บท 28: Chapter 28: Magic Exam
Over the course of two hours, Aaron remained asleep still recovering, Ash was busy eating cookies and milk while reading a book about the different guilds, Saffiyah and Gloria chatted about Aarons physical exam. The two women would occasionally take a glance at the two young ones, making sure they were okay.
Once the two hours passed, Aaron woke up, he was in a slight daze due to his fast recovery. He stood up and wobbled over to his mother, "Are you ready for the next exam?" asked Gloria. Aaron nodded, Gloria led everyone back to the courtyard. "Saffiyah, there have been changes to the Adventurers magic exam, it no longer looks at overall mastery and power, but rather the individual's ability to use it in combat" said Gloria, "Is this related to new magical talents dying because of lack of experience?" asked Saffiyah. "The death rate of new Adventurers has been increasing to the point that the overall population is taking a huge hit, in fact, there is going to be a conference soon between the higher ups of the Adventurers guild to discuss this problem. There might even be a new rule which people at, lets say C-Rank in power can only be a D-Rank Adventurer. This is because of the increase of cursed monsters who are sensed to be at a certain rank of power but they can display power of the next realm" said Gloria. "My, my, that sure is scary" said Saffiyah.
Saffiyah and Aaron walked into the Guild courtyard, "You may begin when you wish, I will start up the barrier" said Gloria who activated the courtyard barrier. "Are you ready Aaron, I won't be going easy on you like your dad did". Aaron was slightly stunned but nodded, "I'm ready", and as soon as he said that, Saffiyah bursted with an intense aura of mana. This shocked Aaron, giving him no chance to react to a magic projectile heading straight at him. This attack was a neutral mana attack, it hit Aaron straight in his face sending him back to the wall which welcomed Aaron back into its embrace, albeit Aaron rebounded from the wall and fell face first into the ground. Gloria's mouth dropped down, threatening to fall off her face due to the shock. 'Poor kid' thought Gloria, Aaron stood back up, albeit there was a difference, Aarons eye color took a deep shade of red, looking like blood.
Mana slipped off of Aaron, flowing similar to water as it spread around him. The mana took on the color of blood, Aaron swept his hand upwards, suddenly the blood mana swept like a sharp blade towards Saffiyah. Saffiyah smiled at this, conjuring wind disks around her, she pushed her left hand forth and the wind blades moved freely to meet Aarons attack, the two different attacks caused cuts and turned the ground to rubble before they even collided. Not long after the wind blades were unleashed, a glint flashed in Saffiyahs eyes, a small bubble was forming behind her, more and more water converged within the bubble but it remained small. Its aura contained a lot of power but Aaron who was focusing on the earlier wind blades did not notice the abnormality. The wind blades met with Aarons attack, the single blood wave was cut continuosly and dissipated not long, Aaron swept his hands again repeatedly, not stopping until the wind blades were close to the point they were extremely dangerous. This forced Aaron to side step and use the already conjured up blood to stall the wind blades. He had succesfully dodged, thats when two enormous streams of water appeared behind Saffiyah as he charged towards Aaron giving him no time at all to conjure up an attack to defend him, this situation pushed Aaron into a state which allowed him to react.
Through his peripheral, Aaron noticed the wind blades he narrowly dodged curve in middair like a boomerang heading straight towards him. Aaron stood still for a second, then he made a small ring of blood around him, floating just a little below his waist, then he dashed towards the water stream towards his left, both the streams of water and wind blades neared, Saffiyah did not put any slack on her son and kept the course of her attacks. The wind blades were faster and caught up to Aaron, leaving a whole foot on each side inbetween the water and the wind blades. The blood ring around Aaron shit out towards the ground, pulling his body away and letting the wind blades clash with the water. Due to the density and amount of water the wind blades dissipated and left a small opening in the water. Aaron used this split second and used his movement technique to its fullest rushing through the small hole, once he got through, due to the confusion the two streams of water converged, giving Aaron time to act before they were on his trail again. Saffiyah was heavily surprised but still smiled, the ring of blood around Aaron stopped its motion and began to form a spear, the blood started emmiting a strange steam, Aaron did not hesitate to throw the spear straight at his mother.
Saffiyah saw this and waved her left to the right, all of a sudden, the converged wave unleashed a sideways pillar, the blood spear clashed with it and was actually making a small hole, the water pillar dissipated but the spear disappeared much faster, eventually the spear was a small orb and managed to get through the water, this displayed Aarons boiling blood ability's firepower, managing to get through a higher realms attack. The blood bullet charged straight, aiming at Saffiyahs abdomen, before colliding Saffiyah waved her wand once more and a huge amount of mana splashed against the bullet blowing it to nothing. "That's enough" shouted Gloria as Saffiyah dissipated all her mana on the field, Aaron stopped his movement and passed out on the spot, returning to his friend of the day, the ground.
