Before I could finish what I was saying I heard awed gasps of the elves that were kneeling before the World Tree. I looked at them and saw them all looking in one direction, they were looking towards Arthur. I too looked towards him and understood why so many elves were amazed. Arthur received the mark. Right in the middle of his forehead he had a green circular mark. The mark depicted a tree full of life.
Looking at him I opened my mouth wide open. It was only three days and he already received the mark. It took Ethan years to get acknowledged and it even took the deer that was as strong as the dragon ten days. Three days! That's what you call a crazy ass plot armor and main character halo.
I took a deep breath and walked towards Arthur. I came towards him and said, "You were acknowledged by the World Tree. I will help you get stronger but before that can you go and eat, have some rest, clean yourself."
After saying that I went back to my room. Inside my room I walked towards my table and started to analyze the translated version of the letter from Uther Pendragon.
I made the decision to shape the king. Before this I was afraid that if I raise the future king wrongly many lives would be lost. King is responsible for not only his life but also for his subjects.
But what do I have to fear?
I'm the person who destroyed the world. I'm the person that had lived for centuries. I'm the person who has the knowledge about uncountable number of Kong's from the old Earth.
I don't know what happens in the future but I'll make damn sure to make this brat a worthy king.
.....
Few days later:
When I was sitting in my room someone knocked on the door. I asked him to come and Arthur entered the room. He looked energized which made me happy. It's really bad for children to suffer from malnutrition.
I asked him to come forwards and then asked, "I know you want to become strong and I could help you. I here have two methods" I said as I showed him two pieces of paper.(For those who wonder how I made paper: I just created it out of air!"
Each piece of paper had a detailed description of the way he could get stronger. Or course two pieces of parapet were in Draconic language. With my learning capabilities it was really easy to learn Draconic language.
After Arthur read the papers I said, "Those two methods have different fighting style. If you want to train in the first method you will become a mage. And if you train in the second way you will become someone like a warrior. Second method was devised by your father and I recommend it to you."
Arthur looked at me and asked, "But didn't my father lost? It means that second method is weak and with it I could never breath the dragon king."
I smiled and said, "Your father fought the dragon too soon. If we trained a bit more I'm sure he would've won. His understanding of mana was truly extraordinary."
Arthur thought a bit and still couldn't decide which one to choose.
I shook my head and said, "Listen well, I'm going to tell you the difference between mages and warriors!" After saying that I stood up and walked towards the empty place in my room. I conjured a blackboard and a pole with a chalk of the end. Slowly I draw an exact copy of Ethan on the board. I looked at Arthur and said, "This is Ethan and he's a mage. Mages can fight using two methods. First one is gathering mana around you. Ethan can gather mana around himself and then transform it into an elemental attack. The other method to fight for mages is to release the mana inside their bodies and then use that mana to form elemental attacks. When using your own mana your attacks would be faster and more powerful. Of course there is other way of using mana inside your body. It is quite hard to master but because you have the mark I'll explain that method!" I said as I pointed at Arthur's mark.
He touched the mark and I continued, "Other way to use the released mana is by injecting your mana into a plant." I took out a seed and showed it to him. After I showed it to him I slowly released my mana from my hand and injected in into the seed. The seed instantly turned into a vine and as I was injecting mana the vine was growing bigger. Slowly vine coiled around Arthur and trapped Arthur. I waited for few moments and during that time Arthur kept getting weaker. I stopped injecting mana and made the vine smaller.
I walked towards Arthur and said, "If you choose to become a mage your training would be concentrated on becoming a plant mage. The advantage of a plant mage is that you will use little bit of your mana. You don't need much mana to make that vine bigger. That vine is quite strong and durable. Other advantage that vine gives is that it would also drain the targets mana. The mana that was drained would be used to make the vine more stronger."
When every being dies their vessel would slowly be destroyed and the mana would be recycled by the trees and other plants. I created a plant mage system when I combined everything I know about the mana and it's characteristics.
I don’t think I explained everything correctly! If you have any questions you can comment and I’ll try to explain it better. Enjoy!
