Chapter 11: Getting Myself a Mana-Art! (3)
After fighting for about 1 hour, I had already found their weak points and attacking pattern of these beasts. They mostly attack their opponents on the left side with their claws.
Soon, there was only one of these beasts left, it attacked me on my left side. I took a step backwards and dodged its attack by hair's breadth and counter-attacked at its shoulder. It quickly lost its balance and taking advantage of it, I cut its head.
— Thud!
I was injured many times, but my injury always healed quickly. It might have been one of the features of this trial. I also didn't feel much tired, even after fighting about 58 Rank-E beasts.
After confirming that there was no one around, I headed toward the peak. But each time I walked for about 500 m, some beasts would attack me. Fighting these beasts, I noticed that there was not even a single beast above my rank, but every beast was equal to my rank.
After 10 hours of fighting and climbing, I was about 100 meters away from the peak, but suddenly a bright white light shone and my vision blanked out.
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Opening my eyes, I soon find out that I was inside a complete white world.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Very good, Your persistence is praise-worthy."
Hearing someone speaking, I turned to where the voice came. Opening my mouth, I asked: "Are you the one who created the mana-art?"
"Hmm... who knows?"
"So, Am I worthy to learn the mana-art?"
"Yes. Do you want to learn it?"
"Yes, sir!!"
"Hahaha~! You are... interesting. Okay, I will first show you the art."
Soon, a man looking to be in his late 30s came from behind me. He had a fairly handsome face, long blond hairs and golden eyes, just like me. He was wearing a tight yellow battle-suit.
Looking at me, he said: "Don't blink, or you might miss the show."
After saying that, he started covering in sparks of golden lightning.
Rumble! Rumble!
Soon, he was completely covered in golden lightning and looked like he was wearing an armor of it. Then, in a swift movement, he took a step ahead and all the area in front of him shook and was covered with sparks.
Rumble! Rumble! Quake~!
Then he lifted both of his hands and clapped once, and a dragon made of golden lightning materialized on top of him. He stepped on the dragon, and the dragon flew toward the sky.
Rumble! Rumble!
Stopping in midair, he raised one of his hands and out of nowhere, thousands of lightning bolts materialized around him. Some were about 2 m in length, while some were more than 30 m in length.
It took him less than 30 seconds to do all this, and I was standing on the ground with both my eyes and mouth opened wide.
'This is a lot more amazing than I originally thought.'
Soon, the sound stopped and the ground steadied itself as he stopped all of it and took a step ahead and appeared in front of me. I was startled and took a few steps back and asked while pointing at the sky: "Can I... also do something like... that?"
"Hmm... Of course. You can, if you train properly. So, do you still want to learn it? I will warn you, the training will be hell to you."
"Yeah! Of course, I wanna learn it. Who don't wanna learn something like that?"
"Okay, seeing you this excited, I think you maybe able to learn it and... maybe further develop it."
"Thank you, uh..."
"Oh! Pardon my manners." He did a courteous bow and said: "I am Rudeus J. Vibius, the Lightning emperor. My master, Lilirith, created her mana art, 'Lightning GOD' and I am her only disciple."
'Rudeus, Rudeus....' I repeated his name again and again, and soon remembered something.
I bowed at a stiff 90° angle and said: "Ah! I am Victor Hall, and I found your mana-art manual in the Unicorn Academy campus. By the way, how should I address you?"
"Oh! Well, you can call me Master if you want." He then said under his breadth. "Unicorn Academy, huh? So, it was really built."
"Yes, I have a question. Are you the commander Rudeus who fought in the last human-demonic war?"
"Hmm... Yes, I might have fought in that war. I am but a part of my consciousness, so I don't have full memories."
"Oh! I see. Well, did I pass the trial, master?"
"The moment you stepped in this white world, you passed the trial. Let's not waste time, and I will pass my knowledge of the art to you. Come and sit here in lotus position."
He pointed to a mattress which materialized in front of him, and I sat cross-legged there.
"First, I will tell you how to channel your mana in your body. It is the fastest technique to channel mana. I will tell you which path to channel the mana, so pay close attention."
I nodded, and soon he channeled his mana inside my body. I tried to channel my mana according to how he channeled his. I also have my own technique, but this one is much faster and efficient than mine.
After 5 minutes of learning how to channel the mana, I grasped the whole technique and started channeling my mana.
Seeing me channeling the mana, Rudeus thought: 'Oh! He already learned the technique. This is exciting, let's see if you can learn the art this fast.'
After 20 minutes, Rudeus said: "Okay, that's enough. I will now pass the art to you."
Opening my eyes, I asked: "By the way, how many stars manual is it and how many levels are there in it?"
"Are you nervous now? Don't worry, you will soon find out. Now, close your eyes."
After saying that, his index finger started glowing with golden light, and soon he pressed it against my forehead.
Feeling the touch of the finger against my forehead, information started filling in my mind. It was 'Lightning GOD' mana-art.
After organizing the information of the mana-art in my head, I opened my eyes and said nervously and excitedly: "T...This is a 7-star m..mana art!?"
"Well, yes. It is a 7-star mana-art and I want you to master all of its level. I could only master up to 5th level out of 7 levels. But I want you to master all of it."
"Yes, master. I will definitely master this mana art to its fullest potential!"
"Okay, now the time's up and don't forget..."
I cut him in between. "I will definitely not tell anyone about it until I am strong enough, and I will train every single day."
"Good. Now, it's time for goodbye. Not exactly, though, my consciousness will remain inside your subconsciousness until you master your art till level 5."
"Can I come here again? You know, for advice and such."
Nodding his head, he said: "Hmm, yes. You can come. After you master the art till level 5, you will be able to meet my master, but first create your base steadily. Okay? She is a little too strict."
"Yes, master. I will remember it."
With those words, the white world broke apart like glass, and I was back to my training room.
Opening my eyes, I soon noticed that the manual disappeared, and I was drained in a lot of my sweat.
I observed that two hours have passed since I came into the training room. I then headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower and thought:
'This Foresight skill is amazing. I feel like I am omniscient!'
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