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Chapter 31: The Helstea auction house

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Instantly all of us were on our knees.

"I didn't know we would be sharing the space with guests Vincent," The King calmly remarked.

Vincent who was sweating bullets now replied, "Forgive me for being presumptuous your majesty. I remembered you wanting to meet my family again the last time you were here, so I thought today would be a good opportunity for that."

He then turned to us, "You remember my wife Tabitha, and my daughter Lilia; This is Alice Leywin, a close friends wife and their children, Arthur Leywin, Fayden Leywin and Eleanor Leywin."

"At ease! Please we're all important guests of the Helstea family here. Lets drop the formalities"

"Kyu?"

Sylvie poked her head out of Arthur's robe.

"Oh my! What a cute little mana beast!" Queen Priscilla makes her way towards us, her face losing a bit of its coldness.

"She just hatched a few months ago. Her name is Sylvie. Come out and say hi." He replied.

Might as well.

"Zeke, show yourself as well." I say

They are confused for a split second before Zeke came out from my shadow startling them and causing the guards to draw their weapons.

"Relax, he's harmless for the most part,"

The Queen recovered first, "That's quite a peculiar looking shadow wolf. Aren't they supposed to be completely black?"

Sheesh racist much?

"I don't know, maybe he's not pure shadow wolf."

"I assume they are your bonds," King Glayder came closer and kneeled down to their level.

"How fortunate you are to have a mana beast. Even infants are not easy to tame, yet it looks like they are very obedient."

"More like a mutual argument than obedience," I spoke up

"WHAT?! You mean to say you're under equals contract with the mana beasts?"

The hooded guard shouted.

"Uh I'm not sure what exactly that is, but she was the one that initiated it so maybe?"

He turned towards me, no doubt wanting to ask the same question but before he could do so the king interrupted, "Stop! This is neither the place nor the time to study someone's pet,"

We took our seats as the announcer declared that the auction would start soon.

From the corner of my eyes I see Zeke go back to my shadow.

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And so the auction began with the introduction of the King and Queen, followed by the Helstea family.

I could hear Vincent talking to Arthur about his sword, but I didn't pay it much mind, not until the masks were brought up, "You managed to find the voice altering masks?"

"Yeah, although it took a little longer than expected. I also got cloaks made from the fur of nightmare foxes, making you harder to perceive. I thought you'd like it." He said with a hint of pride.

"That's more than what I could ask."

"True, you went beyond our expectations Uncle, thank you."

I could see his face brighten a bit after hearing me call him Uncle, "Don't worry, just stay safe. I'm the one who will have to deal with your family if something happens to either of you."

This earns a laugh from both of us.

After that it was back to watching the auction. There were quite a few interesting items, even some beast cores, although most of them were below B class. The King did bid and win a A class core, while the queen bid on a mana absorption ring along with some other items for a conjurer.

I was seething in anger at the sight of noble men frantically bidding on female slaves in their birthday suits, showing their assets. I was thankful that my family and the Helstea's were above owning slaves.

I saw Arthur get up, but I paid it no mind.

Turns out I shouldn't have done that.

Moments later a tremendous wave of killing intent flooded the room.

Instantly I was on my feet, absorbing mana to start preparing for any spell necessary.

"Who dares attack the Royal family! Show yourself!" King Glayder bellows, and his guards unsheathed their weapons.

The bloodlust went away as fast as it appeared.

Everyone was shaken until there was confirmation of killing an intruder at the roof, after which they all visibly relaxed. Other than Arthur who looked relieved.

So that bloodlust was him?

"Oi Sebastian. How could a royal guard like you fall on his ass by a little intimidation like that? You're going to die early like this." One of the armored guards spoke up.

"I just slipped, that's it," Sebastian said before turning towards Arthur in...fear?

I move towards Arthur, "So, what did you do?"

"What makes you think I had anything to do with it?"

"One, you looked relieved when they caught someone. Two, Sebastian looked at you in fear. Three, you're the only one in this room I know who can exude that much killing intent." I state matter-of-factly.

"...fair enough. He threatened to take Sylvie away." He replied making my blood boil, as I unconsciously started leaking bloodlust.

Arthur noticed this and elbowed my ribs, stopping me from releasing even more.

"Thank you. I needed that one."

The auction then continued without delay.

"Now! For the final item we have up for the lucky fellow fortunate enough to acquirethis..." As his voice trailed off a glamorous lady brought a box covered by red cloth. She paused a bit for dramatic effect before taking off the cloth, revealing what was underneath.

The auctioneer's voice boomed around the room, "An infant World Lion! For those who are ignorant of thismagnificent mana beast, an adult World Lion has the capability to be at least becomea B class mana beast. I dare to say that if taken care of well, this infant World Lioncould even become an A class mana beast!"

The crowd of people go wild even before the price was announced.

As the crowd calms down the starting bidding price to be 100 gold.

That was just the beginning as the price kept increasing without any signs of slowing down.

"500!"

"550!"

"600!"

"700!"

"1000!" The king bellowed with his right hand raised.

Seems like no one wanted to bid against their own king as no more hands went up.

Vincent congratulated him unknowingly voicing my thoughts, "Seems like no one wants to bid against you King Glayder."

"Sorry about the potential money lost because of that Vince. I owe you one," He said this with a look of childish excitement, so did his wife and son.

"Looks like the royal palace will have a new pet. Do you plan to gift it to Prince Curtis?"

The King gave him an evil smile, "Maybe! It depends on how well he does."

"D-Dad" the prince stuttered out.

Priscilla laughs at this, "Does that mean I won't have to hear you slacking off on you sword lessons?"

"Mom! You said you wouldn't tell Dad." The Prince doesn't look as fierce anymore.

The 10th anniversary event ended soon.

When we reached the storage room Vincent handed me a package, "Follow me Arthur to where we store some of the swords, even though they aren't special you'll be able to acquire a solid sword there,"

This got the King's interest, "Oh? Are you planning on taking sword lessons? My son has recently started as well. Maybe a friendly spar can be arranged between the two of you."

"I am honored, but swordplay is merely a hobby for me your majesty, I could never hope to reach Prince Curtis' level," He replied.

Yeah right. more like you'll dominate the fight in seconds.

Father arrived at that moment, "Ah you're here. How was the auction?" he said after bowing to the King and Queen.

I notice Sebastian whisper something to the King who looked annoyed for a second before sighing and coming towards us.

"You were called Arthur correct? You see Sebastian here has helped my family in many occasions. For his services I feel the need to reward him from time to time. And he seems to have quite the liking to your bond. I know its quite complicated process to sever a bond, but I can get someone to do that and compensate you for the bond. What do you say? Can you do this old king a favor?"

