Once Rocky returned to his room and little Chun was sound asleep, he inquired about Erin and Sophia''s whereabouts to Buhara, whose face instantly soured at the question.


    "Well, uh, that..." Buhara stammered nervously, fidgeting with his fingers but avoiding a direct answer.


    "What happened between Erin and Sophia?" Rocky asked, now frowning, as going by Buhara''s reaction, he knew that something had gone horribly wrong between those two.


    Erin and Sophia had always been at odds, from the very first day at the university and it was no secret that Erin disliked Sophia.


    The only reason they hadn''te to blows yet was because Rocky often mediated their differences, however, with him absent and Erin just returning from the Tier 2 promotion test while Sophia was still stuck at Tier 1, Rocky could easily imagine Erin challenging Sophia to a spar.


    His fears were only further confirmed when Buhara recounted the incident that had unfolded and narrated to Rocky how the spar between Erin and Sophia ended in a horrible disaster with Erin barely surviving with his life.


    "At the end, Sophia unleashed a move so powerful that even Instructor Mae found it difficult to block?" Rocky asked, sounding surprised, as he knew firsthand as to how strong Sword Instructor Mae was and how difficult it was to force her to her knees.


    "Yes, she tore apart half of the swordsmanship training arena, forming a deep ridge with her sh.


    Onlookers im that the move was at least tier4 in strength, which is amazing if true" Buhara said, as Rocky''s frown deepened when he heard these words.


    If Sophia was capable of unleashing tier4 attacks as a tier1 warrior then her potential was truly limitless.


    The strain fromunching such an attack would usually end a fighter''s life, however, the injuries sustained by Sophia were diagnosed as ''Non-Critical'' which meant that her body had sessfully absorbed the pushback.


    "Her demi-god physique is much stronger than we assumed..." Rocky murmured to himself. Just when he thought he had figured out Sophia''s strength, she managed to stun him once again as this incident made Rocky reconsider everything he thought he knew about her.


    ''Could it be that Sophia is ying me just like I''m ying her? Can she be way more intelligent than she shows? Is her whole personality an act?'' Rocky wondered, as since he had misjudged Sophia''s strength, he now wondered if he had misjudged Sophia''s on everything else as well.


    "Buhara, where is she now?" Rocky inquired, as Buhara pointed in the direction of the infirmary and said "The infirmary…"


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    ( Meanwhile at the infirmary )


    Although Sophia managed to evade causing permanent damage to her body, she was still in a pretty miserable state overall.


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    Every single muscle in her body felt extremely sore and channeling even the slightest amounts of mana through her mana circuit felt impossible.


    It was a miracle that she managed to avoid receiving any permanent damage, however, the road toplete recovery was at least 10 pain-filled days long for her.


    When she regained consciousness inside the infirmary, the first thing she Inquired about was the result of her match with Erin, where she felt extremely satisfied that she had emerged as the victor.


    Feeling unsure as to how she had managed to unleash such a strong attack? Sophia attributed her sess to Poseidon finally paying some attention to her and treating her like a true champion.


    ''If only grandpa paid more attention to me, I wouldn''t have to face such indignation. If he had done the same for me in my fight against that Zhi guy, I wouldn''t have lost then…'' Sophia thought to herself as she pinned all her past failures to Poseidon not favoring her enough.


    "Hey? Back to your favorite room so fast?" A familiar voice said, as Sophia turned to see Rocky entering the infirmary with the same flowers that he used to bring for her near the start of the semester.


    "Oh you''re back already? How did your promotion test go?" Sophia asked with a polite smile on her face, before suddenly remembering her soul oath to Perseus, as her smile immediately soured.


    "My promotion test went well, how are you feeling?" Rocky asked, as he tried to gauge Sophia''s feelings by scanning her aura.


    ''ck…'' Rocky observed as immediately his heart dropped, as a ck aura meant that Sophia had extremely hostile feelings towards him despite her smiling face and polite words.


    "I''m feeling well. I had a great spar with Erin, he managed to bring out the best in me.


    I hope he''s okay too? I don''t see him here?


    Is he fine?" Sophia asked, clearly faking her concern for Erin as she secretly hoped that he was dead.


    "Erin''s fine, don''t worry about him, but apparently he''s slightly shaken after suffering a loss against you" Rocky replied as he kept observing Sophia''s aura which continued to only cken further in color the longer the two conversed.


    "Rocky, can you do me a favor? Can you bring me the books I need to study from for the final exams? I can''t move anymore and I''m going to be bedridden for a while, so I''m thinking about making the most of it and studying for finals.


    I hope I can still pass out at least… or all this suffering throughout the year would have been for nothing" Sophia said, as she changed the topic to their impending final exams as Rocky nodded his head and epted her request.


    "Okay, I''ll bring you all the books you need.." he said, as Sophia fake beamed with joy listening to his response.


    "Once the university is over, I''ll join you in your raid against my brother.


    I''ve thought a lot about it and I feel like I''m ready to betray the Olympian Family. They''re all selfish pieces of shit–" Sophia said, as she lied through her teeth when she said these words, however, acted like she meant it.


    Thankfully Rocky had the aura detection skill which showed him Sophia''s true intentions, as otherwise he might just have believed that she meant it.


    "Don''t worry about it and just get well soon…" Rocky said, as he took his leave from the infirmary.


    He genuinely felt worried about his future ns involving Sophia now, as today''s meeting had shown him that Sophia was not an element that he could predict easily.


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    /// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the PS target good job everyone! ///