Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 221

Chapter 221 Chapter 49.1 - Lilia Thornheart

221 Chapter 49.1 - Lilia Thornheart

The training grounds were eerily quiet as I stepped into a secluded one-person training room belonging to the Archery Club. The familiar scent of wood and the twang of bowstrings greeted me.

"Not enough."

This place had been one of my favorite places to train my marksmanship skills.

Equipped with an assortment of weapons, the room allowed me to explore the full extent of my abilities. My focus shifted from daggers to the elegant curve of bows and the swift release of arrows.

With a bow in hand, I seamlessly moved around the room, shifting from cover to cover. Each shot was a testament to precision and control as the arrows found their mark with deadly accuracy.

THUD!

The targets, strategically placed to mimic unpredictable enemies, were punctuated with the thud of arrows embedding themselves into the surface.

'I need to be as swift as I can.'

The reason why I was here training my marksmanship was the fact that, with the weapons I had in my arsenal, thanks to Celestalith.

'I need to learn more weapons.'

To do that, I needed to perfect the five core weapon forms of Celestalith to make sure I could utilize it to its utmost potential.

I was good at using daggers and bows, but I knew for a fact that I didn't use chakrams and the grey threads to their full potential. I could do a lot better than what I was doing now.

'Especially the vastness of mana.'

This world wasn't only about skills or arts. Any exceptional Awakened who learned how to manipulate their mana would become a powerhouse. Not all the mages had a Trait or Skill related to being a mage, but they still held a lot of power. It was because they learned how to control mana properly and able to utilize it.

'I should integrate all those techniques into my combat as well.'

Limiting myself purely on my weapons and arts was not an ideal thing to do. Starting from [Mana Observation], there were countless different formulas like [Haste], [Compress], [Fusion] and [Diffusion]. Many of those actually referred to the physical interpretation of actions, but they were all basic and important since they formed the base for the further construction of the skills.

That was why, switching to throwing knives, I continued my dance, honing my accuracy with every swift and calculated throw. The metallic rings echoed through the room as the knives found their intended destinations. I reveled in the fluidity of movement and the seamless transition between ranged and close-quarters combat.

'I need to make use of chakrams as well.'

My control was yet to be precise enough, and there were countless possibilities I could make.

'Even utilizing wind and other psions becomes helpful.'

Chakrams, circular blades with deadly edges, became an extension of my will as I twirled and released them with expert precision.

'Maybe even the [Telekinesis] is a possible choice.'

Though it would take a while, the idea of using the telekinesis to control chakrams orbiting around me made sense.

'I will take a look at it later.

"Start the stage five."

[Understood, Student Astron. Access is given.]

The training room transformed as the stage five simulation commenced. Holographic images of various monsters materialized, simulating a dynamic battlefield. The monsters, each designed to test different aspects of combat, started to pour in.

And just like that, I lost myself in the training.

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'He might be interesting.'

Lilia, who had been constantly working with her family's guild, thought about Astron. To be perfectly frank, she didn't have much interaction with him aside from that one time. Therefore, he naturally didn't take too much place in her thoughts.

Though, the others in the group didn't let it go like that. Julia, in an attempt to tease Ethan, always talked about Astron, and Irina's whining also didn't stop either. So, at the end of the day, she couldn't help but have at least one thought about him, and that thought would be annoying.

After all, she hated those who acted without any sense of responsibility, and those who were lazy were the people she hated the most. The ones who had the potential to be awakened but wasted that chance. In her eyes, Astron was such a student. He was at rock bottom; his attitude was not good, he always talked back to his teachers, and he lacked manners.

'Truly expected from a slacker,' she mused, her lips curving into a slight frown. 'I wonder if he even cares about his future. Some people are just too carefree for their own good.'

That was what she initially thought. However, because of both Ethan's and Carl's worlds, she couldn't help but change her evaluation a little bit more.

'Maybe….Just maybe…'

There was a chance that he might have changed, and if everything was just as Ethan and Carl said, things would certainly get interesting.

'I had already scored three deals with future prospects, and I have one more slot.'

As an executive of Olympus' Vanguard Guild, she was given the right to recruit four students.

Though different from how it looked, that right to recruit was actually a preparation for a clash between the factions inside the Guild. It was a tradition that was passed from generation to generation. To increase the creativity and strength of the guild, the family always believed that competition was essential and one's individual strength was different from one's management skills.