Elyx's Secondary Magic Training [Private]

I designed this magic to be based on two elements Elyx. One if clearly wind. The other one is imagination. Now, you can be a kid again if you would like, but I personally do not see any way a child would like a swirling wind barrier. Nimpha said as she tilted her head to the side, a curious facial expressions showing, even her mouth was neutral for a small moment. Elyx in the meantime had other questions. So this spell will last with me and run alongside with me as well? No matter how fast I run? Elyx asked, hoping that his dream would come true. Magic that could catch up with his speeds, it was like he was in heaven for a few seconds. If this shield really could protect him for a long while, he can apply Leviathan Iris and Cassies Over shield. If he does, it would take 7 hits in order to break through all of his defenses. Wow... That's amazing. His few seconds oh heaven were easily cut off by Nimphas cheery yet somewhat annoying voice, it was mainly annoying because it was really loud, he could sometimes barely even think with it around. Exactly, keep running and you'll be avoiding bullets just fine. Now I want you to try it. Again, imagination... Just let yourself be a kid. Nimpha explained as she pulled out a set of fire arrows into her palms. Elyx had to be careful with how he was going to do next. He could not mess up, or he might end up taking an arrow to the chest. This move was like a slower version of Cyclone, except he was allowed to move in it and he does not have to worry about taking any damage, or heavy damage rather.

Elyx began to breathe slowly so that his mind could relax after the rush it just went through when he was chasing the treasure hunter through the trees. It was pumping hard since he was not used to that sort of chase, but once it cooled down, he was able to focus on his thoughts again. A cylinder of wind is not something a child would like to think of whenever they are down or just simply bored. What else would a child think of when they thinking of a cylinder? Wait, no, there was one other answer to this puzzle. It may be a long shot, but it was definitely one that he should consider trying if he wanted to at least make sure there was enough wind to block the blow. He played the same song that he did if he wanted to bring out Wind Lerale cyclone, except he negated all of the wind that would try to spin around crazily. Instead, he tried to master the Make part of the spell in order to slowly create a spinning barrier of wind. Did it have to be a cylinder that a child liked? What about the name? Elyx decided to imagine something with a swirl, a lollipop in his case. Lollipops always had fun little swirls, so if the boy thought of one, he could mold his imagination to fit in this sort of way. The child like mind of his was working again, he remembered when he could have done this so easily when he first came to Fiore, only for his life to all of a sudden make him much more responsible of a man and become a better mage as well, losing his child like mind and forming his own adult kid of mind.

Wind Lerale! Wait, no, Wind Make Awakened: Spiral Shield! Elyx exclaimed as the spiral of wind began to form. His wind began to spin, and Nimpha watched with a smile on her face as she placed out her hand,, the arrows all spinning. With a flick of the wrist, more arrows began to appear, now Elyx was a bit scared, he was not sure if he was able to perfect this barrier. Was Nimpha so sure about this? Regardless, she continued to flick her wrist easily, bringing out the arrows of fire before she crunched her hand into a palm before releasing the fist, sending all of the arrows towards Elyx. The boy let go of the violin and closed his eyes as the arrows came, his confidence in his plan quickly lowering. As all of the fire arrows came for the boy, the quickly darted around the cyclone spiral of wind instantly, not a single scratch of damage shown onto the barrier of wind. Elyx opened up his eyes once again to see what the spiral had done to protect him from the danger of the fire arrows. The Violinist turned his back towards the grounded fire arrows and his eyes shot wide open as they all missed. Examining his body again, he noticed nothing had happened to his body, not a single burn wound. Nimpha had her smile on her face, not a single word popping out of her mouth yet. The barrier quickly began to die down due to the lack of music, but the boy was proud of himself for learning another Awakened spell. He too also felt like he had woken up his true defensive powers. He no longer had to play by the rules of creating many supports and defenses, it was all in this secondary set of magics.