บท 29: Chapter 29: Aaron Takes Ash for a Stroll
Aaron was accepted into the Adventurers Guild, over a week after he rested and packed his stuff, he left home to the Adventurers Guild in order to start his rank up quests.
Before he left however, "Mother, Father, can I bring Ash into the village, there's something I want to show her?" asked Aaron. Max and Saffiyah were just lounging around on the couch when they both looked up at him. "Sure" said Saffiyah as ax went back to fiddling with a dagger he was playing with. Aaron smiled and ran outside, "Hey Ash, want to see your older brother's secret training spot?" Ash looked at him smiling, "Lets Go!". Ash got off the ground from doing push ups and took off the training gear, "Follow me" said Aaron as both he and Ash ran off.
"Hey Ash, dont tell anyone about this spot, it is really well hidden and there are really weak monsters there, I'll show you how I use the place to train '' said Aaron. "Alright, I got it" said Ash who had a look of determination. "Brother, is it how you managed to become so strong?" asked Ash, "I only use it to train my reaction speed and agility" said Aaron who didnt slow down in his light jog. While Aaron was only jogging, Ash had sweat rolling down her cheek as she was in a full on sprint using mana just to keep up. "How do you train there?" asked Ash who was confused. "Well, the monster just throws mud balls at you, I just dodge around and parry them," said Aaron. "We're here" said Aaron as he slowed down, he gestured to Ash to follow him in.
"I'll show you first so that you get the gist of training here" Ash nodded to this as she stood a little further back. Aaron had a toothy smile as he leapt far into the cave, landing on a very familiar spot to him, Ash looked confused as to why nothing was happening, when all of a sudden. Mud balls came from every direction, all Ash could see was Aaron dodging every single attack with mimimum movement, one of the mud balls was aimed right at his stomach, and Aaron simply pivoted his body and dodged the mud ball. "Want a try?" asked Aaron, to which Ash rushed over, although multiple mud balls managed to hit her.
Ash suffered multiple blows from the relentless mud balls, "Hey Ash, trust your gots and senses and just move your body, it's like gliding through the wind or even dancing". Despite having said this, Ash received a mud ball in her face, she was blinded and panicked. "Don't panic, that's something that will get you hurt or even worse" said Aaron who appeared next to ash and used his life magic to clean her face. Ash rushed over to the spot, receiving Aarons help by deflecting the mud balls before they could reach Ash using simple mana shielding on his hand. Ash saw this, Aaron was shocked the next second as Ash did a mana manifestation of a gauntlet, one of the mud balls that was aimed for the back of her head was then punched and exploded in a scarily shocking manner as Ash wasnt even able to react or stay composed in front of the many mud balls.
"Look older brother, I did it!" exclaimed Ash who saw a smile on Aarons face. "So, you're a gauntlet user, it's no wonder you didnt react to that spear at that time, both me and dad thought that you were going to be a Staff weapon user" said Aaron. Ash was confused, "Why?" "That's because normally adventurers with high mastery over a certain weapon can actually pass down their talent for a certain weapon, for example I inherited Dad's spear mastery, in fact at your age I could already use the spear to the basic level" said Aaron. "Anyways, I'm not gonna protect you anymore in this place from now on" Ash remembered where they were and took on a fighting stance.
Two mud balls charged straight at Ash, to which Ash threw a jab with her left hand and then a right hook, both attacks connected and blasted the mud balls. "Careful Ash, these monsters are fragile, focus on dodging and parrying" Ash nodded, over the course of two hours, Ash mostly parried or countered, it was only after the second hour that she managed to actually dodge a mud ball. "BIG BROTHER AARON, I DODGED!" said Ash who the next second had a mud ball splash on her face. Aaron laughed at the sight, "Let's go now, I'll take you to my favorite bakery in the village". Ash exclaimed as she quickly used life magic to clean up and dashed out of the cave with Aaron. They both dashed towards the town, Aaron led the way and brought them to the center, then the both of them took multiple turns until they arrived at a building with a bakery sign hanging over the door. The both of them walked in, Ash exclaimed as she smelled the aroma of freshly baked goods, Aaron walked over to the counter. "Hello, can I get two Siaopaos and two Ensyamadas please", "Sure thing, coming right up" said a bald old man with a white haired goatee. He packed two separate bags and walked back over to the counter, "That will be 400 Walice". Aaron took out a small space pouch and paid. The two siblings left the store and walked home eating their food.
*Siaopao is a steamed bun with a kind of curry inside, there usually is pork, beef, or chicken with a sunny side up inside of it. An ensyamada is kind of like a cinnamon roll but there is sugary butter that coats the top.
Walice is the currency of the world, it's a coin and the conversion for it is basically 100 Walice being 1 USD in comparison, likewise, 29 Walice is just 29 cents in USD. The name is inspired by my whale plush that's named Wallice*
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