An eruption of water sprayed across the hallway from the collision. Zoey’s corkscrew punch tore the peak Grade-B Magjistar’s spell apart until it exploded into a mess of water. Zoey could feel her strength rising as time continued to pass. Her protagonist-like Heart Oath where her strength that was restricted would slowly unshackle as the battle progressed was the cause of this! This was perhaps her fourth, fifth, or sixth battle after defeating the lava daemon.

Zoey has barely had any time to rest in between each fight, if it was another person in her place, they would be on the verge of dying from exhaustion! Endurance was the cause of Zoey’s near zombie-like ability to keep on going no matter what. A skill that she leveled 24/7 after finding out about the bug where it increased if she put off sleep. The higher Endurance rose, the more resilient Zoey became to sleeping, allowing her to continue raising it. It was a total bug!

As of now, Zoey was probably almost at her full unrestrained strength. She looked into the eyes of Jasmine with a small smirk on her face. Maybe a peak Grade-B Magjistar wasn’t as impressive as she thought... How many skills could she raise by fighting her at full power?

“Here I come.” Zoey’s calm voice spoke out with pure giddy hidden underneath it. The floor underneath her shattered as she rushed straight at Jasmine.

“Tch, a brat like you is seriously looking down on me? A mere bringer!” Jasmine couldn’t help but laugh as she started chanting. “Ocean Volume I: Tsunami!”

A massive wave of water shot out from Jasmine’s palm that expanded into something wide enough to cover the entire hallway. The volume of water coming out from her palm was so high that the windows going down the hallway shattered from the pressure. Water shot out the broken windows along with heading straight for Zoey.

Zoey’s bulked-up body after forcefully unlocking the first magji gate was incapable of holding back. Facing something on this level was new for her but she didn’t cower away. Frankly, because there wasn’t anywhere, she could really escape to. She had no choice but to take it head-on with everything she had.

Zoey braced her lower body as she prepared herself. Her left fist reached the wave before it reached her first. The impact of the jab was as if a small explosion went off. Then another explosion happened not even a second later. Then another and another. Zoey continuously punched at the water with several of the boxing combos she practiced daily. She forced her way through the tidal wave with nothing but absurd pure combat strength.

Her attacks flowed into one another effortlessly. As soon as one combo ended, another one started right after. If this was a person she was hitting, perhaps they’d be nothing more than a crumpled corpse by now. In one sense, it could be seen as a beautiful show of absolute skill honed through multiple life-or-death battles and training. In another, Jasmine couldn’t help but get more unnerved and upset at this talented brat.

“I’m not going to sit here and continue to embarrass myself.” Jasmine muttered to herself.

As an experienced and skilled magjistar, Jasmine came to an understanding of this battle. If that brat got close to her, it wouldn’t take long for her to be overpowered and possibly defeated. She had experience in close combat, but that was not her forte. Jasmine refused to use her higher class spells against a mere bringer and honestly speaking, that was the only way she could come out on top against a monstrous brat like this. It was embarrassing enough that she had to use her connate ocean magji.

“Hmph, I'll just let the OM deal with you.” Jasmine jumped out one of the windows she broke and walked away from the battle.

Leaving Zoey completely dumbfounded after breaking her way through the spell of a peak Grade-B magjistar. She saw no trace of the lady in the school even after breaking through several classrooms. At first, she thought it was a trick to get her to lower her guard but after five minutes, Zoey understood she ran away.

“My skills...” Zoey was pissed and sad at the same time.

Why pick a fight in the first place if you’re just going to run away in the middle of it?! Not to mention, picking a fight with someone way younger than you!

‘Coward old bitch! Dumb slutty whore!’ Zoey swore at the woman until the side effects of Overdraft kicked in.

Severe pain wracked her body all at once as her muscles tightened and contracted all over. She gritted her teeth to prevent herself from screaming as she slowly and painfully made her way to a secluded janitor’s closet. Zoey closed herself in the dark empty room and laid against the wall with her body suffering. Biting down on her jacket, Zoey no longer restrained herself as she unleashed a storm of swears and curses to temporarily relieve her mind off of the pain wracking her body.

She swore at Victor for teaching her such a strong but painful magji technique. Zoey cursed at Jasmine for targeting her and then giving up halfway after noticing how strong she was. All the other magjistars that came in the South Wing with her were cursed at for not helping her at all. They should’ve rushed over here long ago with how much fucking fighting Zoey was doing over here. The school itself was sworn at for being so stupidly fucking big. Not even the janitor closet where she was resting was spared as she called it a dumb dark fucking room where she couldn’t see shit.

Eventually, Zoey’s Endurance reached its limits. She exhausted herself to the point where she could no longer stay conscious and fell asleep even with the pain still reigning havoc on her body. As her breathing relaxed and slowed down to a constant rate, the door to the janitor closet slowly opened. A short figure stood in the doorway of the closet. They pulled out a strange object from their pocket and began sprinkling it over Zoey’s sleeping body. When the brightly colored dust landed on Zoey’s body, they started to lose their luster as it flowed into her body. The bruises and injuries on her body slowly began to heal. After most of the dust lost its colors, the figure lifted up Zoey on their back and left the janitor closet.