I got up took a bath and got ready to go look at the University of Antel. I plan to study here and if possible with my friends.
Apparently the University is open to the public during summer in the morning till 12pm.
And so I went to the University to see how it looks like if I study there.
The University is really big. About 8 buildings in total. Whoaaa.
It consists of a library, cafeteria, 4 dorm buildings, and 2 buildings for classrooms.
If I had to choose which University I want to study magic at, I would definitely pick this one.
But that is for when I am 16 years old. Right now I have to focus on training myself. And my friends too I guess.
After that I went to an ice cream shop which really surprised me.
"They have ice cream in this world huh."
So I bought one.
Instead of ice cream it was more like snow cones. Still it was very delicious.
My last few days in the city were pretty repetitive and boring. Wake up, have breakfast, do my workout routine, stroll around, eat lunch, study magic, eat, and sleep.
Except when we watched the fireworks on our last day. It looks really amazing.
After watching the fireworks we packed our things, double checked, and then hopped onto the carriage.
This time though I stayed awake the entire night. BUT THEN AGAIN no monsters came to test my 'ice' magic which is basically just another version of water magic.
It kind of pisses me off not gonna lie.
When we got back it was still dark so I got some sleep.
The next day I was woken up by a loud smashing noise in my room. I slowly open my eyes and see a beautiful young lady with white hair... Wait no its light blue-ish?
Wait Freya?
What the actual freakin' heck is going on?
I was so shocked I fell out of my bed.
"Oh, good morning Aud- are you alright?"
"Yea, yea I'm fine. So what gives?"
"Me and my brother came to your house but your mom told me you were still sleeping and told me to check up on you. I saw that you were still asleep and saw a figure on top of the cabinet and got curious. Sorry."
Mom...
"Its alright. So where is Lloyd now?"
"Uhm he's training swordsmanship with your dad right now. Though he is still a beginner."
"I see. Well I'm going to take a bath."
"Ok. Want me to come with you?"
"What?"
"N-nothing. I'm going to go outside to see my brother now though. I'll see you later!"
"Mn. Yea sure see you later."
Then Freya went outside.
Geez whats with this so early in the morning. And why the heck do I have a boner.
I'll just go take a bath to wake myself up and get ready for breakfast.
We had soup and bread for breakfast. I missed homemade food.
"Yo Audric, let's go now!"
"Ok just let me grab my stuff."
I grabbed my staff and my sword. I also grabbed the 2 wands I bought for the twins.
"Audric let's go."
"Sure thing."
So we went to the meetup place.
"Hey guys do you see that?"
"What is it Lloyd?
"See what, brother?"
"Those big snake-like things near the place we usually sit at."
I look into the distance and see these snakes crawling around each other. They are about 20 feet in length.
I think I know what they are called. Oh yeah.
"They are called serpents. They normally live in pits in jungles. It's rare to see them there."
I wonder what made them come here.
"Help me! I'm being chased by a large snake!"
Suddenly, I see a man running into our direction screaming for help. He looks quite rich.
"Hey guys lo-"
Before I could even finish my sentence, Lloyd shot an arrow and lit it with fire using magic at the serpent. It hit the serpent's eye and it hissed and ran away.
Amazing accuracy.
"Mister come here!"
I told the man
"Thanks for the help kid."
Freya immediately went to help the man.
"Healing!"
"No problem sir."
Said Lloyd. He seemed really smug about this. I mean like he did hit a bullseye.
"Hey why are you kiddos here."
"Well this is usually our hangout spot but those snakes seem to have taken it."
"Well goodluck taking it back. Those serpents are dangerous."
"Don't worry mister, we 3 are strong."
"Are you sure?"
He really thinks that kids like us can't beat a few snakes even though he literally just saw Lloyd use magic on an arrow. Well I can't blame him since its kind of a common sense.
"Mn."
"Alright if you say so. Stay safe."
And he went back to the village.
"Hey Lloyd that shot was great!"
"Haha, thanks! I've been trying to combine magic and archery just like you with your swordsmanship."
"That's nice and speaking about magic. Here ya guys go."
I pull out the wands from the my pockets
"What's this?"
"Whoaa a wand."
"Wand? You mean like thing that Audric uses but smaller?"
"Mhm. But why are you giving us this Audric?"
"Why you ask? Hm. Because you guys don't have one and using this will make you magic even more powerful."
"Doesn't this cost a lot?"
