I was stunned by them both yelling the same response back so quickly. I tell Arlo just to let her have the book! I do not need it anymore (Thinking to myself I can train myself to fight for the most part)
"But Toki, I had it first and got here when they opened just to get this book. It is said to have every fighting style in it! Why should she have it just because she has a superiority complex!"
Kya: "Excuse me, I do not have a superiority complex just because im better than everyone."
Arlo: "That is exactly what that is!!"
Toki: "Arlo, I have a plan, and we no longer need the book. We can study other fighting styles. I want to test some earth magic. I have an idea for a new bullet-type spell. "
Kya: "Magic? "
Arlo: "Do not bother, "All right, let us go ahead and head out then. Not sure what a bullet is, in any case. Sounds cool.
Toki: "You have no idea! Think of something small but faster than sound and packs a punch."
Arlo: "Sounds like some make-believe fantasy, but I will trust you. "
Arlo hands the book to the girl, probably 1-2 years older than us, around 6ish, and we turn around to head off. She stands there dumbfounded at how he just gave the book up after little hesitation. As we are both walking away, she yells, "Hey, wait up! You're really just going to give up the book after all that hassle because your friend told you to?
Well, yes, Arlo responded. "If he has other plans, I do not need it anymore. "
Kya: "I have a better idea! How about I let you both become my loyal subjects? "
No thanks, we both say and keep walking, and then I remember the ghost lady saying this could have some importance, and Rambucis girl might likely have some key to my goal of becoming stronger.
Kya is slowly following behind us, trying to think what to say next. Moreover, I decided to tell her, "Hey Kya, you can tag along with us if you would like as long as you don't set anything on fire.
Her eyes light up, and she yells HURRAY! You won't regret it. I will even share the book with you both since It's easier to learn fighting with a sparring partner. I laugh a bit and say she could just tag along and watch. We aren't going to be doing any sparring yet.
She signs and just responds well, that's a bit boring, but whatever.
After about 20 or 30 minutes of walking, we arrive at a cliffside on the outskirts of the main working fields. Myself and Arlo have spent months here now just relaxing and practicing minor earth magic and creating wind magic. He's been able to cause small cuts in rocks while I have been working on creating small golem molds of rocks, but they really just look like weird blob figurines at the moment. But today, I wanted to try something unique.
I have been waiting for Arlo to become a bit more fluent in his wind magic, and he's been able to create a cyclone on air and keep it in place for about 5-10 seconds. Surely he will increase that as his proficiency increases; however, this will work for my first theory and before I can actually find some gunpowder ( Well, make gunpowder)
Okay, Arlo, the first course of action is I'm going to need you to create that wind tunnel you have been working on. ( Kya is sitting on a rock, looking bored, staring up at the sky ) As Arlo prepares to set up his wind tunnel, I go ahead and place my hand on the ground and tunnel my magic into the ground to search the earth( Is it even fair to call the ground earth if this isn't earth), and once I detect a strong metal, I force my energy into the ground surfacing the raw material and begin shaping it into small bullets the size of a .556 round. Of course, It doesn't have the casing, but this should do with just the bullet head right now.
Shaping the raw lead into the size of a .556-round bullet head takes an enormous amount of energy, even with knowing the structure to have it built. Arlo takes a look and just responds what some lousy shiny rocks are going to do? I tell him to watch and set up some jelly-like targets I stole from the house, swearing I would eat it.
Arlo Summons up his wind tunnel, maybe 2-3 inches long, and lining up right behind him, I throw the first bullet into the tunnel, and as if being slammed with a hammer, it rockets out of the barrel and explodes the jelly on into a million pieces shattering instantly.
Arlo eyes light up in surprise, and he says that was amazing, as well as Kya jumps up, also asking if she can try!
I say sure it's designed so anyone can easily use it to close the gap between the strong and the weak.