Modified Frost Claw

Yale used the Frost Claw in a liquid state rather than in the usual solid state. Thus, the Frost Claw resembled the water spell Water Hand. Anyone would think about that spell instead of thinking about the possibility of Yale using an extremely difficult to learn Combined Skill.

That was one of the methods Yale thought to show his talents without seeming like a monster and was also more useful for defending against the uncontrolled fire.

The true Water Hand wasn't a battle spell as its primary use was to cover the hands with water to touch very hot materials, but using it as a defense for a fire spell was also usual as it would reduce the damage dealt by the flames.

Of course, Yale's Frost Claw, although in water state resembled Water Hand, it was much more powerful. They looked similar, but they were incomparable.

Furthermore, Yale used all his five Origin Points to use it five times simultaneously, he never tried before, but he followed his intuition, and the result was that big Frost Claw.

If it were in the solid-state Frost Claw, using five at the same time wouldn't have worked, but as the five Frost Claws were all in a liquid state, the five of them fused together.

Yale had used Absolute Protection a week ago so he couldn't use it again, but even if he were able to use it, he wouldn't.

It wasn't because Absolute Protection was too shocking, and everyone would see him as a monster after he displayed it; Yale would disregard the consequences if he didn't have any other means. Even though Yale didn't want to reveal his abilities, he had his bottom line.

After all, he knew very well the pain of being burnt alive and didn't want Aizu nor anyone else who he wasn't on bad terms with to suffer it if he could avoid it.

If Absolute Protection was the best choice to save Aizu and he was able to use it, he would have used it without a second thought.

However, Aizu was the one who created the flame, and she was too near to it. The Absolute Protection would also catch the fire spell, and when the time restored, they would still face the attack. Unless an expert were to save them in those five seconds, they would end up the same.

In that situation, to use Absolute Protection correctly, Yale could have tried to calculate the exact distance to Aizu being in the range while the uncontrolled spell being outside it, but he wouldn't have the time even if he could.

In this situation, the huge liquid Frost Claw was more useful as it could be used as an improvised shield by modifying its form.

Yale was in the first row of seats, so he quickly reached Aizu and directed the five times enhanced Frost Claw to the wild spell, blocking it.

However, the power of the fire was too strong, even if Yale's improvised shield managed to counter a significant part of the power, in the end, the remains of the fire burnt his hand when the liquid Frost Claw collapsed.

If Yale had used that Frost Claw to defend himself while moving, he would have been unscathed even if the fire was without control, and that was the correct use of that kind of technique in a battle.

Facing such an unbridled attack without moving wasn't the wisest solution, but he couldn't avoid it because Aizu was behind him, and since she received a backlash for losing the control over the spell, she was unable to move.

The remains of the fire weren't that strong, but to Aizu, the wounds generated by that flames would have remained for some time before disappearing and could even have left scars on her.

On the other hand, to Yale, those wounds would disappear very quickly without a single scar. Moreover, he had Pain Tolerance, so he didn't feel too much pain by only some burns on his hand.

The whole class observed how Yale went to save Aizu, and they initially thought he was playing to be a hero and would end in a sorry state.

However, after blocking the attack, Yale only had some burns on his hand; that outcome shocked all his classmates, even the teacher was astounded by Yale's performance.

The most shocked was Aizu, who was still behind him suffering the pain from the backlash inside her body, she never expected that after she had such a fail, Yale would be the one who saved her.

Aizu wanted to shock Yale, but it the end, Aizu was the one shocked by Yale's performance saving her.

Furthermore, she saw Yale casting a spell for the first time, and she had to admit that his ability was top notch.

Aizu also saw how Yale managed to create such a great spell in almost no time and blocked an uncontrolled fire, which could have left Aizu wounded for a month, with only slight burns on his hand.

Aizu never did anything for him, and yet he still saved her, which made Aizu feel awkward.

Furthermore, after Yale saved her, Aizu confirmed that her thoughts were right. After that moment, there was no way anyone would think that Yale was a lucky kid without ability who had joined the academy only because Ange was his big sister, Yale proved that he had real talent.

Aizu was sure the rumors were lies and that Yale should have entered the academy by having something special about him like Ange. But for some reason, he tried to cover it up by saying that he joined the academy, only relying on connections.