How about no?

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Chapter 32: First phase unleashed

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"How much would you be willing to sell your children to me King Glayder?" Arthur spoke without missing a beat.

His question seemingly startled the King, "I'd rather been civil, but I find it disappointing that a person of your status would even think of asking someone to sell a member of their family. While I do know that slavery is common among you nobles, I find it disgusting to sell off someone I love for monetary value. I hope I am clear on the fact that I will never sell my bond."

Well shit's about to go down.

"YOU INSOLENT PEASANT! HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE KING'S FAMILY!" a guard shouted as he charged at us, his sword raised.

Big mistake.

His sword meets my ice construct, stopping him in his tracks, giving me an opening.

And so I use it, charging a fire spell I hit his torso with such force he was blown back, crashing into the wall and knocking him out instantly.

I see Sebastian charging a spell, aiming at me. Since I just fought a guard it left me open to his attack. Or it would've been the case had I not been a beast tamer.

My beast will's first phase gave me 2 abilities, and I gotta say, they're extremely useful.

[Stygian Rift] allows me to instantly warp to any shadows present near me, of course there is a limit to that. Currently I couldn't move beyond 10 meters. Still a pretty useful ability. To be able to instantly teleport to any shadow within 10 meters is quite powerful.

The second ability given by the acquire phase, called [Fragmented Psyche] gives me the ability to mess with my opponents mind, like increasing the amount of pain or fear they experience by some amount. Currently its at a factor of 0.25x .

I couldn't use [Stygian Rift], it would entail too many questions. So [Fragmented Psyche] it is.

Entering the acquire phase doesn't change my appearance much.

The sclera of my eyes turn black as my pupils glow a bright blue.

Looking towards Sebastian I exert all my willpower, making my first attempt to surpass the multiplier.

I had only a few seconds to do so because the next thing I know, Sebastian is on the ground crying out in pain as he clutches his shattered leg. And judging by the smell he shat himself as well.

My brother was lying down a few feet behind him, unmoving. I fear the worst and try to rush towards him. But my legs wont budge.

I feel something wet flow down my face.

Am I crying?

As I raise my hand to wipe my tears, but to my surprise its not tears that's flowing down my eyes, no.

Its Blood.

That's the last thought on my mind before I fall unconscious as darkness claims me.

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As I came to the first thing I notice is the immense pain originating from my eyes.

ARGH! My eyes!

I try to open my eyes, only to be met with darkness.

Why can't I see anything?

Hav-Have I gone blind?

NO! That can't be!

Something must be blocking my vision.

Yeah that's it!

To test this I raise my hand towards my eyes.

Please don't let me be blind.

As my hands come in contact with cloth, I breath out a sigh of relief, not realizing I was holding my breath until now.

My vision seems a bit blurry, but it clears up soon.

I overdid it a bit too much it seems.

Damn right you did!

A voice came from my side making me jump.

Zeke?

Yeah it's me, do you even know what restraint means?

Yeah, yeah sorry, I did go overboard there. Don't worry I'm not gonna die anytime soon

All I received was a grunt of acceptance.

How long has it been?

Around eight hours.

I got up from my bed, only to lose balance and fall on my knees.

Damn, that long?

Might as well get up and ease their worries.

On my way out I heard voices from Arthur's room, so I went to check what was happening.

"...No one was in their righy state of mind after that, especially the kids. The King and his family excused themselves first. Your father is downstairs right now with the King's representative, discussing what happened."

It was then that Arthur noticed me, "Fay, you're awake!"

This caused Mother to turn around, "Fayden, you're alright!"

She rushed to me and pulled me in a hug, "Yeah Mom, I'm fine. Sorry for worrying you again."

"Don't scare me like that again."

I could see the tears on the corner of her eyes.

Sorry mom. Can't promise that.

A few moments later we went downstairs as Mom went to Ellie's room to check on her.

"...-elling you, this isn't something that can be compensated with money. My sons were almost killed bu-"

Dad stopped abruptly as we entered the room, "Arthur, Fayden you're awake!"

"Yep, good as new,"

"Still kicking,"

Arthur and I say at the same time causing our voices to mix and confuse them on what exactly we said.

"So whats going on here?" Arthur asked.

"The King's representative came by tossing a few gold coins for the 'small incident'" Dad replied, while gritting his teeth.

"I have also been ordered to inform that both guards have been stripped of their nobility."

"So level with me here, for almost killing both my sons the King slaps them on the wrist and waves them goodbye?" Father answers, clenching his fists in anger.

"May I remind you that it was your son that spoke out of turn in front of his majesty?"

"And may I remind you that his majesty was the one to provoke him by asking him to sell off a family member?" I say in a somewhat dangerous tone.

"Its alright, neither of us were hurt, and I did speak out of turn." My brother tries to diffuse the situation.

I give him a 'really?' look.

He responds with his best 'just play along' face.

Sigh.

"I guess no permanent damage was donr anyways, so let bygones be bygones."

"Speaking of damage, what happened to the conjurer who broke his knee." Arthur enquired.

Come to think of it, I never did ask him what happened. Guess I'll ask after this fiasco is over.

"He's been stripped of his position, and is currently being treated."

"Were they able to find out what exactly caused this?" Arthur asked once again.

"We believe the mana released by the first knight interfered with Sebastian's spell causing a backlash."

He left soon after as Father began growing impatient.

As he left Dad threw the pouch towards me, "Huh?"

"It was you two who almost died there, so split it up between you. Besides you'll need money as adventurers. Now go and sleep a bit more" He replied.

"Thanks dad." I say as I gesure Arthur to follow me.

"So lemme guess you used [Static Void]?"

'"I guess I really can't hide anything from you, and you're one to speak. You really think I didn't notice you use [Fragmented Psyche]? Sebastian was way more scared than he should've been."

I chuckled at this, "You got me there. Come on lets see what Vincent got."

He hummed in agreement and we made our way to his room where the bag was kept.

I opened the bag, eager to see the cloaks and mask, and groan at what lay in front of me.

"Seriously! Why does everybody think I'm some kind of edgy teen, hell I'm not even a teen yet!"

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Chapter 33: Last day before departure.

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I glare at the black accessory brought especially for me, there was even a note saying 'I got you a black one, figured you'd prefer black over white.'

I could hear Arthur chuckling at me from behind.

I guess I just have to go with it.

The mask was pitch black with a royal blue lightning bolt going through the right eye socket.

I place it on my face and am surprised that it sticks on my face without a strap.

"So have you chosen an alias?" Arthur's voice brought me out of my musings.

A name huh? Well since there is a lightning bolt adorning the mask why not, "Bolt"

"Appropriate, I've chosen Note."

