Chapter 65 - Thunder General vs. High Elf of Light

  Chloe Evenhart:

  Our time with the professor was ing to an end, and she had given us a final test. Since we were already advanced in using elemental mana, she tasked us with creating something new with our element. I mao make snow instead of just freezing water. Now, I could shoot snow, and I enjoyed making snowballs to py with. The professor praised me for aplishing something so difficult for my age.

  When it was Nathan's turn, he said he wao fight the professor. She was surprised, and he expihat he would show her what he had created through battle.

  Adrihna Akonium:

  "Do you remember the rules?" I asked, keeping my voice steady.

  "Yes! Only magitil my mana is exhausted," Nathan responded with determination.

  "Exactly."

  We were in a warehouse that the Evenhart family had cleared out and ting for some unknown purpose. Nathan stood in front of me, while Chloe and Kiched ily from a distanathan had asked to fight using his element, and I had agreed. He had been disappearing for some time to train alone, and I allowed him to practice at his own pace, in isotion, because what I o teach had already been learned. Now, it to them to take what they had learned and develop their own spells until the day they ehe academy.

  Sihan discovered he redominantly a Transmitter, he had begun training alone for much of the day, whenever he could, in this warehouse. His magic was dangerous and couldn't be practiear other people. Fortunately, the family had emptied the warehouse for a stru project, which allowed my appreo focus on practig his element without distras.

  "Are you ready? This will be your first time fighting against a mage using only magic. You won't be using your sword, even though I know you're skilled with it. You'll only be using spells," I instructed.

  Nathan nodded and stepped back to put some distaween us.

  I g the two girls to ehey were far enough away.

  "I don't need a sword," Nathan said, taking a stand signaling that he was ready.

  "Good! From now on, you'll be fighting against a mage with a Star Gem of the Light Element," I announced with a slight smile.

  "Star Gem? Isn't that at a genius level?" Chloe asked, surprised.

  Even Kinue seemed nervous.

  I hadn't told them the level of my gem. I am one of the fi mages in the elven kingdom.

  "Just to be clear, I won't be using golem summoning or destructive spells. I'll only match your level and evaluate your mana trol during the fight with my eyes. However, you're free to go all out," I expined.

  Nathan gave a firm nod.

  "A warrior for a thousahs..." he muttered quietly, fog.

  "Begin!" I shouted.

  Nathan dashed forward, blue sparks crag across his body.

  He's fast! He's using his element to enhance his physical attributes, and he's faster than usual. Is this what the thunder element does in a Transmitter mage?

  "He's fast!" Chloe excimed, impressed.

  "Very fast!" Kinue added, equally surprised.

  Natha running and leaped into the air.

  I kept one hand behind my bad raised the other, staying alert.

  In the air, he shot a lightning bolt from his hand toward me.

  Dangerous, if it hits.

  I raised my hand, and a translut yellow wall blocked the attack.

  Nathan nded on the ground and rolled, firing several more lightning bolts in rapid succession.

  There are so many! He's trying to overwhelm me with these attacks.

  I transformed the wall into a reinforced shield and began moving it, defleg the bolts ing my way. Nathan ran closer, and I prepared to strike him with the shield. He noticed my iion and suddenly stopped.

  What is he going to do?

  ‘BOOM!’

  Kinue:

  Nathan ran forward and cpped his hands, and a massive thunderous boom reverberated through the pce, making everything shake. I had to cover my ears, which became sensitive to the deafening he yellow energy barrier I had created shattered instantly.

  "That was the impact of the air causing the thundercp," he expined as he kept running.

  Professor Adrihna smiled as he quickly approached.

  Another barrier appeared, but Nathan broke it with a punch, his hands glowiric blue from the accumuted energy. He dodged as the professor fired several balls of light at him.

  Nathan raised both hands, creating a wall that looked like a rge blue energy , blog all the light balls and causing them to explode.

  "Excellent defehe professor praised, smiling in approval.

  Nathan grinned bad then, with a simple flick of his finger, shot a bolt of energy. Professor Adrihna dodged the bolt, but suddenly it exploded in a fsh, and everythi white.

  "That's the power of lightning's crity!" he shouted from somewhere, his voice eg through the warehouse.

  When my vision cleared, I saw the two exging blows; the professor dodged with agility, creating small energy shields as she moved away. Natha his palm ft, and blue sparks formed a bde around his hand, which he used to break the energy shields.

  The two tinued exging attacks; the professor created energy shields, and Nathan shattered them one by one. Suddenly, he backed off, and an enormous amount of sparks surged through his body.

  "I call this Thunder Mantle!" he announced, running at high speed as he dodged several yellow energy beams that the professor fired.

  Nathan abruptly stopped, cpped his hands, and the thunder mantle shot out from his body, taking the form of aric tiger that leaped toward the professor. She quickly formed a barrier, but the tiger's force broke through the prote.

