Chapter 42: Failed Magic, and Attack (1/2)
Lawrend opened his eyes. The moment he did so, he felt like he had the sight of a hawk. He could see much clearer farther away.
”Amazing!”
Lawrend exclaimed to himself. He clenched his fists and felt the power of magic coursing through his body.
”So this is the effect of magic…”
Lawrend finally understood that magic actually changes his body. It evolves his body to become better. Lawrend couldn't remember anything like that from the memories that he got. It was something unique to magic.
”I should test the Shock Arc spell.”
Lawrend closed his eyes once more. He inhaled a mouthful of air before exhaling it. He relaxed his body as the anticipation of the new power of the spell grew inside him. The curtain covering the back of the carriage was not hanging down, so Lawrend didn't have to worry about hitting it with his magic.
”O' great, Amber, be my electron and shock my enemies, Shock Arc!”
Lawrend watched as the violet lightning mana inside his body froze before rushing explosively towards his outstretched right hand. It was different from before. It was faster and felt more powerful.
But just as it was about to burst out of his hand, it bounced back as if it hit a solid rubber barrier. The violet lightning mana in his hand had nowhere to go. In an anticlimactic way, the lightning mana started to flow back into his hand before circulating inside his body once more.
”It failed?”
Lawrend opened his eyes in confusion. He thought that it would be much stronger than before, but it actually failed. It didn't even have the opportunity to leave his hand.
”O' great, Amber, be my electron and shock my enemies, Shock Arc!”
Lawrend tried once again, but the same thing just happened. The lightning mana inside his body was hitting some sort of barrier. It was like there was not enough force for it to break through that barrier.
”Aghh! This is so confusing!”
Lawrend clawed at his hair in frustration. He couldn't explain what happened, all he did was purify his lightning mana, and this happened.
”Forget it! I'll ask a Mage in Sheron Port City.”
Lawrend knew that there were strong mages inside Sheron Port City. Lawrend could be barely considered a Beginner Mage, while there are also more powerful levels of mages above him. That includes the Mages. They were powerful enough to hold combat against a group without faltering.
Similar to what happened before when Lawrend couldn't fight head-on against the goblins from before. Only when he could do so would he be able to be considered a full-fledged mage.
Lawrend could only hope that the Mages in the city could answer his questions.
Just as Lawrend was putting down the curtain at the back of the carriage, he saw a cloud of dust slowly approaching them from afar.
”What is that?”
Lawrend squinted his eyes and saw a brown horse galloping towards them. There was a black-cloaked figure sitting on its back. In his worry, Lawrend decided to tell Aleshia.
”Aleshia! There's someone behind us!”
Lawrend shouted to her. Aleshia opened the curtain to the carriage and looked inside. Through the open back of the carriage, she could see someone moving towards them rapidly.