I look at him wearing his mask, his one was pearl white with a streak through the left slit, oddly reminiscent of a half note on a musical sheet.

I nod to him as I pick up one of the cloaks, "Alright lets go to sleep, we've got a long day tomorrow."

"Goodnight"

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"So....who is it gonna be?" Father asked as we were sitting around the round wooden table. We had just had breakfast in the inn where the twin horns stayed.

Polishing his spear, Adam spoke first, "Unfortunately babysitting is not my forte, so I'll pass. On top of that, with my personality either of your sons might just end up killing me one day."

Highly likely.

Dad nods in agreement, "I was hoping either Durden or Helen would accompany them. I can't offer much compensation but-"

He was cut off by Durden, "Don't talk like that Rey. We're all family here, I would love to accompany them and watch them grow."

"He's right, you should know we aren't doing this for money. Besides we did manage to get quite some treasure from our last dungeon raid." Helen said shaking her head.

Just then a hand is raised, "I would like to volunteer for accompanying them."

Huh? Well ain't that a surprise.

"J-Jasmine? You want to go with them?" Angela stuttered out.

"Logically Jasmine is the most viable option to protect them. Durden specializes in defensive area of effect spells and I'm not really that good at protection." Helen said.

"Are you sure about this Jasmine?" Mother seemed worried.

Jasmine responded with a nod, and a thumbs up.

"Just let her go. She's the only elemental augmenter among us anyways. Besides, she did break through to the light orange stage last year." Adam says as he swirls his spear.

"Hmmm....It's a pity, I would've liked to go but their safety comes first." Durden said, with a slightly sad tone.

"Sorry Durden, maybe next time," Dad tried to console him.

"Thank you Rey."

Meanwhile Arthur went towards Jasmine and spoke, "We'll be in your care then."

I bowed at her in gratitude.

She responded with a smile.

Returning home we saw Lilia meditating.

Apparently Ellie didn't like this, "No fair Lily, training without me!"

The four of us chuckled at this.

"Dad, can we go to the auction house once again to get a sword? We couldn't get it after the incident and I wanted to start practicing." Arthur asked.

"Sure kiddo."

Speaking of swords, I should probably keep practicing lest I get rusty.

So when Father and Arthur went out and Mother started to prepare dinner, I slip away to my room.

Alright, I need to make my attacks as silent as possible if I want to integrate [Stygian Rift] to my sword style.

Thus I summoned the two ancient blades, Solaris and Shroud.

Lets start.

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"""""""""""HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"""""""""""

We're finally 9. The Helstea's, twin horns and my family wish us.

"Thank you for taking care of me until now," Arthur bows down.

I reciprocate him, "Thank you for tolerating me all these years,"

The dinner was.....lavish.

Damn they didn't hold back did they!?

Adam made fun of some of the members by recalling their embarrassing moments throughout the dinner.

That was until Jasmine turned the tables, "Adam, have you forgotten the time when a horned mole snuck up on you as you were relieving yourself? I remember you getting so scared that you fell on your back and pissed on yourself, like a fountain."

Arthur tried to suppress his laughter, but failed as his snorts could be heard, while the rest laughed openly.

As for me, due to my mental blocks I was able to keep from laughing.

"Y-Y-You! I thought you all were asleep!" Adam slumped his shoulders in defeat.

As dinner ended we made our way to the living room, where presents were already waiting for us from our parents.

"Happy Birthday Arthur and Fayden, These are from your mother and me, and of course Ellie as well." Father patted us on the back.

I picked up my present, wrapped in blue cover, and opened the lid to reveal a black wrist band with 3 white gems embedded in them.

Looking at Arthur I see a glove with 3 green gems.

"The leather is from a spiked aurochs which your father hunted and skinned himself. The green gems each contain a healing spell imbued by me, and the white gems can enhance one spell each by a factor of 3. It also works alongside the healing gems. I thought it would be a good idea to have some preventive measures." Mother explained.

Arthur bolted up and hugged them saying, "Thank you its perfect!"

"Agreed, it could certainly save our lives out there, thank you." I say, still seated.

"Ahem! Next up is us." Vincent says as he gets down to one knee and brings out a small box. He opened it, revealing two silver rings.

Uhhhh is he gonna propose? If so take my condolences in advance. I'm pretty sure Arthur is straight.

"Honey! Stop teasing the boy!" Tabitha says as she whacks Vincent's head.

Crying comedic tears of sadness he said, "Nobody here appreciates a little bit of sportsmanship. Anyways these two rings are for Arthur and Alice each. The plain is for you Arthur, while the one with the red gem is for Alice. This ring keeps tabs on Arthurs mana level, so if it ever decreases to a dangerous level it will light up."

"Other than that they don't do much. We thought it would bring you some peace-" Tabitha stopped halfway as Mother ran up and hugged her, "Thank you so much."

"Now don't worry Fayden, we have a gift for you as well." Vincent says.

Since when was I worried?

He brings out a black wand with blue accents, "I believe there is no need to explain what this is."

"Thank you" I reply, not knowing what else to say.

"So how are you gonna beat that guys?" Adam says.

Durden walks towards us carrying a roll of parchment and...two more wands?

He hands Arthur the parchment and the wands to me.

"We had a similar idea as the Helstea's. Considering what a monster they both are, we couldn't really come up with anything to give. Those are sound transmission scrolls, I'm not going to elaborate on how expensive they were, because they were extremely expe-GAH!" He was stopped mid sentence by a Jasmine who delivered a kick to his shins.

"Anyways, you now have a one-time source of communication. Just Imbue mana into the scroll, Arthur and you will be able to send a message to the scroll held by Mama Leywin. And once she sends the reply to you, and you hear the message it will turn to dust. Now as for the wands, those aren't actually wands they are tracers. After infusing mana into one of the tracers you will be able to locate the other. So give one to Arthur and you will always find each other if separated. TADA!" Adam said, bowing dramatically.

Arthur went and hugged the Helsteas and the Twin horns, resulting in Lilia turning into 50 different shades of red. While I bowed to them, expressing my gratitude.

As the twin horns left to go to their inn, and the Helstea went upstairs Father spoke up, "Tomorrow is the big day, are you excited?"

"Absolutely," I reply.

Looking at his eyes, I realized he was suppressing his tears. But Mother couldn't anymore as she hugged us fiercely, while letting her tears flow.

"We'll be fine Mom, Dad. And we'll come home as frequently as we can. You'll be the first to know if anything happens." I say in place of Arthur.

After warning me of the dangers of being an adventurer one last time, Mom and Dad escorted us to our rooms.

As I drifted off to sleep, the only thought on my mind was how I was gonna explain my beast will to Jasmine. I need to train in it so that I do not go berserk while using it.

