A massive black tail slamd on to the ground cracking it and denting the earth. It has smashed in to a shield made completely of light. The reaction between the two was spectacular. The shards of the light shield broke away and covered the ground before fading back in to the air. In the next mont, a lodious voice of power caused another to appear.
"Weak! Your shields are weak and I can smash them with my tail slam in one hit!" Onyx had been hard at work training his shield slam to be able to take down anything. He had also been trying to change his size faster so that he could sneak and defeat opponents faster. It was all part of his future plans to leave Genesis and travel to a new location which may contain more abyssal serpents or remnants of them.
The figure singing was none other than Alice, however, in the last few days while Walker, Su, and Midnight had been away, she had picked up her training. The trials and failures she put in as she tried to change her songs to beco powerful were nothing compared to the strain on her when she faced Onyx. The two had made the commitnt to push through more than just their limits. They wanted to be completely different people when their friends returned.
A vicious look of determination blood on Alice's face. She was not letting Onyx get away with the insult of her shield being weak. She had been training alongside him and knew that she had grown the sa as he had. She wanted to be able to hold out against his attack even when he was at his largest size.
The light shield reford in half the ti it had the last ti Walker had seen it. He would already be surprised when he returned but for Alice, it was not enough. She altered her song on the fly and the shield beca more detailed and dense. The light elental mana was much better controlled the more that Alice burned her mana in training. She had a substantial savings that was dedicated to mana potions for this purpose.
The newly ford shield t within Onyx's tail again. The difference was like night and day. There was a resounding thud and sharp crack. The shield had been broken but not to the degree before. It nearly split in two yet held shape. Triumph now showed on Alice's face while Onyx felt his scales had cracked. He had taken damage from using it too much and was not feeling the strain. This was his limit, "I will go further!"
Light and darkness elental mana wrapped around his body. The training in the two elental manas had been much harder. So much so that he had trained until exhaustion three tis in a row. His body had felt the flood of mana and strength that he did not know was possible. That lead him to learn he could wrap his scales in mana to form sowhat of an armor like Midnight did. The inspiration gave birth to an armor that he knew would protect him.
The light elental mana condensed on his scales while darkness elental mana flowed around it in perfect balance. The light elental mana was the base and the darkness the spikes that now protruded from his head and tail. The skill was known as abyssal armor. One that took his entire focus and strength to hold on to but one that boosted his magical defense and defense by fifteen stat points. It also allowed him to use the skill piercing tail and piercing head butt. They were physical skills with magical damage of light and darkness elents.
The repaired light shield was not shattered this ti when Onyx attacked with his tail. Instead, it was perfect;y pierced like swiss cheese. The hole in it caused Alice to lose her focus and fall to a knee. Yet, Onyx also lost his control of his mana and collapsed in front of her. The two could only pant while trying to catch their breath. They had exhausted a huge amount of mana yet again.
These training sessions had beco the focus of mana healers and nuns within the cathedral. They were stunned by the amazing training that was going on. Not only did it inspire them to push themselves but also to reach outside and look for ways to enhance their knowledge. Onyx and Alice had beco more than just inspiration, they were driving forces behind the growth of many young healers.
The high priest on the other hand had gone to make many friends with those researching the mage tower. The earth mages in particular were very used to coming over to fix the cathedral courtyard. So much so that they had made the deal to share the runes with the high priest at the cost for the healers to visit and assist with the light elental runes they may have understandings with.
The main reason the agreent had been reached was the discovery of healing rines. The healing runes sohow were of every elental mana and could heal differently based on the user's affinity. It was a mystery that inspired the mages yet stumped them. They had no idea how healing worked because it was not their forte. Therefore, the deal benefited their understandings and the cathedrals. Fixing so courtyard a few tis was nothing in comparison.
"I swear. You two are going to make the entire city shake if you keep this up." The high priest joked but in the back of his mind knew that if Alice and Onyx continued on like this for months then genesis would indeed shake before them. It was an interesting future to imagine of his daughter and her training partner.
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