With Evelyn's assurance that she could continue, lisandre assented to her wished and stepped back to let her try again.
Though this ti she was far more on guard so that if she noticed Evelyn losing control again, she could intervene before it beca explosive.
'Just calm down. Empty out all unnecessary thoughts and look towards the future. What happened in the past is gone, all I need to focus on now is making a better future for myself.'
When she had steeled her mind and resolve, Evelyn opened her eyes resolutely and began collecting magical energy in the tip of her wings again.
This ti she did not allow forging thoughts to invade her mind and held fast on her concentration.
'I cannot contain anymore.' She thought when she had accumulated the maximum amount of magical energy she felt she could control.
Then she imagined it firing off and sot the magical energy just as lisandre had.
It moved far slower than her master's and a large amount of the collected energy broke off before it reached the target. But the shot did hit the target with a loud bag and exploded in a burst of energy.
'I did it!' Evelyn thought with exhilaration.
She had now succeeded in her first application of using pure magical energy and fired off a basic attack with it.
Was it overly impressive in terms of power, no. But Evelyn still felt extrely proud that her efforts had co to bear fruit.
"That was pretty good, but you brought out too much energy. That may have been the most you can barely control at once, but it beca unstable the second you fired it off. Use a smaller amount you can manipulate easier and make it more stable so that large chucks of magical energy to not break off." lisandre said, critiquing Evelyn's first shot of magical energy.
Doing as her master said, Evelyn tried again and while the blast had less overall power when she fired it, this ti it did not break apart as much and actually reached the target with more force behind it.
"Good, you pick this up pretty quickly, though I am not all that surprised at this point." lisandre said with a delighted expression.
She then instructed Evelyn to continue firing of shots of magical energy with different amounts until she was satisfied with the results.
Yet, before lisandre every gave her approval, Evelyn felt her magical energy stores reach empty and she collapsed from exhaustion.
"Your capacity never ceases to amaze . I figured you would have given out thirty minutes ago." lisandre said with an impressed look. "Now drink this and recover a bit of stamina before going to bed. We will start again in two days when you are back to your peak. Just spend tomorrow selling your creations in your shop. It can be detrintal to stay closed down for too long."
After her first day of training to use magical energy, Evelyn retired to her room with droopy eyes and a worn-out body.
When the next day ca, she took her ti getting up and only made it down to the first floor of the alchemy hall slightly more than a minute before opening.
'I am glad lisandre told not to continue practicing today. I am still beat.' Evelyn thought while she slowly refilled her empty shelves.
As the owls flooded in as usual, she received slightly more business this day than normal since her regular custors were clamoring to buy her potions, pills, salves, and oils that they needed more of.
At this point she could now make twelve district items thanks to lisandre's teaching, and all of them were quite useful and sold well.
It was safe to say that on the first floor Evelyn now had one of the best performing stalls even when only being a fiend beast.
'I made a bit more than forty thousand today. After subtracting the material costs, I guess I earned sowhere around twenty-five or twenty-six thousand credits in profit.'
With the day coming to an end Evelyn packed up her shop and headed back up to lisandre's mansion to eat a al and get so rest.
Once the next day ca Evelyn found herself back to unleashing shot after shot of magical energy under lisandre's supervision.
Yet even after the next day she did not receive a passing grade from lisandre. And after another day of working her stall, she got back to what was an endless firing of magical energy.
This went on for nearly two weeks. Where she would use all of her magical energy creating projectiles of magical energy and then the next day she would open up her alchemy stall and rest for the day.
Finally, on the thirteenth day of this routine as when she started firing off shots of magical energy completely on reflex without thinking about it at all did lisandre stop her.
Coming out of what was pretty much a stupor, Evelyn looked at lisandre in surprise as she had almost forgotten that there was anything else other than just firing off her magical energy.
"You have finally gotten to the point where you do not need to consciously control your magical energy and release it from your body. You have now completed the third step in learning to control your magical energy and finished all of the hardest parts that many give up on." lisandre said while patting Evelyn on the back.
She continued to congratulate her for her efforts, but Evelyn was still wondering if she had done anything so impressive.
But when she asked this of lisandre, her master responded, saying, "Huh? Of course, it is amazing. Not just anyone can get this far. It takes a lot of perseverance and dedication. It is normally not sothing a fiend beast would ever learn and is normally picked up after around five or ten years after one reaches the awakened rank. Your progress is astounding in that regard. You are likely one of the fastest in the Roost's history to learn this skill." lisandre said while complenting Evelyn.
Though her praising did not last long before she gave Evelyn her next assignnt.
"Now I am sure that you have noticed by now how much easier it is to mold your pure magical energy and control it. This ti instead of just a sphere, make it into a thin point like a needle." lisandre said while giving and example.
Looking closely Evelyn committed to mory the shape of lisandre's magical energy and did her best to reproduce it.
And just as she had said it was much easier to manipulate its shape and only took Evelyn around a minute to do so.
"Good, now fire it off and then do a repetition of thirty shots in a row." lisandre instructed.
Doing just that Evelyn found by the twentieth shot it was pretty easy to shape her magical energy like a needle and she began firing them off without thinking about it much at all.
"Perfect you managed to get into the rhythm of it pretty easily. Now alternate between a round shot and the needle shot for sixty blasts in total."
Trying this out, Evelyn found it a bit more difficult at first to alternate between the shapes, but near the end it was just as easy to do as firing them out sequentially without changing their shapes in between each blast.
After that lisandre had her do this in different sequences until she eventually ran out of magical energy.
"I believe that will suffice for today. You have overco the hardest part of learning to control your magical energy. Now I have a bunch of things I need to do, so for the next three weeks continue to practice on your own. Familiarize yourself with molding your magical energy into as many different shapes as you want. This will help you later when we start incorporating your affinities into your training." lisandre explained.
Evelyn's lesson for the day now over she flew to the kitchen where Anneli had prepared another feast to celebrate her achievents.
"To think you could pass through all of these milestones so quickly. My teacher only passed after I did similar training for six weeks, and I was an awakened beast already. But I suppose you are not only talented but fiercely dedicated. It just makes realize I need to work harder as well." Anneli said while they were eating together.
It seed that Evelyn drive to get stronger had also rubbed off on Anneli, and by the looks of it Katrina who was wearing a determined expression as well.
The three of them then got to chatting and Evelyn found out that Anneli had been at the peak of the awakened rank for sixteen years and Katrina had been there for thirteen.
And while Evelyn thought this was an extrely long amount of ti, it was apparently not uncommon for it took take several decades for a peak awakened beast to raise their rank to beco a tyrant beast.
"Well good luck with your continued training Evelyn. You can count on to keep producing delicious als that will restore your stamina and magical energy." Anneli said while giving Evelyn a wink.
"Likewise, if you need my help or advice about any of the intricacies of the Roost, feel free to ask." Katrina said.
Nodding her head, Evelyn thanked the two of them for their continued help and support before heading off to her room and getting so needed rest.
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