Roselle closed her eyes, her focus shifting inward as she attempted to tap inthtning energy with more trol. The vivid memories of her past mistakes haunted her, but she knew she did not to repeat them.

  Her hands crackled with electricity, but this time, she willed it to remain under trol. The energy surged through her, seeking an outlet, but she resisted the urge to release it all at o was a delicate bance, like holding back a thuorm on the verge of unleashing its fury.

  As her energy reached 50%, Roselle’s heart pounded. She felt the power c through her, and for a moment, she feared losing trol again. But she steadied herself, eling the energy into a trolled burst.

  With a deep breath, Roselle released a trolled surge of lightning that crackled and arced toward the elemental pilrs. The bolts of electricity struck the pilrs, causing them to shatter and dissipate. Roselle watched with a sense of aplishment as the elemental prison dissolved, freeing her from its grasp.

  Dr. Kintovar’s sharp eyes remained fixed oetle unfolding before her. Her mind raced, analyzing every move, every iioween Roselle and Runebelle. As she observed Runebelle’s astonishing trol over her magic, a whirlwind of thoughts and possibilities swirled within her.

  ‘This is unpreted,’ Dr. Kintovar mused silently. ‘Runebelle’s mastery over her abilities is beyond anything I could have imagined. Her energy affinity is unique, and her trol is exceptional. There’s so much potential here, so mutapped power here...’

  ‘Runebelle,’ Dr. Kintovar thought, ‘you may just be the most signifit discovery of my Career as a stist. With your powers, we achieve great things, and I will ehat your potential is fully realized.’

  Roselle had just shattered Runebelle’s elemental pilrs with her newfound trol over her lightning energy, and Runebelle was left with a feeling of surprise and curiosity.

  As they stared at each other, the air seemed to grow with unspokeions. Roselle’s gaze was filled with resolve, while Runebelle’s eyes held a hint of sadness and a longing for answers.

  Roselle finally broke the silence. “Runebelle, I don’t know what’s going on, but I see that you’re not like me or Risebelle…There’s something different about you, something special.”

  Runebelle’s eyes widened with a small level of surprise upon hearing the word “special” from Roselle, it was as if a spark had been ignited within her.

  Roselle adva left her massive on behind. Instead, she focused on eling her lightning energy, f a crag sphere of electricity around her body. “Are you ready for this?”

  Runebelle summoned her elemental pilrs once again.

  Roselle charged forward and created arifying atmosphere. She moved with purpose, her eyes locked on Runebelle. The green energy within Runebelle’s pilrs swirled and danced, ready to be unleashed.

  With a burst of speed, Roselle closed the distaween them, her body surrounded by the pulsating sphere of lightning.

  Runebelle’s sent all three of her elemental pilrs hurtling toward Roselle. The pilrs, infused with the power of fire, ice, ah, created a dazzling dispy of elemental energy as they streaked through the air.

  Roselle braced herself for the impact, her body surrounded by the crag sphere of lightning. She could feel the tremendous force of Runebelle’s attack approag, and she knew she had to act quickly.

  As the elemental pilrs closed in, Roselle pushed herself to her limits, trying to draw upon her lightning energy while maintaining trol over it. The electrifying sphere around her expanded and crackled with iy. She eled more and more energy into it and tried to meet Runebelle’s attack head-on.

  The csh was explosive. Runebelle’s elemental pilrs collided with Roselle’s electrified sphere, creating a chaotid dazzling dispy of elemental forces. The raw power of the collisio shockwaves rippling through the training area, and the very air seemed to vibrate with energy.

  Roselle’s efforts to trol her lightning energy were evident as she struggled to maintain the delicate baween power and trol. The lightning surged and crackled, but she held it in check, preventing it from spiraling out of trol and draining her energy pletely.

  Roselle tio hold her lightning energy in check. She maintained trol over the surging power, preventing it from spiraling out of trol. The csh with Runebelle’s elemental pilrs reached a stalemate, with her side gaining a clear advantage.

  However, Roselle’s trol had its limits, and as time passed, the strain on her grew more heavily. The red hue in her lightning energy began to intensify, a sign that she was nearing her breaking point.

  Roselle’s efforts to maintain trol over her lightning energy were pushed to the limit. The tension in the air alpable as the energy within her surged beyond 200%.Roselle’s eyes widened in arm as the lightning energy surrounding her began to take on a dangerous and unstable crimso crackled with urained power, threatening to spiral out of trol. Despite her best efforts, the immense energy she had gathered was being too much to tain.

  In a desperate attempt tain trol, Roselle pushed forward, direg the overwhelming surge of energy toward Runebelle. Her body moved with incredible speed as she rammed into Runebelle, their collisioing a shockwave of energy that rippled outward.

  “Urgh!” Roselle let out with her eyes closing.

  The unstable red lightning energy exploded with blinding iy, engulfing both Roselle and Runebelle in a searing maelstrom of power. The training area was filled with blinding light and deafening thunder as the explosion rocked the entire facility.

  System Message:

  Roselle: 45%

  Runebelle: 30%

  Both batants are still itle, but they have sustained signifit damage from the explosive csh of energies.

  Runebelle was the first to rise from the aftermath of their explosive csh. She hopped up with surprising agility, her eyes fixed on Roselle. Despite the damage she had taken, she remained with the same gloomy face as usual.

