The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess-Chapter 47 - 45: From Clumsy to Skilled

The courage when agreeing to something is often replaced by fear when facing it.

Except for her, the other candidates had already completed their magic puppet creation and attended two months of magic puppet training classes upon entering the Divine Magic Academy.

This means she had already received guidance from Mr. Abros for two months.

Even if she’s not good at practical combat, she can definitely outclass her as a newbie who hasn’t made a magic puppet for long.

Regarding this, Rose said casually, "Go ahead and fight, integrate the experience I’ve gained from controlling the magic puppet."

Whether controlling the magic puppet or Hilia herself, Rose would share the process with Hilia, making her feel as if she were controlling it personally.

What’s lacking is Hilia’s confidence; as long as she builds up her confidence, she can integrate that experience.

The two young girls walked into the training field with their respective magic puppets.

The preparation of the Holy Daughter’s Court isn’t secretive, but it’s also not advertised, so not everyone knows and one needs to deliberately search for it.

Thus, their sparring didn’t attract much attention, only the other three candidates specifically noticed, while others were busy seeking guidance from Mr. Abros or engaged in group training.

"I’m not bullying you; as long as you can defeat my magic puppet, it’s your win," Doris said.

"Aren’t we supposed to be sparring? What does winning or losing matter?" Hilia tilted her head.

"Hmph, if Mr. Abros didn’t prohibit gambling during his lessons, I would’ve bet with you long ago," Doris curled her lips, "Experience the difference between us!"

With a light command, Doris ordered her magic puppet to charge towards Hilia’s magic puppet.

A magic puppet with a Heart of the Magic Puppet can fight autonomously, which is more efficient than a mage directly controlling the fight.

However, if you let the magic puppet fight on its own entirely, in the end, aside from the puppet’s strength, it’s only about the computational power of the Heart of the Magic Puppet.

Clearly, a magic puppet alone cannot become the focal point of development.

The magic puppet training class aims to train a mage’s support and compatibility with the magic puppet during battles.

Rose is the only one who can pull off going straight for the mage like she did before.

So Rose didn’t share the battling experience against a Tier Three Mage with Hilia, but instead shared magic power operation and magic utilization.

Now is the moment of integration.

Facing the aggressive magic puppet, Hilia had no choice but to send commands to her puppet, making it charge onto the training ground.

During the initial contact, both magic puppets relied entirely on the Heart of the Magic Puppet, fighting back and forth until Doris issued a new command to her puppet.

"Watch closely; this is the difference between you and me!"

The previously simple moves of Doris’s puppet suddenly became unpredictable, ghost-like as it swiftly moved behind Hilia’s puppet, delivering an elbow strike.

Connected closely with the puppet, Hilia immediately sensed a dent in the metal on her puppet’s back.

This was a material difference; she was using ordinary metal given for free by the academy, while Doris used special metal from her family, mixed with Mithril.

The material difference directly put Hilia at a disadvantage.

Sweat instantly dripped from the young girl’s forehead.

Doris’s voice came through her ears: "Do you see it now? Your puppet is full of flaws."

"Don’t confront her head-on; have you forgotten? I’ve never faced an enemy directly," Rose’s voice echoed simultaneously in Hilia’s ears.

It was as if instincts were awakened; scenes of Rose controlling the puppet flashed slowly in her mind.

A tactic quickly emerged in her mind.

"Maybe I can try this..."

Hilia attempted to release her spiritual power in the form of a Mage’s Hand, locking it onto Doris’s puppet just as Rose would.

It was almost like the opponent’s puppet actions were moving at half speed. Though Hilia couldn’t fully discern the opponent’s true intentions, she managed to avoid them entirely through this slow-motion playback.

This spiritual power, shared with her puppet, immediately seemed divine as it rapidly dodged Doris’s puppet’s attacks.

As Hilia gradually familiarized herself with the battle rhythm, her evasions became more composed, even allowing for room to counterattack.

Though her counterattack was negligible against the formidable puppet, causing no substantial damage—she hadn’t yet added magic attack to her puppet.

Feeling Hilia’s puppet punch her puppet, Doris flew into a rage:

"You’re slippery, but can you block the Lorin Clan’s Swordsmanship?"

The previously bare-handed puppet suddenly wielded a longsword, thrusting it towards Hilia’s puppet.

This surprise attack left Hilia no time to dodge, resulting in a piece of protective metal being pierced off her puppet.

"You..."

Hilia wanted to curse, but Doris’s attacks, like a storm, kept coming, forcing her to focus intensely on sensing with her spiritual power.

This situation caught Mr. Abros’s attention; he looked over.

"Eh? The new student seems to be using spiritual power to assist in combat?"

Mr. Abros asked the consulting student to step aside for a moment, then walked over to Hilia’s training field and paused to observe.

He carefully sensed, feeling the faint spiritual power fluctuations, along with Hilia’s mental state, confirming that she was using spiritual power to assist her puppet in combat.

"Is it controlling puppets with spiritual power or just assisting?"

Mr. Abros pondered.

"Using spiritual power to control puppets is too exhausting, prone to mistakes when fatigued, and has been phased out. Magic and rune are used for puppet control, but using spiritual power to assist in puppet combat..."

Mr. Abros shook his head.

It’s not that no one proposed such an idea.

Because within the range of spiritual power, everything in the real world seems to be slowed down, allowing mages to react more quickly to actions.

But there’s a fatal flaw; enhancing spiritual power is extremely difficult, and without a matching meditation skill, recovery after exhaustion requires a long time.

Furthermore, the external consumption of spiritual power is extremely high; not to mention a Tier One Mage, even Tier Four Mages can’t fight for long with spiritual power outside, needing to rest after a few minutes. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Then this least favored Holy Daughter candidate...

Mr. Abros observed Hilia’s expression and mental state, noting that her spiritual power consumption was slow, even slightly faster than magic power consumption.

No wonder why he needed to carefully feel to detect her spiritual power fluctuations.

However, Mr. Abros couldn’t fully understand how Hilia was utilizing spiritual power.

One thing he could see clearly, however.

Hilia’s puppet was struggling to dodge, yet was becoming more proficient, from frequently getting struck by the sword initially to maneuvering effortlessly later, eventually—

Hilia seized the moment when Doris’s puppet’s post-move momentum caused instability, executing a sweeping kick that knocked the puppet over.

"Seems like it’s not that impressive."

Not as good as fighting one against five.

While Doris was completely dumbfounded.

Meow meow meow?

How did I lose?