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  Sora quickly sed the remaining Dark Elves. The survivors were clearly among the best of their pany, strohan the ones who had already fallen. He ordered his remaining es to intercept the enemies rushing towards the Earth Dome, doing their best to slow them down.

  Before he could leap into a to stop one pyer phasing through the dome, he felt a sudden force log him in pce. He looked up to see Captohe Dark Elf el, angry.

  “Not so fast,” Captone fumed, a glint of hate in his eyes.

  Sora struggled but found himself immobilized. Before he could try to break free, he heard Kara’s voice from behind the dome, “[se]!”

  In an instant, the stunning effect vanished, and Sora was ba a, nodding in silent appreciation.

  For the pany, this was when the real challenge began. Most enemies were down, but these remaining twenty had the potential to ruin his entire pn if they managed even one kill. After all, his own pany was holding back to avoid getting any kills, while als to have everyone survive...

  Richard’s shout pulled him back to the present. “Ralph! I’ve got a slippery orying to phase away. Finish him off—I ’t hold him much longer!”

  The mole-like pyer was squirming in Richard's grasp, desperate to escape. Without a sed thought, Sora sent a bst of [Wind Bdes] toward the struggling enemy. A barrier flickered to life around the Dark Elf just before impact, but to his shock, the bdes sliced through it effortlessly, cutting the enemy down in a fsh.

  Captone’s eyes widened, his disbelief clear. “How is your damage that high? You’re not even level 80!”

  Sora didn’t bother responding, his focus entirely on clearing out the remaining pyers. Behind the dome, his allies unched spells relentlessly, while Kara moved closer, imprisoning any enemies who entered her range, and keeping all allies who came utack alive.

  Kara’s voice cut through the chaos, “Fet about us, Ralph! Focus on them!”

  He met her gaze briefly and nodded, redireg his attention to Captone’s squad. Though Sora’s strength was leagues beyond any regur pyer, this el had a skill set that backed up his arrogance. Captohrew everything he had at Sora, each spell and maneuver calcuted to gain the upper hand. But gradually, his squad diminished, falling one by one.

  As the dust settled, only Captone remained, along with fourteen other Dark Elves who were trapped in [Life Cages] or other binding spells.

  Captone’s red eyes bzed with fury, his face torted in frustration. He couldn’t believe what was happening. All of his allies had been subdued, and now he stood alone, pletely outmatched.

  ‘Is this real?’ he thought, gripping his on tightly. His mind raced as he pted using other skills. But in a moment of crity, he realized it he had nothing to turide. With o burst of desperatiohrew himself at the Human soldiers, hoping to take down at least one.

  Sora appeared in his path, wielding [Ruyi Jingu Bang] with a deadly calm. The staff pulsed with electricity, and as Sora swung it, the shog effect surged through Captounning him pletely.

  Sora wasted no time, delivering strike after relentless strike until Captone’s form shattered into particles of light. Watg the effect, Sora thought, 'This feels like a giant taser... But this guy sure had amazing stats even with his lowered level.'

  He brushed the thought aside, eling [Wind Bdes] to finish off the st of the subdued ehey fell quickly, eae reduced to nothing in seds.

  Notifications filled his vision:

  [Your pany won a pany Showdown. +100 points.][Your pany won a pany Sholessly. +1000 points.][You Aced in a pany Showdown. +2,000 points.][XP Gained: War Experience Boost x5][Level Up!][Level Up!]A surge of power flooded through him as he leveled up twiow reag level 73. Gng back, he could see his pany members cheering, the rush of victory palpable in the air. Most of them had leveled up once or twice, their eyes alight with newfouermination.

  Everyone in the pany was cheering aing with joy over the feat they had just aplished. They khey were getting carried by their pany Captain, but that detail didn’t matter now. What mattered was the massive merit they had earned and the flood of experience points they’d gained.

  The moment they were transported to the stands, Sora barely g the ongoing battles. Instead, he shifted his focus inward, fully immersing himself in training and self-development. Kara, seated nearby, mirrored his iy, diving into her own growth. They both uood that, despite their strength, they were still only at levels 73 and 74. This meant there was more potential to unlod more power to harness.

  Sora activated his [Eternal Body Craft] skills, feeling the familiar, potent rush of energy pulsing through his muscles, bones, and ans. His time spent iime Space] had amplified his physical prowess, fortifying his body to levels far beyond what his current energy capacity could sustain. Even then, with each level, he sensed his body’s growth rate accelerating, pushing him further and further.

