Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

She was amused seeing the future Demon Queen getting off on a teenage boy's mouth, making sure she stored it on a video gem for blackmail later.

"Well, my lovely students, the assessment period is over, and the judges will go over the many entrants and by the end of the day, you should get a judgement on your overall performance."

Lorem looked like a genuine teacher for once as she looked at the many hopeful and disappointed students with a rare, gentle smile.

"Don't worry if you do poorly on this test; it's just for the first month's evidence and grants. You will get less money below the C rank, but that's only until the assessment."

"Those who are struggling, come to me anytime before the assessment, and I'll lend you at least one silver to buy supplies to survive in the assessment without tax; you can pay me back next month, okay?"

Asura looked at the teacher and found that maybe her past rumours were true, how she was originally from the slums and because of her lucky awakening or something her power grew rapidly until she was one of the strongest youths in the kingdom...

Even now, though, she doesn't forget when she struggled to eat anything, be it a ball of mouldy bread or dirty water...

'Quite admirable.'

"Moving on!"

"Some of you might not know about the assessment as some families know more than others, and some knights have experienced it and tell their children."

"The assignment is graded in pairs, so please keep close and work together well. If your partner dies, your achievements will be cut in half or may even fail if you are judged incompetent as an ally."

"Eh!?"

"What?!"

Many students were shocked at this because normally it was groups of three, even the prince or the girl near Mu Xue, but she was silent and looked back at Asura, remembering what was said by Lorem regarding Asura and Xavida while biting her lower lip with slightly dulled eyes that bore into Xavida's figure with a strong feeling of jealousy.

"I don't have time to listen to you complain, so come to me after the lesson! Now, I'll just name the partnerships."

"Princess Vela and Knight Mu Xue."

"Prince Valos and Knight Sarah."

"Asura Fenix and Lady Xavida."

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Once Lorem finished announcing the people and their roles, she sat on her seat with a loud thud and put her feet on the tables, crossing them as she leaned back, the black chair creaking as she let out a comfortable sigh of pleasure.

Then she snapped her fingers as the board filled with a big title.

[The Stages of Power]

'Come to think about it, because I was injured after the tournament, did I ever attend this class?'

'Not that it would matter because I could not use magic in my last life...'

Lorem's fingers snapped again as she started the lesson; the windows darkened, and only the board was brightly illuminated. It was a strange sensation that felt mystical as Asura could now see the magic particles floating and dancing around to create the phenomenon that made these things possible.

"Are you all focused?"

Her body stood up and she walked around the front of the room as she slowly displayed a faint light from her body.

"Can you see the small magical particles flickering from my body?"

"These are Stage One magic particles created by the body when casting Stage One and basic spells.

Snap!

A small flame exploded from her fingertip as she snapped it before hitting her other hand and extinguishing it.

"See?"

Her body sat on the edge of her desk; as she crossed her legs and leaned back, her plump buttocks squashed flat against the desk while her eyes narrowed, looking at the many pupils now with the same particles of various elements swirling around them.

"This is how we detect someone can become a mage, knight or warrior."

"We do have tools that measure the amount, but they cost a lot of resources or are frankly not accurate enough to be useful to half of you."

Asura watched the sight, too. He saw Mu Xue's huge amount of silvery blue particles, the strange green and purple floating around Xavida, but there were dark... sludgy parts that wrapped around most of them, slowing their flow.

'So that's her curse...?'

'How did nobody notice it before, though?'

[They cannot see it, boy.]

[Well, those below Stage Five can't. But that Red Bitch can see it look like she's watching even your particles with amazement.]

[The evolution of your eyes is not just to make Mu Xue's tits look sexier and more detailed]

It was a good thing for him to learn, but with this, he realised that Stage One wasn't special...

"So, for those unable to use magic, the first stage might be some kind of magical and superhuman state..."

"But in reality, those of Stage One are only slightly stronger than a normal human with a bit of magical power able to cast basic spells with no ability to control or morph them."

Lorem looked at Asura for a moment, her eyes seeming to show a smile as they narrowed at him, showing a predatory smile, causing him to feel curious about her gaze and strange reaction.

'Why does she look so strange?'

[You should look in a mirror next time you use magic...]

[It's like a bloody storm of fire and ice, and you're not even casting magic...]

She didn't remove her gaze as her body slowly became wrapped in a brilliant flame that covered her hands, flickering and causing the room to heat up.

"This is the test for those reaching Stage Two - The manifestation of magic around one's body and the ability to modify and change its shape."

Her flame began to move around her body, starting at the fingers dancing along her arms, forming small people on skis before reaching her shoulders and dropping down her chest, leaping from her huge breasts, causing them to wobble, as the flames dispersed a few inches from her body.

"Now then, it's hard to tell the difference, right? Haha..."

"Let me show you the same fire spell using a Stage Two level core."

Snap!

Placing her hands a metre apart once again, the flame flickered and shot towards her other palm, but when she pulled it back, the flame stopped, returning to the beginning.

"Only those above Stage Two can achieve this: the ability to control their magic, altering its movement or size with a mere thought."

Lorem then snuffed the flame and stepped off her desk, walking around the classroom with her hips swaying slowly, smiling as she reached Asura's desk before placing a piece of paper in his palm when passive.

"The difference in power of a Stage One and Two is huge... If Stage One is slightly increased, then Stage Two is the superhuman that No-Mages believe them to be."

"Increased power, speed, endurance in both combat and sex, making most male mages' worlds more enticing than No-Mages, and the Mana contained in the core is now a liquid and has triple the volume as a Stage One."

"Now you all must be excited to see what might come from a Stage Three, right?"

The next moment, the classroom transformed into an inferno as Lorem's body exploded with flames, her eyes still watching Asura with a playful smile.