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n“Yes!”

nUpon hearing that she could learn a new spell, her excitement won out over her fear.

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nTrish nodded heavily, her eyes filled with anticipation.

n“Watch carefully!”

nRennes then patiently taught her how to cast the spell.

nAfter a period of learning, Trish tried to use the magic power in her body to activate the spell.

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nShe tried many times.

nOn her most successful attempt, Trish flew more than two meters into the air, causing snow to fall in a radius of four meters around her.

nAnd the higher she flew, the harder she fell. Trish crashed onto the snowy ground.

nRennes estimated that with Trish’s rather decent talent, it would take her three to four days to comprehend this spell.

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nTogether with other offensive and defensive spells, Rennes would probably be teaching her for more than a month.

nLearning magic was a tedious process.

nAs someone who had learned more than a thousand spells, Rennes’ talent might be even higher than that of Volibear, the God of Creation of this world.

nMore than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

nThe New Year was less than twenty days away.

nThis world celebrated the New Year too. On this day, everyone would put down the work in their hands and celebrate.

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nEven countries that were at war would have a truce on New Year’s day.

nThe people would rest and visit their families and friends. They would say their blessings to each other and immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere.

nThis year’s New Year was destined to be a very special day for the Noah Kingdom.

nThe enlistment drive across the kingdom had already concluded.

nRennes had built several new military camps in a few strategic locations in the kingdom to accommodate the large influx of troops.

nHe planned to bring some of the advanced military practices from his previous life into this world.

nFor example, uniforms and other rules.

nAlthough it did not sound that important, because this was a magical world, many countries were actually more lenient towards the mages.

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nThe rules for mages were not that strict. Mages were the main combat forces in war, but they were not as orderly and disciplined as ordinary soldiers.

nBecause of the existence of magic power, the military training in this world were also different from the military training in his previous life.

nFor example, the main training courses consisted of things like learning magic extraction and learning magic skills, rather than physical training or shooting training like in the military in his previous life.

nRennes only emphasized one thing, and that was discipline!

nHe wanted a disciplined army, not a simple organization of mages.

nAnd he wanted this army to be completely loyal to him. Wherever he pointed, they would advance, invincible and unstoppable!

nRennes had also established a special unit independent of the four regular armies in the four war zones of east, west, south, and north.

nHe called this unit the Sharp Blade Unit.

nAt the moment, on a training field in the outskirts of the capital.

nRennes stood on a high platform overlooking a thousand people that had been carefully selected.

nAll 1,000 people were dressed in neat uniforms that had a white cape on the back.

nIf one were to look carefully, one would see an insignia on the cape depicting fire and lightning crossing each other.

nThis was the emblem of the division, signifying that they were as passionate as fire and as fast as lightning.

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nEvery 100 people were in a square formation, for a total of 10 square formations. Standing on the high platform and looking down, it was quite the spectacular sight.

nIf one were to observe their height, one would notice that none of them were shorter than 1.8 meters. Moreover, they were really muscular, giving off a vibe akin to a blazing sun.

nThese 1000 people who had been carefully selected were naturally not that ordinary.

nIn Rennes’ plan, these 1000 people would go through a round of cruel elimination.

nIn the end, the few hundred people who passed would learn the best magic extraction techniques and the best magic skills.

nRennes’ passionate speech resounded throughout the entire training ground.

nThese 1000 people were all hot-blooded men.

nAfter he concluded his speech, all the young men felt blood rushing to their head. They all became really excited.

nEveryone stared at the man on the high platform.

nAt this moment, in everyone’s eyes, this man was a god, and he was as dazzling as the sun.

nA full minute after the speech, not a single person had left.

nIn other words, all of them were willing to sacrifice their lives for the kingdom.

nIn order for this unit to develop combat strength as quickly as possible so that they could grow into the kingdom’s most elite force, they had to fight battles of life and death. This was the fastest way to make them improve.

nThis was also a test of Rennes’ method. He wanted to see if such a cruel method could be carried out in the Noah Kingdom.

nAnd now, such an opportunity had presented itself.

nIn the past few days, the border camp had sent back a lot of news.

nAfter many sacrifices, they had finally figured out the composition and strength of the assassination unit that had been murdering their troops.

nAccording to the information from the border camp, this unit only consisted of two hundred people, but their combat strength was formidable.

nThey were all as strong as mage apprentices and mages, although they were not proficient in magic.

nInstead, they were very proficient in assassination techniques. They were a special unit that were formed for the purpose of carrying out assassinations.

nThe kingdom’s border patrol team planned to fight them openly.

nAnd the thousand-man Sharp Blade Unit would launch an encirclement operation in secret.

nThe new recruits would have their virgin battle.

nRennes knew very well that even if they managed to win this battle, there would be a huge number of sacrifices.

nOf those 1000 people, the number of people who would come back alive would probably not exceed five hundred.

nBut Rennes was not hoping for much. He would be satisfied if there were three to five hundred people remaining.

nSoldiers who had killed people before and had been baptized by war were completely different creatures to mages who had only stayed at home to study magic.

nThus, a week later, after some training and some lessons in military skills, the unit secretly rushed toward the eastern border of the kingdom in a scattered manner.

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nThe eastern border of the Noah Kingdom.

nFollowing the repeated discovery of a large number of soldiers corpses, the patrol route had become a path of death.

nAt the moment, inside the border camp, the commander-in-chief, Neo, was waiting in the military tent as usual.

nHe was waiting for the latest casualty report after the soldiers and the assassination unit had clashed again.

nWhat was different was that his eyes were no longer filled with pain like they were half a month ago.

nHe had already received news regarding the Sharp Blade Unit. He was the only one in the entire camp who knew about it.

nNow, there was a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.

nAt the same time, at the border, a small team of soldiers trekked through the thick snow. Their eyes were fierce as they surveyed their surroundings vigilantly.

n“The kingdom has been recruiting soldiers en masse recently. The ministers in the capital must have heard about what’s happening here!”

n“In other words, it won’t be long before a mage army will come and crush those rats hiding in the shadows?”

n“That’s right. So, as long as we persevere, victory is definitely ours!”

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nA few people who were walking at the back of the team formation huddled together and exchanged a few words because the weather was so cold.

nAt the same time, in the snowy ground behind them, several pairs of pitch-black eyes locked onto them.

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