Chapter 169 - Beryls Aqua Spells (1/2)

While Aurus and Horell were just starting their operation to reduce the combat power of Chonk's army, with Herellia not knowing the extent of Aurus' retaliation, a different thing was happening in the Arcana Tower of Seraph Kingdom.

”[Aqua Sphere]!” A young woman shouted these words, which resounded throughout the decently sized room she was in.

Whoosh!

Not long after, a single-layered magic circle appeared on top of one of the young woman's palms, taking on a blue hue as the blue fog, that was covering her body while casting the magic, had made its way towards the magic circle. A few seconds later, the blue magic circle shrunk in size as a ball of water gradually manifested on top of the young woman's palm. Eventually, the blue magic circle had disappeared, leaving a decently sized ball of water hovering over the young woman's palm, mimicking the natural movements of water…

Until it didn't.

Splash!

The ball of water had mimicked the natural movement of water for around ten seconds or so until it was abruptly changed into a clockwise movement akin to a raging tsunami. Noticing this, the young woman could not help but let out a sigh as she muttered to herself, ”12 seconds, around 7 seconds longer than the previous attempt.”

Fwoosh!

After muttering those words, she dispelled the water ball she had conjured before making her way towards a chair and a slanted table, sitting down as she looked at the thin book on top of the slanted table. While looking at it, she could not help but lightly frown as she scratched her head. A few seconds later, she said, ”According to this scripture, as long as I mimic the natural movements of water for 30 seconds, that would be enough for me to be considered a master of the [Aqua Sphere] spell. It has given me enough methods to increase the amount of time for me to mimic those movements, but why can't I seem to hold it for longer?”

Letting out all of her frustrations, she let out a deep sigh before lying down on the slanted table, staring at the book by its side as she said to herself, ”Calm down. This is just a small trial in the face of becoming a stronger God level being. You'll still have to face multiple trials of power after this.”

Surprisingly, saying these words to herself worked, gradually removing the frown on her face as she sat upright again, muttering, ”System, how can I improve my mastery over the [Aqua Sphere] spell?”Ding!

Not long after, a holographic screen appeared in front of her field of vision. On it was the system's reply to her question. Reading it with a single glance, the young woman could not help but lightly frown as she muttered, ”I'd have to buy another scripture in order to extend the time? And it's a scripture that most Rank 2 Acolytes would kill to get?”

”Haah…” Closing the holographic screen in front of her, she then squeezed the skin between her eyebrows with two fingers in slight annoyance. After a few seconds, she stood up from her seat and walked towards the door, muttering, ”I can be selfish for once, right? Since I'm participating in the war for the throne, Teacher would definitely allow me to buy this scripture, right?”

With that in mind, she then unhesitatingly went out of the room she was in, heading towards the upper floors of the Arcana Tower in order to seek out her teacher.

This young woman was none other than Erea, while the teacher she was referring to was none other than Dane. It had been a day since the two met up with each other to talk about Erea's invitation to become a part of the Ninth Prince's party in the war for the throne. After accepting the invitation, Erea told her teacher about the problems she came across while trying to master the [Aqua Sphere] spell she bought to fulfill her teacher's goals. Being her teacher, Dane told him all he knew regarding the methods to master the spell at a faster rate, even recommending a scripture related to the [Aqua Sphere] to her, taking into consideration the amount of contribution points she had.

After that, the meeting between the two ended, with Erea hastily buying the scripture that her teacher told him to buy, reducing the amount of contribution points she had to a double digit number. Nevertheless, the investment was worth it. By the time she had entered her training room and read through the methods written on the scripture once, she was able to mimic the movements of water for 2 seconds. After taking around six hours to digest the information written on the scripture, and look at it from another perspective, she was able to extend this time to 5 seconds.

As for the current time she had achieved, this was all due to her thinking out of the box, creating her own ways of fusing the multiple methods on the scripture together without them clashing. Not only that, but she had also peered through a bit of the scripture's essence, which might have influenced the time a bit.

It did not take long for her to reach the upper floors of the Arcana Tower, using a basic movement speed boosting spell on herself. At the moment she had arrived at the floor where her teacher was, she showed a badge that told the ones guarding the floors that she was a disciple of a High Mage at this floor, giving her access to the floor, allowing her to head into the room that her teacher was usually in.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Arriving in front of the door of her teacher's room, she listened if there were any sounds in the room for a bit, wondering if there were any other people inside the room. After hearing that there was nothing, she then went ahead and loudly knocked on the door, saying, ”Teacher, can I come in? It's me, Erea.”

”Ah?! Erea?!” Expecting that she would get a normal response from her teacher, what she got instead was her teacher speaking in a surprised tone, as if he never expected that Erea would come to his room. After that, a small ruckus could be heard happening inside Dane's room, with the sounds of magic being cast in between. Eventually, a normal response was received by Erea, with Dane clearing his throat as he said, ”Alright, come in, my student.”

Although she wondered as to what the ruckus was, Erea shrugged her shoulders before opening the door, allowing her to see her teacher seated on a chair, his appearance akin to that of a scholar. But what she did not expect was that, on a chair slightly distant from his teacher's chair, was a beautiful female mage that wore the same colored robe as her teacher. The female mage's face was slightly flushed, which made Erea think that the ruckus was due to something indecent.

Nevertheless, she shrugged this off as she did not want to interfere with her teacher's business, just as how he did not interfere with his.