62 Deal 4 (2/2)
”You… you're… But…”
Suddenly the girl took out the array plate she had been studying, ”did you make this?”
Although she couldn't be sure, every array alchemist had a finger print that was impossible to replicate. When she thought about how she had just tried to fight an expert who was centuries old, her heart trembled a bit, but she maintained her normal appearance.
Dyon looked down at the plate and his face transformed into a surprised expression, ”how did this get here…”
Dyon's words were simple, but they made the girl tremble with agitation and excitement.
The girl immediately kneeled to the ground, ”please! Take me as your disciple!”
Dyon was startled out of his thoughts, 'what the hell is going on….'
Dyon rushed forward to help the girl up, ”please don't do this. How could I take a girl my age as a disciple?”
The girl trembled again, ”you're… really my age?”
Dyon gave her an odd look, ”of course I am. How could I not be?”
”But, your level of mastery… it's too high.”
Dyon finally understood, 'she must have assumed my age from my understanding of arrays.'
Dyon shook his head, ”I have an innate aurora, so my affinity for array alchemy is quite high. I was just lucky.”
The girl nearly fainted. Lucky? Even if you just considered having an innate aurora, that wasn't something that had appeared for millennia. If you then considered his mastery, that wasn't something an innate aurora could account for.
”Innate aurora… wow… I still insist that you teach me! I won't take no for an answer,” the blue haired girl's fiery attitude had all of a sudden appeared once again with her firm assertion.
Dyon could only shake his head helplessly, ”how about we be friends first? My name is Dyon. What's yours?”
”You can call me Ri,” the girl said with a massive grin, tugging on Dyon's arm to pull him to the cave.
Dyon sighed, ”alright, we can do this first. But! You have to take me to deeper areas of the forest so I can hone my skills against some of the creatures.”
The girl was startled for a second, but then she nodded. She remembered how difficult it had been for her when she fought him earlier. Despite the fact he hadn't begun energy cultivation either, he was definitely no weaker than her.
”deal.”
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Well... this was an interesting meeting, lmao
I wanted to use these chapters and maybe a few others to establish the importance of array alchemy and, more importantly, how complex it is. It may seem simple because of how quickly Dyon picked it up, but, that's really because of his background in the human world. Array Alchemy was split in two because of its complexity (allegedly, there's more to the story I haven't revealed yet ;)), so, instead of me constantly writing about how surprised people are about Dyon's skill, I thought I'd show you all why they're so surprised :)
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