Nathan


    Year 2851 | Month 3 | Day 6


    On my way to the frontlines of the war, I go ahead and check up with the situation out there. On every battlefield at that and not just the one I’m currently heading to.


    And what I find is rather interesting.


    First off, the Kingdom of the Fallen is still being attacked from every direction. With each nation having gained a foothold after claiming at least one of the nobles territories on the borders. But the White Kingdom and Entaria both lost their footholds and retreated when their Class S magicians were killed, and they were kicked out of the conflict. Leading to the other powers fighting over control of their empty territories.


    Although one of the territory owners is now our ally and is aiding in protecting us rather than attacking.


    So of the directions, the Collective Kingdoms is attacking from the East. Then there’s the Republic that is attacking from the South. Followed by Hardlight in the West, and Natra holding territory in the North.


    Albeit with Natra just defending the North at this point rather than attacking from it. Which has been helpful.


    As for who has taken the most territory? That would be the Republic, followed by the Collective Kingdoms, then a decent gap and Hardlight. All because Hardlight is by far the weakest nation left in the running.


    Sorta.


    Hardlight as a nation itself is stronger than the Kingdom of the Fallen. Just because it has better technology and is a tiny bit larger in general. It’s also a lot more together as a nation than the Kingdom of the Fallen.


    But at the same time, its far weaker in military power than the other nations. Especially in terms of its Class S magician.


    After all, the Class S magician of Hardlight specializes in healing magic. Which is why she hasn’t been in all that many of the conflicts against the other Class S magicians.


    At least not many public ones.


    I have heard that the Class S magicians are all rather busy right now attacking the doctor and Chairman. And neither of the two, who have been weakened by their battle at the laboratory, have managed to get away.


    Which is causing problems on the frontlines. For the other nations, that is. Not the Kingdom.


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    All because Juan and the skeleton are taking advantage of this to attack the Republic and the Collective Kingdoms’ territories. Rather rapidly reclaiming them for Natra and the Kingdom of the Fallen.


    As for Hardlight’s alliance with the Collective Kingdoms? I’m not sure how long that will stand.


    They kind of need the alliance to deal with Natra and the Kingdom of the Fallen regardless of whether or not their current assault manages to take out the Chairman or not. But at the same time, neither of the two nations have really ever seen eye to eye. And Katherine from Hardlight thinks only about her nation as a whole. She doesn’t think about her personal gains like the other two nations.


    On top of that, the two Class S magicians of the Collective Kingdoms are… rather personal in their motivations.


    Violet only cares about her own alchemy related stuff and probably doesn’t give a shit about the war. And Edgar just enjoys fighting.


    So neither of their leaders actually care about the war if I had to guess.


    Although they probably care about the whole not dying part. Which means if push comes to shove they’ll look out for each other rather than their nation. Unlike Katherine who will look out for her nation over herself.


    All that said, I decide to head to Hardlight’s territory to claim some of that back while I experiment with my mana manipulation and spells. Seeing as that’s the only place without one of our Class S magicians attacking. And because they’re in an alliance too.


    Not to mention that it’s the weakest of the three right now.


    It makes it the ideal target for me.


    So while I finish making my way towards the West, I go ahead and figure out which spells I want to experiment on. Starting with a spell similar to the one I saw Juan pull off. One that was literally burning reality.


    And while I know I can’t actually make one like that yet, seeing as I don’t have the mana to even pull a spell like that off, I can work on the basic idea behind it.


    As for the rest of my time on the battlefield? I still need to focus on my mana manipulation.


    After all, being able to manipulate mana without a spell circle… it just seems so interesting. Not to mention powerful.


    I think back on the Class S battle over the laboratory. At how fast their reactions were. And how none of them could predict what the others would do next since there wasn’t any spell circles at least implying where their spells were targeting. Or giving away that they were even using a spell in the first place.


    Although I’m sure a Class S magician can easily sense when they’re using magic no matter how fast they’re using it, unlike me. Since I could only notice a tiny trace that they were using magic. And only after the effects already started.


    It was just too small a trace to notice when they first start manipulating mana.


    When someone uses a spell circle, they have to use mana to create the spell circle. Then they use the spell itself, which takes a very brief amount of time to activate.


    And during the time of creating the spell circle, magicians can sense the mana. All before the spell even starts.


    But with direct mana manipulation the Class S magician just immediately starts the spell without any spell circle formation period.


    Overall, it’s a massive powerup on the battlefield.


    So I want to master direct mana manipulation as fast as I can. Which means I need to train as much as possible.


    My eyes narrow as I continue flying through the air using my flight spell in the direction of the closest battlefield.


    The sooner I become Class S, the sooner it’ll be that I won’t have to worry about others capturing me.


    Probably.