Let's Train Heroine

In the vast expanse under a darkening sky, Aurelia Celestine, the First Saint, stood tall and unshaken, a calm smile on her face. Before her were Maris, Lucan, Kerum, Nyx, Virnda, and Meri, each readying themselves. After all, Aurelia just said that they would fight against all of them, as she released the mana she had.

This mana was enough for Maris and others to understand that Aurelia is way too strong.

Maris was the first to step forward, her brow furrowed in concentration as she unleashed her powers. With a mere gesture, she wove the world around Aurelia, twisting the air and ground into a prison of unbreakable force. "This should hold her," Maris muttered, but Aurelia simply tilted her head and raised her hand, sweeping away the powerful distortion with ease, as if brushing away a cobweb. Maris gasped, a bead of sweat trickling down her forehead.

Lucan didn't wait. He commanded, "Freeze." The air grew thick with magic as frost appeared on the ground around Aurelia, spreading like a fast-approaching tide. The frost crept up her legs, but before it could immobilize her, Aurelia glanced at Lucan, and the ice shattered. Lucan's eyes widened. It had been one of his strongest Words, but Aurelia had dispelled it with a mere look.

Kerum seized the opportunity, unsheathing his powerful sword. The blade glowed with divine fire as he charged forward, every swing radiating with raw strength. "You may be strong, but you can't dodge this!" Kerum shouted, bringing the sword down with all his might. Aurelia sidestepped his attack effortlessly, dodging every strike as if she were moving in a dance. Her movements were smooth, each dodge graceful. She finally extended her palm and parried his sword's strike, sending Kerum staggering backward with just a flick of her wrist.

Nyx saw her chance and immediately cast a spatial distortion around Aurelia, attempting to trap her in a time loop. The world around Aurelia shimmered as the time loop folded over itself. "Let's see you break through this," Nyx said, smirking. But Aurelia's gaze hardened, and the space around her rippled as she casually pushed against Nyx's magic. The loop collapsed instantly, and Nyx stumbled, momentarily caught off guard by the raw force of Aurelia's magic resistance.

Virnda summoned her illusions, making them tangible, each one as real as flesh and blood. Illusory warriors surrounded Aurelia, launching attacks from every angle.

Aurelia merely waved her hand, dispelling the illusions in a burst of radiant energy that scattered the figures like mist in sunlight. Virnda nodded. She already knew this. Unlike Lucan, she knew full power of first saint.

Meri, watching her allies struggle, took a deep breath and channeled her power over the five elements. She summoned swirling fire, torrents of water, howling winds, rocks from the earth, and even metal shards in a furious dance of elemental magic. Each element launched toward Aurelia with incredible force, one after the other, leaving no space for escape. Read new chapters at empire

However, Aurelia calmly raised her hand. With a serene smile, she whispered an ancient incantation, and the elements converged, merging into a single point before dissipating harmlessly in a small, gentle burst of light.

Aurelia finally spoke, her voice calm and almost kind. "You're all skilled, but you're far from ready."

Refusing to give up, Maris gritted her teeth and wove reality once more, this time attempting to rewrite the battlefield itself, turning it into a labyrinth that only she could control. The ground shifted, walls of earth and light rose around Aurelia, creating an endless maze. But Aurelia closed her eyes, extending her senses, and the maze melted away as she stepped forward, unaffected.

Lucan tried again. "Burn." Flames erupted around Aurelia, blazing hotter than any natural fire. But as the flames swirled around her, she merely raised her hand, extinguishing them with a snap of her fingers. She looked at Lucan with a faint smile, as if amused by his efforts.

Kerum took another swing, pouring every ounce of his strength into the blade, channeling both fire and steel into a devastating strike. This time, Aurelia didn't dodge. She caught the blade between her fingers, holding it effortlessly as if it weighed nothing. She looked at Kerum, her eyes calm.

Nyx, now desperate, tried to bend time to slow Aurelia down, casting waves of magic to freeze her movements. Time itself seemed to buckle around Aurelia, yet she moved unhindered, brushing aside Nyx's control as if it were a mere inconvenience.

Virnda wanting to see how her strongest attack work, summoned her strongest illusions, making the battlefield seem like a nightmare realm where reality and illusion intertwined. She made dozens of copies of herself, each one attacking from different angles. Yet, Aurelia's gaze never wavered. She saw through each illusion with ease, walking forward unfazed as Virnda's copies evaporated before her.

Meri unleashed the power of her elements once more, this time combining them in ways she had never tried before. Earth, fire, water, wind, and metal spiraled together in a powerful vortex aimed directly at Aurelia. The vortex roared with elemental fury, an unstoppable force. But Aurelia only raised her hand, catching the vortex and dissipating it in a flash of pure, white light.

Realizing they couldn't overpower her, Lucan looked to the others and nodded, signaling a final coordinated effort. Together, they gathered their powers, each one infusing their magic into a single, combined attack. Maris twisted reality, Lucan invoked a powerful Word, Kerum swung his divine sword, Nyx manipulated space and time, Virnda summoned illusions, and Meri channeled all five elements. The combined force of their abilities erupted toward Aurelia in a blinding wave.

For the first time, Aurelia raised both hands, her expression shifting to one of mild concentration. She met their combined attack head-on, her aura flaring. With a single, powerful gesture, she absorbed the energy, redirecting it into the ground, where it dissipated harmlessly.

Breathing heavily, they stood stunned. They had used everything in their arsenal, yet Aurelia hadn't even broken a sweat.

Aurelia smiled softly, lowering her hands. "You have potential, each of you," she said, her voice gentle, "Given some decades, I'm sure, all of you would be strongest."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Maris, Lucan, Kerum, Nyx, Virnda, and Meri exchanged glances.