9 The start of new ways of magic
Training alone, Ritzy was testing out the variety of weapons he could make. Every item he tested, showed different results. Swords made large slashes but didn't go as far. Axe's made small slashes but went farther. Lances only made a dot but went the farthest.
When Ritzy finally thought up of every item he could make. Ritzy went to grab a branch and test it out. After pouring some mana, the branch started radiating a light green glow. Confused, Ritzy started inspecting it and testing its durability.
First, Ritzy hit the tree with the branch. At first contact, the tree exploded with shrapnel. Causing Ritzy to cover his face with his arms up, out of fear.
Looking back up, Ritzy saw the top and bottom part of the tree on the floor and pulled out of the dirt.
Ritzy,
"What in the world happened? Where is the middle part of the tree?!"
Looking around more closely, there were many wooden chips everywhere. Looking down, Ritzy saw a small pile of shrapnel on the floor and his clothes ripped.
Ritzy,
"This is very interesting. It seems my body can't be penetrated so easily. Normally, this kind of event would've left the skin a bloody mess. Anyway, I shouldn't be testing the strength of my skin like this. It's dangerous and stupid".
"With learning that using a material item with mana has a bigger effect than pure magic items. Maybe I should try this with an actual weapon sometime. Well, let's sharpen the stick and see what kind of effect it has".
Ritzy then was about to break the stick in two so he could have a sharp part but then suddenly stopped.
Ritzy,
"What is this green stuff coming out of the leaf. I thought it was the leaf juices at first but then why is it glowing?"
Out of curiosity, Ritzy placed his finger on the glowing juice from the leaf. Ritzy could fell mana on the liquid, but also he could feel a great southing feeling. Wiping the juices off, Ritzy saw that some skin was torn off. Startled, Ritzy inspected his finger to see if it's okay. Looking at it closely, the skin looked rejuvenated.
Ritzy,
"What happened? It's as if I got some new skin on my finger. I remember hearing that in some cultures, leaf juices are used as healing ointment. Could the juices infused with my mana increased its healing properties?"
Ritzy then proceeded to infuse his mana with many things. He noticed wood would be strengthened. Plant's and animals would be advance some way. But when he poured too much, the creature or plant would either evolve or explode.
Ritzy,
"Hmm, it seems mana enhances things but also items can only have a certain amount of mana. When I placed mana in a frog, it's skin thickened and horns grew as well. Though, when I placed too much. The frog exploded as if too much gas was placed inside the frog. The same thing happened with flowers. They would have new properties when mana was infused.".
"Every item has a different limit. I wonder what determines how much mana they can have?".
Ritzy then began testing some more. Ritzy graves some water from a nearby river into his palms and infused it with mana. This resulted in the water having little glowing particles.
After inspecting the water, Ritzy threw it on top of a bright yellow flower. In a matter of a second, the flower started glowing and had grown into a completely different flower.
Ritzy thought,
"Typically from the test runs before, when the yellow flower was insured with mana. The flower would grow larger and the yellow petals will give a small yellow shine".
"Now with the mana infused water, the flower took a whole new form. The flower now evolved into a blue petal flower. The flower now showed some water magical elements by having it's stem drip dots of water".
"This is very interesting. Not only does mana increase the attributes of an item, but if the mana is infused with an element. The item will gain some characteristics of the element".
"I need to do some further testing".
...
Two hours have past by and Savior arrived at where Ritzy was training before he left. Looking at the scene, Savior was horrified.
Savior,
"What happened here, it's as if lord third-class magic beast was here. Wait, where's Ritzy?!? He's not ready to face a beast of this magnitude. Especially if he is alone".
Savior began running frantically. If any regular person saw this, they would only be able to see blurs here and there.
As time ticked by, Savior became more and more terrified.
Savior,
"Why are there so many different kinds of changes around here? Some trees exploded, animals/plants that seem to come from high mana places, and many cuts everywhere. What happened exactly? It doesn't feel like one beast anymore. Is there possibly something attracting magical beast into these lands?"
As Savior ran, a loud smacking sound could be heard.
Savior,
"What's that noise? It sounds like two hard things hitting each other. Wait, I told Ritzy that he needs to learn how to infuse a stick with mana. Maybe he is still training but moved to another area because beasts came by the original spot".
Arriving, Savior saw Ritzy hitting a stick with another unique stick. When one of the sticks broke, he would get another stick from the pile next to his feet.
Seeing this, Savior was confused. Savior thought,
'What in the world is he doing? Wait, why are there so many different kinds of sticks?'
Coming closer, Ritzy noticed Savior's presence. Aware that Savior was here, Ritzy gave an appropriate greeting. When Ritzy finished bowing down. He noticed that Savior grabbed two of the stick from the ground.
