The test continued, with the students achieving good grades compared to previous years, but none of them made it past the 7th level, except Vera, who lost at level 9.
You should all reflect on your battle with these digital fractures, although you have a chance to make mistakes here, on the battlefield, any mistake can kill you, the teacher said as he disconnected from the virtual realm.
The rest of the students also disconnected.
That was amazing, Vera said to Lex as they stepped out of the classroom.
Yeah, although it was more difficult than I expected, I was able to deal with it.
I have something to do at home, see you around later, Lex said, not even allowing Vera to respond to his words.
This, Vera was annoyed as she looked at the leaving Lex.
Inside his apartment, Lex called the system to show his reward mecha. Lex was excited about the thought of him getting a mecha. Although he could easily get one with the help of his family, he had always been one to not rely on his family's power.
[Mecha: Valkyriel]
[Main weapon: Astral wingblade(sabre)
Abilities:
Heaven splitter: compresses kinetic energy from flight to enhance cutting power
Elemental arc: Channel mana into the rune to slash several elemental arcs, depending on the rune.
]
[Secondary weapon: Kinetic elbow jets
Abilities:
Jet strike boost: A Brief burst of force that increases the speed and strength of punches or sword strikes
]
[Secondary weapon: Micro-edge feathers
Abilities:
Feather scatter: Launches mecha wings at the enemy as feather projectiles that deal high cutting power. Feathers reform after 1 minute.
]
[Secondary weapon: Leg thrusters
Abilities:
Overdrive: increases speed and leg strength with a quick burst of mana.
]
[Other system: valkyrie wings]
Wow, all this for just a common grade mecha, this is already comparable to the basic grade mecha of the federation, Lex thought as he looked at the effects over and over, not believing his eyes.
I guess I have to stop Vera from making the mecha she promised me as a reward for making her the morphblade.
Lex texted Vera not to worry about helping to make the mecha, and promised to explain to her later.
He walked into his private training room and wore his VR helmet.
Welcome, player Lex. Which game should I set the instance to? The A. I asked.
Fracturer hunting, set the mode to the same as the one used for school tests.
Command received, it replied as the scenery changed from the vast expanse of white to the same as the one used for the school training.
Soon, 30 fracturers ran towards Lex, but instead of holding back like he did in the presence of the teacher, he directly crushed them all with mana waves.
It went on like this until the 7th level, where he had to use his rifle and his morphblade to kill them.
On level 16, he finally felt enough pressure and used his mecha.
Lex's core fused with the mecha's as he entered, granting him a neural link. He flew upwards as he slashed several arcs of lightning and fire at the humanoid fracturer. Instead of the expected scene of the blade slicing through, the fracturer crossed its hands in an X-shape as it blocked all the slashes with ease.
Then, with a roar, it jumped up towards the mecha and unleashed several barrages of punches towards the mecha.
Lex skillfully manoeuvred the mecha to avoid the punches, and when the fracturer began falling, he retaliated with his kick, empowered by leg thrusters.
The fracturer crashed to the floor, causing numerous cracks to appear. Then, with a swift dash, Lex used Heaven Splitter to cut its head.
I can take a break now, Lex thought as he exited the VR on level 27, after his defeat.
6 months later.