The katana, which hadn’t seen a real battle in a long time, glittered in his hands. Dozens of cuts came out of it towards the elderly woman. The ridiculous thing was that Kayden’s body kept up with his attacks at speed.
** BOOOM!* *
The bat collided with the young man’s katana, making a frightening noise. None of them were pushed back. The two exchanged glances for a second and saw a similar flash of amusement.
Their next blows were exchanged at high speed. Even with all of Kayden’s attributes, the elderly woman managed to match his speed. In a moment, Kayden made a horizontal slash at high speed and...
** SWISH! **
His attack cut through the air and also cut the elderly woman in half. Kayden felt the texture of the flesh tearing, and with the speed, the blood couldn’t even leave the body. Without thinking, he instantly retreated and placed several wear barriers around him.
The sound of something being dragged appeared throughout the room as several dragons exploded into their barrier. The elderly woman managed to completely deceive Kayden’s senses; he couldn’t even differentiate that he was fighting an illusion.
He was about to comment that it was a powerful illusion when he saw the woman with a glowing beam on her belly. It seemed like it wasn’t an illusion, but it wasn’t her that was there either. Truly, a mysterious and complex technique.
Kayden continued to force her with dozens of attacks at every turn. Some were silent and came very close to causing harm, while others were just to attract attention and divert the elderly woman’s strength.
This time, she was the one who came up. His staff was shining so brightly that it seemed to be made of pure light. It easily passed through Kayden’s barrier, it had no wear and tear and instantly he recognized what was happening.
The light was so intense that it was burning the surrounding mana, causing it to cease to exist. The mana entered one way and exited the other side of the stick. This was not a technique that someone in the fourth realm should have.
Kayden imbued his katana with all the mana he had available. One way or another, he was going to win this confrontation. Every attack they exchanged showed that Kayden had the upper hand. In terms of brute strength, he was far superior to anyone. The amount of mana he could utilize was simply too high.
The woman didn’t even miss a step and Kayden didn’t miss an attack. It was a beautiful dance of attacks and defenses. Nobody made mistakes; every attack created a ridiculously high shockwave that could kill anyone below the fourth realm.
Hundreds of dragons floated in the air, and dozens of slashes flew. It was a mess of attacks and blows that left most people lost as they watched. Only a few in the fourth realm could truly understand the game of chess they were playing.
Kayden placed two pentagrams below him, one for his body and one for his lightning bolts. He was about to continue. He hadn’t had a good fight like this in a long time. Unfortunately, he had to stop his attacks.
"You are superior," said the elderly woman with a smile on her face. Her eyes reflected the defeat she had. A fight like that exhausted his movements too much. She couldn’t go on any longer.
In the end, the amount of mana Kayden possessed was much higher. Not only that, but his attacks were very strong and forced the opponents to defend themselves. Furthermore, its defense was ridiculously high.
"That was a good fight. We don’t need to end in deaths," Kayden extended the arm of friendship to the woman. She would be an excellent training partner in the future. His techniques and strength were ridiculously high.
"My name is Jasmine Kremlin. I hope we can fight again. I acknowledge my defeat," she bowed to Kayden and said his name. Thus, it became clear to him why his techniques were so elaborate.
She belonged to the royal family, probably still of the highest rank. His techniques were too impressive to be commonplace. Kayden was happy to make the right decision; if he killed her, he could probably have problems in the future.
"I’m Kayden Heart, it’s a pleasure to meet you. It was a great battle," Kayden was friendly and then went down to his room, waiting while the other teachers chose their students.
This time, the best of the best were chosen. Only a few high-level elves wanted to go with the foreign teachers, but after Kayden’s fight, most regretted their decision.
Kayden was too strong for his kingdom. It was something far beyond strength; he was completely oppressive. But it was too late to regret it, and they just had to choose between the best teachers.
This entire process took about an hour and a half. It wasn’t fast, but it wasn’t slow either. Once everyone was done, Kayden was free to take his students somewhere more private.
While the selection process was going on, he searched several inches of the forest for a good training space. After becoming a teacher, he received a badge that allowed him access to his full spiritual sense.
The place he chose was the top of a mountain, the peak of which was so high that it was snowing. This location was chosen on purpose so that he could place several runes that would make climbing difficult.
"Very well, first I will explain how it will work. We will have meetings twice a week lasting three to five hours. They will occur here. I will teach you some basic techniques and improve your mana manipulations. I won’t do anything in-depth about its elements. This is something you must seek for yourselves. The first month is optional, but in the second month, you are required to attend. Anyone who doesn’t come will be expelled. Any question?"
Kayden quickly blurted out several pieces of information and waited while they digested everything he said. In a few seconds, someone expressed the doubt everyone had.
"Isn’t that too little time?" Kayden was already expecting something like this.
"No, I believe in the method of learning alone. You can have support to reach greater heights, but you must learn to walk alone from an early age. I will only give you the correct directions, nothing more."
"What about the techniques you promised us?"
"You will make your own. The ones I have were made by me and it makes you fight much better. For today, you are free, you can go check out the gym but try to start climbing the mountain from tomorrow. Our class starts at noon," with that, Kayden...
He threw them all off the mountain. As they were first-realm mages, they had no problem turning around so as not to die from gravity. As soon as he was free, Kayden began the process.
"Felix, please help me," the cat came out of the shadows behind Kayden and began working on the runes along with him. The first thing they did was clear the entire mountain of any unwanted life.
Then, they placed several runes that increased gravity pressure, made mana manipulation difficult, and caused bad feelings against low-level people; even instincts would be deceived by them.
Felix placed some golems to patrol the perimeter; Each of them had different attributes and was capable of killing students if they were sloppy. There were a few hundred of them scattered all over the place.
Felix took a few hours together with Kayden to finish all the preparations. Kayden estimated that it would take the students a few weeks at least to be able to climb the mountain.
The academy provided him with several elves as helpers, from several different realms, but most were in the third realm. He placed them to prevent anyone from being killed on the mountain but made it very clear that they should only intervene in cases of life or death.
After that, he left the whole situation aside and built a structure where he said: "Press here to call the teacher". This would take him out of his isolated cultivation. As an accomplished architect, Kayden began building a home for him to spend the next few years.
All the furniture was removed from his space earring; he had a lot of things stored there, and there was practically an entire house furnished in his space. The structuring process didn’t take long and, in just a few hours, Kayden was finished.
With nothing to do, he began to cultivate quietly. He was very close to advancing, thanks to the treasures he used during this time he spent in the third realm. The five-year time frame he predicted has been reduced to three or four now.
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About two weeks later, Kayden was finally awakened from his induced coma by the signal from the button he placed; it was a simple rune system that placed foreign mana within his room and made him able to react.