Sigh.

Guess I'll have to reveal a bit more about me than I had originally planned.

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Chapter 34: Adventurers Guild

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Equipping my clothes with my mask resting on my waist and my rings on their rightful places, on both of my ring fingers, I made my way down the stairs.

Only to find Arthur already there talking to Ellie, telling her to keep Mother and Father safe.

"Hey there Dad," I say as I go up behind him.

"Fayden you're up. Listen I know you're both more than capable of handling yourselves, so I'll say you the same thing I said Arthur, Don't get too cocky and know your limits. I'm counting on you to watch each others backs." He replies while kneeling down to my level and placing one hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry Dad, I'll keep him from getting in too much trouble."

I go to Ellie to say goodbye to her.

"Can't one of you stay here?" She asks with tears in her eyes.

"Sorry Ellie, maybe next time. Besides we'll be back before you know it." I rub her head one last time.

Does it really have to be this way?

Will I always have to stay away from my family?

I've already lost one family, will I lose another?

Was what I thought, and looking back I wish I had stayed with them just a bit more.

Anyways, I turn to Mom and open my mouth to speak, but before I could I was engulfed in a bone crushing hug, "Just stay alright out there, keep each other safe." She says, her voice muffled by my clothes.

Returning the hug I speak, "We'll be fine Mom, I'll make sure both of us return in one piece."

As she broke the hug I looked towards Arthur, "Arthur, take this."

I fish out one of the tracer from my bag and pass it to Arthur.

As we move to the door I hear Dad speaking once more, "Remember, we will be rooting for you, no matter what."

Outside Jasmine was waiting for us, "Ready?"

Arthur and I wear our respective masks before Arthur spoke, "Lets go,"

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I'll admit I expected to walk into a bar-like area, instead the double doors of the guild opened to reveal an intricate interior made of marble. The place had metal tables where other adventurers were already present.

"Welcome! How may I help you?" The reception lady said in a rehearsed professional manner.

Before either of us could speak Jasmine passed the lady a piece of paper, "I would like to sponsor them for a rank examination."

Nodding vigorously she replied, "Of course, I understand. Please follow me."

She said as she guided us to a small room. The room had couches facing each other and a desk on one end. A man was sitting on that desk with his head down.

"Hmm?"

He looked up as we entered the room. We could now see his angular face, with black shoulder length hair parted in the middle. His thick rimless glasses made his eyes look even sharper.

The reception lady bowed towards him before speaking, "A class adventurer Jasmine Flamesworth has requested...these two gentlemen to take the rank examination."

"Ah! Miss Flamesworth, how are you these days. I met with your father not too long ago...." He trailed off.

I could see Jasmine clench her fists, doesn't seem like she likes her Father all that much.

"Anyways, its a pleasure to meet you. My name is Kaspian Bladeheart, and I'm in charge of this branch." He continued.

Looking towards us he spoke up again, "Normally an application has to be filled, with an inspection of ones mana core followed by a series of practical exams. But since Miss Flamesworth is sponsoring you those steps will be skipped with only a mock duel left."

Jasmine's house seems to hold a lot of weight around here.

"Judging by your accessories, you are a augmenter or a fighter, and you are a conjurer," He pointed at Arthur and me respectively, "Although names aren't strictly necessary but seeing that you are close to Miss Flamesworth here, can I have your aliases?"

He extended his arm towards us, Arthur shook it and replied, "I go by Note,"

He nodded, apparently satisfied at his answer. Then he turned towards me expecting the same.

"Bolt" was all I said.

"Very well then, Note, Bolt. It was a pleasure meeting you. Mary will lead you to the examination halls."

"Right this way," The clerk, now named Mary, said as she led us to a bright coliseum.

(A/N : I apologize for the short chapter, I had to split it up for becoming too big. On a happier note there will be another chapter tomorrow. Maybe even a double update, who knows.)

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Chapter 35: Test for an adventurer

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Around 10 people were sitting in the seats, scattered around the whole coliseum.

Two augmenters were already fighting.

"Please follow me to your seats. There are a couple other exam takers today so please stay seated until the examiner calls your names," She stated before leaving .

We went to one of the seats and settled down. Arthur kept Sylvie down beside him, while Zeke kept watching from my shadow, like always.

A large bald man was fighting an averagely built man sporting short black hair and a scar running down his cheek.

"Take this!" he announced his attack. He was either overly confident or a dumbass. Probably the latter.

His weapon of choice, which was a polearm glowed a orange before a heat wave surrounded.

The Scarred man seemed slightly surprised as he raised one eyebrow.

"Hell Smash!" He bellowed, only to be blocked lazily by the black haired man.

This resulted in his polearm flying away from his hand.

"Your skills as a polearm wielder is nonexistent and your battle senses are lousy... and that's being generous. You depend too much on physical strength compared to your mana reinforcement, throwing your attack's balance off. You're 35 years old, yet only at the dark orange stage. I would normally put someone of your caliber at E class but seeing how you have a fire affinity, if that little heater move you just did can even be called fire, I'll pass you as a D class... barely,"

Fair, the guy was quite weak.

"Next! Diane Whitehall!" The announcer bellows as the bald man walks dejectedly back to the seats.

"Yes! Coming!" An older woman scurried down the stairs from the other side. She was a teenager with brown hair and freckles spread around her face and outfitted in the standard adventurers robe. She made her way down, clumsily might I add, and almost tripped on her feet.

"Pfft! This should be good!" I heard someone laugh towards my left.

Turning to look at him I could say he was from some sort of a noble family. He was nearly our age surprisingly, and had shoulder length blonde hair and pointy eyes. With his eyes being a shade of green, he could be considered handsome.

Turning back I see the black haired examiner switched with a female conjurer. How did I know she's a conjurer? Well her pointed hat was a dead giveaway.

Taking in a deep breath the girl, Diane introduced herself, "Diane Whitehall, 18 years old, Conjurer at the light orange state with single specialization in water,"

"Introducing yourself is unnecessary dear, we already have your bio data," The examiner replied calmly, "Please ready yourself, and know that there are medical staff on stand-by in case of a fatal injury," She continued.

A conjurer, once reaching the orange stage, realizes where their specialty lies. Since it is much easier to hone the element they have highest affinity in they do not try to master all 4 elements. For dual specialists there are more strict test to analyze your mastery over both elements.

Fortunately they don't know about us being quadra-elemental mages. I don't want to imagine what kind of test we would've been put through.

Almost instantly she casts a defensive spell, a bubble of water serving as her shield.

Since she's a conjurer, she can't augment her body. Hence all conjurers prepare a defensive spell in advance.

