It was a complete rge unlike any other, it was not the usual copying of attack motions, but Akagami’s spirit truly entering Hoshino Ren’s body, the mont it happened, sothing extraordinary occurred.
A worn-out red battle armor, identical to the one Akagami wore, materialized around Ren’s body, not only that, but his weapon also transford as well, nearly matching Akagami’s exact battle sword, in that instant, Ren looked as though he had been possessed by his own spirit even if he wasn’t as there was now a striking semblance between him and Akagami.
The only differences were that he wore no helt to conceal his face—like Akagami typically does, and his hair had shifted to a darker shade of red not like Akagami’s own but it just helped people match their matching features more.
His eyes now glead with sparkling lights that radiated outward to the edges, as his realm surged past the Peak Tier 6 mage level, though he couldn’t quite break into Low Tier 7 Mage realm, but the sheer ntal pressure he exuded was enough to make Raizo realize he was in grave danger.
All this ti, Akagami’s power had been severely restrained by his summoning master’s realm, even though he was a high-rank spirit at a much higher realm, he could only manifest strength equivalent to a low Tier 7 mage, with many of his abilities restricted to maintain balance, since his master hadn’t yet reached the realm to help him shatter all his shackles.
To those who knew Akagami’s storied history, this limitation was a pitiful sight, yet none could have foreseen that Ren, who was still in the mid-ranks, would achieve such extraordinary compatibility, that would allow him a full rge with a high-rank spirit.
It was no secret how rare and difficult spirit rges were, not only did they require perfect compatibility between master and spirit, but the spirit had to willingly surrender full control to its master or bad things were bound to happen.
There were tragic cases of overconfident mages who attempted rges without truly understanding their spirits’ power, only to suffer complete possession, as the spirit end up taking over the mages body instead
There are specialized institutes that existed solely to hunt down such afflicted individuals like the Solarium Sanctum, as they would first attempt to exorcise the spirit, but if exorcism failed they would just co to terms that they have lost the soul of the mage, however, and then they would have no choice but to kill both the spirit who was now in complete control of the body..
Clearly, spirits co in all varieties, so benevolent, others evil and extraordinarily dangerous. Akagami happened to fall into the latter category: one of the most notorious ones, originally possessing a Peak Tier 9 realm, even if that power was now heavily suppressed due to his summoning by Hoshino Ren.
For the influential and knowledgeable mages watching, seeing a spirit they had long classified as highly dangerous fully rge with a human mage several realms below it real realm felt like far more than t the eye.
After the rger, Ren’s movents didn’t just beco fluid, his battle awareness and overall prowess surged dramatically, as the Crimson Dawn Academy suddenly found it impossible to keep him in check.
He alone dismantled their entire team with few support from his team, as he delivered a breathtaking one-man performance.
In the stands, Agnes, who had been entrusted with a critical scouting duty swiftly picked up her inked pen and began jotting down extensive notes on Hoshino Ren.
She recognized him as exactly the kind of mage Alec would want to know about. Heck, she felt he was the kind of mage that every captain still in the competition would demand reports on after today.
In his last battle, many had believed he could still be contained after what they had watched him display, but now, having witnessed this rged state, a wave of urgency swept through the observers; as nurous figures resolved to return to their archives and dig deeper into how they could stop him.
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While the participating teams scrambled to devise counterasures against Ren’s terrifying new form, the true power players, the academy leaders seated on the second floor in clear VIP fashion, turned their attention elsewhere.
Their gazes converged on the Grand Dean of Shinsei Academy, who sat nearby the Dean of Crimson Dawn and the Kage of the School of Silent Night.
“Tell truly, what’s the secret behind that kid? If he can fully rge with Akagami, he shouldn’t co from so naless clan. Yet I’ve traveled to the East Kingdom countless tis for business, and I can assure you, I’ve never once heard of a ‘Hoshino’ clan. So explain this: how can soone capable of such a feat remain completely unknown?”
The elder from the Blade Clan, who had accompanied his clan team to the capital for their protection, posed the question with a faint smile on his face, the mont the words left his mouth, heads turned swiftly toward the Grand Dean of Shinsei Academy, as everyone was eagerly awaiting his response.
“I wouldn’t fault you for not knowing the Hoshino clan,” the Grand Dean began, speaking slowly as he sipped his tea, deliberately drawing out the mont to hold their attention.
“That na was adopted in hopes of ushering in a new era after the devastating losses they suffered over the past decade.”
“Just spill it, Grand Dean,” the Dean of Ember Citadel interrupted, his impatience clear.
“You don’t need to waste the ti of us old n—we’re all busy, you know.”
The others shook their heads at his bluntness, but no one took offense; they all knew his personality well, their only concern was that the Grand Dean of Shinsei might take it poorly and withhold the information they were all desperate to hear.
“Well, to put it briefly,” the Grand Dean finally continued,
“Ren is a direct descendant of Akagami himself and, as you can plainly see, the only heir he chose to carry on his legacy among what is left of his clan.”
A collective gasp rippled through the gathered mages as they sucked in a cold breath.
All this ti, they had heard nothing more from the Akagami bloodline and assud it had simply withered away after their last Patriarch’s death, now they realized how wrong they had been, not only had the lineage survived, but this ancient warrior clan had rely changed its na.
And soon, judging by Ren’s display, they believed the entire world would soon co to know of the na Hoshino, because the young man appeared to have fully inherited Akagami’s indomitable will, and Akagami was none other than the ancient Patriarch of the clan in the first place, so the believed if he took this long to pick soone he wanted to breed then Hoshino might be worth the hype.
With that revelation hanging in the air, and the fact that the match below had already concluded, they swiftly shifted their attention to the final battle of the day, the one the crowd had been eagerly anticipating.
The battle where the Blade Clan was set to face off against the School of Silent Night, and for good reason: many had long considered these two teams as the strongest contenders for the finals.
Yet here they were, clashing earlier than expected, spectators couldn’t help but wonder how this premature showdown would unfold and what it might an for the tournant’s ultimate outco.
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