90 Chapter 90 Advanced Learning (2/2)

Derek's mouth was open, but nothing was coming out.

Stella said, ”Master Joseph, I think you broke him.”

”Darn,” Joseph muttered.

”Twice..? …and for different runes… and this Selena, can just… whenever..?”

”Oh, look Stella, he restarted.”

”Ah, so he did.”

Derek took a moment and then just sighed. ”I still have a long way to go.”

”Master Joseph, your sighing appears to be contagious.” Stella was smirking at him.

Joseph hung his head for a moment, and when he looked up, Derek was looking at him with the oddest look Joseph thought he had gotten up to this point.

Then, he bowed and asked, ”Please, let me see the place you wish to go to someday, Master Joseph.”

Joseph laughed. ”Of course. All of my people will be with me. I always take care of what's mine. Now today, I want to teach you about rocks. Just trust me on this.”

Derek nodded.

”Rocks can be divided into 3 main categories depending on how they are made…”

Training with Derek went extremely fast paced. The man seemed to have had a switch flipped during that first day of EARTH practice. He absorbed what was taught to him like a sponge. All of Joseph's previous knowledge on rocks, ores, crystals, and even basic inorganic chemistry, Derek got as broad overviews, before Joseph started getting into more detail.

Stephan woke up after two days of trance and slept for another. The girls actually appreciated the practice on caring for someone incapacitated, when they knew he would survive. They made a lot of changes to their procedures. Joseph gave them a few ideas but he never became a resident, or worked in a hospital, so it was pretty general advice. They still appreciated it though.

Stephan was almost crying when he came to find Joseph and Derek training after he woke up. Apparently, mage trances were a big deal if they could move Stephan to tears. Joseph was reflecting. Derek had him tell him about Selena and his own trances, and Stephan also got that strange look in his eye. It pa.s.sed quickly, so he wasn't going to worry about it too much.

Derek entered a mage trance after that week of training. When the mages in the camp found out about Stephan, they had only considered it blind luck. They man had been working incredibly hard and had made a lot of improvement. But when Derek followed him after only a week, they couldn't ignore it any longer. They were stunned. Several more came to sign personal contracts. Joseph's personal students were up to eight now.

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