The examiner however goes for offence, "Sandstorm!" She announces as gusts of sand surround the girl.

As the sand and water coalesce she shouts, "Release!" Resulting the now muddy bubble bursting.

As her bubble burst she jumped backwards, all the while muttering another spell as a ball of pressurized water formed on the tip of her wand.

"Aqua cannon!" She shouts, the ball of water shooting towards the examiner at extraordinary speeds.

Instead of blocking it like most conjurers would she dodged instead.

"Burst!" She yells, swinging down her wand as the jet of water explodes.

BOOM!

I hear Jasmine mumble, "She's not bad,"

The arena is covered with dust, obscuring our views.

Once the dust clears the examiner is nowhere to be found.

Soon she appears from the ground behind Diane and thumps her staff on her head, eliciting a 'eep!' from her.

"You have decent control Miss Whitehall. Albeit a bit overconfident in your last spell, not preparing any defensive measures. Overall, your efficiency and mana control was good. C class." She said.

Not bad. Becoming a C class at her age is no small feat.

"Next Elijah Knight, please come down.....uh.... Please hold on!" The announcer looked down at his notes and faltered.

Suddenly he runs to the examiner and whispers something to her pointing at the piece of paper.

Finally the scarred man bellows, "I have been informed of your status, you are hereby assigned the rank of B class adventurer."

Wait what?

Just like that?

Who is this kid?

As I was pondering this a black haired kid stood up and nodded towards the examiner. He had green eyes and looked even younger than the noble kid.

"Next Lucas Wykes," He continued.

"Finally," He said with a hint of arrogance, "Why don't you skip mine as well and put me in A class?" He continued, arrogance now dripping from him.

"Lucas Wykes, 11 years old. Conjurer at the....light orange stage? Single specialization in Fire." The examiner read, anger visible on her face.

Lucas simply Yawns at her, enraging her even more than before.

"Let us begin." She said with a dangerous tone.

Lucas jumps back with his staff, preparing for a spell as he rams his staff into the ground and shouts, "Arise Flame Guardian!"

A 2 meter tall humanoid made of flames appears behind him.

I could barely hear the scarred examiner whistle in awe.

The conjurer examine raises an eyebrow in shock but managed to mutter a spell.

"Earth's Tomb!"

Instantly it is shrouded by earth, effectively cutting off its air supply.

Lucas however, kept smiling, "You're too late Miss Examiner. I've heard no examiner has been injured while testing new adventures, well I'll give you the honor of being the first!"

The ruby on top of Lucas' staff glowed before releasing thousands of wisps which remain afloat in the air.

With his staff over his head Lucas lunged backwards, "Expulsion!"

The wisps glow before shooting beams of fire towards the examiner who raises her staff and casts a spell of her own, "Stone Shard Field,"

The area around her glows yellow before pieces of rocks come up and reflect the lasers back to Lucas.

Lucas pales at this, "R-Release!" He shouts desperately.

The wisps dissappear, but the flames that were already shot didn't dissipate.

The examiner conjured an earthen hand and held him upside down, while the fragments of rocks created a makeshift shield around him protecting him from his own spell.

After all the lasers were blocked Lucas was promptly dropped.

"Thank you for your time Mr. Wykes. Your raw mana pool and ability to learn High-Tier Fire spells speaks volumes of your potential. But-"

"BUT NOTHING!" She was cut off as Lucas tried to attack her again, "The test isn't over yet!"

But before his spell could hit the conjurer, the black haired examiner interfered.

"How dare you interrupt my exam! You damn-"

"It was you who broke regulation and initiated a surprise spell even after the examination ended." He cut him off.

"That washed up witch of a woman was the one who got in the way of my next attack by blocking those fire beams! She was the one who deemed the test complete even though I had everything under control!" He shouted.

"So be it, feel free to complain. For now, Emily please announce his result." He said turning towards the conjurer.

"As I was saying, both your mana pool and control are excellent, despite your faults, due to lack of experience. It is more than reasonable if you were placed into B class." She said.

Angrily Lucas climbed up.

"That was great man, congrats for getting into B class," One of the guys said.

He turned towards him fiercely, "Don't even compare yourselves to me you blundering apes! B class was a given!"

"Just wait until my father hears of this fools!" He continued.

"Next, Bolt. Please come down."

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Chapter 36: Becoming an adventurer

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I had already decided how I'll do this. Restricting myself to only wind spell and holding back just enough to make it into C class. I didn't want to gain unnecessary attention by making it to B class, or A for that matter.

Standing in front of the conjurer examiner I gave a polite bow.

"Since we don't have any information about you, it seems like you're testing under special conditions. Let us begin!" She said.

Pointing towards the ground I released a powerful gust of wind, covering the area in dust. A mini tornado formed under my feet making it look like I was flying.

Once high enough I willed a wind construct, a bow to be exact, into existence. Pulling the string back an arrow materialized. This arrow was far from being a normal one, because instead of one arrow head it had dozens. Once I released it those dozens of arrow heads split and so did the shaft, raining masses of wind that would normally sharp enough to cut through solid rock. But as I said I was holding back, so these arrows only made indents, not one cutting through the multitude of rocks she had conjured.

With a wave of her hand all of those fragments of earth shot towards me.

To deflect it I tried something I had not tested yet.

I shouted.

But not any normal shout no, this shout carried with itself gusts of wind.

(Fus Roh Dah vibes anyone?)

Fortunately I managed to get most of the projectiles. Keyword being most. One shard managed to get through. It whistled right past my face, grazing my cheek and drawing blood.

Was she trying to kill me? That was wicked sharp. If I didn't have a trick right now I would've been severely injured.

Amidst all this I never did manage to realize I had lost my concentration, and with it my control over the tornado keeping me afloat.

So imagine my surprise when I suddenly start plummeting towards the ground, which just recently seemed so far away yet so close now.

Crap!

I need to do something fast!

Think Fay think!

Forming another wind platform wont work, It will take too much time.

Only thing I can do is use [Stygian Rift]

But an instant before I activated my acquire phase something caught my torso and held me upside down.

Looking down....err....up I see that an earthen hand is holding me, much like it held Lucas.

After that it promptly dropped me. Thankfully the ground was close enough to not cause any form of damage.

"Your creativity in conjuring constructs and ability to do chant less magic would normally put you in A class. But due to the lack of control, displayed by your fall, and low amount of mana puts you at C class. You have a great future Mr. Bolt, be sure not to waste it" She announced my result.

Giving her a nod I make my way upwards, only to meet with Arthur on the way since his name was called.

As he was passing by me he halted, "You were holding back weren't you,"

It wasn't a question, just a fact.

"Perhaps," was my only reply as I walked to my seat.

