Mary Miller
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As soon as the cymbal was struck, Qi Ling dashed into the obstacle course, running even faster than Octane, who watched, awestruck. She glided through the terrain like there weren’t any obstacles at all, swinging past the monkey bars and lightly jumping from pillar to pillar in the next section with ease. In an instant, she had caught up to Finn and continued going, smoothly and elegantly overcoming everything that stood in her way like a figure skater in an arena. “Finn!” Iris called out. “Use…-
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The two teams got into position, each one forming a line behind an obstacle course track. There were two identical ones right next to each other, meaning Jim had planned for them to race against one another anyway, even without Pang Zi’s arrogant remarks. “Alright, looks like both teams are set,” Jim chuckled, standing between the two lines. “In that case… 3, 2-“ “Hold on,” Finn cut in. “Before we begin… I just want to make sure of something.” Jim looked at the face of the kid that…
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The next morning, Finn and the others grouped up together once more to commence joint training. They were instructed by Elder Hua to head to the main hall building, where Patriarch Lei and the Big Five were already waiting. “Good morning. I hope you all had a good night’s sleep last night,” Patriarch Lei said calmly. Finn and the others bowed collectively. “Good morning, Master.” “As you all know already, today will be when your joint training with the Big Five starts. For the purpose of…
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For the rest of that day and the day after that, Finn continued practicing his Lightning Breathing technique. Here and there, Lei would teach him some more advanced Stormbringer Abilities as a break, all of them which he managed to learn first try. The same, however, couldn’t be said about the breathing technique. Finn only had a short amount of time left before Thursday hit and joint training with the Big Five would begin — it was now the night before, but he still hadn’t reached mastery. “……
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The next day, Iris, Octane, Fanatic, and Reaper went to train with Elder Hua once again. Finn, however, had different plans, and stayed behind in the dormitories they rested in last night while he awaited Patriarch Lei’s arrival. Said dorms was just one of many — there was one building for each group of Hunters in the squadron, categorized by age. Each building was also split into male and female for obvious reasons. Usually, only the Big Five and higher-rank members in the squadron had a room all to…
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‘If you could’ve done that all along… why only suggest it now?’ Finn asked hesitantly. ‘…’ ‘You should’ve made this proposal as soon as I met Iris,’ Finn scoffed. ‘What are you trying to say?’ Finn clenched his fists. ‘… Don’t you dare lay a hand on Iris.’ ‘I’m already used to working with her — we have good synergy and work fine together. I am not about to change now.’ ‘What you did earlier today… you were hoping for Iris to get sucked into…
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Finn took a deep breath. “… How unfortunate.” Lei frowned. “What…?” “I have these… special powers, but I don’t know where they come from or why I possess them. That’s the truth, Patriarch.” “… Tell me about these ‘powers’.” “I would, but it’ll be much easier if I show you instead,” Finn replied, then turned his head in the direction of the door. “Please call Nurse Yang or Elder Hua back.” Of course, he could simply tell Patriarch Lei through words, but this…
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Soon after, Octane, Fanatic, and Reaper set off for the library just as instructed. In the meantime, Elder Hua and Nurse Yang had both gathered in the infirmary, facing Finn and Iris. But there was also one other visitor here — Lei Feng, Patriarch of the Thousand Dragons Sect. “… Elder Hua, Nurse Yang. Leave this boy and I alone for a while.” “Understood, Patriarch.” Elder Hua and Nurse Yang both bowed deeply, before shooting a glance at Iris. “Follow us, Iris. Your wheelchair is…
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Meanwhile, back at the dojo, things weren’t looking too great either. “Ngh… I can’t… hold on any longer…” Elder Hua gritted her teeth as she held on to what was left of the demolished walls, praying to whatever god she believed in that this feeble piece of wood didn’t get torn off. Unfortunately, whatever she was praying, it clearly didn’t work. A crack appeared in the wall, and the chunk she was holding onto was torn off. “AH-!” Unable to resist the immensely powerful…
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“Seeing as how you were able to activate your Angelica to start up the iFrame earlier, I’m assuming you know how to circulate your mana,” Elder Hua said. “I’m not expert on this Angelica, but from what I know, the Stormbringer Angelica is all about controlling the lightning in your mana. Naturally, the advanced Abilities Patriarch Lei uses requires this.” “I can pretty much control it, though I haven’t mastered it completely yet,” Finn replied honestly. “I’ll see what I can…
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