- Alright! So, What I am going to teach you is a movement-type spell. Do you remember why?
- Of course, I do! " Never forget that no matter what energy you use mobility is crucial in a fight" is what you told me.
- Good. In actuality, I am not teaching you a spell.
- Then what are you teaching me?
- A method to use a spell you already know in order to increase your mobility. It won't be easy I am warning you right now.
- I am ready, master.
- As you already know, magic can only be used on a caster's body if they possess a constitution that is the same as their magic.
- Yeah?
- My spell Body Of Speed is only executable because I possess a constitution but you don't. Usually, a wind magic user like you would do the same thing as Darius for mobility. Starting tornadoes at your feet to fly or even surrounding your body with wind and controlling it but that's only possible for those that have a constitution.
- Master, I get it! I don't have a constitution.
- That's right therefore what I am gonna teach you is incredibly hard because you don't have one.
Gancelot gulps. Noah gets up since they were both sitting on the ground.
- Look carefully Gancelot, obviously it will be different for you since you use wind magic and you don't have a constitution.
Gancelot nods. Noah jumps and under his feet, a ball of electricity appears.
- Lighting magic! Electricity Bolt!
Noah then makes the ball of electricity that appeared under his feet burst, which propels him higher. He makes another bolt of electricity appears under his feet but this time they appear under his feet but slightly to the right and when it burst they propel him to the left. He lands back on the ground.
- Wow! Amazing master! How did you come up with this?
- I simply slightly changed my technique.
- What technique?
Noah starts walking in the air, at least that is what it looks like to those that are watching their training session. In reality, each times Noah takes a step in the air he gathers a concentrated amount of lighting under his feet. Noah stops in the middle of the air on one of his lighting platforms.
- I call this spell; Lightning Magic! Lighting Steps!
He then falls down and lands on the ground feet first again.
- This spell was created based on the martial artist Movement Art: Air Walk.
- I see... When a martial artist reaches Gold rank they are able to, instead of releasing their ki wildly, focus it and release only on certain parts, and because they can do that they are able to use Air Walk. It's s martial arts that focus their ki on the bottom of their feet in order for them to walk in the air.
- When you use this spell you need to take into account the angle at which you create the blast, the timing at which you make the wind explode and the strength of the blast to minimize the damage you will take since at the end of the day you don't have a constitution. You will still take damage from the blast.
- This is why it's harder for those without a constitution. If I had a constitution I wouldn't need to take all these into account except for the angle at which I create the blast since that decides which way I am going.
- It won't be easy to completely master this but it's already something that you can use, right?
- Yeah If I use it to go straight at my enemy I think I can do it but I would probably take a lot of damage.
{Noah}
" He has a good understanding of the difficulty of the spell. Good."
- Master! Can I... asks Gancelot.
- Go ahead and try. I will give you some pointers.
[The next day at lunch]
Noah is in the cafeteria eating his food with his brother and all of a sudden he feels his Demonic Instinct act up. He grabs his chest.
{Noah}
" It's already today, the middle day. The day in which the Demonic Instinct gained liberty to act up at any time without having to wait for me to experience negative feelings."
The lunch lady looks at Noah.
{Lunch Lady}
" Hmm... What was that? Bloodthirst? No way! How can a student emit bloodthirst and even if they did there is no reason to feel like killing somebody all of a sudden."
{Noah}
" Damn it! I was going to go to the library after class to search the second floor since I didn't have the time to do it because I'd been focusing on teaching Gancelot. But this is not good! I don't even know if I'll be alright throughout the magic class."
Noah gets up with difficulty so he puts his hand on the table to support himself but when he does the part of the table where Noah puts his hand breaks. He remembers what Dull said to him when he was leaving his Inner Realm the day Dull explained to him the difference between Daemons and Demons.
[Flashback]
- Wait, Noah. Don't forget. During this next week, your body is gonna change in order to hold your power within your body. You will gain great physical strength and your body will be stronger. So be careful.
[End Of Flashback]
{Noah}
" This is quite the change! I am now having difficulty controlling my physical strength."
