From Player To Npc

Chapter 159: New Spell

He had to be at full power for the next battle, so they had to wait for the 24 hours to pass for him to get back everything. Since he couldn't use his TRANCE ROOM, which meant that this also was a Spirit-Based ability, he trained the old fashion way.

The floor's main mana was Dark Element, but it was too 'unpure' for one to use so that he couldn't train his Mana Tree. Even the Earth Element Mana was 'corrupted.'

So he decided to fulfill a task he had taken not too long ago; to learn a Base Grade Spell of each Basic Element.

He had Earth, Fire, Light, Water, and Dark cover and Spirit, but he wasn't sure if it was considered a Basic Element. So that left him with Air only, and luckily enough, one of his students had their Mana Pool being partial of Air Element. That was Mizuneko, of course.

He technically had only one Element, and that was Ice, but he could separate it to Air and Water, which were the ones who he merged to create it, just the mana wasn't as strong. Still, Mizuneko had some water-based Spells at his disposal, as also some Air-Based Ones.

Shingi went over to Mizuneko and explained to him his current situation.

"So you want me to teach you an Air Element Base Grade Spell. Don't you already know any?" [Mizuneko]

"There are a few, but none that I am confident to learn by myself in a short time. So how about you be the teacher for one?" [Shingi]

Mizuneko smiled as he liked what Shingi told him. It was awkward to learn how to get stronger by someone who, when he first met him, seemed to be half his age, but now that he knew the truth, he didn't think this to be as awkward.

"Hmm. how about I help you learn MANA DOUBLE - AIR ELEMENT? You have three elements of it; maybe it would be beneficial to add one more in the list." [Mizuneko]

"That that is actually a great idea." [Shingi]

Just because they were those spells had the same name, just changing the Element part, it didn't mean that casting them was the same. Their Arcane Words were different to fit their Element and its nature. Likewise, each element's nature was different, so giving it the form of the MANA DOUBLE was also different. Almost to how Syra explained to Shingi how she and others in her work were wielding their mana from within them.

They had to understand the nature of the Element to control it, and one way to do that, as also the easiest way, was to have a feeling suited to the nature of the Element.

Since Shingi didn't have the Air Element being part of his Mana Pool, he had to use an Air Mana Gem instead as a source. With the help of Mizuneko, he understood the nature of the Air Element and used a specific thought and feeling to help at his cast; the feeling to be light as a leaf and fly through the wind.

The Air was somewhat chilly, and the Air Mana he released to surround his body to form the body of the MANA DOUBLE, as he had done when learning the others. He felt his body getting cold a bit as the 'corrupted' air merged and affecting his Air Mana, but not in a dire state.

He entirely surrounded himself with Air, and it was like he was in the middle of a small whirlwind as the Air kept moving around him.

He slowly tried to control the wind and remove the unwanted elements, but the more he tried, the more there was, and the speed of the wind became faster with time. It also became darker.

At a point, the whirlwind was as dark as it can be, and one couldn't see Shingi within it. Mizuneko was ready to act, but An stopped him.

Shingi didn't notice how dark his surroundings had become as he had closed his eyes and entirely focused on his MANA MANIPULATION Skill. Even if he had it at Master Rank, there were limits he could do with it, and he was still at the human level. He hadn't reached the top on that Skill; even if it has one Skill, he seldom stopped using it.

He couldn't use his Blessing to boost his INT as it was still in cooldown from the last Boss Battle, but he didn't even think of doing it. Some things he had to do by himself or he would never become powerful. But, he wouldn't give up, as he never had in the past.

The whirlwind became bigger since more of the 'corrupted' air merged with it.

"We can't let him continue like that. He could die." [Mizuneko]

"Master can do it." [An]

"How can you be sure about that?" [Mizuneko]

"Because he is the Master. There is nothing Master can't do." [An]

"IS THAT YOUR EXCUSE?!? I'm getting him out of there." [Wild Tycoon]

As ever Tycoon never expected permission and charged towards the Whirlwind.

But as she tried to slash it, there was a backlash that threw her back. The power of the whirlwind was stronger than they thought.