  “Wao help you with Body F?” he asked, opening his eyes and gng over at Kara.

  She nodded, steeling herself as he moved closer. He eled the same skills he was using on himself to aid her in her own f. As the intense energy coursed through her, Kara ched her teeth, enduring the familiar but agonizing pain. She focused on what this process would yield.

  ‘It’s worth it,’ she thought, pushing through the disfort. ‘Every time he trains me, I feel my body shattering its limits, like spending years breaking through bottlenecks all at once.’

  After a few minutes, Sora released her, sensing a bottleneck she couldn’t quite break yet. Unlike him, her body still had limiters preventing it from reag its peak.

  'I thought my [Eternal Body Craft] had no limit as well, but the speed of body f gets slower and slower the further I go, as the mana supp the active f is too weak, and the passive growth gets slower over time... I ot just train forever in [Time Space], I also o raise my level to grow faster.'

  Closing his eyes agai his mana flow freely, eg deeply with the elements around him. The e became more profound, each strand of mana clearer and more defined. With [Mana Evolution] active, he could feel each elemental particle vividly, his trol growing sharper by the sed.

  ‘This skill is something else,’ he mused, excitement rising within him. ‘It’s as if each element has bee a part of me. And the more I level up, the easier this e bees.’

  He opened his eyes and observed the battlefield, watg the urained skills of his allies. With a smile, he thought, ‘If I see a skill enough times, I almost feel its structure… its essence. A dozen times, maybe less, and I’d probably be able to recreate it.’

  The prospect thrilled him. Imagining himself using these abilities—an archer’s precise shot, a wizard’s intricate spell, buffing abilities of support pyers—he could feel the essence of each, his [Mana Evolution] giving him the insight to uand aually, recreate them.

  He briefly thought of his [Mana Amplifier] css, regretting that he hadn’t learned more of its skills. But now he felt renewed hope that he could regain those abilities without needing to reset.

  ‘It’s like I’m unlog a new nguage, one spell at a time,’ he reflected, sensing his e to the mana around him grow even deeper.

  Kara gnced over at him, catg a glimmer of excitement in his expression, and smiled. 'Even in the middle of a war, we’re growing,’ she thought. ‘Who knows who’ll e out victorious on the final battlefield?'

  Sora and Kara were soht out of their reverie by Richard’s voice. “e on, Ralph! Smile a little more, you did fantastic down there. The bo of skills to deep fry them? That was brutal !!”

  Sora felt a mix of emotioween happiness and fear and quickly opehe war menu, ging the topic. “Alright, listen up! In ht, we earned 3100 points. As for the other four matches, we had two wins and two losses. That means we racked up 3300 points, while the Dark Elves only gained 200.”

  Richard and the surrounding pany members stared at him, mouths agape.

  “A fwless + Ace victory in a pany Showdown brings in that many points? That’s insane!” a Team Leader blurted out, visibly astonished.

  “You really surprised us out there, Captain,” added Jordan, the former Vice-Captain, his admiration evident. “I thought we were done for when I saw the enemy pany. Looking back, that was a crazy battle. You're like god otlefield, pying with them”

  Before the excitement could fully settle, Richard stepped forward, hands on his hips. “Alright, that’s enough celebrating! There’s still a big battle ahead of us. Everyone, get back to fog on improving your strength! Most of you gained levels, so follow your Captain and Vice-Captain’s example, increase your bat power and stop sg!”

  His stern words cut through the group’s excitement, reminding them of the difference of attitude they had. Motivated, they nodded and began to disperse, practig their teiques to solidify their power and to push themselves further.

  Sora however, received a [Military Summon].

  [Summons by el Oliver Evans – "ABOVE YOU"This is a military order by your superior. Disobeying orders will result in punishment by military w.]Sora chuckled at the description of the meeting spot, sing the area above him. He looked up, and there was… nothing but open sky.

  'What does this guy mean by that... He's not above me.' Sora thought, fused.

  “Are you an idiot?! I meant higher iands! Get up here, you little genius!” a voice called out from above. “And bring your Vice-Captains with you. Jordan, bring your ass up here too!”

  Reizing the voice, Snced up to see el Oliver Evans sitting fortably in the higher stands of the Coliseum. Four familiar faces surrounded him—the same ones Sora had seen during their st meeting. But this time, there was someone new among them.

  Asami Hito.