Leon would have to observe those twenty-five hundred soldiers for a while before selecting those would subst.i.tute him. So, he couldn"t rush in order to avoid problems down the road. Anyway, on the second day of training, Sasha and Betty stayed behind while Gisela and Lennart joined the others.Leon had a hard time deciding if it would be a good idea to make Lennart train his body instead of his spells. By the look of things, he was pretty good in Area of Effect spells, so perhaps it wasn"t a good idea to neglect his talents.
"Hey, kid. What do you want to do?" Leon asked. "You can train your body in order to protect yourself without using mana, or you can use mana to protect yourself."
"Although I know some spells, I mostly control my attacks directly," Lennart explained. "I won"t be able to do that if I have to move my body too much or worry about dodging attacks or projectiles."
"I guess the option two is better for you then…" Leon said. "In any case, this won"t make things so convenient; you will have to increase your mana pool if you want to attack and protect yourself at the same time."
"Yes." Lennart nodded.
As for Gisela, she said that she wanted to use a greatsword as her primary weapon. So, in the end, Leon ended up creating a replica of the sword Betty wanted. Gisela still didn"t have a magic weapon, but Leon intended to help her find one.
"I guess I will have to make a copy for Betty… or she will annoy me."
For the time being, they repeated the same training they did on the previous day while Lennart was trying to learn Mana Armor. Just like it took one week for Lennart to learn that spell, it took one week to Leon to find those who would decrease his workload. He would keep teaching survivors now and then, but he would only focus on those who had the potential to learn Heal.
In any case, Leon found forty soldiers who learned magic somewhat faster than the others. Ten of them were more or less specialized in earth magic, while another group of ten was specialized in water magic and so on… After negotiating with Sarah, twenty of those forty would be sent all over the world to teach magic to their allies, while the other half would look after the survivors who were learning in Las Vegas. Obviously, all of those guys would be paid for their work. Not only that, but they also wouldn"t be forced to fight and could practice their own spells as much as they want as long as they teach at least four hours per day.
"Now, this should do… I obtained more six hours where I can use to practice my spells, learn new ones, or try to develop magic items."
Leon knew that relying too much on weapons or overpowered skills was dangerous, but not having them was equally troublesome in case something big happens. His friends had to have at least one back-up plan to solve most situations. So, Leon decided to study how to create magic items.
"Let"s see if my skeletons work as a catalyst for the cursed rings."
Leon created a steel ring and then tried to use the Ring of Sealing to seal his own skeleton. In the end, it worked. The skeleton disappeared, and the Ring of Sealing was glowing in purple light as if it was telling Leon that it was "charged." Leon touched the steel ring, and just like that, he imprisoned spirit of his skeleton was pa.s.sed to the steel ring, creating a cursed ring.
The test was over, so Leon destroyed the cursed ring since he had no use for it. According to the doc.u.ments that only worked on skeletons, but since the effect added was always the same, Leon had to find a way to ignore the weakness of that skill. However, the only way to do that was to learn the skill himself.
"I wonder if the Dragonewt put some limitation on the ring because he was afraid that William and the others could create amazing magic weapons… Anyway, I guess it doesn"t matter. Skills granted by items always have limitations, but the limitation of this ring to work on a single type of monster is too stupid."
By the look of things, Leon was pretty sure he would have a hard time learning such skills. The concept of sealing spirits in objects was already an unpleasant one, and Leon had no idea how to do that. He observed the ring of sealing working with caution, but even with the whole process happening inside his Mana Dominion, Leon only noticed one thing: that the mana consumed to use the ring sucked the monsters into the ring.
"If I learn the spell by myself, Do I have to seal the monster soul inside myself for a while? Won"t that cause some serious problems?"
That was one of Leon"s worries, but considering that he had no idea of how to take a soul from a body yet, that was a problem for the future. While Leon trained with his friends, he imagined several ways of how the Seal skill worked, but in the end, the answer was obvious. Leon had to imprison a monster using his mana and then move its soul. Leon could control his skeletons, so it was hard to be sure if that skill could also stop monsters from moving before it"s been completely activated. Either way, the thing he had to do was still the same. Cover a monster"s body with his mana and move its soul to an object.
"Oh, boy… I guess I will have to play Doctor Frankenstein for a while…"