Chapter 14: Fated To Meet You II
I couldn't understand the meaning of, "Don't worry, I will help you this time for sure." I felt as if she wanted to apologize, but she couldn't cause it was me who was not one she wanted to. Lucia then asked me to rest for a while, and once I was awake, she had something to tell me.
It was refreshing after taking a power nap. Seeing me awake, Lucia called me, "Arturo, come here." "You can call me Art," I said as I walked to her.
"Then Art, I will teach you something very important which will help you a lot on your journey and the fate that you will soon meet." I nodded to her. "And meanwhile, when you are learning that, I will be preparing the portal so that you can return back home."
A dragon will also teach me; it's normal, right?
"Now then, come sit here. I will show it to you." Following her instruction, I sat in front of her.
White coloured energy started flowing around her. I also felt the air around us change and started feeling the warmth. Though it was similar to the mana-manipulation yet different from it. The colour changed to golden yellow, and Lucia controlled that golden-yellow energy thing at her will.
She stopped it and asked, "Did you see that?"
"Yeah," I replied.
"This thing I showed you is called Aura."
"Aura?" I questioned in confusion as I had never heard this term in my past.
"Yes," with a slight nod, "Aura is a general effect of Ki being expressed outside the body. When a user focuses on their Ki, it manifests outside their physical body, which can interact with the outside world." Lucia explained.
"That means using Aura can make the use of Ki more efficiently or something like that, right?"
"Yes, exactly. To use Aura, you need to concentrate on your Ki and manifest it out of your body." She said.
"Is it the same as mana-manipulation?" I asked her just to confirm if it's the same, and she replied, "Yes."
If that's the case, I will start doing it right away. And I started doing it by focusing on my Ki. Soon cloudy white energy started forming around my hand.
"Good, same try to use it on the whole body and try maintaining it while fighting. But since you cannot fight, just similarly move your body just like when you fight." She said while making a portal for me.
Mine is cloudy and not transparent, and the energy flow is not that good. The way I felt when Lucia used it, I understood the difference between mine and her Aura. I tried using Aura all over my body, following her instruction instead of just doing it around my hand.
But, soon after, I fell on my knees, breathing heavily and sweating hard. This is not at all easy, not at all…..Wait! I have an idea; not sure if it will work, but it's worth giving it a try.
The idea is simple, instead of using it all over my body, why don't I use it part by part. That is first on my hands, then legs, then around my upper body, and continue until I can use it throughout my body.
~ Five Days Later ~
I have been continuously doing this for five days, and I am lying on the super flat rock even though I just finished doing it.
"You are going at a good pace, Art; you can now use Aura for thirty minutes straight," she said. I was too tired to even talk, so I just gave her a thumbs up.
"Since you can use Aura now, I will teach you something else. And also, I don't have much time until they arrive." She said.
"Time?" I asked her in a tired voice, but then she ignored me and said, "Come, sit in front of me."
She totally ignored my question… I wanted to know what she was talking about, but she didn't want me to know. It's been five days since I have been with her and training. And meanwhile, she was also busy making the portal for me.
Lucia has been providing me with the food and all, and for a fact, there's a small bath inside the cave. And she even has extra clothes for me (simple clothes). It's weird, even though it was just for five days. It feels like I have been with you for years. Why is it so? I wonder.
"Art, come fast," she once again called, and this time I immediately obeyed her so that I didn't get a hit on my head.
I sat in front of her, legs folded and my back facing her.
"Art, now I will pour my mana into your body. It might pain a little, and you will feel hot inside. Bear with it for a few minutes, and everything will be okay. And yeah, take off your shirt."
I took my shirt off.
"Also, focus on the mana that's incoming inside your body and take that mana into your mana core." Saying that, she puts her hand on my back and starts pouring her mana into my body. And I started focusing.
Golden mana? It's totally different than my mana. Is it because she is a dragon? Focusing on the incoming mana, I fused it with my mana core, linking Lucia's mana and my mana core. I felt my body becoming hot and feeling little pain.
Minutes later, she spoke, "It is done." I stood up and wore my shirt.
"Art, Listen to me carefully." She said with a serious tone.
"I gave you my mana or more like a part of my magic. That is the magic of dragons. Mana I gave you is Dragon's mana, also called Dragon's will. It's one of the greatest magic ones can have, but it has its own limitations when used by humans or someone other than Dragon. I won't teach you exactly what all you can do with this power and all. It's all up to you, Art. The only thing I can tell is it has a total of three stages, just like mana's colour stage, and you have an eye called Dragon's eye."
"Dragon's eye?" I said in confusion.
"Yes, it's a special eye for us dragons. With the help of this eye, we can know one's mana colour stage and how strong he is. But currently, one you have won't be able to tell all the information about an individual."
Woah! That's handy!!!
"How can I go onto its next stage?" I asked her.
"Hmm, it's the same way you do it for mana, but you cannot just physically train it or anything. Just remember that. And when you are proceeding to the next stage, be sure that your body is capable of holding it; otherwise, it will explode from inside your body."
Explode? Huh? Seriously?
"Don't worry, we will do this more often until your body accepts the Dragon's mana." She laughed.
"Listen, Art, let me tell you one more thing. The Aura I showed you for the first time was Dragon's Aura. You should also be able to use it. The reason is, it will help enhance your body like a Dragon's, and it will make it easy for you to use Dragon's magic."
I nodded, "Yes. By the way, Lucia, I wanted to ask you one more thing." I said.
"Yes?"
"What type of Dragon are you?" I asked her. She didn't say anything for a few seconds.
"Okay, I will answer this question honestly. There are many dragons like fire dragons, ice dragons, wind dragons, and many elemental-based or magic-based dragons. But some dragons are neutral. When I say neutral, they don't have any specific elemental or magic power in them. Neutral dragons, also called chaos dragons, possess the power of destruction."
Power of destruction, eh? "But all the dragons should have the power to destruct, right?" I questioned.
"Yes, in a way, you are correct. All dragons possess the power to destruct, but neutral dragons are different from others. They are also called Mother Of Chaos. And I am a neutral dragon, and the power I gave you is the power of the neutral Dragon. That means you will be the living mother of chaos in a human form when you reach its third stage."
It was intimidating in its own way when she told me this. I had fought a fire dragon in my previous life, and I was close to dying. A single fire dragon was way too much for me at that time, and it was not even a chaos dragon. And if I remember, there was one more Dragon that made everyone tremble in fear when that Dragon didn't even mind looking at us. I guess that one might have been a chaos dragon.
"How many chaos dragons are there?" I asked her out of curiosity, but she said, "I cannot answer this question now, but they are not much in numbers."
"They why did you choose me?" A direct and bland question.
She took a pause, "You will soon know. And you won't ever turn evil, so I don't have to worry about it." She giggled.
I chuckled and said, "Arent you trusting me way too much?"
"Is that so?"
We continued the mana transferring process for a few more hours.
"Art, there's a mark on your right side of your back. That mark is the proof of Dragon's magic. It's still incomplete, though."
I tried looking at that mark, but I could find it. I think it's because it is incomplete. Later that day, I tried using Dragon's Aura, which was more challenging than the normal Aura I have. I guess this is going to be more challenging than I thought.
But continued my training anyway.