Chapter 109: Two harmonious figures (1/2)

Chapter 109: Two harmonious figures

Early in the morning, in the forest of huge trees inside Holy Dawn Academy, two human figures pierced through the white mist at peerless speed.

“That’s good enough.”

All of a sudden, the figure in front skimmed upward in quick succession all the way to the top of a huge tree before stopping.

The one in the back gasped slightly. He immediately asked, following after the first person, “What’s good enough?”

The sun rose on the eastern horizon just at this time. Sunlight sprinkled down, not yet harsh on the eyes, splashing on both of them as they stood on the treetop.

One of them looked even more delicate than a girl, while the other seemed to be overflowing with enthusiasm and fighting spirit. They were, of course, Rinloran and Ayrin.

“I’m saying that, when it comes to all kinds of movements during high-speed motion, you’re already around the same level as me. At first, when you were chasing behind me, the posture of your body would often look very awkward when you dodged some branches, when you stepped sideways, or when you twisted your body to pass through some narrow cracks. But right now, I think that you wouldn’t feel awkward if you were to do the same movements again.” Rinloran turned to look at Ayrin, half his face shining golden under the sunlight. “Ayrin, you’re really a genius. Your body seems to have a memory. It seems like it can remember and learn many skills and movements on its own, as long as you get to see them once.”

“What? I think that the real geniuses are people like Stingham who opened two arcane gates very fast.” Ayrin seems a little dispirited on the contrary. “Plus, I still can’t catch you.”

But the next instant, Ayrin couldn’t help but exclaim, looking at the sun rising from the unbroken ranges of mountains in the distance, “The sunrise looks really beautiful from here!”

Rinloran also turned around and watched the rise of the sun. “Why does it seem like you like the sun in particular, like you especially like to watch the sunrise? You say the same thing every day, you already said it four days in a row.”

“That’s because back in Cororin, I used to dig ores every day in the mining shafts. I could only see the sunlight in the morning, before going into the mines. It was often night by the time I came out, the sun had already set.” Ayrin scratched his head, a little embarrassed, saying, “Maybe it’s because I saw it too rarely before, that’s why it’s so beautiful to me now.”

After a small pause, Ayrin said again, “Now I can see the sunrise every day. I can bask in this warm sunlight. It’s like there’s someone always reminding me that the arduous and miserable days are already over, that things will be better and better from now on.”

“The arduous and miserable days are things of the past. Things will become better day by day from now on?” Thinking on Ayrin’s words, Rinloran was lost in thought for a long while.

“Ayrin, your training in body movement is already there. You already understand what are the most reasonable dodging motions you should make during high-speed motion, and you also drilled your body to the point some very violent twisting motions won’t feel awkward.” When the sunlight became more and more blinding, Rinloran turned his head around and said to Ayrin in a serious tone, “As to why you still can’t catch me, there are two important reasons.”

“There are two important reasons?” Ayrin stared.

“Yes.” Rinloran nodded, saying, “The first reason is that, while we move at full speed, I always control my arcane particles to the bottom of my feet. This way, I can make the arcane particles flow out of the bottom of my feet as soon as I want to use an arcane skill. So I can always launch my movement skills a little faster than you. It’s true that we with elven blood are much more nimble and have much better body coordination compared to ordinary people. But starting from the era of the War of the Dragons until now, the reason why many arcane masters with elven blood came to be known for absolute speed is also because almost every elven bloodline clan has this kind of custom.”

“Why didn’t I think of that!” Ayrin became excited all of a sudden. “This way, you really can shorten the time it takes for the arcane particles to flow from the arcane gates to the bottom of the feet. The time may be short, but it’s a huge difference during instant changes of direction!”

“It sounds simple, but you still need to spend quite some time to exercise it. You won’t need any less time compared to the training you did these few days on body movement.” Rinloran said to him, “Try it now and you’ll understand.”

“Is that so? Let me try!”

As soon as Ayrin’s voice rose, he started bouncing on some nearby trees, like a ball shooting at high speed.

“It’s really true. If you don’t control your arcane particles, they’ll flow like blood and return to the arcane gates.

“Also, if you don’t control them well, your feet will become very heavy instead. Some arcane particles will also flow out from your soles and be wasted,” Ayrin said quickly, the instant he returned to Rinloran’s side.

Rinloran nodded, “You’ll only succeed if you can control at the bottom of your feet the right amount of arcane particle for one arcane skill, without letting them flow out or disturb your normal movements and skill invocation.”

“It seems very hard,” Ayrin said.

Then he suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, “Rinloran, when did you condense arcane particles? You couldn’t the last time, when we fought against Kybaver and the others, right?”

“Aren’t you a little too slow on the uptake?” Rinloran couldn’t help but shake his head. “I’ve always used arcane skills training these few days with you. You actually realized it only just now.”