I can't, I can't let that thing hurt Arya. " Wind magic, wind arrows" she casted three wind arrows and even though they looked very impressive she wasn't given the chance to fire them cause a green fist punched and exploded on her thigh. I saw how her body crashed and destroyed a tree, if I don't do something she's going to die and I'll definitely be next.
I already know that my water blasts and ice slashes are useless which leaves me to one thing I haven't tried. Lightning , i know it's going to cost me but in this situation I don't have a choice. I gathered all the mana left in me , I remembered that I had to place all my energy in shortening the preparing time. The baboon was ready to punch out another green fist but I didn't let that distract me as I needed to be fully concentrated on directing my mana to where it's really needed. When i felt that it's ready I fired a lightning bolt that amazingly exploded on the baboon's chest , lightning inveloped its entire body making it scream in pain. My body relaxed when I saw it fall on the ground unmoving and I fainted.
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" Grandma she's waking up!" I heard Zoe's voice shout , " okay remember to step back cause-" grandma wasn't able to finish when something happened , something that made my eyes snap open when I heard a very strong resounding roar , a roar of a beast. " We want to give her water, please she must be thirsty" I saw grandma talking respectfully to a tiger twice the size of a normal tiger that had white and bluer furr. I asked trying to sit up" Ca-alestia what are...you doing?" , " You are an idiot , a stupid one. If I had known that you had an inferior brain! I would've never made a contract with you! You barely! B.A.R.E.L.Y killed that inferior beast putting both our lives at risk!" Shouted Calestia slamming his paw on the floor causing the entire house to shake.
I hissed not sure whether in pain or fear , I never knew that he could be this angry. " Please, can you tell me about Arya if she's okay" Calestia growled then went up the stairs probably going to my bedroom. It was weird seeing a large tiger going up the stairs " here you must be thirsty " said grandma while giving me a glass of water. I drank it all in one gulp , looking at my shoulder it was fully healed and there were no injuries but I still had a very unbearable headache. Luckily grandma gave me a potion that made it disappear in just seconds.
" Arya is fine but she hasn't woken up yet" I noticed that I was on the sofa and there was also a huge sack making me feel somewhat happy cause I guessed what was inside. " Wipe off that smile , the both of you were very reckless and if it wasn't for your spirit beast something worst would happened to you..." I allowed grandma to scold me for as long as she wanted cause she has every right to be angry plus it was her favourite grandchild, me that got hurt so she's bound to be not okay.
" Now when where you going to tell us that you had a spirit beast" asked grandma causing a sigh to slip out of my mouth. " I was afraid you wouldn't allow a beast to stay in your house , besides I didn't want Zoe and Arya to freak out" , " Claudia a spirit beast is no ordinary beast, it is almost like a king to other beasts so you were right to be careful. Don't go showing it around" adviced Grandma and I nodded fully understanding the risk of having a spirit beast while being a low level 1 kid.
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The next day...
After begging grandma with tears that were definitely not fake I was allowed to go continue with training. Yesterday's life and death situation was a lesson , water blasts, ice slashes and lightning bolts are great and all but I need to start working on protecting and shielding myself. I also like Calestia's idea to have days were I only absorb mana and days were I'll train non stop. Today I train and I will not stop till sun down.
I controlled the water in the river and tried to make it a protective wall but it ended up looking like something that'll be easy to destroy because of its wobblyness. As soon as an attack lands on it the water will splash and I'll be hit without a doubt. I changed that thought and controlled the water to swirl around me but it ended up looking messy and it's clear that I won't even be able to see what the enemy is doing while I stand inside this.
This shouldn't just be something that covers me, it also has to be clear enough for me to still see the enemy and I want it to not just block attacks for me. After attempting many kinds of form I finally created the perfect move. It is a shield of water that surrounds me providing protection from physical and magical attacks. It is blue but clear enough for me to still have a vision of the enemy. I can hold it up for as long as I have enough energy , plus I'm able to expand it in case there's someone who is with me.
I spent the entire week working on strengthening and improving my aqua shield , yes I named it , those with moonras have spells that have cool names so why can't I name my highlighted moves. There were also days were I'd only absorb mana even when it would feel painful. Calestia helped me by making five navy balls that floated all around me while shooting explosive beams of light towards my aqua shield. It was very very hard to concentrate cause I'll be receiving attacks from all directions , I'd only last for two minutes but something amazing happened. The balls were firing these beams non stop and if im unable to keep up the shield they still won't stop firing, the beams almost looked like they were going to enter the shield but then they bounced back towards the balls destroying them.
" Good , I think one protective move is good enough atleast you are able to protect yourself and this feat is amazing for a level 1 human. I think the most important factor is your holy lightning , work on it and be able to control it without fainting" lectured Calestia, forcing mana in my body was a great plan even though it is a painful action. There's already enough mana for me to brake through to level 2 the only thing that's left is for me to balance my magic which is way harder than when I was in level zero.
There were only 18 days left and I ready knew that there was no possible way for me to jump to level 3 but I must atleast be in level 2. So after eight days of only focusing on my holy lightning I was able to use it without having to faint. Now all that was left was Ice , it took me 4 days to also balance it with water and lightning. It was able to break through to level 2 and there were only seven days left so I decided that it's best I come up with a new attack that'll be back up.
Days passed quickly and it was now day 45 , I had woken up very early in the morning. I wore brown leather pants, boots, a simple black shirt and a backpack that had three low level healing potions that I had told Zoe to buy for me with the money I made for exchanging the mana stones. There was also a small knife that'll use to carve out the mana stones and space for the mana stones I'll collect. My blue hair was tied to a ponytail looking ready for action, Calestia was in a small side pocket of my backpack, I hurried to the spot where the boy saved me only to find him already pacing about.
" Hey partner" when he saw me I noticed that he sighed in relief he must have thought I wouldn't come, I hadn't noticed it the last time but he had a black ring on his middle finger which must be his moonra. " You came! That's good we should start now cause it can take us some time for us to find the Inferno boars, luckily I have this crystals tracker that'll lead us to them " he said while taking out a white palm size crystal , it's good that he has that but I still wanted to address a very important matter " I'm Claudia by the way but you need to know something...I have magic but I do t have a moonra"
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