The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

Wiener wore a smug expression.

“The senior student’s injury is more serious, so she needs more care.”

Lisette fed Jessica another piece of fruit, tapping Vina on the cheek as she said, "What, you're not happy about it?"

"...I was wrong."

"That's right."

Lisette smiled with satisfaction, then picked up a piece of fruit, gently held one side in her mouth, and suddenly brought it to Venus's mouth.

"There can't be any more objections now, okay?"

Jessica felt the fruit in her mouth was even more sour.

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Chapter 372 Felix: Hehe, I've caught up again.

With her head spinning, Vena was clearly unable to offer any objections, and thus missed Lisette's shy, blushing face.

Lisette took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the juice stains off Vina's face.

Looking at Vina's silly smile, she was secretly delighted, thinking that the tricks her mother had taught her were indeed effective.

The fact that Xiumeia was able to win over Fadvi, who was lying in the hospital bed, in just half a month shows that her methods were no joke.

"Ow!"

The Lionheart leaped out of Jessica's chest and "whoosh" landed on Vina's hospital bed, baring its teeth and claws to express its dissatisfaction.

This description seems inaccurate...

Where are your teeth?

Wiener noticed that the Lionheart, which once had a mouthful of sharp teeth, now had none left.

"Ow!"

Although the lion cub tried its best to appear fierce, how fierce could a toothless lion cub really be?

"Change it for me."

Wiener extended his finger and gently pointed it at the lion cub's nose.

He is no longer the same as before. The Lion King who used to be able to throw a tantrum in front of Vena now only needs one look from Vena to obey.

"Ouch."

The lion cub let out a soft whimper, then transformed into a beam of white light, reverting to the shape of a rapier.

However, compared to its former glory, the Lionheart now appears rather wretched.

Not to mention the numerous nicks and chips on the sword, even the tip is missing a portion.

For a rapier, once the tip is broken, it's basically considered dead.

The Lionheart knew he looked too pathetic, and before Vena could take a second look, he transformed back into a lion cub.

"This child really gave it his all this time."

Jessica finally spoke, her tone carrying a barely perceptible gentleness.

"Ah."

Wiener must admit this.

While being relentlessly beaten by the Titans, Thief Armor vented all the force he was taking on onto Lionheart, who was being used as a shield.

That beating alone was enough to render most of the swords unusable. If the Lionheart hadn't contained a large amount of memory metal, it would probably have been completely destroyed by then.

In the final moments of the battle, the Lionheart, despite its broken body, transformed into chains, momentarily halting the giant's advance and allowing Venerer's attack to succeed.

"Poor little guy."

Lisette couldn't help but reach out to comfort the lion cub, but the Lionheart proudly turned its head away, avoiding her touch.

Its pride allows it to be called cute at most, but it absolutely cannot accept being called pitiful.

"No hiding."

Jessica turned slightly to the side and glared at the lion cub with a slightly reproachful look.

Lionheart lowered his tail helplessly and reluctantly accepted Lisette's stroking.

“Let it rest a little longer this time. I’ll forge you a new sword as a replacement for this period of time,” Viner said.

"But I haven't even decided what kind of sword I want."

Jessica's voice carried a hint of confusion, a stark contrast to her clear objective when she first came to demand the sword.

It's hard to say whether it was the guilt he felt from being too arrogant and putting himself and Wiener in danger.

Or perhaps it was because Tilisa secretly told her that it was Vena who stabilized the disordered magic in her body at the critical moment, and then tightly embraced her unconscious body within the frost barrier she had erected.

The two factors combined left Jessica unsure of how to face Vina.

She lost consciousness after releasing the Lion King's Heart and didn't remember what happened afterward, but she figured her teacher wouldn't lie to her.

"You don't need to think about it. Just wait to be used like Felix. Do you think I don't know which weapon is more suitable for you?"

Wiener made the decision for Jessica without any hesitation.

During this period, she forged several improved versions of the Admira Armor, including the Udvik Armor. Although she made considerable progress, she also grew tired of the process.

This time, Wiener absolutely refused to accept the assigned topic; he wanted to do his own thing.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

Jessica closed her eyes and gave up thinking.

"Speaking of which, where are the Felixs?"

Wiener seemed to suddenly remember something.

At least a whole day has passed since he and Jessica were out of danger, and Felix hasn't shown up even once during that time.

Is this kid really angry?

"Isn't it your fault?" Lisette glared at Vena. "Felix came to me crying and complaining that you didn't want him anymore."

