Duente left the Comprehensive Teaching Building and took a detour to a small path, planning to climb over the school wall and leave.
After all, there was nothing left for him to learn here.
Old Yao had always been lenient with his direct disciples, so skipping class directly was fine.
As for the elementary magic class later, there was even less need to listen.
It was better to sneak out of school and rebuild the training ground to improve his strength as much as possible before the Black Tower trial.
Although Duente’s strength had reverted to its initial state, all the knowledge and combat techniques he had mastered in his previous life remained in his mind.
He had suffered greatly during the Black Tower trial, so he knew all too well the importance of increasing his strength before challenging the Black Tower.
“Hey~ Senior~ Good morning~”
Liweida appeared from beneath the shadows of a tree.
Today, she too radiated full girlish charm, smiling brightly.
The moment Duente saw her, his mood improved.
Duente walked up to her and teased, “You little rascal, skipping class again.”
Liweida made a funny face and joked, “It’s all because of you, Senior~”
“The teacher doesn’t care about you?”
“I left a shadow clone in my seat. It won’t be discovered for a while!” Liweida bounced excitedly, looking very thrilled.
When she looked at Duente, her eyes were always full of anticipation.
“Impressive.” Duente patted her head as a reward.
“Hehe~ Praise me more~ I love Senior’s praise!”
“Great job, great job. Liweida is amazing!”
“So happy~ Senior, give me a hug!”
Liweida spread her arms and actively threw herself into Duente’s embrace.
Caught off guard, Duente was entangled by her.
“Hey, you’re too close. It’s too conspicuous. Let go.”
Liweida released her hands, blushed, and quickly stepped back, flustered, “Senior… did I cause you trouble…?”
Duente didn’t think much of it.
He said, “Not really, but don’t suddenly pounce on me like that. At least not in a place like this. It draws too much attention.”
Hearing this, Liweida’s mood improved again.
She said, “Then it’s okay if we go to a hidden place?”
Duente immediately rapped her head with the side of his hand and said sternly, “No randomly clinging to me.”
Liweida lowered her head aggrievedly, poked her fingers together, and muttered, “Senior is so mean.”
Duente had no intention of indulging her.
He said directly, “I plan to fix up that abandoned garbage recycling station and turn it into a training ground. Do you want to come with me?”
“Yes! I skipped class just to be with Senior!”
“Don’t say something like that as if it’s something to be proud of, hey!”
“Hehe, Senior wants to get stronger before the Black Tower trial, right? Then let’s get moving quickly~”
“Alright, very spirited!”
So the two arrived at the secluded, abandoned garbage recycling station halfway up the Back Mountain of the school.
Last time, it had been attacked by the rampaging Ailisi, leaving some parts scorched, but fortunately no fire had broken out.
Liweida observed the terrain.
It was very flat and relatively spacious.
Although discarded items were piled everywhere, these objects, both large and small, if arranged well, could become excellent training equipment.
Duente, on the other hand, walked straight in and precisely located every heavy object, including giant steel wheels, large supports, the outer shell of a magical crane, scattered steel frames, and so on.
The most unbelievable part was that he could lift these things with his bare hands, leaving Liweida beside him utterly dumbfounded.
“Senior… how do you have such great strength?”
“It’s not difficult. Just use mana to strengthen the body.”
“This… this isn’t a skill a second-year student should know, is it?”
“Liweida, don’t ask things you shouldn’t. Just come and help me.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to Senior.”
As she spoke, Liweida also came over and, imitating Duente, easily lifted heavy objects from the recycling station.
“And you say me? You can do it too, can’t you?”
“Oh, Senior, don’t ask so many questions either.”
“Fine, fine. As expected, you’re really much better than Ailisi!”
After saying that, Duente tossed the crane shell at the entrance of the abandoned recycling station, standing it upright so it looked like a gate.
Liweida then threw other heavy objects next to the shell, simultaneously complaining, “Don’t mention her, okay? I only care about Senior, you know!”
Then she went to find some more huge heavy objects and cooperated with Duente to enclose the area.
The vast, abandoned garbage recycling station was thus organized into a flat space surrounded by heavy objects.
“Indeed, working together is much more efficient.”
The heavy objects and large items were all used as fences, and the abandoned recycling station became much more spacious.
Moreover, because the terrain was flat and rarely visited, it had in a sense become Duente and Liweida’s secret base.
“After sorting it out, I found that all these things can be recycled and reused. Why hasn’t anyone taken care of them?”
“I don’t know. When I discovered this place, it was already like this. Even though it’s on the school’s back mountain, no one actively comes here.”
Actually, Duente knew the reason, but it wasn’t convenient to tell Liweida now.
“In any case, we can use the remaining items to make some training equipment, like pull-up bars, dumbbells, barbells, a rest station, and so on.”
“Wow, Senior, are you a fitness fanatic?”
“What are you saying? To ensure abundant mana, a strong body is also necessary. Don’t slack off in training just because you have high talent!”
After Duente finished speaking, he suddenly realized that she was a demon king candidate, someone who could go head-to-head with the Heaven’s Chosen Brave Ailisi.
It was not a matter for an ordinary person like Duente to worry about.
“Okay! I’ll do everything Senior says!”
“You don’t have to be so supportive…”
Duente looked at Liweida, and Liweida looked at Duente.
They stared at each other, then both unconsciously laughed.
“Hahaha, Senior, I feel like it’s been years since we last had such a natural conversation!”
“Has it? Then it must be that the past me was blinded by wrong things.”
Liweida placed her finger in front of Duente’s lips to stop him from continuing.
She said, “Senior’s choices have never been wrong. So no matter what you do, I will support you.”
The moment she said this, Duente suddenly felt dazed.
If he had discovered a Liweida like this in his previous life, would he still have walked toward that final outcome?
Seeing Duente stunned, Liweida quickly teased, “Hahaha, Senior’s dazed expression is so cute.”
“What? Cute? How can you say that about me?”
“Wow, Senior actually has a childish side?”
“Don’t talk nonsense. I just wasn’t paying attention and spaced out!”
“Hehe, silly Senior!”
“You… forget it, I can’t be bothered with you.”
“Senior is so cute~”
“Tch, fine, whatever you say!”
Amid their playful banter, the two built their secret base together.
If he could have grasped such happy and relaxed times earlier, Duente wouldn’t have needed to hate anyone.
But the pain of betrayal was etched into his heart.
He had to fight back, had to take revenge, otherwise his rebirth would simply be a repetition of the same mistakes.
At this moment, the sun had climbed to mid-sky.
Selina was on her way to Sky Dome Academy.