Upgrade Material I

Freya trained, bearing the pain without giving up. Activating and deactivating her incomplete Aura took a harsh toll on her body, but she struggled through it. Many mistakes and painful hours later, she began to barely get a grip over it.

The mage still couldn’t use it perfectly like she wanted, but she could avoid the painful relapse more easily. She had to perform her thrust very slowly to begin getting used to it, starting with a five-second thrust.

By the end of the session, she had shortened it to two seconds. It still wasn’t practical enough to be used in a fight, but it was progress.

The sun had now reached its apex in the sky, and Freya took shelter in the shade of a tree. Her incomplete aura had been completely exhausted, and even her usually inexhaustible stamina was also at its limit. However, her sore muscles were the biggest problem.