[Requirements for breakthrough: (-) Absorb ten different types of flame; (2) Create ten magic spells [8/10]; (-) Develop Mana Core into a higher tier; (-) Gather enough spiritual energy; (5) Absorbs a fire type core of at gold rank.]

"Show me the spells that you created." He asks, her breakthrough is extremely important to him.

She waves her hand and summons a flaming bird, it flies towards him and sends a message.

"What an amazing skill! It’s perfect for sending message, how long does the spell last."

"Depends on the distance, the father the distance, the larger the amount of mana needs to be used but it should at least stay for a day with the least amount of mana."

She summons a ring of flame.

"A defensive skill? That’s a bit surprising for you."

"It doesn’t just act like a guard but it can also be used as an offensive attack in close range."

She expands the ring, it seems that she can control it’s size.

She summons multiple flaming birds but they don’t have a complete appearance like the first one.

Sean senses something and was surprised.

"A homing missile type skill? Amazing! It can actually lock on it’s target."

The fourth is a spell that increases her elemental aura, it boosts the power of any spiritual based skills.

Fifth spell was a cluster bomb that she can move with her will, together with her fireball, she can deal devastating damage. The sixth spell was a carpet of flame, perfect for dealing damage in a large area.

Seventh actually looks like an arrow, it might not has that much offensive power but it’s quite fast. The eight spell was a bomb that she can plant in any location, it can be triggered at any touch.

She was trying to create more but she’s having a hard time.

"Why are all of your spells based on combat? You should return to the same mindset when you were creating the first spell, think of things that you find troublesome and find a way to create a spell that can solve that problem, I know you can do it."

With her intelligence, he knows that she’s capable of such a thing, she’s just under in too much pressure right now.

"Why don’t you rest for now, throw your heads off the problem and relax, read some books."

She hesitates, she wants to breakthrough as quickly as possible but it seems that it was impossible.

"That girl is too impulsive, she’s as smart as Jasmine but she has an inferiority complex." He sighs.

"You can’t blame her, she has to think of so many plans to defeat her opponents or how to level up quickly but her sister just do her thing and surpasses her with insane speed." Hina chuckles.

"Yeah, Bun Bun has a simple mind even though she has the potential to become a genius in terms of intelligence."

"That’s just not how she does things, we find her lovable because of this."

"Yeah, everyone of us does."

"By the way, when you’re going to participate in rebuilding the city, will it take a long time?"

"Probably, also, I need to build a secondary space gate there."

"Before you leave, you should seal the deal with your relationship with mom, the two of you are going to be the death of me."

It’s been so long and yet the relationship between the two is still awkward.

He blushes when he heard this.

"You know that I can’t always be the one that shoulders your love life, right?" Hearing her words, he can only smile sheepishly.

"If you don’t talk to her before you leave, then, forget about happy funtime shower."

His expression changes, it turns pale, this was one of his favourite pastime, he can’t just let it disappear.

He looks at her pitifully but Hina ignores his tries to act cute in front of her.

"It seems that I can only talk to Tsu." Even though he sounds reluctant something within him is stirring up as his lower body suddenly starts heating up.

Tsu was currently inside her room reading some books she obtained from the Flame Clan, she’s unaware that they are trying to get in her good side with this.

Suddenly, her reading was interrupted by a knocking on the door.

Confused, she opens it, only to see Sean with a huge smile in his face.

Before she can close the door, he leaps towards an open space and does a victory pose.

"What-what are you doing!?" She stutters.

He hurriedly pushes the door closed and then stares at her.

"Don’t come near me!" She was nervous as she raises a pillow like a weapon.

"Don’t worry, I’m just here to talk, you said that it’s okay for us to have a relationship but why did you start avoiding me after announcing such a thing!?" He looks at her with teary eyes, as if he’s really hurt but he’s just acting.

He knows that this was a douchebag move considering Tsu’s kind disposition but he’s afraid of losing her.

She looks at his expression and feels guilty, she can only lower her pillow and sighs.

"I’m not avoiding you."

"Yes, you are!" He shouts with tears pouring in his eyes.

’I never knew I have a talent for acting.’

"I’m sorry, I’m just."

"Just tell me that you don’t like me! That I’m just a boy and will never be a man in your eyes!"

’I am so glad that we had our rooms fixed or else everyone would have heard my screaming, they’re definitely going to look at me like some sort of azshole if they heard me.’

"No! You’re one of the most dependable person I know."

"Lies! I’m just nothing more than a boy in your eyes! You were just playing with my emotions when you said that you want to be my lover!"

’I am so sorry, aunt Tsu, I promised that I will make it up to you.’

She becomes silent, she looks at his pitiful expression with tears pouring down his eyes.

