yman's match became the hot's. He was the one who finished his opponent the fastest even among the other elites. He should be the flesh of everyone's convo. He expected that everyone would be talking about his fast win. But this Toadman was yet again the topic of everyone's talks. 

Grr!

For Kiko, Yman and Jugo's match wasn't a big deal. Although Jugo was strong both in physical and magical power, he was more into physical. So in the elite class, Jugo had the weakest magical power. Compared to him and the others, they could easily defeat Yman with their magical prowess. He would be going to show him what real power was when they faced each other.

But Kiko doubted it. He doubted Yman would advance further in this competition. He should have just dropped dead and left the academy. It was more peaceful without him. Well, he was itching to teach this guy true despair and what real power was.

Yman just scratched his face as he watched the figure of Kiko going farther.

"Don't mind him. Regardless, you look so tired," Almina told him.

"No, I'm fine, actually," Yman replied. Although he looked so beat up, he wasn't as wimpy as before. Even a single percent of stamina left would not be enough to faint him.

Almina blinked her eyes as she stared at him. "Are you sure?" She asked.

The others also doubted Yman's words. After all, that match just now was so insane.

However, he only nodded. "I'm really fine," he said after a smile. Then he told them that he had to go first as he had some errand he needed to accomplish.

He noticed Almina sighed, but Yman chose not to mind it. The headmaster gave him a mission of handling a letter to the Barracks.

Before Yman left the waiting hall, his body glowed briefly. He canceled his resonance with his deity.

When everyone saw Sistela, Bob and the others were quite surprised. Jazz flew beside Sistela and gazed at her. Maybe she was wondering if it was the same deity she knew or different.

Both Almina and Maena showed an understanding look at Yman after a brief stunned upon seeing his deity.

"So it was the Imp-Series with a One Second Invisibility ability," Maena muttered.

Yman nodded.

"Is this the variant of the Imp-Series?" Almina asked upon seeing that Sistela's color was green. The standard Imp-series had only red and blue. Both colors had additional illusion ability. But the green one was a little special. It had One Second Invisibility ability.

"....."

Sistela didn't like being stared at in her current form. She tried to hide behind her partner's head.

"Yeah, it is a variant of the Imp-series," he nodded.

"Is that the reason why you were able to dodge Jugo's leaping attack?" Suddenly, someone interjected. When they glanced at where the voice came from. They saw a beautiful girl with pointed ears.

"Miss Rei…" Almina muttered while narrowing her eyes.

Rei-Rei together with the others in her party were moving towards them.

"Who knows…" his reply was just simple. He had no obligation to explain. Joining this competition was just for fun, actually. And also, to get some experience.

But before Yman could leave, Almina insisted on coming. He also noticed Bob and Chloe wanted to tag along.

Yman pondered briefly if it was fine to let them come.