>SQUELCH!!<
"I think that's the last of them" Xavier spoke as drove his blade into one of the wolf's stomach.
"Yeah I think, if the barrier is here then I'm close to the tent, thanks for your help," Lewis said as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"I'm happy to serve you, oh and I want to talk to you about..." Xavier could finish his sentence as he felt himself fading away.
Lewis quickly opened his eyes, "What did you want to talk about?"
"It seems you can now undo the spell, we'll talk next time" Xavier shouted as he faded away.
"Sensing Mana is the foundation of magic, I can now see Alfred's barrier and undo the summoning spell, but last night I couldn't undo the bone tiger spell, maybe I wasn't strong enough, but how did I even summon something as strong as that" Lewis muttered to himself as he walked towards the tent.
The barrier had a circular shape meaning the tent was going to be in the middle of the barrier so he walked there till he could see the tent from afar.
"Finally, I hope they aren't worried about me," Lewis said as he walked toward the tent, Alfred and Lillian weren't outside the tent so he thought they had gone to look for him, so he quickly rushed inside to confirm.
When Lewis got in, Alfred and Lillian were already asleep, none of them were a bit worried that Lewis was missing.
"What did I expect, tomorrow is a big day, maybe I should also get some sleep, or maybe I should train"
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After 30 minutes Lewis was out of breath and gasping for air, his back was drenched in sweat as his lungs expanded and contracted to the limit, sweat trickled down his forehead and along his cheek and chin, and it looked like he could collapse any moment.
Lewis knew he was weak but he didn't know he was this weak, all he did was move around a little swinging the sword Alfred gave him and he felt like he was going to die, he had taken off the clothes Alfred gave to him and wore only his underwear so they wouldn't be drench in sweat.
Lewis finally stopped and sat down on the ground, It seemed training his physical strength was too hard, Lewis turned sideways as he heard a yawn and Lillian was standing there in front of the tent.
"What are you doing on the ground?" she asked still feeling sleepy.
"I was training then I got tired" Lewis replied, "Lillian, I have a favour to ask, please can you take me back to the bath, I really need a shower"
"Didn't you bath earlier, why do you need to bath again?" Lillian said as she looked at Lewis and realized he wasn't wearing his clothes and his body was covered in sweat.
"Why are you naked and covered in sweat?" Lillian asked with her eyes glued to Lewis's chest area.
"I was training and I didn't want the clothes to get dirty so I took them off, I could have gone by myself but I really don't know where the bath is" Lewis answered.
"You can just pour water on your body instead of going to the bath, that's what Alfred does most of the time"
"I thought the water inside the tent was for cooking and drinking," Lewis said.
"Not the water there, the crystals Alfred made, you are a mage right, you should know about the uses of beast crystals, I get one for you," Lillian said as she walked in and came back with a blue and red crystal.
"What are those?"
"Crystals that mages infused with an element, watch this" Lillian said as she took one of her dagger and cracked the red crystal.
"1...2...3...4" Lillian counted then she threw the crystal away, Lewis didn't know what was going on till the crystal made another crack and then exploded into flames.
"Woah..." Lewis flinched and moved backward immediately.
"When you make a crack, count to five then the crystal will be destroyed, you can place the water crystal on your head and let the water pour on your body," Lillian said as she threw the crystal toward Lewis.
"I didn't know something like this existed, come to think of it, I have tons of beasts crystals I got from the wolves Xavier killed, maybe I can also Infuse them with fire and they can serve as bombs" Lewis's face curved in a smile as he spoke.
"What crazy ideas are you having? You know we need to get ready to leave right?"
"Give me a minute," Lewis said as he took his clothes and the white cloth to clean his body, he walked a few meters away from the tent and stood behind a large tree.
Lewis took off the remaining piece of clothing on his body and was completely naked, then he picked a sturdy stone from the ground and bashed the crystal till it made a crack.
Lewis used one of his hands to hold the crystal above his head and counted the seconds, the crystal cracked and unlike the flame crystal it didn't make a huge explosion instead it felt like a bucket of water was poured on him.
"This is better" Lewis mumbled as he used the white clothing to clean himself before putting on his remaining clothes and walking back to the tent.