TRAINING IN THE WOODS

In the forest on can see a 12-14 year old kid hiding in bushes and watching closely a huge boar which is eating grass while being on alert. And he observes it intently for a chance to attack it.

'Hmm, it's been an hour and it doesn't looks like it drops it's guard any time soon' mike

'Maybe if I make a distraction then my chances against the boar will be high' mike

The boy pick ups a stone throws it in the opposite direction which makes the boar immediately goes in to a attack position in that direction.

Now mike is at back of the boar,he rushed to the boar and used fire magic on his feet to increase his speed, when he reaches the boar he covers his fists with heat magic and starts attacking the boar.

Now what at first looked like a hunt turned into street brawl,mike used his fists to hit the boar and defends at intervals by putting his both hands in front of his chest,now the advantages of his body which is being daily improved by star energy and had star rebirth and has life force physique even though his overall strength is slightly lower than the beast he covers it up with his physiques defense, high regeneration, stamina and huge Vatility.

Even though mike can't get a upper hand.He plans to outlast it with his endurance, so he starts his experiments on it sees how much control he had over his element and how lethal his magic is. And then what he finds is that his magic has some abnormalites.

From the book he read on his training the beasts in the woods has high resistance towards magic but he can still easily injure it.so what he discovers is that although his flames are generated through magic but the heat which is the after effect of flames has no connection with flames.

So what he concludes is that though the flames created through his heat manipulation are in theory his magic but the heat generated through it not connected to magic as it is everywhere he uses magic as a medium to control it.Which is basically undefendable as heat his present in everything whether it might be living or non-living.

while people in this world can resist to a certain degree as they all have monstrous physiques but after he becomes more and more powerful few and few people can resist his magic.

After sometime he kills the boar and takes it to his cave and eats it. And without his knowledge his body replicates the magic resistance function of the boar he had just eaten.It is his star physique hidden perk taking every positive effect and fusing with the physique.It combines with his skin and gives him a small resistance towards magic and his star physique starts to strengthens this effect slowly.

'Now I know the extent of my magic abilites I should start training in using it more efficiently and improve my mastery over the magic.Then I can develop it more and one day will have perfect control over it' mike

========= TIME SKIP 2 YEARS =========

( MC P.O.V )

'It's been nearly 2 years I've started training and made great progress. Even though I almost died several times I have developed at an amazing rate here.it's true that no person can develop more when their own lives are at risk'

'And monsters which are closer to core are one stronger than the last one which is thanks to them I have more combat experience and learned how to hide more effeicently, how to mask my odour, take care of my tracks and how to wait patiently for a chance to strike and many more'

'I was able to make great progress in heat/fire magic and created wide range of techniques which are of great use in combat.

Now instead of being only a combatant now I am can also said be an sensor and support type mage.And my arsenal of techniques also greatly increased.

'I've developed Attack methods like fire fist, fire orbs, fire strike, fire breath, heat zone, firearms consisting of various weapons which makes me much more unpredictable in a battle against opponents who are in same the level as me'

'And some defensive techniques like fire armour, fire wall and some support tricks like smoke bombs, fire clones and others which will give me more defense and more flexibility in a battle'

'Heat sight and heat wave are sensory type of methods which I've developed and mastered as

they saved my life so many times and helped in avoiding dangerous beats and heat wave is like a low level version of mana zone which gives me peak control over my magic in a 3 metre zone and in a 10 meter radius around me I can sense enemy attacks/movements which gives me the edge in any battle'

'And some movement techniques like blaze steps, fire dance and flame streak each one is used in different situations. blaze steps against large number of weaker opponents, fire dance against opponents of equal strength, flame streak against opponents who are a level above me'

'Now I think it's time to move on from this place can't miss the Grimoire cermony now, can I ? '

( MC P.O.V ) ends .....

mike then make his way through out of the woods. The woods which helped in in his path to become the strongest.A place where he might never come again or can he?