You did it! See!? All you need to do is think like a child and you get this powerful magic. It makes me happy to use it! Nimpha exclaimed happily as she placed both of her hands together, the wrists clicking before the hands decided to go out once again, showing her child like happiness as well. Eyx could do nothing but chuckle a little bit, it was funny to see how her magic was designed on being happy. The key to happiness was thinking like a kid, and that was what she based this magic off of. Now he understood why Nimpha wanted him to learn this sort of magic, it was to make him happy in whatever he does, including fights like this current one. He liked the way the treasure hunter thought of how magic should be. The question was, how powerful was she? The spells that she casted, she was able to cast them out with such ease and mastery at the same time, more than Elyx could show at the current moment. She could not be an A rank mage, Elyx was just that close to getting that high in the ratings of A rank mages. His power was that of an A rank wizard, just not his spells. He was about to learn a few new ones after these sets of spells, then create a signature spell that everyone keeps talking about. In Elyxs opinion, it seemed like a load of trash to him, such a simple spell being his signature one? And for what actual purpose? It's not like the spell would get any stronger. Whatever the case though a free spell was a free spell, and Nimpha would probably tell him to take it gladly and be happy that there is someone willing to even give you this sort of chance in combat.

Hey Nimpha, if you do not mind me asking, what ranking would you be? I mean, iff you have much info on the guilds and all of that, if you could evaluate yourself, what ranking would you be? Elyx asked as he tilted his head to the side, very much curious. The Treasure hunter let out a sigh before stretching her arms up into the air. her knuckles cracking as she did it. Ruby quickly jumped onto her outstretched hands and bounced on them, causing her to fall back clumsily and hit the ground with a thud. They both had their own funny moments as well, they were not some sort of elite who did not know how to have fun. Elyx always knew the Nimpha was full well fun, just not one to end up poking fun at herself. Then again, it was expected, she was happy even when she was not even supposed to be. Oh how Elyx pitied the ones who have a funeral around with her in it. Heh, it's been a while since I have been in a guild. If I had to take my very best guess... I would probably say that currently, I would be SS. I left the guilds when I was S ranked. Nimpha explained as she quickly got back up onto her feet by rolling. The treasure hunter then tilted her head to the side, about to ask what rank he was, then remembered that he was a Rising Star. Seeing his mastery over C and D rank spells, there was only one thing left that he could have been in the guilds. And he only planned to become much better as well. All right, so we have learned or I have if you want to be that way, a D rank and a C rank spell. But what about one that is currently my rank? You know, a B rank spell. Elyx asked as he placed his head to the side, waiting for the treasure hunters answer. Now this is where a spell would be of real use.

This next spell is actually going to be a recovery spell. This means it heals your health. I think you are going to like it since it is based on wind attacking as well. Nimpha explained as she quickly flicked her hand into her knapsack to get, her flute it seemed, but it turned out that she pulled out a sword instead. Interesting, he just so happened to have a sword, two of them, so he might have just been lucky, but if she keeps on adding conditions, this may be an impossible spell for him to cast. Spells that are designed for one person and one person only are not able to be passed down or taught, naturally or other. The boy tilted his head to the side as she put out her other hand, not the one with the sword. All of a sudden, before the violinist was able to stop it, Nimpha sliced her blade sideways against her other arm, causing her arm to bleed. The treasure hunter winced at the pain, and Elyx did not take that too well. Nimpha! What the hell do you think you are doing!? Elyx exclaimed, ready to use Calm Meadows to patch up her wound, but she put her hand out towards him, her palm facing him preventing him from running any further towards her. It took every ounce of willpower to obey the treasure hunter, her arm was bleeding from a sword wound that she caused onto herself. Then he remembered something about what she had said to him. This spell was a remedy spell, she had no wounds at all before, the fireball did not hit at all. Did she seriously create a wound so that Elyx could understand what the spell was going to do? That was extreme... Just way too extreme...

