Chapter 39: Skydiving is a wonderful hobby.

Chapter 39: Skydiving is a wonderful hobby.

[Hestia, could you not build another stairway using [Terra Wall]?] Saori asked.

I remembered the stairway I created on the cliffs wall, intending to have Saori use it to scale the cliff. It, unfortunately, got destroyed during the battle, but thats not a problem for us.

[I could,] the mana costs werent significant, and I could use this opportunity to practice some of the magic theory. [However, I want to try something else.]

In my fight against the trolls, I received the skill [Air Walk] after [Acrobatic] leveled up to level ten.

Air Walk

A skill that allows the user to concentrate mana around their limbs, holding them on air. Mana and stamina will be continuously used until this skill is deactivated

Reading the description, an idea that might work popped up.

Considering that the description mentioned that I will have to use quite a lot of my Mana and Stamina to keep myself afloat, it will probably be hard to use it in a combat situation for a prolonged time. However, it might be good for scouting, traveling, and burst usages like when I need to dodge.

It also depends on practice, and I think I know a way to fully test out its potential.

[Could you guys move a bit back?] I held my palm up and gestured Tasianna and Saori to move away from the area.

Once they were at an acceptable distance, I returned back to [Humanize Lv. 7]s version of my humanized form, giving me my wings back. Multiple magical circles then appeared under my right wing, ready to shoot [Wind Blast] onto the ground.

I also readied the spell [Flame Explosion] under me. My parallel minds were warning that I shouldnt overdo it otherwise I will burn myself with my own flames.

I havent trained my resistance skills through self-mutilation in a very long time. Once I evolved into a [Young Spark Fire Dragon], any of my spells were very likely to hurt me.

However, now that my basic knowledge of magic theory was improved, I think it would be best to resume it. It will double as a way for me to become more adept at controlling my magic, while also upgrading my resistance skills in the process.

SP is getting harder to get, so I should be more frugal about it.

Ok, flame explosion, dont kill me, please. Reduce the power of the flame to the level that my [Inferno Resistance Lv. 1] can fully block the damage. Come on, System, I know you can hear my thoughts. I just need a boom, not a grilled Dragonewt.

Phew, here goes nothing!

Having steeled my resolve, I jumped into the air and activated my spell.

Flame Explosion!

The magical circle flickered for a bit, sending sparks into the air, until a great fire exploded from the ground, sending me up into the air from the shockwave alone.

Proficiency requirement fulfilled. [Inferno Resistance Lv. 1] evolved into [Inferno Resistance Lv. 2]

Arrrrgh, Major Heal! Scheie, it still huuuurts! But I didnt kill myself!

After a couple of seconds, a warm updraft began forming, slowing down my descent, as I glided in the air. Unfortunately for my nose, the wind carrying around the scent of my burned flesh and scales entered it directly, assaulting me with the disgusting smell of Rare Hestia.

Clenching my nose, I activated my [Wind Blast], sending winds down to collide with the updraft, which converged together to send me even higher.

With this, I reached the height of the cliff, but I wasn't done yet. I still have many more wind spells in reserve. I continued doing this until the flame on the ground died out. At that point, my little experiment sent me high enough that I could view the whole forest again, just like during my first flight.

My lips curled into a smile as I confirmed the direction towards the Belzac mountains, the checkpoint towards our next goal, the elven kingdom.

Woooooooohoooooooooo!

Despite my attempts to flap my wings, I was unable to create enough lift to keep myself from free-falling. Being disappointed isnt exactly a thing anymore, as I already made up my mind that it will be impossible to fly until the mana paths in my left wings healed up.

Still, I enjoyed this little bit of time I could be up here. I think it will be a fun pastime to do some skydiving, once in a while.

Twirling and tumbling in the air, my body was closing into the ground. From this distance, I saw Tasianna screaming and panicking, while Saori simply held up a thumbs up, probably saying hope, youre having fun.

To prevent myself from turning into a lump of meat, I activated [Aerokinesis] and started controlling the air to slow down my fall. Once the speed of my descent was at an adequate level, I poured my mana into my feet and activated [Air Walk], hop-skipping the rest of the way to the ground.

[Princess Hestia, are you ok?! Did you hurt yourself somewhere?! Why were you falling so fast?!] the first one to greet me after landing was an anxiety-filled Tasianna. I was honestly feeling a bit bad for not warning her, but Saori didn't seem to mind.

[Sorry, Tasianna,] I soothed her by letting her land on my palm. [To answer your question, I damaged my wings when I was younger. I cant fly anymore.]

Its true. I lost my ability to fly when I was 4 months old, so technically I wasnt lying.

Tasianna covered her opened mouth with her hands in disbelief, then she demanded me to show me where I hurt myself, [Unbelievable! Where? Please, show me!]

[My left wing. My status board says that my mana paths are damaged, and without them, I cant fly. Not even in my dragon form.]

[Your mana paths?] Tasianna looked a bit confused at what I said, but immediately shook it off and gave my left wing a check-up. [Oh dear, its true. Your mana is having trouble flowing into your wing.]

She then started touching different parts of my wings; the part connecting it to my body, the joints of my wings bones, and also the muscles of my wing.

She frowned her brows before giving me the bad news, [It is unfortunate, but you will need a doctor.]

Tasianna explained to me that mana paths are millions of little long paths that transported my mana throughout my body. There are also gateways in my skin that allow the mana from the air to flow into me, coupled with my body's natural mana generation and it made up my mana regeneration.

The explanation made me think that these mana paths are very similar to blood vessels. Is it like a physical thing inside my body? What would happen when somebody from another world were to be transported here, just like a normal Portal Fantasy novel?

The System determines it as only a minor injury. My left wings stilled had mana, but the amount was not enough for me to fly with.

Technically, I could heal it with healing spells, but it seems like it was impossible in its current state. Tasianna could feel where my mana was flowing but it seems like some mana paths were severed, the paths are blocked by muscles and flesh.

It seems like when I healed myself during the garm fight, I somehow messed it up enough that my healing magic has no effect anymore.

I can guess what the reason for that might be. In that battle, I barely had an idea of what mana paths were, and I only wanted my healing spells to heal the wound. It seems like I healed the wound but left the damaged mana paths to linger.

Well, nothing that I could have done. I didnt know about them back then, so it made it hard to command the spell to heal that single wound. Ill just do better next time.

Hmm, maybe I could try it now.

System, heal my mana paths. I want to be able to pour mana back through my left wing! Major Heal!

[What a shame] I cried out in disappointment. [Even [Major Heal] doesnt work. How will a doctor help at this point, Tasianna?]

[They will need to do surgery on your back and connect everything back together with holy spells.] said Tasianna.

That simple?!

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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