"You did good," I hear Jasmine say.

"Thank you,"

The black haired examiner changed places with the other one, "It seems like you're testing under special conditions as well seeing there is no information about you either."

"Then lets see what you've got," He declares, unsheathing his sword.

Only to pause midway as Arthur released intense amounts of pressure.

Before it could progress any further a voice cut in, "Enough. Stand down George. I'll examine this particular examinee myself,"

Standing at the gate was the bespectacled man, Kaspian.

"S-Sir...you will be personally examining this participant? I apologize if I sound rude but is it really necessary for an AA class like you to lower yourself to test an examinee?" He replied, baffled by the turn of events.

An AA class adventurer? What have you gotten yourself into brother.

"His sponsor has deep ties with me so feel obligated to test him personally," he continues.

Uh-huh, why didn't you test me too then eh?

"Let us begin!"

He said as he unsheathed his rapier.

Instantly he was in front of Arthur, almost as if he teleported.

Arthur barely managed to block his strike, even then a portion of his hair was chopped off.

But in doing so he lost balance and fell down.

Seeing the opening Kaspian went for another hit, but Arthur managed to dodge it in time.

But as he prepared an attack of his own Kaspian vanished.

And appeared behind him, aiming a stab at him.

Maneuvering his body just in time Arthur managed to evade it with the sword sailing over his shoulder.

Taking this opportunity Arthur retaliated.

And made a cut on his nose.

Kaspian seemed surprised that Arthur managed to score a hit.

The two duelers lunge towards each other once again, now nothing more than a flurry of sparks and clangs.

It all changed when Kaspian's rapier started glowing green.

"I apologize for not taking you seriously," He says, "I will no longer underestimate you,"

As he says that the tip of his blade shoots something towards Arthur at incredible speeds.

Which he somehow managed to dodge, although it was probably more on instinct.

"Seems like Miss Flamesworth picked up someone worthwhile after all," Kaspian commented.

And what am I, chopped liver?

He continues shooting wind projectiles towards him.

Arthur parries and dodges those bullets as he tries to get near Kaspian.

And once he does, he coats his sword in fire and slashes.

Kaspian dodges and counterattacks resulting in a mixture of wind and fire surrounding them.

"Don't get cocky!" He exclaims as he pushes Arthur away.

"Note!" Jasmine starts panicking at this and gets up.

But I know his limits, I know he's got much more in store which he will not hesitate to use if necessary.

Without even allowing Arthur to regain his footing he continues his assault.

And thus another maelstrom of wind and fire follows.

But one thing stood out.

Kaspian increased his casting speed.

Is he trying to kill him?

What's with these examiners and trying to kill potential adventures.

I watched as Arthur grabbed his arm and prepared to use a new spell he was developing.

Kaspian shouts as an explosion of wind occurs around him, throwing Arthur backwards and forcing us to avert our faces.

The arena is now split into two sides, one with gales of razor sharp wind billowing on it ajd the other side with scorched earth and blazing flames occupying it.

Jasmine unsheathes her daggers and prepares to jump in, "Ar-Note!"

She almost let Arthurs name slip there.

"Calm down, he will be alright. Even now he's holding back a lot," I whisper to her, so that she doesn't barge in.

"Screw this!" I hear Arthur shout.

Faint crackling can be heard as I smell the scent of ozone.

He's planning to use lightning?

And judging by the faintness of the sound he's going for internal lightning.

What was it called again? [Thunderclap Impulse]?

But before he could use it Kaspian bellowed, "RELEASE!"

"Eh?" Arthur replied.

"I got carried away trying to test your limits, my apologies." He explains

"Judging from the fact you so adamantly held back until the end, I can only assume you want to be placed at a lower rank." He continued.

Arthur sheepishly scratched his cheek as a response.

"Note B rank!" He exclaims and takes his leave.

Immediately Jasmine rushed towards him checking for any injuries.

After that we were informed to go to the front desk to acquire our adventurer cards and were promptly dismissed.

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Chapter 37: The Beast Glades.

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"Haaaaaaaaa....." I release an overly exaggerated sigh with my head resting on the palm of my hand, gazing outside the balcony of my room.

I stand there reminiscing of the time I spent together with Art and Fay.

A smile creeps on my face as I remember a particularly amusing incident with Art whacking Fay for being too sarcastic.

I had just returned from Elder Rinia's place after guilt tripping her into letting me spy-I mean make sure they were doing alright.

I should probably be happy they got to reunite with their family.

But...who is that girl? Isn't Art being a bit TOO nice with her? He's even teaching her mana manipulation when he never taught me!. At least Fay isn't doing that.

That Arthur! When I get my hands on him I'll...sigh...who am I kidding, I just want to see him.

And Fay.

I added almost as an afterthought.

It's been a few months since they left, but after seeing them everyday it feels like years. Maybe I should've been nicer.

I cringe as I remember the times I physically abused them.

Thats their fault, Arthur being so thickheaded and Fayden's snide remarks.

I look at the crystal orb and see the two of them smiling broadly at what seemed to be a party.

"Young one I have good news!" Grandpa abruptly barged in.

He notices my hand on the orb, "I see that you're using that orb again-"

I cut him off by throwing a pillow at his face.

"Grandpa! What did I say about knocking!"

"I'm all for having either of them as my grandson-in-law, but it's a bit too early for that dont you think?" He replies as he kept dodging the pillows I sent his way.

"GROSS!" I exclaim before turning away from him.

"Don't pout now. I've got some good news for you little one," he says.

I tilt my head as a response to notify him that I was listening.

"...what if I said you could three have a chance to attend school together,"

Hearing that I immediately turn around before he could continue.

"Really Grandpa? You're not lying to me right?" I ask, overly excited.

"Haha~ Calm down Tess," My mother sat beside me patting my head, "Your grandfather has close ties with the Director of Xyrus academy."

"That sly old fox was bragging about two quadra-elemental mages attending her school when it was me who trained them," Grandpa laughs loudly at the irony.

"But its a bit more complicated than that. Do you remember the continental tournament?" Father asked as I nodded in response, "Well that was only the beginning."

"We're negotiating the terms for integrating the younger generation of elves and dwarves at Xyrus academy." He continues.

"The Director informed me that both Arthur and Fayden plan on adventuring for 3 years before attending Xyrus. So if everything goes right, you'll be his senior in school." Grandpa explained.

"So train hard with your grandfather. After all...it will be the start of a new generation."

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Fayden Leywin POV:

I was handed my bronze adventurer by the same woman who guided us to the amphitheater.

"Do you have a close relationship with Kaspian, Jasmine?" I hear Arthur ask.

Looking as Jasmine, she seems troubled.

