A loud bang and Ignell jumped off the floor!
"What was that?!... Alpha? Alpha! are you ok!? answer me!"
She rushed to the dome, banging at it as hard as she could! worried for the safety of her friend.
"I'm fine I'm fine!" answered Alpha "don't worry about it"
"are you sure? I can lend you a hand if you want, you can count on me!" said Ignell
"thanks, but I've got every thing under control, you should proceed with your training while you can"
"but...."
"I said I'm fine!" yelled Alpha " just go back to your training already!"
Ignell was not expecting to get yelled at, she wanted to insist, to offer him help! but she couldn't, he was clearly worried, and she didn't want to upset him any more, she knew clearly how scary and dangerous he could get wen he loses it, and she didn't want to experience it again, not when the memory of that incident was still fresh in her mind, that incident when he thought she died and unleashed his mana.
Eventually, after staring at the dome for a while, she turned around and retuned to her spot, with a clear determination in her eyes! if she's not strong enough to help her master when he needs her, then she'll put more and more effort into her training, and master her magic to a degree that no other dragon can match up to.
And as for Alpha, he was staring at the red hot hole he just made in his dome
'what... what was that?' he though to him self in disbelieve, still holding the sword firmly in his hands 'the dome I put a ton of mana into making... the dome that even Ignell couldn't break despite how hard she was banging... can be pierced that easily?!'
Even if he was inhumanely strong, the amount of mana he injected into the sword was extremely negligible compared to the mana he used to make the dome, it didn't make sense for the former to beat the later yet it did! and with close to no effort at that!
'.... amazing!' was the first thing that came to his mind 'to think that so much power can be extracted from so little mana, truly amazing! if I were to make it differently, then how much power will it have? if I were to assign an element to the mana first, then how will it behave? if I were to inject it with more mana, then how strong will it get? if I.... if I....'
But before he let himself get carried away, he stopped thinking and gritted his teeth 'seriously, what the hell am I doing!? Ignell is waiting for me outside, waiting for my teaching! yet here I am goofing around with a stupid sword that I don't even need!'
He slapped his face with both hands then shook his head 'I should quickly make something to cover myself with, so I can go back to Ignell as fast as possible, first let's start with the easiest one a chest plate'
He grabbed two scales and fused them together the same way he would fuse pieces of rocks using Earth magic and formed a cylinder like shape then he put it on and continued shaping it until it perfectly fitted on him.
Then he grabbed individual scales and shape them around his arms and legs, just to quickly notice a problem with his approach! he can no longer move his joints because the scale armor he made is way too rigid!
As such, he cut them in half and filled in the areas where his joints would be with the only other thing he had, gold. since gold is known to be soft, it should be flexible enough to do the job in comparison to the hard rigid scales.
Although it wasn't as soft as one would like it to be, with alpha's strength he could easily bend it however he please while walking, causing him no issue in mobility , and even if it broke, he could easily reattach it with Earth magic, as if it was clay.
With that, the bulk of the armor was complete! although it leaves a lot to be desired, he could do a better job if he had more time, but he had more pressing matter to attend to.
He hastily put everything on then removed the dome, and when he looked to his side he saw Ignell sitting there meditating, he didn't know what to say to her, but just seeing that there was still someone who cares about him close by greatly warmed his heart, but as he took a step forward hoping to apologize for how he yelled at her earlier, his leg suddenly sank into the ground.
"hehe, oh my, alpha, I hope you didn't hurt yourself, are you okay?" said Ignell with a smile as she opens one eye, still sitting cross-legged .
"um, yeah, I'm fine, but what is this?" said alpha as he took another step just for his other leg to sink as well .
"what do you mean what is this? can't you tell? come on you're alpha the nameless, just think about it, what kind of magic did you teach me so far?"
" um, I don't know, body strengthening magic?"
"what body strengthening!? it's gravity! gravity magic!"
" gravity? but it doesn't feel any different compared to normal "
"...no different you say..." said Ignell with an awkward smile on her face "as expected of a high human, a 10X gravity doesn't phase you at all"
" ehehe, yeah sorry about that. but can you undo it first? it's a bit awkward to talk to you from a distance like this, and it's quite difficult to walk if I keep sinking to the ground with every step" complained Alpha.
" yeah, about that..." said Ignell as she sneakily avoided eye contact with him .
He looked straight at her with judging eyes for a second before covering his face with his hands and taking a deep breath "you can't undo it can you?" to which she didn't reply
"sigh, whatever, it's my fault for not teaching you how to undo your spells after you cast them, for now let's do this instead" he said as he placed his palm on the floor, the next second he stood up and continued walking towards her, no longer sinking to the floor with each step.
" wait! did you undo my spell !!?" said Ignell as she attempted to stand up just for her to fall face first on the floor.
" I didn't undo anything, I just strengthened the floor with mana so it doesn't crumble so easily" replied Alpha with a smirk
He then approached her and helped her sit down properly, before he sat right in front of her, then he grabbed both of her hands and gently pulled them closer to his chest, which cought Ignell off guard causing her to blush.
"w-wait, what are you doing, I-I'm not ready for this" she stuttered
But what she was thinking didn't happen, because the next second, Alpha's mana was coursing through her veins, and suddenly, she felt so light, she thought she was on cloud nine!
Not because Alpha was strengthening her, but because he was controlling her mana, through which he undid the gravity spell she casted.
" phew, now can you repeat what you said? you said something about not being ready or something" teased Alpha, and now Ignell was blushing for an entirely different reason.
Alpha couldn't help but let a gentle smile slip through his lips, as he stared at the shy beauty infront of him, he then placed his hand on the floor again and said
"well, we don't need the floor to be strengthened anymore so let me undo it real quick"
But not even a second after he said that, Ignell could feel her body getting heavier and heavier, making her fall on her back. then suddenly, her weight dramatically increased so much she could barely move her fingers!
As for Alpha, he slowly draged his left hand across her body to the other side, placing it right next to her head, then he gently placed his right finger tips on her chin as he brought his face closer to hers.
By now, his lips were barely over a centimeter away from hers, and she could feel every single one of his breaths hitting her right on the lip.
She was so stunned by his approach, she couldn't even comprehend what was going on, and her head was spinning so fast, she felt like it was about to take off.
Then he slightly opened his lips a bit more, letting out one final breath of air on her face, making her heart skip a beat, before he whispered
"... break through"
"h-huh?"
"I said break through, release yourself from this spell without using physical strength, this will be your assignment for the day"
Right after he said that, he stood up, completely uneffected by the increase in gravity, and turned around to leave the cave, but just after a few steps, he stopped and looked back at Ignell
"oh right! I almost forgot. thanks for helping me learn gravity magic, I would have never been able to learn something so profound without your help, I'm truly grateful for that. Now, I will go outside and experiment with it as much as I can, then as a sign of gratitude, I'll make sure to teach you everything I've managed to learn about it. until then, please do your best to release yourself"
Said Alpha as he walked out, waving his hand goodbye.