As Lucia was heading out to train her new technique that she would be using against Cecil, the boy in question had leisurely made his way out of the campus grounds undetected.Cecil was on his way to the Ironforge Smithy to go have a look at Silver.
It"s been a while since he"s separated from Silver so Cecil grew a little worried.
When he finally arrived, the smithy was just as bustling as ever. Cecil made his way to the back of the smithy into the housing area. He didn"t see Radon or his wife anywhere so Cecil just went ahead towards Silver"s small house.
When Cecil went through the door, he found a large ball of fur sprawled on the ground. Silver was lazily snoozing.
Cecil"s mouth twitched a bit seeing the lazy Silver, "Oi, wake up Silv. What are you doing acting so lazy like this..."
Silver didn"t respond and instead kept on snoozing away. Cecil walked over to him and began nudging the large wolf"s head.
"Oi, wake up already. Don"t make me use mana bolt to wake you."
Silver"s ear twitched a little and he slowly opened his eyes, clearly Silver was still a little too sleepy since he only blankly stared and yawned when he saw Cecil.
It took another few seconds for Silver to sober up and see that it was Cecil standing in front of him. Silver got up and began licking his face s...o...b..ring it a little with his saliva.
Cecil wiped it off and began petting Silver. "Wanna head out and roam a bit?"
"Rawr!" Silver gave an affirmative and stretched.
The duo was just about to head out before b.u.mping into Radon and his wife, they seemed to have just got back from grocery shopping.
Radon was surprised seeing the boy and quickly greeted him, "Hey sonny, what brings you here?"
"Not much, I just wanted to see Silv here." Cecil greeted back and began taking the groceries from Mrs. Ironforge.
After bringing it in, Radon pulled Cecil to the side, "Boy, I got your spear finished. Wanna take a look?"
"It"s done? Let me see it!"
"Come "ere."
Radon led Cecil into his private smithy room. He took down a long cloth that was hanging on the wall and placed it down onto a table.
He began unwrapping the cloth and revealed what was hidden underneath.
"Here it is boy! I must say, that this is my best piece yet! It"s even better than the sword I forged for you!"
Cecil grabbed the 3 meter long azure tinted spear and examined it. The body was hard, but when he flexed it around the spear would bend ever so slightly. It was hard, but had a little elasticity. It greatly pleased Cecil when he found this property on such a st.u.r.dy looking spear.
Cecil activated his mana eyes and began examining the spear in detail. He saw a natural mana array inside the interior. Cecil couldn"t help, but widen his eyes when he saw it.
Seeing the astonishment in his eyes, Radon was immensely pleased.
"How is it boy? My best piece yet , right?" He said while laughing uproariously.
"Yes, it is. I can"t believe a natural array had even formed in the body"s interior."
"Exactly! I can only say that it was a stroke of luck!"
Cecil once again examined his weapon. He could see small runic patterns decorating the body of the spear. These runes were something that was naturally formed after the array had fully formed on the body of the spear.
The blade of the spear was also sharp and it had a long triangular shape, about 30 centimeters in length. It had a slight grove running along the middle of the blade as well. Cecil smiled and channeled his mana into the spear.
His mana flowed into the array and activated it. Right as the array activated, a pale golden storm of mana began raging around the body of the spear.
Radon couldn"t help but step back a little in astonishment. The golden mana storm gave off a feeling that it was unusually sharp and Radon feared that it might even cut him if he got too close.
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Cecil, however, was curious seeing this. The mana storm had no effect on him seeing that his hands that were holding the spear weren"t damaged from the storm, but he still felt that the storm gave off a sharp feeling.
Cecil very much wanted to swing the spear around and test the power of this mana storm, but upon remembering where he was, Cecil could only reluctantly deactivate the array.
"It"s great Radon! I can"t thank you enough for this!"
"Heh, don"t mention it boy! It also pleases me to be able to create such a fine weapon! Not every blacksmith out there can be as lucky as me!"
Cecil chuckled and kept the spear. He asked if there was a case for it, but Radon was still in the process of creating one.
He had just finished making it last night so he was exhausted and decided to cash in for the night. He was in a good mood since the morning so he gladly took the opportunity to accompany his wife out shopping only to return now.
"I"ll leave this here then. I"ll come back again to take it along with its completed sheath."
"Alright, but shouldn"t you still be in cla.s.s? You shouldn"t go out and play hooky!"
"Nah, I"m not ditching cla.s.s or anything. It"s just our magic combat a.s.sessment that"s taking too long so I decided to head out for a bit. My turn isn"t until tomorrow anyway."