Tread carefully brother.

"...in a way. He's an acquaintance of my father." Her tone made it clear she was uncomfortable with this particular topic.

Thankfully Arthur didn't pry any further.

But just to be safe I interfered, "So, what now?"

She stays quiet for a while. Likely pondering on the topic herself before she turned to me, smiling softly, "Dungeon Exploring."

Arthur stays silent and proceeds forward absent-mindedly. He didn't notice the noble, Lucas, and bumped his shoulder.

Or was it the other way round?

"Don't get cocky because we happen to be in the same class. Even within ranks there are levels and a commoner such as you would be at the bottom. Don't forget it." He says before leaving with his entourage.

Arthur didn't even respond as he turned towards Jasmine and said, "Lets go to the portal."

________________________________________________________________________________

After passing through the portal, which felt a lot like the rift I passed through in the forests of Elshire, we reached the beast glades.

After seeing no hostile beasts Arthur questioned Jasmine, "Isn't is a bit too peaceful?"

"We're in an outpost near the base of the grand mountains. So most of the area has already been explored.

She pointed at a guy chasing some ferret like mana beast, "Lower class adventurers also use this area to train and grind for ingredients."

Suddenly Sylvie jumped off from Arthur's shoulder.

"Wait Sylv! Where are you going?" Arthur exclaimed.

After seeing Sylvie hunting the mana beasts I could feel Zeke look at the scene with longing.

Makes sense he wants to hunt too.

Go ahead, hunt.

Are you sure Dad? He replied with a hint of concern

Yeah, I'm not gonna overexert myself every time. I'll be ok Zeke. Go.

He gave no response as he emerged from my shadow and leaped towards the nearest mana beast, startling the other adventurers in the vicinity.

"They'll be alright. Mana beasts have a natural instinct to get stronger after a certain period of time. They must have felt suffocated being sheltered all their life." Jasmine said, reassuring us.

"We should hurry." She continued, "Our first stop is a day away, and it gets more dangerous at night."

"Cloaking herself with wind attribute mana she sprinted, beckoning us to follow her.

Following her example I too lunged forwards forming twin gales of wind below my feel, much like what I did during my test.

But when I looker back at Zeke once more. I couldn't stop the smile that found its way to my face.

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Chapter 38: Reminiscing about the past

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By the time we reached our destination both Arthur and I were completely exhausted.

"Impressive! You're both at light core stage right? Even though I slowed down a bit I expected to take breaks in between." Jasmine said as she gathered up the branches of wood she gathered in a conical structure.

Picking up my arm she pointed the palm of my hand towards the kindlings.

Understanding why exactly she did it a gout of fire found its way out of my arm.

We sat down on a log with Jasmine in between both of us.

Arthur spoke first, breaking the silence, "What made you want to become an adventurer Jasmine?"

After staying silent for a few minutes she spike gently, "I wanted to get away from my family,"

"I see.....are you on bad terms with your family?" Arthur continued.

Tact Arthur. Heard of it?

Glaring at him I gave him a look telling him to drop it.

He looked apologetic suddenly and was about to speak again, no doubt saying something like 'You don't have to tell me if you don't want to'.

But before he could Jasmine started speaking, "The Flamesworth house was a major contributor in the war against the Elves. Our house has provided a multitude of conjurers and augmentors, all fire mages. Since fire is considered the most powerful element we took great pride in it."

I see.

Wait a minute!

Isn't she a wind mage?

Arthur vocalized my thoughts, "But aren't you a..."

Nodding in affirmation she continued, "So when I awakened earlier than all of my siblings my family had high expectations of me. But when I went through tests to show my mana attribute it was made clear that I had no affinity for fire magic. Seeing this my family shunned me and regarded me as...lesser..."

After hearing this I was seething in anger. While I had a calm demeanor outside, it was the total opposite of what was taking place inside me. A war between my self control and the scorching rage that was barely kept at bay.

"Tsk... THATS STUPID! I understand that there are different stages in mana core strength. But it's completely arbitary - No absurd - for mages to create a hierarchy based on elemental affinity. No element is innately better than the other. It all depends on how well the mage uses it." Arthur shouted.

This little stunt of his startled me enough that my anger receeded. And so I contributed to it, "It also depends on the location of the mage or the affinity of the opponent. A fire mage would have a lower chance of victory against a water mage. On the other hand if the battle takes place in an extremely windy environment a wind mage could easily snuff out any fire bassed attacks used against them."

Seeing us like this Jasmine broke out in laughter.

After calming down she proceeded to apologize, "I'm sorry..You're normally so composed. It took me by surprise to see you two so riled up"

I guess her story triggered memories of my past life.

Back then I had been taken in by my Aunt after my parents untimely demise. Which I learned later was due to them playing a big part in ending the Civil war that had been plaguing the nation for close to a year. Some of them survived and planned to attack my family for their efforts. And they succeeded, for the most part.

To say they were unhappy to take me in would've been an understatement. Her relation with my family was rocky at best so it wasn't a surprise I was disliked.

There I was treated little better than an animal. The only one who treated me like a human was their son, my cousin. Over the years we had formed a deep kinship with each other.

But that didn't last.

As I had overlooked one important detail, my entire family was targeted, and that included my Aunt's family. So 4 years after the death of my parents they struck again. This time failing in the attempt.

Although it didn't come without a cost. My cousin, Ryan was killed in the attack. Whats worse is that he died shielding me.

After their sons death my Aunt and her husband were distraught and took out their anger and frustration on me.

After a particularly bad beating I decided to run.

And run I did. An 11 year old kid ran across one nation to find refuge in another.

And after I found said refuge, I also found 3 people who would become my most cherished comrades for the next few years.

Until tragedy struck again.

I was brought out of my trance like state when Arthur shook me vigorously, "Fayden, you alright?"

Realizing I had spaced out I spoke trying to reassure them I was okay, "I'm okay, just spaced out is all..."

Arthur had a look of understanding on his face, no doubt he was thinking of his past as well.

Jasmine looked at me skeptically before giving in, accepting my lie.

Soon enough we packed up for the night.

Lying down I tried sensing Zeke, turns out hes quite far away. At least he's having the time of his life hunting beasts.

"Arthur, Fayden...." Jasmine spoke our names causing Arthur to hum in response and eliciting a 'Yes?' From me.

"Looking back I think I might have pressurized you to chose me as your guardian. I'm not the most friendly nor am I the most knowledgeable among the Twin horns. So maybe I should've asked for your opinions instead." She continued.

"But you are the best option," I say.

"Eum?" She seemed startled.

