Holding the material in my hands, the challenge of repairing our armor seemed a little more daunting than I initially expected. Taking a deep breath, I tried my best to steady myself and started channeling mana. The way my smithing ability worked I wouldn't require any tools, my mana became holdable objects, like hammers and such, but could only affect armor and it needed concentration. Which means I couldn't use it for attacking or I risk loosing concentration.
A bluish hammer appeared in my hand and I began striking the damaged area's of my armor. The smithing tattoo soon appeared and the area's I began striking became heated, as if It was in a forge. The glowing red armor soon began to undent and I was able to salvage a small portion of the armor. But three of the plates were damaged beyond repair so I had to remove them and begin shaping the iron plates into scales that matched my armor. Luckily, the mana also changed its color to black, matching the armor so nothing would look out of place. But I could definitely see the difference between my work and my smithy mentors work. Mine were crude and the imperfections could be seen clear as day, but my mentors looked smooth and clean, as if a machine had done it. Sighing and continuing, I realised that the only way to match his skill was to raise my smithing level. It took me around 3 hours to finish the repairs on my armor and it was time to start on Prim's. Instead of a hammer, my mana first turned into scissors allowing me to cut where Prim's armor had be bashed. The chain mail was hard to cut through but it would be interesting to create interlocking rings. After a quick trial and error test, I figured out the method to create iron rings from plates, allowing me to repair her armor properly. After around another 3 hours her armor was finally finished, even if it was a little rough around the edges.
Checking my skills after the repairs It seems I was able to raise my Smithing skill to rank 2. That should do it for repairs, now its time to train my mana. Heading inside the house I found Prim in deep concentration and took a seat next to her. Sitting in lotus position and beginning, I could tell how much better my mana had become since last time. I'll increase it in rank and call it a day. Although the progress I was making seemed fast, It was almost laughable since I was only star grade 1.
A couple hours passed like this until I lost my concentration due to a strange feeling on my horns. As I opened my eyes I saw two covered breast inches away from my face. Prim had finished her training and was touching my horns.
"Ummm, might I ask what your up to Prim?" "Sorry, Your Horns looked really cool while you were training your mana and I couldn't resist touching." "I see, how's your mana training going?" "So far Its good progress and I even unlocked my first skill!" "Congratulations, what is it?" "The skill is called Accel, It allows my to double my speed for 10 seconds." "That sounds amazing, want to try it out? i'm willing to spar you." "That sounds perfect, Elias, Lets go!"
Stepping out of the apartment and into the backyard we both got into battle stances. "We'll go hand to hand combat and it ends whenever one of us is laying on the floor, ready, Start!"
Prim took the initiative and dashed forward with her guard lowered. Instantly I threw my hands up in a cross block and it was instantly my by Prims kick. The impact made me take a step back and Prim made sure to not miss the opportunity. lunging from her lowered height she punched my stomach with her fist and tried to continue her onslaught. Before she could resume, I hit her chest with my palm to create some distance between us. The blow managed to stagger her as if she wasn't expecting retaliation. Without hesitation I launched forward and threw my right fist as hard as I could at Prim. She tried dodging to the left and my fist was only able to graze her shoulder. Using the momentum left I reached for her a grab only to have Prim slide in between my legs and strike at the beck of my knees. Feeling my left leg begin to crumble I kicked my right leg forward and rolled. Turning my head to look back at Prim only resulted in a knee to the chin. Gritting my teeth and keeping my eyes open, I grabbed her her leg with my left arm and Slammed my right fist into her stomach. I pulled my hand in for another strike but Prim managed to escape my hold And back-stepped. Suddenly Her image blurred and and I felt pain shooting up from my chest, Throwing my hands up in a cross block was futile as multiple blows were thrown at an insane pace. Left, right, below, the punches kept coming for about ten seconds then Prim appeared before me and staggered, with the last of my stamina I threw a low sweep and knocked her off her feet. Unfortunately, I went down with her. The spar was over, It was a Tie.
Laying on the floor, breathless was one I never thought I would welcome, but after getting my ass beat, it was weirdly soothing. "Your new skill is a pain and a half to deal with, all I could do was stand there and guard."
"Its a lot harder to control than I expected, My brain almost couldn't keep up with my legs."
"We'll just need to practice both our skills more to get used to them, so lets rest for tonight and pick up another quest tomorrow."
"That sounds great, Thank you for sparring with me."
As night began to fall, me and Prim retreated to our rooms in seek of some much needed rest.
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Primrose Everclear, Star Grade 1, Level 14
-Race: Human
-Accel: Double speed for a 10 second duration, causing great stamina loss
-Dual wielding (Rank 2)
-Martial Arts (Rank 1)
Mana Sense (Rank 1)
-Mana Siphon (Rank 1)
-Mana Compression (Rank 1)
-Mana Storage (Rank 1)
-Beast Bond: Levy
-Race: Aqua Swallow
Beast Class: (Healing Druid)
-Beast skills: (Water slash)
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