27 Testing Begins (2/2)

With his feet touching the ground again, Jack had to stab his daggers into the ground to prevent him from being pushed too far away from his target. Not understanding why this expert chose to act in this way, Jack wanted nothing more than to simply kill him!

-On the other side of the village-

”So, Natalia sweetie, tell auntie what type of spells you can now cast without any chants.” The witch asked Natalia as they both sat next to each other on the ground right outside the village.

”How did you know that I can now do that?” caught off guard, Natalia questioned the witch.

”A full report of the incident was brought to the alliance and I looked over every small detail. For you to be able to not only kill all those warriors, but to even last in a more endurance driven battle and coming out on top, that takes far more strength than a simple apprentice witch.” The witch replied as she tapped Natalia lightly on the hat in a playful manner, causing her hat to cover her eyes.

”To answer auntie, I am now able to cast the Fire Ghouls spell without any issues. According to our household's requirements, when an apprentice witch that specializes in fire spells can do this, that apprentice witch could become an inner member of the household.” Natalia explained to the witch as she lifted her hat out of her eyes.

”Fire Ghouls spell? That is correct, however, you should know the requirements for a core member of the household is to have enough mana to last you thirty minutes while casting spells.” Standing up, the witch replied to Natalia with a look of joy in her face. In their household, every member regardless of strength were extremely close compared to other households. This was because, not every household were able to have even their weaker members learning spells or buffs.

Having enough mana to do this while still weak, was due to their bloodline. So, while other households often recruited commoners who showed enough potential, a household like Natalia's were solely bloodline related.

”Our household will absolutely support you even though you are now only promoted to an inner member. I must warn you that if you do not take the test to become a core member right now, we will not be able to shield you entirely.”

”If your friend can become a core member as well as you, both of our households would come together. Once this is done, you both would not feel any pressure from the rest of the alliance since the Crimson household is neutral and only the Moon household has some ill intentions.” Now pointing to a small field in front them, the witch started to close her eyes to concentrate.

Within just a few moments, the surrounding patches of grass started to lose the life in them and died instantly. While this was all happening, the ground started to turn tougher and what could only be described as an array started to form!

This was the power of an executive level expert who specialized in spell casting. This witch specialized in the earth element, and with her current mana, she was more than capable of casting a level three earth spell in order to create this array.

”Are you ready Natalia?” no longer referring to her as a sweetie, this witch's facial expression now became extremely serious. ”For the next thirty minutes, you are to cast as many spells as you can into that array. Thanks to its circular shape, any fire spells you throw at it, will remain inside. Just in case, I left some room if a small spark falls out unexpectedly. Last thing we want, is for you to be responsible for burning up this entire grassland.” Letting out a small chuckle, the witch sat down for a second time.

”Understood.” At this moment, though Natalia was not confident in lasting the whole thirty minutes without collapsing, she felt headstrong to tackle this test. When she saw Jack's new power, she was confident that he could pass his test, which meant, that the rest was up to her!

”Begin!” the witch shouted as Natalia started to cast her low leveled spells without any chants. Natalia was not sure how many spells she would need to cast in this time frame in order to qualify, so she went at a very steady pace.