Chapter 13: Terrifying Hunger (1/2)

Tyler stared at the crystal for quite a while, even just looking at it made him feel refreshed and energized. A Magic crystal was a concentration of the purest, and strongest mana store in a magic beast.

Magic crystals could only be found in magic beasts while ordinary beasts and monsters possessed what was know as a beast core. These were used to forge weapons and armors back in the Human continent, not only were they hard but flexible, they also possessed attributes that added special effects to the equipment based on the beast the core were taken from.

Although there was a lot of information about beast crystals or cores he didn't know about, he knew even less about Magic crystals. They were the cores of magic beast, the crystals were formed of pure Mana and could be used as an energy source, using a magic crystal to forge a weapon was considered wasteful and most of it's energy would be lost during the forging process.

Although he could sense a lot of energy coming from the magic crystal, the mana inside the crystal was wild and chaotic. It wasn't compatible with humans and even demons (maybe the other races as well). The basic and fundamental structure of beasts and humans were completely different, the way they used their Mana was also different. if he tried using the crystal in it's current form to recover his own mana he would most likely damage his Mana body.

The refreshed feeling he was feeling from the aura of the magic crystal was mostly superficial, it was a passive effect caused by the insane amount of concentrated Mana inside the magic crystal, in the end his fatigue hadn't disappeared and he was still drained of energy.

His growling stomach reminded him of this fact, since he couldn't find any fruits just by looking around, his only option was to go back and hunt one of the Red hawks he saw at the entrance to the forest.

Venturing deeper into a forest that had contained the magic beast was not a good idea, especially not in his current state. He soon walked to the magic crystal and picked it up, it felt cold and didn't have the hard texture of a crystal.

After picking it up with his left hand he looked at the dagger in his right, he felt awkward, he would need to use the dagger when hunting and even when he would cut the animal in other to satisfy his hunger. He would then be able to get some rest to ease the exhaustion, but one of the ladies was badly wounded and he didn't know any healing spells, he had thought about leaving them behind and returning to the castle but he was hesitant.

As a self proclaimed gentleman he couldn't leave two beautiful ladies unconscious in the middle of a forest, hopefully if he saved them they would be grateful and help him by providing him with information. It seemed that he was actually trying to convince himself in their favour ”Sigh...”.

Still his arms were weak and he could barely move much less carry two girls. To be honest he wanted to just lay down and sleep, it took all his willpower to just stand.

' Yup, I need help to provide help.' as he thought he considered various solutions none of which seem feasible. 'Everytime I use magic something bad happens, but luckily, it seems like am not a sorcerer as i can use various forms of magic, after all both the elemental magic and control magic was that powerful, hmm... should i try? if care's not taken I might pass out on the spot.' he thought to himself in deliberation as he eyed his surroundings anxiously.

Thinking of all the pros and cons of using magic to save the two girls from being monster food he finally decided.

He didn't know much about demons so he didn't know their characteristics, if he was to base it on what he heard in the human continent, this would be a bad idea but it was hard to trust them now after what they did.

Besides, It was better to take a chance now with the ones that would owe him a favor or maybe just be grateful for not leaving them to die than wait or seek another one, which had more possibility for danger.

Gritting his teeth he decided to try, he took a few steps and got closer to the girls, he raised his hands above them with difficulty.

”Lesser Minimize Magic, Gravity walk”

This was a Tier 1 spirit magic spell, it would almost perfectly erase the effect of gravity on a target making them almost weightless. Normally this would only be used on lifeless things and objects, mainly to transport heavy loads. It was not used on living matter because it had a negative effect on them but Tyler didn't have any other options.

Flight magic was a Tier 3 spell, at this moment he only knew tier 1 spells and had to make do.

The moment he said the spell a magic circle appeared beneath the two ladies, Tyler immediately focused on suppressing his energy, he may not know how to control his mana but he had felt the energy leave him several times now, he now knew how it felt so all he needed to do was suppress that feeling and hope for the best. Besides he had used both lesser and minimize metamagic, even though he had just made up one of those. He felt it would help him limit the strength of the spell, either way there was no danger in trying.

The magic circle completed and disappeared, the girls slowly rose as they hovered a few feet above ground, they were practically weightless, but this also meant their internal organs were weightless as well which would affect their bodies after some time. At that moment Tyler felt his consciousness draining as he lost his balance and fell on one knee.

Luckily he was able to recover much quicker this time, his body was covered in sweat, and his breathing was heavier, but a smile slowly creeped up his face as his eyes sparkled. ”Looks like i can really use magic.” Even though he already knew that after casting two spells previously, this was the first time he was able to feel excited about it, still he knew he needed better control if he wanted to be a decent mage.

Tyler no longer delayed, he had limited time until the effects of the spell ran out, he needed to get them to the castle ASAP.

He decided to pick the dark skinned lady up first, she was the most in need of medical attention being so grievously wounded and was still bleeding. It seemed like the wounds weren't infected which was a good sign. He didn't know any healing spells so there wasn't much he could do.