Ery woke up in a room reminiscent of his own. However, the larger space, the different color of the wall and the view of the mountain range with countless waterfalls by the window wasn't in sight, ensuring he hadn't opened his eyes in his room.
Sitting up, the last thing he rembered was the feeling of an invisible hand dragging him in the air as well as a thousand needles prickling his insides. The face of a beautiful woman, paler than white with blood-red bountiful lips ca into his mind, her na was Grand Magus Zenoia. She did sothing that caused a feeling of pain and pleasure, but, after that, only nothingness.
Then, the thought of the Magus Gas entered his mind. Not knowing how much ti had passed since he had been unconscious, he finally got out of bed and of the room.
Ery found himself coming out of a house. A green yard with three more houses sitting in the corners. The middle of the courtyard had a patio, there a person was sitting cross-legged on the floor.
The whole area was lighted by a sunset-stained glow, but Ery didn't have to squint hard to see who was sitting.
He walked up to him and gave a bow. Magus Xion looked at Ery and said, "Welco to my humble domain."
"Greetings, Magus Xion, it seems I have troubled you," said Ery.
Magus Xion shook his head. "Don't worry Ery, it's not a big deal. How are you doing? Do you feel any headache or any pain at all?"
Curious as to why the magus would say that, Ery decided to examine himself. He exerted the internal energy circulating in his spirit core. He let it flow through every part of his body, but he couldn't feel any discomfort. Instead, he actually felt that his body was in optimal condition, better than what he had previously been.
Wanting to know more about himself, Ery checked his status through the symbol on his and found out the following:
[Ery Ambrose]
[Battle Power: 30]
[Spirit force: 110]
The sudden increase of the spirit force caught his eyes. That was quite a big leap, wasn't it, he thought. But then his focus was being diverted again. He got it back on track regarding the Magus Gas and asked, "Magus Xion, how long have I been out?"
"Don't worry. It's no more than three hours," replied the magus.
Ery let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't imagine what would have happened if he had passed out for a day or two and disappointed his friends by not being able to participate in the gas.
Now that he was more relaxed, Ery wanted to know more. He asked, "So, Magus Xion, can you tell what has happened and why I am here?"
Still sitting, Magus Xion said, "Actually Ery, my master, the Grand Magus, showed great interest in you. Hence, she asked to guide you in your cultivation until the gas start. I am willing to abide by that, but what about you? Are you willing to accept my guidance?"
Ery imdiately got on one knee in respect, saying in the most polite voice he could muster, "It would be my honor to be taught by you, Magus Xion."
The magus gave a satisfied nod and got up. "My master thinks I will be the best guide for you at the mont. She has told how to make the best of your condition, and in exchange for this, she asked that you will show her sothing entertaining during the gas."
Finally a sentence that rhyd well in his ear. A way to solve his problem and help to succeed at the ga. How fortunate indeed.
"Okay Ery, you don't have much ti left so we will start right away," said Magus Xion, walking already.
"Yes, Magus Xion," said Ery getting up to his feet and catching up to the magus.
The magus took Ery to one corner of the courtyard, next to a house field, where there were a lot of long wild grass sprouting in every direction.
"As you know already, my specialty is in infusion spells," said Magus Xion with his back turned against Ery.
He turned around and then threw Ery the sa tier two sword he has used in today's practice. After that, the magus spawned another wooden puppet from his storage ring and said, "Try using the infusion spell again."
Ery called on his spirit core and executed the spell until a dark light covered the whole surface of the sword. He stared at it and sohow felt the [Darkness Infusion] was much different from earlier. Once he received the go signal from Magus Xion, Ery gripped the sword and put all his weight behind it, striking the stationary wooden puppet. To his surprise, the blade slashed a third of the wooden puppet. It couldn't compare against the inch deep cut from earlier.
"… I…" Ery was at a loss for words. What he could confirm to himself was that the obstacle he had been encountering seed to have been open and his spirit energy was much more powerful. All he could think of doing was bowing to the magus, expressing his gratitude.
Magus Xion waved his hand. "Don't thank , Ery. That's my master's work not mine. She opened the clogged flow of energy within your spirit core that had been created because of you having too many elents inside your body."
Clogged flow? Was that the thing connected to his dark spirit core that looked like a bridge? Ery was curious about that, but after clearing his thoughts, he asked the more pressing matter. "Does this an I am fixed now?"
"Not so fast, Ery. Why don't you try using your water spell again. The first one you showed before," said Magus Xion.
Ery complied. He raised his hand, focused on the water elent spirit and then cast [Steam Lance], the spear-like water, thrust into the wooden puppet. The water splashed upon hitting the puppet, but after seeing it clearing out, it had only created a dent mark like before. When Ery had cast the spell, he noticed that the flow of energy, in comparison to using the darkness elent infusion spell, didn't have the sa power. Frowning, he asked, "What is going on Magus Xion, what does it an?"
Magus Xion had his hand on his chin. He seed to be thinking for a mont before saying, "It's quite simple actually. Your spirit core of darkness has made you able to cultivate faster, but when you cast a spell, as you may have noticed, they go through your dark spirit core, which in turns rejects the other spirit and affects your spell, making it much weaker than normal. In other words, except for your darkness elent based spells, the spells based from the other elents you have will be much weaker."
Ery's frown deepened hearing such news. It sounded again like he didn't have a choice other than to accept what fate had given him. Not willing to give up though, he said, "Is there anything I can do to resolve this?"
"Yes, there is. But first I need you to practice sothing else," said Magus Xion, walking toward the long grass. He pulled one stem and cast [Darkness Infusion], making the stalk of grass shone with blackish light. The long grass then beca as straight as a sword, no longer having the limp state it had. "This is what you'll be practicing for now. I need you to keep a steady flow of [Darkness Infusion] into the grass for an hour."
Ery received another stalk of the long grass, thinking this practice was going to be pretty easy. Focusing his thoughts and casting the spell, he found out that he couldn't even send the energy of the infusion spell into the grass. It startled Ery for a mont, it made him think why could he do it with a sword but not with this grass. Trying once more, he still couldn't do it. But Ery welcod the challenge.
After the third unsuccessful attempt, he thought fourth ti's the charm. He tried again and sent his dark energy to the stalk of long grass, finally achieving what Magus Xion had asked him to do. The grass glowed with great darkness and beca as straight and as sharp as a sword. He was about to show it to the magus when suddenly the grass wiggled and blew up into thousand pieces.
Ery beca confused but fortunately, Magus Xion explained. "This is a good practice to learn how to control the flow of your spirit. This is a crucial first step for you in mastering your elents. Transferring too little of your spirit, you won't be able to give it energy, but giving too much, the grass won't be able to contain the energy."
Ery nodded. The practice had just started, but the sky had already fallen. So, Ery decided to practice doing this all night until he fully mastered it.
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