Walking through the doors, Shiro was led down a long flight of stairs and into a fighting hall of sorts.

  Inside this hall, stood a fighting dummy that was made from this black metal that had several tens to hundreds of runes etched onto the surface. Shaped like a rather large humanoid, the fighting dummy wielded a sword that was strapped onto its waist.

  [Mechanised Warrior MK 22]

  "This is the latest sparring dummy that the council of science has produced. After watching the videos of the rogue assassin, they were able to make some breakthroughs with using mana and machine together in one. While this testing dummy has no level, it should be able to match up to someone around level 110. Since you’re only level 101, as long as you can scratch this dummy, it’ll count as a pass." The guard explained as Shiro flinched a little at the nickname of rogue assassin.

  *cough

  "I just have to scratch it?" Shiro asked with a slightly forced smile.

  If he knew that she could kill level 150’s in a second, would he still ask her to just scratch it?

  "Yes."

  "What if I accidentally destroy it?" Shiro asked again just in case he held her accountable for destruction of property.

  "I highly doubt it but if you do destroy it, we’ll need to file a report saying how it was destroyed and how it can be improved." The guard chuckled since he found her confidence quite amusing. Not many level 101’s would say they can destroy a level 110 enemy without some life saving items.

  "Just so you know, this has to be entirely your own capability. If you use a life saving item or any item that may suddenly boost your power such as medicine, you will have to retake the test." He reminded.

  "Understood." Shiro smiled.

  Since that’s the case, she might as well give her upgraded elements a try. After receiving them from the lotus, she didn’t get much of an impression from them other than the fact that both Attie and Iziuel received an upgrade.

  ’Which one should I use…… maybe Dark Celestial Fire?’ She wondered to herself as she also wanted to give her Celestial Raiment another try since she now had proper control over Celestial Energy.

  "Ready whenever you are." The guard smiled as he turned on the dummy.

  Immediately as he turned it on, a blue glow lit up in the runes that surrounded his body. A soft whirring sound could be heard as the dummy sprung to life.

  Closing one of her eyes, she tried to activate the Celestial Raiment without the help of the system. Remembering the sensation she had felt back in the trial, she manually linked up her energy channels along with her mana links in order to activate the skill.

  *BOOM!!!!

  Stomping down, a pulse of energy exploded from her as iridescent armour started to form around her.

  Choosing the element of Dark Celestial Fire, the armour was coloured black and red with hints of orange. Within this, there seemed to be stars shimmering as her hair also changed colour in accordance to her element.

  Crouching down slightly, she narrowed her eyes at the dummy and decided to control her strength so that it was just 20% of her overall power. After all, she remembered what she did in the elven capital when she was still injured and going to 100% would be risky since not even she knew what it looked like.

  Shocked at the sudden impact of her form, the guard started to wonder if she could actually defeat the dummy like she said.

  However, while he humoured the idea of her defeating the dummy, he still didn’t believe she could destroy it.

  Watching Shiro dash towards the dummy, he kept a casual smile on his face until her fist came into contact with the enemy.

  In a single moment, the world seemed to lose colour as everything was wrapped in a cosmic black that shimmered like the night sky.

  All the guard could see was himself as his vision seemed to be limited.

  Even the sounds that he heard were dulled out except for one. A deafening explosion that seemed to ring in his ears even though everything was suppressed.

  Once he came back to his senses, he was greeted by the sunlight, which was very strange considering that they should be underground right now.

  Looking up, he finally realised the problem that he was facing. With a single attack, Shiro had created a small ravine that was still smoking from the heat. Not only was the fighting dummy evaporated, but a large chunk of the building was also taken away in that moment.

  Despite the reinforcement on the base, it seemed like it didn’t matter to her attack.

  ". . .Um, f*ck?" Shiro said as she had a slightly awkward smile on her face. She did not expect for the Dark Celestial Fire to do this much damage despite being at 20% of her strength. If she had used 100%, then she could say bye bye to this border.

  However, at the same time, if a tier 5 attunement mixed with her Celestial Raiment didn’t do this much, she would be slightly disappointed.

  Turning over to Shiro, the guard had disbelief written all over his face as he struggled to understand how this had happened.

  "H-halt! What is your real level! No level 101 can demonstrate this kind of power!" He shouted out with hesitation. After all, if he made a wrong move, she could kill him easily. On the other hand, he also needed to follow procedures since having a dangerous figure like this enter the country could put his family at risk.

  "Um, my real level is indeed level 101. I had only just classed up so I decided to stack every single one of my skills together. I didn’t expect to cause that much of a hassle I’m sorry." Shiro apologised as she quickly lied.

  Of course she didn’t stack all of her skills together. If she did, she might as well create a giant ravine in the ground like the Shihai Trenches but name it the Shiro Trenches instead.

  Hearing her explanation, the guard narrowed his eyes as there was some legitimacy to her statement.

  Everyone would need some time to get used to the power spike they experienced after classing up so the fact that she would stack all of her skills against a level 110 opponent was understandable.

  "Ok, but I’ll need to issue you a Level 3 dangerous personal ID ok? This just means that the guards will keep an eye on you but not make a move should you be civilised." The guard said as Shiro nodded. This was probably the best case scenario since she wouldn’t need to fight her way in.

  "Oh that is fine. So what about my companions? Since I destroyed the dummy, would they need to take the test as well?" Shiro asked as the guard paused for a moment.

  "They can either get a level 3 dangerous person ID like you or then can be properly tested in the city. However, just to remind you, the guards will keep an eye on them if they have a level 3 dangerous person ID." The guard replied.

  "That’s fine with me. I’ll ask them just in case." Shiro smiled.

  As she walked back up the stairs, she was lectured by Nimue first before she could even ask her question.

  Waving her concerns off with a ’Ah sorry, I underestimated myself’, Shiro had their ID’s created and entered the country of Rilsa.

  Meanwhile, the guard was currently filling in the doc.u.ment in regard to the fighting dummy.

  [Result of battle: Complete Evaporation. No scraps could be found.]

  [Cause of defeat: A single attack of the fire attribute.]

  [Notes: She claimed that she had underestimated her power and stacked all of her skills together into one attack in order to defeat the mechanised infantry.]

  [Video of fight is unrecoverable due to the demolition of a large portion of the base.]

  [Name of adventurer that defeated the mechanised infantry: Naomi Vespira.]

  [Level of adventurer that defeated the mechanised infantry: 101.]

  [Class: Celestial Mage (Confirmed)]

  [ID assigned: Level 3 Dangerous Person]

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  "Right then. To get to Epona, we’ll need to travel north west from our location. We should be able to get to the city in a few hours if I go by jet or half a day by car. Which one do you prefer?" Shiro asked.

  "Neither. Both are horrible in your hands." Nimue replied instantly.

  "Oh don’t be like that, I’ll need to drive carefully since there might be forests and trees in the way." Shiro smiled.

  However, despite seeing her smile, Nimue’s heart was not calmed down at all.

  "I’ll stay in your mana realm." She insisted.

  "Fine fine." Shiro shrugged.

  Little did Nimue know, she made the correct call as Shiro only said she’ll drive ’carefully’ but not ’slowly’.

  Soon, they arrived in the city of Epona.