Chapter 101: Wind Magic

Chapter 101: Wind Magic

They traveled for quite a while already when Gerald suddenly spoke, "Xilia, what was the magic you used that night?"

"Err..." She tried to remember what he was talking about, "Do you mean my Wind Body and Wind Blade?"

"Oh," Gerald voiced, "Is that what they're called?" He suddenly turned around to look at her, "Can you teach me?"

"Eh?" Xilia was shocked by such a sudden request. "Teach you? I I'm not sure if I'm qualified"

Gerald smiled and shook his head, "It's okay if you don't want to give away your secrets I won't pressure you."

"No, that's not it!" Xilia quickly denied it. Although people usually kept the spells to themselves, she wanted to somehow repay the kindness Gerald gave her.

"I learned these spells when I was still little from my uncle But, I don't have the spellbook anymore and if I tried to teach you from my memory I'm worried something might go wrong," she said apologetically.

"That's a shame Then, can you maybe demonstrate it for me, just once? I would love to see the spell in action in daylight if you don't mind" Gerald pleaded with a hopeful face.

"Of course, it's not a problem at all!" Xilia quickly agreed, happy to be of use for once.

She jumped a good distance away from the others and took out her blades and started her chant.

"By the power of my mind,

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Guide my hands out of despair,

And let my beauty, of twin blades, sing! Wind Body!"

Woosh!

Air started to circulate around her in a fast motion, traveling in the same directions as her body movements and helping speed her up.

She demonstrated the amazing swiftness of her blades, striking out fast and deadly, almost faster than the eye could follow.

"Amazing!" Gerald gasped. He was staring at her with his eyes wide open, but differently from others who were only looking on the outside, he was observing the changes in Mana flow that were happening inside her body.

'The wind on the outside is just a distraction! The real magic is happening inside her body! Wind magic is enhancing her muscles directly, similar to how Stone Body grants increased body protection! Fascinating!'

"Huff!" Xilia stopped the demonstration and exhaled deeply. A few beads of sweat formed on her forehead. "This spell focuses on the caster becoming one with the wind and moving unhindered in the air, granting you superhuman speed" She explained a few things about the spell.

"Becoming one with the wind" Gerald mumbled under his breath. "What about the other one, the Wind Blade?"

"Hey, what about me?" Xilia looked at her sister with a pitiful gaze.

"Big sister is good too! You are just slow" Qiona answered truthfully.

Xilia could only force out a smile. 'Slow I'm slow? It's not my fault, okay?! I couldn't even train properly for three years!' she screamed in her heart.

Truthfully, although she was a Dark Elf, her magic casting ability was quite bad for an Elf. She could be considered only slightly above average even by human standards. And that, combined with the inborn Elf pride, made her feel inadequate. Maybe that was the reason she was so easily threatened with her sister's life.

She wasn't confident in being able to save her by herself!

While her thoughts traveled, Gerald was enjoying himself with his hew abilities. 'I feel so light! And my body is so fast, this is amazing!'

He was running and jumping around, testing the limits of the Wind Body. His speed at least doubled, be it running or other body movements.

If two warriors of the same strength fought and one of them could use this spell for even just a minute, he would win without a question. Double the speed of his footwork, double the speed of his sword strikes, and the opponent would be completely suppressed!

"I love it!" Gerald shouted loudly. The Wind Body consumed 10 MP/min so he could keep it on for just over nine minutes, but that was plenty of time to escape or win a fight.

"If I combine my spells won't I have a great defense with amazing speed? I would be invincible!" he clenched his fist in excitement. "But then My Mana probably wouldn't be enough" Reality always had the last laugh. No matter how great the spells or strategies he had, he was always limited by his Mana.

"Ah, so frustrating! I need more, more power!" He clenched his teeth with flavor.

"But, that's why I'm going to Auralba, is it not?" He smirked momentarily and then called out, "Okay, let's continue! There is still a long road ahead!"

They traveled for two days straight. Since Qiona was still weak, her sister helped by carrying her a good portion of the way. Luckily she was still quite small and light so that didn't pose much of a problem.

While the girls chatted and got to know each other better, Gerald trained in magic. By the time they arrived at the capital, he cast the Wind Blade at least a hundred times already. It was a quite powerful magic spell so a normal person could cast it maybe once a day if the didn't have any Wind Crystals for extra Mana.

But even if they did, the fact that the spell itself consumed 5 MP every time it was cast, was quite taxing on the mind.

Luckily, for some reason, Gerald felt as if his mind expanded recently and he was having a much easier time casting spells. He didn't know if it was because he trained so often or for some other reason.

With his insane 5 MP/h recovery, he was able to recharge in an hour as much Mana as a normal person would in a full day!

Xilia was weirded out by the fact that he, as a human, could use magic so naturally and easily the entire day, with only minimal rest in between.

The number of offensive spells he threw out in a single day was more than she could do in a week! It was completely unimaginable for her as she didn't see him using any Ether Crystals for extra Mana.

Of course, she didn't know that the potions he drank casually were what allowed him to recover so quickly.

In the human kingdoms, Mana Recovery Potions didn't exist as they didn't serve any useful purpose for humans. As such, nobody ever bothered researching them and their existence was still a mystery.