CH 19: controlling magic

John told them about his regression ability and the dungeon but the only thing he left out was the system other than the fact that his inventory worked by showing him a screen with all the items.

After talking for a while longer and telling them about what happened during the last version they all decided to have a rest and some even napped.

"ill take first watch." Terry said as she stood up and sat on a chair watching the door and every few seconds looking at the windows

"OK wake me in around half an hour." John replied as he sat down

Now was the time to try and replicate that feeling from using skills. First he sat in a comfortable position with his legs crossed and with his hands resting on his lap just infront of his stomach. The back of his hands faced down and were cupped into each other whilst his thumbs reached out into the middle connecting at the top creating a sort of circle.

Breathing in John made his breath move into a steady rhythm. His breathing steadied and he closed his eyes, his consciousness became foggy as he became sleepy but he never fell asleep or became unconscious despite this feeling. In, out, in, out. His breathing Carried on and after what felt like a few hours he finally felt something warm spread across his chest but he didn't let that distract him. After a while longer he felt like he could manage to grab hold of what the warm stuff was and tried moving it. At first he grabbed it as hard as he could so that he wouldn't lose track of it and he was successful, next he tried moving it slightly but it proved to be tricky as it kept escaping from his grasp. After a while longer he realised that this approach wasn't working and decided to try and push it instead of grabbing and pulling. As he pushed it he tried splitting his attention up between to spots and tried pushing from two sides in order to help guide It better. After realising that this worked easier he tried moving it throughout his body further than just his chest.

After moving it further he realised that with the small amount that he had controlled he was unable to move it far so for now he moved it to where he could hoping to get used to how to move it easier and move efficiently.

What felt like a while later John finally lost control of his magic and woke up with a startle

*deep inhale*

John looked around expecting for it to be daylight but instead he still saw Terry sitting there in the dark on watch.

"sorry for nodding of, how long was I out."

John asked, it should of been a while considering how long it felt during his meditation

"it's fine it was only around 10 minutes." Terry smiled as she got of the chair and sat back next to John

"but it didn't look like you were sleeping it looked more like you were meditating or something."

"y-yeah I was I guess you caught me." John smiled

'damn she's quick at picking stuff up.' John thought as he realized that he should be careful in the future, just in case.

Terry asked what he was doing and John shared how he was trying to control magic. At first she was skeptical but after describing what his (magic tracking) skill could do and the skills he had she started to believe him and even took a turn at trying to do it after he had explained everything about what to do.

[time 20:48]

John sat there for a while before checking his skills to see if they changed and luckily they had.

[(meditation Lv:1->3) level up x2]

[(magic control Lv:1->2) gained and level up]

It was only two level ups to his (meditation) skill but he could tell that it was a large increase especially considering how much easier it became to control the magic, but what really made him happy was the (magic control) skill.

[magic control Lv:2

Increases the proficiency in controlling magic by making it easier to control or by increasing the efficiency making skill or spells more powerful. ]

"skills and spells? What's different about them. I already have skills but no spells. Maybe I'll learn about them later on?" John spoke to himself in confusion

After trying to use magic for a while longer he realised that he was still unable to control it unless he was meditating, but hopefully that would change in the future.

[time 21:00]

Once the Time changed to 21:00 John woke everyone up and they all got ready to do some more farming. As they left the classroom they immediately ran into a group of eight goblins, five being warriors and the remaining three being archers. Getting into position everyone drew an anxious breath as this was a larger group then they were used to.

"Jack, katlyn quickly take out the archers with your spears everyone else take on the warriors." John spoke quietly as the goblins had yet to make their move and he didn't want to startle them into action

Jack and katlyn readied a spear quietly and got ready to throw but were still waiting for John's order.

"three"

"two"

"one"

"now"

As John spoke those words two spears were sent flying towards the goblin archers and shortly after another two made there way to a goblin archer and warrior. Before the main fighters could react four of the goblins were already severely injured and nearly dead. Everyone ran straight towards the goblins and quickly disposed of them with only a few attacks from their daggers.

"let's pick up the items and get ready to return to the canteen, hopefully we will be able to create some more equipment and kit most of the people." John said as they began collecting the dropped loot

Without saying anything the group started walking back to the canteen and as they got there they received a warm welcome.

" welcome back guys."

"what took you guys so long"

Similar things were being said as the party walked towards the centre and sat down. After telling everyone what had happened with the goblins evolving aswell as the new gear being dropped they rested.