Chat Group For Magicians 70 Sparring to Duel

I woke up early in the morning. Around 4 in the morning to be exact. It's a bit early but if I want to finish my training as soon as possible, I had to rise in bed early. My body is still sore from the spar with Moonlight but it's not as severe as it was last night. I made a few exercises and stretches in my body. It's hard to do with injuries but I can handle it.

I opened my palm and tried conjuring flames without the gloves. If the gloves are lost, broken or away from me, it would be troublesome if I don't get to use magic except the hard to control Torrent Bullet and the Telekinesis. I have also the Plant skill but I don't think I can properly use it yet. Since Fireball is basic magic, that is my priority to learn. But reality is really hard. Without proper guidance and proper method of conjuring flames, it's hard for me. I tried doing the same thing if I used magic using the gloves but it turns out that it's not always the same method.

"Idiot! The magic is not as easy as it seems if you have tools to use like those gloves you usually use. Do not just visualize the magic forming in your hands, feel the element itself manifesting in your body and supply it with fuel-your mana to be exact to help you with the magic casting!" the Crystal Seed emerged and started babbling this and that.

"Alright, alright! Don't scold me you know. I have no idea what I am doing so spare me the words you keep on babbling alright? Geez," I grumbled and started visualizing the flames burning in my hands. Aside from that, I also tried to feel the flame element in my hands just like what the crystal seed said to me. I can feel the warm feeling in my hands but I can't keep it up after a few seconds.

"Have you forgotten already?! I already told you! Supply the element with your mana to allow it to continue manifesting! Don't just let it fade away!" the Crystal Seed grumbled again.

"Yeah, yeah, just stop it. If you have so much time on your hands, just help me with this training alright? Stop scolding me and just point out my mistakes, damn it," I sighed. This guy is helpful but its nonexistent mouth is always blabbering insult here and there.

Practicing magic without the manual is quite hard and whenever I was about to succeed, the connection of the mana and the magic that is manifesting is getting severed in the last moment. Of course, the Crystal Seed throws another set of insult again and again which I just lost patience in listening. Visualizing alone is pretty taxing, what if you add the connection? It's hard for me to do so because once I tried to connect my mana to the magic I am visualizing, the visualization that I am doing is severed immediately failing to manifest the magic.

But I am not a person who easily gives up on a challenge like this. I made a few more times of trying again and again. When my mana is about to get bottom low enough, I made one last attempt. This time, my tired mind just gave a light visualization instead of a concentrated one. I thought it won't work well but I never expected that my hands started to go ablaze. But the thing is, my flames are blue which looks similar to Rin. Also, I learned in school that blue flames are hotter than red flames. Does that mean mine is a bit different?

"Hey, Lil' blue, why is my flames color blue instead of red?"

"With my presence here, the magic skills you release is easy to get enhanced just like this. I won't be surprised if your flames turn blue. Besides, don't you want to get stronger? With me here and the Mana Tree, getting stronger is just a matter of time. Just that you need hard work," the Crystal Seed said. But I can notice the voice of the seed to be a bit smug.

"If so, will this skill help train Itazura a lot better? I want her to be a lot stronger that can help with my future battles since she is my familiar."

"That won't be a problem. Any creature connected to you is also able to get benefits from the Mana Tree. Training your fox will also yield good results."

I was glad to hear the nice things that the Mana Tree give. Itazura had yet to show her very prowess because I usually let her with me away from danger but I can't just let her abilities go stagnant. Since the last battle in Sensouji, if not for her ability, we would not have escaped easily from the enemies. From what I can remember, it was a foxfire? And although it was called foxfire, it has a water attribute. A flame that doesn't burn but can lull enemies into an illusion.

I practiced with the flames on my hands. I am not so used to the newfound power and sometimes, it fails to activate but it's pretty effective overall. I can use it like how I did on the gloves like hurling it like a fireball or just envelop my fists into flames. Either way, it's an effective offensive skill but with the fact that my magic is blue, I had to keep this ability a secret. Well, Moonlight can know it since she already noticed my practice sessions.

