Chapter 268 - The Ark Of Derivative Elements

"Can't you do self-healing?" asked Bryan, placing another cloth onto her ears.

"Valkyries' Enhancement skills are made to enhance certain parts of our bodies. It's used as a training method so self-healing myself wouldn't make sense. Besides, I'm only bleeding because of you," explained Mavislin, holding onto another bloodied cloth.

Bryan felt a pang of guilt hit him as she muttered the last sentence. Had he known that it would affect her this much, he wouldn't have listened to the battle.

"Don't feel guilty, it was my choice anyway. When I said that, I meant to explain more. I'm not blaming you. The moment you held my hand, I was enhancing your hearing as well. But my ears are affected negatively because I was also protecting your eardrums."

"It's a simple skill called 'Symptom Transfer'. Where I transfer any being's symptoms into my own body. In short, your ears would be suffering like mine now, while my ears would be perfectly fine. It's considered taboo to use this but in a minute setting should be alright."

" 'Should be'? She's just lazy to do self-healing. Takes too much Elemental Energy and work," commented Ysabeau, who was still salty after her scolding.

"This skill takes more Energy to work, how is it that I would choose that over a simple heal?' questioned Mavislin, sighing heavily.

Bryan could feel the tension between the two. He quickly came up with another topic to talk about before another 'training session' erupts in Gab's cafe.

"Mav, you mentioned that the Flower Element can be formidable as well. Have you encountered before?" asked Bryan, changing the subject?

Mavislin blinked a few times before looking at him. She then cleared her throat.

"The Flower Element is a direct derivative from the Poison Element with a hint of the Valkyries spell structure. In fact, the first Flower Element was by a Valkyrie," replied Mavislin, trying to recall that particular Valkyrie.

As she delved into her memories, she reecalled that she had long black hair with a flower garland around her neck. She was tall and had pink eyes and matching lips. She had a slender body frame with her legs looking like porcelain. She didn't seem like the type to initate a fight.

But before she could continue recaalling, Bryan's question snapped her awake.

"Wait, I thought all Valkyries were beings of Light?"

"And yet I'm standing here, using almost all Elements without faltering. Our default is the Element Of Light, but once we reach a certain age, we are taught to use other Elements as well. Some might find comfortable using Fire while others use an Element similar to the basic elements."

"This creates 'derivatives', children of the basic elements. Meanwhile, I'm considered an oddity, since I was well-rounded with all of the basic elements. And when I started copying my playmates' powers, my mother decided I couldn't continue being out with the others," explained Mavislin.

"Why not?"

"It would cause problems since we didn't know how to control our powers. For instance, the other kid was only using Helios Village while I mastered Helios Metropolis. I nearly started deforestation at my school backyard."

"And just so you know, Helios Metropolis is the final and most powerful of the Helios spell. The first is Village, next is Town, followed by City and then Metropolis. The teachers were not impressed that I tried to cook them alive during outdoor time."

Bryan wanted to laugh but thought twice about it, after looking at her situation. It must have been difficult to study, being forced to be at home, not playing with other kids of your age.

"So what's so dangerous about the Flower Element? If we count it as a Poison Element, it should be alright. Besides, it is smaller than the basic elements," asked Ysabeau.

"It may be smaller, but the Element Of Flower has the structure of the Valkyrie's Heaven's Wheel spells. I mentioned earlier that a Valkyrie invented the Flower Element. It was one of the Gladiators who created it," said Mavislin, finally recalling that memory.

"This would mean that there would be around Five Stages in total and a sixth one after mastering all of the stages. The final one is used only when nothing else works. From what I have been instructed, the Final Stage of Heaven's Wheel can cause a lot of destruction."

"Game-changing destruction. We are talking about annihilating a whole cl.u.s.ter of planets at one go," explained Ysabeau, eyes heavy with memories.

The one spell that truly sets the Valkyries as one of the top Mages in the Universe. Even a whole battalion of a.d.u.l.t Bahamut had no way of escaping that monster of a spell. If that butterfly knew how they functioned, it was no wonder why she fled from the scene.