"Out of the Twin Horns you are the best option to pick as a guardian. Helen and Durden told themselves that they aren't good at protection, Angela would've probably crushed us to death and Adam's...well Adam. Taking these into consideration you were the best choice. Sure you're not as friendly or cuddly (thankfully) like the others, but thats what makes you different."

"I...don't know what to say. Than you Fayden," Jasmine said with shock evident on her face

"I agree with Fayden. I'm glad you volunteered Jasmine, you're not afraid to tell me when I'm wrong. And thats something I know we'll need, since we tend to go overboard sometimes." Arthur said.

"Oi I don't go nearly as overboard as you!" I glare at him playfully.

He chuckled, "Anyways we should really get some sleep now,"

"It's weird you know. When talking to you two I don't feel like I'm talking to children at all," she suddenly spoke a few minutes later.

I had turned away from her a few minutes ago, and I'm glad I did.

Otherwise she would've seen the nervous sweatdrops on my face.

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Chapter 39: Rusty Swordsman and Overboard Mage

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I was awakened the next morning by Jasmine to help in the morning chores.

Getting up I see Arthur sound asleep. Raising an eyebrow at that I looked towards Jasmine who them informed me that he wouldn't budge.

I shrugged in response before heading to the stream nearby to wash up and catch breakfast.

After splashing myself awake and catching enough fish for all 3 of us I sat down to meditate once again. I couldn't let what happened yesterday happen again.

It could be dangerous if it happens during a fight.

Sometime later I hear the sound of hitting stone causing me to open my eyes. Just to see Jasmine practicing her moves.

After I was certain I wouldn't go into a super rage anytime soon I got up and prepared to cook for breakfast.

Hearing Arthur mumble something I look at him and see a mana beast sitting on top of him and Arthur staring at it.

A few seconds pass before he screams and sits upright, causing the beast to fall off and run away.

He sniffed something after that, most likely the fish I was cooking. Seeing me cooking it he was about to speak before Jasmine interrupted, "Heh, I enjoyed the little comedy show. Good morning,"

"Morning Jasmine. You should've woken me up so I could help out in the chores," He replied.

"Oh trust me, we tried. Anyone ever tell you that you sleep like a log?" I snickered at him.

He sheepishly rubs his neck, "Sorry, its a bad habit of mine,"

"Since you're awake now, lets eat. Also ask your bond if she's going to join in, you too Fayden," She said

"I've already contacted him, he won't need anything." not while he's devouring so many mana beasts. I'm afraid he'll kill of a species at this rate.

After eating the fish we washed up and got changed.

"So, where to now?" Arthur asked.

"Actually, part of the reason we came here was to spar," She admitted.

"Spar?" Arthur asked confused.

"I have noticed that your fighting style seems awkward sometimes. Like you know how to perform it but your body wont cooperate," She explained.

"Good idea. But what kind of sparring," Arthur asked.

Jasmine pulled out her dual daggers, "I need to know your physical limits before going on dungeon raids or taking any missions. so only use mana to dull your blade,"

Arthur went to grab his sword, "Got it,"

"Use your other sword"

Arthur turned back abruptly seemingly surprised, "How did you know it was a sword?"

"You're too practical to carry around a wooden stick for no reason," She explained.

Well she sure is observant.

Arthur hesitantly picked the sword and turned around to unsheathe it, revealing the crystalline blade, "Get ready?"

"Y-Yeah," She's in awe looking at the sword. I couldn't blame her since I was not much better when I first saw it.

Seeing that I wont be required for the moment I silently slipped away using [Stygian Rift], so that what I'm about to do doesn't hurt them.

Mixing elements was something I had tried before, but back at the manor I couldn't use much mana or I would risk destruction of part of the house.

But here out in the wild?

I can finally go all out.

I take out the wand I had gotten from the Helstea's and try it out.

Whoa!

This is amazing! It takes so much less mana than normal to conjure the same spell.

Water surrounds me as I prepare to mix it with wind magic. The goal was to create a hurricane/cyclone.

It required some time but I managed to separate the mass of water into small particles.

Now the difficult part. Willing Wind to circulate around me it takes the droplets of water long with it. All the while I keep generating more and more droplets of water and gusts of wind to blow it around me in a circular halo.

I raise my arms, and along with the halo of wind and water start ascending towards the sky.

As it reaches the clouds above more and more air is absorbed by the ever growing hurricane.

"Faster!" I growl out as I add lightning to it.

After all, what's a storm without thunder?

Lightning cloaks my body and is taken hungrily by the twister around me.

I was preparing to add in Ice as well when a voice cut in, "FAYDEN STOP!"

I know that voice.

Arthur.

But why is he telling me to stop? I was certain that I was far enough from the adventurers. So there shouldn't be a problem should there?

Yet when I look around I can't help but be scared, of my own power.

I was in the center of a true natural disaster. I was so focused on testing my limit I failed to notice the numerous trees in the storm, neither did I notice the slight tint of red resulting from any mana beast who got trapped in it and was thrown around.

I tried stopping my creation but it wouldn't listen to me. So I did the first thing that came to mind.

I made another cyclone inside it, but this time rotating it in the opposite direction.

It seemed to be working as the storm slowed down before dissipating in a burst of wind as it began raining.

I fall on my knees exhausted from maintaining the tornado, losing my grip on the wand in the process.

Arthur rushed towards me, Jasmine hot on his heels.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm fine, just over exerted myself. Sorry about that by the way, did I interrupt your duel," I reply as I manage to stand up.

"No you didn't, we didn't even notice until after our duel. What was that anyways?" He says as he supports me up.

"That is what happens when you try to mix Wind, water and lightning and go overboard." I explain.

"That was extremely reckless Fayden. Although I will say, I'm impressed. How did you manage to conjure such a storm?" Jasmine spoke.

"Oh, it was the wand the Helstea's gave me. My spells consume much less mana that way." I reply as I pick up my wand once again.

"Anyways we should probably go now, there will probably be people coming here due to the commotion." I continue

"Yeah we should get going," Arthur said.

On the way Arthur spoke once again, "How's your swordsmanship currently?"

Startled by the sudden enquiry I reply, "I don't know, but if I were to guess, I would be very rusty considering I have been focusing on magic rather than my swordsmanship."

"Figured, I have decided to not use magic in the next two years to get back to where I was before, " He whispered the last part so that only I could hear.

"Good idea, I think I'll try it too although I will use my constructs, no magic attacks but only constructs , so my core will still progress, although we shouldn't stop purifying our cores. It would be a waste if we don't progress our core in the next two years." I respond.

"Yeah don't worry about that, even if I don't use magic I'll keep purifying my core,"

Reaching our campsite we packed up our supplies and left for our next destination.

This is just the beginning.

We have a long journey ahead of us.

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