Ritzy,
"Savior, I finished the training task you gave me. Also while you were away, I decided to infuse my mana with some items to see what would happen. But do not worry! I can make more mana for our sparing sessions later".
At first, when Savior inspected the stick, he was surprised that Ritzy was able to infuse mana with items and not just enhance which was his original plan.
When items have mana poured into them. The item becomes enhanced as long as mana is given to the item. Though, when enough mana is given. The item will evolve permanently and become completely different and better.
Savior was even at a bigger loss because Ritzy was able to infuse elemental mana with the items or sticks. To infuse an item with elemental mana, people must be able to make elemental magic by themselves or pour enough mana into a resource or water. When mana is poured on a resource, it can evolve and radiate some elemental mana. Then using the radiating elemental mana, it is infused with the item. Resulting in a whole new evolution of the item.
Seeing all this Savior thought,
'He is very talented and blessed. I'm not even able to guess his limit. Well, at least this explains all the unnatural things that I saw as I came. I was about to scold him and tell him if he saw the magical beast he should've ran to the manor, but seeing this. I was able to keep his strength hidden to him for some more time. I almost accidentally compared him to a magical beast'.
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Beasts in this world are very different and unique. There are a wide variety of beast able to kill you in many different ways. From a simple poisonous bite to a fireball thrown at you. To determine the danger of a beast, they are ranked by the mana they emit typically. The rank goes from farm animals to mythical beasts. They're also classed from one to three. With one being the weakest.
In this world, it's also believed that anything higher than mythical class, is a beast only left for the strongest in the world. That they are beast only heroes or legendary people can handle. To give a better understanding, the chart goes:
Farming
- Class 1
- Class 2
- Class3
Hunting Animals
- Class 1
- Class 2
- Class 3
Beast
Magical Beast
Lord Beast
High Lord
Mythical
Demon
King
Demi
Godly
Also, the capability to hunt beasts goes; Peasants/commoners are the start of people who can kill farm animal class. Lowly soldier strength is the start of when people can kill hunting animals, or animals can kill humans. Beasts are the starting line for very dangerous animals, an average starting point is a person on knight level. Magical beasts are hunted by elite knights. Nobles are people strong enough for Lord beasts to High lords. Archdukes or higher are the only people who have a chance with mythical beasts.
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Savior then stopped thinking and returned to his regular posture of a strong and noble warrior.
Savior,
"It seems you went a little faster in your training than I thought. Well, it doesn't matter. I just brought the item you need for training your strength".
Saying that Savior took out a ring from a purple bag and gave it to Ritzy
Savior,
"Put the ring on. When you pour mana into the ring, it's enchantment will activate. The enchantment is for weight training. The ring will increase your body's weight as long as mana is given to it. It'll also vary the weight it gives you by the amount of mana that is given".
Giving the ring some mana, Ritzy dropped on the floor. Barley bracing himself from smacking onto the floor with his hands.
Ritzy's mind,
'That was close, I almost landed face first. He should have warned me how mana sensitive it is".
Savior,
"Try not to add too much, only give it enough so you can move with only some difficulty".
Releasing the mana to remove the weight and then standing back up. Ritzy prepared himself to pour mana again onto the ring. Now that he was ready, he let some mana on the ring. He would pour a lot and then a little to get a feel for the weight. Finally, he found the perfect ratio.
His body was now not too heavy, but not too light as well.
With the perfect ratio, ritzy began moving and jumping around. Before, he was able to jump as if it was nothing. But now, every-time he jumps, it took a bit of his strength. With just a few movements he did, he already started sweating lightly.
Savior,
"Now let's resume training. I told the farmer we would plow the field for half a year, and that's what we'll do".
...
It was the afternoon and Ritzy was about to start the sparing session with Savior.
Savior,
"In today's sparing session, I want you to use your magic-infused weapon. Do not hold back".
Saying that Savior threw a wooden sword to Ritzy while he was going to use a pole for himself.
As per usual, once Ritzy held the wooden sword. Savior was already running at him for an attack. Ritzy then defend himself by using a counter-attack. Savior seeing Ritzy give a basic strong slash, he gave a little jump backward to dodge. Unexpectedly, a transparent bright blue light hit Savior's shoulder. Leaving only a pitiful small cut on his right shoulder.
Feeling the slight cut, Savior jumped even further back and looked around him. Trying to see where the attack came from.
Savior,
"Ritzy watch out! There is someone else here and strong enough to hurt me!"
Though a second later, he noticed that Ritzy was holding a scythe instead of the wooden sword.
