Chapter 151 - Fight for the Throne (2/2)
Eventually, a water ball that had the diameter of two tennis balls manifested a decent distance away from Erea's extended palm, slightly rippling here and there. Just as she noticed this, she then muttered to herself, ”It's time to test it out.”
”Spin!” she shouted out as a portion of her mana started to circulate throughout her body, channeling outwards through her extended arm. She then released this mana through the tips of her fingers, with each strand of mana making its way towards the slightly unstable water ball in front of her, forcing the movement of the water that made up the water ball to spin in a certain direction.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A few seconds later, the whole water ball was spinning in a clockwise direction, its form not even becoming unstable after Erea walked close towards it, making sure to maintain control as she got closer. Seeing that there was no chance for it to burst into multiple droplets right now, Erea could not help but feel elation as she screamed inwardly with joy, ”Success!”
Glurg glurg…
Just as she screamed inwardly with joy, the spinning water ball slightly rippled, which made Erea calm down from her sudden bout of joy, continuing to maintain her full concentration on controlling the water ball. After attempting to move the water ball in a few directions, finishing off by letting her water ball circle her body, she dispersed the water ball not long after, filled with the feeling of excitement and satisfaction after finally manifesting a water ball without making it burst.
”Now, I just have to make it into a true [Aqua Sphere],” Erea said to herself while going over the methods to gradually reach that stage. Not long after, a thought popped up in her mind all of a sudden as she said, ”Since I can now successfully manipulate a water ball somewhat, I think I can try casting the two Lower Level 1 spells I have at the same time.”
Attuning her body to the mana in the surroundings, a faint red haze started to surround her body a few seconds later. She then raised her left arm as she opened up her palm, to which the red haze converged towards as a magic circle appeared on it. Not long after, a stable yet fiery ball of fire manifested on top of Erea's left palm, bobbing up and down as it was radiating a decent amount of heat.
She then took a deep breath and let out a long sigh before raising up her right arm. ”Now, it's time to cast [Aqua Sphere] and control the two of them at the same time.”
She opened up her right palm as she split up the consciousness in her mind into two, letting one control the fireball that was currently hovering, while the other one was to manifest the water ball and control it without making it burst.
Unfortunately, since she was not used to splitting up her consciousness into two as she had not gone through a training regimen for things like these, a greater portion of her consciousness was still focused on the fireball, with only a small portion focused on the water ball she was trying to form.
Whirr…whirr…
As she chanted the spell for [Aqua Sphere], only a small amount of blue haze surrounded her body as a magic circle appeared on top of her palm, flickering every so often. A few seconds later, the magic circle made a cracking sound as it dispersed into mana, with the blue haze that was covering her disappearing as well not long after.
Seeing as her first attempt failed, she could not help but sigh as she dispersed the fireball on her left palm. A few seconds later, she could not help but chuckle as she muttered to herself, ”This is just the first attempt. There's still a ton of room for improvement. I will achieve what teacher told me to do!”
Just as she was about to start on her second attempt, a voice that was extremely familiar to her resounded throughout her mind, prompting her to put what she was doing aside as she headed out of the training room she was in, heading towards a higher floor of the Arcana Tower.
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Creak…
Erea slowly opened up the door to one of the rooms found in a higher floor of the Arcana Tower that was only reserved for higher ranked mages. At the very instant the room was fully opened, a man in a black robe that was wearing black rimmed eyeglasses appeared in front of Erea, a smile appearing on his face as he saw Erea and said, ”Ah, if it isn't Erea. Come in and have a seat.”
Erea lightly nodded to the man's words, closing the door behind her before sitting down on a chair that faced opposite the man. This man was none other than Dane, Vanadir's helper, as well as Erea's teacher.
”Teacher, why did you call me to come to your room all of a sudden?” Erea could not help but ask as it was indeed a sudden message from his teacher.
”I apologize if I delayed you or anything, but I just wanted to check up on you,” Dane answered back with a light smile on his face. He then added, ”I also wanted to talk with you regarding something.”
”Ehem.” Dane cleared his throat before looking at Erea with eyes that exuded seriousness as he asked, ”How's your progress in achieving my goals?”
”Err…” Erea recalled what she had done for a while before responding, ”I have already achieved most of the goals you've given me, teacher. The only goal left that I haven't accomplished is casting two Lower Level 1 skills at the same time.”
”But your stats are eligible enough for you to transition to a Rank 3 Class, right?” Dane asked back, looking at Erea with a hint of curiosity.
Erea nodded to her teacher's question, responding, ”Indeed. I've been feeling that I could transition to the next class at any time now, but I delayed that due to the goal you gave me, which you said would allow me to transition into a stronger Rank 3 Class.”
”I see, I see. Good job,” Dane replied while nodding his head, a smile appearing on his face while nodding. After a moment of silence between the two of them, Dane's smile was wiped off as he leaned closer towards Erea, asking, ”Erea, you do know that I'm Vanadir's helper and advisor, right?”
”Yes, I do, teacher,” Erea responded with a nod. ”The Ninth Prince of the Seraph Kingdom, Prince Vanadir Seraph, right?”
”Yes, that Vanadir.” Dane nodded. He then opened his mouth not long after as he said, ”Anyways, I have a question for you.”
”Would you like to join Vanadir's faction in the fight for the throne?”
”Eh? Pardon?”