Nimpha suddenly put the sword back into the knapsack before pulling out the next instrument, a Flute. The same Lerale flute used to teach him how to do the other two spells, now it was time to add onto that skill slot. The boy watched as Nimpha began to play her next song. This one was more calm and mellow, the Calm Meadows did not need to be used with the way the wind flowed. Elyx wondered if the air itself would remedy the wound, but that alone would be impossible based on what Elyx had read and studied about his own wind magic. It was just not something that was meant to be. Then again, the treasure hunter made these spells on her own, and if she was a SS ranked mage, maybe she had the ability to do just that, make wind the remedy to severe cuts like the one that she was now. The winds continued to flow towards the flute until a visible barrier of wind was created, but it was so thin that Elyx was so sure that even a D rank spell could go right through it. What kind of B rank spell would that be? Elyx looked over by leaning his body over to the left to examine the wound, it was still there for some reason. What was Nimpha trying to get at? This spell was not proving anything to him. Wind Make Awakened: Healing Sphere Nimpha said to Elyx all of a sudden before she disappeared into a pillar of fire. It all happened so fast, yet he was able to sense the magic flow of Nimpha nearby. She was fast though, the magic was blurring when he thought he caught onto her patterns. The traces of magic were not leaving though, Nimpha was still around.

All of a sudden, Elyx felt a giant gust of wind hit him from behind, causing him to fly towards a tree and hit it with a huge knock. Nimpha then reappeared with no bloody arm wound caused a few minutes ago. The violinist fell onto the ground, his eyes closed as a tree mark was left of his body. The boy tried opening his eyes, the vision blurry, but he saw plenty of pink hair from below, Nimpha was right above him. Are you ok!? Sorry sorry! Sometimes I don't know my own strength, I swear! The treasure hunter exclaimed, as if it were a good excuse. Well, at least it beat not saying sorry at all. The boy tried his best to hold out his hand, then Nimpha took it and pulled him back up onto his feet. Once she let go of him, he stumbled a little bit as he tried to regain his composure. Ow... Man that hurt Nimpha. Elyx explained as he held onto his head. He did not know that it would only take one hit for him to end up in the current painful state he was in. Nimpha in the meantime had concern and sincere apology in her voice. I'm really Sorry Elyx. If you want, I can stop doing this. The treasure hunter offered, in which the boy shot his eyes wide open. How was he going to refuse learning this sort of magic? Speaking of which, how was the wound that Nimpha caused doing? Was it healed in any sort of way? The boy tilted his head to the side as he tried to look at the wound. He then pointed to the side of Nimpha, where the arm was located. What about the spell? What is it supposed to do about the remedy? And why did you even hit me in the first place? The boy asked with much more question than he let off, especially about the part when she shot him with a huge amount of wind.

Nimpha looked at her arm and gave off another warming smile. It was just way too often that she gave it off, but not once has it failed to soothe. The treasure hunter put up her aarm with much victory behind the thrust. It's all better now Elyx. This is because of the spell! You see, this spell is a barrier that sort of acts like a damage barrier. Whenever I inflict damage to someone via Wind Magic, it instantly heals their health by half of the damage inflicted. Pretty cool huh. With just two hits, I could heal enough equal to the damage of one of the his I gave. Nimpha explained as she smiled and put her arm in front of Elyx's face. He noticed that the barrier was still there for healing purposes still. The violinist was amazed with what this spell was able to do, and that was a B ranking spell as well. If he were ale to master it, he would be able to have long moments of healing whenever he needed it. He would not have to rely on Calm Meadows alone now, he no longer would have to make a choice. And all he would have to do is learn it right now, Nimpha was right there after all. This time, all he needed to do was focus his thoughts on his child like images. What would a child like to think about when they think about a barrier that heals. Wait... Healing. Children like to run around and they just tend to trip a lot. Band-aids to heal the wounds. That was all he would have to think about! The nuturing... Mother... Oh the memories. Elyx had a fake one, not a real one. Well, he would have loved her the same if she told him the truth, he was always different from the others anyways, why could she not see that and tell him?

