Volume 14 Chapter 48: 

Volume 14 Chapter 48: 

Sarah quickly cast her magic; a shroud of mist surrounded the area, making it difficult to find them. Slashes came out of nowhere; droves of monsters dropped one by one.

Faelyn easily took down the monsters before her. As she was going to do something, she suddenly pulled back! The sudden movement baffled the beast; even the elf was perplexed. With this slight lag, the beast took the chance to attack her! Shh! 

However, it was taken out by an arrow to the head. Krystal frowned, "Watch out." She continued to slice the monsters before her. With the mist shroud around them, it made things much simpler. After they finished, 

"Why did you flinch?" Leona frowned at Faelyn. That moment of hesitation would have gotten her killed. 

"...I thought you would have fired magic." Faelyn sighed. Leona frowned further, "Why do you think I would fire magic?" She was an archer, not a mage. It would take her time to chant. 

Krystal realized, "Is it because of Alfia?"

"Mmhmm." The elf nodded. The two had always worked in tandem with one another. Her movements had been integrated into her brain. 

Sarah tilted her head, “I think that’s going to be an issue with the two of you.” 

“...” The elf said nothing

Krystal then frowned, “Is that why you asked us to come with you?” From how she reacted, it seemed she understood this issue. 

“Mmhmm.” Faelyn nodded. This was something she realized. Most of the flaws she had were covered up by Alfia. The two were inseparable, which made them understand one another. This was perfect in group battles. However, when alone, things would become tricky. 

It became a crutch instead. 

Leona snorted, “You should have said so from the start. Besides that, you’re heavily reliant on the elf.” Everyone knew about this; when there was Alfia, usually there was Faelyn. They were together 24/7. It was only times when Alfia went out with Keith that she didn't go with. 

“You two are friends, but you always have something on her.” Leona talked about it. Faelyn was cordial with everyone. But for Alfia, she continued to call her princess, which was really formal.

“...” Faelyn took a deep breath, “That’s something that I need to work on right now.”  She needed to fix her flaws right here and now. Leona nodded, "Then we'll stick with you." Krystal and Sarah glanced at one another and followed after the two. While they trained, Aidiun stared at the others who were reading and relaxing inside the living room. 

"Shouldn't you all be studying?" 

Carolyn looked at him, "Professor Aidiun, we've been working the whole time. We need to get ourselves a break!" There was something that had to be said. She was going to die from exhaustion. 

"...I see."

"So the first final we have tomorrow is Instructor Tennol's class." Keith thought about it, "We should stretch ourselves as it might be a combat class." 

"Okay!" 

The day of the finals for Tennol’s class. It was going to be a simple thing where they would be sparring with some instructors again. That was something that caused them to be excited. Herrick was the first person up as he started to fight against them. When he did so, the fighting got quite something as Herrick was the first person to make a move. It was fast and sporadic. That was something he was going to do.

“Woah! Herrick is able to beat one of the instructors.”

“That’s incredible!”

“What a fighter.” The students couldn’t help but cheer on the man when he defeated them. But that defeat only caused  Tennol to frown as she stared at them. But there was nothing to say about it as even the weakest physically, which was Alfia, was slowly getting ground against them!  

Later in the day, that was when they had all arrived before one another. There was something that had to be said, “Don’t you think S-class has gotten a little too big for their britches?” 

“We need to put them in their place!” One instructor stated. But when that was said, the others started to do the same since it was about them.