83 Chapter 83 Ice Temple (1/2)

Joseph was so relieved to survive the horrible monster, after living under tense scrutiny with the mages and before then the king and his court, that he was determined to enjoy this week.

FLAME BLADE was able to emerge form any part of his body. Though, he learned really quick that faking his death with a large jet bursting from his chest, was not necessarily a good idea when he saw Stella's face afterwards. Some of the more fun moments included twirling with jets from each hand, shooting at imaginary a.s.sa.s.sins, trying to fly like a robot with flames out of his hands and feet (which totally didn't work), and trying to cut individual snowflakes.

Setting his new piece of soul to deciphering PREPARE GAME was fun in that he could focus on different things, but at the same time, he felt at a bit of a loss. It just wasn't the same thing. In fact, it almost felt like cheating.

He had considered making it focus on PURIFY FOOD, just to see how advanced he could get it, but decided not to. The thought of going up to an enemy mage and saying, ”You look edible,” and then throw that at them made him giggle. No one would even think of trying to protect against a food spell!

Spying the look, he was getting from Stella, made him tone it down a bit. She had been avoiding him the entire week, throwing the 'he's lost his mind' looks at him. If he didn't stop soon, she might start praying that he get better.

(YOU HAVE COMPLETED 50 HOURS OF AN ACTIVITY WITH EACH HAND.)

(YOU HAVE GAINED AMBIDEXTERITY.)

(YOU HAVE COMPLETED 100 HOURS OF CHALLENGING MANIPULATION TASKS.)

(YOU HAVE REACHED HIGH MANUAL DEXTERITY 2)

(YOU HAVE LEARNED THE MODIFICATIONS FOR PREPARE GAME AND FIREBALL.)

Grinning he turned to Stella, ”The next time you go to catch something, I want to cast my new spell PREPARE GAME.”

”All right, Master Joseph,” she said, doubtfully glancing around. There wasn't anything to hunt around them, so it would have to wait.

”I want to cast my other new spell FIREBALL.”

She looked at him nervously. ”At least there's nothing around that you can hurt or kill…”

”Watch this!” he crowed, drawing the rune for FIREBALL, with both hands while he focused the mana around him into a larger version of it. He shot the fireball then immediately shot another one through the middle of it.

It was spectacular.

The first fireball was hard to look at, but the second one shot through it like a rocket, even having a bit of a tail and a mushroom cloud after.

(YOU HAVE USED THE TECHNIQUE RUNE WITHIN A RUNE ON A MISSILE SPELL.)

(YOU HAVE CAST FIREBALL, A SPELL OF THE FIRE RUNE FOR THE FIRST TIME.)

(YOU ARE AWARDED 1 LIFE POINT.)

The ground was glowing but it was totally worth it to cast it in the high mana area. And the best part was that he would forever remember it.

”That was really bright, is that what fireworks are like?” asked Stella.

”Kinda, we should probably head on now,” he said, scratching his head. The mana was still higher than normal, but not nearly as much as at the beginning of the week.

”I thought we were heading back now that the evil monster was gone?” asked Stella confused.

”I want to see where this monster came from. I don't want to have to come back if there's more than one, or if this wasn't the only evil thing.”