Rest and Back to training

Sora woke up with a very sore body, he got up and stretched around for a bit. "What should I do today? I did a lot of the required upgrading and I maxed out all types of weapon proficiencies I also leveled up my magic skills for a bit through upgrading."

"I should be able to get Fire affinity III with a bit more training, I should max out all my affinities next. Well, let's get on to it" Sora left his room and went to breakfast since it was about that time.

And a few steps after he left he came across the maid that usually called him to breakfast, "Good Evening, breakfast I know" Sora said smiling.

The maid looked at him for a second then nodded and bowed slightly seeing this Sora waved and left. He soon reached the dining room, like usual Taki was already there waiting at the table.

They greeted each other as usual and Taki continued "Any plans on what you are going to do next?" Sora looks at her "Rest a little then train magic of course"

"So you know how to rest? Is there anything else?" As Taki was talking a maid brought in the food. Setting the luscious food on the table while Sora awkwardly laughs. "Well let's eat so the food doesn't go cold"

After some time~

Sora was walking around the mansion remembering what each room was for and looking at the architecture design though it was quite basic it still looked nice. "The last place would be the garden in the back"

Walking out of the mansion the garden, it was filled with roses and trees, there was also a pond "Oh wait, they are apple trees, well she won't mind if I take some right"

Sora climbs up on the closest of the three trees and lays down on a branch grabbing the closest apple and biting into it.

Meanwhile~

In a neighboring country, an old man with gray hair and a full beard sat on a chair that bent when he laid down on it, he was smoking a pipe while staring at the ceiling trapped in his thoughts to the point of not hearing the voice calling out to him.

The owner of the voice raised his voice slightly the old man finally escaping his thoughts as he lays his gaze on the kneeling black-haired man that had sharp features and a built body.

"Your lordship is something wrong?" The man spoke out, The old man regains his mind as he blows out the smoke. "Yes, everything is fine Issac"

"Then allow me to continue the Solar Eagles on the west border successfully protected the border from the attacking force without many losses, the situation in Belundram has been defused by the Black March and the group Fenrir's Claws successfully recaptured the South border. The newbie groups Flaming Sky, Shrouded Earth, and the Encompassed Sea have successfully entered the borders of the Union Kingdom."

"Umu, that's good any bad news?" The old man puts down his pipe.

"The Golden Dragons have come across another powerful monster in the dungeon it has stagnated their progress, and the Rising Beast Kingdom seems to be preparing forces."

"Put some more men on the northern border, The Golden Dragons can take care of themselves, also out of the three newbie groups who do you think will do best?"

"Hmm, they all have their own strength and for this situation, the Encompassed Sea will have an easier time compared to the rest while Shrouded Earth will have some problems the Flaming Sky will probably give the Encompassed Sea some competition but I still think it will be them that will do better"

"Umu a logical choice, well I guess we'll see. What cities did they choose as their first?"

"The Earth group choose the Tianmao city which is in between the capital and their eastern barrier and an important trading city, The Sea group have chosen a few Important mining cities at the Orbital Mountains and the Sky group have chosen the City under that man's daughter"

The old man looks at him with his eyebrows raised "That man? Do you mean the Ice Lord?"

"Yes, my liege," The man says with a smile "Well then it seems they really want to surpass the Sea group," The old man says with a chuckle.

Back to Sora~

Sora was at the training room with Taki stretching and preparing for the magic training "What element do you want to train first?" Taki asked.

"Let's start with Ice since that seems to be your specialty," Sora says with a smile.

"Alright then let's start with something simple, make an icicle as cold as you can," Taki says as a servant puts down a barrel filled with water next to her.

Sora nods with a questioning look "Alright" Sora compresses Ice mana and formes an icicle.

Taki points to the barrel as she says "That is not what I meant, here drop it in this barrel"

Sora does as she says and the ice simply drops to the bottom making a small splash. "This is what's supposed to happen," Taki says as she makes an icicle of her own and drops it in the water.

As soon as the icicle touched the water it started freezing over until the whole barrel was probably filled with ice.

"You just condensed your mana, which is just your control over mana, what you need to do next is strengthen the element or to say the purity of your mana, to do this the best way is to continuously use an element the more you use it the better the purity or you can meditate on separating the different elements in your mana. Of course, it would be easier if you only used one element but since you went ahead and learned all four of the basic ones, it will be harder but you seem to have perfect talent so you don't have to worry about it."

"I take it meditating is faster?" Sora asks "Of course but it won't raise your level"

"That is fine," Sora says as he sits down "Then here is a book about mana purification it has all you need I also left notes if you need anything just ask me, I'll be training over there"

"Thank you," Sora opens up the book and starts reading.