"This is the only section that fits my needs huh?" Amon muttered as he stopped in front of a big wooden gate.

"Call it a compound or Qingyan will throw a tantrum… I still don't understand him and his obsession with everything related to the Chinese." Mona said as he looked at the tall walls.

Alicia sighed softly, "Well… this was a place that the headmaster personally designed. Right now, there's a professor who already lives here so if you wish to use this place, you'll have to replace him. And to do that, you'll have to duel him and win."

"Since it's still morning…. let's get it done quickly. I won't be making enemies right?" Amon asked as he had no interest in making new enemies at the moment.

"Don't worry, this happens all the time so we don't really take it to heart. We might be professors but we also have urges to fight once in a while and this gives us a reason to get into something more serious than a spar."

Amon nodded and didn't say a word while Alicia pushed the button beside the gate.

Soon a young student opened the gate and looked at the group, "A… challenge?"

"Yes, this is a new professor and he wishes to use this compound. Could you please tell your mentor about our arrival?"

The boy nodded and rushed over before coming back with a middle aged man.

"Oh ho ho, a young chap. You just joined and you already wish to take over someone else's place. I commend your will!" he said as he stared at Amon.

Amon took in the man's appearance. A simple buttoned shirt and linen pants. No accessories other than a metal watch.

The shadow of a shaven beard could be seen on the man's face and Amon recognised him almost instantly.

"Professor Cabbage…."

"Oh? It's been a while since I've heard someone call me that." The man said, his eyes twinkling with interest as he stared hard at Amon, "I feel like I've seen you before… hmm wait! You've grown tall! Amon?"

"That's me, professor." Amon said as he nodded while the professor looked at the others, completely ignoring Aron and Letty who used to study at the academy and stopped just a few weeks ago.

He thought for a while before nodding, "I'm both surprised and happy. Do you know how sad I felt when you left the academy? I thought that you would never awaken… potential wasted… but looks like you did awaken. Good job."

Amon smiled amicably, "I got lucky."

"Luck is good. Very good. Now, you wish to duel me huh?" Cabbage asked as he scratched his chin, "Sure but you'll have to stop calling me cabbage if I win."

"I don't really know your real name but sure." Amon nodded before he looked at Alicia, "Let's go to the fighting stage."

Alicia nodded and guided them all to the fighting stage where there were already a few students fighting. The group waited for one of the fights to end before Amon and Cabbage got onto the empty stage.

"We'll wait until all the fights are finished. When two professors fight, everyone must watch." Alicia said as she looked at Amon, "New rule after one of the kids got hit by a stray fireball while he was fighting someone in an adjacent stage."

Amon gave her a curt nod and waited while the students sitting in the stands began to gossip. It took fifteen minutes for all the fights to end but by the time they did, all the stands were filled up.

Not a single chair was left empty and the headmaster had also joined in to watch.

"Is this really such a big deal?" Amon asked softly as he looked at Professor Cabbage, who chuckled in response.

"Not really, but since you're a new face to most students and a returning face to most professors… they're all interested. In fact… based on everyone's reaction here, it looks like they came here just to look at you. Haaa teenagers and their attraction problems."

"I see." Amon said as he put his gauntlets and Black Iron Turtle Armor into his inventory before he began skipping in place, "I'm ready when you are, professor."

Cabbage grinned as he touched his watch, which shot out a huge box that split into multiple parts and attached to his body.

Amon watched in silence as his opponent equipped himself with the exaggerated armor and sighed softly.

"Looks like you finally managed to built your dream armor."

The mech like robot's torso slid open before the metal part was replaced with something transparent.

"I did but I couldn't manage to make it fly. It's like the world rejects all forms of flight so I gave up. This one's still pretty damn good." he said as he raise his metallic arm up and another box shot out.

It was long but it soon transformed into a weird looking sword.

The blade looked like an elongated "C" but that only lasted for a moment before a bright red laser connected from the top of the C to the bottom.

"Behold, my laser sword! It eats a lot of mana though, this cursed thing." he said as he swung it around before looking at Amon, "Ready? I hope you're strong enough to take atleast one hit. If not, you might die."

Amon nodded as he raised his arms up, "Don't worry, I'm a tank."

"Here I come then." Cabbage said as his mecha moved, making loud thumping sounds as he rushed forward.

Amon could feel the stage shake with every step he took but he also found a huge flaw in the machine.

It was speed.

"I'm gonna slash!" Cabbage said as he reached Amon and swung his sword from right to left.

Amon merely leaned backwards, letting it pass in front of him before he punched the armor hard in the knee area.

A loud metallic clang echoed before the sword slashed towards Amon once again, hitting him right in the shoulder only to break into pieces.

"Huh? Why did it break…"

Meanwhile, Amon stared at his health notifications.

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