28 Modified Frost Claw (1/2)

Yale used the Frost Claw in a liquid state rather than in the usual solid state; thus the Frost Claw resembled the water spell Water Hand. Anyone would think about that spell instead of thinking about the possibility of Yale using an extremely difficult to learn Combined Skill.

That was one of the methods Yale thought to show his talents without seeming like a monster and was also more useful for defending against the uncontrolled fire.

The true Water Hand wasn't a battle spell as its primary use was to cover the hands with water to touch very hot materials, but using it as a defense for a fire spell was also usual as it would reduce the damage dealt by the flames.

Of course, Yale's Frost Claw even in water state that resembled Water Hand was much more powerful, and even if they seemed similar, they were incomparable.

Furthermore, Yale used all his five origin points to use it five times simultaneously, he never tried before, but he followed his intuition, and the result was that big Frost Claw.

If it were in the solid-state Frost Claw, using five at the same time wouldn't have worked, but as the five Frost Claws were all in a liquid state, the five of them fused together.

Yale had used Absolute Protection a week ago so he can't use it again, but even if he were able to use it, he wouldn't.

It wasn't because Absolute Protection was too shocking and everyone would see him as a monster after he displayed it; Yale would disregard the consequences if he didn't have any other means, even if Yale didn't want to reveal his abilities he had his bottom line.

After all, he knew very well the pain of being burnt alive and didn't want Aizu nor anyone else who he wasn't on bad terms with to suffer it if he could avoid it.

If Absolute Protection was the best choice to save Aizu and he was able to use it, he would have used Absolute Protection without a second thought.

However, Aizu was the one who created the flame, and she was too near to it. The Absolute Protection would also catch the fire spell, and when the time restored, they would still face the attack. Unless an expert were to save them in those five seconds, they would end up the same.

In that situation, to use Absolute Protection correctly Yale could have tried to calculate the exact distance to Aizu being in the range while the uncontrolled spell being outside it, but he wouldn't have the time even if he could.

In this situation, the huge liquid Frost Claw was more useful as it could be used as an improvised shield by modifying its form.

Yale was in the first row of seats, so he quickly reached Aizu and directed the five times enhanced Frost Claw to the wild spell, blocking it.

However, the power of the fire was too strong, even if Yale's improvised shield managed to counter a significant part of the power, in the end, the remains of the fire burnt his hand when the liquid Frost Claw collapsed.

If Yale had used that Frost Claw to defend himself while moving, he would have been unscathed even if the fire was without control, and that was the correct use of that kind of technique in a battle.

Facing such an unbridled attack without moving wasn't the wisest solution, but he couldn't avoid it because Aizu was behind him and as she received a backlash for losing the control over the spell, she was unable to move.

The remains of the fire weren't that strong but to Aizu, the wounds generated by that flames would have remained for some time before disappearing and could even have left scars on her.

On the other hand, to Yale, those wounds would disappear very quickly without a single scar. Moreover, he had Pain Tolerance, so he didn't feel too much pain by only some burns on his hand.

The whole class observed how Yale went to save Aizu and they initially thought he was playing the hero and would end in a sorry state.

However, after blocking the attack, Yale only had some burns on his hand; that outcome shocked all his classmates, even the teacher was astounded by Yale's performance.

The most shocked was Aizu, who was still behind him suffering the pain from the backlash inside her body, she never expected that after she had such a fail, Yale would be the one who saved her.

Aizu wanted to shock Yale, but it the end Aizu was the one shocked by Yale's performance saving her.

Furthermore, she saw Yale casting a spell for the first time, and she had to admit that his ability was top notch.

Aizu also saw how Yale managed to create such a great spell in almost no time and blocked an uncontrolled fire which could have left Aizu wounded for a month, with only slight burns on his hand.

Aizu never did anything for him and yet he still saved her, that made Aizu feel awkward.

Furthermore, after Yale saved her, Aizu confirmed that her thoughts were right, after this moment there was no way anyone would think that Yale was a lucky kid without ability who had joined the academy only because Ange was his big sister, Yale proved that he had real talent.

Aizu was sure the rumors were lies and that Yale should have entered the academy by having something special about him like Ange. But for some reason, he tried to cover it up by saying that he joined the academy only relying on connections.

Aizu's thoughts weren't entirely wrong as Yale really had talents that could let him automatically enter the academy, only by being able to use a time skill like Absolute Protection the academy would have come to recruit him as they did with his sister.

Moreover, Yale also had Time Elemental Affinity even if it was Lowest grade that was already a lot and could also quickly move the academy.

However, the academy didn't know about those things, the real reasons for joining were saving her sister years ago and thus making the academy feel indebted to him, so really he entered because of Ange, but it wasn't because he didn't have any talent as the rumors said.

All the classmates started to admire Yale, not only by his skills and quick reaction, but Yale also showed an excellent personality by helping Aizu when he didn't need to.