From Player To Npc

Chapter 174: Training at Hideout part 1

After discussing a bit with his students, they logged out, while Shingi would focus on preparing a few things for their training when return. It was only An, Syra, Dark Shadow, and him in the hideout.

Shingi moved into the bigger room since it was more like a training area, as it had a bigger space. He took the Spatial Rings and Spatial Bags that his Students had and contained the different tools for their professions.

He started making a forging area, although the forget was a pretty small one, a potion-making corner with different beakers and different tools to process herbs, gems, and a variety of materials used to make potions.

He had a desk with different brushes for Mizuneko to make Spell Scrolls and had some carving tools for Little Phoenix to make some Rune Stones.

Someone could consider the Mana Gems they were using a type of Rune Stones, but the real application of Rune Stones was more than that. One floor they passed was an underground one, where they found many stones suitable to make Rune Stones. Still, they couldn't make anything too fancy yet, but mostly because Little Phoenix was inexperienced in making them. So they would go in grinding using those stones while keeping the really good ones that Shingi had prepared beforehand when her Skills get higher.

It was important to increase her RUNEMASTER profession, as many Runes would make their journey through future floors even faster.

Normally Shingi wouldn't have to worry about this until floor 56 and after. But after seeing the changes that happened to the Tower and some of its floors, he had to make those preparations earlier. Especially since now, the Dark Guild knew about them.

He still hadn't found the real reason behind their plans, and if they had to do something with Enerias World. If those two really worked together, it would lead to many disasters, but Shingi couldn't think why would it be the case of those two working together.

Also, if that was the case, what does it have to do with Mikhail?

He has been alive for thousands of years, and even if he looked to be old, his power was comparable to a God but not as powerful as Soren. At least, Shingi hoped to be the case.

Preparing everything took him less than an hour, and most of it was testing the forge and making certain that the small mana blower he and Volig had produced. It still wasn't effective as the one in the shop, as he couldn't store it as it was bigger than the size he could store through his ring.

When Shingi used his Spatial Ring, he wasn't just limited to how much he could store and how big each item would be. Even if there would be enough space to fit one item at the Ring, if it was over a specific size, he couldn't store it. That's why he had to make a portable forge and mana blower.

He couldn't make new swords or armors with it but could rework and improve on what they had. Weapon wise he had to work only at An's and Tycoon's and help Sinhunter possibly Rank Up. Sinhunter's power was at the Top of Base Grade and had even reached Master Grade after Sinhunter had his Spirit Tree. But still, the Spirit Tree wasn't perfect and could be improved, which was something Shingi wanted to work on.

When they took a break these past days, he had tried to talk with the Spirit Child, or specifically, Sinhunter tried, but they had no reply.

But even so, Sinhunter's Spirit Tree helped improve his Mana Tree part that produced Spirit Mana. He even thought if he could make a Spirit Tree of his own.

Normally nobody, not even Soren, could have over one Mana Tree, but the Spirit Tree seemed to be significantly different in how it worked. But he had no clue how to grow one, and Sinhunter didn't either. Sinhunter only knew a few ways to increase its power, some of which were like those used to grow a Mana Tree, but some seemed to work only at the growth of a Spirit Tree.

Having Sinhunter's Spirit Tree had increased the efficiency of the Spirit Blade manifolds since they used the Mana of the Spirit Tree, meaning the Sinhunter had better control over it. After getting the Spirit Tree, and it grew in power, so did all the Mana Blades, as Sinhunter seemed to manipulate the mana to perfect them, but the major effect was at the Spirit Blade.

Maybe if Sinhunter had somehow a Mana Tree, the Mana Blades with Elements in that Mana Tree would have the same increase in power. But Shingi wasn't certain if this was possible, but he hadn't gone through all the information about Growth Type weapons.

As for armors to upgrade, only An was wearing one, as Tycoon didn't need one after getting her special class. Hineko was wearing Leather Armor, which Shingi could upgrade, but mostly with Runes and Enchantments, so he would need Little Phoenix's help.

His students wouldn't be out for a full week this time, except for Mizuneko, because Shingi had asked him to research a few things in the real world. They didn't require many Spell scrolls yet, and Mizuneko was more suitable for handling these kinds of tasks.

Still, the rest would be away for two to three days, enough time to train himself and finish a few preparations.

First, he tried to use SCRY MODE to check Annoue. He hadn't tried using SCRY MODE these past days as he didn't want to use any Spirt Based abilities a lot, especially since he learned a few spells and different ways to use it in battle.

Since they would stay here for some time, he could keep trying to connect and see maybe if he can try to communicate with Annoue. He hadn't tried until now since he thought it worked the same way as the spell SCRY, but if it was Spirit Based, maybe adjustments could be made, and he could talk with Annoue.

He enabled SCRY MODE, and lady luck seemed to be with him once more since a connection was made.

He tried to concentrate on using some Spirit Mana and found that he could use some, but none of his other Element of mana. He started concentrating on some Element where his eyes were supposed to be, and the darkness started dissipating. But not too much, and everything was quite blurry, that even with his PERCEPTION couldn't make anything clear.

He had given everything he had to reach this point, which seemed not to be much, but it was some progress.

He could see two figures who seemed to fight, but he couldn't understand if they were male or female because of how blurry things were. He noticed that his view was turning in a different direction without him wanting, and even when he thought he was turning his head, what he was seeing stayed the same. It was like he watched what happened through someone else's eyes and had no control of that body.

Soon he understood that the two figures weren't really fighting each other but were doing some training, as only one of the two were attacking, while the other seemed to handle those attacks. He could see the one attacking using different Spells of different Elements, one after the other.

Even if he couldn't see things clearly, Shingi understood that this person was still somewhat of a beginner but was having a big Mana Pool since it kept using so many Spells.

At least the sound was clear as always, so Shingi could add some more details that his eyes couldn't catch.

Then a whistle in the air was sound, and a not so loud boom, as Shingi recognized it as the sound of a bullet traveling towards their way. Soon the person attacking fell to the ground after the force of the bullet pushed him or her back.

He started moving closer to him as Annoue, who he presumed was seeing things through, ran towards the fallen person. He could see more details near that person to understand that it was a male person, maybe a little older than Annoue.

They quickly picked him up, as a woman told them to get him to the infirmary while she would go check on the one who made the shot.

They ran, and Shingi saw them passing some buildings and different structures, meaning they were in some sort of town, but some designs, even if blurry, didn't seem like anything Shingi had seen. Syra had told him that people even used Magic to make buildings but didn't know to what degree.

It didn't take them too long to reach the place they wanted to go, and there they met a lady who probably was the nurse. But as that person was ready to speak, Shingi noticed a purse of energy leaving the body of the wounded person, and nobody seemed to notice it.

But as the released energy passed through Annoue and him, then the SCRY MODE ended by itself. It felt somewhat similar to when Mikhail had forced ended the SCRY MODE, but at the same time different. It was almost like it lacked somewhat in control.

He checked, and he still had some time left, but he couldn't retry to connect with Annoue today.

So he started wondering who that boy could be.