Chapter 11

--- In Miller's Tower; in the blacksmith shop -------

Levi was in the forge.

In the place there were five ovens with different runic symbols and each of different color; they were arranged so that the smaller ones were on the sides and the one in the middle is the biggest.

There were boxes with different gems, plants, metals and other materials from corpses used for forging; the walls had a light brown color; in the center of the forge was a small lava pond of adornment.

Levi was thinking about what jewel to make. He had the basic knowledge to create jewelry.

I didn't know which attribute to increase, whether speed, endurance, strength, reflexes, etc.

After thinking about the one that would suit him best in the future, he decided to forge a necklace that would help him increase his speed of magical learning.

For this, he began to select the necessary materials.

First he chose a metal that he would use as the mold, he did not choose the rarest or most resistant metal, he chose the one that attracted more mana at the time of training, it also had to be a material that he could mold with his current skills.

He chose four materials as support, three of which were skulls of different species and a red gem. The four materials shared a characteristic, which is to increase the user's concentration and help them increase their understanding when training. Something very necessary for someone who is dedicated to magic; the materials also had other characteristics, but to facilitate the creation of the Levi necklace I made the decision to take away those characteristics.

When choosing all the materials, turn on the oven on the left.

Put the four materials inside, so that they melt together. Then he goes for the metal. He begins to use the black fire to heat the metal, then puts it on the anvil to hit it with the hammer and remove the imperfections. Repeating the process five times.

When the metal has the highest purity, he puts it in a heat-resistant metal container, then puts the container with the metal inside in another furnace, this time the one on the right to completely melt the metal.

All the materials are in the two furnaces. To speed up the process and improve the characteristics of the materials, he began to use his black fire as fuel, replacing normal fire.

The process for all the materials to completely melt took 6 hours.

Levi was exhausted from using his magic for 6 hours without rest, but he did not stop, if he did, the materials would be useless if he left them.

I take out the materials by surrounding them with dark magic. He began to mix them, keeping in mind that they take the form of a necklace, he had to do it carefully. If he rushed he would ruin the whole process, having to redo everything from the beginning.

It forms a sphere where it is causing materials to come together and take shape.

Levi's mana was running out quickly, he could only hold another twenty minutes at this rate.

Step 1 minute.

4 minutes.

10 minutes.

15 minutes.

20 minutes.

Levi resisted for another couple of minutes, however, the sphere fell apart when he ran out of mana, causing the materials not to complete their union and fall to the floor of the room, wasting a batch of materials.

Levi falls to his knees exhausted, smiling at the process, he was not discouraged by failing, on the contrary, he was happy. Because no one taught him how to create jewelry, but he was still close to creating one on the first try, encouraging him more.

Levi takes several potions that I prepare, to retrieve manna. The forging process begins again.

----- The next morning -------

Levi was still in the room, he was lying on the floor breathing heavily. His forging process was not successful, failing 3 more times, but in the process he was able to correct some mistakes he made when shaping the materials and managing to accelerate the process a little on each occasion, he also noticed that his control over the black fire had improved a little, as well as his ability to keep mana in his body increased after completely exhausting it several times.

He stays on the floor resting.

----- On the terrace of the ---- tower

Kame was impatient to leave, he was waiting for Levi.

Mira tells him to calm him down. - He must be about to appear.-

Kame says. - Look for it. The ships of the empires are approaching. My turtle is not good for dodging.-

Mira says to change the subject. - Get another mount-.

Kame says. - I have a lot of history with my turtle, I won't change it.

Look says. - I do not understand that men are so attached to with their mounts.

Kame says to him with a smile. - You wouldn't understand it even if I gave you several reasons. He raises his gaze and watches the blue sky as he says. - It is a connection between the two. The link between a rider and his mount is something that few will be able to discover in life. Mira noticed that Kame's voice had a weird tone when telling him this.

Mira starts to get a little interested, he says. - Tell me more-.

Kame says. - When a bond is formed between rider and mount, a new world opens. Different from magic and psionic energy (or psychic powers). You could say it comes from somewhere in the heart. Think of an easier way to explain it. - It could be said that in your heart there is a

door that hides a power and the link with your mount is the key. Depending on the rider is the power that is on the other side of the door. That's in simple terms.

Look at the question. - Do you think Levi would have a chance to open that door? -.

Kame answers. - Nope. Remember that he will not want anyone's help to move forward. Above all, his personality will not let him open this door.

