Cato's POV
"So what you're saying is that you wish to fight me…? Someone who has known about his power for 2 days?" I ask her seriously at which her direct reply was
"Yes, absolutely. You have said you know chain casting within your first few days of learning dew, have no worries however, I will not deal any lasting damage." she says flatly as I look at her before blinking dumbly
"No, I'd really rather not get maimed." I say, as she nods
"Very well, do not return for lessons." she says as I fire back quickly
"Hey hey wait! Do I HAVE to fight you to continue learning from you?" I ask her, to which she gives me a short nod
"Then fine…. Either I get maimed here or die on a battlefield. Lead the way Milady." I say, sarcasm dripping on my tongue
"Why thank you, did not think you were the polite kind" she says before walking away
I scramble to follow her quickly as I am a little befuddled at her reply
This girl didn't get sarcasm or she just didn't care. Either way, I had to come up with a plan,
She has ice? I have fire, maybe I can even the forces out….
As we made our way to the training area, she gestured for me to stand opposite to her, a wide arena that was surrounded by many bleachers.
"Are we in an arena?" I ask her at which she nods
"Yes, we are. They usually hold events or tournaments here. But outside of that, it's a great place for combat practice due to how large the area is." she explained to me, her cool edge not having dropped once.
"Well alright… Who's gonna give us a signal?" I ask, looking around to see that no one was here
"Why? Would you rather someone witnessed your humiliation?" she asks me as I shook my head
"No! JUST….. Just tell me when to start…" I say, a little defeated at how easily she took control of the conversation
"Very well." she says as many ice shards appear around her, she sends them flying my way as I quickly make a wall of earth materialise.
"Mura." I say, the wall blocking all the ice shards.
"Good reactions. Now show me the chain casting you were talking about." she says as I immediately spoke
"Quavell, kura!" I say, the fireball followed by a large gust of wind makes the large fire spread toward her, seeing which she just stood
What the hell? WAS SHE PLANNING TO LET THEM HIT HER?
"Adequate. Igleya" she says, wave of fire being completely stopped by a wall of ice.
"Igleya!" I say as I try to make an ice wall appear under her
Which…. Didn't do anything.
"I…. why'd it not work?" I ask her as she shook her head
"Simply knowing the word doesn't allow you to use it's power. You must understand it and apply it. Unlike basic elements or basic spells, Igleya or ice magic in general has a lot of theory behind it. You can't simply know it and use it." she explains to me as I let the words sink in
Simply gathering the knowledge and words wasn't enough.
I suppose that makes sense… why else would only the basic 4 spells be known by common people? If people could use spells just by hearing them once, everyone would know them…
"That makes sense atleast…" I say with a sigh, upset that I could get new magic
"How sad, you almost make me feel sad for you with how pitiable your face is. Igvena" she says as I feel something change above me
I see around 20 ice spears just dangling above me, at which Winsley sends them all at me
"QUAVELL, QUAVELL" I say as two fireballs shield me from the ice, blowing the spears away before they could make contact as I see her charing toward me
"KURA!" I yell out as she dodges with methodic ease.
"Iglesa rova" she says as a sword of ice appears in her hand, she immediately attempts to cut me with it as I use kura to propel myself up
"KURA, QUAVELL" I say as I feel myself fly into the air, a risky move. While flying up, I send a fireball at her feet, making her shield herself.
"LUVA!" I use Luva, sending a large jet of water around her, which she once more dodges with ease.
"Kura!" using kura, I slowly my descent and land safely, albeit a little shaken
"Geez, I really can't hit you with a precise attack can I?" I ask her as she just glares at me again, looking down at me as she speaks in her cold tone again
"What else did you expect? I am far stronger than you." I hear her say as I just sighed
"Well, might as well throw everything I have at you. QUAVELL, QUAVELL, QUAVELL, QUAVELL QUAVELL QUAVELL QUAVELL…."
As I trailed off Quavels she looked at me in shock, staring up at the barrage of fireballs descending
"What's wrong with you? How can you even use that many fireballs at the same time? How much dew do you have?" she asks me, for once showing some frustration at my feet
"AOE SPAM, I'LL RAIN FIREEEEE" I say, almost laughingly
"IGLEYASORAS" I hear her say
A massive ice dome shielded her from about the 20 Quavell's I sent in a row but some broke through, which she still handedly dodged.
"LUVA, QUAVELL!" I say, sending two more spells her way as I make the Luva and Quavell connect
"Foolish, what was the point of that in fact!" Winley yelled at me, frustration in her voice as steam clouded her vision.
I appear from beside her as I send a punch toward her
"YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SENSE DEW, SO MIGHT AS WELL GET CLOSE" I say before she grabs my arm and flips me
"Fool! Dew sensing lets you sense people as well when you focus!" she yells out, still maintaining her composure
"MURA,QUAVELL" I say as the ground beneath her shifted making her lose her balance, the fireball headed toward her was about to swallow her whole
"IgleyaSoras." she said as the dome shielded her with ease
"Igleya." she says as ice shards flew toward me too quickly for me to react from how close we were
I felt shards of ice stab me in the shoulder as I go down
"SHIT SHIT" I yell out in panic as I held my arm
She walks toward me, looking down on me once again
"You were adequate. Let us get you to the medica-" she was saying before she turned around and saw a fireball headed toward her
"I never yielded Winsley." I say, two Quavells manifesting both in front and behind her as she jumps up into the sky and dodges them both but not before one of them singes her a little
Both of the fireballs clash into eachother and cancel eachother as I am thankfully left un-burnt
She summons an ice shard near my neck as I throw up my unharmed arm
"I yield" I surrender, knowing that I was utterly destroyed
"You….. you were trying to familiarise yourself with Quavell the whole time weren't you?" she asks me as I nod
"Yeah, when you showed me that I could catch someone off guard by using magic without using God's tongue, I thought it'd be a good idea to try. It only took spamming Quavell a few dozen times…" I say trailing off, exhausted at how hard I fought
My magic reserves were around half of their full capacity now, I was physically exhausted still.
Running around, jumping and even just dew itself puts a lot of strain on my body.
"You pass, I suppose. Come find me in the library after your basic training and a shower. Do not dare stink in my presence you hear me?" Winsley instructs me as I nod
"Yes Ma'am, whatever you say teacher" I say with a smile, almost glad the fight was over atleast
"Now let us head to the medical bay. It's best to get your wound healed by a healer." she says as I raise my eyebrow
"Healer? Is healing magic also copyrighted?" I ask her at which she shakes her, I could swear she had a small smile to…
"Not at all, healing is just a very complicated branch of dew. People study of years before they can even mend a simple wound. It's why many just prefer to bandage and let it heal. Thankfully for us soldiers, we are provided a healer on base so let us go" she says as I nod
She offers me her hand to get up as I take it gladly
She was teaching me that whole fight honestly, it was a good learning experience.
She might not be half as bad as I thought she might've been.