Chapter 21 - Aurus the Spiritas (2/2)
So he had no choice but to do it.
”I searched all over the Desolate Forest already and the branch isn't there. I've also searched Corsa Town in case the stick flew there, but it's not there as well,” Dane couldn't help but sigh as he opened his eyes, taking a glance at the map he placed on a nearby desk before looking back at the orb.
Many people would think of Dane as a handsome man. He had black hair that was neatly combed, and black irises that exuded wisdom and intelligence once anyone looked at it. Combine that with his rimmed glasses and his crimson red robe that shows his rank of authority within the Arcana Tower, it would be weird for any woman to not blush in front of him.
As he was still focusing on the orb, a finger tapped on his shoulder, making him turn his head around to look at the person. After recognizing who it was, Dane gave a light smile. ”Well if isn't my student Erea. What seems to be the problem?”
Erea was Dane's only student as she was the only one who was able to meet his requirements. Of course, if you had a Rank 4 High Mage as your teacher, you'd soar high right? Erea was a girl around 15 years of age that had hair of a light green color. Her irises were colored blue like the deep ocean, while her lips were tinted light pink. Anyone looking at the girl would unnoticeably end up having a light smile in their face.
Erea clutched on her clean gray robe and then looked at her teacher Dane. Her legs slightly trembled as she asked, ”T-Teacher, I have achieved the maximum level of a Rank 2 Acolyte but I don't know how to rank up to a Rank 3 Mage. Could you tell me how to rank up?”
”That fast?” Dane put the orb he was looking at on the nearby desk before looking at Erea with shock. He took Erea as her student only two years ago. Most of the time, it would take 5 years for a student at Rank 1 Novice Acolyte to reach the maximum level of Rank 2 Acolyte as they had to increase their Intelligence stat and MP, not to mention their spell repertoire.
”How high is your intelligence right now and how much MP can you hold at maximum? Tell me how much spells you know how to cast and their level as well,” Dane replied as he knew that the requirements to rank up were different for every person.
Erea pondered for a bit before replying, ”Uh...my Intelligence stat is at 72, the maximum amount of MP I can hold is uh...110, and uh...”
”I know about 12 spells, 11 of them are Level 0 Spells while the remaining one is a Lower Level 1 Spell.”
”Oh my god...” Dane couldn't help but mutter. ”This student in front of me is a true genius.” All of a sudden, Dane got a flash of inspiration as he hurriedly infused his MP on the orb, showing an image of a stick in the center, surrounded by torrential winds.
”I knew it! Since it was a stick of the Wind element, it would come here eventually!” Seeing that her teacher was currently absorbed in something, Erea stood behind her teacher, waiting for him to answer.
But after a while, Erea heard a weird sound from his teacher. Not long after, his teacher stood up and shouted in surprise.
”Eh?” Dane couldn't believe what he seeing through the orb. The branch transformed into a semi-intangible being that he thought was only seen in legends.
”It's a Spiritas!”
...
The sun was up high in the sky, illuminating everything within the Tempest Cliff.
At this moment...
Aurus awakened.