Chapter 80 - 79: Divine And Demonic Energy.

For now, I didn't know how to channel both of the power. 

Stretching my hand, I tried to gather divinity in my palm, but it was without any fruit. Well, I was able to gather divinity, but I didn't know what to do with it. 

{Author: Divinity is one of the purest forms of energy, along with demonic energy. They both are very intense forms of energy, despite being similar, both of the energy cannot exist side by side.}

I did the same with the demonic energy, but the result was the same. I didn't know what to do with it.

I don't have much information, for starters I need to gather information.

Oh, right! I can try to imbue this energy in something and try using it.

In my palm, I gathered mana to make an ice sword. It was a standard dull one-handed icicle sword.

"Now I should try infusing divine energy into sword."

As I tried to infuse the divine energy in the sword, something else happened. The core of the sword shined in a deep blue color. 

"Isn't that Afreet Liquid?" 

Following Afreet liquid, the divine energy infused itself with the sword. The original dull sword changed into a single-handed double-edged sword. 

The exterior of the sword glowed in dim blue color, whereas the core of the sword glowed fairly bright with deep blue color. 

"This sword does fit the image of the divine." 

This wasn't the original result that I had expected. The sword itself changed its appearance, was it because of the Afreet liquid. 

Besides the appearance, there was one more thing different about the sword. I was able to imbue mana in the sword. 

So theoretically it should be possible to use divine energy with mana right? Well, I don't have any reason to not test this theory. 

I gathered mana in my sword as I raised it.

What I was trying to do was use basic level frost magic. Simple ice magic that freezes everything in its path.

My aim was to use mana not to fuel the magic, I am using mana as an engine that will use divine energy to cast frost. Well, but I don't know whether it will succeed or not. 

Raising my sword, I closed my eyes.

First, infuse mana in the sword...

Visualize the process of casting frost.....

Use divine energy as the source to cast the frost spell...

Visualizing the process, I swung my sword. Following my action, a strong gust of cold wind crashed onto me.

As I slowly opened my eyes, I was met with an unbelievable sight.

The patch of forest in front of me which was once a dense crowd of green trees was covered with a thick cold fog. Dried-up leaves that were devoid of any moisture were getting blown away due to the gust of the wind. This was the case of trees that were fifty meters away from me. 

The trees that were in close proximity to me had disintegrated as a whole. What was left in front of me was barren land filled with bits and pieces of disintegrated plants, trees, animals, and everything that came in the way of this attack.

The damage caused by basic level frost was more than I had expected. Will this even be considered a basic level spell at this point?

"I did this?" I said out loud.

What surprised me was the calm nature of the spell. There was nothing flashy. was it due to using divine energy? 

Now I am curious about what would happen if I used demonic energy instead of divine energy. 

The process was similar to that of divine energy. Mana will work as an engine to cast the spell, whereas demonic energy will fuel the spell.

I raised the sword, this time without closing my eyes since I wanted to witness everything firsthand.

Withdrawing divine energy, I infused the sword with demonic energy. 

I used the same process of infusing mana in the sword, visualizing the process to cast frost and then using demonic energy as a source to fuel the spell.

I swung my sword, this time with my eyes open. With a sudden pressure, I was pushed backward. Losing my balance, I tripped, falling to the ground.

Following my action, everything in my close proximity froze up. Everything that was in the range of fifty meters was frozen up even the air. 

That resulted in the formation of a massive wall of ice that covered up to fifty meters in range. 

Looking at the sight in front of me, I couldn't help as a smirk formed on my lips.

I cast the same spell using two different energy and the result was entirely different. The divine energy is calm in nature whereas demonic energy is chaotic in nature. 

But well, the destruction caused by both of the energy was pretty much the same. 

Yikes, now that I look at it again, Didn't I --- kind of---Fucked up the forest. 

"Sorry mother nature, I didn't do it on purpose.."

This should be enough experimenting, for now, I will continue the rest of the experiment tomorrow.

With that thought, I went back home.

----Next day at adventure guild----

"Did you see the new commission?" 

"No, why"

"There is apparently a frost monster in the forest." 

Hearing their conversation, I decided to check out the commission notice board. 

Standing in front of the notice board, I browsed through all the commissions, there I found the commission that those guys were talking about.

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Commission Rank: S - A

Commission monster: Unkown frost monster.

Region: Outskirt of Goldberg city. 

Reward: two hundred gold (The reward will increase or decrease according to the level of difficulty.)

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Outskirt of Goldberg city..... Unknown frost monster.....

I think I have connected enough dots to know who this monster is.  Well, they ranked me as between S to A-rank threat. 

Let's pretend that I never saw this...

79-2

The next day, I went on a date with Lora, since I promised her that. Later she and Otis left the Goldberg city and went back to the capital.

I didn't reveal my identity to her, since I would meet her in the future. 

Time passed, day by day I did my training. I increased the intensity of my training and also tried various ways of using demonic and divine energy.

I also trained my swords, greatsword, and polearm. Well, my swordsmanship is still incomplete, so I think I need someone to help me train my swordsmanship. 

We decided to stay in Goldberg city for a while, we were waiting for Annie's mana core to stabilize. There was one more reason for us to stay.

The reason is Grandma Julia...

At first, she was barely able to hear us. Communication with her meant that we would have to talk as loud as possible for her to hear us. 

Later her back and neck pain became severe to the point that it became difficult to walk. We had to carry her everywhere since she was unable to walk herself. 

After some time, she would randomly get angry at us for helping her with anything. 

"Don't treat me like a burden!!! I can do it myself!!! I have been handling myself all this time, I don't need young ones to handle me now!!!" she would scream at us saying things like this, as we try to help her.

It was painful to watch her as she was losing her personality. 

Eventually, one day, 

"Who are you?" she asked. I thought she was joking. In the corner of my heart, I knew what was happening to her, but I didn't want to accept the reality.

Eventually, she stopped recognizing us. 

She stopped recognizing our face, she stopped responding to our voice. Whenever I would call out to her, she would respond with,

"Do you need something, young man?"

She had stopped calling me Grey. 

She started saying random things, she would randomly sing songs, she started talking to the cat. 

She would come to me and say, 

"You know, I know this kid named Grey, he was a very kind boy, I wonder where he is now. If you find him, please bring him back to me." 

For some reason, I couldn't open my mouth and say that "I am Grey."

The reality was, old age was getting her. It was disheartening to see her like this. 

A year passed and eventually, the day came. 

It was a normal day, I woke up early in the morning, even before the sun was out. 

Leaving my room, I found grandma Julia seated in the hall. 

"Good morning, Grandma Julia. You are awake early," I said greeting her. But I got no reply in return.

After a good second, I spoke again "Grandma Julia, do you need something---" 

Before I could say anything, she interrupted me saying "Young man, I need you to carry me somewhere and take all the kids with us."