Days passed, day after day without doing nothing but training, why?
Well, it isn't like I have anything better to do.
After around a week of training, just as Sugar predicted, I managed to control for the first time the mana outside my body, well, I can't create anything more than a little flame or some drops of water…
[Congratulations!]
"Should that thing be considered as a spell?"
I asked raising an eyebrow and pointing toward a drop of water that is floating around me.
[Yes, that is considered a tier 0 spell!]
"..."
[Why this reaction? Did you expect to cast a tier 8 spell right off the bat?] She said while chuckling.
"No, but this thing will barely damage an ant, how should it help me in battle?"
"If you can cast a tier 0, then you can cast more, try to cast four tier 0 flames"
White said while casting four little flames in front of him
I failed to keep three flames at the same time, let alone four.
"two will be fine too, now, look carefully, you only need to fuse them together while adding mana from your surroundings.
He fused the four little flames and…
[... That is a tier 1 spell.
Even if you manage to do it one time, it may save your life once, but your tier 1 spells will be slower and weaker compared with those casted by people who achieved it with training].
"Tier 1 is still better than nothing"
He replied while firing the tier 1 fireball to a nearby dodo, followed by a hundred or so ice spears.
"White, what tier is your strongest spell?"
"Hehe… You are curious, aren't you? Let me show you…"
He said while walking a little away, after around 500 he stopped.
A dense fog spread around him, when the fog covered around 200 meters from White, he ran toward some nearby dodos, the poor dodos didn't even notice the fog until it was too late, every dodo that entered within 180 meters from the center of the fog found his legs completely blocked by ice, while those that entered the 100 meters mark became ice statues, the most terrifying thing of this spell is that you never know exactly where the enemy caster is.
[That is the tier 7 spell, Fog of despair, it's perfect against lower-tier casters since the fog completely neutralize any spell below tier 6, no matter how many tier 5 you cast, they will be completely useless]
"It's quite efficient"
[Yes, it is] She answered while looking toward the fog.
[Okey, stop playing around now, the demonstration is already ended!] She shouted toward White
After not receiving an answer for around half a second she turned around with a smirk on her face.
Behind her, another tier 8 fireball was falling from the sky.
After cleaning the mess caused by White with a "little" fire, Sugar's hologram turned toward me with her usual smile.
[Let's go, we should meet the Matriarch for a meeting soon]
"Why should I come too? I'm still 5 years old, you know?"
[Yeah, your body may be, about your mind… I am not so sure about that.
We will talk about something that you will know anyway, so it doesn't matter]
After coming out of the capsule we walked toward the meeting room, after around fifteen minutes the Matriarch arrived too.
There are only three dodos in the room, the Matriarch, the Commander, and surprisingly there is also Truefyre, from what Sugar told me, he likes to build weapons of mass destruction, but most importantly, he enjoys testing them and blow up everything.
"Hi, I'm Truefyre, if you need to build something dangerous and you have the materials, you can count on me"
The Commander is the most powerful dodo stationed in the city, he is a tier 8 spell caster and has a purple Celestial core, just like the Matriarch, however, because of the difference of experience, he still isn't her match.
The Matriarch started the meeting.
"Today we are here to decide how to deal with all the annoying things that will happen in the next years, Annoying dodo, report about the situation and your predictions for the future"
[We are currently setting up the Dodo tutoring system, currently, we are focusing in Europe, we should end the installation to cover the entire planet in 10 to 12 years.
Fortunately, during the last week no new portal has been opened, however, we think that they will try again, Truefyre, how much portals can we close with our current reserve of ammunition?]
"It's difficult to predict, however, if we spend the same amount of resources that we spent during the last incident, we can close around 500 portals maximum."
"Any good news about the position of other resources?" The commander asked with a depressed tone.
[None]
"What do you think about the Project: Empire? "
The Matriarch asked looking toward me
"Why do you ask me? I will simply do what you ask me to do… "
"What I'm asking you is, can you do it?"
"Yes, I can"
'or at least, I will try…'
"Good, we will destroy all the portals that we see, and buy as much time as we can, however, if we fail, or if they found another way to get here, that will become a problem of the humans,
let's hope to survive until the system is completed.
While the Annoying dodo is focused on setting up the system we should send a team to scout the other planets and see the situation there, everyone is fine with this arrangement? "
"What if something goes wrong with this plan?" I couldn't help but ask since it seems like they are relying too much on me.
[Do you truly think that this city is a normal city? Welcome to Dodo Nest, the first mothership of the dodo race!]
Sugar answered with a smirk.
"First? Does that mean that you have more than one?"
[Yep, the second mothership is similar to this, but it's managed by my sister, however, while I am specialized in resources management and similar things, my sister is more suitable to manage other military ships and weapons of mass destruction]
"Indeed… I still miss that masterpiece…"
Truefyre sighed while thinking about the past.
"I miss her too…" The command said at the same time, probably thinking about the same thing as Truefyre.
[I'm still here, you know?]
Sugar stopped their happy memories with a trace of envy in her voice.
The Matriarch looked at me for a few seconds before talking, as if she made a decision.
"Kid, you successfully casted your first spell in less time than I expected, now you should start building your Celestial core as well"
She nodded toward Sugar before continuing.
"I will leave this to you as well, good luck"