"Are you certain that the kid will be ok? He tries to control something that isn't one of his Elements, and also the energy in the air seems to 'ill'" [Syra]

An didn't say anything as she kept watching towards the place where Shingi was, the middle of the whirlwind.

Then the whirlwind started moving slower until it was frozen in place. It was like a dark statue of a whirlwind, almost five meters in diameter and tens of meters in height. Cracks started appearing as pieces of the dark 'statue' fell, revealing a little more minor pure white whirlwind inside it. The perceptive ones could notice that this whirlwind was moving in the opposite direction from the dark whirlwind.

The whirlwind kept getting smaller and smaller until it took the shape of Shingi. Then the shape moved forward, leaving the real Shingi behind.

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SPELL LEARNED

The spell MANA DOUBLE - AIR ELEMENT (Base Grade) has been learned.

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QUEST UPDATED: ROAD TO LIFE

Task Completed: Learn a Base Grade or higher Spell of each Basic Element

Reward: Air Element added to Mana Pool

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BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF THE MANA TREES NO SUPPORTING OVE 3 BASIC ELEMENTS. ONE ELEMENT WILL BE DEACTIVE AT ANY POINT.

WARNING: IF MORE THAN 3 BASIC ELEMENTS ARE ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME, IT CAN LEAD TO PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE MANA TREE AND USER'S INNER SPACE

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Shingi didn't expect the reward to be that great. He, in theory, had a four Element Mana Tree, which few people had ever succeeded in doing so. He didn't count Shingi as one of his Elements, as from the last notification, he understood that it was considered a Basic Element, which made sense.

He couldn't have all his Elements active simultaneously, but still having the combination of three was more than enough. He wanted to use four someday together and maybe add more to the list but had to take small steps, as the punishment wasn't a child play. Also, permanent damage to his Mana Tree and his Inner Place would lower his spellcasting abilities by more levels than he would earn, so he wouldn't act rashly.

"You did it. And as always, you had to show off while doing so." [Mizuneko]

"Next time will try to keep things more uncomplicated. But need some rest time, but be on guard. This could have drawn the attention of the Boss or his scouts, so we should be ready just in case he tries to act. Our repellents aren't strong enough to affect every one of his monsters." [Shingi]

He said he wanted to relax, but he actually went back to training.

This time he tried to see if he actually could change his active Elements. He was successful, but the progress took longer than he expected, making it impossible to be used in the middle of combat. But he just learned about it so he could get faster in the future, but for now, he needed close to half an hour to enable or disable his Air, Earth and Fire Elements, while he needed one hour for his Light Element.

He decided to have his Earth not available for now. Air and Fire worked well together, and Light was helpful against the undead.

He used his Air Mana Gem to strengthen the Air Mana Structure of his Mana Tree, but it was slow progress as he had to clean the mana from the environment's corruption first.

He felt a few of the undead getting closer to them but keeping their distance. They didn't seem to be scared but instead spying on them.

Shingi didn't have something to hide, but he let Hineko, An, and Syra, who were the most Perceptive in the group, through the Party's chat, as he could send personal messages for only them to see. He told them to act like they had noticed nothing, which was relatively easy for all three of them.

Syra, at a point, sat next to Shingi.

"You seem to have been well prepared for the trips ahead. That ring of yours seems to help a lot on that. Do you have any wine in it?" [Syra]

"Wine? You are a spirit, so you don't need food or drinks and probably can't even drink. What do you want wine for?" [Shingi]

"The smell is just as relaxing sometimes. It can bring back some happy memories, and everything is so dark over here that I could use some of those. So do you have some?" [Syra]

Shingi summoned actually one drink he had gotten from one of his hideouts. He had sent some to Master Jax as a thank you, even if he could find them by himself. But the majority were still with him.

He opened the lid and left the aroma of it to leave the bottle, and brought it closer to Syra's nose.

"Oh, you brought out the good stuff right away? I am impressed." [Syra]

Shingi was happy to help her deal with her unhappiness, as being dead and alone for that long didn't seem to work well for her.