Success

Three days later.

Natasha worked hard to try and condense her mana into the shape of a dragon.

Unfortunately, every time she tried to add some details like the dragon horns or dragon beard, the entire shape would collapse.

Seeing that she was unable to improve her control, Natasha decided to ask Matthew for advice.

"Teacher, how can I improve my control of my mana?"

Matthew who was currently eating, paused his hand that mid motion.

'How to improve control over mana?'

He was caught of guard by the question, but his thoughts moved very quickly.

"For you to ask this question means that you have understood the importance of mana control, this signifies that you are making progress."

"Very good."

He glanced at the chicken drumsticks in his plate and suddenly had an idea.

"The path that you have been taking while practicing the palm technique is to compress mana,"

"Have you ever thought of doing the opposite?"

"Have you tried to divide up you mana, and tried to control a small amount of it?"

"You can try dividing up your mana and try using it for things like to cook meat with it."

He said as he pointed to the meat in his plate.

Matthew tore off a piece of meat from the chicken thigh and spoke while eating:

"Cooking meat with mana is a technical skill that requires a high degree of control over one's mana."

"It's not easy to grill it such that it is crispy outside and tender inside."

"If you are able to perfectly cook one side of this drumstick, while the other side remains unaffected, then your control over your mana would be considered passable. "

Natasha couldn't help sighing in her heart.

'It turns out that my career as a mage is not separated from the little things in life. Why didn't I think of this?'

'I still have a lot to learn!'

"Thank for the advice teacher!"

"Mm!"

Matthew simply nodded as he focused on his food.

Natasha who had finished her meal, happily ran into the chicken coop and caught a chicken.

Some time later, Natasha was holding a plucked chicken and was using her fire attribute mana to try and cook the chicken.

There was a sizzling sound, and the aroma of barbecue spread, but when the mana was withdrawn, the chicken had turned into charcoal.

Natasha scratched her head in embarrassment, and went to catch another chicken.

It didn't take long for another chicken shaped piece of coal to be laying on the table.

Half an hour later.

Matthew was going on a walk to digest the food when he saw a dozen burnt chickens by Natasha's side.

His eye twitched involuntarily, and he started feeling some regret.

'If this doesn't stop, all of my chickens will be gone by tomorrow!'

Kgmm!——

Matthew cleared his throat and spoke.

"Natasha, since you have just started to practice your control over your mana, maybe you should use a bigger target."

"The chicken is too small so it will make it more difficult for you to improve your control."

"Oh, I understand understands! "

Natasha's eyes lit up and she looked towards her horse which was not far away.

Horse: ???

Although it probably didn't understand what was going on, it involuntarily took a few steps back.

Natasha threw the burnt chicken in her hand down and was about to walk in the direction of the horse.

Seeing this Matthew could help face palming himself.

'This girl is really not very smart.'

Kgmm!——

"Natasha, the horse is not suitable either."

Natasha thought for a moment before nodding.

'The horse my mount after all.'

"Teacher, I am going to go hunting."

Mathew secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead.

'Hoo! She finally understood what I meant.'

…

Three days later,

The smell of meat spread in the forest as Natasha was using her mana cook a wild boar,

Although most of it was burnt black, half of the meat was finally cooked and was somewhat edible.

"My control over my mana has improved tremendously!"

Natasha raised her hand and shot out a palm force that was condensed into the shape of a giant python with long horns.

The outlines of the eyes and mouth on the python were clearly visible.

"It's almost there…"

"It won't be too long before I master this technique!"

She excitedly threw down the roasted boar and continued to search for more wild boars to practice on.

…

"I wonder how that silly girl is doing…"

Matthew who had been secretly looking forward to eating game was feeling disappointed since all the boars Natasha brought with her were burnt to a crisp by her.

As he was wondering when he would be able to eat some game, a blue translucent screen popped up in front of him.

…

[Ding!

Your student has achieved a significant improvement in her control over mana.

Rewards!

You gain a skill <>!

You gain the ability of flawless mana control!]

…

Some information entered Matthew's mind, and he felt like he had practiced barbecuing with mana countless times until he reached a state of perfection.

Matthew felt as though he could use every single thread of mana in his body as he wished.

He felt as though his strength had increased with the increase of the control over his mana.

"This is the feeling of flawless control?!"

Matthew was amazed.

…

Another seven days passed.

Natasha, stood who was practicing the dragon subduing palm technique, slapped out a ten meter long silver dragon out of her palm, and sent it towards a tree In front of her.

She flicked her wrist slightly, making the dragon suddenly coiled around the tree trunk.

Click!——

Crash!——

A crisp sound came out as the tree was broken into several pieces.

Natasha flicked her wrist again, making the dragon slam against the ground.

Boom!——

A big hole formed on the ground.

The force of the impact was at least ten times higher than what she could previously achieve.

"I can finally successfully execute the preliminary version of the dragon subduing palm technique!"

"It took me longer than expected, but it was worth all the hard work."

With a smile on her face, Natasha raised her left hand and slapped out a dirt brown mana dragon, and then raised her right hand and slapped out a crimson red mana dragon.

She moved her hands in weird was and controlled the dragons to dance around in the air.

Natasha intuitively felt that the brown dragon seemed to have a special ability related to the earth, so she sent it flying down.

Instead as bursting open the ground as she had expected, the dragon actually swam through the earth!

Natasha could actually use the dragon to sense everything within a five meter radius of the dragon, so she experienced what it would be like to be able to swim through the earth.

As for the crimson red dragon, it carried with it a heat wave that caused the air to be slightly distorted, and it had the ability to ignite anything that came in contact with it.

"The earth dragon's ability is very good, and can be used for reconnaissance."

"The fire dragon is even better, as it can be used to incinerate enemies…"

"Unfortunately, it seems to be loosing energy way faster than the earth dragon, so it cannot be used for extended periods of time."

She waved her right hand, dispelling the red dragon, and retrieving the mana that had not been used up yet.

After a moment of thought, Natasha decided to dispel the earth dragon as well, then she started experimenting with other attributes.

The wind dragon was the dragon that dealt the least amount of damage, but it was also the fastest.

Although the wood dragon could cause damage, the cost performance ratio was not worth it, but it seemed to have the ability to heal minor wounds.

In terms of pure strength/ damage, the metal dragon was the best out of all dragons.

The amount of damage causes by the water dragon was not as high as the other dragons, but it's mana cost was the lowest.

"Although I seem to have comprehended the technique, I should have only scratched the surface of the true ability of this technique, my strength is probably just too low…."

"I still need to practice more to be able to do use this technique freely, as I can only use two dragons simultaneously, for now."

"And my control over the dragons seems to be lacking, the movement was too rigid and not flexible enough!"

Natasha summed up all if her current weaknesses, and continued to practice.

…

"Sigh, maybe I should have left the village before coming up with new things to teach to Natasha."

Matthew who was currently bored felt some regret.

"It has been such a long time, yet Natasha still has not been able to figure out the any of the things I made up."

"Could it be that I was too careless and didn't put in enough thought? Is it more difficult to understand because it is to general?"

…

[Ding!

Your student managed to practice the <>, a technique that you made up!

Rewards!

You have mastered the <>!

You become ten times stronger than other people in the same level as you!]

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