"Huu…" Selena closed her eyes while putting her wand in the front. She was in the middle of a forest, away from everyone else.


    Her ena gradually came out and formed an avatar.


    That battlepletely crushed her. She thought she had made a lot of progress and that she was satisfied with the current speed she was growing.


    But it turned out it was nowhere near enough.


    She felt hopeless when fighting against Kana.


    No matter what she did, Kana couldpletely crush her. Even Risa and Yin Zhen were severely hurt.


    If this continued, she might no longer be able to fight alongside Nathan. That was something she didn''t want to see.


    Selena bit her lips. That frustration was still vivid in her mind, even though it had been almost a week.


    ''Speed and Form. I have mastered this by summoning my avatar quickly. Concentration and Enhancement or Fortify are also done. Augmentation is thebination of Form and Enhancement, which I, or more like my avatar, have used. Last but not least, Flow, thebination of Speed and Concentration, is also done.


    ''However, all four of them are not enough. Should I go for otherbinations? There are still a lot of other things from those 32-Form Ena Maniption…


    ''If I learn all of them, I might… No, I might only be able to follow him, not stand beside him. That Evelyn will take my ce. I can''t ept this. I need to be stronger, surpassing even the Sage if I want to go toe-to-toe against someone who has the same level of talent as the strongest summoner in the world.


    ''In that case, I will surpass the 32-Form Ena Maniption Method! Thebination of two is not enough. Even if I use Flow, I will becking power… it won''t be nowhere enough like that…'' Selena couldn''t help but recall the gravity power that created a small earthquake.


    ''In that case, I will do it. If the Sage believes that my talent is the same as his, I will believe that my talent surpasses him.


    ''Speed, Concentration, and Enhancement. I willbine the three of them!'' Selena suddenly opened her eyes as her ena caused a massive explosion.


    The Speed would allow her to produce such a burst in a split second. The Concentration would gather the necessary ena for such an explosion. Last but not least, the Enhancement would boost the power of that st.


    There was no need to use Form since such a st wouldn''t need a form, which ultimately gave her freedom to control her ena.


    The Sage was famous for his 32-Form Ena Maniption, which alsobined two of the same types, like Speed and Speed.


    However, Selena nned to create something surpassing that bybining three at the same time. If she wanted more power, she could choose Concentration, Enhancement, and Enhancement in hisbination. Or even all three Enhancements at the same time.


    Theputation and control necessary for it would be immense, but this was her answer. She called it Multiflux Control.


    Selena wasn''t the only one who had the desire to get stronger. Sera ended up getting that desire as well.


    She could feel Brunhild approaching from the left, nning to destroy the tree in that direction.


    But when she struck the tree, it hit so hard that it felt like she was hitting a boulder.


    "!!!" Brunhild raised her eyebrows. "This is…"


    "Ha…" Sera breathed heavily. "Did I manage to do it?"


    Brunhild was still able to slice it, but Sera indeed did it. If she perfected it, she would be able to protect the treepletely.


    Sera smiled. "I have been thinking aboutbining Selena''s control into the Synchronization. In this way, I can turn the Synchronization from boosting one''s power into one''s defense. It can even be a weapon for them."


    "I will help you. No. Please allow me to join. At this rate, let alone besting Fenrir, I will be reduced to an empty warrior if I don''t progress." Brunhild''s expression turned solemn.


    Sera nodded. "Yes. Let''s do it together."


    Surprisingly, even venya ended up going to their own training.


    She had a horse stance while trying to calm herself down. ''Is my anger really the problem? No. Even if I''m not angry, I won''t be able to do anything. In that case, why should I get rid of my anger?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    ''Now that I think about it, one''s anger can be used to amplify their feeling and strength, raising their strength to 120% for a moment.


    ''What if, instead of removing my anger, I take care of it? Even if I''m angry, I should control it and direct it. I''m not my father, so I will take my own path even if it''s risky. I don''t want to feel that hopelessness again.''


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    While they were training hard, Nathan was just rxing in the bath. "I guess it''s really useful to bring them here. It was dangerous, but I''m d it motivates them further."


    In the past week, Nathan had beening up with a n to increase his ena while maintaining his training for control.


    Of course, he couldn''t train outside like them since he had to stand by in the vige in case another earthquake urred.


    In the end, they spent a total of two weeks in the Rararaoi Vige, of course, spending their New Year here.


    "We''ll leave tomorrow." Nathan smiled before pointing up. "It''s almost New Year, so I just want to say thank you for all your time this year."


    Selena blinked a few times. "We are celebrating the New Year?"


    "We don''t?" Nathan blinked a few times. The memory from the original Nathan told him that they would still celebrate it, no matter how modest it was.


    However, Selena soon smiled, as if she was joking. "Of course, we celebrate it."


    "Just because you don''t celebrate it usually, it doesn''t mean we don''t, Selena." Sera shook her head helplessly. "By the way, I''ve brought the wine here. Let me pour—"


    Sera stopped when she saw venya already stuffing her mouth with all the food on the table. "You stop first. The moon is about to reach the highest point."


    venya pouted. "I know…" In the end, she stopped and took the ss from Sera.


    While giving the sses to the others, Sera said, "I wish a lot of good things will happen in the future. I want to have my fifth familiar and be strong enough so that people will remember me as both the saintess and summoner."


    Selena nodded. "I, too, wish that I can summon Lilith for my next familiar and wield an even stronger power. Whether it''s next year or the year after that, I will find my father!"


    venya smiled. "In that case, I wish to control my angerpletely next year so that I can be much stronger than I''m today. I don''t particrly have a wish because all my wishes are something I can achieve by progressing each day."


    The three of them couldn''t help but turn to Nathan.


    "Me?" Nathan never really put out a wish every year because he wasn''t in that position. He thought it would be useless because his wish needed to be achieved by his own effort. But it would be weird if he didn''t join the fun.


    So, he thought for a moment and said, "I just wish to have better luck next year."


    "Not more women?" Selena squinted her eyes.


    "What kind of person do you think I am? Then again, if I have better luck, won''t that be included? So, yeah, I want better luck. Also, Happy New Year. Let''s cheer—!"


    Before he finished his words, a loud ''boom'' suddenly shattered the festive atmosphere. The earth-shattered sound was so loud that their ears were ringing as if their eardrums were about to burst.


    "I… guess not?" Nathan, while enduring the pain, turned around and looked at the sky, wondering what was going on. "Did I just jinx the whole world?"