9 Practical Test (6)

About 20 hours later...

Matthew could be seen meditating, behind him, two mana circles could be seen spinning around his body.

Both of them were white, mainly because Lua was hiding his mana-circle properties, so his 2nd mana-circle got a neutral color.

A long time had passed, and Leon still didn't appear with his group, Matthew didn't know why, but he didn't care.

Although he only has a few hours to capture the remaining flags, he's quite confident.

The reason?

Matthew thinks that if Leon really wants to win against him, he needs to gather every group.

And at that moment, when they attack him, all the flags will be with Leon or Stacy since she's a mage.

So, he only needs to defeat them and get the flags.

Easy peasy, right?

Russle...

"Found one! Magic Missile!"

BAM!

Thud!

"Finally found some food to eat..." Matthew sighed as he looked at the boar in front of him.

He picked him up and inserted his sword into it.

"Time for some barbeque..." He smiled.

He gathered some logs and then threw a small flame onto them. With that, he started to cook the board.

After a few minutes, the boar was already cooked, so Matthew started eating with a big smile on his face.

"Mhm~" He hummed in delight.

BANG!

"Uh?" Mateus swiftly evaded the incoming bullet at him. However, he felt weird since he was pretty sure he was the only one to take a gun.

He looked at the direction in which the bullet came and frowned deeply.

There stood a completely black figure with an eerie look on his face, there was also a faint gree aura emanating from his body.

"A Dark Hunter..." Mateus bit his lip.

He wasn't really sure if he could actually beat one right now. But, why the fuck was a Dark Hunter on the Practical Test!?

This creature is a C-Rank Minor Demon! Matthew's power is only equivalent to an F- Hunter!

After all, his status only contains numbers instead of the Rank itself. That means that he didn't even reach the F-rank, and if that wasn't enough, Matthew still didn't awaken his class!

Normally, after reaching 25 points in one attribute, that same status will turn into an F-rank.

However, special attributes like "Charisma", "Luck", and things like that will remain in numbers.

However, since Matthew and his classmates didn't even awaken a Class, even if they reached 25 points in whatever attribute, it would appear in a locked state.

After all, at the beginning of the novel it was mentioned that the Class Awakening only happens after the Practical Test because, at that moment, the professors have a clear view of the student's abilities.

"By the way, why those professors still didn't arrive!? Do they fucking think I can beat a C-rank demon!?" Matthew gritted his teeth.

"Besides, I don't want to activate 'that'... Last time, when the spades symbol appeared in my eyes, I almost lost control of my body!" He mumbled to himself.

He was currently contemplating what to do in this kind of situation.

New Mission Issued—Kill the Dark Hunter

Rewards: [Desperation—Lv2], Growth-Type Sword (F-rank), and the Necklace of the Goddess Of Luck.

Given rewards to complete the mission: Temporary D-Rank Status.

At that moment, Matthew felt an energy flow through his even and felt all of his status increased by a huge decree.

The system even bypassed the need for a class to become a D-rank user.

"Fuck... I'll end this fucking fast." Matthew's eyes suddenly turned completely black as a blood-red symbol of spades with a tinge of black appeared on his pupils.

He gripped his sword tightly and activated his skill [Desperation].

All of his status increased and with that, Matthew dashed towards the Dark Hunter.

He enveloped his sword with ice mana and swung it at the demon. However, as the sword met the demon, it broke!

"Tsk..." Matthew clicked his tongue.

Instead, he created a sword made of ice.

"Ice-Spears!" Matthew conjured a bunch of ice spears and threw them at the Dark Hunter.

A dark barrier appeared in front of him and easily defended against the ice spears.

But, Matthew's move wasn't done, he reappeared before the Dark Hunter and stabbed the sword into its heart.

Splurt!

A dark liquid came out of the Dark Hunter's body, splashing on Matthew's body.

"Fuck... This is... Nether! I'm fucked...!" Matthew tried to get away, but then, the Dark Hunter suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Oh, fuck you... Your goal from the beginning was just to fucking injure me! This fucking bastard!" Matthew's eyes glowed more intense.

Behind him, the shadow of a giant lotus blooming appeared as the red aura suddenly got more intense than before.

However, before the giant lotus could actually bloom, the Dark Hunter, eerily giggled at Matthew and suddenly put his hand on Matthew's mouth.