"I didn't even know what had happened before Felix dragged me to the dungeon. He said he wouldn't come back until he broke through to the fifth rank."

Lisette only greeted Felix and rushed back after receiving news of Vella's hospitalization, and then crushed the escape stone.

"What about him now?"

"Rikka is with him."

"I see... I'll apologize to him later."

If Vena had known earlier that the other party was this type of demon apostle, she would have brought Felix along; she suffered from a lack of information.

Despite his role as a meat shield almost throughout the entire battle against the apostles, that was mainly thanks to Thief's Armor.

Vina is actually quite similar to Jessica; both belong to the fighting style of seizing weaknesses and then delivering a fatal blow.

Encountering a giant, a mage's nemesis with terrifyingly high vitality and defense, and a mental barrier that can trap and prevent escape, is simply too unfavorable.

On the contrary, the Sword Emblem, which is the most unreasonable for direct confrontation, is surprisingly effective against enemies like giants who do not dodge and simply stand still and take the hits.

If Felix were to act with murderous intent, he would probably be killed underground before the Titan could even release its mental barrier.

"I don't think we need to wait. We can just talk it out in person."

Tissa pushed open the door and entered, and behind her was—

"Hehe! Venus, look, I've caught up with you again!"

Felix walked into the ward with his head held high, and the aura emanating from him was clearly at the level of a fifth-tier emblem master.

Although they looked a bit disheveled after a day of hard work, their triumphant expression was hard to hide.

"...Just to be on the safe side, let me ask you first, which level of the dungeon did you go to all by yourself?"

“Five floors!” Felix exclaimed proudly.

When Felix is ​​unhappy, the monsters in the dungeon suffer greatly.

If he hadn't already broken through to the fifth-tier Emblem Envoy level on the fifth floor of the dungeon, who knows where he might have gone.

"...You win."

Viner's lips twitched slightly.

Last time, the three of them entered the dungeon together, but they only made it to the third level.

As a result, Felix managed to reach the fifth level of the dungeon all by himself, all because of a single angry remark.

You should know that if you go any further down, even the escape stones will become useless.

"You're only at the fifth level of the dungeon. Arios was already on the fifth level when he first enrolled. The three of you combined are now about the same level as Arios in his first year."

Tilisa commented calmly.

Her nonchalant demeanor piqued Vina's curiosity, so she turned to Jessica and asked, "Jessica, what about you?"

"Don't make me remember..."

Jessica covered her face with her hands, seemingly trying to escape from that past she didn't want to revisit.

Chapter 373 Seal

Tilissa is a good teacher, but only if you can withstand her brutal teaching methods.

Only by passing her test will you have the chance to see the gentler side of Tilisa.

Mentoring newbies is the fastest way to help them adapt to the dungeon.

But you probably can't find another person in the entire academy like Tilisa, who takes people on a tour starting from the fifth floor.

Arios was her first test subject, and the results were excellent.

However, the hero's outstanding performance caused Tilissa, the then Silver Wolf Class Leader, to have a slightly distorted understanding of "normal".

This led to Jessica becoming her second toy.

God knows how Jessica, who had only just entered the third tier and was barely beginning to grasp the power of the emblems, managed to escape from those vicious monsters.

Just knowing that after that entrance exam, Jessica mastered teleportation to a high degree without having formally learned magic, is enough to show how much psychological trauma that period inflicted on the still immature Jessica.

Although Tilissa had been hiding in the shadows, ready to intervene, the moment she did intervene, it also meant that Jessica had failed the test.

Jessica persevered and made it to the agreed time.

Finally, he buried his head in Tilissa's arms and cried his heart out; he'll probably never forget that moment.

That's why Jessica felt a pang of jealousy when she saw the teacher treating Wiener differently.

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"Now that everyone's here, let's have a short meeting and discuss a few things."

Tilisa reached out and brought over two stools, giving one of them to Felix.

“Vina, Jessica, the demon giant we just defeated has been verified to be an apostle of the Sword Demon. The remnant of the demon blood soul extracted from the Armor of Calamity was taken from it.”

"This is your first successful campaign against a demon apostle, which is commendable."

As soon as Tilissa finished speaking, Felix started clapping, drawing everyone's attention.

"Uh... I didn't... it just happened subconsciously."

Felix said timidly, and his hands gradually stopped moving.

For Felix, who often falls asleep in class, meetings are a nightmare.

Aside from clapping reflexively when he hears key words like "congratulations," "encouragement," or "meeting adjourned," he's practically unconscious the rest of the time.

"Why don't you stand up and listen?"

"Stop talking so much."