"Reveal, status open."
Before going to academy, I want to check my status progression after I had done many quests for a week.
*Status*
Name: Dylan Claire
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Level: 7
Job: Adventurer
Class: {empty}
Title: The lost traveler; Amateur adventurer
Strength: 45
Speed: 75
Endurance: 65
Magic power: 55
Mana point: 210
Intelligent: 90
Life point : 160
Skill:
Linguistics master - Level 7
Fire magic - Level 1; Dark magic - Level 1; Earth magic - Level 1; Wind magic - Level 1; Light magic - Level 1; Water magic - Level 1
Axe arts - Level 1; Sword art - Level 1
I was still amazed because I could accessed my status like in the game. These information was similar to RPG Online. I ever confused that either I transferred to another world or trapped in game world.
Back to my status, my status was slightly increased due to my level up. Before this I was at level 5.
My magic skill had increased to all basic magic elements because I used all elements when attacking horned rabbit and goblin yesterday.
I got sword art as I used sword as main weapon during adventure day. Right now I rarely picked up my axe and I didn't think to use axe anymore. Sword was more convenient to me now compared to axe.
I finished my breakfast at inn and went out to magic academy. I didn't forget to wear my robe and bring the scepter. It was pity that I had no chance to use my scepter during quest time or magic training.
Then I arrived at academy and quickly entered my new class at left wing. There was several students that more early than me sit at their own chair. I didn't greet them because I already forget their names. Sorry guys.
After 10 minutes all my classmates gathered at their own seat. I was still nervous to greet and talk to any my classmates.
Then teacher Tessele entered the class and immediately put her book on her table.
"Okay. All of you attend today. Good. I don't recommend any of you to skip my class. For today class, I will talk about magic skill.
Yesterday I already told the first magic skill for each element. All of them is attack skill, meaning it can inflict harm or injury to other. Magic skill can also be used as defense skill, strengthen skill, and weaken skill.
Magic elements are not created equally. Some has high attack skill while other focus on defense skill. You can decide yourself to be damage dealer or protect your team with defense skill. Your decision is heavily influenced by your best affinity to magic element.
Defense skill is your protection against enemy's attack. Defense skill can block or lower the damage of attack. Defense skill for fire magic is fire wall, water magic is water shield, earth magic is earth block, wind magic is wind wall, light magic is light shield and dark magic is dark mist.
Dark mist is a special magic in defense skill. It is not actually block any attack but it can disturb the visuality of enemy, making them attack us in less accuracy and thus indirectly defend us from enemy's attack. It is kind of tricky because it need to be activated before enemy launch their attack unlike to other defense skill.
Level one of magic skill is only limited to attack and defense skill. Once you have reached level three of magic skill, you can use the strengthen and weaken skill. So you can only learn these skills when you become amateur magician."
As usual, she continued her lecture until noon. Based on her talk, we will train defense skill this morning.
She dismissed us for short period after her lecture was finished and no one asked any question.
After lunch break, I went to training area. The left wing was less merrier compared to main building because it was only functional to teach the part time student. I didn't see any part time student except the one from my class. Either they learn at different day or it was simply no amateur magician enrolled in this academy yet.
After waiting 15 minutes, teacher Tessele arrived and walked straight toward us.
"For today class we will practice defense skill. I had already told you the name of defense skill for each magic element. Remember and practice it. Dylan."
Oh, she called my name.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Attack me with your dark bullet. I will show a demonstration to defend yourself."
I walked to front side and faced her in about 10 metres long.
"I'm ready anytime, Dylan."
That was my cue. I pushed my right hand forward and shouted, 'dark bullet'.
Dark bullet was shooted from my hand and flied fast to my target, her. Before my dark bullet hit her, she invoked 'earth block'. Suddenly the ground beneath her trembled.
Immediately the ground erected to certain height and formed a small building block, like an earth wall. It successfully dispersed my attack and my dark bullet became futile attack in front of erected wall. After that, the ground returned to it normal shape like they had never raised up.
"Once again, to activate a magic, you need to imagine and control the flow of mana to shape it to your desire magic skill. Defense skill is a bit more hard to practice than normal attack skill. I want you to form a pair to practice defense skill. One attack and one defend it. Then switch and repeat the cycle until you become proficient in defense skill."
Oh, a pair huh! So who should I choosed? A man or a woman? Or should I just pair with whoever left?
"Er, Dylan?"
"Huh?"
"Can I pair with you?"
"Eleanor? Yes, yes, there is no problem. Let's practice together."
I surprised when Eleanor offered herself to be pair with me. I guessed she was 16 or 17 years old. She was bit short compared to me. She had twin tails hair in blue colour and her face showed like she was being forced to pair with me. Maybe she was also a lone wolf in this class.
Everyone right now had their own partner to practice defense skill. The training area had vast area so we distanced ourselves from each pair.
"Right, everybody take your own position. There is no need to attack fast. Let your partner be ready. Level one of attack skill is not much dangerous to human. As long as you activated defense skill at right moment, you can avoid injury. So don't worry. Practice until your mana is exhausted."
Teacher Tessele gave her advise before we started practicing.
"Okay, Eleanor. You should attack first. I'm ready anytime now."
Before she initiated her attack, I activated my dark mist. Then, a mystery black mist engulfed my whole body and surrounding near me. The dark mist rotated around me slowly gave an eery feeling. People who saw this must thought I had descended from hell.
This mist didn't suffocated me or limited my eyesight. I perfectly saw Eleanor who scared a bit from my dark mist. She confused when she should attack me as she can't detect to pinpoint my exact location.
"Fire ball."
She released her first attack towards me. The fire ball shooted into mist area. My dark mist reacted by slowing down the fire ball and at the same it consume the magic or mana from the attack. It redirected the attack to the ground so I can be saved even if someone attack me in right position. The fire ball dispersed completely before it being clamped down to the ground.
So my dark mist had three functions. First, it would slowed down any attack. Second, it would consumed or corroded the attack. Third, it would redirected the attack to the ground to avoid any attack hit me directly. Sound a bit of complex for simple defense skill but it did its job perfectly.
Then I released my dark mist skill and my surrounding came to normal.
"Now, Dylan. You can attack me anytime."
It was my time to attack her.
"Dark bullet."
"Fire wall."
Eleanor formed a wall of fire in front of her. My dark bullet failed to penetrate her fiery defense line.
Then she and I exchanged the attacks and we successfully defend it from each other. There was no injury to us or even among our classmates. We all did perfect job to attack and defend.
We continuously repeated the same cycle until one of us used up all mana point. Then teacher Tessele dismissed the class.
After class timed up, Eleanor seemed like to say something to me before she walked away. I didn't know if she was a shy girl or she scared with me. Never mind, we could meet later in class and would engaged the talk in future.
I still had some mana point in my reservoir so I was not completely tired. I went down to inn and rested for the night after dinner.