When the clock strikes 6, Moonlight and I meet up in the arena of Catmod just like what we agreed yesterday. Moonlight is wearing a blue blazer with a yellow stripe shirt on the inside and short jeans. Wearing it reveals her flawless legs that can be compared to a supermodel easily. She wears blue socks which reaches her thighs. It looks cool to me though and gives off her charm. She wears her hair in a bun today. Although she looked pretty, she was prepared to go all out in a fight today. Since she is wearing her shorts now, I think she will start using leg techniques in which I did not see last night because she is wearing a skirt.

"Hey, boy. Stop staring at the girl. It might cause the girl to see you as a pervert if you keep on staring at her."

I was surprised but I realized I am indeed staring at Moonlight for a few more minutes already. Moonlight noticed it already and she looks a bit flushed to me. But from her choice of words, I think I am just mistaken.

"Huh? Kazuma are you sick? You seemed to be getting red," Moonlight was about to touch my forehead when I immediately step backward to avoid Moonlight's touch.

"I am fine! I just did a few exercises that is why I am like this, that's all," I alibied.

"Nice try kid, but that is an old alibi and besides, you already did the exercise a few hours ago," the Crystal Seed chuckled.

'Shut it...' good thing I am the only guy who can hear this bastard.

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As usual, our training started without delay. This time though, Moonlight did not pick up any weapons. She was on an aggressive stance today unlike her semi-defensive stance yesterday.

"Since you are under injury from the weapons, let's go to the hand to hand combat instead. I can see that you have a few skills on hand to hand combat but it needs polishing. From what I can see, you are not a good fighter with it."

I scratch my head after hearing this. Looks like I am pretty easy to read with. I don't know how she can do it though.

"So that means I am going to train the hand to hand combat right now?" I asked.

"Hmm, it's similar but its also different. I want you to arm with your gloves and fight me with magic. I heard from Volta and from your last battle with Catmod that you seemed reliant on the flames on your gloves. Imbue an element to your hands and fight with me in the sparring. Are you fine with it?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

I know that Moonlight won't hold back, but I want to see how much I have grown in hand to hand combat. I nodded and wore the gloves as fast as I could. When the gloves are already in my hands, I ignited it and imbue my hands with the blazing flames.

Moonlight goes into her aggressive stance and had her hands imbued with a gust of wind. This is the first time I have seen Moonlight use the magic of element of air.

"Don't hold back Kazuma because I won't hold back either!" Moonlight suddenly darted towards me. But with all the training and a few of my experiences, I can decide my next decision. With a wave in my hands, I created a wall of flames in front of me and block Moonlight's advance.

"Not bad! But this is merely child's play!" Moonlight just waved her hands on the flames and extinguish the flames without much delay.

I did not bother staying near the wall of flames. When smoke started billowing out from the extinguished flames, I made it as a cover and proceeded an attack. However, my attack missed Moonlight.

"Too slow Kazuma! Make it a bit faster you know? Hard Gust!"

A strong gust struck me. I guarded by blocking my arms to the striking gust. The gust is strong and just trying to block it causes me to slide a few steps backward. All of a sudden, Moonlight appeared next to me and released a punch on my abdomen where it was unguarded. The fist of Moonlight gets too heavy that I thought my guts would spill out from the strong attack. It was very heavy and just having it near you makes you a bit of a troublesome situation.

The pressure is huge that I was sent hard to the wall. I was immediately sent out of the ring. If this was a sumo battle, I am already defeated. Luckily, this is not one of those sports. My back is aching but I used the breathing process to heal my injuries as soon as possible. Of course, I move away from my spot since Moonlight's shoes almost hit me. Rolling in a split second, I managed to avoid a fatal attack.

I made a backflip and made my arm go burn ablaze in flames again. This time, I am not planning to go on defensive this time. Moonlight smirked seeing me get serious.

"Getting serious are we?" Moonlight imbue another layer of element in her hands. Her hands which contained the element of wind were also shrouded with electricity. It was like a miniature version of a cyclone in her hands.

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