Fantasy Libary 12

Title: The Manadyte Mountains

With Claudia’s help, it wasn’t difficult to obtain a large amount of Manadyte.

However, Claudia was still curious as to why Ark suddenly needed so much Manadyte.

Logically, he had just acquired Ser-Veresta, a powerful Orga Lux. He wasn’t a researcher himself and didn’t need to create another Orga Lux or research any technology. Why would he suddenly need so much Manadyte?

“May I ask what this Manadyte is for?”

Claudia didn’t outright refuse but simply asked this question, which made Ark secretly think that there was still hope.

In response to Claudia’s question, Ark inadvertently lied and answered.

“It’s related to my upcoming training.”

Well... it could actually enhance his strength and combat effectiveness, so it wasn’t wrong to call it training, right?

“Training...?” Claudia blinked.

“Yes.” Ark nodded and praised: “If everything goes smoothly, my strength should increase significantly in the following period, so I shamelessly came to ask for your help.”

“I see.” Claudia expressed her understanding.

As for the specific content of this so-called training and why so much Manadyte was needed, Claudia didn’t ask further.

Regarding personal training methods, these were undoubtedly important secrets. In this academy, where duels were the goal and all students could be each other’s competitors, directly asking such things should be avoided, even if it wasn’t taboo.

“If it’s about Ark-kun’s training, of course, I won’t refuse.” Claudia immediately agreed.

“Is this really okay?” Ark felt a bit embarrassed and said, “Even though it’s just Manadyte, once the quantity increases, it should be quite valuable, right?”

Even if it were ordinary ore, once the quantity increased, it would cost a lot of money to buy. As an academy sponsored by the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, Seidoukan Academy certainly wasn’t lacking in Manadyte, but a large amount of Manadyte was still a significant treasure. It wasn’t easy to casually spend it on a student.

Claudia did have the ability to do this, but it was equivalent to asking a girl to pay for it. If there were no other way, Ark actually didn’t want Claudia to help him with this.

Claudia didn’t care about this.

“Don’t overthink it. The academy already has various special treatments for outstanding students. If you rank high, the academy is even willing to grant many privileges, not to mention providing a certain amount of resources for student training. As long as it can effectively improve training results, they will definitely be very happy.”

Claudia seemed to plan to apply to the academy to obtain a certain amount of Manadyte under this name.

In her opinion, there was no reason for the academy to refuse the application.

The reason was simple.

“Ark-kun must be planning to participate in the Festa, right?” Claudia suddenly asked.

“Of course.”

Ark was stunned, but there was no need to hide this matter, so he nodded in agreement.

“Then, the academy has a reason to support you.” Claudia said without surprise: “I believe Ark-kun must know that in recent years, Seidoukan Academy’s performance in the Festa hasn’t been ideal, right?”

Hearing this, Ark silently nodded.

Although he didn’t remember every detail of the original book, after browsing the internet recently, Ark learned a lot.

Seidoukan Academy’s performance in the Festa in recent years hadn’t been ideal, and this had become a topic of online discussion.

As a large-scale global combat performance, the Festa, a student combat competition held in Asterisk and jointly organized by the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, was a popular and sought-after competition welcomed by almost everyone in the world. The competition was divided into several seasons over three years.

Three competitions would be held in each of these three years.

In the summer of the first year, a doubles competition would be held, called the Phoenix Festa.

In the autumn of the following year, a five-person team competition would be held, called the Lindwurm Festa.

In the winter of the third year, an individual competition would be held, called the Gryps Festa.

This lasted for three years, with three competitions held each year, and that constituted one season.

Then, in each competition, students who achieved excellent results would receive different scores according to their rankings in the affiliated academy. These scores would be summarized after the end of one quarter of the Festa, that is, after the end of the Gryps Festa in the third year, and the comprehensive scores of each academy would be calculated and ranked.

Seidoukan Academy’s ranking had been very low in the last few quarters.

“Our Seidoukan Academy ranked fifth in the overall ranking last season. Queenvail Girls’ Academy, which ranked sixth, was never considered in the overall Festa ranking due to its own strategic position and policies. Therefore, we were actually equivalent to the last place.”

Claudia said seriously to Ark.

“To improve this situation, Seidoukan Academy has paid special attention to student growth and the quality of new students this year. As long as they know that Ark-kun needs a large amount of Manadyte, which will allow you to make significant progress, then the senior officials of the academy will undoubtedly approve it.”

Of course, this was a treatment that only Ark could receive now.

As a user of an Orga Lux like Ser-Veresta, Ark had now become a target of the top leaders of Seidoukan Academy and was considered by them as a strong contender for this season’s Festa.

Especially, the compatibility level between Ark and Ser-Veresta had exceeded the limit. This unprecedented situation had made the academy have more expectations for his future.

Thanks to this, as long as Claudia met Ark’s needs, the academy would definitely not mind supporting him with some Manadyte.

“You don’t need to feel embarrassed. As long as you perform well in the Festa, it will be the greatest reward for the academy.”

Claudia tilted her head and smiled at Ark.

“You don’t need to feel that you’re causing me trouble. After all, I just need to inform you.”

Hearing this, Ark could only nod.

However, he secretly thought in his heart.

“Both this time and the last Orga Lux loan application, it was you who helped behind the scenes.”

“I must remember this kindness.”

Thanks to his family, Ark had lived an independent life for many years, suffering a lot and falling many times.

Therefore, he held a grudge against those who took advantage of him when he was down. On the contrary, he was always very grateful to those who were willing to help him and would remember every kindness they did.

Claudia had helped Ark before, and in her opinion, it might have been a small matter, but for Ark, these things were clearly not easy to achieve.

So, he must remember this help.

Thinking of this, Ark didn’t know what he was thinking. He shifted his gaze unnoticed and looked at Claudia’s waist.

He already had something in mind.

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It turned out that Seidoukan Academy wasn’t lacking in Manadyte.

Ark went to see Claudia to tell her about it in the morning, and by the afternoon, the Manadyte was delivered to him.

“This is the underground vault of the academy. The Manadyte you need has been moved there.”

Claudia sent him the location and a message, and the meaning was very clear.

Ark, who was eager to set off immediately, finally waited until school was over. When the school bell rang, he immediately left the classroom and headed to the designated place.

Soon, Ark arrived at the underground vault, performed a palm print authentication at the door, and opened it.

Apparently, Claudia had done this for him.

Ark thanked her in his heart as he entered.

The next second, a large pile of green ore piled up like a mountain appeared in his sight.

“Great.”

Ark smiled happily.

There was no other way, this was all the panacea that could help him increase his strength.

“Let’s get started.”

Ark couldn’t wait any longer.

At that moment, he held the Ser-Veresta device and walked towards the mountain of Manadyte.