All right! Lets do this! Elyx exclaimed as his thoughts were just making him sad, but before he did, Nimpha tilted her head to the side. She was able to catch up on him and how he was feeling, but he was not willing to let her find out any more on him. He quickly closed his eyes and played the violin to prevent her sight or voice from entering him. Instead, he put his thoughts on the Band-aids and the medicine as well as the caring mother or father that wuld always be there. He would see a child crying for a scrape on their knee, and then Elyx could feel a pang of sadness hit him a little bit. This followed up by the second memory of the parent coming up with a piece of candy allows another pang hit him once again. The barrier was being created perfectly, the kids, they were so lucky to have parents that told them the truth, everything will be all right, I'll be there for you no matter what, all those sort of things. And here was Elyx, who never heard of those things in life either. Finally, the barrier was made, and Elyx opened his eyes once again, only to jump back a little as Nimpha was standing right in front of him, worry in her eyes. Do not think you can hide anything from me. Nimpha said with a sheepish smile on her face, she was just concerned for him after all. Memories hurt sometime Elyx, maybe because of choices that you regret or just happened on their own. But you need to learn to control them as well, if you break down in front of the enemy, they will use your emotions to your advantage. And once they do... I'm sorry...

Elyx remained silent. This was a problem that everyone had with him they always tried to pull this sort of stunt off. They say they are sorry as if there was some sort of way that this was their fault. None of them were Nea, none of them were Cain, so when they tried to ease his pain with the word sorry, they were just annoying him and adding the coal to the fire. Such a pain to go through, none of them have his attention anymore. The boy continued to watch as everyone around him was going through some sort of pain, in his memories, every had a story concealed in him. they should probably focus on their instead of trying to fix his, that is what he will do on his own. The many lands he traveled, many sorts of treatment he received for two years, none of them being right. Some ignored their peoples problems and do not even take the time to remedy it. Some will try to cheat you and lie to you, especially if you are as naive as a child. Some will attempt to get others to turn on you. A struggle for power and a contest of popularity was everywhere, that was not a bullet that Elyx was able to dodge, and it took him a long time to figure that one out. Nimpha was only meaning the best, but that did not mean that he was not annoyed by the apology that was not hers to say. It was someone else that he knew that owed him such a thing. Instead of responding, his quickly brought out his Violin and played it as hard as he could to shoot wind at Nimpha, who slid back with much surprise on her face. His tree wound most certainly did heal after that hit, and the boy obtained some satisfaction as well.

Hey! No fair! That is not fair at all! Nimpha exclaimed as she pointed a finger, and Elyx could not help but smile again. This was sort of like revenge for hitting him and trying to feel pity for him. Neither of which will go unpunished, and now that he avenged himself, he felt proud of himself. The boy put down the violin as the barrier released a cooling feeling in his body. The air felt cold, but then hot all of a sudden on the wounds, killing all of the things preventing his body from healing. This was actually a natural sort of healing as well, it was just the temperature of the wind being changed, nothing special or magical about it. It healed Nimpha! It finally healed! This spell is amazing! Elyx exclaimed like an excited child as he began to jump in victory. The boy continued to celebrate, learning these spells, but now he was unable to learn any others since they were higher in rankings. The boy sighed at the thought, it would have been a nice thing to be able to at least jump to some even better spells. What could have been better than this healing spell though? This was exactly what he would have needed if he wanted to heal wounds of his faster. It only targeted him though, so he would still have to use Calm Meadows in order to heal the other people around him. Self healing however was not going to be a problem for him now. He felt his smile increase in size when he was going to find out abut the A rank spell and possibly an S rank spell. If he became S ranked, he would never let whoever gave it to him down ever since he used such a devastating spell.