"Well not really. I tested it out and it works like a charm. These can help your mana output making the magic you cast even stronger.
"Yo thanks man."
"Thank you so much Audric."
"Yea sure no problem. Now, should we deal with those serpents?"
"Heck yeah!"
"Gladly."
That's the spirit!
"Listen carefully. I read in a book that these serpents will still move even after their heads have been cut off. And after some time, their heads will regenerate."
"So how do we kill them?"
"That's easy, just slice their body in half to stop their movements after cutting of their heads and stab their brains."
"Ok got it."
"Same here."
I just remembered something.
"Alright it might be rude to do this while they are mating but."
"Mating?"
"Well yeah. I just remembered the reason they are here is because its mating season."
"O-oh I see. Mating huh."
"Hm? Anyways I'll go ahead and use Storm's Might and you guys go in for the kill after the spell is done.
After you guys cut off the heads, I will help in cutting them in half."
"Alright seems simple enough."
"Ok."
"Get ready."
The clouds gather together and became dark. The wind became stronger. Rain drops starts to fall from the sky.
"Storm's Might!"
And just like before...
ZRANG!!!
Lightning struck the group of serpents.
And after the storm cleared up Lloyd and Freya approached them for the kill.
"Earth Gatling!"
"Ice Javelins!"
Whoa! Lloyd was able to copy my earth magic move? Nice! Those bullets have some real speed on them and the rotation is fast!
Freya was able to pin down the serpents using modified water magic and Lloyd was able to blast off their heads using magic.
Once their attacks landed, I went to go help them slice the serpent's bodies in half.
When I got close, I saw that they are using water magic to slice the serpents in half.
I unsheathed my sword and used a move that combined magic with swordsmanship.
"Dance of the Sun dragon!"
I used this move and cut the rest of the serpents in one fell swoop.
"Ho? Fire magic and swordsmanship? Nice one dude."
"Thanks. I was surprised you were able to replicate my earth magic though."
"It was all thanks to the wand you gave us. I was only planning to use earth bullet but the wand really enhanced it."
"Yea same here. The ice javelin I casted had more than it used to."
"Well, I'm glad it works."
Suddenly a feel something. Its like someone is spying on us. I've always felt this in my previous life. I look around the area.
"Huh? Audric, what's wrong?"
"What is it dude?"
"Hm."
I don't see anyone or anything.
"Nothing, its probably just my imagination."
"Ok..."
"Alright? Then what should we do today?"
"I want to improve my magic to be honest but."
"But?"
"I'm progressing very slow." I've hit a wall in my magic. I can't seem to keep improving. My healing magic is still at tier 2 and my barrier magic is still in tier 1.
"Hmm."
"Then, what if we duel with each other to practice our magic. Dueling with each other can improve our magic instead of just throwing magic around."
Lloyd's response caught me on surprise. Wait, that's smart.
"That's it! Good idea! Since there aren't much monsters around this area, we can just battle with each to gain some experience."
"Huh? Is it really a good idea?"
"Yeah! And since we can just use healing magic to recover our injuries, were able to go all out, wait not really all out but atleast fight with each other without any worries."
"What about our clothes?"
"We can probably just take of our shirts. Except for your sister of course."
"Alright sounds like a plan."
"Wait Audric. Can we use our wands?"
"Hm? Yeah of course. It allows us to give our best."
"O-okay then."
"Alright."
"Hey Audric can me and my sister go first?"
"Hm? Shouldn't we rest for today since we fought those serpents?"
"Ah that's boring. Our mana capacity won't expand anytime soon if that's the case."
"Hm. I guess your right."
"But dude what if someone gets injured during the battle and no one has enough mana left?"
Hm. He's right. If everyone has exhausted their mana, then there will be no one left to heal.
"Then, why don't we set up a schedule."
Freya made a suggestion.
"What kind of schedule?"
"We need atleast 1 person to stay out of the fight to heal since the fighters won't have much mana after the battle. So having atleast 1 person staying out the whole session and healing everyone during breaks should be enough just in case something like that happens.
And we can always just take a rest day if we're not in the mood for any duels."
I see.
"Then for today, the match will be
Freya vs Lloyd."
Afterwards, the 2 of them battled it out till noon.
It was quite an amazing fight. And luckily, their clothes only got dirty from all the dust.
But Lloyd got the best of Freya as she ran out of magic first.
I healed both of them after the fight and told them that I will be waiting for them here tomorrow and we went back to our homes safely.