Aizu's thoughts weren't entirely wrong as Yale really had talents that could let him automatically enter the academy. Only by being able to use a time skill like Absolute Protection, the academy would have come to recruit him like they did with his sister.

Moreover, Yale also had Time Elemental Affinity even if it was the lowest grade that was already a lot and could also make the academy move quickly to recruit him.

However, the academy didn't know about those things, the real reasons for joining were saving her sister years ago and thus making the academy feel indebted to him, so it was true he entered because of Ange, but it wasn't because he didn't have any talent as the rumors said.

All of Yale's classmates started to admire him, not only by his skills and quick reaction, but Yale also showed an excellent personality by helping Aizu when he didn't need to.

Yale knew that in the end, he showed off again, but since he already decided that he would do it instead of being low-key, he didn't feel sorry about it. He thought that his decision to disregard the low-key matter was the right decision.

At that moment, the system reacted.

[The user successfully created a new skill purely based on Origin Qi derived from a Combined Skill, the new Origin Skill "Water Battle Armor" has been added to the Skill Menu.]

Yale was more shocked by the system's message than for his companions being shocked by his act of saving Aizu.

He didn't expect that his improvisation derived in creating a new skill and less one that didn't belong to any categories he could recognize. He even didn't know why a shield had named like that.

Before he had time to go to the Skill Menu, new notifications appeared successively.

[The user managed to create an Origin Skill. Secret system achievement completed. The user will obtain the following rewards.]

[The user obtained "Water Elemental Affinity: Perfect Grade".]

[The user obtained the Passive Skill "Underwater Breathing".]

[The user obtained the Magic Skill "Water Ball".]

[The user upgraded the Combined Skill "Frost Claw" to Level 3.]

[Frost Wolf Legacy's sealed Combined Skill "Ice Spear" unlocked.]

[The user's power increased and restored; Origin Points increased to 10/10."]

[Origin points reached the limit for Origin Level 1. The user needs to reach Origin Level 2 to obtain more Origin Points.]

[Alternative way to reach Origin Level 2 unlocked: Execute the complete form of an Origin Skill and trigger the world's resonance.]

That was even more shocking to Yale. That was too much information to be quickly processed while standing in the front of the class, so although it was important to check it, Yale decided to go back to his seat first and then analyze all with a calm mind.

However, Yale first offered his help to Aizu; he didn't want to leave a girl like Aizu on the floor incapable of moving herself, Yale already saved her, so he decided to help her a little more.

"I'll help you to go back to the seat."

After he stated his intentions and without waiting for a reply from Aizu who had difficulties to talk in her situation, he picked her up in his arms and carried her until the nearest seat, the girl who was seating there stood up quickly and went to the chair that initially belonged to Aizu.

Aizu's face was completely red, but Yale attributed it to the backlash, and he wasn't conscious of how embarrassing the scene of him carrying Aizu like a Princess to her seat would be.

Yale thought it was the most optimal way to carry her as with his strength, there was no effort at all for him. He didn't have any evil intention and only wanted to help her.

When Yale let Aizu on the chair, he noticed that the seat beside Aizu's new chair was empty, and Yale's original position was occupied.

Yale didn't care about that, so he merely seated in the vacant seat, and as he was also concerned by Aizu's backlash, sitting beside her wasn't bad.

When the girls saw that Yale seated beside Aizu without thinking after carrying her in his arms, they already started to speculate in their minds, and when they left the lesson, the rumors about them would begin to spread.

The teacher also saw the whole scene, and even if she wasn't an expert on the water element, she could see that the technique Yale used was extraordinary.

She also inquired about Yale's name, and he replied with the same words he said to the teacher of the previous class.

Fortunately, even though that teacher also recognized Yale when he told his name, she wasn't foolish enough to say his surname when he clearly avoided to say it.

However, some of the students also knew that the lucky kid was called Yale, although they weren't sure if he was the same Yale as in the rumors.

"Could it be that he is the useless lucky kid?"

"I don't know if he is a lucky kid, but it is obvious that he isn't useless. I'm also considered good at water spells, but compared to him, I am nothing."

Those kinds of words started to spread through the class, Yale's actions were imprinted deep in all of them. None of them would be able to forget Yale in a short time.

Unknowingly to him, Yale washed away all the reputation of being useless that he could have in the Magus Class by merely following his instinct to save others.