Cohen of the Rebellion - Volume 12 - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Iput on my casual wear, sheathed my black machete and exited the chamber .

“Sir . ” They were Malphite and a few guards . My captain’s vigilant visions shielded me .

“Hey, I’ll be in the garden . Fetch more good IGTs for me . ”

I stretched my body before 10 IGTs who are best at melee wrestling . All of them have survived from the dead-man-piled battleground . I could at most fight 2 of them at the same time from my past experiences .

An elf mage was here as well .

Elves, hidden in the darkness, hear my call . Spread your wings and protect me, block all light, shield all sound…

Before she performed her duty, I went ahead and cast this spell from the Elf’s Note which I could never be able to release before tonight .

Sensory Barrier

A thin sphere took place and enlarged, ripples formed and undulated on the surface . The sphere shrouded an area centering me at a radius of 30 arms-length .

I did it! I actually did it!

The elf beside put on a smile and lowered the wand below her chest .

“Your Excellency, congratulations . You’re finally capable of casting mid-level spells . ” She sincerely celebrated . I knew her from the elf’s colony forest when I was learning elf’s magic . She was in charge of teaching me wind magic so she was too aware of how little I can do .

“Too shame it’s a private garden or I’m very willing to break something . ”

“Sir, do you intend to do a tryout?” She approached, “There’s no need to break anything . I have a trick to test your magic attainment . ”

“You got my attention . ”

“A game . ” She moved 2 arms-length further and reached her right hand, “An elfin game . ”

“There’s no need to chant charms, the competition depends on our mana reserve . ”

“Compete for what?”

“This . ” Her fingertip gleamed blue light . Seconds later, many dots of water converged over our heads and formed a liquid ball the size of a fist, “If you cannot gain control of this water ball spell, it’ll soak you wet . ”

“What should I do . ” I quickly mimicked her move and reached out my right hand, “Is it going to hurt?”

“It’s just ordinary water, it’ll never hurt anyone . ” The blue light maintained, “It’s not a spell to release or summon, all I did was to extract water element floating in the space around us . If your mana is strong, you’ll be able to capture the control of this water ball . All you need to do is to attract the ball with the mana you have . ”

“I see . ” As the past magic lessons emerged in my memory, I started accumulating mana, soon, blue light gleamed in my fingertips as well .

“Compress the mana, the more intense, the better . ” She guided, now there was no light on her fingertips, “Blue finger means your mana is leaking, and leaking mana does not attract anything . ”

I refocused and saw my blue light went out . The floating water ball started moving towards me .

“You’ve learned fast . ” She chuckled, “Now, focus, the competition begins now . ”

She flipped her right hand to face the water ball with her palm and instantly, the ball altered direction and began floating towards her .

(No! Come back!)

“Whenever the water ball is close enough to my palm, I gain total control of it . ”

She could actually talk freely while doing magic .

“By that time, sir, you’ll have to get changed . ”

“Not… really… my… plan!” I squeezed out four words while sending more mana to my fingers . It was so hard because I have to accumulate mana while compressing it .

“The game requires excellent magic skills and outstanding mana to win . ”

(Gosh, she is teasing me at the same time . )

“And the fun part of this game is, if we can’t do well in attracting it, the ball will grow larger, and larger . ”

“I don’t buy it . ” I calmed myself, flipped my hand, tried harder to fight for the ball .

As I infused more mana, the ball slowed and finally floated towards me .

“See? This young lord can do magic!” I was overjoyed .

“Sir, you did well . ” She gazed at me, “But this is not enough to defeat me . ”

Her fingers arched and the godforsaken ball abandoned me .

“Baby, don’t run away!” I yelled on the inside . I forced nearly all of my mana, “Come back!”

“Sir, that’s approximately all of your mana . But I still have plenty . ” She chuckled, “Your last resort is to try your best and compress it . ”

(Man, I’m her boss . Why can’t she at least give me the win? Ugh, she knows I’m sweating! No way, the ball is almost reaching her fingertip!)

“Sir, you’re losing…”

“I am not!” I said nothing but cheered myself secretly, “I admit you’re an elf who can do magic, but this young lord never back off!”