- Noah. Are you ok? asks Jynn. You also grabbed your chest earlier.
- I'm fine. Seems like I used some of my mana without knowing.
Noah leaves the cafeteria. He then heads to class but he arrives late.
- Noah. You are late, says Turo, minus 5 points.
{Noah}
" The hell he's picking a fight with me or what? Does he wanna die?"
Noah shakes his head
{Noah}
" No! I need to calm down! I am letting my Demonic Instinct take control! I need to stay calm and keep control of myself."
Noah takes a deep breath, he then opens up his watch and sends 5 points to the teacher. After that, he heads to the empty seat that Gancelot kept for him.
{Turo}
" Was it just my imagination? No, I definitely felt it. Andre was right! I need to keep a closer eye on him than I was before."
- Let's see... What was I talking about... Turo asks himself while massaging his neck.
- You were talking about the academy's public events. says Juliana
{Noah}
" Is it already time for one of the public events of the academy?"
- Right! Mr. Late! Go ahead and explain.
Noah raises up.
- The public events are the only events that are pertained to within the academy that are available for the public to see. There are three of them. The first event happens at the start of the school year, it's the pointers exchange. During this event, upperclassmen and lowerclassmen challenge each other to sparring matches that are broadcasted within the kingdom. The second event is the school festival in which students, within their grade, are given multiple challenges to accomplish. The last event is the Inter Academy which happens at the end of the school year. During this event, the four academies of each kingdom gather in one kingdom. Each kingdom chooses and sends a squad of seven students to represent their academy during the competition. During the Inter Academy, even the kings of each kingdom are present and this year it's gonna happen here, in Fayrak.
Turo nods in agreement
- Oh! and these events are called public events because not only are they broadcasted they are also the only times when non-students and non-staff people can enter the academy by buying tickets.
- Perfect explanation, Noah. Now! If you haven't noticed, you guys will be on Tv two weeks from now. Therefore, for the next two weeks, the specific class will be done on the training ground for the first years. And all we will be doing his sparing
- Two weeks of sparring! says Gancelot
- It is to get us used to fighting. All we have been doing for the past few days is; learning theories and meditation to stabilize our mana hearts since some of us had unstable ones.
- Your opponents during the sparing won't only be students from your specific class, you will also have to face students from the other specific class. says Turo
Juliana raises her hand
- What is it, Juliana
- Does that mean that we will be facing upperclassmen from different specific classes?
- Obviously! answers Turo
Noah grabs his chest again
{Noah}
" Again? It hasn't even been that long since the last one"
- *pants* *pants* Damn it. Noah whispers
- Are you ok, master? asks Gancelot
- Yeah. I am fine... Don't worry. answers Noah
Gancelot frowns
- Master you always...
Gancelot looks at Noah's hand
-... Master? What's that on your hand?
- What are you talking about...
Noah looks in his palm
- No! Not your palm! I am talking about the back of your hand. says Gancelot
Noah looks at the back of his hand and on it, there is a black ball, surrounding the ball is a circle, and coming out of the ball are four big arrows that point to the north, south, east, and south.
- This is my Curse Sigil. whispers Noah
- Did you say something, master?
- No. Its nothing. And focus on the class.
[Inside Noah's Inner Realm]
- What is the meaning of this? asks Dull. This... This is... Interitus.
- But how? asks Bright. Interitus is a power that resides within the eye.
- Wait... Now that I look at it carefully... There are some missing patterns. This is not Interitus but it's similar to it. In the end, the only way to know is by training him and seeing what are the ability of his Curse.
[Somewhere far, far away]
- How are the preparations going? says a voice
- It's going faster than expected, your eminence. At this rate, we might be able to move up our plans.
- Good...Hmm!
- Is something wrong, your eminence?
- No... It's nothing.
{eminence}
" What was that feeling?"
[Academy of Fayrak, First year training ground with all the first year's students]
- Alright! As you already know starting tomorrow all the specific classes will be sparing sessions. says Guro. Now dismissed! We're ending class early today so get some rest.