16 The Thunder Mountain Hun (1/2)
The little kitten is still for a moment longer before she finally places her left paw on the wooden floor and looks on thoughtfully. 'It's definitely a powerful spell... But I can't practice the spell in the middle of a city, it would cause too much damage. Ah...'
The little kitten shakes herself out of her stupor and turns to the next box. Inside the wooden box she can see the book laying snugly inside it, and she ponders over the words written upon it. 'I believe this is the 'Ravager Armour' spell... Now, this is a defensive spell. So this should be a good spell to practice... Let's see how difficult this one looks.'
More firmly than the last time, the little kitten places her little paws upon the Echo Stone for the 'Ravager Armour' spell with renewed vigor! Instantly her greenish-red eyes turn a dull colour as her vision warps and she finds herself watching the contents of the Echo Stone...
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Several minutes later, the little kitten's previously dull eyes return to their usual glow as she awakened. 'Amazing, so this Echo Stones' visions were quite different from from the first one. The first Echo stone, for the 'Celestial Claw' had a teacher show off the spell and explain while for the 'Ravager Armour' spell's Echo Stone, it was very different. It started with various shots of earth and metal being molded into shapes, hardened and refined into a more powerful material. This material took on a fluid form of both earth and metal. They showed this material splitting into two, one made of earth while the other metal. Individually, the two separate materials began to take shape and one could see them take the form of a full set of armour that seemed fit for some form of beast. The two armours then drew close to each other and seemed to fuse and in the end, one armour stood, consisting of both metal and earth! It was quite amazing to see such hardened materials flow like water... Truly magical... The Echo Stone then showed various weapons striking against the armour and the armour stood strong throughout. That was until the vision revealed a blurred being wielding a massive spiked club that held various golden runes on its black body!... With a single smash, the armour crumbled! That truly shocked me, like, why are they showing the user of the spell being destroyed?... But it was only a prelude as the vision seemed to reverse, the armour put itself back together while the spiked club was pulled back by the blurry being. The scene began to play once more, however this time, the armour showed some change. Its earthly materials were being pulled out to be replaced with metallic ones... This time, when the armour was pounded to the ground, despite a small cave in and scratch marks, the armour actually stood strong... Amazing, truly a great defensive spell!...'
Before she could finish her thoughts, the door was suddenly opened in a rather leisurely pace and a yawning Jonathan walked in, giving the little kitten a welcoming smile as he did so. He walked over to the bed and sat on its edge before facing her once again.
”Good morning, little lass.”
”Meow!”
”Looks like you've started your training. There's not much I can do to help you to understand these magic's at this point as you can't ask me questions, so you're just gonna have to repeatedly view there Echo Stones to gain as much knowledge and understanding as possible.”
The little kitten nods in understanding.
”Well, this might help. If there are any parts in the Echo Stones you want to skip, with a single thought you can. Just think about the part of the vision you want to see and the Echo Stone will skip to the part. This can also be reversed, so you can re-watch a part again as many times as you want.”
”Meow!!”
”Yeah, that's the beauty of Echo Stones, they are definitely one of the best tools at a Magician's disposal... What else can I help you with?... Oh! I don't know if the Echo Stones you've seen have told you, but you might be wondering how you can use these spells if you can't speak!”
The little kitten nods her head again.
”Well, while you can't speak our language, all Magical Beasts have an innate understanding of the Language of Spells, or what is otherwise called the God's Tongue and can actually speak them. You can test this out, how about you recall the incantation for that 'Ravager Armour' spell you just learned.”
”Meow!”
With another enthusiastic nod, the little kitten raises up from her sitting position. She closes her eyes in thought, recalling the incantation. With the incantation remembered, she then slowly inhales and just as slowly exhales before her mouth begins to dance as an enchantingly delicate and feminine voice rings out. The words fly out of her mouth in a fluent manner to the shock of Jonathan. That shocked expression soon fades into a pleased grin.
'She's quite the natural!'