As my mana came near a depletion, a sense of energy resembled mana popped out . Though it was only a little, it’s accumulating . How familiar, this energy . A second later, I came to remember it was the energy I devoured in space when I was without a physical body!

(If I add it to my mana, will it cause an explosion? Hell, I don’t care . These two forms of energy have been coexisting for so long and nothing happened . Alright, show me something!)

Carefully, I injected a tiny bit of space-energy into my fingers .

(Ughhhhhh, it stings!)

“Crack!” A very weak noise came from my palm, then the water ball started floating towards me with twice the speed .

A hint of bewilderment flashed in the elf’s eyes . Then a glint of blue light came and went quickly, the ball stopped inches from my fingers and began backing up . She frowned .

(You can’t!)

I added more space-energy to turn the table . I put in very little because every time I touched the space-energy, it stung my fingers .

The light-blue ball stopped moving and began self-spinning in the middle air .

“Crack!” Weak noise happened again .

“Sir…” In a situation like this, the elf was not easy herself, “Let’s call it a tie . ”

I nodded repeatedly because I felt like a thousand needles were piercing my hand .

“Let’s release our mana . ” She guided, “We must do it together . On the count of 3 . ”

Hence we pointed our right hands towards the sky . She barely counted to 3, we emptied our mana in our hands .

I looked up and saw 2 beams of blue light shot to the vast night sky . One of them, pure blue, dissipated very soon, and mine did not lose form until it disappeared in my eyesight .

And the water-ball splashed by our feet .

“That’s so odd . ” I observed my palm, there was no bruise, not even a red dot, despite all the pain earlier .

“Apologies, sir . ” She looked exhausted, “I did not expect that outcome . ”

“Don’t worry . ” I offered a smile, “It’s just a game . But this barrier has to be re-released . ”

“I will handle it . ” said the elf, “Sir, I assume you still want to do tryout with other men . ”

“I do . By the way, how was I?”

“Sir, your…” she pondered, “your mana is peculiar in both quantity and quality, but you’re a qualified mage magician without question . ”

“Thank you for your instructions . ” I was thrilled . For years, my mana had kept me on the level of mage apprentice . My jealousy never went away whenever I saw someone cast mid to high-level spells .

Only after the elf released the sensory barrier and left did I noticed Malphite and the rest of the IGTs gazed at me with utter worship .

“What’s with you guys?”

“Magnificent, sir!” A wingman officer said, “Though you called a tie with that elf, we all saw she’s completely exhausted and sir you are still full of energy!”

“Is that so?” I rubbed my jaw, “Okay, now, fight me . One by one, let’s warm-up!”

“Excellent!” An officer stepped up, “I’ll be the first, sir . ”

He was an orc who was way higher than me, arms longer, body stronger .

However, his movement was too slow for me

Even before he readied his position, my tentative attack bumped into his lower belly . The orc grunted and fell . I got worried and caught his body . Not only did I make there fast enough, but also successfully lifted his weight .

“Are you alright?”

He supported his body, took a deep breath then made a thumbs-up to me .

“More together . ” I hinted the rest .

Malphite brought a few more to attack together .

I coordinated my speed and strength and went for them . After a few rounds, all of them were brought down by me, even Malphite . I was able to break in his defense with one punch and forced him to backstep several inches . To me, their movements have become extremely slow . Of course, that was impossible . It was I, I’ve become faster .

“That’s it, sir . Your speed and force have progressed greatly!” said Malphite, “If you were armed, we won’t last a strike . ”

“Well, let’s see…”

“Sir, we can’t . ” the orc said, “Her ladies have forbidden us to do armed training combat with you . His Majesty agrees . ”

“Damn it . ” Though still wanted more, I knew Malphite was a stubborn orc . He’ll never disobey mine and Fischer’s orders .

I had to abandon . However, I was very satisfied with tonight’s achievements .

Back to my chamber, Molly and Kaylee were still expecting my return . Seeing that I was sweating, they hurried to get up and attended my bathe .

I was reminded that I scared them earlier, that required some make-up for .

Therefore I didn’t gain much sleep that night .