"What? Then aren"t you just playing hooky then?!"
Cecil smiled cheekily and went for the door, "Alright I"ll head back now!"
"Mhm, bring little Lucia out to play the next time you decide to play hooky. Tell her that her uncle and aunt miss her."
"What"s this? So its okay for Lucia to play hooky and not me? Playing favorites now are we?"
"Hmph. Go already! Head back to cla.s.s!" Radon harrumphed and shooed away Cecil from his smithy.
Cecil smiled and walked out of the smithy. He met back with Silver on the ground floor, he bade farewell to Mrs. Ironforge and went out with Silver.
He looked up to the sky and saw that it was still early in the afternoon. Cecil decided to head out of the city with Silver.
"Silv, let"s go on a short walk outside the city!"
"Rawr!" Silver spiritedly barked and he lowered his body a bit and Cecil immediately jumped onto his back.
Then the fox boy and giant wolf duo made their way to the gate of the city.
Back in the academy grounds, Lucia was currently inside one of the mage combat buildings. She had asked permission to borrow a room so that she could train a bit.
Inside the room, Lucia was constantly testing out her new spell. A large, dark purple spell formation was spread out on the ground in front of her.
"MELTDOWN!"
An ear piercing screech rang in the room before a large explosion ensued.
"Tsk... this isn"t what I want..." Lucia muttered in disappointment.
Lucia was just about to begin another round of experimentations before a clap rang out in the training room.
Lucia immediately became alert and spun around to look at the source of the clapping. Lucia frowned when she saw a lone handsome teenaged boy with golden hair and dark horns leaning on the wall near the entrance of the room.
Lucia raised a hand and a scarlet magic formation appeared in the air instantaneously.
"Who"re you? Don"t you know it"s impolite to barge in someone"s training room?"
The person stopped clapping and raised both hands in the air in surrender.
"Sorry, sorry. I was just curious as to how our newcomer"s number 1 was like. Do accept my apologies." The handsome boy placed a hand on his chest and courteously bowed in apology.
Lucia narrowed her eyes, and kept her hand raised still aiming her spell at the boy.
"Get out."
"Now, now. Let"s not get impatient shall we? Don"t you want to question why I rudely barged in on your training?"
"I don"t care. Get out." Lucia uttered coldly.
"My, you really are just as fiery as the rumors say."
BANG
Lucia had fired a lava bullet just to the side of the boy"s face narrowly missing him.
"Get out. Don"t make me say this again."
"...now it"s not nice to do that Lucia." The boy"s eyes narrowed dangerously and he abruptly dashed forward to Lucia.
Lucia was already on guard so she made a quick response.
As the boy dashed forward, Lucia had quickly jumped backwards and slammed her hand on the ground.
Nothing happened at first which puzzled the intruder. He didn"t pay it any mind and kept dashing forward.
Lucia"s eyes glinted coldly. "Hmph, you"re slower than Cel and you think you can get close to me?"
Lucia waved her hand and numerous crimson magic arrays appeared in the air.
The intruder widen his eyes in surprise, "Uh oh~"
"Die." With a snap of her fingers, Lava bullets poured out from the magic arrays, heading straight for the golden haired boy.
With the lava bullets bearing down on him, the boy didn"t panic and only back away, but before he could take another step backwards the ground behind him had abnormally started to heat up.
This time the nonchalant and complacent smile on his face finally wavered. Geysers erupted from behind him and lava bullets were heading towards his from the front. Seeing no way out, the boy could only brace himself to endure the devastating attack.
Seeing the intruder being engulfed in her spells, Lucia scoffed and placed her hands on her hips.
After the bombardment subsided Lucia finally spoke out, "Don"t play dead. I limited the strength of my spells so that you won"t die."
A light chuckle rang through the room. Once the steam and dust settled, Lucia was a little startled to see the unharmed boy emerge from the smoke.
The golden haired intruder had 2 pairs of wings protruding out of his back and these wings were what protected him from Lucia"s spells. She could see that the intruder had enchanted defensive spells onto his wings and had successfully endured the magical bombardment.
Although Lucia was somewhat surprised, she didn"t let her guard down and began preparing her next spell, only to stop when the intruder raised his hands once again in surrender.
"Hey, let"s not be a little hasty okay? At least listen to what I have to say."
"..."
Seeing her stay silent, the winged intruder opened his mouth once again.
"My name"s Zephyr Arks and I am the student council"s President."