Parallel Memory

"Roger that!"

Sylvia saluted Zero like a soldier.

Whether it was intentional or not, Sylvia acted like she had been commanded by a commander in the army.

Zero smiled at Sylvia's funny antics.

He prepared to go to another place as he said,

"Take their tokens and keep them with you!"

-WHOOSH!

Zero instantly disappeared from that place and appeared in another place where enemies reside. He immediately used a Ground Freeze skill to catch the enemy off guard.

All that was left in the places where Zero appeared were ice statues of the enemies. The allies rejoiced and cheered for Zero.

Originally, the battle was heavily in favor of Arcane Academy and their allies, but it eventually went in Ace Academy's favor when Zero joined the fight.

Everyone in the audience and the students watching the war from a distance were stunned by the result. One man to change the battlefield! It completely changed their view of what a powerful individual can do.

It is not like there had been no strong participants in the past, but they could not compare to what Zero did. He not only fought against an enemy whose rank was higher than him but also joined the war and defeated countless enemies.

It was not a matter of strength. Even with enough strength, stamina and mana would not last long to fight everyone. But in the case of Zero, he was like someone who had infinite mana and stamina who experience no fatigue at all.

The Top Guild was more frantic than the audience. They were completely busy searching for information and contacting Ace Academy about Zero's recruitment.

They were not going to miss the opportunity to recruit a genius to their guild. They know that they have to take action quickly or else they would lose a genius to another guild.

The same situation applied to professors from different academies. They didn't have the information on Zero and quickly gathered whatever they could about Zero. They had to quickly make a countermeasure for Zero.

Professor Frey had turned mute the moment Ruelle, their trump card, was defeated. She lost every word that she had prepared to mock Professor Mia.

She didn't think that Professor Mia's warning would come true.

The same was for the professors of Demacia and Skyline Academy. Their students were getting slaughtered by one student. All the tokens that were collected by their students were also taken by Ace Academy and Britelts Academy students.

They knew they were going to lose this round. They could only pray and hope that their students could recover quickly and collect tokens before the time runs out. Or else there would be no student from their academy in the next round.

This would be the most humiliating thing for their school, especially considering they are one of the Top-5 Academies.

"Is that really Zero?"

Eleonore was utterly shocked.

Just a few minutes ago, she thought that she was stronger than Zero because she was Rank-B - which is higher than Rank-C - but Zero had managed to beat someone who was Rank-B - which is the same rank as her.

Though she knows that she is stronger than the girl that Zero beat, still Zero had the power to contend with Rank-B-. She didn't know what to feel about that.

Congratulate him? Beat him? She didn't know. It was not like she was scared of Zero getting powerful.

Her progress seemed to be nothing in front of zero, which was making her depressed. Her Rank-B - was also something that Zero could exceed at any moment.

Her mother patted Eleonore's head.

"Mom?"

Eleonore said.

While looking confused at her mother's action. She didn't know why her mother was patting her head like she was a kid.

Her mother seemed to guess what Eleonore was thinking from her expression. Even she felt depressed thinking about her own strength while comparing to Zero. She had recently advanced to Rank-A by taking the Rank-up potion which was provided by Zero's parents.

However, from the speed of Zero's progress, it didn't seem like it was going to take long before he surpassed them.

The merit of this situation was that Zero was the son of their best friends. It would have been a tragedy if the person who was so talented was from their rival guild. Fortunately, Zero was the son of their ally whom they could trust completely.

Not to mention, Zero was a bit like their son too. They had known him from when he was a baby.

Watching him grow into such a strong boy was a happy thing for the Kanon family, just as much as they were when they saw their daughter, Misha's strength.

"Haha… That's my son!"

Zero's father laughed happily.

Zero was practically invincible in the tournament. He didn't think that his son would turn out to be the strongest in the tournament. He could not wait to brag about Zero to his guild members.

"Uncle Warren! How did he become so strong?"

Eleonore asked.

She knows Zero more than anyone. Zero was not very talented nor was he someone who was capable of what he was showing right now. She didn't see him for 3 months and he turned into an invincible genius.

She could not help but ask Zero's father. While she didn't know, she thought that Zero's father would know. She thought that Zero might have received some Art or potions from Shadow Genesis which have transformed Zero into that monster.

"That…"

Warren didn't know how to answer Eleonore.

What Eleonore didn't know was that Zero's father was equally confused as her. He also didn't know what his son did to become that strong.

"It might be because he became the disciple of the Ice Enchantress!"

Zero's mother answered.

While she also didn't have much idea about her child's newfound strength. But according to what Zero has said to her previously about being the Ice Enchantress disciple, she thought that her son's progress had something to do with Professor Mia.

Since Professor Mia was a genius that only came along in a thousand years.

Zero's mother believed that she would have taught her son some amazing things which led to him becoming so strong. She could not think of any other explanation.

"Ice Enchantress?... That Ice Enchantress!"

Eleonore said.

She was completely stunned.

Who doesn't know about Ice Enchantress? She was the most famous person on this planet right now.

Carrying multiple achievements under her hood, with the youngest Rank-S being the greatest achievement, Professor Mia had become the idol of many people.

You could ask any random person about Ice Enchantress and they would be able to tell you about her to fill an entire book.

Eleonore also thought that if Professor Mia had been Zero's teacher, it might be possible for Zero to become so strong. Only Professor Mia could have molded such a monster.

And Zero was also using Ice Magic which he didn't use before attending Ace Academy. And the Ice Art displayed by Zero is also ridiculously strong. Only Professor Mia had such Ice Magic, which was another proof.

However, she still had doubts.

( How did Zero manage to get Ice Enchantress as his teacher? )

Eleonore thought to herself.

In the first place, before even becoming strong, how could Zero have attracted the attention of Ice Enchantress? It is totally possible for Zero now, to have any person as his teacher because of his talent.

But what about before obtaining that strength? Why would Ice Enchantress be interested in an average student in the first place?

( Wait! Don't tell me…)

She suddenly thought of something as she became angry.

'You have even succeeded in seducing Ice Enchantress!'