  Roselle, oher hand, struggled to get ba her feet. Her body ached from the intetle, and she could feel the drain on her lifeforce. But what suddently caught her attention the most was Runebelle’s resiliend ck of for her own injuries. As she gnced over at Runebelle, her eyes narrowing with realization, she he differen their lifeforce levels.

  ‘How she be so... uional, even in the midst of battle?’ Roselle pondered silently. ‘I’ve never seen anyone like her, and her powers... they’re a close Rival for Risebelle’s... But why does she seem so detached from it all?’

  Runebelle’s sudden shift in tactics caught Roselle off guard. She swiftly went back to using her on and began firing off shots with incredible speed, moving closer to Roselle. The barrage of energy bsts left Roselle momentarily stunned, her instinct urgio rush to her own on.

  ‘Wait a minute,’ Roselle thought, her eyes dartiween Runebelle and her own on. ‘Something doesn’t feel right. Charging toward my ight be a mistake…so instead…’

  Roselle made a reckless charge toward Runebelle, but was met with the barrage of energy shots. She mao dodge some but couldn’t avoid them all. The shots grazed her, leaving her with minor injuries, but she gritted her teeth and pressed on.

  As she closed the distance, Roselle saw Runebelle summoning her elemental pilrs, and a realization dawned upon her. She khis was her ce, her moment to turide of the battle.

  With fire set abze in her eyes, Roselle unleashed the st of her magic. She tapped inthtning energy, eling it into a powerful and risky maneuver. It was a move she had tempted before, but she had no other choice.

  “I have to do this,” Roselle thought, her mind focused oask at hand.

  With a surge of electricity enveloping her, Roselle made her move. She leaped high into the air, defying gravity as she soared above Runebelle’s elemental pilrs.

  Roselle’s body crackled with electricity as she desded upon Runebelle from above, her, giving her no time to react or terattack. Roselle unleashes lightning-charged blows and struck her with a relentless flurry of punches and kicks.

  Each strike from Roselle was infused with the iy of her lightning energy, and they nded with precision and force. Runebelle attempted to defend herself, but Roselle’s assault was unyielding.

  In a stunning dispy of agility and skill, Roselle’s final, powerful kiocked Runebelle off her feet, sending her directly to the ground. The impact echoed through the training area, leaving Runebelle momentarily stunned.

  Roselle stood over Runebelle and made heavy breathes. The battle had taken its toll on both of them, but Roselle’s relentless assault had givehe upper hand.

  Dr. Kintovar watched the battle unfold with a sense of amazement. Roselle’s dispy of physical capabilities had surpassed her expectations, and it left her ihis was the same Roselle who had once fought against her older sister, Risebelle, and now she was dispying a level of skill and agility that seemed to have grown expoially.

  ‘Roselle has learned and adapted,’ Dr. Kintovar thought, her analytical mind at work. ‘She must have gained valuable insights from her battles with Risebelle. It’s remarkable to see her applying those lessons.’

  As Runebelle y on the ground, her wide-opeill carrying the weight of sadness, Roselle approached cautiously. She could see the state of Runebelle, her lifeforow reduced to a mere 15%.

  “Runebelle,” Roselle said softly, “ you still move? Are you okay?”

  Runebelle’s response was a weak nod, indig that she could still move despite her injuries. Her sad face remained unged.

  Dr. Kintovar stepped forward, a proud and approving look in her eyes.

  “You both did exceptionally well,” Dr. Kintovar ended. “You’ve show potential and adaptability. I have no doubt that you’ll excel on our mission.”

  Just as they were about to discuss the mission, the massive door leading outside swung open, and in walked Risebelle, her presenanding attention.

  “What’s our mission?,” Risebelle asked.

  Dr. Kintovar turned her attention to Risebelle as she ehe room, her eyes searg for answers. She asked, “Oh, if it isn’t Risebelle! How did it go? Did you at least gather the essential data we needed?”

  Risebelle turned somber. She lowered her gaze and replied. “Unfortunately, I had to abort the mission, Dr. Kintovar, but I did not e here empty-hahe Magic Academy is using their maractors on the forest. It’s bee far too dangerous for me to operate there on my own.”

  Dr. Kintovar’s brows furrowed with as she absorbed the information.

  “I see,” Dr. Kintovar responded. “We ’t allow the Magic Academy to interfere with our pns. We’ll o find a way to ralize those extractors and secure the forest. Risebelle, I’ll need you to lead the mission to deal with this situation, but first, all of you could use some rest. Go and Rejuvenate for your mission.”

  As they all began to leave the training area, Dr. Kintovar held Risebelle back, her evident in her eyes. She observed the young mage’s dition and couldn’t help but feel a surge worry.

  “Risebelle,” Dr. Kintovar said gently, “you’re down to 5% Vitals. That’s dangerously low. Now tell me, who did you enter during your mission? You don’t o be so tough with me. Tell me what happened.”

  “Who did I enter?” Risebelle echoed, her tone dripping with bitterness. “I’ll tell you who I entered. Those arrogant, self-righteous humans, that’s who! They think they just waltz around with their magid their holier-than-thou attitudes, and expect us to cower before them.”

  Dr. Kintovar shook her head. “I know you wouldn’t allow yourself to get caught and damaged by any regur-cssed mage and be damaged to less than 25% without being able to retreat. Now tell me, WHO. WAS IT.”

  Risebelle hesitated for a moment. She wao choose her words carefully. She finally began to speak.

  “It was...”