"I’m already so old."

"You’re beautiful in my eyes! You are someone that I had been dreaming since I was young!"

"I already have two children!"

"Let’s make it twelve so that it’s going to be a big family!"

"We aren’t fit for each other! People will talk about us!"

"Who dares!? I am Sean! The strongest creature of our zone!"

The two of them continues to banter for a while until she has nothing left to say.

"Aunt, I mean, Tsu, what the others think aren’t important, it’s what you think, I can confidently say that I love and I’m willing to spend the rest of my days with you."

He quickly grabs his hand as he stares at her in the eyes.

"I want to hear your answer, I already gave mine."

She starts turning red, she starts looking for a way out but there’s nothing.

She looks at him with a pitiful expression but he won’t let her go.

After a while, a voice that’s so quiet, that, only those that have enhanced senses can hear breaks the heated atmosphere.

"I also don’t mind, being with you."

"Tsu!" He laughs out loud as he lifts her up and then kisses her deeply, she was stunned, she didn’t expect him to do this.

She blushes but he won’t let her go and continues to hug her tightly.

At least he made sure that their relationship is now certain, after flashing a smile and kissing her once again, he whispers in her ear.

"Wait for my return, prepare for a sleepless night."

He left, he felt that he had taken advantage of her too much so he’s giving her enough time to recover.

He doesn’t want to just jump on her, there’s a time and place for everything but not now.

The next day, Sean and his group finally went to their designated locations.

Wuk and Sean both have their clouds as transport, this caused a bit of envy from Jasmine and Scorchy.

"I wish that I also have that type of skill." Jasmine mutters.

"What if we create a spell that works the same?" Scorchy suddenly asks.

The two of them were startled by their ideas and their eyes lights up.

’Spells! Why hadn’t I been using my advantage!? I can use mana too!’ Jasmine was giddy with excitement.

’Master was right! I just need a new perspective! A different goal!’ The two of them decided to work together to create more spells.

Meanwhile, on their journey, Sean was talking with Bear.

"I’ll be staying in City Z2, that means that I can’t come with your group."

"Don’t worry, we’re already glad that you will lend us Dorgaron’s help, besides we have Xi Mu and a quasi gold ranker."

He turns to Jericho, who was talking with Raleigh, the two might be both silver rankers but the latter is capable of fighting even gold rankers and escape successfully.

"The two of you should split into two groups, Xi Mu will have Dorgaron’s help as they’re going to travel much farther while your group should have Jericho’s help as you are only traveling nearby."

"That’s what we thought too, besides, Xi Mu and the rest of his group had actually given up rescuing their fellow soldiers as they said that it’s most likely that they either died during the surprise attack or they were killed after trying to get revenge on their own."

"So, they are trying to weed out the remaining antihuman forces in our zone?"

"Yes, they’re practically out for blood, I don’t blame them, if I wasn’t holding a tiny bit of hope of rescuing those that hopefully managed to escape during the attack, I might also be out for blood constantly."

"Our zone has lost too much people during the attack, we need to replenish our numbers."

"What are you trying to imply?"

"I’m going to recruit other beings from the other zones, we need to screen them so that no spies will pass through, I’m also going to gather the rest of the cities in our zones, I might not know every location they have but I know that many of them are now scattered across the zones."

"The Adventure Guild!" Bear realizes where he’s getting at."

"Yes, I’m planning to build branches across the zones in order to increase our strength and give many of our martial artists something to do."

"We’re going to release many treasures or items that can help martial artists train or resources for their pet beasts."

"You’re going to use them as rewards but how are you going to maintain such high cost?"

"Easy, by using taxes, then, using the money to exchange into resources, I can’t be the focal point of everything, we must create a system that can function for centuries to come."

"What about the education system? Are you going to make them all free just like your public school?"

"Yes and no, there will be two separate divisions in the school in the future, the public and the private."

"Divisions? Won’t this divide the students into groups?"

"Yes, but, to become strong, you can’t always rely on charity, you must offer a sacrifice if you want a greeter future."

Bear can agree with this, the world they lived in was never fair and only by striving to be the best can they reach the peak.

"It might be called divisions but it’s actually just one academy that trains those at age sixteen to twenty nine."

"Hmm? I thought that the optimal age was only twenty five or six."

"Yeah, but, you don’t need to put an age limit for the time your training, what I put there is just the age of when they can contribute to the society as functioning martial artists, in fact, they can decide if they want to graduate early or not."

"Each academies will be managed by their own directors, they can focus in something or just be average at everything."

"Are you going to put other types of powers in the academies?"

"Yes, dojos and towers are going to be vital parts of the academies."

Seeing them being engrossed in their conversation, Christine has to cough to snap them out of their talk.