Just then a loud roar filled the forest.
Roarrrrrrr!
I instinctively took a step back and looked around apprehensively.
The thing about fear is that it is often tis very illogical. I knew Emily was a powerful mage and she wouldn't have brought here unless she was sure she could guarantee my safety, yet I couldn't help but feel fear.
It perated my body, rising in like a dam but I forced myself to be brave, I finally had my chance to learn magic like I've always wanted and I wasn't going to let anything stop .
Emily looked at with a smile to reassure , she reached in her pocket and brought out two short knives. Her eyes rotated in almost 360 degrees as she tried to locate where the sound ca from.
Roaarrrrrrr!
The sound ca again and this ti it was closer. As a plumber finding the faults in pipes is a very tricky thing, you have to listen very attentively and be able to pinpoint abnormal sounds and where they ca from with accuracy. This has developed my sense of hearing and as a result of this acute hearing, I very easily located where the sound was coming from.
"It's coming from the right". I whispered to Emily, she nodded and opened her mouth as if she wanted to ask how I knew it but she changed her mind and kept quiet.
Suddenly there was a ruffling sound in the bushes to the right.
Swish…swish.
A pair of red glowing circles appeared first, then the rest of the head of the beast that had made the noise appeared, it snarled as it looked us.
Snarrrlll!
Then it stepped out completely and I had to step behind Emily. It was not like I wanted to be a coward, in fact in my previous life I had made sure to never run from a confrontation, I either won or got beaten up badly, either way I made my point clear and earned the respect of people.
However the creature in front of was an aberration, a freak of nature. It was a wolf, it stood four feet tall and it had claws that were at least five inches, it's huge head and was spotted and housed two huge eyes that glowed need even though it wasn't night yet. It's snout opened to reveal huge fangs that I knew could rip my arm off in split seconds.
I gulped and positioned myself in a way that I could quickly and easily dive behind Emily if the wolf attacked . From the corner of my eye I could see Emily watching the wolf, her playful look has gone and her expression has beco very serious.
Without looking at , she started talking.
"Levi, these are twin blades, they seem like ordinary weapons at first but it's a lot more than that". She raised the weapons for to see. "These are special weapons, forged with the ability to absorb and refine mana".
"Watch this". She said and raised the knives, she took a deep breath and her forehead creased as she concentrated fully. The knives suddenly began to glow with fire and they were completely coated in it.
"Wow". I muttered.
The wolf too seed to be stunned by the sight, he snarled inquisitively.
Snarrlll!
"One star mages are unable to control pure mana because it is very volatile and too powerful in its raw form". Emily continued. "This is why we have weapons, they help us control the mana and channel it easily without hurting ourselves or people around us".
I nodded, the weapons were like a crutch, to help them get used to control of mana before they eventually use pure mana.
"Now watch as I fight this wolf". Emily said and squared up with the red eyed wolf, she waved her knives in the air and smiled at the wolf.
The wolf was angered by this gesture and it growled in anger.
Growwll!
Then it ran straight at Emily, she jumped out of the way in ti to avoid being bitten by the huge fangs.
I realized that Emily was a lot faster than the average human, her reflexes were simply sharper than even the fastest human.
Emily yelled. "Fla whip!" And a thin cord of fla ca out her two knives. She snapped the whips at the wolf and it managed to escape the first one but the second one hit it just on its back.
The wolf growled in anger and pain and blew air from its mouth to Emily. The wind turned off the fla whips.
"This wolf's elent is air". Emily said. "Which is a direct opposite to my elent so I have to be extra careful of it".
"Animals have elents too"? I asked dumbfounded.
"Of course". She said. "All cursed beasts have mana and elental ability, that's why they are so strong and they wreck havoc all the ti".
The more I thought about it, the more I realized I shouldn't be surpised, if there were humans who possessed magical abilities in this realm, there should be animals who possessed as well. Besides, the system had said if I killed one beast I got 10 mana points which ant that they contained mana.
I looked at the wolf again, if I didn't kill it, I wouldn't get mana points and I won't have magic. But how was I supposed to kill a beast as powerful as this without magic in the first place?
The wolf rushed at Emily again and she ducked to the side and with a very quick movent, she drove one of her knives into the neck of the wolf.
It scread as the flaming knife entered sunk into its skin without any resistance. Emily was not done however, with great speed, she jumped behind the wolf and stabbed its back.
The wolf squealed in pain.
Squeaalll!
Emily took out her knife and went for the wolf's head, three quick stabs and the wolf crumpled to the ground, dead.
She looked back at triumphantly. "And that's how you kill a cursed beast".
I nodded in awe and was about to tell her I was tired and I'd like for us to go back ho when another loud growll surrounded the forest.
Growllll!!
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Sorry this chapter took so long, I had to take my ti to build a decent story arc that you all will enjoy. You deserve the best.
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