There were better ways to spend a vacation.
Some students went home.
Some relaxed in warm cafes, indulged in mindless gossip or took scenic strolls across
Astralis Academy's wide courtyards.
Alden?
He was trying to perfect a sword technique that wanted to tear space in half.
Inside the isolated training chamber—drenched in spell-reinforced silence—Alden stood shirtless.
Sweat trickled down his chest.
His crimson eyes were fixed ahead. Cold and sharp.
The obsidian floor beneath him was cracked from earlier attempts.
It has been a few days since he unlocked the [Ruin Arc].
He has spent the days doing nothing but training.
In the morning he trained his sword art and footstep technique.
In the afternoon he trained his light elemental manipulation.
And in the evening he trained his shadow element.
He has gotten good results in just a few days.
His shadow manipulation mastery had taken the next step.
