Right after the bell rang we left the school. It was four of us once again. When we arrived on my street I said goodbye and leave for home.
The plan was simple. Go home, prepare some tools to use while training mainly mana crystals and liquid mana, then meet with her in the forest.
I didn't tell her about the church yet. I do trust her but mana lake is a game-changer. I want to keep it secret as long as I can. Not just because I don't trust her. The main reason is it can give mana to anyone. I confirmed it with Lydia.
I know she had mana in her eyes before but even if the lake gives mana only to the people like her, it is a huge risk I won't take.
I arrived home and quickly went to my room. After changing my clothes I checked my mana battery reserves. It already dropped to half. I did give some to Lydia. And I spent more mana while practicing magic. I need to restock sometime soon.
After I show the basics to Lydia, I started with my training. Since I have my Aether Organ completed I can train to my limits and eventually surpass them. I will start with mana strings. I have a few ideas for them. But I first need to master creating them. After I gained enough mastery, I can try to change the nature of mana while using them.Basically, I shape mana to the shape of a string or thread. Like the threads of a spider. Unfortunately, I'm rather a novice at this so I lose a bit of mana while doing it. My first goal is to lose less mana while creating them. I eventually want to prevent the mana loss and solidify them. I also need to increase the number of strings I can create at once. Right now I can create five and use them relatively easily as long as they have a length of 50 centimeters. Longer than that is not possible for the current me.I create one string of mana between my hands. I'm trying to make it more compact. I can n
After I finished training with Lydia I escorted her to her house. It's already dark outside so I would rather not leave her alone.My mom texted me, asking when I was coming home. She would obviously get suspicious if I constantly stay outside till night. I texted her that I was with a classmate and I would be home about in an hour.After I'm done with everything I went to the old church. I need to talk with Kairi about Lydia. This matter is important and I know that I should have talked with her before. But... I just couldn't help myself. What if she refuses? I finally got myself a person who can understand me.With those thoughts on my mind, I jumped down to the cave. The stone altar nullifies the magic to some extent. I need to find out what to do with it later. Anyway, the cave is just as I left it before. We need to add something defensive just in case."Welcome, Oscar.""I'm back, Kairi.
(Third Person POV)The moon was shining on the sky and illuminating the night. It's only been a few hours since sunset. But somehow all of the city was buried in silence. Daxhoull didn't have a lively or energetic nightlife but it still had one. This silence was truly an unusual occurrence.The reason for this might be the movements of the police force. Most people who are part of the nightlife or underworld could understand that police were planning something big. No one confirmed this but it wasn't something they were willing to risk."Tch! What the heck?! We looked everywhere and found nothing."On this quiet night, there were several police officers who were traveling the forest. One of them, who just spoke, was Officer Hans. He was a tall and bulky man in his mid-thirties. The sides of his brown hair were beginning to grey. He had a nasty frown on his face.He was clearly an
(Third person POV)It was the morning of Wednesday. Everyone in the Daxhoull heard about the police investigation in the depths of the forest last night. It was the astonishing speed of a rumor spreading. Everyone else said something else about the investigation of the police forces.Mason was walking to the school. He was familiar with the gossiping nature of the citizens. From the housewife to company workers, everyone would gossip one way or another. If you would ask them they would deny it but the truth is undeniable. They love gossip."What is this fuss about? They just did an investigation. Why would people create a rumor about aliens?"Mason found this extremely weird. Linking an ordinary or common police investigation to some conspiracy theories is just bullshit. No matter how safe Daxhoull is compared to surrounding cities, crime still happens. Murder, thievery, and some other small-time cri
The school hours were over. Mason quickly left the school grounds. While walking on the streets he couldn't help but look toward the forest."A quick walk in the forest can't be bad, right?"He slowly walked inside the forest. Unaware of the action he just made actually sealed his fate.***"Can this one succeed?"Andrew Houll asked the man with a white gown. He was holding a file in his hand. The man looked at the file and read its contents before answering."He should be more durable than others. We have yet the find the necessary requirements to succeed but he is the best subject so far.""We already lost so many resources. We need some results and we need them soon. You better be successful this time."They both looked at the man with patient robes. He was a tall and bulky man. He had short grey hair and brown eyes. There was a
A spear made of water shot towards Howard from his behind. He dodged it with a jump to the right side. The spear penetrated the wall behind him leaving a big dent. Seeing it Howard smiled menacingly."How exacting! You may be the only one who can reach where I am. Come, show me your power!""You asked for it!"Oscar created twenty water spears and fired them all to Howards. Howard opened his mouth and released a pillar of flames from his mouth to counter the spears. In just a second he vaporized all of the water."Tch!"Oscar clicked his tongue and jumped inside the steam created by the clash of the two spells. It was thick enough to cover him for a few seconds, just enough time to prepare for his next attack.Oscar covered his left arm with water and changed its shape to a lance. He quickly stabbed with it the last place Howard was. But just as he came out of the fog of t
"*cough* That hurt!"He vomited a mouthful of blood. He tried to get up but he couldn't muster enough power in his legs and he fell. Their fight was going on for about thirty minutes at this point. His mana reserves were lower than half and his body was getting many small injuries.He knew that he wasn't exactly a match for the person who is in front of him. His mana was like a bottomless well. It didn't even decrease and he fired a lot of fireballs. Seeing that he tried to fight him using his fists but before he could even punch him he was sent flying by a powerful kick to his abdomen."He doesn't just possess bottomless mana he's also good at fighting, at least better than me."Oscar took a deep breath and get up. His body was hurting but it wasn't something he couldn't bear. He needed to stand up and fight. He couldn't leave everything to Kairi. Except for this man, there was also a corrupted spir
"DIE!!"Oscar screamed and slashed at Howard. He tried to dodge but couldn't get away from his range. Oscar's water sword left a big cut on his torso. It healed several seconds later but he couldn't shake the terror he felt.Oscar's glowing crimson eyes locked on Howard. He could feel the intense bloodlust from those eyes. He didn't understand how this boy suddenly turned into a bloodthirsty monster. His speed and attacks suddenly improved when his eyes glowed red. He saw similar eyes filled with bloodlust in the Crueland but this was something else. These eyes made his soul tremble.He fired another pillar of flames from his mouth to block his vision. He didn't think that the boy would die after this attack. After all, he survived when he pierced his chest with a fire spear. He first fell to the ground but a few seconds later he got up but his eyes were glowing red."Die you flaming bastard!"