Mira says with some sadness and disappointment.- I see. I hope he will change his attitude in the future.

Kame with a smile on his face says. - Force him to be in a situation where he needs help.

Mira says with an evil smile. - We seem to think similarly.

The two laugh.

Kame calms down and asks Mira a question. - Where is Miller? -.

Mira responds. - He went to face the approaching enemy troops. Stopping their advance-.

Kame says. - It would be nice if they moved. Empires just want their belongings.

Look says. - Leave my home. That's impossible. I have good memories in this tower, maybe it's not the same as you with the mount.

Kame rubs his head in embarrassment, he says. - There are similarities-. Sighs. - You will tell others about the situation.

Mira's expression gets serious, he replies. - I will when they go to the academy. In addition, I already know who to give the energy of chaos, but I will wait for Levi not to be. A smile forms on his face. "Too bad you won't be here to see how I run my own army."

Kame surprised says.- Which army? -. Mira does not answer, she changes the subject several times so as not to tell him.

------ In the ----- forge

Levi gets up slowly. - I think I forget something. He tries to remember what he had for today. His expression changes when he remembers that he had to be ready to go to the academy.

----- Two hours later ------

Levi appears on the rooftop in a leather shirt; dark blue color; loose pants; black color with a gray chain in the left pocket. In his hands he wears gloves with the logo of a skull and brings some black shoes.

Walk calmly or so it seems, inside he is very nervous. The thought of traveling and living with strangers for a long time scares him.

Levi might seem like someone who adapts easily, but this only applies to topics related to learning, other things like socializing are not given to him, in a nutshell he is an introverted boy.

Kame was angry at Levi's tardiness, he could barely maintain control, something that surprised him a little when he realized, according to him he should not lose control at this point.

Suddenly, "Maybe this family is destined to cause me trouble." He did not continue with this thought in mind.

He takes his mount out of his space stable, which is actually a small green gem, which is embedded in his armor, in the part of the right shoulder.

From the gem comes a turtle that has a height of 3 meters with an approximate radius of 6 meters; the shell of the turtle is emerald green; in the shell protrude small because; the head of the turtle is small compared to its shell, measuring approximately 50 cm long, with an oval shape; the turtle has a long, white mustache like an old master; it had four large, fat legs, with enough strength to stand.

The turtle turns its gaze to Levi, to his surprise, the turtle begins to speak. - I am Born, the sexiest and strongest turtle in the world. The turtle's voice had an air of grandeur and arrogance, with a thick, senile voice, trying to intimidate Levi with his voice, but.

Kame says. - It's just Born. He ignores the rest of what he said.

Born spins slowly, until he faces Kame, he says. - Don't be boring. He turns his body. - Ignore Kame. Learn from me and you will have the women at your feet.

Mira gets into the conversation. - Old perverted turtle you never change. You better not drive it down that road or make turtle broth.- The veins on Mira's forehead looked like they were about to burst, making a huge anger on her face.

Born says. - They don't let me show up as a cool guy. Well go up I'm already getting angry.

Mira hugs Levi, gives him several directions, which Levi would completely ignore, also gives him a space necklace to store his things and a state-of-the-art communication bracelet. Which had many functions such as a phone and a computer.

Levi climbs into Born's shell, as does Kame.

Levi shakes his hand in farewell to MIra.

Born jumps, his legs get into the shell and under him begins to form a swirl of air that raises his large body.

Start guiding the swirl of air to carry them in the air.

------- Minutes later; in the ----- turtle

Kame tells Levi. - You can train along the way.

Levi nods. Start training. Start gathering the manna to better understand the dark element.

Kame watches him and tells him. - What rank are you? -.

Levi responds with his eyes closed. - Disciple-.

Kame asks him another question. - And what is your magnitude? -.

Levi opens his eyes when he realizes that he forgets something important. - Can it be strengthened without the need for magnitude? -.

Kame is surprised to hear the question, he never thought that someone would ask him that question one day, he answered as seriously as possible holding the laughter. - No-. However, Born was not so serious, his laughter was noticed.

Born begins to scoff. - Perhaps this is the magician destined for greatness. I remember that big questions always haunt the most promising magicians. Don't feel bad kid, my mockery was directed at Kame's useless. That question is a good one. He pauses for a long time waiting for the situation to calm down a bit.- The real answer is yes-.

Kame says instantly. - The answer is no. It is obvious that everyone to advance needs to increase their magnitude by improving the 10 connection points of the body in each range, otherwise their strength would not advance much.