After briefly explaining what Arthur can do when he becomes a plant mage. I conjured a glass cup out of air and then conjured water on top of it. Cup was quickly filled with water and I drank it. After hydrating myself I said, "Now I will tell you about pros and cons of becoming a warrior! Listen carefully!"
"First of all let's define what a warrior is! Warrior is a mage that sacrificed ability to release mana from his body. Warriors wouldn't release mana from their bodies because it would be a waste for them. Warriors are the different side if the coin. They wouldn't release their mana but would instead increase the amount of mana circulated around their bodies." I stopped and started moving my hands and said, "For every movement we make we need to use mana. But because the mana vessel is so big, in our daily lives the amount that is circulated around our bodies is less than 1%. And now imagine! With just that one percent the human body would strengthen immensely. What would happen when you circulate all the mana inside your body and achieve 100%. That's the basics of the warrior path."
I stopped for few moments for Arthur to comprehend everything I said and then continued, "Idea behind warrior path is to create a strong body that could withstand any mages elemental attacks. But because it has so many advantages it also has many disadvantage. Because most of the mana inside your body is always used and needs replenishing. When a warrior comes into a place where mana density is too thin or absent, the warrior would die in less that 3 minutes. Warriors could still use mana around them to fight like mages but their attacks would be far weaker than the mages who release mana from their body. Also mages could use up mana in the surroundings and trap the warrior inside the place without mana."
"So this is the basic summarizations of the both ways. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. You can choose any you want!" I said to him.
Arthur thought for a minute and asked, "Which one is the fastest way?"
I looked at him and said, "Fastet way would be being a warrior. For getting stronger you don't need to increase your vessel size which may take decades. You just have to increase the control over how much you can circulate mana inside your body for the given vessel size. But remember you have to choose wisely."
I let the Arthur think and I myself also was preoccupied with some thoughts. Shaping an ideal king is quite hard. I have to take notice of what I would teach him. I closed my eyes and ventured inside my minds library. Because of the superpower of my previous self I remember everything that I've read. I searched around my memories and finally found it. The book by Niccolò Machiavelli named "The Prince".
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli from the old Earth. Long story short the Machiavelli in his book talks about what makes a great sovereign. I chose this book because even thought rough it clearly explained how to be a great ruler and I personally love the ideas of the book.
When I returned from my mind library I am saw a determined glint on Arthur's eyes and he said, "I've decided! I want to become a warrior like my father and kill the dragon using the method my father created."
I smiled and stood up.
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At the same time in the Dragon Kingdom:
I was looking around the Uthers lab. I went towards his equipment and sadly said, "Uther my loyal subject! I'm truly sorry for what happened to your wife and heir. They were killed because of the misunderstanding and I'm here to ask for forgiveness. You helped me many times and I couldn't even protect your family. Don't worry I already killed the Wyverns that took your wife and child's life. I know this wouldn't bring them back but i truly hope you will forgive me." I took a deep breath and wanted to leave the lab. When I was leaving something caught my eyes. It was a parchment placed on his desk. I came close and took a look at it.
Parchment talked about a way to become stronger. The way that would let the weak human to have a body as strong as the Dragon. Looking at the parchment I remembered him. If I the creature who was born with greatest physical body in the world used this method. Can I become stronger than him?
I looked at the Uthers desk and said, "Uther you were truly loyal. Even after your death you still help me! For your great services you will forever be remembered!"
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A year has passed since the time I started to teach Arthur. He was getting stronger by the day. A year ago his vessel was a small vessel with circular shape. His vessel size did increase in size a little bit but the greatest achievement he had was in control of the flow of the mana inside his body.
Today as always we were trining with him and suddenly I heard a roar from afar. I looked back and saw a gigantic lizard with wings was flying towards us. The speed it was traveling in was immense and in just few minutes it arrived before the world tree and my library. It was my old buddy the Dragon King himself.
Eragon and the Mc would duke it out. You can vote the outcome here:
1. Battle ends with onnnnneeeee puuuunnncchh
2. Battle ends with twwwooo punnnches.
(Don’t vote it was just a joke)
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