"Keierkeirkeriekr~~" The monster giggled at Matthew.

He suddenly turned himself entirely to that same dark liquid and was trying to flow into Matthew's mouth.

SPLURT!

But, before he could actually do that, a giant amount of mana came out of Matthew's mouth and directly neutralized it, creating a huge red light that lit up the entire forest.

"F—Fuck..." Matthew murmured to himself.

He looked at his left arm which had been corroded with Nether and frowned even more.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! FUCK! Why does this fucking minor demon has actually the property of Nether!?" Matthew complained to himself.

Nether is basically the opposite of Aether.

Aether gives life.

Nether gives destruction.

And Matthew's left arm was corroded with Nether, meaning that... now... it was completely useless.

Matthew gritted his teeth as he noticed that he couldn't move his left arm. Out of anger, he looked at the liquid on the ground.

Mission Complete!

The user has received...

[Desperation—Lv2], Growth-Type Sword (F-rank), and the Necklace of the Goddess Of Luck!

"I don't give a fuck about that!" Matthew angrily said.

However, as he remembered the name of the Necklace, he suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.

Immediately, he looked at the attributes of the Necklace.

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Necklace of the Goddess Of Luck

Rank: ???

Skills: Goddess' Kiss (Gives the user +999 Luck for a time of 60 seconds. Cooldown: 3 Months.

???

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"Great... but what are those interrogation marks?"

[This Necklace has two more functions, but the host it's still too weak to unlock them. Please get stronger.]

"Alright..."

Looking at the liquid in front of him, Matthew controlled it and then gathered all of it into a glass bottle.

"Lua, I'll be needing your help," Matthew called out.

Immediately, Lua appeared on Matthew's lap, rubbing her head against his belly.

"Huff..." Matthew took a deep breath.

"Goddess' Kiss!"

At that moment, an extremely beautiful woman appeared just before Matthew, she cupped her cheeks and kissed Matthew's lips.

Feeling the soft texture pressing against his lips, Matthew's eyes widened as the woman winked at him and then disappeared.

[59...58...]

However, as the countdown appeared, Matthew shook his head and woke up from his delusions.

He grabbed the bottle and drank it in one swoop!

Immediately, the Nether property started spreading over his body. It began by attacking his lungs.

Matthew could feel the oxygen on his body disappear, but he gritted his teeth and continued.

He used the red energy and silently guided the Nether into his first mana circle.

Matthew's idea was simple, recreate his first mana-circle using Nether!

Nether had a very corrosive and destructive nature, so it was indeed the best idea for Matthew.

Besides, if he could actually get Nether as an attribute, god knows how overpowered he would become!

"Lua, now!" He urged.

At that moment, Lua's pink eyes glowed as her pat touched Matthew's chest. An energy started flowing until his first mana-circle and silently guided the Nether.

Slowly, Matthew's first mana circled as being recreated, and instead of the normal white color, an eerie black appeared.

And that continued... for a few hours...

"Matthew, I've finally found you!" Leon's voice reached Matthew's body, but Matthew remained still.

Behind Leon, more than 50 people could be seen, and it was indeed all of the remaining things.

Stacy, on the back, carried all of the flags with a calm look on her face. But, as she looked at Matthew's state, her mind suddenly went back to what happened at the lake.

Her eyes landed on his figure as she saw a faint red vein on Matthew's neck.

''T-that... is it happening again?" She murmured to herself.

"MATTHEW! Reply to me this instant, you fucker!" Kennard already annoyed with Matthew's attitude approached him.

He reached out to him and was about to tap Matthew's head with all the strength he had...

However...

THRUM!

A huge wave of Mana left Matthew's body and pushed everyone back. It constantly sends waves throwing each student even further.

"W-what the fuck is this!?" Even Leon who almost never cursed, couldn't help but do it at this moment.

Even Kennard was shocked by this reaction of his.

"Sigh..."

At that moment, a huge sigh reached their ears as the waves of mana suddenly ended.

"Here I was meditating... But, really... You guys couldn't help but fucking wait for a few minutes?"

Now, his normal dark eyes had a permanent spades symbol on them. And along with that, a strange tattoo could be seen on his neck.

Matthew's lips curved into a smile as he saw the flags that Stacy was currently holding.

"Let's end this fast..." He spoke.

From his spades, a faint scarlet smoke oozed out giving him a demonic look.

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