I am currently at the bar waiting for ryuu
Ryuu: sorry if I was late
Drake: Nah no problem also someone else will also be coming with us
Ryuu: who
Drake: you will know
{a a few minutes later outside the city}
I was standing with ryuu just outside the city wall waiting for the girls to show up
Riveria: sorry for the wait
Ryuu looked a little relieved and happy after seeing riveria and lefiya but also had a hint of jealousy in her expression
Riveria: I did not expect ryuu san to be here
Drake: yeah she was the one I was talking about
Riveria: OK, well Drake do you know your element
Drake: no, except for the magic that I showed you I don't know any other
Riveria: well here pour your mana into this crystal
Drake took the round crystal ball from her hand and poured his mana into it
Three bright orbs started to float in the ball
Riveria: hum, that's really rare for someone to have both dark and light elements at the same time but I haven't seen what that silver light means
Drake: that would probably be my magic that I use
Riveria looked at me and nodded
Drake: well what's my next step
Riveria: well we be teaching you some basic spells here are some books on understanding how to use your mana for spells
Drake: OK
Drake takes the three books and starts to do his research
Riveria: lefyia can you please get me some books for basic light and dark spells
Lefyia: OK
Lefyia then sprints to the city
Drake has now completed the second book and is on to his third one
Drake: 'seems like my ability to read quickly was very useful' ( A/N: mc can read Eminem lyrics without looking at lyrics)
Riveria had a tick mark on her face
Riveria: are you even reading them
Drake: yep
{ chibi riveria asking questions to chibi Drake}
Riveria: you are a quick learner
Drake: yeah
Meanwhile, lefyia comes up with two books in her hands one with a black cover while the other has a white cover along with that she brings a small wand
Drake: what's up with the wand
Riveria: it helps to concentrate mana, you have already seen me using my staff
Drake: hum can I see the wand
Lefyia gives the wand to Drake
Drake: 'trace'
System : [ Drank magic wand
Abilities - mana condensation ( concentrates mana at the end of the wand)]
Drake: system break down the basic components of the wand
System : [magic core - a crystal used to convert mana into magic
Conductor - a material used both as the body of the wand and the area through which magic flows - usually has a hollow tip or a hollow tube running through it that is in direct contact with the crystal
(A/N: if you guys have been to a lab then you have probably seen a pipette { the hardened glass one } imagine that except the end is connected to a crystal - kinda like how a lightsaber has the kyber crystal so basically the mana flows from the crystal to the pipe and comes out of the other end)
The magic core is situated at your end of the wand it is embedded in the conductor which has a small hollow tube in it that channels the magic at its tip]
Drake: ' hum I think I can reverse engineer and create something using this' riveria san is it possible to get mana cores as a whole
Riveria: yes, but those are usually very expensive, it's better to buy a magic wand or a staff
Drake: ' guess I will have to ask a few favours from Tsubaki san'
Drake: OK but can you tell me the normal price for that
Riveria: about a million valis for a good core, the ones on my staff are about three million each and there are about a dozen of them on it not to mention the amount of smithing it required.
Drake: oh
Riveria: well you should use the books they will determine what type of magic you use according to your element
{ few minutes of monologue}
Riveria: what magic did you get
Drake: well I think I have four spells
{ dark star - (wide area) impact magic
Chant - come darkness annihilate my enemy
None shall stand within my path - Drake star }
{ dark rain - (wide area) continuous barrage}
Chant - darkness falls from the sky killing anything that comes in its way - dark Rain}
{ light build - ( strengthening)
Chant - none }
{ light blade - ( single strike)
Chant - none}
Riveria: seems like your dark element has more chaotic spells we will train them later since the light spells are much safer for the beginning, try using { light build} and { light blade} since they don't require any chants
Drake nods and then starts to cover his entire body with mana
The crystal on the wand starts to glow in a white hue
Drake: 'seems like my body is strengthened, except for allowing me to form a shell of mana on my body this thing is basically useless since my behemoth shield can take care of most of the things that are thrown at me'
Riveria: how is it
Drake: it's alright I don't see myself using it much since my arm guard had the shield feature but well let me try something, ryuu san could you please come here
Ryuu came and stood in front of Drake
Drake pointed his wand on her and used the light shield
Ryuu's body was quickly enveloped in white light after it faded a little she was glowing with slightly but it didn't seem to go down
Drake: hum so it can also be used to strengthen allies
Riveria: that's useful
Drake: let's test the other one
Drake used {wind blade} on a tree and a crescent moon made of light sliced the tree
Drake: single target huh
Riveria: well I can teach you some light-based spell but for dark ones you will have to search them on your own since nobody in orario has that element the last one was a lvl 9 from the Zeus famila
Drake: OK
Riveria: you can use one of the dark spells
Drake then points his wand up and chants
Drake: {darkness falls from the sky killing anything that comes in its way - dark Rain}
The crystal on Drake's wand became pitch black
A large black magic circle formed on top of the forest that had a diameter of 10 meters
The small needle-like projections formed on the end facing the forest and starting to fall on the ground with extreme speed
After a few minutes, the area which was under the magic circle was turned into a flat land
Lefyia and ryuu were currently sweating and Riveria had a serious expression on her face
Riveria: Drake you will not be using that or the other dark spell unless you have learnt how to control its output
Drake: I understand, unless I don't have to I won't be using it, well I have my swords which are my primary weapons the magic comes later
Riveria: it's good that you understand
System : [ 1x hell hound slain - 400 XP obtained] x 15
Abilities active double it up
Total XP gained = 12,000]
[ cap 5 broken - reward 2 gacha tickets
Next cap - 4000 xp]
Riveria: well let's go
Drake: riveria san lets check the damaged is it seems that there were monsters there