Exploration
Chapter 16
*2 months later*
Grey spent two months practising all the books he was given, although he didn't spend them in his room so his mum won't get suspicious. He would sometimes head into the forest to practice and in these weeks, Grey was able to cast a fire ball spell.
Even his wind magic had gotten stronger from repeated use. And he had also decided to absorb the Earth crystal core he got from that level 3 beast granting him the Earth energy.
But unfortunately, he was only able to control the Earth he was touching with his palm as his affinity in the earth magic was still low.
And he was also able to use his appraisal properly getting the hang of it as he could finally view his own appraisal and when he saw it, he was shocked beyond belief at what he saw.
Then he decided to click on the elements tab to view his elements.
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These were Grey's status when he used the eye's of appraisal to look within himself and the reason for his shock was the colour grade he saw.
Seeing him having high color affinities, made him shocked which meant he was truly a rare talent.
Then looking at it more, he could see some numbers at the side of his elements which meant how many points he had in a specific element.
The higher the number of point, meant the stronger the ability. Which meant his stronger magic was the wind magic as he had twenty points in it.
Although he had weak points in the other attributes, his colour grades was still a high enough advantage meaning he still had tremendous potentials.
Currently, he was in the forest practising with his Earth magic as he was trying to increase his points in the Earth magic.
He currently had a small lump of Earth in his hand as he was repeatedly using and molding it into different things. First a dagger, then a small spear.
After that, he took a page out of the level 3 beast's book of skill as he coated the earth spear in fire while swinging it around and then he also smoothly switched to wind magic as he was suddenly floating and then he switched to fire magic shooting a fireball at a nearby tree.
Causing the tree branches to burn. While still flying slightly, he shaped the Earth in his hand into a spear and then he threw it with all his might towards a tree.
Then with his hands outstretched, he shot out fire towards the spear causing it to erupt in flames then in a split second, the spear lunged into a tree deep scorching it because of the flames.
And smoothly, he landed on the ground using the wind magic as he landed softly then he wiped away the small sweat that formed on his face.
"Phew! That was a work Weldone." He said as he approached the tree and pulled out the Earth spear and the moulded it into just a long thin Earth stick and placed it on his back while examining the tree.
"I'm finally able to switch between elements seamlessly making me fight better. I'm now a better fighter than before but I won't be overconfident because I know that I'm still a long way to go." He said as he was now done examining the tree.
So he went towards a quiet cleared spot that was round like circle while the trees were used as cover for the circle. Then walking forward a bit, Grey stood in front an incomplete cave of some sorts.
For the past two months after gaining his Earth abilities, he usually frequented this woods because he knew nobody comes here so he always came here while heading deep inside the forest just in case someone comes along.
Then he slowly built a cave for himself where he knew he could meditate in peace and also practice his magic without any form of disturbance.
It was incomplete because there were still some parts missing. Just a few metres behind the cave, was the volcano where Grey had battled with the level 3 beast. Once a while, he will head there to practice his fire magic while trying to control the lava he saw there.
In just two weeks, Grey had made significant progress in magic as he was a very quick learner and he always easily remembered whatever he saw immediately.
And he also had plenty of time on his hand as he wasn't bothered with anything which made him focus on his training more. Some would say that he was a training nerd.
But there was still one aspect he couldn't quite grasp properly and that was the rune and portal magic he had been learning. That was even the main reason he built his cave because he wanted to practice in peace.
Heading into the cave, it didn't look anything like the outside. As from the outside, it looked quite small and when entering in, it look smaller but then Grey inputted a tiny bit of mana into a particular spot in the ground.
Then a wall in front of him moved allowing him to head inside and then the wall closed shut. After experimenting more with Earth magic, although he had low points, Grey was still resourceful.
And hence the combination of Earth magic and some runic magic he learnt from the book, he created this wall that without his mana, the wall wouldn't move.
After the wall moved, Grey headed inside and in front of him was a mini mountain of white chalk, drinks and food, and then off to the side, were incomplete runes drawn on the floor.
With a sigh, he headed to the incomplete runes and he sat in front of it with a chalk in his hand while looking at the runes strangely. Then picking the runic book, he glanced over it, recited some things, memorized it and then began drawing.
'I was able to perform illusionist runes, even the small transportation runes. But what I am unable to draw is this darn portal rune. Portal to another planet or something.' He thought as he concentrated hard.
After a few minutes of drawing and cancelling, Grey relaxed and decided to meditate. While meditating, something finally clicked in his head as he stood up and went back towards the magic circle.
Then he began drawing more intensely. After he was done, Grey had a big smile on his face as he had finally grasped the concept of the portal rune and now, it was finally perfectly completed.
"Finally! Now all I need is to input my mana into the circle and I will be transported to another planet." Grey muttered in excitement.
"Time for some exploration." He smiled as he inputted his pure mana into the circle and in a second, it lit up white.