On the first day of February, Shinji returned to London and returned to the E-Squadron's base.
Japan has the New Year holiday, and Western countries also have a long holiday between Christmas and New Year. Depending on local laws and policies, the holiday can last between one week and one month.
Therefore, Shinji simply gave the members of the E-Team a year-end holiday, allowing those who needed to go home to go home and those who needed to rest to rest. No matter what the outside world thinks, Shinji always believes that magicians are also human beings, with relatives and friends, and he does not want the E-Team to really become cold machines.
Surprisingly, although the return date was February 1st, all members of the team except Shinji returned to the base before February and spontaneously carried out daily training.
When the "God of Death" stepped into the underground training ground holding the Snake Hunting Scythe, the brilliance of various magic tricks was like fireworks, dyeing the entire training ground colorful, which looked spectacular.
"It's getting so intense before the holiday is over. Are these guys crazy?"
The bigger the magic, the louder the noise. The entire training ground was filled with the brilliance of magic. A conservative estimate was that at least two-digit members used high-level magic, and maybe even great magic. This was a trump card that every magician would not use easily. No wonder Shinji had such an exclamation.
The vitality greatly enhanced by the golden apple is converted into magic power through the magic circuit, and then changes its nature through the Buddha bone relic in the left hand, and finally radiates throughout the body.
In a single breath, Shinji's attributes doubled—not because of the magic that strengthened his body, but because of the magical power of the newly discovered Buddha's bone relics.
After the battle with Lizbeife, Shinji had figured out how to use some of the relics, and the one he was using now was the simplest one, which had a similar effect to strengthening magic. Although the increase was not as strong as the "golden body state", it was relatively easy to control and had fewer side effects.
If there is any regret, it is probably that after that power competition, Shinji never entered that magical "golden body state" again. But he is not in a hurry. Now that he has found the way, sooner or later he will tap into the full power of the relic.
Feeling the new power within him, Shinji smiled contentedly: "Seeing you guys are having so much fun, should I join in? After all, the battlefield is always full of surprises."
The light twisted, and soon, Shinji's figure disappeared into the air, like drops of ink falling into a water tank.
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To the west of the underground training ground is an artificial bunker area, with a three-digit number of bunkers built on the rocky ground in square kilometers. Under the bunkers are large-scale ritual magic, and the structure of the bunkers changes every once in a while. Even a magician who specializes in earth magic cannot say that he can figure out the structure here in a short time.
The structure of the bunker group had just been changed a few minutes ago, which made things difficult for the "Sword" team and the "Holy Grail" team.
The two teams that were best at positional warfare were fighting fiercely, but unexpectedly the terrain changed suddenly, disrupting their formation. A few unlucky guys fell into the newly created cover and lost contact with their teammates.
In an artificial cave about 500 meters away from the point of exchange of fire between the two teams, the two men smiled at each other.
The relatively younger one laughed very wildly, not trying to hide his cheerful mood.
The older ones were very gentle. Of course, this gentleness was only on the surface, and everyone in the team knew that as long as this person showed this expression, someone would be in trouble.
"The Pope is still trying to scheme against us, but he doesn't think we are that easy to scheme against. Now he has dug a hole for himself and buried himself in it."
"So, young people still lack experience."
Who are they? They are the adjutant "Tank" and the inspector "Judgment" of the E-Team, and their status and strength in the team are second only to Shinji.
This large-scale actual combat event was initiated by them. In order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, the two most experienced members of the E-Team personally participated in the battle.
The idea of militarizing the E-Team was originally proposed by these two people, so you can imagine how strict they are in normal times. The strict training and style of work have certainly rapidly improved the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the team, but it has also caused the arrogant team members to accumulate a lot of resentment, and today's brawl just provides a channel for them to vent.
Of course, the two had no intention of sitting still and waiting to die. They could be defeated, but before they fell, they had to achieve enough results and the prestige of the adjutant and the military judge could not be affected.
"It should be almost stable out there." Judgment held onto the wall with one hand and twirled his well-kept mustache with the other.
"Fifteen seconds left." Tank stopped smiling and returned to a blank expression, which meant that he had completely entered combat mode. As an outstanding earth magician and the designer of the bunker complex, no one knew this place better than him.
"Let's go, it's time to show the young people how powerful we are."
"Especially the new little ones."
The new members are the new members recruited by Shinji after he succeeded him. The series of battles to hunt down the Dead Apostles in the fall of 1998 made the E-Team famous, and more applications for joining the team were received.
After a review and trial, eight outstanding young people were selected, and the number of members of Team E increased from 25 when Shinji joined to 32 (Lorelaya temporarily withdrew from the team).
Newcomers are always a little ignorant of the immensity of the world, and it is the duty of the elders to make them face the reality.
"By the way, 'Judgment', how about we see who has gained more?"
"That's exactly what I meant. I haven't been idle in the past few months when the captain was away."
"Me too, let's get started then."
After saying that, the two of them rushed out of the cave at the same time.
And then—they came flying back even faster—really flying, upside down.
A dark shadow blocked the entrance of the cave, holding a simple-looking long-handled sickle in his hand.
"Hey, you two, long time no see, where are you going?"
"Captain, Captain!"
"You're back."
"Yeah, I came across such an interesting activity right after I arrived, so I decided to join in - just to be on the safe side, I confirmed that there is no limit on the number of people that can attend this event."
Chariot and Judgment shook their heads.
"Then I'm relieved." The sickle blade slowly raised, and the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became solemn. "Let's start with you two."
The pressure and tingling sensations coming from the endings of their nerves and magic circuits told the two that their captain was not joking.
If you don't want to lose here, you must give it your all, so that you may have a chance to win - using the results of special training during this period.
With just a glance, the two old comrades who had known each other for many years understood each other's thoughts.
The next second, Shinji felt two unprecedented waves of magical power.
"I see. You should look at people with new eyes after three days of absence. But you are not the only ones who have grown."
Amid the rising fluctuations of magical power, Shinji raised his left palm.
The left arm of Vajra is overflowing with Buddha's light.
This was Shinji's biggest gain during the holiday.