You did it Elyx... Heh... I have two more spells, but you can't learn them yet, so we are going to have to find some sort of way for you to learn them when the time comes. Nimpha explained as she looked through her knapsack once again. She seemed to have everything located inside of that bag, including a paper and an ink pen. She crossed her legs and began to draw on the paper the best she could before writing. She surprisingly had nice handwriting, especially when she was writing on her leg the whole time, which tends to be a bad place for writing anything. Elyx continued to watch as she wrote on her leg, then he remembered that Ink tends to bleed through paper, if Nimpha continued doing that, she might be writing things on her leg as well. Since this is ink, she might have to find a nearby stream in order to unmark her skin. Otherwise, it might have been tattooed onto there. The boy just continued to watch as Ruby jumped up onto his shoulder and watched from above so that he did not mess Nimpha up in any sort of way. The treasure hunter was thinking carefully about this since she was unable to erase anything that she wrote. He was surprised that she even had to think in the first place, she seemed to have it all under control without a mistake on the page. Not even a drop of ink off the target. He was even able to clearly read what she was writing, or at least make out that the words she are writing on the paper are in English. The treasure hunter finally finished the job as she gave him the paper with a smile on her face once again.

Ta da! These are the two spells that I would like you to learn when you are an S rank mage. Remember Elyx, I am ging to still be hearing much about you. Nimpha said with a smile on her face as she poke his forehead and stood back up onto her feet again. The both of them smiled at each other now, such an awesome mentor Elyx had with him. Even in their goodbyes she was able to seem so cool of a person. Elyx would like to be like her one day, so happy and free. Maybe he would have a higher position on that one day, but that is going to be in the future. The boy smiled as he placed hands in his pockets before Ruby got off of his shoulders and the violinist could feel a tear coming. Though he tried to fight it back, Nimpha quickly placed her thumb on his right eye to wipe the tear away for him. Come on Elyx, you are a man, you can wipe those tears off. This is not the last time we will see each other, I promise you. Nimpha said before she handed him a chocolate bar from her knapsack before she gave him a thumbs up. The boys eyes sparkled when he obtained the treat, she knew how to reward him and calm him down at the same time. Thank you so much Nimpha. I could have never gotten here without you. I don't want to say goodbye... But if you promise that we will meet once again, I will make sure that during that next time, I have mastered those spells. Thanks you so much... I will never forget this or what you have done for me before. Elyx explained with another tear rolling down his face, this time on his left eye, which meant happiness, not sadness like on the right eye.

Just like that, Elyx had been taught three new spells, and he sitll had two of them to learn from as well. The boy looked at the paper and noticed the drawing was a picture of her leaning on Elyxs head while he was eating an apple. It was a rough drawing, but that was to be expected of pen. The both of them were smiling happily, Elyx looking like his face was saying "Hey!" while Nimpha had a sly smile on her face. She also had the peace sign on her right hand and an apple in her other hand. Ruby was in Elyx's legs as well, smiling happily as he tried to get the apple of the boy, which the violinist was obviously not going to let happen. He then looked up again, and instantly, Nimpha and Ruby were both gone. The promise had been made, he will see Nimpha and Ruby once again sometime in the future, in which he will become stronger, much stronger. Then he will win the trust Fiore and everyone in it, from there, Shadelle will have nothing on him. He will expose the truth of the Armada Ark and put it down from commission. Elyx will have final words for Nea when he goes over there. That goes the same for Luke, and Kylie was still probably not in Shadelle. She would be dead if she returned without the body of Elyx with her. The boy was left in the Gardens as he fell onto his knees. Already did he miss his teachings and the teacher, he hung his head down, and just one more drop of water left his eye as if was given to the grass to drink. His hair covered his face and the wind swayed slowly, but surely. The training was over, but memories of Nimpha and Ruby were not. If only he could have seen them... One... Last... Time...