  Lady Adrihna stepped bad poio the sky, causing a yellow glow to fill the area. A giant ball of light appeared above, firing several smaller energy balls that Nathan began to skillfully dodge.

  "This is my little energy swarm," the professor said, smiling as more balls were fired from above.

  Nathan cpped his hands and slowly opehem, creating something bluish that grew rger and rger until it formed a staff of lightning. He gripped the staff firmly.

  "I'm going to test something..." he murmured, his eyes fixed on the giant ball of light.

  "Is he holding lightning in his hands?" Chloe asked, surprised.

  Nathan aimed the staff at the giant yellow ball and, suddenly, with incredible speed, shot forward, hitting it directly. An explosion echoed through the warehouse.

  'BOOM!' A terrifying sound filled the space, followed by a blinding white light. Parts of the ceiling cracked and began to fall.

  "I call this Zeus's Spear!" he shouted as the echoes of the battle tio resonate.

  Chloe squeezed my hands, trying to see through the chaos.

  This is a bit too intense for a beginner's mana battle...

  When the brightness finally faded, I saw Nathan holding a sword made of lightning in his hand.

  Impossible! How did he mao create a on with the lightning element?

  He was using the sword to strike at the shields geed by the professor. Lady Adrihna spun her shield, which split into several energy swords floating in the air.

  "This is the power of a Light Elemeer and Summoner," she said as numerous yellow bdes materialized in the air, surrounding Nathan in a sea of swords.

  "I thought you said ructive spells..." he remarked, the bdes surrounding him.

  "I'm making an exception," she replied with a challenging smile.

  "Then I'll make ooo," he responded without hesitation.

  He pointed his finger upwards, and the entire pce began to tremble.

  "What is that!?" Chloe asked, gripping my arm tightly.

  Something was happening; a powerful force ulling us towards the ter of the room.

  "I don't know!" I replied, watg Nathan at the ter of the chaos.

  Chloe and I held onto each other as the wind's force pulled us toward the ter of the warehouse.

  "A tornado!?" the professor shouted, trying to stay steady amid the deafening noise.

  Nathan snapped his fingers, and lightning exploded from his body, shooting upwards.

  'Thud!'

  What!?

  A powerful crash echoed, and a blinding light filled the space. When the light finally subsided, I saw Nathan pointing his lightning spear at the professor's neck.

  "I liked the trick, so I stole it for myself," he said, and suddenly, blue swords made of lightning appeared in the air.

  Now, both Nathan and the professor were surrounded by bdes—Nathan by perfect, straight yellow bdes, while the professor was encircled by chaotic blue bdes, like sparks ready to explode at any moment.

  "How did he mao hold lightning in his hand? How is he keeping the lightning suspended in the air as bdes?"

  "I lost..." he said before colpsing onto the ground, exhausted, as the lightning bdes faded from his hand.

  The professor let out a light ugh, and her energy swords disappeared.

  "Well done, Nathan," she praised, with a smile of approval.

  "What happened?" we rushed over to them.

  "He exhausted his mana," she told me.

  Nathan y down on the ground for a moment.

  "Looks like it's your first time reag advanced exhaustion; yoing to feel nauseous and sleepy," the professor expined.

  Adrihna sat dowo him.

  "A mage has a limitation on their mana reserves. Just like we 't run indefinitely due to our stamina and fatigue, you 't use magic beyond a certain limit."

  "I'd read about it, but I didn't think it would be this bad... my whole body feels heavy, and I feel awful," he said.

  She chuckled softly.

  "This is how powerful mages are killed; they wait for the mage's mana to run out, and at that moment, when they're defenseless, the enemy strikes. It takes about 3 to 5 days for your mana reserves to fully replenish, and during that time, it's reehat you avoid using magid let them refill pletely. If you keep casting spells while your reserves are refilling, they'll deplete faster, and if you empty them again, the time to fully replenish will be longer and slower," she expined.

  Nathan seemed to sider what she was saying.

  "It's just like stamina and fatigue," Chloe remarked.

  "Simir," the professreed.

  "In a war, this could mean the differeween life ah," Nathan added.

  The professor nodded in agreement. "Don't worry, your mana reserves will grow as you get older. Now, tell me, how did you mao create a lightning sword?" she asked, curious.

  Nathan grinned. "I based it on the cept of a Transmitter. I created a wind shield in the shape of a sword and trapped a lightning bolt i."

  "That's insane," I blurted out.

  If that lightning had escaped, it could've exploded in his hand.

  The professhed. "I imagihe flying bdes were based on the same bination of elements. You're quite clever for an 8-year-old mage."

  He chuckled. "I lear when I fought the God of Thunder."

  She pyfully tapped him on the head. "And here I was thinking you were mature, and you e up with jokes like that," she said, ughing.

  I watched everything unfold, feeling amazed.

  This is way too advanced for an 8-year-old mage...