Born says arrogantly. - Maybe you are a wise old man to others, but to me you are just a brat without knowledge. Remember that I have lived more than 40,000 years, my knowledge is superior to yours and if I say it is yes, it is yes-.

Kame still without giving up. - But-.

Born won't let him speak. - Your experience has hardly allowed you to get information about some empires from 10 million years ago, but perhaps you did not think that others existed before. You have a point where most need the magnitude to be stronger, however, he has blood from the entities in his body, he does not need the magnitude. Magnitude improves the connections of the physical body, but for a species that did not have a physical body, it was useless, so they advanced in other ways. What you've done so far is well boy.

Levi says. In fact, by focusing on improving my understanding of the darkness, I also feel my body getting stronger. The strangest thing is that I feel that in my soul some strange things begin to form, but I still do not have the ability to know what it is.

Born says to clarify Levi's doubts a little. - If I'm not mistaken. They are called Cor animae in the language of the entities, in our language it says heart of the soul. This has a spherical shape without imperfections. They are formed in the soul of an entity. It's similar to what happens when you increase the magnitude of a wizard or a cyber-warrior. Only this sphere must be made by a main element and the elements that will be converted have to be even, each time creating a line of a child element that surrounds the sphere. 10 lines would be a magnitude of 10-.

Levi says with a nervous tone. - What if the other elements are not an even number? -.

Born says. - The user's strength would remain stagnant until even elements were present. What elements do you have? -.

Levi answers. - The dark element is the main one. The others are air, fire and water, giving their characteristics to my dark element.

Born says. - Well, you will have to learn to control a new element or leave one, although I see it difficult, controlling many would increase the difficulty, slowing down your progress.

Levi says decisively:- I will learn a new one. There is no other way.

Born says. - Any other questions? -.

Levi says. - Yes. What happens when you go up the range, the sphere changes shape? -.

Born responds. - The first phase is always a sphere, the truth is that I do not know what form it will take after your first advance. For now, focus on learning another element.

The group began to discuss which element would be the most appropriate. Born and Kame did not have many ideas, the elements they use are water and air, which Levi already masters.

Night came, Levi had not yet decided what new element to learn.

Kame asks. - Why don't you think of something that you need and that can be compensated with the new element? -.

Levi thinks, "Darkness could be said to be off-road; slow to exit, but with great strength in expansive and piercing attacks. Fire is a more offensive element; he has a great capacity in expansive attacks and helps me when it comes to making evasions and to warm things up. Water has offensive and defensive parts, a balanced element; it has good strength in piercing attacks, as well as good at defending and healing wounds. Air has more advantage in mobility, making me more flexible; it has few attacks that could be effective, it is also good for making barriers, but not as good as those of water and helps me to have more maneuverability and flexibility when moving in the air, but it does not increase my speed", suddenly, "speed, speed. I think I found the answer." He says. - I think I found the right element.

Kame and Born say at the same time. - Which one? -.

Levi says. - It is an element that will compensate for my speed and will look threatening when using it. The element of lightning-.

Kame says approvingly, "In fact, you could make good combinations with the other elements you control." Born adds. - It is one of the elements that most increase the speed, being surpassed by few-.

Levi asks curiously. - Which ones? -.

Born responds while creating a small stream of air to move his mustache and create an environment that makes him look better. - The best known is the luminous element, also known as light, liz, varying between cultures. Others are the molecular, gravity, and spiritual element. But there is also a psionic power that surpasses it, it even surprises me because it is at the same level as that of light. It is omnipresence, which allows you to be in several places at the same time, however, it has its disadvantages.

Levi says, "Wow, there's always something better."

Born says.- These are not compared against the fastest, time is the one that really causes many problems. Anyone who can control it will have a huge advantage over others. Yet they are not invincible. What you should know is that no power is absolute over others, for example, time, the power to control it makes you almost absolute, but there is someone who can continue with his advance, although time is stopped or another way to counteract it is by using to get into a separate space, such as a space tunnel. It will be up to you to find a way if you are presented with the opportunity to face a time user. Born's whiskers rise along with the air current, giving him some grandeur at the end of his little explanation.

The little talk, makes Levi understand that there will always be someone superior, he would never have expected someone to be immune to time, "In order not to be affected by the time stopped, that I will need."

Kame interrupts Levi's thoughts.- Observe, in the distance a ship is looked at. Don't do anything reckless.

End of chapter.